The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09
FAME is
NATIONAL
oKLAHOMA's CORPORA.
TION BOARD ATTRACTS
COUNTRY'S ATTENTION

aaiN buth pfp tuu NNH Oh llo merits,
Il has remained however for a Guth-
rie politician who is Ia close touch
with politics in The new state to COM
pile the following account OF what the
commission has accomplished In It's
short existence:
OF all the busy branches OF the gov
eminent of che Youngest Of the
United States, Oklahoma the state
corporation commission is saving the
most wood In these early days of Okla
homa's statehood.
While the nation and the other
States are striving for reforms affect
ing public welfare. Oklahoma is se-
curing many OF them in her baby-
hood
The secret is the almost unlimited
power With which under the state.
coDstitution this corporation commits
sion is invested.
The chairman OF the commission is
j. r. Love t"Jack") strappng live
stock raiser whose considerable
wealth is estimated principally IN
mules and whose characteristic is the
western rough-and.ready way OF doing
things. They say he has never backed
up on bluff and he is dea, shot
When a train carrying number OF
delegates to the state convention was
delayed for an hour, Love remarked
that II II didn't move on IN ten minuteB
he would take command and move IL
on himself 1t moved
Termed the brains OF the commits
sion Is A. r. Watson. known as fPo-
tato Watson so-called on account of
his record breaking potato farms He
Is also the conservative member
The third member Is j. D. McAles
ter. retired banker Just before bis
election he was caught In real,
phony sucker gold-brick game which
cost him $4,000. but he says that Is
the only time he was ever stumg
The commission came into being
November l6, 1907, along with the
state.
Here Is what II has done already:
Il las caused a reduction IN freight
rates OF 90 per cent on lumber 80 per
cent on coal 40 per cent on oil and
20 per cent on grain, and now plans
to readiust the shipping charges on
cotton, these conditions being the
leaders in the trade and traffic of the
state. These reductions win mean
saving of about S5000.000 annually 10
the people of Oklahoma Not only
have the railroads agreed hut they
have declared a Willingness to coop
crate In the future with the commits
sion, TO the end that the greatest good
may come both to the railroads and
to the people.
The commission has restored the
trains east, west. north and south
which We're discontinued during the
railroads first apprehension.
II has made express aud telegraph
icomnr IS furnish free delivery serv-
Ice wiz j city limits.
During its first three months Of
service the commission acted upon
NEARLY one hundred complaints OF citi
zens and has improved conditions from
BORDERING weeds cut from the railroad
right OF way to providing conveniences
| IN depots and requiring a special train
to start from the division point when
a regular train, unless unavoidable
becomes an hour late
II has taken mp the elimination Of
grade crossings In cities and has In
stitu.ad an inquiry into telephone aud
Telegraph rates as now fixed by
monopOlies.
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reputation for being square. When
one railroad showed that the ordered
2-cent rate was confiscatory. the coin
mission promptly authorized a change
to 10 cents.
So far the commission has reserved
decision on the mo seat" complaint
Of the travelling public, but at a re-
cent hearing the railroads intimated
Willingness TO increase their equip.
lment and endeayof 80 provide a seat
for every passenger
Experts are now valuing the rail-
road property In the state When thls
report is perfected the commission
viii have something TO say about the
ILLUMINATION of watered stock
George A. Henshaw, assistant at
lt0rney general. who Is the commits
lsion's counselor. declares that the
commission has not been radical and
THAT II still desires only 70 act fairly
and deal justly with the corporations
as well as with the people.
After the commission gets further
lalong with It's present reforms, il viii
take up the street RAILWAYS. gas. elee
ltrle lighting and other public service
lcorporations
Appeal from the commissions iind
lings Is had only 20 the state supreme
court II is given 'the duty Of super
vising, regulating and controlling al
transportation and trsnsmlssion com
lpanies doing bnsinesa in the state.
And so far the people OF Okiaho
ma are quite satisfied that the com
. mission IS making good
Weak women get prompt aud iastnl
! help by using Dr shoop's Might Cure
These aoothinf healing anuaepii'
suppositories, with fun information
I how 10 proceed are interestingly toll
OF in my book no. q Tor Women
Z The book and strictly conhdeniia
I medical advice Is entirely free sim
! ply write Dr shOop. Racine Wis. 70
e my book No a. Sold by All dealers.
f Clifford Pinch0t. chief forester OF th
department of agriculture told Ne'
York audience that here Is in M
lconntfy now timber enough for iea
p than thirty years. and ccm enough {
/. last less than 100 years