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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-16

movement for 1t. In fact had 1t Rot
been for him and his tireless efforts
the hall today would be yet q planned
thing with no evidence Of los existence
at oil.
Harper s. Cunningham vas born in
Ohi' on She 31st day OF October, 1876.
His parents moved to Iowa in 1852,
and there he spent his early life. He
attended school at the Presbyterian
academy at Hopkinton. In 1862 he
mc,ed to Tama county. and the next
year he enlisted In Company G. 14th
iowa regiment, being only II years old.
lie ramained IN the army until the
end Of the war, receiving his discharge
August 3, 1865. In November 1864, he
was one OF those who we're assigned to
the Residuary Battalion Of the 18th
Iowa and stationed at Springfield, ILL.,,
at Camp Butler. His company marched
behind President incoln's bier IRON
the state house 20 the cemetery.
Mr. Cunningham is now an active
member OF the G. A. r. at this place,
and als) a member OF the Union Yeter
ans Union. This organization Is COM
posed of old sOldiers who actually par
tlcipated in some battles during the
1ar. Mr.. Cunningham has never
drawn & pension. He says that ne
came out OF the war in better shape
than he went into II and therefore was
n / entitledto a pension. He was So
years Oh Il few days ago and made ap-
plication for an old age pension which
the government gives all it's old sol
diera.
Returning from the war. Mr.. Gun
ningham went to school another year.
lie 'Vent to Riley county. Kansas, In
1867. where re tried farming This
proved unsatisfactory and ne went to
railroading, studying law at the same
time. He WIS admitted to the bar In
1874 aud was elected probate judge
OF Salina county He was elected
county attorney II 1880, and later had
charge Of the prohibition enforcement
OF the prohibition law when il was first
uuacted in Kansas. He initiated the
form OF Cumulative Punishment and
f.ed enc v.olator OF the prohibition
lsiN S33,900 selling his building q col
lect ~. He instituted the famous case
OF state vs.. Mugler," testing the
right OF the state to destroy brewer.
les operating In defiance Of law. which
case went clear to the supreme court
OF the United States and Is today a
leading case on that subject He was
appointed receiver Of the United States
iand cfice 81 Salina under President
Arthur
Slr. cunninshan cane 20 Guthrie on
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seMaa
Guthrie Has the Denvera
Seating Capacity Of 900 and Pronounced Architectural

more ihRn that amount can be voted
for public utility purposes provided an
election is called and the proposition
carries By a majority OF The property
tax paying voters. At Senator Gun.
ningham's suggestion a mass meeting
lTas called at the Brooks opera house
just few nights after the legislature
had adjourned
Senator Cuuning am was made chair.
man Of the meeting anal he explained
Artiele 10, Section 81 ~ the corstitu.
lion to a very crowded house en-
lhuslasm went wild. The agtaii u and
the fight during the last days Oh the
legislature had not been forgotten. II
was voted to build o 100000 hall at
cnce, provided the council could be in
duce to call an election to vote the
bonds. Senator Cunningham was in
structed to appoint q committee Of ten
to take the matter up and go ahead
with all necessary preliminary arrange
ments for the construction OF a con.
vention hall 10 be ready for the legls.
lature when It convened next January.
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the day OF the opening and here re-
NAMED, an energetic. public spirited
citizen. He was honored by the cit
izens Of the state by being elected
to the second territorial legislature and
served his constituents with credit. He
was attorney general Tor the territory
under Governor Barnes. He was a
member of The state senate last year
and was recently reelected for another
term IN the coming session. II was
while member of the last senate that
he started the movement for the new
convention hall.
Mr.. Cunningham is an enthusiastic
Scottish Rite Mason, and as such was
influential in having located here our
splendid Masonic Temple, costing $780,
600, and having over 1,50G members.
He also aided in securing the Temple at
South McAlester, which also cost $780,.
900, and has 1000 members.
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GUTHRIE MAN LANDS BIG JOB

Represents City in Erection Of Con.
vention Hall
Mr.. D. r. Cotton, whose Office IL To-
Gated at III North First street is one
Of the WEI known and one of the most
experienced contractors living In Guth.
RE. He came here from Kansas sew
cnteen years ago, just one year after
the opening. and has lived here ever
since. He has been in the construc-
tion business nearly all his active
life, having begun 1t when boy.
Measured by the various contracts
Mr. Cotton has handled, he is among
the foremost contractors and builders
OF the city. He has not only done
lis share OF the best work that has
been done In Guthrie but he has also
secured number of contracts in out
side towns. among which might be
mentioned the construction of a $1,000
dormatoTY for the Kingfisher College,
a big bank building at Crescent CITY.
and store building at MuEhali.
Guthrie's city hall was built under
MI. Cotton's supervision, he having
secured the contract from a large
number of competitors The build
ing stands today and always will
stand, as a splendid monument of
the excellence of Mr.. Cotton's work
as q builder and contractor OF the
first class.
Mr.. Cooton built, among many
others, three of the finest residence
buildings in Guthrie, those of Judge
Dale, S. l.. Spurrier, and John E.
Nisseley.
Mr.. Cotton. not long ago, secured
the contract for $4,000 worth of adj
'litions to the city school buildings.
These additions are to three different
buildings he now has large force
OF carpenters and masons at work
on the job, which will be completed
in a few days.
Besides this work now on ELnI
Mr.. Cotton has recently been selected
by the city council to superintend for
the city the construction OF the con-
vention hall. which is to cost Sl50.OOO
which position carries with It con-
siderable responsibility.
Mr.. Cotton is now and will be in
the future always ready to estimate
and contract most any class of work
presented. To those contemplating
builling he desires to say that he will
appreciate chance to bid ON your
work. He will guarantee his con
struction work as good as any. Often
he will be able to save you money.
whether your work is in the city or
not
Mr., Cotton says that his business
has been better the past year than
for years before. and that the pres
poets for the future are Aatterlng.
This is good news for Guthrie peo-
pie. because good business for con
tractors and builders means much
building going on and such building
going on means growing town.
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Senator Cunningham appointed bao
from each ward as follows: Judge
frank Dale, J. Douglas, G. II. Martin
dale, w H. Spurlock, J. Nj. Brooks, @.
R, Renfro, A. f. Houghton, c. r.. Jones',
q. w. Baxter and +. o. Luts
This committee. with senstcg Gun.
Hingham still chairman. went to work.
They decided not to try to build a
100000 hall but to build a s150,000
one. They waited upon the council
and mayor. Senator Cunningham again
going over the law relative t1 public
utilities and the council voted to call
an e,ection to vote the bonds.
After that 1t was comparatively easy
sailing. The bonds carried with prac-
tically no opposition. The mayzg
however, somewhat doubted their le.
gality aud friendly suit was Instituted
In the supreme court to test them. An
early decision was secured and the
bonds sold. In a comparatively short
time Mr.. Weathers had the designs for
the building prepared and SON after
wards the contract was let to the Man
haitian Construction company, VITA the
provision inserted that the building be
ready for occupancy by January lst
Since then work has been progressing
without break. save one or two fr-m
bad weather and from all appearances
every detail OF the contract win be
carried out to the letter and when the
legislature meets IN January the hall
viii be ready for IT,
Such. In detail. Is the history Of
Guthrie'a convention hall Perhaps
Rad Il not been for the deteumina,i n
ane the tirelsss effort OF Senator Gun.
ningham the building would never
have bean built, so to him gees most
OF the credit for It's being here Il Is
true that nearly every citizen OF
Guthrie was IN favor o. the hall from
the time It was frsa mentt ned, But
the opposition from the outside was 80
great t1at they could not see how II
was going to be accomplished. Il re-
mained for Senator Cunningham to de-
sise, or rather discover the way
Having disposed OF the history OF
huM the convention hall was secured,
and how Z, came 20 be built, let us now
say word or so concerning the loca
TIN. general description. advantages,
etc. OF the same
General Description and LCcation.
Guhrie's convention hall Is situated
on the east side of what is known as
Capitol Square. a tract Of ground $50
feet square at the east end OF Okla.
homa avenue. The convention hall
facee both the eesi and west, and Is In
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size 100 feet east and west by $50 feet
nrth and south On both the north
and south ends there are lanking
wings three stories high aud having
ealis 40 feet by 100 feet. In these halls
will be located rooms for the accom-
mediation Of the supreme court, the
judges OF the supreme court, the state
library. and various committee rooms
for the accommodation OF the senate
and house OF representatives. In al
there will be about fifty rooms in these
two halls alone.
The central portion OF the building
will be occupied by the convention hall
proper This portion of the building.
or the real convention hall we will
call It. will be S5 feet east and west
by 100 feet north and south. and will
have a huge dome ro.f supported by
steel arched trusses suspended over the
entire hall from east to vest This
hall will be 40 10 feet in depth IRON
floor to ceiling
The convention hall proper sill be
lighted from the top by a skylight 30
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nicely iuu. as soon as the workmen are
through with the construction and
taeir morlling equipment taken out Of
the way. The wrk is progressing
nicely. and the contractors tell us that
the building will be done within the
prescribed time unless too much bad
weather lnterferes. That time is Jan.
uary 1st
A General Summary.
From the foregoing general descrip-
tions OF the appearance and comtruc
ton OF the convention hall can be
gathered 81 me idea of the magnitude
and magnifcence OF It. When finished
It will be the largest exclusive conven-
tion hall between Kansas City and
Denver. II will be the only convention
hall In the new state. 1t will provide
excellent quarters for the state library,
the supreme court and legislature.
The building itself is not only the
ne,N states one convention hail. but it
is the most magnificent building In the
new state. Nowhere has there been so
much care exercised, or so much skill
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HERBERT i. Cooks CANDY STORE

Just about a month ago w. M. Bar.
Tick sold his candy factory at 20z
90 oklahoma to Arthur Cook, late
OF PittsbuTg, Penn. Mr.. Cook was In
ne candy business in Pittsburg for
Eve years before coming to Guthrie,
md has been in the business all to-
gether for the last twenty years. He
has worked in some Of the finest can
Nv factories on the Atlantic coast
and all over the country for that mat
ter He is an expert at candy max
ing.
Mr.. Cook will make for both whole.
sale and retail trade high grade chac-
Olates and all kinds of home candies
He will ondeavor to build up a large
wholesale and retail trade here and
says he thinks that as soon os he gets
started that he will have no trouble
In doing so as this is a good shipping
center The main thing, he thinks,
will be 90 get the public acquainted
With the high grade OF candies he VIII
put out.
At the same time he Is pushing his
candy business he will also continue
to keep up the reputation of Mr. Bar
rick's old stand for high grade Ice
~ taAA1s AANnf anu lOiu ulluhb.
winter he will serve all kinds of hot
drinks. He expects to keep his fcun-
tain going the year around.
Mr. Cock also expects to begin at
once to enlarge his plant making e
double the capacity now. This will
mean that by the first Of the year he
will have the largest. finest equipped
candy factory In Guthrie, with the
huest candy maker in town In charge
Of Il. Mr. Cooks two brothers, r. N.
Cook. and o. E Cook are also expert
candy msHers and he mas sent for
them to come here to help him. Ia
fact II Is hard to predict into what
sort Of candy factory Mr.. Cook viii
develop his establishment into from
the preparations he % making
Mr.. Cock himself "a a native c9 New
Hampshire. He is e pleasant man to
meet aad courteous To his eusyousra
and friends. lie IA 8 ah0rocgh baei-
ness man also and eo16ucts his h.asi-
ness along husineEs liges. TA1 Gead-
er c01srafuIates Mr. Cook Or lccass1g
In such splenGid town as Guth15s.
ana al>o 90 eae gcqd starr be hes ~.
ready made here. we WssA hiaa ah
the success his twenty years ca OK
Derience merits, whlcn Is anpoa0EeA
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niicient building, one of the finest Of
its kind In the country, the largest
betweeR Kansas City on the east and
Denver on the west, is the creation
OF Mr.. Weathers. He looks upon II
as the supreme effort of his eight
teen years of actual experience in de-
signing public buildings, and considers
il the most magnificent and the most
serviceable, the most durable structure
of It's kind in the whole country 1t
stands today, or rather win when
completed, (which will be by the first
of the coming year), as a splendid ex.
ample of the efficiency of Mr.. Wealth
ers' work as a public building de-
signer.
pany .dmonth ynO2ersmldesign tatata
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Heretofore they have gone elsewhere
for che reason that Guthrie could offer
no accommodations. Now, however
Guthrie can offer better accomnioda.
ions tAan any other city in the state
and for that reason will stand the best
chance TO secure the meetings.
There are a thousand things which
we might mention that will come from
the convention hall for the good OF the
town, but now that we have bhe hall
such would serve no purpose other
than argument, which is not necessary,
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ARCHITECT p. Il. wEArHERs.

Mr.. p II, weatherB, hereafter to
be known principally by the title of
''the man who drew the plans for
mammoth convention hall"
was born in Alabama some forty years
ago and when only a boy began the
study of public building designing in
an office, preferring that method o
educating himself in his profession to
any other method because of the prac.
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HISTORY or CONVENTION
HALL.

i.--Mass meeting at Brooks
opera mouse, June S, 1908.
2.-Elecetion held and bonds
carried, June %, 1903.
3.-Contract let 70 Manhattan
Construction company, July, 1908.
4.--Work on building begun
August 20, 1903.
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MAN TO WHOM HONOR is DUE

Just as Mr.. Weathers will always be
looked upon as the man who designed
ur convention hall, so will Hon.
Harper s. Cunningham always be re-
garded as the man who started the
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POINTS OF INTEREST CON
cERklNG HALL.

Q Cost; $4,000.
o 2.--Slxe; largest between Kan. :
Q sas City and Denver.
Q 3.-Purpose; to provide accom-
> nodatlon for the Oklahoma Leg ;
q islature and Supreme Court,
. 0uthrie's gift TO the new state
@ II capital remains here.
@ 4.-Loeation; in highest part Of ,
O the city, on east aide Of Capital
o Square, exactly In center Of ok [
q lahoma avenue.
. 5.--ConstructioR absolutely {
Q fire-proof throughout.
. e.--only eonventleR hall IN I
q new state.
o 7.-Ready fer occupancy BY ,
o january let.
o 5.--Seating capacity; YoOe.
Q 9 o o @ Q Q o O Q Q o O Q O (
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-31
STOCK MARKET REVIEW.
Practical idlcness Due Principally to
Gould Financing Delay,

New York, July S0.-The STOCK
market for large part of the tim,
to-day was practically idle This wa,
attributed to a feeling of suspens,
over the withheld announcement Of
the plan Of settlement of the Wheel
Ing and Lake Erie note maturity
News of the settlement was expected
before noon at the outset, but when c
further postponement was announced
to what would be later than the SEES.
sion Of the stock exchange. all dspo.
sition to operate In the market seem.
ed to be lost. The show of strength
IN the Gould group kept alive a sup
position that the Forthcoming news
would be helpful to values. The reti.
cence of all persons directly concern
ed In the negotiations, however, and
the variety of the rumors In circula-
tlon as to the probable outcome, in
dicated so much uncertainty that
speculative operators hesitated to
commit themselves.
Aside from this special cause for a
lull In activity, the trading seems to
have entered upon one of the usual
between periods of hesitation and
seeking for new initiative The num-
Der of events In the last few DAYS
which had been looked forward TO as
important In their bearing on values,
and upon which action had been taken
accordingly In the stock market, ac-
counts for this lapse into dulness.
The brokers' phrase in explanation Is
that the news Is all out" In that
situation the trader turns to the flu
ture and seeks light on new events
which he may anticipate The ces-
sation of the buying of stocks which
has resulted from this stage Of the
market was not followed to-day by
any important selling. When any re-
cession In prices occurred the selling
seemed TO he suspended entirely. Pro-
fessional traders, however. had sus-
picon that any advance in prices was
taken advantage OF to distribute
stocks
Some Influence towards repression
of activity was caused by the pub
lished announcement by the attorney
general Of the intention of the gov
eminent authorities to push with re-
newed vigor all cases pending against
railroads for granting Of rebates or
like offenses. The copper stocks
showed considerable strength, those
traded In on the stock exchange as
we'll as those traded In outside. The
further rise In the price of the metal
helped the movement, Last prices of
stocks showed small declines from
yesterday, ms n rule, but the fuctua-
lions were so constant and so narrow
as to leave little Significance in the
days changes
Bonds were irregular. Total sales.
par value. s2,9o4.000
United States bonds we're unchanged
on coll.
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Misceiianeous nnnna.
'Gx -dividepd.
CONVERTIBLE HOLDERS.
Wish to Know n They Can Participate
in New Stock Jssue

Holders Of the convertible Ave per
cent. certificates OF the New Haven
Gas Co, which were issued during the
panic Of last year are. wondering II
they are to be allowed to participate IN
the new Issue Of stock authorized Tues
day ct the stockholders meeting. In
one well-informed quarter It was stat
ed that the holder OF the debentures
has no legal right to It, according to
the terms Of the contract between the
holder and the company, but at the
same time the conversion of the bonds
into stock Is matter that IL entirely
optional with the board of directors.
The bonds may be converted into the
stock of the company at any time and
there is no secret Of the fact that the
directors have always heretofore had
an aversion to bonds Of any kind on the
company At the time the issue. of
bonds was put out It will be remember
ed money was considered quite tight
and conservative fnacial men believe
some part Of the new issue Of stock
will be used to retire the bonds now
outstanding, which amount to $500. 900
The stock authorized amount to $780,
600 It will be used for development and
improvement Of the property.
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ELECTED FROM EXCHANGE.
Knapp Ordered to Sell Seat Because
Of Reckless Dealing,

New York, July 30--The stock ex-
change membership held by John M.
Knapp, board member Of the firm Of
Coster, Knapp B. Co. which failed in
April, has been ordered sold at once by
the governing committee of the ex-
change, This action, which Is an un-
usual one, was taken after an investi-
cation into the methods of the firm.
The inquiry resulted in a decision that
the failure was due to RECKLESS and
unbusinesslike dealings"
Charles Coster, who was member
of this Arm, committed suicide on the
evening Of April 2S, the day before the
failure Of the firm was announced It
developed later, In bankruptcy pro-
ceedings that he had been engaged In
personal specializing with the accounts
of the firm.
John M. Knapp became a member of
the exchange on April II, 1907 He pur-
chased the seat Of Charles Coster
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-31
This Bank will be pleased to receive
business and personal accounts.
FOREIGN MARKETS.

London, July S0Money was plen-
day.
Trading on the stock exchange con-
tinued generally steady, notwithstand-
ing the lack of business. The mem
bers were occupied with the compile
ton of the settlement The failure
of small jobber in the American
section had no effect Consols were
easier and home rails were good on
dividend announcements, Foreigners
were firm, though inanimate.
Paris, July 30.--Prices on the bourse
to-day were firm.
Berlin, July S0.--Prices on the
bourse to-day were firm and trading
was quiet
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-31
COTTON MARKET.

Reported over private wire by Hayden
Stone g. Co., members of New York
and Boston Stock and New York Cot
ton Exchanges New Haven branch,
SO Center street
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CLOSING PRICEs.

Reported over private wires of Prince
& Whitley, members of the New
York and Boston Stock Echanges
New York office, 81 Broadway. and is
Center street. New Haven Conn
New York, July 30
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-31
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Prince
& Whitley, members or the New
York and Boston Stock Exchanges
New York office, 81 Broadway. and is
Center street. New Haven.
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THE NATIONAL
TRADESMENS BANK
OF NEW HAVEN.

Now that the season for ocean
travel is Mt hand, we desire to inform
the public that we supply Letters of
Credit and Travellers Checks avail
able in all parts of the world.
Drafts are also issued for remit
tances to foreign countries.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-31

Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern came out 10 points down near the
opening, 900 shares changing hands
at 500 Following this was a sale of
100 shares at Sos 100 at 512, 100 at
b16, and 100 at SIG. Brokers on the
floor said that the specialists sold all
Of the stock, and that single firm
bought It all One inference drawn
was that the first sale at 800 was a
matched" order, for the purpose of
bringing out long stock, perhaps using
the pending troubles with the switch
men as an excuse. IT has been
known for some time that wealthy
men appeared to have stood ready to
buy the stock at certain price.
Lackawanna Is mostly owned by men
of large fortune. who acquired their
holdings lower down.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-31
BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires OF Horn
blower g. Weeks, members of tho
New York and Boston Stock Ex-
changes, Frank D. Wetmore. mana
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-31

Disbursements for August In the
way of interest and dividends by the
leading corporations Of the country
will aggregate $72,263,1 61, as against
$74,407673 last year. There was a
reduction in dividend payments, but
Interest disbursements were $1,000
600 larger.