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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21
A NARROW EscAPE.
Uncle Reubsn's Story Of His First Rid
In an Elevator.

Uncle Reuben's Story OF iiss First Rids
In an Elevator.
Uncle Reuben came back from the
city excited and nervous. lie had
gone to the city +, transact some law
business connect,,. eith his farm with
q lawyer whose office was IN > mod
ern skyscraper anO whose address Reu
ben carried along for memorandum.
"Waal,p he began after his wife
alarmed at his changed condition. had
threatened TO summon the doctor from
the nearest village X be would not ex
plain its cause II Ind about tn skin
niest shave from death this morning }
ever heard on II WIZ IN that law
yer's buldn' too " zee. | found tn
right place am started loolsln' through
tn builain f'r his name an number
Finally after walkin' up stairs after
stairs f'r over two hours s6f daown
all tired out on tn top step O. tn last
stairway. completely discouraged.
Where ldn J lind Eawyer Barnes
oniccT ] asked u man huriyn by
me. lie Didn't stop. but just pointed
his thumb at young feliar stnndln
beside a little cageike room cliewin
gum like sixty. SO stepped over an
into this little room an asked tn boy
II he WIZ Lawyer Barnes clerk. No
he sez. a bit fresElilse. but IN see that
= see 'mr Then that fresh young
fellar hit tn wall a punch that did
IN huh businessl'
Here Reuben paused to cover hIa
eyes and shake all over.
"He hadn't any more'n hit tlihi
wall when he dislodged that room's
gii-ricb quick fastening he went on
when his spell was over. "an tn huh
floor o that room fell right out an
daown them fifteen stories 70 tn
ground, takIn' me an that young fellar
with III
"Waal, thank God. here be. Sa~ahy
How either O rs escaned gltiin' every
bone ia our bodies broke don't know
an don't care. All / know Is that
floor fell HAT Oh 81 ground an we
didn't lose our footin When thai
shock Wnz over / hugged tn young
feller f'r Joy an give hita five dollar
bill f'f openin' tn door an lettin' me
out ahead o him. Then I hustled rr
home - Bohemian Magazine.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21

A walk through the British museum
aud close examination Of the pedal
exiremiiles OF ancient art there show
they are an bad about the feet ''ghe
DISK Ihrower." celebrated specimen.
has particularly bad examples Of In
cipient bunion joints IL the foot Of
The Fafuese Apollo. used as a model
IA most art schools. represents the foot
OF the average Greek c0rns and hun
ions must have been common 10 that
classical country British Shoemaker
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21

A witty professional man was chat
ting with some women about FREUD
Of theirs who was notoriously henpeck-
ed. His better half makes him walk a
chalked line, and woe be unto him Il
he deviates from H.
lie Is model husbandr exclaimed
one woman IN the party.
NAY, not model, but modelled" In.
terrupted The professional man. "but
whether IN clay or putty depouent say
eth not"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21
VINO ourBuasT OF JoY.
Mafel<ins Night, When Lenden Flung
AniNl All pinnitY.


'Afafeking night gava a verb 20 the
English language. "fo mafhk.p de-
fined in a phrase. means 70 turn every
thing upside down In wild outbu-st
Of joy. Certainly vc did tura every.
thing upside down that Friday,
May IS 19O0-ln London. and we had
Joy and to spare TO Justify Us. 1t was
not merely that Mafckln- was relieved
the town in which Ba6en-powell and
his men, edging close 20 etaryatlon. had
sat tight SO long and q plucSily; it was
the far greater relief that ca9ne to ali
England at thc end OF thas da.k War
ter through which all England, silently.
doggedly. had taken its nasty punish
ment, with the winning at last Of 4
substantial victory. The tense strain
was relaxed suddenly, and London,
with good cause FOR it, mafiked ex-
ulungly through all that glad night
long.
Tiddiers are peacock tail feathers
Tiddlng IS tickling other peoples
noses with them with my own hap
py eyes that night | saw two White
chapel girls, with proper Whltechapei
chris twiried on their temples. fiddle
the nose of a Pail Mall policeman
And that pollceman-ima II yon
please, all possible lmpossibiltles fused
into one single ultra violet ray Of in
credlbility fairly thrust forward his
law embodyiug nose 10 be tiddled by
those worse than regicdcs--he was a
Pail Mall policeman, remember-and
benignly rewarded them with the
sneeze Of their desirel
On the same lines | may cite another
example from that same evening. I
saw on piccadllly an Intensely re.
spectacle looking Engllshman- middle
aged, stout, gray whiskered. dressed in
seemly black and wearing n seemiy
top hat who most obviously was a
member of the conservative middle
class, a weli to do city man, I should
say, With a tidy villa at Shepherds
Bush or Hackney, who on Sundays
very likely handed the plate And
this by rights typically phlegmat.e
Rriton was sented. With his chubby
legs very wide outspread before him,
on the roof OF four wheeler, and hs
had the union jack in one hand and
tie standard ia the other, and he was
coming along the middle Of one of the
great streets of London ia the thick Of
the roaring crowd filing II waving
those national banners with an lncom-
parable feryor and hurrnhiug Just as
loud as he possibly could hatrahl
But saw no mote IN TIE eye ~ ry
phlegmatic English brotner-we were
about Of an aye flag waving and bur
rahing up there on the roof OF his
growler, possibly because at the mo-
ment l had something Of a beam In
my own Strictly speaking. the reliet
of Mafeking was not my affair at all.
But God bless me. there 1 was too.
with my standard and my union Jack
0hey cost uie sixpence apiece. mount
ed on little bamboo poles, and as long
as live / shall cherish them. and
went about L5n6on that night waving
those iaes just as crafty as anybody
and roared away with the national
anthem and soldiers Gfstse Queen
ana the "AOsentminded Beggarp just
as loudl+ as epybody. Thomas A.
Janyier in Harpers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21
GOVERNMENT ANIMALS.
Branding Them Is Provided For By
Army Regulations.

Branding Them Is Provided For BY
Army Regulations.
Whenever you see the letters ~
s." branded on the left fore shoulder
Of an animal, make up your mind al
once that that beast Is or was 40 one
time the property Of our rich old On
Gle Sam.
Then again II yon knew the key To
the system OF branding utilized by the
quarternaster's department. United
States army, yon wonld IA q moment
be able TO tell The organization OF the
army 70 which that animal WAS as
signed Immediately after purchase by
the government
Branding public animals Is not a
matter Of choice. buf Is provided for
by the army regulations. which direct
that
Public animals shall upon the day
received be branded with the letter
II, s. on the, left fore shoulder
Horses assigned 10 organizations VIII
also be branded on the hoof OF one
fore foot one and one half inches below
the cofcaet with the designation Of tle
company. BAnding irons Of uniform
size and design VIII be- supplied 10y
the qnariermasters department let
ters ~. 81 70 be- two inches Ia height.
letters and numbers Of hOof hrands
on the same line % be three fourths of
au inch high, the letter 70 precede the
number and blocked 50 as 70 pene
trate the hcof one sixteenth Of an inch
For e4ainpie, the hoor brands on
horses assigned to band Ninth cavalry
would BE- CE9 10 Troop A. Fiuh cay.
airy, would he AZ; 10 Company a, bat
taiion Of englnees would be nEA ~
Cincinnati EnQaifer
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21

"The newspapers" said the orator
solemnly. do not tell the truth"
Perhaps not" answered the editor
regretfnlly 'We 10 our best, but. you
know there Is 1othing more difficult
than to tel the unth in way that
won't pui It up TO some one 70 chal-
lenge your yeracity." Washington
Star.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21
M'asnsH9HsMsnansMsE9nsmsnn
Z ORDERS OF STATE =
y CORPORATION =
4 COMMISSION =
aluFRsEgE9nsasHszsnsMsRsnS
No Order Today.
tFirst Published in Daily Leader, Feb.
ia, l90S)
CORPORATION COMM SSIoN OF
OKLAHOMA.
oRpER NO. 10.

OhDEk NO. TS.
To all Railroad and Railway Compa.
nies Operating Railroads in the
State of Oklahoma
You are hereby notified that pro-
posed order was published in The
Guthrie Daily Leader, OF Guthrie. Ok
.hhoma. as required by law. and IN
pursuance to a hearing had thereon
on Tire tenth day of February. 1908,
and al objections and amendments
having been duly considered, the Cor
pOration Commission of the State Of
Oklahoma hereby issues the following
official order. rule regulation and re-
quirements.
The plans. specifications and loca-
tions OF all depots to be constructed
in the state by any railroad or railway
company. or any change of location OF
any depot must be submitted to and
approved by the corporation commits
sion of oklahoma before such depots
are permanently located or construc-
ted
Tits order shall be in full force and
effect on and after the fifteenth day
Of March. 190S
Corporation Commission.
J. F. LOVE,
Chairman.
tSEAL) A. p. WATSON.
Commissioner.
j. J. McALESTER
ATTEST.
W. L. CHAPMAN.
Secretary.
Guthrie, Oklahoma, February Il, 1895
tFirst published in Daily Leader Feb
2l. l90S.)
NOTICE FOR BIDS ON
PUBLIC PRINTING
Notice Is hereby given that bids
win be received from responsible
bidders Ia Oklahoma by the State
Printer o. bis Office ia Guthrie. okla
homp. Tor the doing OF all items OF
printing and book work required By
the St9te Of Oklahoma. IN an depart
ments, offices and Institutions and
commissions Also for all bound
books and records required By the
district courts, counties and town.
ships Of the state
The schedules and specifications
for this printing will be furnished
upon application By the Stale Printer.
No bids VIII be received after two
O'Clock D. M. March IL, 1908. The
State Printing Board reserves the
right to reject any and all bids and to
apportion the work OF the printing
and binding as in its Judgment may
seem best
C. G.. WORRALL.
State Printer.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21

ITO think" said the visitor. "that
You viii have to 80 through life an ex,
convict
"Weil, miss, replied Crowbar Claude.
ito tell YOU the truth. just at presen:
there ain't nothing ia like more 10 be-
Exchange
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21

Bannlng-So the family IN the nat
next yours has a ph9nograph, eh? How
many records have they? Brlck- Heay.
en- only knows. But they broke theil
best previous record last sunday by
nse hours aud twenty,six minutes.-
Puck.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21
- Generoaltu.

Hell wish that you were poor, so
that you would be willing 70 marry
me. She Evidently I am far more
generous than you. wish you were
rich, so that might be willing 70 mar.
~ you Exchange.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21
probabN.

'"The ideaw exclaimed Mrs. Kadley
Il wonder why that woman is watch.
Ing me soT"
Probably" replied her husband
"she's trying to find out why you are
staring ~ haE"-ExcbanRs.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21

kodol Is a scliintiho preparation of
vegetable ACIDS With natural digest
ANTS and contains the same juices
found IN a healthy stomach. Each
dose viii digest more than 5000
grains good food. Sold by c. r..
Renfro.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21

npnDcv Cured quick relief removes
o"V'" ail swelling Ia u 20 daSa;
80 70 90 days effects Permanent cure
irai treatment given iree 10 auaerers.
nothing faiyer For circulars tesfi-
monials and free trial treatment write
Or "a. A Green's Sons. Box q. At
lanla, Georgia
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21

~Ever been 80 Siberian asked the re-
porter.
'Er-yes," answered the distinguish
ed Russian refugee. ~ took a kIout-
Ing there one summer. Chicago Trib-
cue.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

RELIEF FOR LADIES Original
and only genuine Tansy Wsfers. put
~ In yellow wrappers and crown
trade marx Accept mo substitute.
Vor sale At all drnReists h-s9-seh
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21

Good from start to finish. The cele-
brated White Goose cigars, three for
five. Get them al Olsmith's to-day.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21

SMOKE EYERLY's TALL sYcA-
MORE, ONE BINDER, SC CIGAR.
EQUAL TO MOST ioc CIGARS.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21

Bert Barber. OF Elton. Wis, says.
2 have only taken four doses OF yom
Kidney ana Bladder Pills and they
have done for me more than any
other medicine has ever done. Mr.
Batber relers to DeWitts kidney and
Bladder Pills. They are sold By g.
r. RENFRO.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21

The man who Is driven TO drink by
bad luck would probably have been
ruined by prosperity -Chicago Record.
Herald
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21

WANTED Men1 40 learn barber trade,
few weeks required, best paying
work within reach OF poor man. can
have shop with small capital. wages
from $l2 to $50 weekly, wonderful
demand for BARRIERS. Catalogue
mailed free Moier Barber College
Dallas Texas
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21
MAE hELP WAIVED.

GOOD PAY-Men wanted everywhere
to tack signs. distribute circulars,
samples, etc. No canvassing. Ad-
dress National Distributing Bureau,
100 Oakland Bank Building. Chicago,
Illinois.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-21

Goods Packed Stored and Shipped 10 Order
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05
Sleepy Hollow Items.

Well we have walked up at
last and have revived energy
enouge to write the times
again.
We are all happy in the
thought that spring will soon
be here. We were glad to hear
that Mr.. McGavern has seen a
robin so soon. We wished to
see one too, but haven't yet.
Sam Price is staying with his
parents now and preparing to
go to New Mexico on his new
claim.
John Becker has taken a
claim in New Mexico and will
move there this spring. We
begrudge Mexico claiming SO
many of our neighbors and
citizens and our very best wish
es will go with them.
Mrs. Frank Steen is visiting
her parents. She has been
suffering from rheumatism but
is much better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Darling
were the happy parents of a
bright new 8 pound baby girl
Feb. %. All parties concerned
are getting along fine. This
gives Mr.. and Mrs. Darling
four bright pretty little girls.
The party given Friday even
ing by Miss Nellie Frazier was
we'll attended the young people
report a very pleasant time.
Miss Nellie introduced some
new features of entertain
ment that were very pleasing
to the young people. Refresh
ments were severed at IL
O'Clock.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05
Des Moines, Feb. 20, 1908.
Yours. H. R. Wright,
State Food and Dairy Com.
BE CAREFUL WHAT you SAY

In speaking of a persons faults,
Pray don't forget your own;
Remember those with houses OF glass
Should seldom throw stone.
If we have nothing else to do
But talk of those who sin.
'Tis better we commence at home,
And from that point begin.
We have 70 right to Judge a man
Until he's fairly tried;
Should we not like his company
We know the World is wide.
Some have their faults-and wi
has not?
The old as we'll as young;
Perhaps we may. for aught we know,
Have fifty to their one.
I'll tell you of better plan,
And find it works full we'll,
To try my own defects to cure
Before of others tell;
And though sometimes hope to be
No worse than some know.
My own short comings bid me let
The faults.of others go.
Then let us all when we commence
To SANDER friend or foe,
Think of the harm one word may do
To those who little know.
Remember curses something like
Our chickens. "roost at home:
Don't speak of Others faults until
We have none of our own.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05
Surprise al Riley Home

ouiPiloS al NltSy llOllle
About forty friends of Mr..
and Mrs. B. T. Riley surprised
them Saturday evening at their
home on North 18th street, the
occasion being Mr.. Riley's 58th
birthday anniversary. Nearly
all of the guests were members
of the Knights and Ladies of
of Security, of which organiza-
tion Mr.. Riley is also a member.
Cards and music were the or
der of the evening, after
which a big supper was served,
the guests bringing with them
everything in the eatable line.
Mr.. Riley was presented with a
fine rocking chair as a token of
esteem. The evening was very
pleasant for the present.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05
Plan New Auto Route.

Alaska and Siberia will pro-
badly never see the contestants
in the automobile race from
Mem York to Paris. At least
there is every indication that
three of the teams in the grind
will fight shy of the frozen
north in their attempt to circle
the earth. An ocean voyage
from San Francisco to Yokoha-
ma, to be followed by a rail-
road jaunt through Japan, with
another brief cruise, may he
the course of the Italian Zust.
Thomas and Motto Bloc teams.
according to M. H. Hanley, who
is accompanying the tourists.
The change in route has
been suggested owing to tie
delay experienced by the racers
in crossing the "trackless
wastes" Of Indiana. So much
time has been lost on the early
stages Of the run that the driv-
ers Of three cars favor the idea
of eliminating the Bering
Straight line from the jaunt.
The French De Dion team is
opposed to the change in route,
and st. Chaffray declares he
will go around the original
course.
By making a voyage from
San Francisco to Yokohama.
connecting by rail with Ojiura,
and then motoring across ST.
IBERIA to lrkutsk, Hanley fig
ured that the contestants would
save over 5000 miles of tour
ing. The original route called
for an ocean trip from San
Francisco to Seattle and Valdez
with a subsequent chase along
the Yukon to Nome, thence ov-
er to Cape Prince of Wales and
by boat across the Boring
Straight to Siberia. From Fest
Cape, the first point on the Si-
berian shore. the cars were to
have travelled almost 5000
niles to Irkutsk.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05
SIMPLE WASH CURES &C.
JENA.
Itching, Burning Skin Dis
ease Routed Without Use
Of Injurious Drugs.

Great inventors often have
BEEN praised for surrendering
the secrets of their discoveries.
Practically the same thing hap.
pened in the medical world in
the case Of DR.. Decator D. Den
mis-, the eminent skin specialist
of Chicago.
DR.. Dennis, in his own office
practice, discovered that pure
vegetable oil of wintergreen,
properly mixed with other SIM
pie remedies was practically a
sure specific for eczema, psori-
asis, BARRIERS itch, salt rheum,
and other itching skin diseases.
But the oil of wintergreen alone
was found ineffective. 1t re-
quired other mild ingredients
such as glycerine and thymol
compounded with the winter
green, to produce the real &C.
zema cure.
This compounded D. D. D.
Prescri ,+;"n positively takes
away he itch at once-the in
slant it is applied to the skin.
This vegetable liquid does away
with deleterious drugs so long
used in an attempt to doctor
the blood, whereas modern
science has determined that
eczema is first and all the time
a skin disease.
II you want to know more
about the merits of d. D. D.
Prescription, call at our store.
We vouch for this remedy.
Rob't w. Harvey.
Mrs. F. A. Sims and Mrs. P
p. Robinson were Omaha Ias-
sen gers this morning.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05
Pure Seed

Editor Times: Perhaps your
readers will be interested in the
operation of the agricultural
seed law of this state.
1t prohibits the sale of seeds
containing quackgrass, Canada
thistle, wild oats, the dodders
and corn cookie.
Standards of purity and via
bility are fixed which the seeds
must attain; or failing which
the lots of seeds must, when
sold, bear labels showing the
names and percentages of inn
purities.
The absence of such label in
dictates that the seeds are up to
the standards and true to name.
The sale of seeds not up to
standard and not properly la
beled or of seed containing
quackgrass, etc, is prohibited
under penalty of $500.
Samples may be seLt to the
undersigned for Analysis, for
which the law fixes a fee of so
cents each.
Samples have already been
received, showing fifteen diff
ferent kinds of weeds present
in an aggregate of 36 per cent
BY weight; and samples have
been sent in from dealers for
inspection showing more than
SO per cent of impurities. The
purchase of such seed would
double the cost of the seed to
say nothing of the injury re-
sulting from the sowing of the
weed seeds.
The buyer should insist upon
a guarantee from his seed
dealer that the seed complies
with the standards of the stat
ute.
Des Moines, Feb. 20, 1908.
Yours. H. R. Wright,
State Food and Dairy Com.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05
An Iowa Student
Elected Valedictorian

1AS$SSN Vd1SOlSlOIl dIl
To be elected valedictorian
of ones class and, especially
when that class is as large and
influential as it is the senior
law class of the University of
Michigan, is an honor that one
might consider above all the
many marks of esteem accorded
during term of residence in
college here.
Thomas V. Bird, of Missouri
Valley, Iowa, has been accorded
other honors by his classmates
and college friends since he en-
tered the law department here
in the fall of 1905 but his choice
as valedictorian of the 'O8 law
class, which is to graduate here
in June from the great depart
ment made famous by Cooley,
Campbell and Kent, is the cli-
max of his popularity.
After graduation at the Iowa
State Normal College and two
years in the department Of lib
eral arts at Chicago University
where he specialized in socio-
logy, Mr.. Bird was superintend-
ent of schools for two years at
Mapleton, Iowa, thus giving
him an excellent foundation
for the study of the law.
In the first year here Mr..
Bird gained the friendship of
his fellows and this has increas-
ed each year until he numbers
among his acquaintance near-
ly every man in the upper
classes in the University. Dur
ing all this time he has been
the moving spirit in dozens of
class and University affairs
which were designed for the
benefit of the student body as
a whole, such as the Michigan
Union and the various debat-
ing and class societies.
Mr.. Bird is a member of I! e
Law Presidents Club, an hone r
airy society, president of u q.
Iowa State Club, which has a
membership of a hundred stu
dents, and in the spring Of 1906
was elected president of the
Webster Society. Bird was
suggested for the presidency of
the Michigan Union, in the
spring of 1907, but withdrew
from the contest, owing to an
unexpected call from home on
account of his mothers illness.
Ann Arbor Times.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-03-05
Leap Year Dance

The first leap year dance of
the season occurred last even
ing given by the Owl Dancing
Club girls.
The dancing commenced
promptly at 8 o'clock. Each
one carried a small package
which was exchanged. This
was great fun for all. At
eleven o'clock delicious refresh
ments were served.
From the time of the grand
march, to the strains of "a
Lemon in the Garden of Love"
when each boy was presented
with a lemon, until the Home
Sweet Home waltz, when the
lights were extinguished and
each boy holding a lighted can
die found their partners, was
one grand success. Each boy
declaring that the young ladies'
could have a dance every week,
that it was a time to be long
remembered by all. Out of
town guests were Misses Mabel
Honaker ami Sarah Anterior,
of Woodbine.