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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31
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by the Foss Enterprise we see =
great injustice has been done MIR. Lafe
Falcener, who lives nine miles out FROM
that village. Mir. Falcener is a farmer
who raises pigs and alfalfa. Just be-
fore Christmas MIR. Falcener found the
larder down a little and tie bank Ic-
count was so snug he did not wish to
draw holes in It. Having three pigs
full four months cid, he drove two Of
them 20 Foss. They We're fattened on
alfalfa and fat. Here is whore the En-
terpsise did Lafe great injustice:
II stated he bought presents for the
family; groceries. an overcoai for HIM
self, 4 cloak for Martha, and had money
enough left 10 pay his taxes"
The truth is that he purchased al.
he was accredited with. but ok two
shares OF bank stock. and paid his SUD
scription TO the Foss Enterprise. In
addition. when he arrived home, he as
certained the boys had killed the other
pig. They had put away more meat
than was needed for the yeay. sold sau-
sage at the town near FOss for enough
ney to get their winter clothes aud
pay tuition to the Missouri school OF
journalism. MIR. Falcener was so well
pleased with the thrift of his boys that
g took the spareribs to still another
market and traded them for a house
and vt: the realty 10 go to the girl
who Is wise enough to marry one OF
the enterprising sons of so wise a
farmer.-Bowwow Buzzer.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31

The old fashioned way OF dosing a
weak stomach. or stimulating the
Heart or Kidneys is all wrong DR..
Shoop first pointed out this error. This
is why his prescription-Dr Shops
Restoratiye-is directed entirely to
the cause of these ailments-the weak
inside or controlling nerves. II isn't
so difficult, says Dr. Shoop. to streng
then a weak Stomach, Heart, or Kid
neys, if one goes at it correctly. Each
inside organ has its controlling or in
side nerve. When these nerves fail,
then those organs must surely falter.
These vital truths are leading drug
gists, everywhere to dispense and
recommend DR.. Shops Restorative.
Test it a few days, and see Improve.
ment will promptly and surely follow
Sold by Wallace's drug store.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31
NEGRO HAD MONEY WITH HIM

Nacogdoches. Tex, Dec. 3l,-Shedif
Spradley today arrested Arthur Berry
a negro, accompanied by his wife and
baby, as the family left a train from
Shreveport, the parties having come
from TAFT, Okla, where, it is claimed
Berry stole several Thousand dollars
last Friday night
The arrest was made on instructions
from the Muskogee sheriff. and l,2O3
was taken from the negro Ten $lO0
notes and one $50 note was found on
the infant.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31
Guthrie, Oklahoma, Dec. 20,

Henry NAaiker'a Opinions.
Christmas comes and so does the
''mumblingsr OF the croaker. The
latest are: One signing himself "A
C. r.. anotaer called "A member oi
the first legislature. third is. "Nm
"A. Gift" All of them defen ling the
federation of commercial clubs and
its alleged owners-the railroad ana
coal operators. And each TO- him
self has the same old cry. sayeth.
Freak Legislation" But none OF
them Is frank or competent 10 point
out Just waat is the real complaint
il seems TO be sufficient foe the so
called writers to allege an Imaginary
thing and so on belittling Oklahoma
and attacking her fair name without
designating the real complaint, or II
one exists, suggesting a remedy;
again, that which they say Is so pal
pably untrue they are ashamed to
sign their names TO their articles.
Nj. Gift says: ''The railroads do
not so much fear our corporation COM
mission as they do our shifting legis-
lamres" i".
aeAh ~fhteryleWea member of the
first legislature" says upon tho same
subject: The corporation commits
sion butts into everything taey have
no business TO butt into. and butts
out of the things they should butt
into" Both OF these gentlemen seem
io be we'll posted regarding the cor
pOfstiOn commission and the corpora
tions. Although tney are wide In
their conclusions Which is right?
The .fnfsrviawad member of the
first legislature" will not sit IN either
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31
state OF ohio. city OF Toledo.
Lucas County.

Lucas County.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner of the firm of F. J
Cheney & Co. doing business in thc
City OF Toledo, County aud State af re
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case OF Catarrn
that cannot be cured by the use 81
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
ia my presence, this 9Th day of Dsccm.
Der, a. %. 1886.
fSEAI..) A. w. GLEASON.
Notary Public.
Falls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, aud acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials free.
FJ. CHENEY & co. Toledo, o,
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills fog consd
nation.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31
LAaoR RgmoNaT hArea.

The decision. right or wrong, Of the
court at Washington, assessing fines
and jail sentences against the three
labor leaders has aroused interest
throughout the civilized world. AS
matter 81 fact thero was little surprise
on the part Of the men sentenced The
issue was fairly drawn and according
to Interpretation of the statute the
decision had to rest No one knew
better than Samuel Gompers what one
idea was; no one knew better thar
Gompers what Is rhe contention of his
opponents
But whatever may be ones view.
point, you can not add to or subtrac;
from the fact that Mir. Gompers is
martyr He has had his chance fol
peace from his opponents. but refused
all of them. rs the leader of the great
est organized Industrial army tn,
world has yet known, he undertook tc
take his following into the ranks OF
the great hosts led by William Iennings
Bryan. lie wen knew that Mir. Bryan
is bitter foe to arbitrary ruling OF
any official body and because 4 that
and the industrial condition OF tho
country MIR. Gompers made an unsuc
cessful effort to make his followers sec
the light. No matter who stood loyal
aud who deserted, history must say
that Samuel w. Gompers has neve
I raIlau hi Oh tf.
made gigantic failure In his effort
but he Assumed the responsibility and
went to Denver to the national con
vention of his body and was sustained
in his actions.
Aside from Pennsylvania, Indiana.
Ohio and. possibly, l1wa. labor voted
for Mr. Taft The industrial states
proved that. because where the rura
vote was alone 1t advanced The cause
of Democracy. while districts with
! skilled labor votes We're overwhelming
~ for Mr. TAFT Much of this, Il IL
confessed. was due to the coerci-n OF
owners, but whom the leader went so
valiantly 10 the front there was cause
for the rank and file TO stand in line
one time.
They failed Mr. Gompers.
Now, after deserving MIR. Gompers
and the party which Offered hin
something OF value aud nct attriment
al TO other avocations, these same men
/ who forsook both parry and leader.
ask a TRADE against the courts.
Labor never gets more than its share
of what Is good for man, and its cause
il promulgated properly grows apace
but IL the growth has not taught the
agitators they have erred by over-in
dulging their talking proclivitles az the
expense Cf their voting intelligence
then indeed Is the cause futile.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31
ThaS be- Medlclne.

Me6cias Thls 5g MeSiciHes
Il have suffered a gocd deal with
malaria and stomach complaints, but !
have now found remedy that keeps
me Wei. and that remedy is Electric
Btters: medicine that is medicine
for stomach and liver troubles. and for
run down conditions, says W. G.
Kiestler. of Halliday, ark. Electric
Bltters purlfy and enrich the blood,
tone up the nerves, and imparl vigor
and energy to The weak. Your money
viii be refunded IL le fails to hep you.
SOC at all druggists.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31
Proper Halt is Called.

TVFNI 'Tu'I 70 V"TINNf
(Lawton Constitution-Democratl
Governor Haskel's efforts to put .
curb upon county, city school, town
ship. boards that are inclined to abuse
the power they have to tax the people
win be commended by the taxpayers of
the state generally. The governor has
issued an address TO the different
boards in which he presents the com
mcn sense views that are character
lstic OF his administration The local
boards in Comanche county have been
conservative in their tax estimates. but
in some portions OF the state they have
gone beyond reason and the governor
asks them T. call halt.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31
~ TEE THEATRE.
) O o 0 o 0 0 o O Q 0 o O o O 6

That "The Isle OF Spiee' has lost
none of It's popularity as the seasons
roll by is evidenced by the large au
dience at the Brooks last night w1ich
demanded encore after encore OF the
favOrite numbers-and every number
was favorite. The solOists ware In
fIle voice ANA Isere augmented by q
ehorrs not often surpassed Ia a road
company. The girls were pretty and
agile and responded 10 the encourage
illsatS.sf the appleuding audience by
working with heart and soul.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31

paralysis of railroad development in
the new state
And that is the kind f'eGucation-
al campaign being carried on by the
federation of commercial clubs Think
IL over Mr.. Reader,
HENRY NJ. WALKER.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31
Marked For Death.

Three years ago 4 was marked for
death, A graveyard cough was tear
ing my lungs io' pieeos Doctors failed
TO help me, and hope had fled. when
my husband got Or Kings New Dis
coyery,' says Mrs. A. c. Williams. OF
Bac, Ky. The first dose helped me
and Improvement kept on until had
gained 5S pounds In weight and my
health was fully restored" This medi.
cine holds the worlds healing record
for coughs and colds and lung and
throat diseases. II prevents pneu
monia Sold under guarantee al all
druggists. soc and Sl.00. Trial bottle
free.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31

She new Candy Cold Cure
Tablets, are said by druggists 30 have
four special specific advantages over
an other remedies for a cold First
They contain no Quil'ns. uoihins
harsh or sickening. Second-They
give almost instant relief. Third
pleasant to the taste. like candy,
Fourth-A large box-4S PreventiCs--
ut 25 cents. Also fine for feverish
children. Solo by Wallace's drug store.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31
Chairs Ara Going VI

OVdiFb Rt4 N@Oi'S ~
(Roland Phillips, in Success Maga-
zinc.'D
y have been in the business said
the buyer fof a big furniture house,
for thirty-elent years. l ought to
knew something about IL, hadn't II
Vel let ms tel you few plain facts.
"'rhis chair yon are sitting In Is
marked one hundred and thirty-hve
dollars. Ten years ago you could
1sys bought 4 fN seventyhye. You'll
.bSs3iA h3Ts n ferlyI dig, ipsrease
l stsNtat hb tde-hexOeS SSsIS Ajisn't
going to decrease in value, Is It? ~
ulDled uysiuI0 afgcmoTe YaoOhHpace
than 1t does now. will it? and the
scarcer the wood, the quicker 1t will
increase In value Isn't that reason
able? Wen, then answer ME this. as
long aS you and your neighDors pay
the bills; in other words, as long as
we fix the prices and The public
stands the gaH. why should we both
er about protecting the forests? It
may be nearsighted. | dare say Il is,
and. as business, Il looks like a
cinch.'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31
STAFF BRIEFS
I.sgaats1aNNNa a,I.aHaMaMqMqNHN

w. f. Myers. 81 dead at Ardmore.
f1l Reno woman opposed to birds on
n"'spoa7ui~iq ls oai eif "a
. sIrs Mary j. White is dead aE'
Thomas. ,r .f
Mr. and Mrs. w. T.. shinn. Newklrk,
mourn the loss Of a babe.
Alva mayer is campaigning for
horses and firefighting equipment
Eufaula-checota county seat war is
still preventing either city progress
ing.
Pryor Creekltes an unit behind deal
for eularging orphan school at that
point.
Cleo still insists Fairview is not the
proper place for capital Of Major
county.
Rumor that MuskOgee Joint keepers
would get on water wagon is officially
denied.
Pottawatomie county seat contest be.
tween Tecumseh and Shawnee gr Tvs
fercer.
Nat Hayes, 16, was shot by Vance
Newland, 10, at ArdmoTe. Pointing
"unlcaded" gun at his friend.
Wewoka Democrat announces George
Crump as candidate for congress in
Third district. lie is big, too.
In spite of the heroic work done by
the Midget editor. two onery fellows
still peddle booze at Kingfisher.
HobaTt's marriage license depart
ment ran full tilt between Christmas
and New Years, issuing four permits
in one day.
j. f. Swasey, of Miami run down by
a Santa Zee engine while he was cross
ing tracks on Main street, Shawnee
anG severely injured. Will recover.
Enid women's clubs met and resolut
ed the members of the school board
who refuse permission fcr the school
eachers to dance are q, lot of old scrubs
and have no voice in Enid affairs
Resolution Is bitter but carried almost
unanimously.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31
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9 o o o o o @ o Q O o o o G o O .


We are wise Kansas City Star
II we were in the legislature we
would vote for what Coburn wanted
Victor Murdock in Wichita Eagle.
Here Is a difficnlty grave.
Which spoils things now and then;
some men can not be happy, save
When they are worrying other men
Minneapolis journal.
Oklahoma 5 stmte administration iS
all right, though carrying too much
hallast.-Euid News tRepl
Fashion can
The styles arrange.
But apple pie
She can not change.
New York Sun
BEGGS' BL0uD PURIFIER
CURES eatarrh OF the stomach.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31

II begins TO look as II Mr. Charles
Petrovischy Taft Is going 20 hit squalls
In his senatorial sch oner The man
Burton has formed an alliance with
Foraker and Keifer aud seems 10 be
enjoying himself After the Ohio legls
lators have taken an inventory of
Father Sintoh's millions. they wiu
proceed TO elect somebody senator
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31

The Lord made Oklahoma good and
an we have 80 do IL 40 sh " We knoa
how 10 handle the pro-e-sy.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31
Faia Great Forfeit.

Faii Great Forfeit.
Editor Howe. of the Atchison tKan-
sas) Glcbe. is a wlt. but his wit never
reached peak so high as the follow
Ing gospel trwh
Wilma Evan, a pretty dry DDS
clerk IN Topeka. and Leon Detlor, a
presSman on the Capital were to be
married in March Monday morning
the sirl died in o hospital in Kansas
City, the result Of criminal operation,
and that same evening the young man
threw himself from the fifth story Of
the Capital building, aud met the death
he sought.
Dell r was a hard worker, had no
bad habits, did not drink. and was well
liked by his associates aud regarded
as n promising young man by his EN-
ployers. The girl had been employed
in millinery and dry goods stores In
Topeka for five years. having gone
there from Baldwin, Kan. to seek en-
ployment She was pretty and attract.
i've. and the woman with VIII m she
boerded had never seen anything inn
modest in her conduct.
The man loved the woman. She was
a detached sort OF person, with no
home in the town where she lived, and
no mother to guard her, though girls
before this have gone wrong who had
mothers. II was au environment in
which all the bars were down, and the
man was young and Needless. and the
Girl. like the manner OF all girls in
| love believed he would not counsel any
wrong, and thought only OF pleasing
him. The result is not surprising; The
surprise Is tt9t the world Is 50 un-
charitable that The man and W man
feared Il so greatly that the young wO.
man went 60 a strange town. and sub;
mittcd 10 a criminal operation, and
facet death rather than let II know
her shame. She didn't know there
were any kind neople~ In her terro- of
the future. she saw only scorn and
contempt. When II was + und she was
dying the young man was sent for. lie
stayed with his sweetheart till death
came then tolegraphed the tragic news
to her mother in Baldwin, and return.
ed to Topeka, where he put an end 10
his miserable existence.
They had not wronged others: they
had sinned, but the blame of the sin
was not entirely theirs; there is a
greater blame in the girls death. and
it falls on everyone who is unllind and
sccrnfui and bitter when a girls love
for a man is greater than her strength
The rarity OF charity is the real pris
oner at the bar"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31
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o WHAT EDITORS ARE sAyINc 0
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The sourney.

The Courtney.
Alittle work. q little sweating a few
brief flying years; a little Joy. a little
fretting. some smiles then some tTars,
a little resting in the shadow. si2ug.
gle t. the height. q futile searcW for
El Dorado, and then we say Good Yfghtl
Some moiling in the strife and claIfgor,
some years Of doubt and debt. sbme
words we spoke in foolish anger, that
we woEld fain forget, some cl.$ery
word, we Said umhinking. that maze a
sad heartiligat: the banquet, with It's
feast and drinking--and then We say
Good Night. Scmc questioning of
creedsi a9il theories. and judgment of
tie dehd while God. who never sleeps
Or wearies, Is watching overhead.
Some kttle laughing and some signing.
some s.rrow. some delight; a little
music for the dying and then we say
Good Night.-Walt Mason in Emporia
(Kansas) Gazette.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31

Perhaps our neighbors are as anxious
70 boost Guthrie as our own citizens,
but we should take the lead
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31

Let us hit the New Year track goiui
so fast folks will be afraid to stop us
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31

Did pretty well last year, all things
considered
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31

New Year in which 20 make a great
capital city.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31

The Leader closes a year at peace
with all men.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31

Next week the legislature VIII be
with us.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31

O ooeoe O @ 90 6 {, c
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31

J. +. Swasey, of Miami, run down by
a Santa Zee engine while he was cross
ing tracks on Main street, Shawnee,
anG severely injured. Will recover
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31
Tomorrow is 1909,


Tomorrow Is 1909.
z.szsl=zazz-assss2
Push for Guthrie.
Goodbye good old 1908.
Gssazzzsass-assz
Let us make opportunities.
e-zrlzssall.ssr.slszu u.-u.u.sszlI,sss
Great year for everybody in Okla
homa
a1zsEaaaas9sassss
Next week the legislature will be
with us.
szssassss--s..ss.-s.2
Did pretty well last year, all things
considered.
Let us hit the New Year track goiut
so fast folks will be afraid to stop us.
Czlzlszsllazszzllallnsza-szzzz
New Wear in which 20 make great
capital city.
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The Leader closes a year at peace
with all men.
perhat,u nu,- ,,aftr IA io,s uro ,s ,n,f f,.,,.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31

Great year for everybody in Okla
homa.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-04
Mhen Roid Broke Inil.

1t Is not generally known that White
law Rai2. ambassador to Great Britain,
spent one night in prison and only es-
capped longer term by breaking jail.
1t was when Reid was war corre-
spondent during the conflict between
the states. In Il dispatch TO the Cincln-
natl Gazette he commented on the "ar-
rant stupidity Of the Confederates,
who, he alleged, did not know General
Rosecrans' telegraph wires when they
saw them and consequently had not
sense enough TO cut them down. Rose
Grams was furious at the hint thus
given the enemy He sent for Reid,
gave him severe dressing down"
aud ordered that the war correspond
ent be confined to the guardhouse dur
Ing the night until 1t was decided what
further punishment should be inflicted.
Reid didn't really believe he would be
shot, but he feared something that to
him seemed almost as bad military
order banlshing him from the front
lie broke Jail that night and for long
time gave Rosecrans' headquarters a
wide bpril.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-04
CHOULS
AT WORK
Two Graves were Robbed
More Than a Quarter
Century Ago.

Columbus, Ind, March "A. II.
McCloshey, of this place, returned to-
day from the Kennard homestead, %
miles from Cincinnati, where, in COM
pliance with a request Of his father,
who died at Indianapolis few days
ago, he opened the graves of his
mother and brother, only to find
that they had been robbed of their
dead.
His father was buried In Crown
Hill at indianapolis, and he wanted
the bones of his wife and son TO be
dsinterred and laid beside him. The
wife was buried 81 yelrs ago and the
son 32 years ago. While the coffins
were in a good state or preservation
when the graves were opened. there
were no traces of the bodies. A large
stone was found in the wifes coffin
where her head had lain. II is be-
lieved that the corpses were stolen
Immediately after burial by ghouls
and sold to medical college in Gin
clnnati
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-04
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.
Miss Martha Davis, aged sixty year,

Miss Martha Davis, aged sixty years,
of Peoria, H., who recently died of
|dropsy, In her life had been operated
On eighty-iiye times.
Mrs. Rose Politzer of Chicago has
legally adopted Mrs. Julia A. Herman
The foster mother Is slXty-live years
old and the foster child Is forty-five
and has n husband
Mrs. Sophia Crotto, 105. lives In Old
IQuebec Her voice and appetite are
good. but otherwise her faculties have
sadly failed. She says she daily prays
to ''le bon Dieu" to take her.
Who can beat the record of Miss Ca
hill. who Il now a junior In the Bath
(AIe.l high school? For the past nine
years or ever since she entered the
public schools, she has not been absent
I or late.
Mrs. Abner Bates of Folly Cove, Fast
Gloucester Mass. Is II remarkable wo.
man for her eighty years. She recent
ly collected twenty-five wishbones and
dressed them up for dolls TO be sold ut
hospital fair.
Mrs. Elizabeth Il, Nichols of Newark,
N. j.. claimed the letter mailed Dee.
80 1854. at New Orleans TO Miss Ellz-
abeth Garthwalte, Newark. \. j. The
letter reached its destination few
weeks ago and the mystery of Its half
century delay may never be cleared up,
Nine. rritxi Schetf, the prma donna,
has her voice insured for $4,000. and a
clause iu The contract provides that II
she loses her voice, for more than u
week from any cause whatever an as
cendlng scale of remuneration shall he
paid the management, and II. 1t should
become necessary to abandon the tour
the entire sum shall be paid.