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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-19
First Floor Plan

partially screened with climbing
vine. 1t is one thing to build a house
but it is quite another thing to give
it an artistic. home-like appearance.
This is something that an architect
or builder cannot do. An architect
may design and builder construct a
house rightly proportioned an in con-
formity with its surroundings, but the
family must then take the building in
hand and add the intangible air of re-
finement and sociability to complete
the structure. A great many sources
are drawn upon to bring about the
desired results. but they all have their
roots in education acquired by read
ing and thinking.
/ have seen families live IN honaes
just as they came from the builders
hands, without any attempt at decor
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-19
Thouaht They Were salnta, paxa.


The refusal of the British house Of
commons to adjourn over Derby day
recalls a story related of one Of the
Roman Catholic peers who took their
seats some four OF five years before
the passage of the first reform bill.
after an exclusion of a century and
half. He gave notice that on a certain
day he would make a certain motion
whereupon there arose from his noble
colleagues a general bry Of ''Derby!"
The astonished novice named another
day, only to be greeted with an
equally unanimous expostulation OF
"Oaks!" AT this, he explained that
he would have to ask the forgiveness
of their lordships. but, having been
educated abroad, he was forced to ac-
knowledge that he was not familiar
with the list of saints days in the
Anglican calendar.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-19

most cases, was worked out long be-
for the art of building was chron-
icled by historical writer's. | am not
advocating the nothing new under
the sun" theory, for there is an end
less variety of new things in house
building. but they are. for the most
part, merely accessories to the old
principles of construction.
l don't know anything more inter-
esting than home with gables well
designed. sheltered as these are with
wide projection of roof and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-19

The expensfveness Of our hotels
keeps many Europeans OF moderate
means from visiting this continent
(Amerioal. The other day an English
man. who had been travelling for
three years in all parts Of the world.
chiefly playing golf, said: at home
am in easy circumstances. On the
continent (of Europe) am prinees
III America am q paupern He meant
that we are Wastaful canadIan
Courier.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-19

alton. except to add the necessary fur
niture Such houses are not homes
In the fullest sense OF the word They
are merely shelters and are usually
looked upon as temporary. This Is
ono great fault Of the American peo
pie. We are too ready 20 move. to
sacrifice our home ties. to chase the
delusive rainbow that we may fool
ourselves trying e find the pot Of
gold.
The question is often asked: Can
you make a house attractive when tho
gable end looks toward the streetT
The design OF this house answers
the question. To make gable at
tractive you must have window in Il
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to fit the size of the pediment or re-
cessed triangular space between the
level Of the caves and the peak, and
the window must correspond in every
respect to the general style Of the
house. In this case the porch re
lieves the plain appearance Of the end
of the house under the roof projec.
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$Ng&2 sa @ctl
Sheltered within the hollow Of her arm
The Son Of Man lay sleeping. On her
cheek
She felt his warm breath stirring, like
the faint
And fragrant breeze that fans the
silver leaves
Upon the slopes Of ollvet Her eyes,
still shadowed with the pains Of moth.
erhood,
DweIt tenderIy upon the placid brow
And cherub features Of the infant
Christ,
The babe In swaddIns clothes, whose
destiny
Led to eolsotha's summit, where the
Cross
Was yet to groan beneath the sacred
weight
OF his perfected manhood. All the cave
Was luminous with starbeams, and her
face,
Like some pale lily, dropping on It's
stem,
And washed with heavens dews.
cleaned pesrly white
In that strange radiance. Somewhat
apart
And leaning on his STAFF. the carpenter,
Joseph Of Nazareth, musing, stood:
"Lord, who am n" he marveled In
his soul,
"That thou shOuldst dsign from thy
exalted place
To cast thine eyes upon me and to say
Behold he shall be warden to this
pearl,
This pearl Of perfect wOmanhod,
more pure
Than any Of tbs daughters Of mankind
From the beginning of the world and
down
Through all the ages that are yet to
dawnI
LoI shelter she shall find, and sus-
tenanee
And one round arm encircled the fair
child
As II the newly-awakened mother love
Lay llstless, with transparent fingers
curved
As though she clasped some blossom
in her sleep
Some rare, sweet flower she was fain
to keep
And cherish always. Joseph took the
hand
And held it In his rough, tOll-hardened
palm,
Wondering at its softness, the blue
veins
That threaded all It's whiteness, and
the bloom
That made sea-shell Of each finger
tip.
But he forebore, though sore his heart
did yearn,
To clasp the little sleeping newborn
babe
Whose golden head lay piIlowed on
her arm,
Thinking: at we're not we'll for her
or him
That he should wakeu suddenly" A,
sigh
Heaved the soft breast of Mary, and
her eyes,
Like heavenly blue flowers, opened
wide,
Meeting the gaze of Joseph, as he
knelt
In reverent alteration. Her low tones
Thrilled like aeoIian strains; her ten
der smile
Flooded his soul like sunshine as she
spoke
@Joseph, my husband, have dreamed
a dreaml
The Angel Of the Lord hath been
again,
Saying: Behold that which thou hast
brought forth
This night ls the Redeemer Of the
World
Even Messiahl'" But a grave voice
cried
As she ceased speaking: "Peace to all
withInl"
And, 10, there stood upon the thresh-
old one
Who bore much gold and franklncense
and myrrh
In his two hands. And Joseph an
swered: "Slr,
Peace be unto thee, now and ever
morei"
And, 10, there came two others bear
ing gold
And precious spices, who likewise
did say,
"Peace and good will" And Joseph
made reply:
"Peace unto thee and thine forever
morelr
Then spake the foremost stranger:
''Where is he,
Born King Of Jews this night in Beth
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. w To-
Ielteim.
Three kings are we that come to wor
Z ship him,
y For we have seen his star In the Far
N East
Y Beyond the deserts. We have Jour
" neyed far,
Startled, and, 10, II standeth Ger this
p roof,
n A sign eeIestiaIl" Then each laid
y aside
8 His mantle and his sandals, bowling
low
u Before the mother and the holy child,
Crying: "All hall, Redeemer Of the
WorIdl
King Of the Jews, all haill" and they
did break
, Boxes Of precious ointments, and the
Il air
8 Was heavy with the perfume Of rare
N gums
And costly spices, cinnamon and
u myrrh,
4 And sandalwood and cedar, and the
p scents
"a Distilled from blooms In gardens Of
II the East,
4 And ambergris and frankincense and
nard,
h And they laid down their offerings Of
price,
Soft yellow bars and bags Of shining
dust,
All intermlxed with amethysts and
z pearls
3 And carbuneIes and diamonds and the
= pale
z Laek-Iuster topaz. And the foremost
guest
z Unelasped the heavy chain Of beaten
D gold
81 That hung about his swarthy throat
"A and showed
], Its curious pendant, fashioned in
Il strange wise
\ And hammered from a nugget, soft
y and pure,
z For uncouth sembIance to rugged
cross,
Speaking In awed, low tones of
prophecy:
"A voice cried In the desert wastes,
y 'Arisel
3 Take Of pure gold a nugget large and
) bright
lSi A. L--....n.~ - t..t- :, ...-.-t.,- --~.s
y Such as the common criminal, con-
demned
4, To die, yields up his shrinking
h spirit on,
9 And hang 1t to the chain about thy
- neck,
And when thou comest to the jour-
r ney's end
e Lay it within the mothers hand, that
she
May read therein sign Lo, ! have
done
! According to the world" And Mary's
u eyes
3 Grew wide with terror, as her fingers
n closed
q About the cleaning symbol, for she
II saw,
n AS In a dream, three crosses on hill,
= And, nailed between two thieves Of
sF aspect vile,
+ Upon the middle cross, a tortured form
Z That moved her strangely with a
sense of loss
VI And woe unutterable, for multItudes
! surged round the sufferer and scoffed
at him,
Crying, In mocking tones: Hail, King
of Jewsl"
/ But he that hung cast downward pity.
81 ing eyes,
8 Full Of meek pardon and of tender
An love,
z easplng: Forgive them, Fatherl Oh
" forgive
n Thy children, for they know not what
e they dol"
"a And in those dying orbs compassionate
+ She saw sembIance Of the holy light
8 That shone within the eyes Of her
- fair babe,
VI And moaned: "Take It away-the
cross of goldl
| shudder at the phantasies 1t bringsl'
At which the strangers out of the FaI
East
Arose and gave their blessing to the
n child
q And passed into the night. And Mar,
IN slept
Y The sleep Of sweet forgetfulness
" while he
y Who stood in place Of father to th'
q babe
E Watched the sweet pair until the morr
Y aWoke
r The sonsbIrds in the clustering ollv'
=. trees
V And tInsed with light the roofs .
Bethlehem.
LILITA LEVER.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
Tue TlEH Of CovNun

Commenting on the statementby the
Mitchell Republican to the effect that
"the insurgents committees in both
Stanley and Mcpherson counties sim
ply robbed the stalwarts of any pos
sibility of securing a place on the
delegation by appointing insurgent
delegations in direct conflict with the
primary law" the Mitchell Clarion,
in utter disregard for the truth, AYERS
that these delegations we're las fairly
elected by the committees as were
any stalwart delegations in the state"
1t is perhaps useless to argue with
a contemporary that is either so ig-
norant of the facts as is our Clarion
friend, or else SO %purposely %inaccur-
ate, but it is we'll known by those
who have personal knowledge of the
situation that there is no warrant in
law or in moral ethics for the man
ner in which the delegations from
both Stanley and Mcpherson were
chosen. The provisions of the pri-
mary law were no complied with in
either case, and no one knows this
better than do the managers who
manipulated these two counties for
factional advantage.
1t is equally we'll known that it was
the original intention of the insurgent
leaders to III control of the state
convention through the provision of
the law which enables the county
committees to select the delegations,
but following the coarse work which
characterized the operation in Nc
Pherson county there a such an
outcry against the outrages of the
sort that the insurgent managers
were constrained to halt for the time
being.
ing the state convention it was evil
dent that under the square DEAL
principle the stalwarts would assured
ly have a clear majority Of the dele
gates, and hence it vas hastily deter
mined to steal Stanley county since
the insurgents had a majority of the
local committee that could be gotten
together, and SO through this bold
theft the insurgents get the benefit
temporary organization of the state
convention.
Such contemporaries as our Mitch
ell friend may pirate about fairness
all they please, and they may con-
tinue to impugn the motives Of those
with whom they differ, but the
fact is patent to all who have an I'M
Outstanding of the "details of the
case, that the insurgents are no more
entitled to the votes of Stanley and
Mcpherson counties, to which may be
added Sully n Aurora, than ii such
delegations had been elected by the
city council of Huron or the board OF
trade of Pierre.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
ABOUT STATE TAXES

Groton INTERPRETATIONS insur-
gent friends have gone to much ex-
pense in having fac smile plates
made Of county auditor reports to
show that state taxes in 1907 were
years-l9O3 and 1906.
They give only part of the facts.
Why leave out the Irvine plant tax
of 1907 and leave the stalwarts charg-
ed with the bond and bond interest
tax which was twenty per cent Of
the state levy Of 1903! if the Irvine
insurgents, then why have the bond
interest included against the stall
warts in 1903, to which Brown coun-
ty contributed the sum of $4,41S.62
that year?
Why? Because a campaign based
upon falsehood and Misrepresentation
must continue to juggle the facts and
voters.
Governor Crawford's defense on the
ground that former years showed an
equal OF greater tax in mills is truly
m%endacious. He knows that the val
u!ation of the property in the state
has more than doubled, and that a
money into the treasury than would
q six mill lew ten years ago. Craw-
ford knows this, but in his speech he
doesn't tell it all, presuming thus to
cast unjust odium N his predeces.
sors.
The fact that a.four mill tax will be
necessary in 1908 is another proof Of
insurgent i%nsincerity in showing the
legislative years only. Despite the
fact that the Irvine plant levy will be
out of the way, this years tax will be
only one-fourth mill less than that of
1907, and still be insufficient to take
care Of the outstanding obligations.
Really, we don't see how y O
can be fooled by their fake argument
but 1t Is the best they can do.
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WHOM WOULD YOU TRUST

we Isl you to decide whether it is safer to trust a MAJ who has never
broken a pledge than one who has many times. The governor claims
the credit for everything the last legislature did that was good. Whvg
oupPoshg a good man We're governor and the majority in either
house We're bad, where would he be? The good things that come from a
legislative body come from the body itself and not from a detachment
that hunts up old bills and gets them introduced so a to make a record
upon what he has killed.
The starving man may steal and reform; the man who slavs his fell.
low mar IN the heat OF passion may become a good citizen: the drunk
ara may be redeemed but the man you trust with an important mission
n betrays you to your enemy is past redemption this side the
Peany gates: He should never be tempted by being again entrusted
1t is better for him, better for you. that he be denied an opportunity
to add to his iniquity. Again. the example is bad. Let your sons and
daughters learn that it is to those whose"pas life is consistent with good
morals good citizenship that the rewards of confidence and trust
are due; that when one once barriers away his claim to trustwortfiness
n must forever bear the cross it entails; that it is unsafe to rehabili-
tate, with the implements of power, any, who. in times which tried mems
sous proved themselves lacking in patriotism virtue and wisdom. These
lessons lessons that are drawn from the brief history of our young common
wealth should, lmpel us to act wisely and not be moved by momentary
passions or immediate interests either of our own or of others To the
citizen OF What moment is it that Crawford desires to .displace another
through a impulse OF rage because he was not consulted as to who
should be postmaster, o + marshal or what not? What moment is 1T to the
masses that Crawford is resentful. jealous, avaricious? What the GOOD
cltzen wants to know is what sort of a man this is who is CRYING ssstop
th1efN When ne has upon his record many times many telitae scars
~ Remember that schmhz the mayor of San francisco, was a reformer.
Inc people We're not to blame for trusting him once Would they be
Plan if they trusted him againY schmitz had no record to start With;
they simply relied upon his word-hs promises. Crawford had no re.
cord cord at Harold. The people then took him at his word. schmitz
fooled the people. What did Crawford do? Don't be misled caioled
or hoodwinked. Answer from his record
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
A SIGNAL viCToRY

Groton Independent:-On the as
sumption that the true patriot always
places principle above men, the stall
warts have won a signal victory in
the first encounter of the year, to-
wit: The insurgent majority of two
10 the vanishing point. Taft. the true
representative Of the Rooseveltian
policies, has been forced upon them,
and they dare not turn down the
war secretary. II they control the
Huron conventional they really won
at the primary. The wanton extra
vangance in appropriating a half mil
nues for the two years of Crawford
has received such a scorching that
there will be a pairing of extrava-
CANT attempts to spend the peoples
money in the future. There may be
no regret by those who reelected q
CRATER to the senate, but it is quite
certain that South Dakota's pollution
repeated. The lumber trusts and
the Mormons may be able to over.
come Kittredge, just as the beef trust
was able to get in its deadly work
on Martin two years ago, but IL these
things prove anything at all they
prove that the true friends of the
masses are the stalwarts,. and the
change the facts. Moreover, the next
legislature will pass a two,cent pas
senger law; also freight reduction
law that will reduce freights-both
stalwart suggestions. In the final
round up, when the hypnotic influence
passes, South Dakota will come to
her own, recover from the disgrace
men whom she has honored, and
there will need be no whitewashine
or apologlzing on the part of tho
stalWarts.
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In 1895 the Northwestern road he.
tween Pierre and Huron, through the
counties of Hand. Hyde and Hughes
was assessed at $4,000 per mile. Mr..
Crawford moved at the board meeting
of 1896 that this same piece of road
be assessed at $4,000 per mile-a re-
duction of $500 per mile.
AS a matter of fact, it was only
through the vigorous protests of Ger.
tain members of the board that Mr..
Crawford did not fully succeed in Sc.
curing these reductions. but never.
theless, as u assessment was finally
fixed, it left the Northwestern's val.
uation between Huron and the state
line 5000 per mile less than that Of
1895.
In 1895 the Northwestern's assess.
ment between Huron and Hawarden
was $4,000 per mile. The board in
1896 reduced it to $4,000 per mile.
The Elkhorn branch of the North
western road in the Black Hills was
lowered by the same board to the tx.
text of 5000 per mile.
Remember that these material re.
ductions-this favoritism to the North.
wester1-were brought about through
the influence Of Mr.. Crawford, pre-
sumably the servant Of the people, not
the tool Of the corporations!
Need we wonder, then, that within
sixty days after Mr.. Crawford com
pleted his term as attorney general
of the state. he was called to the posi-
ton of state counsel for the North
western system!
Need we manifest surprise, there
fore, that as the attorney for the road
he was influential before the state
board of assessment OF which he was
formerly a member, in keeping down
railroad assessments for the ten years
following his retirement from a state
Office!
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-03
CRAWFORD AND TIE RAILROADS

1t Is strange, indeed, that, following
MIR. Crawford's subserviency to the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad for
so many years, the governor has the
nerve to stand before an intelligent
audience and pretend to be opposed
to railroad domination.
Mr.. Crawford was attorney general
of the state during 1896. and by vir-
tue of his Office he was also a mem
Der of the state board of assessment
and equalization.
1t was the duty of this board,
among other things. to fx the valua-
ton Of railroad property for the pur-
pose Of taxatidA. This board met in
August. 1886.
A popularity Of the record, SO far
As Mr.. Crawford Is concerned. is that
it d~iscloses Mr.. Crawford's presence
only when the question of railroad as
sessment was under consideration.
The gentleman appears to have man
Tested no interest whatever in the
assessing Of ether classes Of property.
Nor In the equalization of the assess.
ment returned by the various coun-
ties.
At this particular time Mr.. Craw.
ford was one of the nominees for con
gross (althougn defeated in the fall
under the wave of Organism which
swept ever the state.) Whether the
fact of his congressional candidacy
had n bearing upon Mr.. Crawford's
favoritism to the Northwestern the
record does not disclose.
Now, let us see what Mr.. Crawford,
as a servant of the people and a pros.
pective congressman, did for the
peoples benefit at that August meet.
ing of the board. We speak from the
official record of the proceedings OF
the board, pages 46 and Al.
In 1895 the Northwestern road from
Huron cast to the state line. through
the counties of Beadle. Kingsbury and
Brookings, was assessed at $4,000 per
mile. In 1896. at the meeting of the
hoard, Mr. Crawford moved that this
identical stretch of road be assessed
at $500 per mile-a reduction of $4O0
per mile.
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BE he'd was net revoked. The foreign corporation laws provide that
such IN institution doing business il his state NJ name some narson

lie hd was net revoked The fsreign corporation laws provide that
such an institution doing business in this state must name some person
upon whom civil process such as a summos may be served. Service
upon such a person is legal. The Milwaukee named Mr.. Kittredge
years ago Under our statutes his appointment necessarily stood upon
the records until revoked or superseded by some act of the company
ton: 1t is for he purpose of enabling residents of this state to sue
foreign corporations in this jurisdiction. No benefit results to the cor
poratlon. 1t would prefer being sued at its own home. Under such
circumstances it is the wise policy of the law that when once appointed
one must remain the appontee for the benefit Of the public until the
corporation shall have named his successor. Senator Kittredge notified
no more business of any nature for it. The matter of the revocation of
his appointment as resident agent by the naming of a new agent was
overlooked by the Company for which the Senator could in no wis be
blamed. Surprising the change had never been made? 1t
would not make him even remotely connected with the legal business
OF ne road. He was no more its representative on that account than are
the oard or posts IN some OF the eastern states wlereupon all township
notlces ar required to be posted. Governor Crawford knows this and
he IS guilty of chicanery when he attempts to make capital out of ii.
Returning again to the system of the Milwaukee: the Northwestern
mas a general attorney Tor the entire state: the Milwaukee has not.
Before the antipass law went into effect, the Milwaukee had. at almost
every county seat OF the counties where its line IN, a legal representa-
ta1lve who was given a annual pass and was paid in addition for all
services required. In Lincoln county Judge Clifford was a old time
at VermlEon, Col. Jolley; at Yankton-hod your breath -Gamble,
lnpp and Holman. the senior member being that gifted Statesman
CHOSEN by Mr.. Crawford in 1907 as the one to work with him for five
years at Washington, if he can succeed in working his way through the
June primaries; at Tyndall, the governors greatest hope. jim Elliott,
and 30 on.
pate the crime after quitting the job? Crawford's conversion was like
that OF the penitent thief. But with Kittredge it is different. Ac-
cofdhg to the Crawfordtes he is incurable. The days of the Pharisees
haV returned. The governor says that Kittredge made no speech on
the rate-bll consequently he is a tool of the railways. The senator
VINO oes work for his state and for the people, is the one who does not
bill. 1t is a pretty good fellow who votes right. The governor has not
always voted right as we have DrOVpn to M