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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-08
INLAND WATERWAYS.
Action to Improve Our Navigable
Rivers Urgently Needed.

Action should bc begun forthwith
during the present session of congress.
Tor the Improvement 81 our inland wa.
tcrwuys action which will result In
giving us not only ua,lgahlc but
ua,igHtcd rivers We have spent
hundreds of millions of dollars upon
these waterways yet the traffic on
nearly all Of them is steadily dcclin-
Ing This condition Is the direct re-.
suit uf the absence uf any compro-
hcuSiNc aud flrscriug plan Of water
way improvements obviously we can.
uut continue thus To- cNprud the rev
cuucS Of the government without re-
turu. 1t Is poor business To spend
money for inland navigation unless We
get IT,
inquiry into the condition Of the
Mississippi aud its principal trihutl-
ricS reveals very many Instances Of the
utter waste cnu>cd 10y the methods
which have hlthcrt" obtained for the
So called Improvement" Of muviga-
iiuu \ striking Instance i, supplied
Toy the Improvement ~ the ohio.
which. begun iu l~2l Vns continued
under a siuglc plan for halt q century
In lN,I % new ll1u was udoItrd aud
followed for quarter ~ q century.
In l9n2 still tJNrrcnr plan was adopt.
cd aud has since been pursued at "a
rate which only promises ua,isuhl,
river iu from twenty lu hundred
years LONGER
Such shuu-i-hrcI. D,Huug and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-08
GUARDING OUR HEALTH.
Dangers From Food Adulteration
and Other Sources Preventable.

The dangers 10 public health from
food adultcration and from many
other sources, such aS the menace to
the physical. mental and moral devel-
opmcnt of children from child labor.
should Ice met and overcome. There
are numerous diseases which are now
known to be- prcVcutable which are
nevertheless not prevented The re-.
cent international congress on tuner.
culoSiS has made Us painfully aware
of the inadcuuacy Of American public
health legislation. This nation can.
not AFFORD To- lag behind in the world
wide battle now being wagcd 10y all
civilized people with the microscopic
foes ~ mankind, nor ought We longer
To ignore the rcpruuch that this gov
crnmcut takes more pains To protect
the lives of hogs aud Of cattle than
of human beings The first legism-
tive step to be taken is that for the
concentration OF the proper bureaus
into one of the existing departments
therefore urgently recommend the
passage of a bill which shall author.
he a redistribution of the bureaus
which shall best accomplish this end.
Government Printing Office.
recommend that legislation be- en-.
acted placing under the jurisdiction ur
the department of commerce aud la.
hur the goN crnmcut printing uth,c. At
present this office Is under the com
bined control supervision aud admin
IStratiNr direction uf the president
ana Of the joint committee on printing
of the two houses OF the congress. The
advantage of having the 4OG9 EN-
pluyccS in this office aud the cXprndi-
turc of the S5,7Gl, l,377.57 appropriated
therefor supervised by an executive
department is obvious instead OF the
present combined supervision
Soldiers Homes.
All soldiers homes should bc placed
under the complete jurisdiction ana
control of the war department
independent Bureaus and Commissions
Economy and sound business policy
require that all existing independent
bureaus and commissions should bc
placed under the jurisdiction u. appru-
pirate executive departments. II Is
uuWise from every standpoint and re
suits only iu mischief 60 have ANY
executive work done save 10y the pure.
~ executive bodies under the control
Of the president and each such cNccu-
tive body should bee under the imIucJi
ate >upcrN iNiuu OF a cabinet minister
Statehood
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-08
T Foreign Affairs.

This nations foreign policy is based
on th" theory that right must be done
between nations precisely as between
individuals and Ia our actions for the
last ten years We have in this matter
proved our faith hy our deeds We
have behaved AMI are behaving TO
ward other nations is in private life an
honorahl" man would behave toward
his fellows
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-08
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learned muu, Times lfrul, from what
has occurred ,u uturr piu.c- p.nudu.
ton leave, u.IDd -lI uuu su'LIug
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while the r1,L waste Uu.Ir, the bot.
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must ru. aud the plu,r-, does not
take long
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est. u uula.u ,um uu- brought
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-08

the fisheries In the interstate waters.
ON the great lakes we are now. under
the very wise treaty Of April IL Of
this year. endeayoring to come to an
international agreement for the preser.
walton and satisfactory use of the fish.
cries of these waters which cannot
otherwise he achieved. Lake Eric. for
example. has the richest fresh water
fisheries In the world. but 1t Is now
controlled by the statutes of two ma
tiuns. four states and one province. and
IN this province 10y different ordinances
in different counties. All these polit-
ical divisions work at cross purposes.
and In no case can they achieve pro-
lection to the fisheries on the one hand
and justice to the localities and lndl-
viduals on the other. The case II
similar In Puget sound.
But the problem Is quite as pressing
In the Interstate waters of the United
States. The salmon fisheries OF the
Columbia river are now but n fraction
OF what they were twenty-five years
ago ard what they would be now II
the United States government had
taken complete charge Of them by in
tervenlng between oregon and Wash
ington. During these twenty-five
years the fishermen Of each state have
naturally tried to take all they could
get. and the two legislatures have
never been a..e tu agree on Joint ac-
tlon of any kind adequate in degree
for the promotion NJ the fisheries. At
the moment the fishing on the oregon
side In practically closed. while there
Is no limit on the Washington side of
any Kind. and no one can tell what
the courts will decide as TO the very
statutes under which this action and
nonaction result. Meanwhile very few
salmon reach the spawning grounds.
and probably four years hence the
fisheries will amount to nothing, and
this comes from struggle between
the associated or gill net fishermen
on the one hand and the owners Of the
fishing wheels up the river. The fish
cries OF the Mississippi, the Ohio and
the Potomac are also In bad way.
For this there Is no remedy except for
the United States TO control and legis-
lilt lot llt Interstate USneflpS nS part
of the business Of Interstate com.
mcrce. In this case the machinery
for scientific investigation and for con.
trol already exists In the United
Stacs bureau Of fisheries In this az
In similar problems the obvious and
simple rule should hc followed Of hav-
Ing those matters which no particular
state can manage taken In hand by the
United states. problems which. I'm the
secsaw of conflicting state legislatures
are absolutely unsolvablc, are easy
enough for the congress To control.
Fisheries and Fur Seals.
The federal statute regulating inter
state trailic Ia game should br extend
eel 70 include fish New federal fish
hatchcrieS should be- established. The
administration of the Alaskan fu" seal
service should be- vested in the bureau
Of fisheries
! Foreign Affairs.
4 This nations foreign policy is based
on th" theory that right must be done
between nations precisely as between
individuals. and In our actions for the
l..
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-08
OUR INDIAN WARDS.
Steady Progress Toward Removing
Service From Politics.

II has been my purpose from the be-.
ginning of my administration to take
the Indian service completely out uf
the atmosphere uf political activity.
aud there has been steady progress tu.
ward that end The last remaining
stronghold of politics iu that service
was the agency system. which had
seen its best days and was gradually
falling tu pieces from natural or pure.
Iy evolutionary causes. hut. like all
such >uryiyalS. was dcpayug SLOWLY
300 lbs later stages II seems clear that
It's extinction had better Ice made final
now. >o that the ground can bc cleared
for larger constructive work ON behalf
of tho Indians preparatory to their I'm
ductiuu into the fun measure of rr
sponSihlc citizenship ON Nov ! oul,
eighteen agencies were left uu the
roster with two exceptions. where
some legal question:, seemed to stand
temporarily in the way. these have
been changed to supcriutcudrncirs aud
their heads brought into the classified
,iyll service
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-08
SOUTHERN l,EIGADORS.
Cordial Relations With Latin Amer.
lea Much to Be Desired.

The commercial aud material prog.
ross of the twenty Latin American re
publIrN is worthy of the careful attcn-
ton of the congress. \u other section
of the world has shown a greater pro.
portlonatc development OF its foreign
trade during the last ten years. ana
none other has more special claims ON
the Interest of the United States. IL
offers today probably larger oppurtuni.
ties for the Legitimate expansion OF our
commerce than any other group of
countries These countries will want
on" products IN greatly Increased puan
tiI"s aud "" shall currcspundiugly
need theirs. The international bureau
or the American republics IS doing Il
useful work In making these nations
ana their resources better known To
MS and In acquaintiug them not only
with us as people and with our pur
poses toward them. but with what we
have To exchange for their goods. II
Is an international institution support.
ed 10y all the governments OF the two
Americas
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-08

educational systems The nation.
through is broader field Of activities.
It's wider opportunity for obtaining in
formation from all The sta cs aud from
foreign countries. Is able tu do that
which not even the richest states can
do uuI wt.h the distinct additional nd.
VANTAGE that the Information thus ob
tanned J., used for the immediate ben
eft OF all our people
with the limited means hitherto pro-
vidrd the bureau ~ education has reu.
dcrcd efficient service. but the con.
grcss has neglected to adequately sup
ply the bureau with means to meet
the educational growth Of the country.
The appropriations for the general
work of the bureau. outside education
I'm Alaska, for the year 1909 are bat
sS7.5OO. an amount less than they
were ten years ago, aud some Of the
Important items I'm these appropria.
tions are less than they were thirty
years ago. II is an incXcusablc waste
Of public money To appropriate an
amount which Is so Inadequate as to
make It impossible properly To do the
work authorized. ana 1t Is unfair tu
the great educational interests Of the
country To deprive them of the value
of the results which can bc obtained
10y proper appropriations
| earnestly recommend that this un.
fortunate state of affairs as regards the
national educational office Ice rcmcdicd
by adequate appropriations This rec.
onmendation is urged 10y the repre-
sentutlvcs of our common Schools and
great state universities aud the leading
educators, who all unite in requesting
favorable consideration and action by
the congress upon this subject.
Census.
! strongly urge that the request Of
the director of the census In connection
with the dcccuuial work So soon To be
begun be complied with and that the
appointments to the census force be
placed under the civil service law.
walving the geographical requirements
as requested 10y the director of the cen
SuS. The sup"rN iSurs ana cnumeraturs
should not be appointed under the civil
service law for the reasons given by
the director. | commend to the con.
grrsS the careful consideration of the
admirable report of the director Of the
census and | trust that his recon-
mcndatious will be adopted and imme-
diatc action thereon taken.
Redistribution Of Bureaus.
1t Is highly advisable that there
should Ice intelligent action on the
part of the nation on the question uf
preserving the health Of the country.
Through the practical determination
In san Francisco of disease bearing
rodents our country has thus far cs-
capped the bubonic plague. This is but
one of the many achievements Of
American health officers. and ii shows
what can bc accomplished with bet.
ter Organization than at present exists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-08

,ral development aud to nsslmilatc and
usc the central fact, about our
streams.
/ UutI the work Of river Improvement
s undertaken iu % modern way lt can.
uut have RESULTS that vail meet the
needs of this modern nation These
need, should De- met without further
dil,y dauyiug or delay The plan which
promises the best and quickest results
is that OF q permanent commission az.
thprZcd tu coordinate the work Of all
the government departments relating
tD waterways and 10 frame and super
wise the cNocution Of comprehensive
plan. Under such commission the
actual work Of construction might be-
iutrustcd to the reclamation service or
10 the military engineers acting with
. sufficient number of civilians to con
tuuc the work In time Of war, or it
might be- divided between the rcclnmn
ton service and the corps of engineers
Funds should bc provided from cur.
rent revenues " 10 Is deemed wise.
Otherwise from the sale Of bonds The
essential thing Is that the work should
20 forward under the best possible
plan aud with the least possible delay
We should have a new type Of work
aud q new organization for planning
and directing It The time for playing
with our waterways Is past The coun
try demands results
National Parks
! urge that ull our national parks al
jaccnt to national forests be placed
completely under the control of the
forest service of the agricultural de.
partmcut instead Of leaving them. AZ
they are now, under the Interior dc.
partment aud pollccd 10y the army
The congress should provide for su.
pcrintendcuts with adequate corps OF
first class civilian scouts or rangers
and, further. place the road construt.
tiou under the superintendent instead
~ leaving 1t with the war department
such a change IN park management
would result IN economy aud avoid the
difficulties ~ administration which
now arise from having the rcsponsi
bility Of care and protection divided
between different departments. The
need for this course Is peculiarly great
In the Yellowstone park This. like the
Yosemite. Is II great wonderland aud
should be kept as national play.
ground. In both all wild things should
be- protected aud the scenery kept
wholly unmarried
! am happy to say that | have been
able tu set aside iu various parts 4
the country small. well chosen tracts
of ground To serve as sanctuurics and
nurseries for wild creatures.
Denatured Alcohol.
! had occasion In my message Of
May /. 1906, to urge the passage Of
some law putting alcohol used In the
arts, Industries ana manufactures upon
the free list-that Is. to provide for the
withdrawal free Of tax Of alcohol
which is to bc dcnaturcd for those
purposes. The law of June u. 1906
and its amendment of March :. 1907.
accomplished what was desired in that
respect, and the use of denaturcd al
cohol as intended is making II fair de-
gree of progress and Is entitled To fur
thcr encouragement and support from
hc congress
Pure Food.
The pure food legislation has already
worhcd a benefit difficult To ovrrrsti.
mate
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-08
Statehood,
Interstate Fisheries.

call the atteurl"u ot the .ougress
&" the Importance of the problem of
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-08
Panama Canal.

The work on the Panama canal is
being done with speed. efficiency
ana entire devotion tu duty which
make IL - model fJr all work Of the
Kind No task of such magnitude has
ever hctur" been undertaken 10y any
nutluu, and uu task ut the Kind has
ever lccu letter performed The men
"u ih" istImuN, from Colonel Gucthals
and his fellow commissioners through
the r1'ir" list Of employees who are
faithfully doing their duty. have won
Their right 10 the uugrudglug res pee.
ana gratitude or the American people.
Ocean Mall Lines.
oga,A recommend the extension OF
the ocean mail act Of 1891 50 that sat.
,sfactory American ocean mail lines
TO South America, Asia, the TLilip-
pines and Australasia may be estab-
lishcd. The creation OF such steam
ship lines should be the natural corol-
larry of the voyage of the battle fleet.
II should precede the opening OF the
Panama canal. Even under favorable
conditions several years must elapse
before such lines can be put into oper.
alton. Accordingly urge that the
congress act promptly where foresight
already shows that action sooner or
later will be inevitable.
Hawaii
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-08
Hawaii.

! call particular attention 10 the
territory OF Hawaii, The Importance
OF those Islands Is apparent and the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-08
Fisheries and Fur Seals.

The federal statute regulating inter
state traiic In game should br extend
eel 70 include fish New federal fish
hatchcries should be- established The
administration Of the Alaskan fu" seal
service should be- vested in the bureau
Of Nshsri.-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-08
Denatured Alcohol.

The pure food legislation has already
worhcd benefit difficult To- ovrrrstl.
mate
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-19
DEAD THING Is
A BIG PUZZLE.

HUENTME, CAL, Nov. 19.-The
discovery of a huge mammal, or
fish, has been made two miles
north of Hueneme. near the Leh-
mann ranch, and there Is consider
able speculation on the part of the
fishermen and residents of this dis
trict as to. what the thing was.
The body is largely decayed, SO
that there is not much more than a
skeleton, with pile of heavy, scaly
skin. The body is 48 feet in length.
but there are evidences that part
of it has been sweut away by the
tides. There is lower Jaw seven
feet long and resembling that of a
sword fish in shape.
The ribs stick out for or five feet
and the vertebrate are at least Is
inches in diameter. Conditions
would indicate that the body was
about eight feet in diameter. It is
not like any known species OF
whale, but rather resembling liz
ard or dragon. The skin is more
horny than scaly.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-19
ANOTHER CASHIER
IS JAILED

NEW YORK, Nov. 1e.-On
charges of having embezxled
$4,000 of the funds of the First
National bank of Seabright, N. j.,
Charles Jones, cashier of the insti-
tuition, was arraigned at Newark.
Jones was arrested on complaint
of United States bank examiner,
but tie fact was kept from public
notice in the hope that the charges
of the examiner would be explained
away by the accused man.
Confident of his ability to do
this, George F. Sandt, president Of
the bank, gave $4,000 bail upon
which. Jones was given his liberty
Immediately after his arrest. To-
day, however, Sandt notified Jones
that he would have until Monday to
find a ewbondsman.
Jones is member of one of the
prominent families of the fashion
able neighborhood of Red Bank.
His father. George Jones, is presi-
dent of one of the banks of that
city. The prisoner taught a class
in Sabbath school.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-19
SANDbAC THUGS
AGAIN At
WORK.

Bloody from wounds on his face,
limping from turned ankle, and
putting for breath which had been
knocked out of him, Pat O'Rourk,
victim of an assault with a sand
bag and robbery, staggered into
police headquarters at $3.50 o'clock
this morning.
He was washed and examined
for serious injuries before he. be.
came able to tell connected
story of the assault. Yesterday he
met two men on the sidewalk
They were sociable men and Pat,
who himself is good natured,
readily accepted their proffers Of
friendship. In the course of the
short acquaintance they visited
several saloons.
About o'clock they reached a
strange part of the town, got a
drink and started out the back
way. Then the strangers attack
ed their victim with a sandbag.
The first blow did not lay him out,
SO then the three of them went at
it with their fists. Pat got the
worst of 1t. When he came too,
cold, stiff and bleeding. he sought
the police. He had been robbed of
50 and $50 certificate.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-19
HARD PROBLEM
FOR HELLO
GIRLS
What Will They Do if the
Automatic Takes
Their Jobs?

The average citizen is not apt
to become unduly alarmed over
the prospect of telephone competi-
ton in Spokane. The public voted
the franchise affording competition
and work is now progressing more
or less on it's installation.
There is a feature of telephone
service, however, in which the ar
gument leans entirely to the older
company's system, one of particu-
lar interest to the wage worker in
this age of labor saving invention.
The new company, now putting
in system here, controls an au-
tomato phone which requires no
operators. After mastering the
switch dial theh patron is his own
central.
With the exception of perhaps
couple of girls in the information
department the company cuts off
all further expense for operation
in making calls.
That may or may not be all right,
accordingly as the system works
well or poorly, but here is where
the point of comparison comes in:
The system using central girls
employs in this city 1877 operators
IN the two stations. The wages
paid these girls total $500 per
month and average $40 per month
to the girl. Ninety per cent of
the girls have their homes in Spo-
kane. None of them work more
than eight hours daily. Those on
what are called split shifts" work
6A hours and the Sunday assign
ment is 81 hours every other
week.
The figures given above include
chiefs and supervisors. Operators
alone In the two offices average
1927 a day. The girls in the long
distance department do better. av.
eraging S1.3s. An operator may
work up to $50 per month; super
visors to S64 and chiefs to $40 or
over. The operators begin by at
tending a telephone school on the
top floor OF the main building, re.
ceiying $50 per month from the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-19
PRETTY TEACHER
TAKES POISON

YALE, Mich, Nov. 19.-The body
Of Miss Ethel Splitter, teacher Of
the second grade in the Yale public
schools, was found lying in field a
short distance west of town. In
her hand was clutched an empty
vial that had contained poison.
Mystery surrounds the affair, but
all indications point to suicide, as
she was greatly detected after read
ing letter she received.
Miss Spitzer's home was in Graf
ton, Ohio. She graduated from the
Michigan State Normal last June,
and came here to teach last Sep
TENDER. She was an unusually at
tractive young woman.