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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-12

The months passed. The horrors OF
reconstruction were upon us. In
southeastern Virginia things were not
as terrible as in North and South
Carolina. for one reason. because
slave families were much smaller,
and the whites were in the majority.
fiut II was bad en-ueh. 1t was car
nival of misrule. The iron of IN
justice ate into the hearts of our
men, We realized the oppression that
makcth even wise men mad. Then,
slowly, very slowly, but surely. we
awoke To the knowledge that he
whom We hal most hated was in
reality our best friend at the North.
Once his kindly hear; was stilled. the
fury OF the renegade, Andrew Jack
son, the mbridlcd bitterness OF
Stanton, the maligni'y of Seward.
were unloosed upon us. One day l..
sitting Al nv grantfather's knee. nm
der the great trees of Lonesome
heard another conversation My un
Gle and he were speaking as men
speak when their hearts are too full
to be restrained of the shameful
things happening with each day. Ma.
jor Young laid hs hand upon my
grandfather's knee. Brother Doc,
these things would not be as they
are If that poor, good naturei joker
had lived Abraham Lincoln never
hated us as these men do" My
grandfather frowned heavily. Il be-
lieve YOU are right. rejoiced when
| knew he was dead, but little
knew over what l was rejoicing.
think the fiends of Sheol rejoiced
too | did not know the future. who
does"
No, he did not know. have lived
10 see Southern men admire Lin
coin. Far more wonderful. have
even lived TO hear Northern men
speak in terms of admiration Of Rob
ert L. Lee, the noblest man. the
purest Christian, the most self-sac
rificng patriot that ever drew q
sworh Today school children OF one
| state in Dixie are remembering Abra
ham Lincoln. Perhaps in the millen
ium, school children OF Massachp
sets may remember Robert Lee.
SALLIE FLOYD WATSON.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-12
Resolution.

BE II resolved by the City Council
OF the City Of Ardmore, Oklahoma,
that pursuant TO a petition signed
by more than ten citizens and prop
erty owners on Fourth Avenue,
Northeast, beginning at the east
side Of Washington street and
continuing 10 ! street I'm said city
asking that sidewalks be put
in on said street, IT Is hereby
ordered that the said sidewalks are
necessary and that the property own.
ers on said avenue are hereby ordered
10 proceed TO put down concrete side.
walks four 90 feet wide in ten days
from this date and upon failure io
do 50 within said time that the city
Council will advertise for bids and
and put said sidewalks In and charge
the same to the adjoining property
owners
Passed and approved this the ith
day Of January, 1909.
J. II. PENNINGTON.
Mayor
Attest:
G. H. BRUCE, city Clerk $40
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its dangerous effect upon certain
animals
Progress already made m the iu
vrstigation of certain subjects suD
ported by the Adams act mni viii
warrant the publication ~ the fol
lowing preliminary reports during
the ensuing year Problems OF au'
NAL breeding. the u5ssomme and
setting of fruit OF the tomato: breed
ing corn and sorghuus and the dis
eases Of the San Jose scale and
chinch bug
Among the subjects ON which IN
formation has been gathered uuIcr
the Hatch act. to De- given 10 the
public during the present year. are
the growing and improving OF cotton.
corn sorghum. certain lrgumuous
plants. alfalfa seed growing. hac'c
biological studies of mills and So,
products, vegetable experiments. the
peach and forestry experiments.
Supplementary reports OF scvo.al
OF the departments o, the experiment
station are included The department
Of veterinary science and hactcri
olocy reports 10000 doses of black
leg vaccine sent 10 farmers from the
laboratory during the past year Ac.
curdiug to the report the use of vac.
cine has fallen off considerably du,.
ing the last five Yeas. indicating q
lossoning of the number of cases
but II is not considered probable that
the disease will be entirely cradi.
Gated In the near future and the con
tinucd use OF vaccine twice a year
among young cattle ls recommended
in all communities whore the dis
ease Is prevalent
The report states that hog cholera
Is the most destructive and perhaps
the most difficult of hog diseases to
handle. Recent experiments of htc
Nv Ihl 'll'll VI hEllNuiN uI' IlUltdli
that the disease may be prevented
by a system of vaccination similar
in general way to the system used
in checking black leg
The horticulture department rc
ports the completion Of experiment
in raising sweet potatoes upon thin
upland soil of poor quality with =
hard pan subsoil. This soil Is 40,
found 10 be suitable for sweet po alta
growing and the results are 90 in
terest only 10 farmers who hi., sdch
soil The early Golden showed tn,
hest yield on that class of soil. pro
dUcing lG77l pounds per acre. Other
varieties produced as follows: Biac!
Spanish. G,795 pounds; blooming. 3.
09i: extra early Carolina. .. l6D
Hanover yam, ll,5S5; Red Bcrmudl
5000; Red Nancemond. 4.S07. Rec
Nose, 9,SS9; Southern Queen. G13i.
Vmeless, 9S1; Vineless Pumpkin yam
10,S7l; yellow Jersey. 6.32S
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-12
PETITION.

TO the Mayor and City Council of
the City of Ardmore, oklahoma;
We the undersigned citizens and
property owners, on Fourth Avenue,
Northeast, beginning at the east side
OF Washington Street and continuing
to | Street, hereby petition your hon
orable body to take such steps as the
law directs in haying sidewalks con
structed on said avenue.
Very respectfully.
SAM WEEKS.
w. s. FRALEY.
MRS. J. l.. WELLS.
J. X. HUTCHINS.
c Il. FRALEY
BERT GAINES.
SMITH-FRALEY
LUMBER co
MISS McCABE.
II. j. DARRAH.
H. 4. KEMBEL.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-12
Postoffice Appointments.

Washington, Jan. IL The presi-
dent today sent to the senate the
name Of J. w. Strawn to be confirmed
as postmaster at Idanci Okla. Ths
postofticc departmnrl announces the
following appointments to fuurtL
class offices: John X. Allen. at
Cheek, Alexander BSrd At Ni:u..G
William S. Smith at Piiham. Harry
II. Mendenthal has bsel appuirtcd a
rural mail carrier at NItIil OKLA.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-12

hill I planted my feet down sturdily.
and walked with my hans behind
me in imitation OF the tall strong
figure before me. The town lay a
short mile above us. and the planta
ton path. which was open To- all
"pli-Couductcd passcrs-by. was the
shortcut" As We turned toward the
hou~'. by way Of the garden. my
Keen young eyes saw well known
figure coming through the bare
houghs OF the orchard. Grandpa.
look. 1t is Mr. Early. and he is run.
ming. What is The matter. The Van
KEGS don't come now" My grandfath.
er turned and went quickly towards
the tall gaunt, gray haircdman. "a
cousin of General .mbal EARLY. who
came hurryug down the path. As he
came. he waved his arms. and shout
ed as black NANNY did at camp
meeting "Halleluiah. my friend
Praise the Lord Praise the Lord
He hath smitten the wicked upon
their high places A. the two men
met he cauEh my grandfather fran.
tically by the hand. crying. Rejoice
with me- Abraham Lincoln was shot
by young Doth in For3's Thcater
and lived only a short time We are
delivered The oppressor hath fallen.
Hallemiah,' My grandfather said
just two words, hut iustinctively. /
knew they meant more than volumes
from another man They were,
wonder and horror that ran through
ami ! can feel now the thrill of
Thank Cod" stood looking up.
my child heart. What terrible
man must this be. how fearful must
have been his sins that my grandpa
should thank god because he was
dead My grandpa who was the only
father ! ever knew. in whose arms
| went TO sleep every night of my
life. without whose kiss and blessing
could not begin day-how great
a monster must the man be over
whose fall he reioccd. when had
seen tears run down his face as ne
witnessed the sufferings of the poor
soldiers sheltered i'm our home
through the long years Of the Civil
war, even though he was physl.
clan and hadsseen 50 much of mis-
cry. I think that. to this day. moth.
ing has 50 ineffaceably impressed me
with the bitterness of the hatred
bred by the Civil war. as that
Thank God of my grandpas.
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written by requesD


It. was a wonderfully mild morning
for spring In the Virginia mountains.
There was a smell of fresh earth
from the damp ground where the
snow had melted at least. \ faint
flush lay over the great orchards
around the big white house. that
would later be almost hidden in tn,
rose AMI white Of the cherry and
peach trees In grandmother gar.
den the green Christmas roses
whose bulbs had been brought from
Holland had dropped their petals
and the Easter flowers were bud.
ding | had trotted after my grand
father on his tour Of the stables
and cattle sheds and we were com.
ing from the great red barn on the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-12
Notice Of Sale Of Real Estate b
Guardian.

In the matter OF the guardianship
Of Balllson Willis, minor, p. c, Dlngs,
Guardian or Curator
Notice is hereby given In pursu-
ance OF an order OF the county court
OF Carter County, Oklahoma. made
on the 9Th day Of January, 1903. the
undersigned. p. c. Dings. Curator
Guardian of the estate OF Balllson
Willis, Minor. will sell at private
sale to the highest bidder. subject
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-12

Many little lives have been saved
by Foleys Honey and Tar, for coughs.
colds, Group and whooping cough It
is the only safe remedy for infants
and children as it contains no opiates
or other narcotic drugs and children
like Foleys Honey and Tar. Careful
mothers keep a bottle in the house
Refuse substitutes. Sold by all drug
gists. d & W
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-12

one parcel, or in separate parcels
or subdivisions will be received.
Dated this January 5th. 1909.
p. c. DINGS,
5-l2 Guardian (or Curator.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-12
President Helps Orphans.

Hundreds OF orphans have been
helped by the president OF the Indus.
trial Orphans Home at Macon, Ga,
who writes: we have used Electric
Bitters in this institution for nine
years. II has proved most excellent
medicine for Stomach, Liver and Kid
ney troubles. We regard It as one OF
the best family medicines on earth"
1t inygorates the vital organs. puri-
files the blood. aids digestion, creates
appetite. To strengthen and build W
thin, pale, weak children or run down
people 1t has no equal. Best for female
Complaints Only soc at Ardmore Phar-
macy. d & W
WE CAN DO YOUR GAS FITTING
FRIGHT Now"
Don't wait until II gets cold again.
Phone so. Ardmore Supply Co
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c. + Fraley is ready to take care
of that carpenter work. Sim
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NE CAN DO YOUR GAS FITTING
FRIGHT Now"
Don't wait until II gets cold again.
Phone 60. Ardmore Supply Co.
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WE CAN DO YOUR GAS FITTING
FRIGHT Now"
Don't wait until IT gets cold again
Phone 60. Ardmors supply Co
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That's the name OF the best nour
sold In ArdmOre.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-09
GsH]HlLslpRlEFs0
GnBaS]IEIn9
A Simple Experiment.

Simple Experiment..
Here is charming little experiment
with which you can entertain a party
Of friends for good half hour and
which you will find full Of interest for
yourself.
All you need is spool, pencil. q
knitting needle, some thread, a cork,
and a tumbler of water-things which
any Of our readers can easily find
about the house, with the possible ex-
ception of the knitting needle, which
you can replace by hatpin, If you
wish, and If your big sister is not wear
ing hers.
Fill the tumbler with water nearly
to the brim. Stick the pencil, point
first, into the spool and stand the
spool by the glass. Trim the top of
the pencil with your jack knife, so that
it's top is half inch higher than the
rim of the tumbler.
Get card or a bit of pasteboard,
and from it cut triangular piece with
sides each two inches long. In each
corner make pin hole, and pass the
end Of piece Of thread through each
hole. Now knot the other ends Of the
thread together.
Stick one end of your hatpin into
the side Of the cork near the top, and
lay the knitting needle across the top
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-09

''This land needs only water and
paradise" said one of these gentry, &C.
cording to an old joke.
That's all the internal regions
need" retorted the traveller from tho
East, who had Kentucky relatives.
Busy with Irrigation.
But things have changed since then.
The government has become very busy
in the irrigation business. It is pour
ing out money like water for the pur-
pose Of getting water. At this very
moment the government has under way
twenty-eight tremendous irrigation
projects, as the result Of which water
will be turned on to more than half a
million acres Of land this year. At
Roosevelt. Ariz., for instance, public
funds are being expended to throw
across Salt River a dam 2S4 feet high
that will hold back enough water to
put slice two feet thick over the
whole state Of Rhode Island. The dam
will not be finished until 1910, but
when it is completed it will convert
into gardens 10000 acres around Phe-
nix that are now good only for the buzz
yards to fly over. The agricultural de-
partment has analysed the soil and
found that 1t is remarkably fertile !;
the climate cannot be excelled, and, as
soon as the water comes, no region
will be more productive.
Then there is California. Anyone
who has ever entered the Golden State
at the little southern town called 1.-THE
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-09

Needles doubtless remembers his
amazement that the state should be
called the "land of sunshine, fruit and
flowers" The sunshine is there, all
right, but the fruit and flowers can be
found only in the dining car. Outside
there is only sand, sand, sand-mil-
lions Of acres Of it, as far as the eye
can reach-and cactus bushes. It's the
lower end Of the Mojave Desert. Fur
Their to the north is Death Valley, and
as one looks out the car window he oc.
casionally sees a mirage that may be
anything from a green-felded farm
house to a ship sailing in the clauds
bottom side up.
Governments Great Projects.
However, all this is to be changed.
At Yuma the government has made q
start toward supplying water to the
desert, and while the task may not be
completed for years, part of the arid
land will be reclaimed within the next
two years. The undertaking now un-
der way consists of damming the Colo
RADIO River at Yuma and diverting its
waters into two channels by means of
which the adjacent country on both
sides of the stream will be watered.
About $4,000 acres of land will be
made productive by this work alone
By similar means 1900 acres will be
reclaimed In northern California.
The government has also done some.
thing and is doing more to bring back
to life some Of Nevada's 81 ,OOO, 600 dead
acres. At Truckee the melting noun
tain snow Is diverted to the parched
tracts far below in the valley. The
work has already progressed 80 far
that water has been turned on to So.
600 acres. and within a few months
irrigation bitches will be ready to sup
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-09
JINGLE SANS PROD|GAL GIFTS
FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Government Has Given to Settlers Ill., Acres and Has
More than Enough Left to Make Four States as Large
as Texas-Vast Projects of Irrigation.

No wonder the world calls us rich.
What other country could make the
prodigal gifts to its people which I'm
Gle Sam has made from the public do
main. This government has already
given to settlers 100000 acres Of
land.
But what the government has given
away is only a small garden in com
parison with what it has to give. The
public domain, taking into considera-
ton land Of all sorts, good and bad,
amounts to the colossal sum Of 754,
1875, 286 acres-more than enough to
make four states as large as Texas.
It is true that almost half of this vast
area is in Alaska, where farms will
always be about as valuable as as they
are at the north pole. But it is also
true that there 26O,OOO,OOO acres of
public land in the United States proper
that, sooner or later, will be devoted
to agricultural purposes. In the arid
West it Is all matter of getting water
on the land. In the cut-over timber
regions Of the numbering states all that
is needed is to keep off the forest fires
and give the soil an opportunity to re
cuperate.
Water Did 1t All.
The United States government owns
In Utah, for instance, more than
enough land to make another state as
large as Michigan. Nobody who has
ever climbed the foothills Of the Wah-
satch Mountains and seen what Brigh-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-09

Salt Lake Valley need be told what the
rest Of Utah will some time look like.
When the Mormons went to Utah the
country around Salt Lake was as desc
late as the mind could picture. Row
the River Jordan winds through as
beautiful a country as lies outdoors.
Water did it all-water from the river
and water from the mountains that
was sluiced over the land. And in that
state the United States government
owns more than 100000 Of other
thirsty acres.
The national government also has
large holdings In twenty-four other
states and territories. Uncle Sam owns
enough land in New Mexico, for in
stance. to make two states almost as
large as New York and Indiana ;
enough in Montana to make another
commonwealth far exceeding In area
the great State Of Illinois, and enough
in Nevada to make twelve states as
large as New Jersey. He could carve
out five states as large as Massachu-
sets from what he owns In Idaho, and
seven Vermonts from his unused lands
in Arizona. And that is saying nothing
about his 100000 acres in North Da-
kota, his 100000 acres in Oregon, his
100000 acres in Washington, and his
100000 acres in California and his
4,OOO 900 acres in Colorado.
Some Of this land has nothing but
gold and silver in it. The rest of 1t Is
heavily freighted with the latest posi-
bilities Of potatoes, alfalfa. wheat, oats,
corn and fruit. All that this latter
class of soil needs to make it produc-
tive is water. In the old days this
seemed to be an insurmountable diff
Guilty. Arid land boomers talked to
their prospective customers In vain.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-09
finding Of gold mine Of honey !, !.
r0<,la hanks nnnr corr1r u

finding Of gold mine Of honey !, :
rocks banks near Sapulpa.
N. L. Kelley and John Chanor
prominent oil men Of Sapulpa. ar. w., ~
parties implicated in the story !, w.
Kelley and Mr.. CLANCY started =.
Monday morning from Sapulpa to dr -.
to well they are drilling on the h., Nv
land, seven miles west Of Sanu' Is'
The men were about half way r. ~
well when suddenly they were attacsas ~
by a large drove of bees. The 49,.
swarmed about the buggy and stnsa
the men and horses until thew wo-s
compelled to seek refuge nv
whipped up their team and drove :.
the cabin of an Indian named wo..
hee. Here they told of their adventns.
and had the pain alleviated by tho :.
dian, who put some kind of prena,.
ton on their wounds.
In conversation with the Indian ~,
corning the occurrance they were tola
CT the many bees In the bills ons
caves about three miles west of Sanu1
pa. They did not believe his story a.
FIRST. He said that the Indians aroma
his cabin were getting gallons of bonov
in the caves every day. This set tho
oil men to thinking. That Afternoon
they went to the place he told them Of
On their way they met an old Indian
woman who was carrying two pals a,
sparkling strained honey. This On.
couraged them.
They came upon a big post oak in
the field. This had been hacked in
several places and the honey was drin.
ping from the cut in the tree into roo
ular pools on the ground. They did
not stop at the tree, but went on to
the caves. AS they neared the rock
cliffs they could hear droning like
that of signing pine trees so many in
number were the bees. As they came
closer they could see kind of black
cloud lowering before the rocks There
must have been fifty big swarms of
bees around the rocks.
When they were close up to the
cliffs they noticed huge cracks in the
rocks, and large holes. In these the
honey was dripping almost in small
streams. There were some twenty
buckets and pals setting in the rocks
catching the honey. The Indians are
said to break the combs of honey with
sticks, and let the honey run out into
pals. A pail will fill in two days
time. It is said that the finding Of
this great bee industry by the oil men
account for the great amount Of
strained honey the Indians have been
marketing. 1t was thought before that
the Indians raised the bees.
The oil men say that the sandstones
in the cliffs are just saturated with
honey and little piece of stone in
bucket Of water will sweeten it. The
discoveries are at loss to know how
the bees came to be there. 1t is said
by Indians and other old timers in
this section that about ten years ago
an old Indian who had a few bees was
killed 1t is thought by them that his
bees went wild and multiplied and in
creased in number until at present
there are millions Of honeymakers-
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