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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
FURNITURE FACTORY
BEGINS OPERATIONS

With workmen commencing in the
woodwork depart ment this morning
and the foundry men already busy the
Guthrie furniture manufacturing
niant is open FOR business; the man
agement happy because $4,000 worth
of orders are ready Cor the workmen
The new institution commences unde
most favorable circumstances III Is
the largest between the Missouri riy-
er and the Idaho factories, and the
second largest manufacturer of scnool
desk supplies in the United States.
Mr.. Van Fleet, general manager. has
already been 3ble to land the con
tracts for equipping the great state
institutions now being
erected and the full force Oh 80 men
will be engaged at the factory by the
fifteenth of the present month The
new institution is a splendid addition
to the factory portion of the capital
city and bids fair to be as profitable
to the investors as the big cotton mill
and the great iron industrial works
which have added so greatly to Guth
rie's commercial Importance.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
EXAMINATION FOR
5000 CENSUS CLERKS

Washington, Sept. 9.-The bureau
Of the census today announced that
approximately 5000 temporary clerks
would be appointed in connection
with the work of taking the thir-
teenth decennial census. The first
examination will be held throughout
the United States on October 8, next.
Very few appointments from this eX-
animation will be made before Janu-
airy /, 1910.
The maximum force will be drawn
about August, next year, These APP
pcintees will receive salaries of 5000
per annum at the beginning, but pro-
motions, VI is asserted to at least
$500 a year will be reasonably rapid
for those who give satisfactory serv-
ices.
Blank application forms and a cir
cular of Instructions. the bureau an
nounces, may be obtained after Sep
tember 10 hy addressing the civil
service commission Washington. D..
c.; the bureau of the census, Wash
ngton. d. c., or the secretary of the
board of examiners at the following
named places:
Postoffice, Boston, Mass. Philadel-
phia. Pa; Atlanta, Ga; Cincinnati,
o.: Chicago. H.. ST. Paul, Mimi. ;
Denver, Colo. San Francisco, Cal ;
custom house, New York; New Or
leans; old custom house, st. Louis
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
MANY P0STMASTERs
WILL ATTEND MEETING
Special to The Daily Leader.

Special TO Inc Daily Leader.
Chandler, Okla, Sept 3-H- B.
.G;lstrap, president of the Oklahoma
Presidential Postmasters' association,
has just been notified that Postmast-
cr General Hitchcock has fixed Sep
tember q 2S and % as the dates
for the joint meeting of the postmast-
ers and employees of Oklahoma, Kans
s, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska to be
held at Kansas City. Arrangements
were completed some time ago for q
combined convention of the five
states named. ami he <ate was leh
to NJ Htchcock's selection, in order
to insure his attendance at the meet
ing. This will be one of the greatest
gatherings of postal employees ever
held in the West, and will undoubt-
edly result in much good to the serv
ice. oklahoma will be represented by
large number of postmasters, both
fourth-class and presidential, and the
people of the older states will be
shown that n the excellence of her
pos al service as in other things, Ok
lahoma is fully up-to-date.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
WILL ENCOURAGE
STATE PRISON SCHOOL

James O'Neil. serving a term In the
penitentiary at McAlester for forgery
committed in a Southwestern Okla
homa county, has the honor of being
the founder of the school in the Okla
homa state prison. The board of pris-
on control was informed today that
ONeil CT his own accord had formed
the school and had aroused consider
able interest among the prisoners.
The idea appealed to the board, and
reminded the members that In the
rush of the removal OF the prisoners
from Kansas and the providing OF
proper buildings they had overlooked
the school Superintendent Cameron
will leave for MeAiester next week to
procure books and assist O'Neil in
perfecting his school. There are be
tween three and four hundred pris-
oners in the penitentlary under the
age of q and most Of them are illit-
crate.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
COMMISSiCh ISSUES
PROPOSED ORDER TO-DAY
Pioneer Company Fined S1OO
For Raising Rates Without
Boards Consent
aF u,.

Cuts in long distance telephone
rates throughout Oklahoma, amount
ing In mang cases to fifty per cent.
are proposed in an order issued by
the corporation commission today in
forming all Oklahoma telephone com
panies that "a hearing will be given
October II on the proposed order.
Under the proposed order telephone
rates must be computed on airline
mileage and the day rate on a fifty
mile long distance call would be but
% cents and the night rate fifteen
cents.
Figuring rates on the air line basis.
the order permits telephone com
panies to charge cent mile for
the first ten miles and four-tenths OF
a cent a mile for each mile in addi
tion to the ten miles. Three minutes
shall be allowed for each telephone
conversation. and the companies are
permitted to charge one-third of the
initial toll for each minute in addi-
ton to the three minutes.
The night rate shall be two-thirds
Of the day rate Through rates and
through connecting rates shall be
commuted on the same basis but in
the case of through connecting rates,
the various companies whose lines
are used shall pro-rate the toll on the
mileage basis. If the companies can
not agree the corporation commits
sion will fix the basis for the diyi-
sion.
All toll charges shall end in or 5.
Another order by the corporation
commission fines the Pioneer fele-
phone company 800 for raising its
rates at oklahoma City without the
consent Of the commission and pro-
yidcs that an additional fine of 800
shall be assessed against the COM
oany until the original rates are re-
stored
Both the proposed order and the
order fning the Pioneer company for
contempt are signed by Commission
ers Jack Love and A. p. Watson.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
GIRLS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
AFFECTED BY DECISION
May Result In Temporary
Abandonment Of Institution
al ChickaSha

Governor G. N. Haskell today au-
thOrlzed a statement that he had de
termined not to call the legislature in
special session this winter unless
something unforeseen arises. He
stated that he was convinced there
were not sufficient reasons now for
calling the special session.
One result or this decision will
probably be the abandonment temp
orarily of the Girls Industrial school
at Chickasha. The last session OF
the legislature appropriated 100000
for the erection of buildings at the
Girls Industrial school, but failed to
make an appropriation for mainte-
nance The people of Chickasha were
desirous of having the school start
this fall and arranged to finance II
until the legislature met in special
session.
Fearing that the special session
might not be called this winter,
Chickasha business men took the
matter up with state Superintendent
E. d. Cameron and the latter learn
ed from the governor that the spe-
cial session would not be called A
delegation from Chickasha headed by
Prof. Abernathy, who had been elect
ed president of the school, came to
Guthrie today for conference with
Governor Haskell and Superintendent
Cameron and the story leaked out
that the special session would not be
called The Chickasha committee
brought the information that the
people of Chickasha were willing to
finance the school if special session
was to be called this winter, but that
they were unwilling TO run the school
until the regular session of the legis-
lature In 1910.
A similar arrangement has been
made at Ada to the one at Chickasha
business men raising money there to
permit the opening of the school, al
though there is no appropriation for
its maintenance
The chief reasons advanced for
special session of the legislature have
been in connection with appropriation
matters and the revision by the legis
lature and acceptance of the work OF
the code commission. Some doubt has
been expressed about the ability Of
the code commission to complete its
work by December.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
B--HOUR LABOR LAW
ENTERS INTO HIGHER
COST Of PAVING

Anticipating comment on the in
crease in the price Of asphalt paving
as indicated in the paving bids sub
mitted to the city council last night,
{. r. Gavin, representative of the J.
Z Hill Construction Co. whose bid
vas the lowest presented, explained
o a Leader representative that the
,even ami half cents increase per
square yard over the contract price
or work now being done by this com
oany, is due to several causes, one OF
he most potent being the changed
hours of labor. Wnen the Hill com
pany entered into lis first paving con-
racr with the city of Guthrie it was
IN the 10hour work day basis, but un-
Ter the states vigorous enforcement
# the s-hour workday, MIR. Gavin ex-
llained anyone can readily see that
/ new cond ion had to be considered
n making estimates on work.
Then. too" continued Mr.. Gavin,
There has been a decided increase in
5he price of every item Of material
that IS used in street paving, includ-
ng the asphalt itself; but with all
his. | can assure The people of Guth-
ie that the slight advance represent
"a in the bid submitted to the city
ouncl last night will not amount to
more than % cents per square yard.
"At Oklahoma City recently" said
Mr.. Gavin, "a contract was let for a
block of asphalt paving at S1s3 per
square yard, but this did not include
he excavating work, which would add
IS cents per yard to the cost of the
laving."
You will doubtless recall, said
Mr.. Gavin In conclusion, that the
Iill company acceding to the earn
st petition Of property owners on
certain streets where brick paving
had been designated for a change 10
asphalt material, voluntarily agreed
o abrogate contracts involving hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. with
he risk of losing the work on the
submitting of new bids
The only competitor of the Hill COM
pany in The paving bids submitted last
night was the Barber Asphalt com
nany whose bid on new work was s.. %
Der square yard and S210 per square
yard on old work
The city council will consider the
bids at tonights adjourned meeting.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
KILLS HIS MOTHER
THEN ENDS OWN LIFI
(By Associated Press)

Pottsville, Pa. Sept. 3-After XII
ing his mother probably week age
George f. Simmons, q years of age
shot himself dead last night at TN
home of Violet Hartranft to WHOM
he had been paying attention. The
body of Jhe mother was found in tns
attic of her home today by the father
George f. Simons, Sr.
The door of the room was fastenee
with large screws and the cre.ice
were sealed with paraffine Il is be
leved the womln was strangled.
The husband notified the police
who went to the home Of Haruanft Z,
ascertain the whereabouts Of tn
younger Simmons. Upon seeing the Of
icers the young man shot himself IN
the head before anyone could interfere
II Is believed that the young mar
quarreled with his mother about his
paying attentions to the young girl
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
PUBLIC AFFAIRS BOARD
SETS 4 PRECEDENT !

For the first time in UKlauoma u
board of public affairs will requl =
construction company to give a bon
in the case Of the Holmbie Construc
tion company, of Louisville, ky..
which is to erect the new ,wo hundred
thousand dollar administration bull
inc at the state university at Nor
man. The affairs board asked the
torney general to prepare the bon
and this was done. The attorney ger
aral held that in most 5 ates bond
are not required as the state canno
be sued by the mechanics or person
furnishing material, but that the Oi
lahoma law follows the Kansas cod
and in Kansas bonds are required
a protection against mechanics an
other liens.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
Q Q o O 0 o O o o O @ Q 0 o o o 0
MURDERER APPEALS
ON TECHNICAL POINTS

Dan Scribner convicted az Ada of
the murder of City Marshal f NJ Put
nam, at Allen. and under sentence OF
death has filed an appeal in the
criminal court of appeals. Putnam was
shot with puckshot while standing IN
the door of his home last December.
Scribner asks that his case be revers-
ed because his wife. Katy Scribner,
under Indictment in the case was
forced to testify: on the grounds that
Judge Robt. NJ. Rainey. who refused
to quash the indictment was disquali-
fled. and that Judge A. T. West who
replaced Rainey on khe bench was
never assigned to try the case ..e
raises many other technical oblec-
tiOns.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
GRADING NEW ROAD
BEGINS IN 80 DAYS
No Longer Any Doubt Concern
Ing Building Of GlthTle'S
New Railroad
Special to The Daily Leader.

Special to The Daily Leader.
Dalhart, Tex. sept. 3-Grading will
begin on the Mountain Valley 4
Plains railroad through this section
Of the country within thirty days, ac-
cordng to Del w Harrington, pres .
dent of the railroad company Al
profies. surveys and estimates have
been completed and work will be
pushed toward Dalhart from Cimarson
N. NJ, a town of TO miles northwef
A construction company has been or
ganized to do Tie building.
There has never been any doubt
about the road building from Cimar
ron, n NJ, to Guthrie, Okla accord
ing to President Harrington. The
company, is chartered under the laws
of Texas. Oklahoma and New Mexico
AMI has an executive office in each
of these s ates.
To push irrigation.
At Eagle Nest, near Cimarron, a
large dam is in course of construction
by which waters from never failing
sources, will be conserved and di-
verted through canals and lateral
bitches and more than 100000 acres
of fine fruit and farm lands will be
irrigated. irrigation projects are
contemplated also for o'her sections
along the route in Texas and New
Mexico
In Texas the road will traverse
Dallam, Hartley, Hansford, Ochiltree
and Lipscomb counties, opening VI
territory hitherto untouched by rail.
roads and developing millions of acres
of fine farming lands. In Oklahoma
the road will traverse Woodward
Blaine and Kingfisher counties, open
| ing a large territ ory where wheat and
alfalfa are proifcally grown.
Dalhart Division Point.
Dalhart is 10 be a division point
and the roundhouse, shops and gen.
eral offices for both Oklahoma and
Texas win be located at Higgins, Tex,
La town near the border line between
the two states. TIE road is to be In
opera ion over the entire route within
three years.
Under the terms of the contrac'
with Dalhart the bonus of 100000 thar
! NdS Dttu SuDSIllbtu ID HOl 70 Dc pdlu
until TIE road Is completed to this
city, except that one-fourth is due
when the grade is completed Nearly
! all the towns along the route have
similar contracts. except that King
fisher, Okla. has agreed to pay $40,
600 when the road is completed into
Higgins and $4,000 when Il is com
'pleted into Kingfisher.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
NO COUNCIL MEETING
WHEN CIRCUS COMES

McAlester, Okla. Sept 3-Just be-
cause it happened to be composed OF
grown-lips the McAlester city council
refused to be cheated out of the de
lirium OF circus day A meeting was
called for September 20 to open bids
on a big paving contract. but when It
was found that was a circus day the
session was promptly postponed un-
til September % Then well posted
member discovered that also was a
ci.cus day, so. by compromise, the
important session was set for Septem-
Der 21.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES
NAMED BY THE MAYOR
H. B. Newman Elected TO FIJI
Vacancy and SpuTIOCk is
Made President

BIDS Tor new paving We're received
from the J. +, Hi Construction com
pany AM! the Barber Asphalt company
and opened at the meeting OF the city
council last night. Councilman Spur
locks motion to accept the bids of the
Hill company went over until tonight
All the bids were higher than on the
paving now being put down. The Hill
company is now laying asphalt III
Guthrie for $l.S7 a yard. but its bid
on new work is $194 IL, the increase
being attributed to an advance in the
price of asphalt The Barber people
on the same work bid $500 The Hill
bid on asphalt, to replace the single
course brick on streets awarded un-
der the contracts last spring, is S1.9l
and as the Barber company asked that
enough De added to its bid % repay
the Hill company for the work 1t has
already done on these streets, its bid
is approximately $210.
Another Job Created.
Another job was created by the city
council last night, that of city auditor
with a salary of $125 attached.
On motion of Higgins, H. b. New
man was elected councilman from the
FIRST ward succeeding Councilman
Douglas resigned. Councilman Spur
lock was elected president of the coun-
ell that position being also vlcated
by Douglas. The new committee as
signmen,s resulting from the changes
follow:
Committee Assignments.
Finanee-IIiggns, Spurlock and
Newman
Public Improvement-Sp Spurlock Hig
gins and Trapnell.
tire-Newman, Beamer and Johnson
Johnson, Newman and mol
ler
Ordin3nce-Hopkins, Spurlock and
Morrison
Morrison, Hopkins and Trap
nell
Water-Traprell, Kennedy and Hol-
ler
Street and Alleys Beamer, Hopkins
and Higgins.
Public Building Kennedy Newman
and Johnson.
Printing Holler, Kennedy and Nor
rison.
Lighting Hopkins, Higgins and
| Beamer.
Contract For Lights Signed
The new light ordinance was finally
passed, providing for 80 additional
lights fo- fifteen years a, Sc a month
Mayor Farquharson will place five OF
them, seven on bridges, and each coun
Gilman locates two.
The Light and Power company
agreed to pay the city S3,500 within
the next five days in lieu of building
the West Side stlndpipe.
Weed Cutting Ordinance
An ordinance requiring owners OF
vacant los to cut weeds was finally
passed. Another sanitary ordinance
one for street sprinkling and cleaning
was introduced It provides for assess
ing the cost against the lots on 1T
paved streets
The Ash street paving which Mr.
Heilman declared is not satisfactory
and the proposed bond issue of $50,
600 for waterwOrks improvements
and $4,000 for fire department were
discussed, but nothing was done.
To Sprinkle And clean Streets
A street sprinkling and cleaning or
dnance was introduced which is in
tended to make il possible to keep the
streets of the city in perfect condi
tion. Under the provisions of the or
dinance lots in the business distrlc
will be assessed two mills on theil
valuation while all lots in he residen
district, abutting on street which hai
been paved and which will be paved
during the present year will be as
sessed one-half mill on the assessed
valuation.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
State EAGLES ELECT OFFICERS
special 10 The Daily Leader.

Special to The Daily Leader
Shawnee, Okla, Sept. 3-The fol-
lowing are the newly elected officers
of the state aerie of Eagles: State
president, Martin c. Fleming. shaw
nee. 19S: first vice president. John H.
Clapp. Okmulgee. 1907: second vice
president. Jos. Chambers. ClarenlOre.
1897: state secretary. Peer Biewer,
Oklahoma City. 124. state treasure-,
Dr. o. w. Hauk. Oklahoma City. 124;
state chaplain, E. d. Ballard Miami,
1872: state conductor, Frank p. Stearn
Shawnee. 1873; state inside guard, c.
A. Royalty, Purcell, 1919; sta.e out
side guard, o. f. Snyder, Ada. 1i10:
state aerie physician, Dr. j. b. Mur-
ply Stillwate-, 1915; trustees. d. A.
Bennett, oklahoma City, 124, chair
man:-T. Brown. Shawnee. 1873; o. p.
NJ. Zimmerman, Miami, 1912.
Next meeting at ClaremOre the
second Tuesday in May 1910
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
.sMAsHEs ANOTHER RECORD

Harry C. Waring, the Senators
crack catcher and outfielder, drafted
by the Chicago White SOx, who has
broken many records on the ball
field has established a matrimonial
record in Logan county that should
stand for some time. Waring was
married at Tulsa. February 19, 1908,
and lived with his wife but six days
Judge Joel NJ. Sandlin of the supe-
rior court has granted him a divorce
from Myrtle Waring, upon a charge
Of desertion after six days of mar
ried life. Mrs. Waring did not Op-
pose the granting of the divorce.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
HANDED CITRUS LIMONUM

Crowder City will be court town
in Pittsburg county for only short
time as a result of a peculiar error
in the bill passed by the hast legisla-
ture. The bill provides that two
terms of the county court shall be
held at Crowder, emitting the words
''per annum" after the word terms.
The attorney general advises County
Judge r. w. Higgins that it will be
necessary to correct the act
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
Science viii Demonstrate Claim.

Rome, Sept. 3.-The question
whether DR.. Cook did or did not
reach the North Pole brought out
statements today from Italian scient-
lists. His instruments and observa.
tions, It is argued. will undoubtedly
demonstrate scientifically the correct
ness of his assertion.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
, Q o o Q 0 o o Q o o o Q . . Q Q
WEATHER FORECAST.

) (By Associated Pressl {
: New Orleans. Sept 3-TOnight {
J and Saturday. generally fair
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
A New Richmond in the Field.

George ID. Key, a prominent attor
ney of Comanche county has polit
ical aspirations. To his personal
friends he has intimated that to serve
the people as their attorney general
Is his ambition.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03

Shagen, Denmark, Sept. "a
newspaper correspondent who went
on board the Hans Egede from a pi-
lot steamed off here was able to
obtain a few words with Dr. Cook
The explorer ascribed his success to
the fact he made use of old methods,
namely Eskimos and dogs and that
he lived like the Eskimos himself.
I'VE reached the pole at O'Clock
in the morning." he said. II took
daily observations for a whole fort
night before arriving at the Pole
The lowest temperature recorded was
SO degrees, centergrade, below zero
or III degrees below zero, Faren
heit.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03
CHARY OF TALK
Or. Cook, Explorer, Grants But
Few Words TO Newspaper
Correspondent
(By Associated Press.)

Copenhagen, Sept. S.-The steam
er Han Egede, with DR.. Frederick
A. Cook on board, passed Cape Ska
gon. the northern extremity of Den
mark, this afternoon.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03

Gentlemen: Having just returned
from trip of a few weeks outside
he state and noticing the question
ing of my right to be compensated for
services as a member and chairman
Of your board, in addition to the sal
an which | receive for the time
devote to the constitutional duties as
lieutenant governor. / deem II proper
to present my views of the attitude
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-03

BelIamy's Letter.
Bellamy's letter to the board fol
lows:
September 2. 1909.
Tho state Ranking ROard CITY
The bee., 1909-06-10
Men Past Fifty in Danger.

Men past middle life have found
comfort and relief in Foley's Kidney
Remedy, especially for enlarged
prostate gland, which is very COM
mon among elderly men. L. E. Nor
ris, Dexter, KY, writes: "Up to a
yeas ago my father suffered from
kidney and bladder trouble and sew
eral physicians pronounced 1t en-
largement of the PROSTATE gland
and advised an operation. On ac-
count of his age we were afraid he
could not stand it and recommended
Foley's Kidney Remedy, and the
first bottle relieved him, and after
taking the second bottle he was no
longer troubled with this COM
plant"
Sold by st. Bernard Drug Store,
incorporated.