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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-28

Even the oldest inhabtant" can
look back 10 the time when Kansas
city was a wild and woody frontier
town. In the Forty Years Ago
Today column in the Star, taken
from the Kansas City Times OF June
25th, 1869, is the following:
kansas City presented the not
very agreeable sight yesterday OF
five Indians clad in their fantastic
costumes, perambulating the streets
in quite drunken condition. They
sang and they danced, they shouted
and brandished their bows, but in
no way acted differently from more
civilized creatures when whisky gets
the better OF them"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-28

more. moraly June 20, 1909
oe ELIoTs LIST.

u- C.arle. 49, Blot. sa.ps...dea.
81 Harvard college and 8r. %, Ac
'a..u.- educators ot tAe World
dos a1. appear 90 have added ma.
t.ralIy 90 big reputation for prao.
t..I .ulzmea. by a.s selected DIS, OF
books which contain al tae elements
az R.u rounded culture iu the
very nature of things. any such se.
lectou mus, Boz academic. % not
pedautig Dr E.o,s LIST is empha'-
ically 'ha la'e- and with all due
respect f1- the eminent scholar and
educator worthless as an iilumi
mating and effective incentive toward
the acgompl OF ,he purpose
intended Probably uJ tao men o.
wider ead.us would agree on list
Of The bes, forty books The hss'
"nyefoot library" aud similar ef
forts 90 place the stamp OF slperia.
tive excellence and ludispeusabl,y
upon literary masters
But Or Euoys list contains fatal
defects. Il does not include the
Bible. a book whose literary quality
has been extolled by the greatest
critics OF the world. entirely inde-
penden'ly OF any theological or re.
ligioethical questions lt does not
contain Shakespeare II leaves out
nf.L.y- .,H ssb.,L.r,. H..r.. I~if,t
Longfellow. Fenlmorc Cooper Lord
Macaulcy and GibbOn II has no
place for Sir Walter Scott or Poe or
Lowell or Pope or Herbert Spencer.
II has no place for Thomas jefferson
or George Washington or Harriet
Bccchcr Stove or rac Constitution
OF the United States or Omar Khay-
yam or Les Miserablos" or Wash.
ington Irving or Homer or Balzac.
This f.yc-foo, shelf is bare Of Dumas
and Aristotle There is nothing on
that shelf about Abraham Lincoln
or th, war for human freedom.
Who viii pretend that Doe SIS .ul.
turcd or educated or well read who
knows nothing Of any of these
mighty intellectual forcrso What VIII
Shelley "Couci" or Johnson's "Vol
puuc' or Millions "Arcopaguca' do
fo- a man whose mind is wilder.
ness dotted with no oasis of Dickens
or Balzac or Shakespeare or 'no
Bible The Journal az John Wool.
man" Is a poor substitute for Homer
and Hugo and Gihbou and Macaulay.
Many other Illustrations OF the fatal
stcriliiy Of Dr. E!lot's list might De-
given The effort 10 compile a com
prchcnsiyc and satisfactory list Of
such books js uuqucstlonably dif.
firult one. but Dr Eliot has most
slpually failed Kansas city Jour.
nal
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-28
.ARDMORt MAN IN DEMAND
COL sUGGs or THE ARDmoRE.
lTE KEEPS BUSY BOOSTING HIS
CITY.

Col sidney sus<s who for The past
month has been over various parts
OF tine state looking into matters tha,
are OF interest .o Ardmorc and Incl.
ieH'aly boosting this city whenever
900 opportunity has offered and he
says taa, these opportunities come
THICK and fast is getting the city De.
fore the state .u a manner tha, the
citizens should D.. proud Of
iu addition 20 having made several
speeches a, various conventions dur.
ius the month. and 20 being selected
a director 30 the Oklahoma Historical
society. au invitation has come from
AtOka 90 make an address on Good
Roads. TO the people there al big
celebration on the 9TH. at which
big basket picnic will be the feature.
Col suggs will be- at Dustin, Okla
on this date and will make an ad.
dress and has sent his regrets 20
AtoKa Commercial club who so kind.
ly invited him.
From Francis, Okla, comes tn- fol-
lowing:
Hon. sidney Suggs
Ardmore, Okla.
Dear Sir.
In the preparation for the annua,
Brigade Reunion of The Confederate
Veterans to be- held at this place
the entertainment committee feel taat
their program would be incomplete
without your name. Will you kindly
allow us 10 consider you one OF our
guests and TO place your name N
our program.
You will understand that the time
this reunion Is 10 be held Is July
2l % and %.
Col. Suggs also has received an ir
y!tation TO attend the Washington
Conservation Association at the first
National Conservation congress in
the auditorium of the Alaska-Yukon
exposition at Seattle on August 2G.
2r2S, which he will likely attend.
From Dustin. Okla, where Coz.
Suggs viii speak on the 9Th, earn.
ns to Ardmore IN company with
Governor Haskell to make an address
mere on thu bJn, is the following let.
Ter:
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-28

The reason man can stand los
ing money at cards is he thinks he's
so smart TO be able 70 play them
without losing more
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-28
on. sidney SuggS,
Ardmore, Okla.
My Dear Sir:

aHF A'''A s'AA
The poster in our office window
informs me that one Honorable SID
ncy Suggs, Will on July 9Th. de.
liver to our good people an able ad.
dress. This fact assures me of much
pleasure, and | am very glad indeed
to know that you expect to be pres.
"nt on that occasion. / have already
congratulated the executive commit.
tee having the matter of speaking
in charge upon their being able to
secure a speaker such as yourself.
anticipate large attendance, ana
Will be very glad indeed to have you
with Us at that time.
Yours very truly
ROY ALEXANDER.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-28

It's pity man can't hear an oc.
casional eulogy OF himself while alive.
such as the preacher will some day
deliver over his mortal remains.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-28
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u You neec an Ardmoreite /:
" map to assist you In deter. :
y mining the location Of your :
u oil, asphalt, gas and oil sand :
!. deposits. Send $1.oo for the ;
. Weekly Ardmoreite one year :
!" or the Daily Ardmoreite two ;
I" months, and we give you
" copy Of the very latest may Of ;
u the new state. :
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
LESS MEAT
Advice of Family Physician.

Formerly people thought meat
necessary for strength and muscular
vigor.
The man who worked hard was SUD-
posed to require meat two or three
times a day. Science has found out
differently.
1t is now a common thing for the
family physician to order less meat,
as in the following letter from n. Y.
man.
dyspepsia and nervousness. NV
physician advised me to eat less meat
and greasy foods generally. 1 tried
several things to take the place of nv
usual breakfast of chops. fried
potatoes, etc, but got no relief until
I tried Grape-Nuts food
After using Grape-Nuts for the
cereal part of my meals for two years.
1 am now a we'll man. Grape-Nuts
benefited my health far more than the
$4,000 worth of medicine had taken
before.
"My wife and children are healthier
than they have been for years, and we
are a very happy family, largely due
to Grape-Nuts.
1--WE have been SO much benefited by
Grape-Nuts that it would be ungrate-
full not to ackn owledge it.
Name given by Postum, Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read ''The Road to
Wellville,' in pkgs. There's a Rea-
SON
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
arc genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
is DISAPPOINTING.
Business Is Not Coming Up to
Expectations.
Wholesale Trade Is Hampered
by Tariff Tinkering.
EXCEEDS LAST YEARS
More Doing in Nearly All Lines
Than in 1908.
Building Is Active in Nearly All
Points Reporting.
EXCEEDS LAST YEARS

New York, March 27.-Bradstreet's
says:
Weather, crop and Industrial re-
ports are still irregular, with more
than ordinary quiet noted in most
lines. Wholesale trade feels the ef-
feet of tariff discussion and uncertain
ties and while a fair business is doing
Gin excess of last year in nearly all the
l1nes) disappointment is expressed at
the total volume of trade in the first
quarter.
Buying from jobbers is conservative
and orders are of a between-seasons
character at best. Retail trade has
been hampered by stormy weather,
but the approach of Easter is reflected
in some improvement in demand.
Western trade is relatively better than
that of the east in this line, but cool
weather arrests expansion the country
over.
In industrial lines generally opera
tions are quiet to dull, with the iron
and steel trade, where prices are
weaker, one of the apparently least
favorably situated lines. The coal
and industrial conditions and the large
supply on hand discourage the idea of
a strike by the anthracite miners on
April 1.
One of the best situated industries
in the country is building, which is re-
ported active at nearly all points.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending with March 25
We're 226 against 224 last week. 2S6
in the like week of 1908, 166 in 1907,
169 in 1906 and 227 in 1905
Canadian failures for the week
number 25, which compared with 80
last week and Al last year
Wheat including flour exports, from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending March 25, aggregate O.
O35,715 bushels against 1,SS4.013 last
week and 2,293,964 this week last
year. For the thirty-nine weeks end
ing March 25 this year, the exports
are 146, ,109,227 bushels aginst 1885,
547,052 in the corresponding period
last year. Corn exports for the week
are 1,153, 1000 bushels against S03,2S2
last week and S45,123 in 1908. For
the 80 weeks ending March 25, corn
exports are 23,740, 1856 bushels against
41,S09,577 last year.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
YOUNG GIRL a SUICIDE.
Parents Had Chided Her for Intimacy
With Negro.

Council Grove, Kan, March 81
Ida, the Is year old daughter of Isaac
Eastood, attempted suicide here today
by placing the muzzle OF a shot gun
against her abdomen and pulling the
trigger with a stove poker. She can
not recover. Last week the girl had
quarreled with her father who had
undertaken to punish her for intim-
acy- with a coIored gentleman neigh
Dor and both were arrested for dis
turbing the peace. ON Tuesday of this
week a 16 year old brother, Roy, was
shot in the stomach and side with a
shot gun and killed by a year old
nephew while carrying ia loaded shot
gun from the house. The girl was a
sufferer of epilepsySana the county Of
ficials had made arrangements to nave
her sent to the state hospital at Par
sons, Kan, next week. This and her
brothers sudden death may have had
much to do with her attempting her
own life.
The officers are investigating the
extent of her friendly relations with
the negro and will prosecute him IL a
statement can be obtained.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
Charcoal Lozenges
A Natural Breath
Perfume
Charcoal Assists in Gaining and Re
tanning a Sweet Breath.

Charcoal Assists in Gaining and Re
tanning a Sweet Breath.
Breath perfumes should never be re-
sorted to. They seldom conceal the
odor and never remove the cause, and
are very suggestive.
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges sweetens
the breath by removing the cause-a
disordered condition of the stomach,
and by this means tmpartS to the
breath the natural healthfu1 odor, void
of all unnatural or suggestive condi-
ton. Charcoal fills four-fold mission.
First it purifies the breath by restor-
ing to it the natural odor nature in
tended it to have. Second, charcoal is
an absorbent absorbing 100 per cent
per volume of gas, by this means re-
lieving f1atulence and gases of the
stomach and bowels. Third charcoal
aids digestion and by this means regu-
Iates the action of the bowels, reIiev-
ing f1ux, diarrhoea, piles, constipation,
etc Fourth, charcoal oxidizes the
blood, thus preventing plmpIes and 9TH
er eruptions that arise from indiges-
ton and impurities of the blood.
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are a
household necessity and should be in
every home, containing only young
willow wood charcoal and honey. They
are perfectly harmless and any quanti-
ty may be taken without ill effects
Old and young alike can take Stuart's
Charcoal Lozenges with the same bene-
fetal results.
The next time that you have sour
stomach, indigestion, bad breath, heart
burn, gastritis, bad taste ingtf1e mouth,
belching or belching up of food. just
step in the nearest drug store and get
a box of Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges
and try them; the results will be graft
flying and almost instantaneous. the
stomach will son feel better and the
disagreeable odor disappear in a very
short time.
If you prize a sweet breath and
healthy stomach you should OCCASION
ally use Stuart's Charcoal Lozen ges A
lozenger now and then will suffice to
sweeten the breath and keep the stom-
ach in a healthy condition; try them;
for sale everywhere or a sample will
be mailed free upon request. Address
the F. A. Stuart Co., 200 Stuart Bldg,
Marshall Mich.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
RAILROAD NEWS.
Conference Unable to Bring Set
tlement of Missouri Fares.
Roads Announce a Three Cent
Rate to Start in April.
ISSUE MILEAGE BOOKS
State to Fight Action of Roads
to the Bitter End.
Other Items of Interest in
Railway Circles.
ISSUE MILEAGE BOOKS

st. Louis, March 27.-The three
cent local ticket rate and the 1000
mile interchangeable book will be put
into effect April 10, according to an
official statement issued by the
eighteen railroads in Missouri tonight
This statement was issued after the
return of the railroad representatives
from Jefferson City where conferences
on the passenger rate question were
held with Governor Hadley, Attorney
General Major and members of the
railroad committees of the legislature.
The statement also announces that
actions to test the validity of the two
cent laws in adjoining states Will De
brought at once. After stating that
the most cordial good feeling existed
during the conference at JenerSon
City. the statement reads:
LAS the matter now stands as be-
tween the railroad proposition and
that of the executive and legislative
departments there is d1Herence
which might be clarified in detail.
''In other words, the establishment
of three cent basis for through and in
terstate rates will not be objected to
and 2,OOO-mile INTERCHANGEABLE
mileage book upon a basis of two
cents net is acceptable to both sides.
The state favors 500-mile book good
upon any individual railroad and for
bearer. at two and one-quarter cents
per mile
1.-The railroads offer in lieu of this
a 5OO-mile book good over all of the
railroads in the state and for bearer at
two and one-half cents per mile; and
upon an individual railroad a 500-mile
book good for owner only, for two
and one-quarter cents per mile; all
mileage books in both cases to be good
for one year.
1.-The objection by the railroads to
the two and one-quarter cents mile
age book is the fact that when more
than one-half cent difference is made
between the ordinary local ticket rate
and the bearer mileage rate it will be
used by scalpers and also to reduce
interstate rates"
In reference to the traveller of small
means and for short distances the
statement reads:
1.-The opinion of every passenger
traffic official is that practical effect of
the two and one-half cent statewide
mileage book would be to extend the
benefit of that rate to every traveller.
They would be perfectly negotiable
and it would be the simplest matter
for individuals to secure the use of a
portion fof a book held by another.
"At the present time no further con-.
ference is contemplated. In the
rate and the 2.0O0-mile interchange
able book Will be put in effect
April 10.
with a return to the three cent
maximum basis it is believed the rail-
roads will feel justified in treating
questions of excursion rates.
ACTIONS to test the validity of the
two cent laws in adjoining states will
be brought at once"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
BIG REGISTRATION.
Clay Center Reports the Largest In
Her History.

Clay Center, Col, March 27-The
registration of voters in Clay Center
closed Friday night with the largest
registration in the history of the city.
The Helianthus club with the candi-
dates for mayor, Messrs. Hanna and
Mckee, together with their supporters,
have been hard at work for the last
two days getting in the voters.
The registration by wards is as
follows:
First ward-530; second ward
542; third ward-50S. Making to-
tai of 1880. The councilmen nominal
ed are as follows: First ward-G. p
Randall and Victor Alquist; second
ward-W. D. Vincent and John A.
Loader; third ward-D. E. Hastwell.
School board, first ward-Mrs. A. l..
Neal and DIR. X. Olsen; second ward
] E. Peterson and ]. I. Farrell; third
ward-W. C. Williams. Thomas G..
Ryan and r. d. McCord are nominat-
ed for police judge. w. H. Peckham
succeeds himself as city treasurer and
A. Held treasurer of board of educa-
ton
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
GOULD REORGANIZATION.
OF Eastern Railway Interests Now
Well Under Way

Baltimore, Nd, March 27.-The for
nation of a new independent railroad
system, with a total mileage of more
than 1900 miles, extending from Bal
timore to Pittsburg. and to include
the Western Maryland, the Wheeling
and Lake Erie and the Wabash Pitts
burg Terminal and the West Side Rail-
road of Pittsburg is considered today
in well-informed circles as practically
assured, provided the supreme court
of the United States sustains the right
of the railroads to haul products of
enterprises which they own or control
and the objections of certain interests
in the properties named are removed
The foregoing is the outline of a
plan to reorganize the Gould lines in
the east now in the hands of receivers
and if it is carried out, as it is ex-
pected it will be, it will mean the con-
summation of the plan originally in
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

person of an old man by the name
of Danner. It seems that Mr.. Dan
ner took the young mans mother to
an entertainment at Lenora about
ten days ago and that the young man
had repeatedly ordered the old fell
low away from the premises as he
did not like to have him paying at
tention to his mother. Upon the re
turn of the couple from Lenora the
young fellow proceeded to administer
physical punishment upon the Of
Tending gentleman to such an ex-
tent that his nose was broken and
he was pretty badly disfgured. The
trial is now in progress.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
sALINA MAY GET GYMNASIUM.
Proposition Now Under Consideration
by Methodist Conference.

by Methodist Conference.
Belleville, Kan, March 27.-Bishop p
Hughes delivered his address to the
class of young ministers at the NJ. E.
conference here. This address is look
ed forward to in each conference as
one of the treats of the entire session.
His subject was, proper Ministry -
A resolution was passed by the con-
ference for the holding Of a mission
ary convention at Concordia some
time next May. Prof. Roach of Sa-
lima made a proposition to the confer
ence that in the event they would
build in Salina a $4,000 gymnasium.
he would build a presidents home
costing not to exceed $4,000. The
proposition is under consideration. B.
j. Patterson of Rexford offered to give
his private hospital at Rexford to the
northwest Kansas conference on a ten
year lease if they would make it the
official church hospital for this and
adjacent territory. The proposition
received favorable committee report.
The following pastors were elected
deacons and admitted to full member
ship in the conference: L. E. Lay
bourn. John A. Plants. Clarence E.
Tinker, Martin r. Starbuck and Ger
heart Johnson
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
NORTON EDITOR ARRESTED.
f. NJ. DuvaH Took Shots at TeIe-
phone Lineman.

Norton, Kan, March 27.-F. M. Du-
vail, editor of the Norton Courier, was
arrested for shooting at VIM. Thields,
a Hneman of the Farmers Telephone
company several weeks ago. The
cause of the shooting arose from a
controversy between Thields and Du-
vail regarding articles published in
the paper written by Mrs. Autrobus, a
blind woman, who was formerly cen
tral operator of the Norton exchange.
Duvall, the editor, is secretary of the
Farmers Telephone company, and
Mrs. Thields, the wife of the lineman,
is the bookkeeper for the same COM
pany. Thields claims Duvall insulted
his wife and he resented this by
knocking the editor down and during
the confusion the foreman of the Of
fee came up with a mallet and he
started to run away. Duval1 had a
revolver in his desk and shot at
Thie1ds as he was leaving the office,
the bullet striking the brick wall of
the door casing, then glancing off and
striking ThieIds in the side. Duvall
refused to. make any statement in re-
gard to the controversy.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
BOTH EYES WE'RE INJURED.
Little lola Boy Put Hot Water on
IInslaclSed Lime.

lola. KAN, March 27.-Herald Nc
Connell. son of Engineer Mcconnell
at the city electric light plant, came
near losing the sight of his eyes in
an accident. He was visiting his
father at the plant and while playing
around poured some hot water on
unslacked lime The result was al
most disastrous. The lime rocks
exploded blowing fragments, some of
them flying into the boys eyes One
of the ewes was very seriously af-
fected. Doctors were called and the
little fellow was given relief The
result may be that the boy will lose
the sight in one eye.
While this was going on, a cross
head min in one of the engines got
hot. The father of the boy could
not take care of both engine and
bow at the same time. AS a result the
plant was shut down for few min
utes.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
MARSHALL'S CONCERT.
Programme to Be Given at the
Auditorium Sunday.

Marshalls band will give a free
concert at the Auditorium at D. M,
Sunday afternoon. Following is the
programme:
March-Arr. PAMELA
introducing Holy Holy, Holy, Revive
Us Again, Hark the Angels Sing and
Rock of Ages.
Overture-The Trumpeters of the
crown ......... Hume
Saxaphone sOlo-The Sweetest Story
Ever Told Stults
Mr.. A. H. Marshall.
Andante and Gavotte-Sunshine and
ram Marshall
Waltz-The Jolly Butcher. Marshall
Three Quotations ns Sousa
(a) The King of France with twenty
thousand men marched up the
hill, and then marched down
again.
(b) I Too, Was Born in Arcadia. -.
(c) In Darkest Africa" "
Romance Simple Aveu- Thorne
Selection-The Prince of Pilsen
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
RATE SCHEDULE FILED.
Katy New Tariff Benefits 100 Points
in Oklahoma.

Guthrie, Ok, March 27.-The pro-
posed Katy rate to Oklahoma points
from Galveston, which brought about
the Kansas City boycott and Oklaho-
mas retaliation, was filed with the
corporation commission today. 1t is
effective April % and applies to one
hundred and sixty general points on
the Katy in Oklahoma, -t.s -
The rate shows reduction of
thirty per cent in the car load lot rate
applying on boots, shoes, clothing, dry
goods and notions.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
HARTMAN CHANGES PLANS.
Railroad Magnate Will Now Go to
New York

New York.
San Francisco, March 27.-Cancel-
ing his arrangements for a more ex-
tended stay in California. Edward H.
Hartman left Paso Robles before
daylight and came to San Francisco
with the unexpected announcement
that he would depart for New York
tonight or Sunday.
Regarding the industrial outlook,
Mr.. Hartman said:
''The farmer will be in control of
the situation. He has been getting
rich and he will be richer. He will
furnish a great deal of capital for
legitimate uses and our prosperity
depends upon the purposes for which
this money is used. If it goes into
legitimate development and the ordi-
nary channels of business, this country
will be better off. But if it is tied up
in new schemes, in the building of
new railroads and other places, where
it Will not be readily accessible, it is
going to be hard for those who need
money at regular and well known in
tervals. Capital must be invested so
that men may not be idle.'