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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
UNLESS RIGHT -OF-WAY
IS USED IN MEANTIME
Must Make FIJI at Villas
Avenue or Build
Viaduct

Extension Of time for filling up the
hlg ditch through the center of the
city was last night granted the Rock
island Railway company. The city
council passed an ordinance extend
Ing the time for filling up tho hole
or for making uso OF the rlghtof-way
TO January, 1919.
This action is conditioned. how
ever, upon the company filling In the
2itch at Villas avenue. and making
roadway across there. This will
rake Villas thoroughfare and most
OF tho paving has already been done.
work on this fill must be commenced
within sixty days from the acceptance
Of the ordinance. Should the COM
pany decide 10 make use OF tho right
ofway the Villas fill Is to be changed
20 a viaduct, the road standing all the
expense.
The ordinance, which has been
bonding several months, was resur-
fected Lass night and paesed after
the city attorney and Councilman ~s,g-
Gins had rruned some of tho strong
railroad foliage.
The Henderson Lots
Council almost reached the end OF
another serial story, when II was adj
nltted that the city owes John Hem
derson $i47 on South Division street
paving A special committee, with
the mayor as chairman. reported that
The paving assessments against Hen.
dcrson's lots at Division street and
the Katy railway were SAT- and that
Henderson would soil the-lots for
$500. Henderson will pay 5000 and
teop the lots.
Talk OF FIRE stations wa inconclusive
An offer OF two lots OF Capitol Hill
for $500 was made by real estate
man. Several lots are In view for
Tie east Side station.
Councilman Durham put in a ktck
against patching OF West Side sta
'on, saying that II should be re-
modeleA aud not patched. At least
s 900 should be spent there, he said.
The matter was left t. the fire COM
mitlee and the city engineer, who Is
drawing plans.
Miscellaneous Matters
The grade Of Perkins avenue be-
tween vine and Cedar was approved.
Estimates were called for on the
East Side storm sewer.
Sidewalk contacts have been LET
by the city council TO r. w. Miller
and G. w Ferry, who have qualified
under the new regulations.
Tho city council has affirmed the
appraisers reports on paving work on
Warner avenue from Broad to Drexe
and on Springer from Broad to Wal
nut.
I The city council last night recely
"a an invitation from the G. A. r. e
lake part in the Memorial day exer
cses Monday.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
DISCUSSED PRO AND CON
BEFORE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Railroad President FaVoTs
Amendment, Labor Orator
Opposes M

A rather unique argument was
heard In the chambers of the chief
executive last evening, when Dorset
Carter, whose name heads the list for
ne petition for repeating Article 8,
Section 3. Oklahoma constitution, and
Il. j. Giddings OF Oklahoma City, de-
bated the merits of the proposed act.
The chief executive had asked for
leht on the topic, AID Carter came
to argue his own case, while the
American Federation of labor, hasti-
" informed, sent Giddings to de-
Eounce the scheme.
IN the course of his argument, af-
ter having flatly declared the propos-
led Carter amendment had, to repeal
IN few line section, written more than
was considered necessary to tell the
story of the worlds creation, Gid
dings said the Carter amendment
people should go fairly before the
people, and asked why not this title:
Resolved that the corporation com
hereby dissolved and extinguished. :
Giddings' contention the preseh,
proposed repeating clause would estop
al hope os the corporation commits
sion being OF service to any one, was
lather sharply denied by Carter,
whose plea is that the people want
more railway lines and that none can
he financed under the present section
he and his associates are trying to
get repealed June If.
Carter maintains that but twenty
Two miles OF railway have been built
and financed in this state since state
mood, Giddings making reply by read
Inr him . iecord of railway construc-
ion from The Leader, asking Mr.. Car
ter to dare make the open statement
more than $50 miles have not been
pcth completed and financed since
December 1907 The figures as TO i'm
proVement of the trunk line systems,
Carter specifies, do not count, for
the big systems are the main power
behind the movement not to repeal;
he alleging they do not wish furth-
er construction, as tney now nave d
monopoly Of the traffic.
Immediately after the close of the
arguments before the governor, La
Dor. through Mr.. Hamilton, who came
from Denver because of the Illness OF
Samuel Gompers, arranged for a
series of meetings to be addressed
By Mr.. Giddings, who commenced
his speaking tour today, speaking to
night at Ardmore and tomorrow al
,iadill. The Federation will wage
unrelenting warfare against the pro
posed repeating clause and will throw
all Of their energies into action, Sc
cnring the best orators that can be
lmrriedly secured in the short time
between now and election day.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
WHIPPED FROM ONE END
OF STATE TO OTHER
EndeaVor to Vote Reputation
By Throwing Dust in
Taxpayers Eyes

The townlot spoils brigade is re-
treating.
a few days ago it was booming to
I incate the state seat of government
June 12
That bill carries with 1t immediate
location--read and see.
But now, according to the Real Es-
tate Spectator, morning edition,
rom the Canadian bottoms, the town.
.ct statesmen, Notwithstanding the bill
provides for immediate location, con-
tlude, 1--WE want the permanent cap
ilal in 1913"
Just how they propose to conduct
government betwene June IL, 1910,
and January /, 1913, is not described
IN the Real Estate Crater which seta
forth the remarkable statement.
If the bill is voted in, Guthrie will
hot be the capital June 12; Oklahoma
lily, townlot grafters officially arir
nounce they do not wish the tempolf
afy capital. will not have it, and will
not be ready for the permanent cap
ital for three years.
That is the calibre of the outft,
which purports to have read the en-
abling act and concluded 1t is some
sort of Joke the state of Oklahoma
has no right to adhere to unless 1t
feels 1t should be better so to do
Whipped from one end of the state
to the other; made to declare tney
do not wish the provisions of the
l.easure they seek to initiate TO be
put into effect; later rallying be-
cause they found a new strength the
townlot spoismen again repudiate
themselves, their bill, their first
statements and their literature the
bill itself.
Read the provision in the bill:
"Shal the capitol Of the state OF
Oklahoma be permanently located
now?
Upon thi, question the vote Is TAX
ep, Eyes" or NO"
Still, in the last sally of the, defeat
I'd spoilsmen, they affirm with great
solemnty they do not want the cap
tal until after 1918; just wouldn't
think of such a thing as taking It in
defiance of the enabling act compact
If so, why vote the temporary cap
,tal out of the state and establish no
permanent one?
Where would be the seat of govern
ment?
Perhaps oh, yes--maybe there are
several sets Of town lot grafters sur
rounding Oklahoma City who owe
more than the banks will carry and i
is the intent to haul the capitol build
inq from one stand to another TOR
three years, until all get "their'n.'
And that would be advertising
some, too.
We would be the only state of the
Union with capitol building on
wheels, iunketed from post to pillar.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27

never allowing one man to sell more
than thirty-three acres of COW pas
lure for townlots until the co-workers
gct an equal distribution.
And yet this townlot outfit declare
they are oil the Nov.
They say Guthrie and Mexico are
Of the Tomorrow"
But, il they haul state capitol build
ing from place to place and keep II
on wheels for three years, will they
really be of the "Now' regime? May
il not be more proper to call them
Sometime e-Somewhere-So Somehow
or such are those who wish to re-
pudiate compacts.
First, they seek to repudiate com
pact with the United States.
Next, they repudiate themselves
Then they repudiate the vital
clause of their proposed measure.
Later they will repudiate their at
tempt to fool the people.
And unless they ascertain that buy
ing and selling town lots is not bul-
wark which will long endure without
something of productive, material
basis to bolster, they may have 10
repudiate some of the paper held by
their creditors,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
BELIEVES IN HONESTY

set of fools, or with the malicious in
tent to mislead the good people OF the
state.
The supreme court In this decision
never said, never intimated, that this
clause is not mandatory on the peo-
pie of the state, and the Times knows
1t. The Times says further:
IT means In short that the PEO-
PIE of Oklahoma can make their own
laws, and make them without break
ing faith or violating any obligation
they owe the national congress"
The decision of the supreme court
means nothing of the kind, and any
school boy with grain of sense
knows that this statement is false.
The supreme court does not say that
should this initiated measure be ad0p-
ted, that II would be deemed legal.
This decision is only meant to convey
the idea that II Is not the business OF
the secretary of state nor the COVER
nor to say what initiative or legisla-
tive measures are invalid before call
ing an election to vote on that meas.
ure.
As a prohibitionists | have always
felt lever since the Sons OF Washing
ton presented their resubmission pc
titlon) that II was the duty of the
secretary Of state to file that petition
and the governor to call an election
and am just as firm In my opin
ion, that h1d the election heer called
and the measure voted on. 1t would
CONTINUED on Page Sd
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27

Durant. Okla, May 25., Editor DAILY
Leader, Dear Sir: Being constant
reader of the Daily Leader. the okla-
homa State Capital and the Daily ok-
lahoman, and being in that part oil tne
state that would, under favorable cir
cumstances. favor Oklahoma City as
the Mace for the state capital, be-
lieve that am In a position to look
ut the matter of locating the state
capItal from an honest standpoint.
I believe in fair play in this. as well
as In all other matters. Being cnair-
man of the Oklahoma Prohibition Ex-
ecutive committee, am intensely IN
terested In the question OF prohibition
not only in this state. but in Vie ma
tion and an editorial In the Okla
boma City Times of Sunday, May 18th
caused the Dutch" blood that is In
me TO boil over, and | want to give
vent to my feelings through the medl-
am of your valuable paper, If 4 viii
be allowed space.
@The Enabling act granting state
hood to Oklahoma contained clause
10 the effect that that part of Okla
homa comprising Indian Territory
shall remain prohibition for twenty
one yeas
But
From the decision OF the supreme
court that clause Is NOT mandatory
on the people of the state
The Times editor either ~lote thls
through ignorance. thought the major
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27

RI c \ 7 Is
IN COURT

A suit that may affect the propos-
ed sale of 2S0,000 acres of school
lands was filed in the superior court
Today. This is not the friendly suit
expected, but is an action on the
initiative of w. L. Hayden, lessee OF
Il section of land in Kiowa county
Who seeks to enjoin the land com
missioners from selling the land from
under him and to mandamus the com
missioners to allow him to buy all
the quarter sections under the pref
erence rights held by the state to ap
ply to only one quarter section. The
state exacts 6 per cent of purchase
mice on quarter sections purchased
by a lessee except as to the one in
which he exercises preference rights.
Hayden claims that by reason of set
tiement and Improvement he Is en-
titled to buy the whole section under
the preference rule. He claims that
he has $4,000 improvements and that
the land is appraised at SS,1lS.
Senator J. Elmer Thomas of Law
ten and Burford C Burford of Guthrie
represent Hayden. The land in ques-
ton is listed for sale in the coming
summer
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
STATE SPELLING MATCH
Expected TO Develop Contestant
to Enter ~ National Affair
at Boston

District, county and state spelling
contests to develop a speller to go
10 the home of syntax are to be held
linder the direction of teachers and
tchool officials, The state contest
Is TO be held at Oklahoma City June
ID. Each county is expected to have
q contestant present. From the spell.
ers will be selected one to attend the
'lrst natio1al spelling contest, which
Is to be held al Boston In July in con,
ncctioR with the National EducatioH-
al association meeting.
"A meeting OF a special committee
to arrangs for the event was held at
ite office OF the state superintendent
Yesterday Those present were: IL.
b. Denman of Guymon, Miss Mary
Couch OF Oklahoma City, Neil Hum
ihley of Guthrie. l.. q. Christian Of
McAlester, II, G. Bennett Of Hugo,
Miss Pearl Bradficld OF pauls Val
Icy aud Prof. Frank Wyatt of Alya.
Nr Denman was elected president
md Miss Couch secretary OF the
a list Of 1000 words Is to be- made
up, each member Of the commtte,
submitting 4 share The state super
ntendent will go over the list.
The contest Is open TO the fifth,
sixth. seventh and eighth grades OF
he public schools and from such
high school grades as may conform 10
he regulations in other states Miss
couch will announce the words at the
,tate contest,
Teachers and school officers are
asked to hold district and county con-
tests az once sending up the best
spolers in each instance Common
school dictionaries are to be used.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
CRUSHED IN COLLISION
Little Hope That Any of Crew
OF Sunken Submarine
Survive
(By Associated PressJ

Calais, France. May 81 Hope that
any of the tweHty-seven men impris.
oned in the French submarine Pluy'
lose, sunk by the Pas de Calais off
here yesterday, survive was all but
abandoned this afternoon. Reports
made by divers who under great dit
ficulties are attempting an examina-
tion of the wreck indicate that the
hull OF the submarine was crushed
in the collision.
Late this afternoon the PIueyoes
WIS lifted from It's mud bed by the
swift nndercurrent and swept from
,iew OK lAe digeFs Eho aero not
again able to locate her.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
EW|NG's BARN hit BY BOLT

One of the first instances OF putting
out barn fire set by lightning was re
Iorted this morning. The barn OF
Amos A. Ewing, two and half miles
vest of the city, caught at 7.45 this
morning and it was Immediately no
ticed. BY quick work the spread Of
the flames was prevented Otherwise
great loss would have resulted. The
damage to the barn was slight. A
aeayS rain helped in the work of put
ting out the fire.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
FORGERY
SET FORTH
IN SUIT

Alleging that by reason of pay.
ment Of forged notes he Is loser to
Tie extent OF $3.397. G o. Fish is suing
lhe National Bank Of Commerce for
hat amount, with interest,
Fish claims that Fred V. Graham Of
pauls Valley, forged series OF notes
and mortgages and other papers COY,
cfing loans on real estate In Garvin
county and that none Of the money
went TO the parties for whom II was
intended, but to Graham.
in 1907, he fecltes, Graham for
warded an application for loan of
81 800 for G. M. pyle and wife. The
customary charges and deductions
were made and $3.50 forwarded for
pyle, II Is claimed Pyle rec iyed
none OF 1t. Tho money was paid
through the National bank Of Wynne
wood and the account sent here
where the National Bank OF Com
merce charged IT. to the account Of tisi
1t was no. until late In 1909, Fish
says, that he discovered that the notes
we're fraudulent In the meantime
Graham, Iii $ claimed, sent In the In
te'est payments In the name Of Fish
Similar proceedings took place II
the case of s. r. Spain, for whom 81,
900 was borrowed and Nellie May Alb
sher for whom $1,000 was secured
All these parties were In Garvii
county, formerly part OF the Chlcka
saw nation, and none Of them, 1t !
said, over received the money. Ack
nowledgements, abstracts and every
thing else were forged. claims Fish
Demand was made on the Wynnewoo
pank and IN turn on the bank here
bo,b Of which refused to make goo
The losses.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
ASKS HABEAs CORPUS WRIT
One Doctor Cook Brings Suit in
Criminal Court of
Appeals

One d. +. W. Cook is creating dis
turbance In Clinton. Whether or not
the north pole man has gone into
the horse doctor business Is not
known here, but anyway, DR. Cook
has brought a habeas corpus case TO
the criminal court Of appeals. He was
arrested for conducting veterinary
business within prescribed limits
Clinton has a law against livery
stables and horse shops within four
blocks OF certain parts OF the town.
DR.. Cook was fined s25 and was put
Il. jail for non-psyment y is claimed.
The case was referred to Judge ToI-
bert for hearing at Talcga June 2.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
PARTRIDGE OUT FOR CONGRESS

Cherokee Okla, May 27-George r..
Partridge, OF this city, who was a
member Of the last state legislature
has announced as candidate for the
Republican nomination for congress,
against Dick T. Morgan in the Sec
ond district He will make the race
as stand pat Republican and states
hat he will advocate none of the doc.
trines of insurgency. MIR. Partridge
came here from Missouri, since state
hood. He was a member Of the state
senate of Missouri and assisted In
the election of Senator Warner.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
BALL|NGER IS SCORED
Attorney Brandeis Sums Up
in Ballinger- -Pinchot
Case
(By Associated Press)

Washington, May 27--Summing M
tno case of the so-called rProseour
tion belore tile Ballinger-Pinchot In
Ystigatlon committee today. Attor-
ney Brandies. counsel for CLAWS, de-
ciared 1t had been conclusively es-
'ablished that Ballineer is not man
so zealously devoted to the interest
Of the common people, so vigilant
and resolute In resisting insidIous az
gsession of special interests, that no
may be safely depended on to carry
forward broad policy OF conservation
our national resources"
THAT ne Is subject 70 far severer
criticism we firmly believe" added
bfandles. -. = !.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
BARRETT QUITS SATURDAY

II Is announced that Secretary G..
r. Barrett Will sever his connection
with the state board of agriculture
saturday, May %, to become manager
OF the publicity bureau OF the Shaw
nee Development company and sec
rotary of the Shawnee capital cam
raIgn committee, II is also under.
stood that Barrett viii be a candidate
for the legislature.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
SAYS He FOUND ARSENIC

ST. Louis, Mo, May 27--Dr VIM. n,
Warren, dean OF tho medical depart
ment OF washington university TOOK
the witness stand at noon today IN
the trial of Mrs Doxey and tod now
ha found enough arsenic In the or.
gans Of Wm. J. Erder 70 have caused
tcath There was arsenic In every
organ, he said,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
Timely Rains Save Cropg

Five district inspectors Of the state
demonstration farms met here todaA
flor a conference with A. G. Cobb
superintendent of the farm demonstra-
tion wosk. They report crops general
ly as good. There has been an aver
age of about three inches of rain over,
the state in May. In sections it has
been excessive, but practically every
part of the state has had rain.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
INTERNAL AND REVOLUTIONARY
fBy Associated Pressl

st. paul, MINI, May n During
sae attorney generals assembly here
today IN talk on the Federal rail
road bill, Charles West attorney
general OF Oklahoma. made an attack
on some cf its provisions. Talking
IT tie proposed amendment ellninat-
ing the clause which might take from
tne state railway commissions al
reir power. he said Il was Internal
revolutionary and Ill-adyisei.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
TODAY IN THE
DEPARTMENTS

Wanted in Texas for Murder.
Governor Haskell today honored a
requisition from the governor of Tex
as for James Mcknight, wanted in
Dallas for murder. Mcknight Is I'M
der~arrest at Sapulpa.. u
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
WILL ENTER GUILT PLEAS

(By Associated Prees)
New York. May ~ Three OF the de-
fendants In the sugar underweighing
conspiracy trial will plead guilty.
their counsel, Henry q Cochran, an
nounccd The men are former assist
ant superintendent. Harry Walker,
and two Government weighers, Jean
+. Voelker and james Halligan. Jr.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27

w. ]. Graham, OF the Hill Construc-
ti0n company. has returned from a
Two weeks stay in Chicago.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27
BLAINE COUNTY MAKES
GOOD YIELDS SHOWING
Raised Twice as Much Oats,
Broom Corn and
Alfalfa

Kay county. which has held the
setord since the opening OF the Strip
for its big wheat yields. raised A.
j03,995 bushels of corn last year, ae.
cordng to the 1909 agricultural sta.
~ssics received today by the Oklaho'
ina state hoard of agriculture. The
1908 corn crop was only 2,544,910
bushels.
On account of poor wheat yields in
recent years tho farmers In that coun.
ty have been growing corn and find
II more remuneratlye than wheat.
] asst years big corn yield places the
county second In rank as u corn pro-
ducing county,
The wheat yield last year was only
$i95,245 bushels, decrease of 23i,-
~ bushels from tho 1908 crop, and
it Is estimated that there will be bu,
70 per cent of full crop this year,
The oats yield last year was $780,
95l bushels as compared with 723,.
IA bushels the previous year.
Last yeai 1868 bushels of Kafflr
corn was raised compared with III
7e5 bushels the year before.
The alfalfa acreage increased from
l1.725 to 1851 acres during the year.
1he county raised 29,963 bushels
Of Irish potatoes and $500 bushels o,
sweet potatoes.
Poultry produce brought $i7,2G2 In
1909 and $15,697 in 1908 Eggs sold
for $66,395 in 1909 and $5S,59S IN
1908.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-27

PauIs Valley Democrat: The Pauls
Valley Enterprise, according 10 re-
cent editorials. Is laboring under the
impression that the state capital 10
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