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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-14
So the People May Know.
Guthrie, Okla, July II, 10

Guthrie, OKLA, July II, 1910.
TO The Public
wish to call attention to the toi-
lowing statement OF expense incurred
by the corporation commission incl
dent to the campaign against adoption
of the railroad amendment to the con
stimtion, at the election June H.,
1910:
Printing ...........''...'' of''o'
Printing (German) and mail
ing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1900
Extra held (mailing) ...... $3.50
Time of Regular Employees
charged to campaign ..... 1888
Postage .................... 5000
Express ................... 27.47
Total ................... S2,79li7
On the day preceding the election
the largest newspaper in the state
published an article charging the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-14
Cool
Colorado

Is the place to spend your vaction this
summer.
Up in the mountains-away from the
dirt, smoke and soot-up where you can
breathe the pure balsamladen air-the
real tonic for the tired body the air that
multiplies the red discs in your blood, and
makes you feel the real JOY of living.
And the outdoor life-fshing, hunting,
camping, mountain climbing, riding, golf,
every pleasure in fact conductive in max
ing COLORADO Vacation" the most en-
joyable you ever had. Take the
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
PACKERS FIGHT COMBINE
IOWANS FILE COMPLAINT OF
MlNATION.
Corporation Charged With Buying
Available Supply of Beef to Det-
riment of independents.

Washington, d. CT. M. Sinclair
G. Company, limited, beef pack
ers Of Cedar Rapids, Ia, in COM
plant filed with the Interstate Com
merce commission, charge 29 central
western railroads with discriminating
against it in the matter of rates and
regulations in favor of the so-called
beef trust of Chicago.
1t is set forth in the petition that
the Sinclair company is being direct
ly forced out of business and that un-
less relief is forced shortly it will be
ruined.
The complaint charges the defend
ants have created conditions under
which the Chicago packers are en-
abled to purchase pork and other meat
in Iowa and ship to their packing
houses in such quantities and at such
rates that the Sinclair company can
no longer obtain an adequate supply
for its own business within the state,
but is driven elsewhere to make pur-
chases, thereby greatly adding to the
original cost of these products. 1t is
further charged that the company is
forced to pay increased freight rates
and charges which, it is claimed, op-
crate as a serious burden and disad-
vantage, and is intended to favor Its
competitors.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
HUNDREDS PERISH
IN FOREST FIRES
THE FLAMES RAvAoE
THREE STATES.
LOSSES REACH MILLIONS
Conflagratlon Of Six Weeks Reaches
Its Height and Spreads Rapidly
Wallace, Idaho, Escapes, but
Others Fall In Wake.

Helena, Mont.-The forest fire stu.
alton has reached the most critical
point since first, siy weeks ago, the
series of confagratlons menaced the
magnificent forests of western and
northwestern Montana.
With every report reaching points
without the fire zone comes news of
the spread of the walls of flames
which, uncontrolled, are sweeping to
new districts and leaving in their
wakes a toll of death and heavy losses
that are even beyond surmise Esti.
mates of the dead range from a score
into the hundreds, and each report of
the fall of a new settlement into the
flames adds to the list of the believed
dead the population of souls the
doomed town was known to have con.
tanned.
Millions In Property Losses.
The property losses will be heavy,
even now ranking into the millions
Two hundred square miles of area are
already believed swept, and the flames
are spreading unchecked into the vir'
gin forests that surround the fire
zone. Only sporadic attempts are
made to check the flames, being in
back-firing that for a time slaves of
the flames sweeping down upon some
little town or doomed settlement
1t is difficult to estimate the mum
Der of towns burned out, but late re-
port confirms the report that Wallace
Idaha, came through the flames safe
with only fearful scar. A large part
of the town was burned, with loss
of more than 81, 100000 and ten deaths
are known to have occurred.
The town of Sylvanite, in Lincoln
county, has been destroyed, and the
flames are approaching Libby, along
Wolf and Foreman creeks. Whitefish
also is in the danger zone. Neidhart
Mont, is reported burning. Saltese.
Haughan, Stregis and Adair were in
the path of the flames, but since com
munication with these places had been
interrupted their fates are unknown
The area covered Is about 200 miles
square, most of it in the mountains
and sparsely settled. 1t is difficult
to obtain information from any of the
points and impossible to reach some
of the isolated places at all.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
TAFT EXPLAINS MATTERS
Says He Never Took Part in Cabal to
Defeat Former Chief for New
York Appointment.

New York.-President Taft and for
mer President Roosevelt are again
fellow-workers in the same political
field. The threat that they might pull
apart has been forefended by a full
explanation on one side and an unre-
served acceptance on the other.
The president made it plain in
letter given out in New York by Lloyd
c. Griscom, president of the New
York Republican county committee,
how the misunderstanding arose. He
explained that he never took any part
in committee cabal to defeat Colonel
Roosevelt for temporary chairman for
the coming Republican state conven-
ton. On the contrary, he explicitly
deplores the result of the committee
meeting which chose Vice-President
Sherman; he rebukes the party lead
ers who have permitted it to go
abroad uncontradicted that the presi-
dent of the United States was behind
their factional preferences; he insists
that at every opportunity he advised
the fullest conferences with Colonel
Roosevelt and he explains that he had
been panied by the columns Of un-
founded assertions in the newspapers
concerning my attitude in respect to
the New York situation"
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26

few days ago, in referring to
recipe for banishlng that bitter taste
in your mouth by taking little nux
vomica mixed with water, We amplified
the prescription by adding the sugges-
tion that all taste could be removed
permanently from the mouth by using
more nux vomica, says Chicago Trib-
une. To reassure an anxious corre-
spondent who fears that there may be
persons who wish to remove all taste
permanently" from their mouths and
may adopt the suggestion as to "using
more" we hasten to explain that nux
vomica is a deadly poison. Avoid It.,
dear children. unless prescribed by
some physician in good standing.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES.

Let us admit, IL we can do so With
put rufflipg the feathers of the Ameri-
can eagle, that there are some things
other nations do better than we
France for instance, has a childlike
heart, along with the more mature
qualities which make for the ascend
ancy of that country in thrift, In sci
ence and In many fields where hard
heads count for so much. And In this
youthfulness, this simplicity, 1t is very
fond of the fairy tale. Here we are
growing so practical, so sordid, so un-
Imaginative, save in our big business
transactions which sometimes take
away the breath in their utopian sweep
and immensity, that we look upon the
fairy story not only as useless waste
of time, but even worse, says Cleve-
land Leader. 1t makes children dream
ers when they should be focusing their
minds o. money. And so the army of
Gradgrinds grows all the time and
fights the poor little remnant of ina
gination left us as bitterly as If 1t
were terrible foe. But in France
there is a vast army of readers of fairy
stories and admirers of those who
write them, and only the other day
"All Paris"-that is to say, Its wealth,
its art, its society, along with the basic
everyday people-turned out to pay
tribute to a woman whose only claim
to recognition was authorship of
charming fairy tales for real children
and the grownups who still have their
youth In their souls.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
ANOTHER ATTORNEY BESIDES
M'MURRAY HAD A FEW CON.
TRACTS HIMSELF.
$6,4OO,0O0 IS THE AMOUNT
Lawyer clapp Says Government May
Be Responsible for Fees Due Nc
Murray and Others-Land to
Cost Indians Nothing.

Sulphur, Ok.-The congressional in
vestigating committee conducting the
inquiry into the Indian land affairs of
Oklahoma brought about by the
charges of Senator Gore that he had
been offered bribe to withdraw his
opposition to the granting of the 3d.
100000 McMurray land contracts,
heard testimony tending to show that
when it came to knocking out COM
missions by handling Indian affairs,
]. F. McMurray was "a piker."
Webster Ballinger, an attorney of
Washington. told the committee that
he held contracts which would have
netted him $6,40000O in commissions.
Ballinger said he held contracts with
about 1000 individuals who claimed
citizenship in the Chickasaw and
Choctaw nations.
If the $3.000,000 was paid ]. F. Nc
Murray as 10 per cent attorneys fee
IN the sale of the Indian lands, the
government and not the Indians might
have to stand the expense.
This was the opinion of e. W.
Clapp an attorney, who appeared be-
fore the committee.
Clapp said as the government prom
ised to dispose of the land without
cost to the indians, it was probable
the Indians could recover. If any
money was deducted from the pro-
ceeds of the sale of the lands.
McMurray again took the stand. He
said for all the lands to which they
had claims, the Indians ought to re-
ceive $50,000,000. Under this estimate
his 10 per cent fee would amount to
S5,000,0O0 He doubted, however, the
land would bring as much as it ought
to.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26

New Jersey has joined the states
which believe that clandestine mar
riage should not be made easy. A new
license law requires all couples, in
cluding elopers, from elsewhere, to OBJ
tain licenses before the knot can be
tied. AS the issuing of licenses is
matter of public record it is of course
easy to get on the track of the fleeing
ones. There should be no unjust re-
strictions upon marriage, but 1t is quite
in accord with the better sentiment of,
the day that there shall be as little
secrecy as possible about such affairs.
The man and woman who care enough
for each other to be Joined in honor
able wedlock have no reason to be-
ashamed of the proceeding.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
SHERMAN is ExONERATED
He and Senator Curtis Are Cleared
by Committee Probing
Gore Charges.

Sulphur, Ok.-The select committee
appointed by the house of represents
tives to investigate Indian land affairs
and the so-called Murray contracts,
which also has been investigating the
Gore bribery charges, issued the fol-
lowing statement:
"The committee has heard and care
fully considered all of the testimony
submitted and is unanimous in the
opinion that there is and was no war
rant for any person to use the names
OF vice-President Sherman and Sena-
tor Charles s. Curtis in connection
with any improper relation with any
Indian contracts whatsoever
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
ESTRADA REACHES GOAL
Former President Madriz Flees
the Country.

New Orleans, Louisiana.-Private
cablegrams from various points in
Nicaragua confirm the report that the
revolutionists have gained control of
the government. Gen. Juan j. Els.
trada is the de facto president, but is
in danger of being deposed by other
revolutionists.
President Madriz, to whom Zelaya
turned over the presidency, and who
prosecuted the war against the revo'
lutionists, turned the presidency over
to Jose Dolores Estrada, brother of
the revolutionary leader, and left with
his family for Corinto, intending to
sail for Panama, and thence to Eu-
rope or the United States.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26

Men of science are generally agreed
that birds are natures great check on
the excess of insects, and that they
maintain the balance between plant
and insect life. Ten thousand cater
pillars, 1t has been estimated, could de-
stroy every blade of grass on an acre
of cultivated land The insect popula-
tion of single cherry tree infested
with aphides has been estimated by a
prominent entomologist at no less than
twelve million. The bird population of
cultivated country districts has been
estimated at from seven hundred to
one thousand a square mile. This is
small, compared with the number Of
insects, yet, as each bird consumes
hundreds of insects every day the lat
ter are prevented from becoming the
scourge they would be but for their
feathered enemies.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
Where millions Arc Entombed.

The catacombs at Rome were the
burial places of the early Christians
They are about $50 miles in extent and
are said to have contained 100000
bodies. During the prosecutions Of the
Christians under Nero and other Ro-
man emperors the catacombs were
used for hiding places. Under Diocle-
tian the catacombs we're crowded with
those for whom there was no safety
in the face Of the day. The art Of the
catacombs Is unique and most inter-
esting. Simple designs are etched in
the slabs which seal the tombs. Now
and then are small chapels where
paintings are to be found. All are
Bible illustrations, SO that the cata-
combs may be said to be PICTORIAL
Bible in effect.-The Christian Herald.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
FRENCH DEDICATE STATUE
ington Now Represented In Ma
poIeon Hall at Versailles.

Versailles, France.-In the Napo-
leon Hall of the Chateau Of Ver-
sailles, in the presence of the French
minister of war, General Brun; the
French ambassador to the United
States, M. Jusserand, and his wife;
and the American ambassador, Robert
Bacon, and Mrs. Bacon, the bronze
replica Of Houdon's celebrated statue
of Washington in the state house at
Richmond, Va, presented by the state
of Virginia to the French republic,
was dedicated
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
JAPAN TO ANNEX KOREA
Final Negotiations for Deal Will Be
Concluded Within Three Days,
ls Published by Toxic Press.

Toxic, Japan.-The long awaited
annexation of Korea by Japan is about
to become reality, according to spe
cial dispatches from Seoul, published
by the Toxic press. The dispatches
announce final negotiations for the
annexation were begun by Resident
General Viscount Terauchi, the Jap
anese resident general in Korea. The
resident general outlined the condi
tions on which japan will sign the
agreement for annexation.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
Better Than a Drug.

"The late Senator Platt," said an
Albany legislator, had cynical wit.
Talking about a politician who had
changed his party. he once said to-
me:
Circumstances alter everything
political views. religion, evon health.
"'Why. I've got friend who is af-
flicted with insomnia in its worst
form, and yet every morning that
man sleeps as sweet and sound as a.
newborn babe when his wife crawle
over him to start the fire."
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26

According to the Boston Globe paste
jewels are more conspicuous at New
port this season than ever before. One
reason why people wear their paste
jewels conspicuously at Newport is
that they are all prepared to show the
real gems which their safety deposit
boxes contain If anyone should get the
idea that the paste articles are all
they can afford.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
FORMER OFFICIAL COMES OUT
FLATLY AND CLASHES WITH
PRESIDENT LEWIS.
MINE HEAD MAKES REPLY
President Accuses Critics of Meddling
In Union Affairs-War of Words
Throws indianapolis Conven-
ton in Uproar.

Indianapolis, Ind.-With the Illinois
coal strike dispute as the under
lying cause, John Mitchell, for
mer head of the miners union, and
President Thomas L. Lewis, clashed
at the miners convention. Mr.. Mitch
ell came out fatty in favor of the Illi-
nois miners in their fight for the de-
mands of the Peoria convention, and
President Lewis in hot reply held
up to severe criticism the acts of the
former head of the miners in the all
thracite coal strike in 1902.
In announcing his views to the con-
vention Mr.. Mitchell took occasion to
deny rumor circulated among the
delegates that he came to Indianapo-
lis to influence the miners and advise
them to accept a compromise agree
ment with the Illinois Coal Operators
association. He declared President
Lewis and the members Of the inter-
national executive board had laid
themselves open to severe criticism
for modifying the Illinois wage scale
without the consent and concurrence
of the Illinois miners and the district
officials.
Mitchell criticiees Lewis.
The action, he added, was a viola
tion of the fundamental principles Of
self-government. He admitted, how
ever, that the compromise, so far as
it covered the subject of wages, was
better than anything the miners had
ever been offered He commended
the members of the board for their ef-
forts to bring about settlement Of
the strike, but insisted that they went
beyond their authority in fixing the
terms of the contract, outside Of the
one already adopted by the Illinois
miners at Peoria.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
GAYNOR'S DANGER is PAST
Doctors Decide Not to Operate for
Bullet, as It Causes Him No
Inconvenience.

New York City-Mayor w. J. Gay,
nor's condition is excellent. his physi
clans state. and the period of danger
has now passed. The doctors agree
that he will be completely recovered
within a short time.
The physicians have practically de
cided not to operate to remove tbs
bullet, as they think that Mayor Gay
nor will suffer no inconvenience from
IT.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
1o.72a Die Of choIera.

st. Petersburg, Russia. .--One weeks
cholera record for Russia shows 3s..
944 new cases of cholera and 1923
deaths, bringing the total number Of
cases In Russia this year to 112.9S5.
or these, 50.2S7 have died.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
Illinois Lad wadlna browns.

Princeton, Ind.-Milton G. Krebs,
20, son of l.. w. Krebs of Mount Car
MEL ILL.,, was drowned while wading
in White river at Kelly's ripple. The
boy was a member of the Bob White
club, camping here.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
ST. Louis Has 6s7. .ooe.

Washington, d. C.-The popula.
ton of st. Louis is 6S7.029, according
to the official announcement of the
United States census. This is an In.
crease of 111,791, or 1914 per cent
over the population Of the city ten
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
Europe Fears Cholera Peat.

London, England--With cholera ep-
idemic throughout Russia and South
ern Italy and with scattered cases In
Austria, Germany, Holland and Fin
land and Asia, from Southern India to
the Chinese frontier, British health
authorities view the situation with
alarm.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
Shoe Wasn't Foxy Bank.

Big Rapids, Michigan. Stephen
Fox of Sheridan township is poor
er by $3.50 than he was few days
ago. Thinking that an old shoe was
safer than a bank. he deposited that
amount in the shoe. Mrs. Fox. think
ing that the shoe was worthless,
threw 1t into the fire.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
We send Wheat to Franoe.

New York. During the past ten
days a million bushels Of American
wheat have been purchased for expor-
tation to France. where the crop has
shown q deficit Of about 67,0O0,0OO
bushels. \.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
Atlanta Has 154,s3s.

Washington. d. C.-The population
Of Atlanta. Ga. is 154,S39, an increase
of 64,976, or 1873 per cent, as COM
pared with S9,872 in 1900. The popu-
lation of Waterbury, Conn, is 1914,
an increase OF 27,2S2.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
RAILWAY STRIKE is OFF
Union Head Announces End Of Diff
Guilty With Electric Road
In Ohio.

Columbus, Ohio-President Frank
Bishop of the local union of the
Brotherhood Of Interurban TrainmeI,
announced that the strike on the Co.
lumbus-Dayton division of the Ohio
electric lines was off.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
Noted Portrait Painter Dead.

New Canaan, Conn.--Frank Fowler
a well-known portrait painter, is dead
at his summer home here, of heart dis
ease. He was IS years old. He had
painted the portraits of, Samuel ]. TIL
den and Charles A. Dana.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26

Homeopathists at Los Angeles re-
verse themselves by lifting the ban
from benzoate of soda and telling us
to consume 1t, If we wish to. Which
makes 1t the more necessary to label
st in order that person with banker
ing for the benzoate may not be de-
ceived by an article free from that
much-disputed condiment.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
Mayor .DahIman Ahead.

Omaha, Nebraska.- the face
of the returns from the Democratic
statewide primaries, which are nearly
complete in unofficial form, Mayor
Dahlman has won the gubernatorial
nomination by SO majority.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
Mrs. Wiaqin's Idea Of London.

During the recent visit of Mrs. Wig
gin, the American author, in London
an interviewer called on her. With
pencil poised, the interviewer asked:
"And what do you think Of London
Mrs. Wiggin?"
"You remind me-" answered the au-
thor cheerfully, "of the young lady
who sat beside DR.. Gibbon at dinner
She turned to him after the soup.
"'Do, dear DR.. Gibbon, she saidr
tell me about the decline and fall Of
the Roman empire"
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
Earthquakes in New England.

Lowell, Mass.-Earth tremors ac-
companied by heavy rumblings caused
considerable alarm in this city and
surrounding towns. The shocks last
ed several seconds but did not dam
aQa fFi 4s.a.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26

Chicago is said to have the worst
milk supply in the world. and If we
know Chicago at all we know that
she'll probably find way to brag
about even this.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26

Many ayiators have fallen to their
death on solid land. but none drop into
ithe sea and drown.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26

There is in every mans heart, as In
desk. a secret drawer; the only
thing is to find the spring and open
it.-Anon.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
Mexican, Aged 1f5, Dead.

Santonio. Tex.--Juan Cara, aged
llb years, died In San Antonio. He
Is survived by 113 lineal descend
ants.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26

Respect your wife's parents but
follow your own opinion" says Ger
man. Sounds easy. but has he ever
tried It?
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10
Autos on The Plains

One Of the principle factors in
the development of the plains
country has been, up to this good
hour, the universal use Of the
auto.
Without this machine it would
have been practically impossible
for the people to have become ac-
quaInted with the prospects for
development aud while the rail
roads would have come in later it
is fact that the auto shares large
~ DO the praises Of these people
One of She most pleasurcau.e
outings one can have is % get u-
to good car and go spinning
along over great stretches OF love.
Is level roads aud alta speed equal
TO the Dcs, train schedule. It's
exhiljratlu. ami brings one 900
touch with ufe's greater JOY.
The plains v.II ever be- a good
marke, ior The sale OF autos.
As thc country Is settled and The
rosa, are confined 20 lane, they
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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10

Remember aboit those fences
yoI want Co nqGd L-lhe Lubbock
Lumber a C~-fd Co have all
kinH, of wire. 81 II
j. T. Brown. one of Lubbock
county's prominent farmers paid
our office a pleasant call this
week and dropped q few good
suggestions on broom corn rails
ing which you viii find on an
other page of this issue.
Don't fail ~ tleui of tbc
Rasa.oe LaniN, boo tbis is,a.
81 lt
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-10

Prof =. H. Haynes returned
from a business trip 20 Texline
His son. Robert returned with
him. having sold his printing
plant at that place. He will
make bis future home Do Lub-
bocf
~ F. Pearson, one of the Av-
aIanche's many pleased subscrib-
ers from Crosby County was
over today and paid this Office q
pleasant CALL While here be-
authorized us t1 send the paper
90 $3.50 other parties.