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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11
FINE KANSAS SOIL
RENDERED USELESS
ESTIMATED THAT OVER A MIL
LION ACRES FINE SOIL LOST
EVERY YEAR BY STEAWSTAcKS

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 10.-According
to estimates made by freight officials
of the Atohison, opeka & Santa Fe
railway l,125,OOO acres of the finest
Kansas wheat land is useless every
year on account Of the straw stacks
piled on the ground.
The stacks are made when the
grain is threshed and at present
there is no use for the great quanti-
ties OF straw left when the grain Is
beaten out. Burning the straw leaves
a great pile of ashes and renders the
ground space useless for a year at
least and no way has been found to
remove the straw cheaply and quick
j. r. Koontz, general freight agent
ly so that the ground could be used.
of the Santa Fe, noticed the great
number of straw stacks along the
companys line in central Kansas. lie
sent out an order and all the stacks
were counted by the section men be-
tween Newton and Dodge City,
little over 100 miles, and through the
center of the Kansas hard wheat
belt.
All the stacks for one and one-half
miles on each side of the right of way
were counted. Many stacks were
measured and the average size was
found to be 1925 by $50 feet. The
stacks cover an average of 1880
square feet OF ground and there were
enough stacks in the strip three
miles long to make a total of more
than $4,000 acres OF ground made
useless each year by the straw
stacks.
The Kansas wheat belt Is $50 by
200 miles. In this territory the acre
age is devoted almost entirely to hard
winter wheat. This area covers
about 100000 of the 100000 acres
of Kansas wheat, so that the estimate
of 1,125,000 acres rendered useless
by the straw stacks Is regarded as
lower than the actual figures warrant
for the entire state.
The straw is used as shelters and
rough feed for stock during the win
ter, but no farmer has enough stock
nor could he own sufficient stock to
eat all the straw on an ordinary
wheat farm. Just as soon as the
wheat is thrashed 1t is necessary to
begin plowing for the next crop, so
it is impossible to scatter the straw
over the field and plow it under for
fertilizer. The Santa Fe is working
with the farmers to try to work out
some plan to end this great waste
OF tillable wheat land.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11
CFrom The Oklahoman)

Oklahoma CITY, NOV. ~, lJlO.
To All Election Officers of the State
of oklahoma:
AS set for,h In my statement last
week certain federal officials were
at that time undertaking to intiml'
date the election officers OF the state
of Oklahoma to prevent their per
forming their full duty under the
law. This accomplished their dla-
bolical purpose in many counties or
the state and as a result the ballot
box in many localities has been
crammed with an untold number of
illegal ballots. In other localities,
however, the election officers had
high regard for their duty and en-
forced the law. They are to be
highly commended. In some OF such
localities in order TO prevent a legal
election being held for state and
county officers, the election officers
were arrested In accordance with
the letter of John Embry, and y.
KID by man by the name of Frank
Lee. All such elections officers are
advised that the state democratic
central committee has employed
counsel to represent them and Will
pay the expenses of the same, and
all such are requested to notify me
at the earliest possible moment.
Very respectfully,
FRED y. BANSON,
Chairman State Democratic Central
Committee.
Declaring that the ac'ion Of the
republican machine In waiting until
election morning to terrify election
inspectors by the aid of government
marshals is an outrage upon the state
OF Oklahoma and will not pass by
without proper recognition Cover
nor C. n. Haskell issued a statement
Thursday in which he declares that
he has ample proof to show that such
officers and in many cases higher Of
ficials advised ignorant negroes TO
go to the polls, armed If necessary,
and vote.
He declares that II district a,tor-
neys or assistant district attorneys
gave out letters TO the negroes as
serting that an affidavit was evi-
dence enough to allow such negro
20 vote, such district attorney or as
sistant was without the authority or
his office to make such 5 satemont
and should lie prosecuted. The state
mont follows:
Appeals TO People.
The people of Oklahoma have en-
acted election laws and established
qualifications for voters such as the
majority of the !. op'e Of the state
have a rlgh. 10 do and as best SUIT
ed the will of the people. The so
called grandfather clause cannot
even be called partisan measure
as its adoption las, August repre-
seuts not only democratic votes but
thousands and thousands of rcpuo'-
licau votes. Al any rate, 1t was the
will OF the people. There was ample
time given before election day for
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11

ed to foot up the returns without
opening the Ninnekah box.
This afternoon the election board
received instructions from the state
board to count the Ninnekah returns
with the others, so that if any con-
test is the result it will have to be
filed later.-Chickasha Express.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11
WOMEN VOTED AT NlNNEKAH.
Claimed Right Under Law to Vote
on School Matters.

Cheer up, ye sorowing suffra-
gettesl
The battle is not lost although, on
the face OF the returns your suffrage
amendment Is lost.
The beams OF hope are streaming
brightly from Nlnnekah where the
gallant election board has broken
the shackles which have long fetter
ed the fair sex and lovely woman has
come into her own.
The Ninnekah ballot box reached
the county election board this morn
ing and with It came the startling
information that nine women had
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward Tor any case OF Catarrh that csl
not be cured ny Halls Catar~h Cure
F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known
p J. Cheney for the past fifteen years
aud believe him perfectly honorable
n 81 business transactions and flnan
tally able to carry cut any Obligation
made hy his firm.
Welding Einnsn & Marvin.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. O
HANS Catarrh Cure Ia taken intern.
lily. acting directly upon the blood
nd rncons surfaces Of the system
Testimonials sent free Price Is cents
Take Halls Family Pills .cr con.
't'p3'l0n
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11

Group is most prevalent during the
dry cold weather of the early winter
months. Parents of young children
should be prepared for it, All thu
Is needed is bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. Many mothers are
never without it in their homes and
1t has never disappointed them. Sod
by all dealers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11
BLOOD DISEASES
CONTAGIOUS TROUBLES

Contagious Blood Poison more
thoroughly permeates the system than
any other disease. It's infectious virus
contaminatcs every corpuscle and
tissue of the circulation, and for this
reason its symptoms are of a varied
nature. When it enters the blood it
is but short time until the mouth
and throat begin to ulcerate, the skin
becomes spotted, rashes and cruptions
appear on the body, sores and ulcers
break ont, the hair falls, and fire.
Quently nails ol hands and feet thick
er ard come off. Mineral medicines
which simply shut the poison up in
the system should be avoided, for when
such treatment is left off the old dis
ease will break out again, often worse
than before. S. s. S. cures Contagious
Blood Poison permanently, and it does
SO because it thoroughly puriies the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11

When woman begins to tell
man how nice looking she thinks he
is he Immediately develops unlimited
faith in her judgment
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11

Women have been known to shake
hands for the purpose of trying to
shakes secrets out of each other.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11

allows it to nouris,i the diseased por-
tons Of the body back TO health.
S. S. s. is purely vegetable, being
made entirely of roots, herbs and
barks, without a particle of mineral,
and its vegetable ingredients always
hasten the cure by toning up the
stomach and digestive members.
Home Treatment book and any rnedi-
cal advice free to all who write.
TIT SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta, c.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11

My point IS we'll taken" remarked
the bent pin as the fat man sat down
on II.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11
Welding Einnsr & NaryIn.

\ man takes his life in his own
hands when he writes his autoblog-
raphy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11

4 dollar In your hand is worth A
million In the hands Of your execu-
tors F.,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11
AUTOMOBILE THIEVES
GET THREE MACHINES
CHOOSE THOSE or LATEST MOD
EL-POLlCE SAY GANG is OP.
GRATING IN OKLAHOMA CITY

Oklahoma City. Nov. 1o--Within
the past twenty-four hours three au-
tomobiics, valued a $500, have
been sfo en- IN Oklahoma City, and
he police believe ;hat an organized
band of thieves are operating here
In each instance the care are Of the
latest nodes, and the po ice CLAIM
It would be an easy matter TO SCI
them.
While G. K. Williams of POI West
Thirteenth street was asleep Tues
day night about 1870 o'clock. some
one broke into his garage by filing
chain which held the door and
rolled the car into the street. Mr.
William said he was sleeping within
a few feet of the building in which
the machine was housed. Apparently.
the thieves did OF start the engine
until they had pusheJl the car some
distance away.
The first theft of automobiles was
ror rorted by Frank Marvin, of 1929
West Six eCnth street The car sto
en- from Mir Martin was a Knox and
is valued at $1,000. 1t is not known
at what time Tuesday night his car
was taken, but it was found uck
In the mud at Twenty-eighth and
Military streets, Wednesday morn
ing about 10 O'Clock, where 1t was
abandoned. In the tonneau two five
gallon cans of gasoline and one two
gallon can Of oil were found. 1t Is
the theory of the police that the
thieves had planned for a long jour
ney when forced to abandon the
car after it had become stuck in the
mud.
Stolen at Church Door.
Wednesday night a Ksse car. the
property of Long Brothers, was stol-
en- from in front of the haywood
Presbyterian church, at Ninth street
and Stiles avenue. This automobile
is ya'ued at $4,000. 1t was stolen
while the owners were in the church
attending religious services. 1t Is
said that this machine was also
pushed down the street some dis
tance before # was started under
power
Reports from Other Cities.
The police claim that in the pael
two months reports have been
ceiVcd from eastern citios of numer-
ous thefts Of automobiles. The re-
rorts fiIst came from Philalelrhia
and later from Cleveland, Chicago,
st. Louis and Kansas City. The
police said Wednesday night thai
judeing from the reports The gang
Of automobile robbers are working
westward.
The authorities in nearby towns
ana cities have been notified by
Oklahoma City police, to keep a
sharp lookout for the two stolen
machines.
Organized Band Of Thieves.
y believe that the three auto.
mobiles were stolen by members
of an organized band of thieves
working in various parts Of The
country" said Shirley Dyer chioi
Of detectives. I'VE have been given
some trouble by auto thieves before.
but each time 1t TUNED out that
the cars were taken by persons
who desired to inlm'ge in nights
joy riding, and the automobiles were
found the next day"
~~>0O"~"~0-@~0N~~0NN~~-~~O~~~
the people are a few reckless news
papers that We're so lawless as to
openly publish advice to the ignorant
to 20 by armed force to violate law.
tncitc murder, riot and bloodshed. |
This high-handed practice by those
who should advise peace and lawful
conduct must be vigorously punish
ed and condemned.
&c. n. HASKELL, Governor"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11

Silence may give consent or it may
give offense.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11

Most marriages are happy; the IN
happiness comes later.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11
HASKELL ON ELECTION LAW VIOLATION
FEDERAL OFFICERS ADVISED NEGROES

| any one desiring so 10 90 10 legally
question every feature of that law,
and the method of its application,
and have the courts determine the
same. and when the republican polit
ical machine waited until election
morning and then sought to terrify
election officers by the a'd of United
States marshals and attorneys this
was an outrage upon the sovereign
state OF Oklahoma that must not pass
by without proper attention.
Raps Federal Officers.
amy officer of the federal govern
ment acting within the limits of his
authority should be respected, aided
and assisted by every loyal citizen
of the state, but when such officers
abuse and exceed their official au-
thorty and seek to use the name Of
our great government of the United
States for dirty political purposes
T NlA'N btNbllt Nllt illOol hNlllpuS ollNiiT
ders possible. I have sworn proof be-
fore me that such officers, and re-
Gret to say even higher officials In
a multitude of cases advised ignor-
ant negroes to go to the polls armed
and vote by force If necessary and to
ignore and resist state authority. If
the evidence before our district court
or grand jury shows such state OF
facts that officer should be indicted
| and the high character OF the office
that he has abused has no protection
for him.
I Rssails District Attorneys.
Again, If 1t is true that district at
torneys or assistant district attor-
ucys gave out letters of advice to the
effect that mere affidavit was con-
elusive evidence of the right of ne
gro to vote who might be In the dis
qualified class, that statement Is not
the law, and such district attorney
/ or assistant district attorney was
without authority of his office to
make any such statement, much less
TO give It out for general public effect
and If he did so, conspiring with otn-
crs to have this effect, intimldate
state election officers he is likewise
proper subject for immediate in
lestigation of our state courts and
grand juries.
Advised Negroes.
In short, the men of intelligence
who advised the ignorant class to
riotous conduct, false swearing and
voting I'm violation of our sta'e laws,
are the very men who should be pros
ccuted unsparingly. II lenienCy is
shown, let It be to the ignorant class
who were mislcd by the unwarraned
ana unlawful advice of men of great
or intelligence.
1T will not do TO pass by unno-
tiCcd these efforts to destroy the will
o. the people by nullifyinc and abus-
ing the election laws that they have
adopted, nor must the intelligent
class be excused and the ignorant
class punished, and in the class that
must he dealt with to preserve the
dignity of the state ana the Will or
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11

PILES CURED IN TO "a DAYS
PAZo OINTMENT is guaranteed TO
cure any case Of Itching, Blind. Bleed
ing or Protruding Piles in 10 II days
or money refunded. soc.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-11

blood. S. S. S.
goes into the
circulation, and
drives ont the
last trace OF the
destructi d We
germ s, adds
richness a II d
vigor to the cir
culation and
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-03
TEACHERS INSTITUTE

The following program has been
arranged for the Wallowa County
Teachers Local Institute to be held
at Enterprise, Ore, Feb. u, 1910,
beginning at $50 a. M:
Opening Song.
Seventh and Eighth Grade Gram
mar ....... Max Wilson, Joseph
Grammar That Like ..........
.Prin. C. G. Mack, Enterprise
CldSS!cS ..................
go. .Supt. H. H. Bronson, Wallowa
Violin Solo ........ Edna Ragsdale
Ideals. Mrs. Ivanhoe, w. C. H. S.
History ... Wilbur VanPelt, Lostine
1880 p. m.
Music ...... ...... Ladies Quartet
History Through the Grades. 80.
Supt. A. H. Yoder, Joseph
Teaching of Fractions ........
-. Supt. H. X. Shirk, W. C. H. S.
Instrumental Duet ...... .......
...... Misses Olmsted ami Payne
topography ...... ...... ........
........ ]. w. Kerns, Enterprise
Analysis in Arithmetic .....
..... County Supt. ]. c. Conley
Music ................ Mixed Quartet
Every teacher in the county who
can possibly attend this meeting
should be there, and all other per-
sons interested are welcome. Let
us make this the best local teach
ers' institute ever held in Wallowa
county.
STELLA NJ. HOOPER, Sec.
A. G. SMITH, President.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-03
PUBLIC SALE.

r. Musgrave will sell at public
sale at the Red Front barn, Enter
pr!se, Saturday, February 10, at 1
o'clock sharp: 10 well broken work
horses, yearling colts, l fall colt,
7 good dairy cows, cream separator,
7 calves, shoats, dozen chickens,
500 pounds cured pork, rs pounds
lard, almost new hack, 81 inch Nit
chell half-truck wagon, 3-inch Nit
chell high wheel wagon, bottom
l4-mch Oliver chilled plow, 6 sec
tions of steel harrow, sets har-
ness. . wheat racks, i hay rack, 10
tons of hay, some straw, household
goods, washing machine, and other
articles too numerous to mention.
All sums of $40 and under cash.
Sums over $40, note drawing per
cent with approved security will be
accepted. per cent discount for
cash. Sam Pace, auctioneer.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-03
Turner's Little Afterthoueht.

An English critics reference to Tur-
ner's fine picture "The Wreck Buoy"
reminds a faithful newspaper reader
of curious anecdote In connection
with it. When Turner first sent this
picture to the Royal academy it was
hung among several brilliantly colored
pictures. On vanishing day Turner
found the effect of his dull gray rem
dering of stormy sea altogether
spoiled by its bright surroundings
Without moments hesitation he
painted in the lighted buoy in the fore
ground, and its dab of crimson light
showed so brilliantly in its gloomy set
ting that Turner's picture became the
prominent one, and its rivals on each
side were cast into the shade. 1t is
curious, if true, that the most notice
able feature of the picture should have
been an neutrality-suspicious. Tran.
script.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-03

SOhtiiuCN lAOIl liASN PooSs
organizations in the fruit growing
districts was solicited. This is the
1Xtent of the movement which the
spokane Chamber of Commerce has
lnjustly called an effort to rob" that
city of the Apple Show. Seattle's
whole interest in the matter is to
1eep the show in the Northwest,
where 1T will best serve the welfare
)f all sections.
Train dispatching by telephone in
stead of telegraph is the latest inn
provement installed by the Great
Northern on Its line between Mime
apolis aSd Seattle The Spokane DB-
'ision, extending from Troy, Mont.
% Leavenworth, Wash, is being
equipped for this service, which is
ar superior to the old method. The
mechanism is simple and reluces
20 a minimum the danger of wrecks
and congested conditions of former
lays, chargeable to telegraph dis
patching.
The Anti-SalCon League does not
believe the time is ripe to try to oust
he liquor business from large cities
N the Northwest, according to Rev.
". J. Herwig, newly appointed State
superintendent of IEaho. He says
hat thn I Ini, 4rxy
ing to win at Walla, Walla and North
Yakima, where defeats were sustain
ed, but undertook the fight only ON
the instance of the local prohibition
SITS. THE league is not trying to
close the Saloons in Spokane, Tacoma
and Seattle" he continued, mot yet,
out in five years the time will be
ripe" Superintendent Herwig says
le has hopes of seeing Idaho go dry
within a short time because the
women-vote there.
On the eve of the Ballinger Pinchot
investigation by Congress, Major ]. E
0allaine OF Seattle has asked the
Government for lease of 5000 acres
of land in the Matanuska coalfieil
in Alaska. He offers to pay a. royal
ty of fifty cents ton on all fuel
mined. Such an arrangement, it is
Figured, would net the government
S2.OOO,O00 on the deposits in question.
Ballaine was the originator of the
Alaska Central railway project, out
Of Seward, which recently went
through foreclosure proceedings. The
opening of these coal-fields are of
great importance to the Northwest,
Offering new supply of fuel. =
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-03
The Widow Was con,forted.

There is no accounting for the con
struction which some people will pui
upon certain passages of Scripture" re
marked a clergyman. 81 remember
the story of one Clergyman who went
to call on woman whose husband
had recently died. He had expected
quite naturally, to find her heartbro.
ken with the burden of her sorrow
and was greatly surprised when she
greeted him with very happy smile
and ushered him into the parlor
'Well-er-sister.' he said at length,
you have my warmest sympathy
Thank you, DOCTOR replied the
widow casually. 4 did feel very
bad. very bad indeed. But | cam,
across verse of Scripture which com
forted me very much indeed
"'And what was the verse, sister;
inquired the clergyman.
81 don't remember just where to
find it, replied the widow, but 1t wa,
made up of only four words-foul
helpful words-"Whr need l carer'' .
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-03
PARADISE,

Paradise, Jan. 27.-Jesse Conley's
house on his farm was burned down
recently.
Leonard McWi.lis was severely
injurdi by being kicked by horse.
A young man by the name of Har-
ris was thrown from a sled by a
runaway team and his collar bone
broken.
w. c. Straley sent three loads of
wheat to Enterprise to-day.
G. NJ. Hendrickson has applied
for census enumerator for this dis
trict.
Bailey Shelton was up from the
Grande Ronde river to-day.
David a-h Maude Mahon left for
their home at Nez Perce, Ida Mrs.
w. b. Applegate and her two small
children went with them.
George Cannon, Ward Cloninger
and Mr.. Cole rode the T. O. O. F.
goat at Flora last Saturday night.
A report reached here that a war.
rant was out in Asotin County, Wash
Tor Frank Norton for deserving his
wife and children.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-03
The Shrewd Banker.

Thirteen years ago a banker lent a
farmer $1,000 with which to buy stock.
The farmer, of course, gave his note.
The borrower lost on the stock deal
and had hard luck generally, so he
couldn't pay the note. Later he went
away, and after many years he made
good again and returned. The banker
tried to collect his note, but it was
outlawed by lapse of thirteen years.
One day the banker stopped at the
mans farm and admired his fine pump
kins. The farmer made him q pres
ent of two large ones.
"l'll just credit these pumpkins on
your old note" the banker said.
''All right" the farmer said.
That revived the obligation. The
banker brought suit and recovered in
full for the note and interest.-Kansas
City Star.