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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
PANHANDlE's BIG DAY
Laying of Corner Stone ol
Secondary School Takes
Place "Wednesday

Wednesday will be one of the big
eest days the Panhandle of Oklahoma
bas ever known The occasion OF
the big gathering at Goodwell will be
The laying of the cornerstone of the
Panhandle agricultural school build
ing. This secondary school of agri-
culture will mean great deal in the
development of that rapidly growing
and immensely promising country.
The Panhandle school will specialize
IN stock raising and dairying, which
are the principal industries of the far
western counties. To that end the
college committee Of the board of agri
culture has made arrangements to
take over a local dairy now IL opera
tion, which will he added to the ex
detrimental station.
Frank Sewel, a banker Of Goodwell
viii present TO the school a fine u
hrary in memory Of his father Cor
l.. p Sewell The school 'buildlnE
is to cost $4,000
o. A. Brewes, K. r. Wilson, J. W
l.. Corley and NJ f. lkard, members
cf the college committee of the boar d
and Dean r. f. pttuck, of the dis
trict agricultural schools, started to
day for Goodwell.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
TO THE PUBLIC

A great many letters have been re-
cciYed by The corporation commission
asking that steps be taken 10 improve
the method of receipting for over
charges ON passenger fare by the
santa Fe company
The RAILROADS were directed, when
hey secured the Injunction knocking
ont the two cent fare law, TO issue
to each person buying a ticket at the
thee cent rate receipt for the
amount represented by the difference
between lha two cent and the three
cent rate, This excess to be paid to
jhc passenger should the higher court
uphold the two cent rate.
The Santa Fe gives coupon that
carries sesial number 1t does not
state the points between which the
holder was travelling when he
thought the coupon nor indicate the
amount that he paid for H. Should
the refund be orde ed by The court
the holder OF this coupon would sim
ply have to surrender Il to the rail-
road company and In the course OF
GNits HivhAu vi u stai W ANV Ntdi .
later after the railroad clerks had
rad an opportunity to check over
tiles aud reports and coupons to the
extent Of several hundred thousand
perhaps millions, he would receive a
refund IN such amount as his
chance might call for provided his
rOupon did not get lost IN the trans
.ction and no errors were made.
Travelling men complain that they
lave to turn these so-called receipts
N TO their employees with expense
accounts. and that they have to attach
lem TO something big enough to car
lly a memorandum ms to what the cou
pons are and to reduce the chances
Of the coupon being lost.
Appeals to the corporation commits
sion to install a system Of receipts
that would be fair to the public are
useless, as this method satisfies the
1 federal court, and Tie commission Is
without jurisdiction in the matter.
Moreover the system Is wholly II
keeping with the treatment Of the
public that is to be expected Of rail
lioad hiding behind tie comprehensive
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES
Rushing in With Petitions for
Places on the Primary
Ballot

Legislative candidates are rushing
N with their petitions for places on
the primary ballotlu The state board
oi election is working owe time az
ranging for The primaries.
J, J. McAlcster, whose term as cor
puration commissioner, expires with
,he year, has filed as a candidate TO-
lieutenant goyernof on the Democratic
ticket.
The following entries were made to-
day:
W. 2 Francis, Hugo. Democrat
senate Thirty-fifth district; w. A.
Gullidgc, sulphur, Democrat repr3'
sentative Murray county.
W. A. Conner, ST., Willard, Demo
crat. representative Harper county
J. II. Baldwin, Sterrett Democrat
representative Bryan county.
James Knox. Muskogce, Republican,
representative Tuskogee county.
There were Two entries for Judge
ships todayS A. Downs, Hugo, Dem
ocrat, Judge Sixth district and Alonzo
Z. West, Coalslt,, Democrat judge
seventh district
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17

which it runs the government by the
levying, of tariff on clothing and
foodstuffs, The people pay this tax
not to any tax collector, but in the
form of increased prices for foodstulfs
wearing apparel and other manufac-
tured products.
Under this system men like Rock
efeller and Morgan do not pay cent
more toward defraying the expense OF
the government than the poorest cit
iZen. Indeed, the workingman with Il
family pays at least twice as much TO-
ward defraying the expense of the
government as the millionaire bache-
Tor. Surely the average American cit
zen can not be informed on this sub
jcct, otherwise congress would be
forced to pass an income tax and thus
compel wealth to bcac its Just propor'
tion of the burden Of taxation.
Among the great nations which levy
ncome taxes are Great Britain, Ja-
pan. France, Germany, Holland, Aus
tria, Denmark, Switzerland and New
leaeland
President Taft the standard bearer
of the republican pa ty, having used
his influence To prevent the passage
Of an income tax, it Is apparent that
such progressive legislation can not
be secured at the hands OF the party
In power.
The democratic national platform
on the other baud, provided for an IN
come tax as part of our eyenue sys-
tenn, that wealth may bear It's proper
tionate share Of the burdens of the
federal government
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
STATE SOVEREIGNTY
OBJECTIONS ARE RAISED
Proposed Amendment Also Op
posed By Powerful Comb
nations Of Wealth

Washington, D. c. May l7.-That
the income tax is defeated, is admit
ted, in all quarters in Washington
The necessary three-fourths of the
state legislatures will not vote to
amend the constitution.
Technical and state sovereignty OBJ
iections, added To the opposition OF
powerful combinations OF wealth, have
sounded the doom Of the proposed
amendment
Whatever the specific reason, the
important thing is that the country
has been defrauded out of an income
tax
When the ta'iff bill was in the max
ing the democrats and progressive re-
publicans favored the insertion Of an
income tax clause. Noses were count.
ed and it was found that a majority oil
the senate favored an income tax
AldIich, representing Wall street op.
posed the proposition that wealthy
men like Rockefeller ana Morgan
should be taxed For several days he
worked underhsndedly against the
proposed income tax, promising SEN
ators increased protection In most any
thing they could name IL they would
stand with him against an income tax.
But the senate boss finally saw he was
beaten.
Aldrich then appealed to President
Taft for help. The president permit
ed himself to be used, coming out
with a recommendation with tax on
corporations. As a substitute for a
genuine income tax, the corporation
tax is a gold brick.
The taxation of the net earnings oI
corporations, when compared to an in
come tax, Is only another way to SHIFT
the burden of the tax to the cOnsunr
ef and producer at the bottom. It a
mans income is $4,000 and the law
tells him he must pay per cent on
that income to the government, there
is no way for him to shift that L
But If 1t Is a corporation that has an
income Of $4,000, and the government
puts per cent tax on those earn
ings, the corporation turns around and
adds the tax to the price of the goods
1t sells, or takes enough from tht
wages of its ME mo make up the dii
fe ence
( To fool the people Adrich proposed
that the question of amending the con
stitutiOn to make an income tax legal
/ be put up TO the various states. Pres
ident Taft himself had declared thai
il would not be necessary, even ii pos
sible. TO amend the constitution; that
/ he believed the supreme court would
uphold an income tax if given another
opportunity.
IT is practically impossible to ament
the constitution. Otherwise Mr. AL
drich would never have consented &
smilliHgly to the idea. Two thcus
and futile attemps have been made tt
amend the constitution Only fifteef
attempts have been successful in thi
+ history Of tho nation Under the cou
stitutional provision for an amend
moDt, it is possible Tor 4 per cent O
the voters to nullify the will of the
other 90 per cent Twelve states ar,
sufficient to defeat an amendment.
The government secures the great
est proportion OF the revenue witt
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
W. a. RAMSEY DIES


Perry, Okla, May IL William A.
Ramsey. who attained fame in Vir-
ginia. as a civil engineer in the early
DAYS and who fought in the civil war
under Robert t. Lee. died here at
the age Of 50. lie was a descendant
~cf the Ramsey family of Scotland who
attained fame In English lileratu e
and was the son of well known
Scotch professor In 1854 Ramsey
superintended the building of the
crozet tunnel through the Blue Ruee
in Virginia, at that time the longest
tunnel in the world, and completed
the tunnel on the very day Il was
promised He enlisted in Co. X Sec
y .ond Virginia cavalry, serving under
General Fitzhugh Lee. later fighting
under General Robert L. Lee at Getiys
burg. N~ss
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17

folds of the gown OF federal iurisdic-
non II is a fair illustration of the
methods in force before the corpora
tlOn commission was created The
ordinary railroad thinks II an insult
to its dignity To make anything sui
fciently plain for an ordinary citi-
zen to understand it, They keep their
books, make their reports, aud cspec-
tally arrange their tariffs SO that II
takes an expert 10 understand what a
ate is. A majority OF the agents
in the employ of the railroads the
country over cannot tell what a rate
IS when they see It in the company's $
tariff If an agent makes an error
to the company's disadvantage hls
wife and babies must make il good
out of the pttance he is paid and up
on which hey depend, and it is not
strange that mistakes a.e almost IN
varably in the rmpanys favor.
When "a shipper is the victim OF SO
gross an error that he knows II must
exist: and appeals. TO the corporation
commission, he can hope ior re-
fund. fos the commission can figure
cut the amount of The overcharge and
collect it for the shipper, as has been
done in an amount aggrcgating thou
sands OF dollars in the last year; but
ior every mistake sufficiently big fol
the shipper to know of II OF for him to
think worth making the basis OF q
claim, there are scores that no ono
ever hears of, but which swell the
companys earnings to an enormous
extent every year.
When this passenger rate case i
settled the holder Of the lucky num-
be that are now being issued II
place of receipts will be lucky indeed
iii these coupons be not subjected Y
the scrutiny of corps OF eXpert
who will discover in them the basis
Tor a theory that will impress som,
federal Judge with the conviction ma
these simple numbers do NOT consll
Lutte valid receipt, are not evidence
OF claim, and cannot be made the Das
is for collection.
]. r. LOVE,
Chairman rorporatiOn Commission
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
DROVE HER FROM HOME
IN Fir Of JEALOUSY
Believes Earth Will Be Blown
to Atoms When HaIIey's
Comet Arrives

Muskogee, Okla, May 17l-F1fteen
years ago Johnson Calls, now an old
man, while in a fit Of Jealous rage
drove his wife from home. telling her
neyer TO darken his doors again. a
short time later he learned thar his
suspicious about his better half were
wholly unfounded and he went to the
home OF her sister where she was
staying and asked her to return to
him.
'I'll go back to your house when
the world comes to an end said the
woman bite ly, and Calls went sad
~ to his deserted home,
Two months ago the old man, who
Is interested in astronomy began
some calculations and arrived at the
conclusion that this world viii be
blown to atoms when Halleys comet
strikes. He tried to interest astron-
omers In his calculations but only
received laughter; they took it as a
joke. His belief was not shattered
however, and he adheres to the idea
that on May Is everything will end.
Determined TO see his wife and
have her return to him before the
approaching end Of the world, the
old man. who is a residence Of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, traced her to Missouri
and from there to Texas Then the
trail doubled back to Kansas City,
where he lost all track of her for
several weeks. Finally he found an
acquaintance there who remembered
Mrs. Calls and told him that she had
often spoken of Muskogee, Oklahoma.
With this slight clew Calls came
TO Muskogee only to find that the wo-
man answering the description Of the
one he had iYen from his door went
by the name OF Mrs. Johnson. She
was working in a restaurant
When he went there he found, how
ever, that 1t was his wiIc going un-
der an assumed name. They board
ed train for Cedar Rapids, where
they will make their home. Evident
" Mrs. Calls is not wor wing about
the world coming to an end
"Supposing the world doesn't come
to an end, what will you do them
Calls was interrogated.
We'll even if il doesn't happen
guess this contract will remain In Ell
feet" he said smiling down upon his
wife
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Oklahoma Postmasters and
Rural Route Carriers APP
pointed Late Patents
Special TO Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Washington, y. c., May 17-Pat-
ents issued residents of Oklahoma:
William B. Garnett, Tonkawa, soap
dispenser; Calvin II. Thompson,
Mounds, nose bag holder; Gustav II,
Ulbrich, Enid, toy.
oklahoma p0stmasters appointed:
Eagle City, Blaine county, w. G.
Talkington. vice A. Ross, resigned;
Hillside, Washington county, Birch
O'Dell, vice f. w. Johnson, resigned /;
Lark, Marshall county, W. Il. Cargill'
vice, J. Compton, resigned; Preston,
Okmulgee county, Oscar II. O'Bieness
vice A. c. Lyons, resigned; Vera,
Washington county, Esther Reid,
vice, e Carr, resigned.
Rural carriers appointed for Okla
hOna routes:
Carmen--Ioe Bozarth, carrier; no
substitute; QUITE 3.
Hackberry-John s. Ewing carrier;
no substitute, route 2.
Meno--L W. DurchiieId carrier;
no substitute; route 2.
Optima-L. G. Walberry, carrier.
no substitute; route |.
Wewoka-Varnett e. Sans, carrier
no substitute; route |.
The postofflce at Belton, johnson
county has been discontinued.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
DEMOCRACY AND TAXATION

The Republican yellow journals and
Republican agitasors are working
overtime in their attempts to prejy
dice the people against the Dengt'
racy. N 4
They are raising a great howl fbout
taxes.
You should ask the voter exam.
inc his tax receipt-what hi is pay
ing for school district tax; What ne is
paying as township tax; (hetvoted for
improvements) what he is paying as
county tax; as city tax, etq-caIl his
attention to the heavy locai improve.
ments; tell him that of all his tax he
is paying, only 2 1-2 mills is for state
purposes or, $3.50 on the $1,000 valua.
ton.
Explain TO him that Ia mill of this
state tax is for common schools, Ia
for public buildings (reformatory at
Granite, Wilburton school of mines,
TT. Supply insane asylum and prepar-
atory school at CIaremore) fraction
more than one mill is to cover the
deficit caused by the non.colIection Of
the corporation taxes which are now
being fought in the Federal court.
This leaves less than one mill
levied for all other state purposes.
II we succeed in winning out
against the corporations in the Fed
eral court, the state tax next year
will not be worth mentioning.
Voters should remember that al,
though the Republicans are making
great howl for prejudice against
the Democrats, they are not making
any statements about what they will
do II the reins OF, government are
placed in their hands--we saw for
seventeen years before statehood
what they did, and they have fought
every good law offered since.
The guaranty law; the INCOME tax
law !; the labor laws; the gross rev.
enuc law; the Jim Grow law, and
have rendered the railroads all pos.
sble assistance In fighting for shc
repeal of the two cent fare law. and
to discredit our Corporation commits.
sion.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
GUTHRIE ON RIFLE TEAM

Captain NJ II. Taubee and Ser
goant Lee Schilling represent Co. d.
on the Oklahoma rifle range at Chan
dler. Captain Taulbee is statistical
officer for the tryout shooting.
There are eighteen men in compe-
tition for the Camp Perry team. The
team is to consist of twelve men with
three alte mates. The eliminations
were completed yesterday Lieuten-
ant Cullison,. of Enid, Is leader and
Captain Taulbee is third. Schiliing
is entirely new on the range and he
IS making fine record
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
DEMOCRATS At CHANDLER

There is to be an important Dem
oclatic ally at Chandler tomorrow.
1t is TO be Lincoln county day and
the occasion will be marked by the
formal appearance OF Judge J. b. A.
Robertson at his home as candidate
for governor.
All the Democratic candidates for
governor are invited to attend dPrac-
tically all the candidates for state of
fices viii be there.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17

John ID. Rockefeller would go broke
If he should spend his entire income
trying to prepare a better medicine
than Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy for diarrhoea, dys-
entery or bowel complaints It Is
simply impossible, and so says every
one that has used it. Sold by all
dealers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
GRAIN ELEvATIR BURNS

chickasha. Okla. May l7--The
Moore Grain Elevator was destroyed
u, fire with 10000 bushels Of uni
sured corn. Insurance on the built
lng was $4,000 It will be rebuilt az
once. Lightning caused the fire.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
ELECTION LAW AFFAIRS
Special to Daily Leader.

Special TO Daily Leader.
Eufaula Okla, May IL 0klahoma
election laws do not provide for set
tlement of elections where two OF
more candidates receive the same
humber of votes. IN letter to J. 1
brink, acting chairman of the Mu ray
county election board, the attorne3
general says that where two candi
dates receive the same number o'
votes the result Is the same as no
election
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17

A tonch of rheumatism, or twlnge
of neuralgia, whatever the trouble is,
Chamberlain Liniment drives away
1.-The pain at once aud cures the com
plant quickly First application gives
relief. Sold by ali dealers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
O 0 O o O 800 @ @ 9 @ o Q O Q G
SOME THOUGHTS

g After this campaign in the yearas
Q Of our Lord. II is TO be hoped I
c'that Che people will have hadss
9 their. stomachs fun of initiative Z
g propositions,
G Move the capital to Oklaho {
@ ma City" says Putnam, real es-
G tate man. 'and will furnish the
G capitol building. lights, expenses
& ftan II charge" Magnanimous In
G, putnam. We notice, however
-y.' .lahoma City has refused I
! u s-..A Up Putnam's statement. {
!. - - =. n n n n n n n n n {, a {
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
CITIZENS MASS
MEETING

At City HALL Thursday evening. 18th
to hear reports on capital location
question and to discuss matters OF i'm
rortancc TO Guthsie's future welfare.
Ladies especially invited.
]. j. O'RoURK, Chairman
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17

Dyspepsia is our national ailments
f,urdcck Blood Bltters Is the national
cure for 1t. It Strengthens stomach
membranes, promotes flow of diges-
tive juices, purifies the blood, builds
You up.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
Chairman Corporation commissio

The splendid work of Chamnerlains
Stomach and Liver Tablets Is daily
coming to light No such grand rem
edy for liver and bowel troubles was
ever known before. Thousands bless
them fer curing constipation, SIGN
headache, bliousDess, jaundiee and
indigestion. Sold by all dealers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17

Impure blood runs you down--makes
you an easy victim for organic diseas.
es. Burdock Blood Bitters purifles
the blood--cures the cause-builds
you up.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
Baby Set Embroideries

o5 pieces Of line Nainsook
and Sheer Swisaes, Baby
Matched Sets, placed on table
and reduced from Ramsay $
price Just ONE THIRD.
II inch Oriental Laccs up
to 75c retailers by Ramsay, TO
sell today at 1hn
yard ..... ..,. ..... iOU
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
Val Laces 29c doz. yds.

These laces never retailcd for
less than g yard They are put
UP | doz. yards on card, and
will be closed ont today at the
dozen yards gln
for ....Gv W
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-09-22
Fire at Hutchinson

Shortly after IL o'clock Sunday
night fire was discovered to be
burning in an upper story of the
west section of the Hutchinson
Wholesale Grocer company's
house on East Second avenue.
The fire departments made quick
runs and fought the stubborn
blaze until after S o'clock this
morning, before it was gotten
under control.
The damage to the stock of
goods, will aggregate an amount
between $4,000 and 100000,
and the loss on the building,
So, 900 or $4,000 according to
the statement of J. S. George,
secretary and manager of the
concern.
There is as yet no certainty as
to the origin of the blaze. Chief
Al Stout of the fire department,
says it began between the ceiling
and the roof, or, in the butter
and lard trays on the third floor.
At any rate it was hard to reach
with streams of water and it was
a long time before wholly effec-
tive work was accomplished
Gazette.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-09-22
He Paid The Cash.

You never can tell any more.
A dusty individual with a cellu'
loid collar was looking at the new
model cars in the Automobile
building. The statesmen weren't
paying much attention to him,
but he seemed inviting converse.
ton.
"Purty fine cars" he remark
ed. What do you for this
kind?"
"We1l deliver that car to you
for ST, 200, "replied the salesman.
"Well, send her out to Ellin-
wood, replied the seedy gentle
man, and he pulled out wad as
first payment. "Just sold 5000
bushels of wheat and reckon
might just as well start to enjoy
ing myself" he added. Hutch
inson News.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-09-22
Better Wheat" Campaign in
Oklahoma Means Millions
to Farmers

The enthusiastic reception ac-
corded the Better Wheat" train
which is being operated in Okla
homa by the Rock Island Lines
Agricultural c o m m i s S ioner,
Professor H. M. Cottrell, in con-
junction with the Oklahoma Ag-
ricultural College marks an ep-
och in modern agriculture.
At each station large crowds
await the coming of the train
with samples of seed wheat to
be tested by the experts.
Lectures are given by Prof.
Cottrell and a corps of able ex-
perts on every phase of wheat
growing. AT some points more
than thousand people were in
attendance pledging the planting
OF pure wheat.
The use of mixed seed last
year resulted in a loss of more
than 81, 900, 900 in Oklahoma.
Boards of trade, Grain Dealers,
Bankers, Merchants, in fact
every interest has co.operated
to avoid a repetition of this con-
dition and the estimate that the
campaign will have the direct re-
suit of adding several millions to
the value of next years wheat
crop in Oklahoma, is conserva-
tive.
Professor Cottrell announces
somewhat similar campaigns
with referenre to other crops
and sections for the future and
this Better Wheat" plan has
served as stimulus for the sort
of wide spread cooperation that
means far reaching benefits.