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Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-19

merry crowd of about dozen young
people, headed by Ned and Harold,
climbed into the spring wagon and,
amid a great deal of talking and jok-
ing. were driven to the farmhouse
Harold told Mr.. Nelson of the new
law and said that their party intend
ed to have a hay-rde to the woods
and stay there for the day.
Mrs. Nelson gladly put up a lunch
that when spread on a snowy table
cloth made their eyes fairly dance
with joy and surprise.
Dinner eaten. the boys, who had
not neglected to bring their bathing
suits, went swimming, while the girls
roamed the woods, hunting for pretty
wild flowers.
Late in the afternoon a tired party
tumbled into a large load of hay.
after disposing of the remnants of
their dinner
As the party separated in the city
each declared to Ned and Harold that
they had had the most delightful time
they had ever had on any Fourth, and
without fireworks.
CLAUDE BIEGHLER,
AIS East Ave 28, Los Angeles. Cal
Age 10, Grade 8. Gate Street School,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-19
UNHAPPY RESULT OF MISCHIEF

Dear Aunt Laurie
Doc was angry, as were all the other
boys in the village Give in NUMBER
The reason was that the day before
their mothers had met at Docs house
and had made a resolution that none
of them should have any firecrackers,
pistols, etc, that we're dangerous, on
the Fourth of July.
AS Doc was thinking of this he
glanced up and saw "Lanky" Jones
and Fat" Prendergast coming toward
the porch where he was sitting. Doc
went out and met them and they sat
down on log in front of the house
and began to discuss what they would
do on the Fourth (two days hence).
Doc suggested having a picnic, so it
was agreed that they would go out to
Dago creek, about two miles from the
village. and spend the day.
About 10 o'clock on the Fourth the
boys started out, each carrying a bag
of lunch. After they had Travelled
about half an hour they came TO Far
mer jerks orchard. a mile from the
village Green apples were hanging
from the trees and as soon as Fat"
saw them he climbed over the fence
and was soon filling his pockets.
OF course the rest of the boys did
likewise.
After they had had enough they once
more started out and soon they got to
the creek. BY this time it was II
O'Clock and the boys decided to take a
swim before they ate their dinner, but
would eat their apples right away. AS
soon as the apples had disappeared
they got on their old pairs of breeches
and went in swimming. Doc had not
been in the water ten minutes before
he gave a yell and doubled up, and
crawled to the shore. Then
I,o nfI haa fn in
and soon they We're all doubled
up and yelling. They had gotten the
cramps,
Finally Mr.. Perkins. who lived near
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-19
sawtelle City school. grade
A STRENUOUS VACATION

Dear Aunt Lawrie:
Last July mother was very sick
and was in the hospital two weeks in
Bsbee, Arizona. and | kept the three
babies. The oldest was Harriet, age
years; Billy, age years, and Mar
tina, age Is months. We lived at
Tombstone, Arizona. At first it was
very hard work. but l got through.
When / heard mother was coming.
home 1 had a woman come and give
the house a thorough cleaning. Then
I prepared big dinner. Mother was
not strong when she came home and
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-19
A WORK HORSES HOLIDAY
Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie:
few years ago we had a horse
named Jack. He did not have many
holidays in year, for he worked near
ly every day. His master worked on
every holiday in the year but the Fourth
of July and Memorial day one Fourth
of July he was turned loose In the
pasture with the rest of the horses, so
lie thought he would have some tun.
He hegan to run and roll till he was
tired then he would lie down in the
shade to rest.
That night his master did not come
home, so he lay down under the tree
near him to spend the night.
The next morning he went IL the
gate as usual. His master did not
come to get him. so he spent that day
as he had the one before, but the next
morning he went to the gate and his
master came and got him.
RUTH LARSON.
Sawtelle City school. grade G.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-19
A CRAZY COOK

Dear Aunt Laurie:
One day on the twenty-fourth of De-
cember. a Chinaman was thinking of
what he should have for a Christmas
dinner. He could not think of any
thing at all. His cook came in and
asked him what was the matter. He
told her that he was trying to think
of something to have for a Christmas
dinner.
The cook told him that chop suey
would not be bad for dinner and that
he had not had any for a week or so.
So he said. "All right, go ahead and
cook some for dinner tomorrow"
The cook went out in the barn and
killed a couple of rats to have their
tails to cook in one of the chop suey
strings. When tomorrow had come the
cook had the chop suey ready for him
to eat. After he had taken and eaten
a half dozen mouthfuls he felt some
thing in his mouth that was hard. He
took it out of his mouth and saw what
it was, so he jumped up and fired the
cook.
CHARLES PRUDEN.
Sawtelle City School, Grade 6.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-19
A DELIGHTFUL CELEBRATION

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Ned was a jolly lad of fifteen. who
always looked on the bright side of
things.
He and his cousin Harold had
planned to celebrate the Fourth in
great style. but two weeks from the
Fourth came an announcement that
destroyed all their plans. They could
not shoot fireworks of any kind in
the state!
Then Ned and Harold began plan
ming anew. A letter was sent to
Ned's grandfather in the country that
they were going out there to celebrate
the Fourth.
The old couple. who had not heard
of the new law, We're sadly disturbed,
for they supposed that the boys would
turn the farm topsy-turvy.
Early in the morning of the Fourth
Grandpa Nelson was at the station
to meet the boys. AS the train stopped
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-19
HAD TOO MANY FIREWORKS

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Wallace was a wild boy, wilder than
most boys who lived around him.
1t was nearing the Fourth, and Wal
lace wanted some firecrackers. He
asked his mother if he could have all
of the money he got from then to spend
for fireworks.
She said he could, and he got about
a dollar or more.
Mamma would not let me have too
much, and so he came down to my
place and we celebrated the Fourth to-
gether.
While we were shooting fireworks of
all kinds Wallace burned his fingers,
my little brother burned his toes, and
burned myself quite badly.
A little boy came along and we gave
what was left to him, for we had had
all of fireworks we wanted that Fourth.
KENNETH L. SMELLIE.
Sawtelle City School. Grade 6.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-19

coffin made of flowers that they sent
out into the ocean, and there were lots
of sailors there. We went on the
scenic railway and there was a sailor
on one train who sat right behind us.
He had bugle, and every time we
went around a curve it would almost
scare the lives out of us. At last our
trip ended and he blew the bugle worse
than ever, which was almost deafening
to some of us
GEORGE CHAMBERLAIN.
Sawtelle city school, grade 6.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-19
AT THE SKATING RINK

Dear Aunt Laurie
Decoration day a girl friend and
walked down to see the parade, and
just as we got there the soldiers were
marching away. Then we walked out
on the pier to throw our flowers in the
water. Everyone had left, and the
ocean was covered with beautiful
flowers. Then we walked down on the
pike and stopped to be weighed. If the
man guessed your weight you had to
pay but neither of us had to pay.
After that we went on the joy wheel
and spent the rest of the morning hav-
ing fine time. At noon we met my
aunt and had lunch in the sun parlor.
After dinner we watched the races,
and then skated. The skating rink was
crowded full, and we skated in the
grand march. After that we started
home. Just after we had walked a
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-19
AN INTERESTING DAY

Dear Aunt Laurie:
On Decoration day my brother went
to the beach. He helped to strew flow
ers on the beach and in the waters
After the parade was over he went
and heard the singing. There were $50
voices in the chorus. After this he
went on the scenic railway. He said
that he never was so afraid in all his
life as he was then.
He said that he went right straight
up and straight down and then through
q dark tunnel. He listened to the band
play from three to four and then he
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-19

couple of blocks we met mamma going
down town, SO we walked back with
her.
After supper we went to a show and
got out late. Just as we got out our
car was going, so we walked home.
WARDA DONOVAN.
Pine Avenue school, AT grade. Age
13 years. 1881 Pine avenue, Long
Beach.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-19
Charles Wallace, 216 Boyle avenue, grade b.

had to stay in bed some time. But
she soon got WELL
When she did get strong l went
on a picnic up in the hills few miles
back of our house, and in the evening
I went for milk on horseback, and this
is the way l spent my vacation.
MARY B. STUMPF,
2418 Castillo ST., Santa Barbara, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-19
A SCHOOL PICNIC

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Some school children gave picnic
and we went out to Hope ranch. We
went in a five-seated auto bus. Leav-
ing the Washington street school at
$50 a. M, gathering schoolmates on
Continued on Page six)
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-19

by, heard them and took a sadder but
wiser lot of boys home in his wagon.
GEORGE e. SAILOR.
173 East Jefferson street. Los Angeles.
Thirtieth street school. 8, age IL.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-19

play from 3 to and then he came
home. FLORENCE YATES.
sawtelle City school, grade 6.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-24
COMMERCIAL VALUE or
SAVING HUMAN LIFE
Expresses Hope That Action
Would Be Taken on The Mat
ter at Present Session
(By Associated Press.l

Washington, b. c., March "a Ill
speech today in favor Of the pas
sage Of a bill introduced by himself
providing for the establishment of a
department Of public health, similar
to the nine other departments of the
Federal government, Senator Owen
OF Oklahoma, declared that, while he
was In favor Of the conservation OF
the natural resources of the patton,
the conservation OF Uhe life OF our
people IS of far greater Importance,
and the conservation Of the vitality
and efficiency of our people Is a prob
lem Of the first magnitude, demand
ing immediate Intelligent attention. .
He spoke against the bureau sys-
TEN of looking out for the public
health, asserting that the question
was of such great importance that II
could not be handled efficiently ex-
cept by a separate department with
powers as great as those now enjoyed
by any of the other departments oil
the government.
I'VE have had bureaus for one
iiuliult tu ytula, Le Sdit. Hty are
scattered in eigh, departments. They
have been disconnected and without
coordination They ever have been
jealous OF each other, the one nulli-
flying and hampering the work of the
other They have been without a
head because of this sub
division and because The chief of the
most important of these bureaus, the
surgeon general of the public health
and marine hospital service, cannot
express an opinion or give informa-
tlon until he has consulted the secre-
tary of the treasury.
Ridicules Bureau System.
The secretary Of the treasury was
as cabinet officer. he
added, mot because OF his knowledge
Of the public health, but because he
was an expert on finance This
officer, he thought,
Continued ON Page Eight
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-24
NEW TEACHERS ORGANIZATION

Organization of the largest section
al body of teachers in the state
marks the progress of educational af-
fairs in the old Cherokee and Usage
nations. Fifteen counties are to
form the Northeastern Teachers as
sociation, which will be formally
launched at Vinita Friday.
State Superintendent e. d. Cam
eron will attend the meeting and
make one of the addresses. This Is
the first time general organization
Of teachers in that section has been
undertaken. County Superintendent
GIL. Pawhuska, and the county super
intendents of Craig, Washington and
Rogers counties issued the call for
the meeting.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-24
TOLLS As DAY LABORER
Harvard Engineer Gets Prac-
tical Experience in
Subway Ditch

Cambridge, Mass, March PA
Harvard professor working as a lab
orer at $3.50 day Is one of the hui
man interest features of the Cam
bridge subway. 1t is difficult to dis.
tinguish him from the ordinary sub
way excayttor, but Prof. P. U. Ran
som, teacher of mathematics and civil
engineering at the Harvard summer
school and on assistant professor OF
mathematics at the university. doesn't
care how he looks as long as the sub
way Is going through
Do ! like this job?" said Professor
Ransom today. Say, 1t IL immense. II
a man expects to do contracting on
bis own hook all the book work that
kc can learn at Harvard will avail
him nothing unless he gets a practic-
al experience. That's why I'm here.
my son told me his professor wish
ed to work in the ditch, so put him
in as laborer,' said Contractor Nawn
Ransom is earning his pay"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-24
SPEED IS TOO DIZZY
Iron Mountain RailwayOrdered
to Stop EAST Train" at
Hanson on Signal

Finding that the alleged fast
train on the st. Louis and Iron
Mountain railway maintains the diz-
zy average of fifteen miles an hour
the corporation commission has de
cided that one more stop would not
hurt its constitution Orders have
been issued for stopping trains Nos
l05 and LOS at Hanson on signal j
y. Wood OF Hanson made complaint
that the Iron Mountain runs one local
train each way through Hanson and
that the service is very bad; that
persons going to the county seat
Salisaw, must go there at 4:50 in the
afternoon, remaining until IL the
next morning. Service toward Fort
Smith, Ark, Is also bad The com
pany, it seems, refused to stop it's
other trains-Nos. 1O5 and 106-
which the commission says go as slow
as IL is possible for train TO be run
and have a schedule at all The or
der to stop those fast" trains H. eff
fectiye April g.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-24
0UTW|NDS HIS PURsUERs
Fugitive Banker Escapes Chase
BY Bloodhounds
and Men
lBy Assnciatel Press !

Loudenville. Ohio, gMarch 24-H Hay.
ing exhausted two posses today ana
couple of bloodhounds, Robert
Cleen, the former Waynetown, Ind,
banker, who broke Jail at Elyria on
Monday Is lost In the wild, broken
country south of here He is believed
t9 be making for Knox county, where
the nature Of the ground is such that
T. Will be almost impossible for him
10 be followed except ON foot. In maxi
ing his escape, Green fractured the
skull of a turnkey with an iron bar
Four deputy sherlffs In an automo.
bile have followed the fleeing mans
trail here but they confess they have
but little hope Of running their quar-.
!. to earth.
The physical endurance which has
been shown by the escaped prisoner
Is almost incredible Past middle life
he has maintained his headlong
flight for three days, with practically
no stop for rest and apparently with
out firing. He has worn down over q
dozen men who pursued him ridden
ole horse to exhaustion and driven
lother to a like condition He Is
now believed to be on foot
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-24
. o o o o O o . o o O @ a o q @ /

story that several members OF the
legislature, when they went to have
warrants cashed, were told one bank
had no funds FOR that purpose. This
was Immediately seized on as anoth
er version OF the old story that "rhe
state Is broke" IL has been the Gus
tom Of banks to take these warrants
at par and hold them until called for
by the state treasurer, when the in-
terest Is collected and nobody has
been hurt A discount plan failed.
State Treasurer Menefee, Bank Com
missioner Young and other fiscal Of
tleers merely smiled when the Sherm
nm Incident was mentioned. They
and everybody else knows that Zoe
sherman rs not so ignorant that be
does not understand the way nay war.
t9nts have been and are handled.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-24
sETTLEssGH00LQuEsT|0Ns
Powers and Duties of Boards
Defined BY State
.,a Superintendent

In answer 10 several questions from
G. A. Rathoun, Coalgate. State Super
Intendent Cameron has answered the
school problems as follows: i
-Four remaining members OF
board constitute a quorum. Zone had
moved away.) :.
2.-The Loard has authority to va
cate the position OF a member per
sIstently refusing to attend to bis du.
ties
3.--When territory has been annex
cd the election for special levy must
be called by the mayor and city coun.
ell for the city and by the board OF
education for the school district.
THE tax levy under the recently
passed law Is fixed by the county ex-
else board, and the sole duty Of the
school board Is to file an estimate OF
expenses with the excise board.
Boards need not wait for the
new valuation: they have nothing TO
do with making the levy.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-24
WESTON IGNORED FAMILY
Aged Pedestrian Fails to Call
on Wife and Daughter
in Kansas City
[py Associated prcsal


Sibley, Mo. March 2i--Pedestrian
Weston arrived here at 3 o'clock this
morning from Atherton where he
spent the night. lie Is ten days ahead
Of his schedule. and APPARENTLY IN
fine condition.
Kansas City, March 24-Though
Edward Payson Weston, the agei
pedestrian spent Two and one-hali
hours in this city, where live his wife
and daughter not one minute of thar
time was spent with them.
my family went out OF my life six.
teen years ago. he said. when asked
why he did not call on them.
Weston stopped at farm house
near Atherton, Mo, IL miles north
east OF here. at 10 O'Clock last night,
having covered an even forty miles
lie resumed his journey TO Chicago
this morning, and expects TO reach
there a week from Saturday night.
The pedestrian was greeted by an
enormous crowd al the Grand avenue
station. He arrived there at 2 O'Clock
After holding a sort of lnforma, recep-
tion, he retired TO residence nearby
and slept Until time to leave He re-
sumed his journey al $3.50
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-24
MARRIED LIFE UNHAPPY
Like Old Woman Who Lived
in Shoe, Had Too Many
Children

Twelve children. In two sets. and
collection OF grandchildren. appear
to have been fatal 10 the home life
OF P. y. Donagan and Hester Don
agan. Mr.. Donagan has filed In The
district court a suit for divorce, al.
leging that his wife's violent temper
precludes the possibility of their llv-
ing together. and that a satisfactory
settlement OF property has been made.
Al the time OF the marriage I'm
1907 Mrs, Donagan had twelve chill.
6ren. From that time until Novem.
Der, 1909. Mr.. Donagan alleges
these children and grandchildren
frequently visited the home. He
says the grown daughters were abus
i've and all of them impudent and in
doient and that immortality was pro
ppunce9l in the grandchildren III.
eypostulations served only 10 aireel
his wife. Separation took place las
November.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-24
WILL DEVELOP INTO STARS
Guthrie Baseball Material
Showing Up Well in
Spring Practice

Many exhibition games are being
framed up for the Guthrie ball team
which is being licked inao shape in
regular practice. Saturday and
Sunday there win be games here
with an Oklahoma City team cap
tanned by "Cy' Young. Heinie Faulk-
ner will probably be put in the box
against "Cy' on Sunday.
Next week, probably Wednesday
and Thursday, the Guthrie team viii
have games here with the Athletics
OF Oklahoma City. On March 81 and
April l the Guthries will play another
OF the oklahoma City league teams,
the Audit System outfit, at Oklaho-
ma City.
Norman Price, first baseman for
the Guthrie team, has been released
TO Enid.
Redmond, a fist baseman, has been
released. He came as youngster
and the management let him go with
regret Tom Reed has come in and
the youngster stood no show Of max
ing the team against him and he was
released early SO he could get an
other place. o. F. Meredith, out
fielder, has been released.
The playing has developed sufii-
ciently to show some stars of the
first magnitude. The big left.hand-
ed pitcher, Henry Edlick, Is showing
great form. Orrin Dale, the little
catcher, is coming out strongly and
has all the fans converted right now
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-24
BODY FEARFULLY HACKED
LaWton Has Mutilation Mys.
terry Somewhat After
Cudahy Affair
special TO The Leader.

Special to The Leader.
Lawton, okla, March 24--Wlth
blood squirting from villanous
wound in his side that was made by
a knife that penetrated both the alb
dominial cavity, lungs and chest, AMI
with equally severe wounds inflicted
upon his head and arms, his body
practically covered with one great
clot Of blood, Billie Fairsheet. Law
ton boy, was found, clad in woman'f
clothes. and lying face downward nea;
the sidewalk on II avenue, between
Railroad and First street.
II later developed that Fairsheets
was stabbed during fight with 0
soldier from Fort Sll named Delberl
Weaver.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-24
.ORDERED
To LEAVE:
THE CITY
PRESIDENT OF PAPER
MAKERS MON
TALKED STRIKE
COUNCIL TOOK ACTION
IN SPECIAL SESSION
Resolution Directs City Marshal
TO Keep WatchtuI Eye
on AgItatOr

Franklin, N. H., March 24-The ma,
chinery Of the city government was
employed Unexpectedly today 10 pre-,
vent strike Of international paper
mill employees here. The city council
requested sohn II, Milan, president Of
the International Sulphite, pulp and
Paper Mil Workers Union, to leave
town,
Malin was escorted out OF Rumford
Falls. Me, where he attempted TO
urge a strike in sympathy with the
New York employees OF the company
early yesterday and arrived here last
night. A nasty meeting of the union
was called today, and while II was IN
progress Mayor Sawyer summoned a
81 ecial session Of the city council to
take some action on what the city Of.
flcials regarded as an attempt to tie
up the four pulp mills and three paper
mills of the International company In
Franklin The council voted to send
for President Malln.
AT that time President Malin was
ADDRESSING 4 meeting Of mill employees,
but he was escorted to the council
chamber by the city marshal. Mr..
Malin said he intended to abide by
the law and that he came here to in
duce the employees Of the company
to give the strikers in New YORK
state peaceable support.
The council adopted resolution
expressing the opinion that as riot
might he the result Of his representa-
tons to the mill workers, President
Maln. his associates and agents be
requested to leave the city, The reso
luton directed the city marshal and
his associates 10 keep Mr.. Malln I'M.
DER constant surveillance, and TO take
any action which the marshall might
consider necessary.
Mt Maln, who came to Franklin
alone, said that the vote of the coun-
oil would not hasten his departure
The Franklin mills continue In opera.
tion and thus far the men have not
taken strike vote.