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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-15
HARNESS THE WASHlTA.

The people of Ardmore are interest
ed in building a city here. The voters
of his town have never turned odwl Al
the polls. any progressive movement.
There have been some few to oppose,
but the great majority of Ardmore
people are in harmony with progress.
There is a movement now on foot
that must be checkmated Progress
is the watchword and the eyes of the
people are turned upon those who are
making an effort to harness the Wash
ita. to utilize the great power there
and to transmit it to Oklahoma CITY.
We have no fight to make upon Okla
homa City, but We have got a fight
10 make in the interest of our own
people Ardmore can harness the
Washita and build a manufacturing
city without having it cost one penny
to the taxpayers. Since this can be
done, let us harness the Washita and
advertise to the world that in addition
to cheap water power to run the fac
tories and then watch Ardmore grow
The cost saved in lighting the city
alone will pay the interest on the
bonded Indebtedness. The power that
can be sold to private concerns will
create a sinking fund for the payment
of the bonds at maturity and for oper
ating expenses.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-15

President w. E. Garrison, Mesilla
Park, y. NJ, President A. and NJ.
College; Hon. j. H. Connell, Still
water, Okla, President Oklahoma A.
and NJ. College.
Music
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-15
TRYING TO FORM PLAN.
Attorneys Making Efforts to Appe al
the $4,000 Alienation Suits.

Muskogee, Okla, July 14.-Fifteen
attorneys from all parts of the east.
ern part of Oklahoma are here
holding a conference with govern.
ment attorneys with a view of get.
ing at some plan to appeal the
10000 alienation suits to the United
states supreme court and still in
corporate all the many questions n
come up. The plan is to pick ont
the suits covering the different In.
dian phases and hold back the large
majority OF the cases until tho
questions have been settled with 9
test case. The government two veare
ago brought 10000 suits against neo.
PIE who had made partial deals TO
buy Indian lands. for the sole npr.
pose OF clearing the title TO the
lands of the Indians The case was
decided recently in the limited
states circuit court at St. Louis in
favor OF the government. the court
hoidlng that the Indians we're wards
o. the government. The contention
OF the defense is that the Indian
Is citizen and not a ward ds the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-15

Cruce, he would not have the )m'-
nation If II came through the chan
nels offraud. No man VINO knows
Lee Cruce believes that eth r ne
or any of his friends have eve" IN
any manner attempted to do anything
in the approaching election tina,
smacks of fraud and the sensational
charges as far as the Ardmcre cdndi
date +, concerned will fall fiat. ~
man in Oklahoma will do more 10
maintain a pure and honest balIo'
than Lee Cruce.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-15
KEEP THE BALLOT PURE.

Not for the purpose of preventing
fraud in the election in August, but
for the purpose of exciting the sym.
pathies of those who are willing 20
believe that every other man is dis
honest did Murray make his charge
that an attempt would be made to
steal the election There has never
come 10 the surface any reason TO
base such a charge upon. Governor
Haskell took note of the open letter
addressed by Murray to the state ejec-
tion board and asked that candidate
TO point out his reasons and to make
his charges more specific Any party
that resorts to fraud will sooner or
later be defeated at the polls. Any
democrat who would encourage such
a move is a criminal pure and simple.
He is not a friend TO the state. be
is not a friend to his party. neither
is he a friend to common decency.
The only method any party should
use to retain itself in power is TO
give the people so good a government
that all classes will naturally ,uru 10
that party to have their interests pro
tec,ed. No matter what might Oe the
majority of democracy in this state
it cannot wink at fraud and perpetu
ate itself in power
No man in Oklahoma is a better
friend TO fair elections than Lee
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-15
Notice of Sale of Real Estate by
Guardian
Reports of Committees.
Adjournment.

In the matter of the guardianship
of Edna Pickens.
Notice is hereby given in pursu
ance of an order of the County
Court of the County of Carter, State
OF Oklahoma, made on the 18th dav
OF July, 1910, the undersigned guar.
dian of the estate of Edna Pickens,
will sell at private sale to the
highest bidder, subject to confirma-
ton by said Court on Saturday. the
Both day of July, 1910, at ten o'clock
a. m, at Ardmore, all the right IL
tie and interest of said Edna Pick.
ems, in and to the following de.
scribed real estate situate in Carter
County, State of Oklahoma, towit:
S1k of SWA of NEA of Section
Is, TBS. RE, and NWA of Swh
of NWA of Section %, TBS, RE.
and NEh of SEA of NEk of Sec
tion 26, TBS. R1E, in Carter County,
Oklahoma.
Said real estate will be sold ON
the following terms and conditions.
tcwit: Cash on delivery of deed
Bids for the purchase thereof must
oe in writing and must be filed il
the County Court or deliverea 10
the undersigned at the law office
OF James H. Mathers, Ardmore, Ok.
lahoma.
Dated the 18th day Of July. 1916.
J. s. ALvERsON,
14-2f Guardian.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-15
TRAVELLING MAN MAY
HAVE ENDED HIS LIFE
ST. JOE, MISSOURI, MAN LEFT
NOTE SAYING HIS BODY WOULD
BE FOUND IN RIVER.

Atchison, Kan, July 15.-Fred w
Plummer a travelling man of St Joe
Mo, disappeared here last night and
later a note from him was found sta
ing that his body would be found in
the river
\ note in his hat was found on tn,
Missouri river bridge
II is alleged that Plummer had do
nestle troubles. He married a Wich
ita. Kansas. girl last May and a short
time afterwards. she returned home.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-15
MESFOR THOUSANDS
IN THE NORTHWEST
RECLAMATION OF SEMl-ARlD
LANDS OF YAKIMA INDIAN
RESERVE.

Spokane, Wash, July 14.-Homes
for 1000 families will be provided
in south central Washington next
fall by the opening of more than
100000 acres of land on the va
llima Indian reservation in Yakima
and Klickitat counties, southwest OF
Spokane 1t also is announced that
the second unit of 10000 acres un-
der the Tieton irrigation project
will he completed in 1911, and that
the government plant, designed to
water 10000 acres of highly product
i've fruit and vegetable land, will
be in operation early in 1912. The
first unit of 10000 acres was for
mally opened on June s.
The settlement of the reserve and
the reclamation of the semi-arid
land are matters OF vital import
ance to the commonwealth of Wash
ington and the Pacific northwest.
and mean fully as much, if not
more, to the eastern part of the
state than did the opening of the
Spokane, Occur d'Alene and Flathea !
reservations last year, while the
development of the agricultural re-
sources will add millions of dollars
to the wealth production Of thc
country.
Officials of the United States re
clamation service predict that the
watering of the reservation lands
will result in increasing by two.fo.d
the present area of the irrigated
district in the Yakima valley. Soil
experts say that no better lanc
can be found anywhere in the north
west than that which lies Win
the boundaries of the area granted
to the In1ian residents by the Unit
ed States government when the trea-
ty was made many years ago
/ The reclamation service has prac.
/ tically covered the reservation with
surveys with a view to placing the
land under water at the earliest
/ possible date Main canals and lat.
erals have been located and sites
for enormous storage reservoirs have
been selected. The land is so sit.
uated, it is believed, that water
can be put upon it at a cost OF
not more than $50 an acre, which
is the amount the settlers will have
to pay in ten yearly installments
without interest on deferred pay.
ments, in addition to small main.
tenance fee annually and the ap,
praised value of the land.
The first large irrigation project
contemplated by the government
service is known as the Wapato
project. 1t takes in 10000 acres
of highly productive sage brush
land, and it is easily watered and
can be quickly put under cultiva.
ton. An irrigation system has been
constructed to cover portion of
/ the reservation land. where Indian
/ farmers and their white brethren,
working under leases, have demon.
strated the remarkable productiv.
ity of the soil. The watering of this
tract will make possible more than
5000 new homes.
The soil of the reservation lands
Is much similar to that in the best
parts of the Yakima valley. 1t is
heavy volcanic ash and is really
adapted to the growing of apples.
peaches, pears, cherries and other
small fruits, and also alfalfa, pota.
toes, celery, cabbage and onions.
Other land is adapted to grains and
| grasses.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-15
TAFT PARDONS A
WIFE MURDERER

Washington. ID. c.. July 15.-After
serving - years OF life sentence for
the murder Of his wife here in 1888
Frank Minro. a negro, has been re
leased by President TAFT.
The president has also commute6
the life sentence of Esias Willis. an
Indian. convicted of murder in Indian
Territory.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-15
Rev. D. N. Curb Reviews wor>.

Rev. D. N. Curb Reviews Wo'N'
On last Sunday, July 10th, this
writer closed his work as paste
with the South Ardmore Bapust
church. These have been years iull
of pleasant and, we trust, p'o
able toll. We have seen the church
grow from a very small beginning
to one of the strong progressive
churches OF the city When we
came to them as pastor in SeHtem-
Der. 1905. we found he little cuapel.
2iy4o feet built and pIi. f1r by
little band of as faithful sacriticlrg
men and women as ever tF'd. To
day they have an audilorirn, with
a seating capacity of near four
hundred, besides two large Sunday
school rooms library room and las
tors study. They hsYe bought ad-
Joining the church .lrgt lot on
which has been built nice com
moiious pastors home. The value
of church property has increased
nearly 400 per cent. The member
ship has increased 70 per cent. The
Sunday school under the wise ami
progressive leadership of Mr.. o. A.
Strange. has grown from a little
unorganized handful of children in
to well organized departmental
school with an average attendance
of 100 pupils and 21 teachers and
officers Just recently II of the
teachers took the teachers normal
training course, receiving their dip
Tomas.
The membership of this church
with the boari of deacons and di-
rectors have always stood Loyalty by
their pastor, never at any time
standing in the way of progress,
but always have said. Pastor, lead
on and we will stand with you,
TO the officers and members of
the South Ardmore church, who have
made possible the success that have
attended our labors together, | wish
to say God bless every one of you,
and may He lead you in the choice
of pastor more worthy than
have been and one more able to
lead you forward to greater things
in the Kingdom of the Master.
To my friends, the business and
professional men of Ardmore. | wish
to express the profound gratitude OF
my heart for the confidence you
have reposed in me and the courte
sizes shown. Many OF you have
known me since first came tC
this city 15 years ago and found
employment as teamster. The
accommodations of the banks. the
liberality of the business, men has
had largely to do with the success
that has come to me in my chosen
work, Whatever my lot in the fu.
ture may be, | shall always re
member with gratitude your words
of encouragement and deeds of kind
ness.
i trust that as ! began life in
this great country, that ! shall be
permitted to give the remainder. un.
important though it may be, to help
ing to make her future great
and better
Respectfully.
u. \. CURB.
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PROGRAM AND ANNOUNCEMENT
OF Southwest Country Life Associa
ton, 2nd Annual Convention.

OF Southwest Country Life Associa'
ton, 2nd Annual Convention.
Will be held at Dallas, Texas,
August 9th and 10th, 1910. Hon. E.
d. Cameron, Guthrie, Okla, presi-
dent; Hon. A. NJ. Ferguson, Sher-
man, Texas, secretary.
PROGRAM.
Tuesday, August 9th, 10 a. m. .
Music-Orchestra
Invocation.
Music-Selection
Address of Welcome-Hon- F. NJ,
Bradley, State Superintendent of
Schools. Austin, Texas.
Response to Address Of Welcome
E D. Cameron, President Southwest
ern Country Life Association, Guth-
rie, Okla.
Music-Selection.
Greetings from the city of Dallas
to the Country Life Convention, by
the mayor of the city of Dallas.
Noon Recess.
2 p. m.
Music--Selection.
Secondary Agricultural Schools
Hon. J. C. Hardie, Agricultural
CollaOe MiSSiSsini
School Gardens"-H. D. Hemen
way, North Hampton, Mass.
Music-Selection.
Farm Literature"-F. J. Holland
editor Farm and Ranch, Dallas, Tex.
Music-Selection.
The University and the Country
Life Movement" Hon. Samuel
Avery, president University of Ne
braska.
Agriculture in Public Schools
Hon. Howard A. Gass, State Su-
perintendent of Schools, jefferson
City, Mo.
Music-Orchestra
Evening Program, 8 p. m.
The Country Life Movement in
the hwest"-Governor T. NJ.
Campbell, Austin, Texas.
Practical Education and Practical
Teaching''-Prof. w. A. Ramsey,
Fayetteville, Ark; Hon. B. C. Pit
tuck, Saltwater. Okla
Music.
"The Part of the Public School
and the School of Agriculture in
Bettering the Conditions of Country
Homes'-Hon. f. C. Bishop, State
Superintendent of Nebraska; Hon.
A. C. Nelson, State Superintendent
OF Utah.
Music.
What Has Been Accomplished by
the Texas Conservation Association
Judge f. r. Kone, Austin, Texas.
Wednesday, August 10th, $3.50 a. m.
THE Bai Side Of Country Life
and Its Remedies r. 7.
Miner, College Station. Texas; Miss
Katherine Cook, superintendent,
Denver, Col: Judge Sam Kimble.
Manhattan, Kas.
Music.
THE Rural Schoo, as a Factor in
the Social Life of the Community
Mr.. W. G. Whitmore, Valley Neb.;
Mr.. Thos. r. Longshore, Fl. Scott,
Kans.: Hon. F. NJ. Bradley. State
Supt., Austin, Texas.
Music.
Agriculture and Domestic Science
and Their Relation to School Work
Hon. Frank Virgins, Los Angeles,
Cal. Hon. Howard A. Gass, State
Schools, Jefferson
City. Mo.
Music.
Services of the Agricultural Col
lege in the Country Life Campaign"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-15
DIRECTORS APPROVE
COURSE OF OFFICERS
Pennsylvania DIRECTORS WILL
STAND BACK OF OFFICIALS IN
REFUSAL OF MEMS DEMANDS

Philadelphia, Pa, July 15.-At a
special meeting of the directors OF the
pennsylvania railroad company today.
resolution was adopted fully ap-
proving the course of the officers of
the company in resisting the demands
Of the employees.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-15
Noon Recess.
1870 p. m.

Noon Recess.
1870 p. m.
The Social Relation of Rural and
Urban People"-Dr. J. A. Crabbe,
President Eastern Kentucky Normal,
Richmond,K Ky; Senator E. NJ. Am
mons, Littleton, Col; Hon. Thomas
l. Cannon, St. Louis, Mo; Hon. G.
B. Dealey, Dallas, Texas.
Music.
Conservation of Our. National
Resources Clifford Pinchotr
formerly Chief Forester of the Unit
ed States, Washington, D. c.; Prof.
w. r. Dodson, A. and NJ. College,
Baton Rouge, La; Prof H. I. Wat
ers, A. and NJ. College, Manhattan,
Kansas; Hon. Dewitt McMurrayr
alDlas, News, Dallas, Texas; Hon. A.
w. Henderson, Colorado Springs,
Col.
CONSOLIDATED Schools and Their
Advantages Hon. F. G. Blair, State
Superintendent, Springfield, H.;
Hon. 7. H. Harris, State Superin-
tendent, Baton Rouge, La; Hon Geo.
B. Cook, State Superintendent, Lit
tie Rock, Ark,
Music.
Business meeting
Evening Session, p. m.
The National Country Life Move
ment'-Hon. Theodore Roosevelt.
Oyster Bay, n. Y.
Music.
THE Southwest Country Life As
sociation E. d. Cameron,
Guthrie, Okla. Hon. A. NJ. Ferguson,
Dallas, Texas; Col F. P. Holland
Dallas, Texas.
Music.
The Good Roads Movement
Governor c. n. Haskell, Oklahoma
City, Okla; Hon. Orvis Ring, Reno.
New; Hon. R. L. Long, Phoenix
Ariz.
Reports of Committees.
Adjournment
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-23

should be some power in the national gov
eminent to remedy the evil Of which he
has been a victim. and that II there is
such power, IL should be speedily and eff
fectively applied.
There seems 20 be no reason why regu-
lations applicable in one section OF the
country SHOULD not be equally applicable to
everysother section. why the provisions Of
law adequate for one state should not be
equally adequate for every other state.
1t would seem that in this country of ours
IL we are really a nation there is no
reason why a license to operate a motor
vehicle good IN New York should not be
equally good in San Francisco and In
every portion Of the highway between
these two cities, and why one knowing
thoroughly the law under which he has
secured such license should not be able to
proceed from New York to San Francisco
in the perfect confidence tina IL he obeys
hat law he will not be violating the law
OF any of the jurisdictions traversed by
the highway upon which he travels.
The automobilist claims no special priv
lleges, but he claims the right TO fair
treatment, and to that end, that the laws
which regulate the use Of his highways
shall be so plain and reasonable that he
who runs an AUTOMOBILE may read them,
and may obey them, and still may travel
with comfort and freedom from intoiera-
BILE exactions and needless burdens
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-23
MOVING BUNCH OF BIG FIGURES
Sizing Up Railroad Business Causes
Shortage In the Cipher
Market.

The most marvellous array of statistics
presented for some time past was that
offered by the Bureau of Railway News
and Statistics. Phese figures are so stu,
pendous that one can scarcely comprehend
their real meaning as they stand In orderly
rows. divided into groups of three by
portly commas. Figures are mounted up
so rapidly nowadays that the statisticians
have to keep on hand an ample supply of
ciphers.
In ten years. nearly 1000, 10000 people
were carried by the railroads of the United
States, and in a single year. 1908, 1,500, co.,
900 tons of freight we're transported over
the shining rails from one part Of the
country to another.
The weight of individual locomotives has
increased lis per cent, and the number 70
per cent, there being now almost $1,000
putting over the United States The in
crease in the capacity of freight cars has
been approximately 100 per cent, making
their present carrying capacity more h
Il, 600. 100000 tons.
Perhaps the statistics giving the num-
Der of railroad employees are the most inn
pressive; nearly 1900, 900 people, an increase
of 81 per cent, are now on the payrolls of
United States railroads. drawing a compen-
sation of $1,000. 100000 a year, an increase
Of 10 per cent over ten years ago.-Na-
tional Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-23

parts are more easily replaced when
broken, and agencies are being located in
most OF the large cities. Then the Ameri-
can cars cost about one-half as much for
the same grade as the European models,
while giving better service.
THE European builders are not inclined
to allow the American manufacturers to
capture the honors unchsllenged. however,
and plans have been made to establish
factories for the manufacture of European
models I'm Mexico. The government will,
OF course, assist anything that will add
to the of the republic, and the
labor problem is much the same as in
Europe. This will have to be met by the
American builders II they hope to hold
their own. The country is we'll worth
fighting for, as the ranch owners are
alive to the benefit Of owning a motor
car and II is only the matter OF a short
time before the demand will be more than
double.
'In the movement for good roads Mexico
is not backward. The capital rivals Paris
in its asphalt b~oulevards, and now a road
is being constructed from the City of
Mexico to Puebla. a distance Of nearly
200 miles. This is the case all over the
republic, and the movement is growing
in popular favor with the evidence of its
benefit.
1.-THE flag to flag trip is expected to add
greatly TO the interest in motoring in
Mexico. Already I have had assurance
that European cars will be entered in
several OF the contests. The builders
across the water are very eager to win
this test, and It is up to the American
manufacturer to hold the ground they
have gained"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-23

substance. that upon regis0ation at a
bureau OF the national capital after regis.
tration has been had In the state OF the
residence Of the owner Of the motor vehicle,
his license to operate and use the vehicle
shall be recognized by every state in the
union, and thus freedom in the use of the
vehicle secured, without further license and
without payment OF further fees; the other,
by the enactment of all the states Of a
uniform motor vehicle law exempting nom
residents from Its registration provisions,
as does, for example, the law Of the state
OF New York.
mo one will dissent from the proposition
that uniformity in motor vehicle regulation
is not only expedient. but In the highest
degree desirable. 1t is conceded that more
harm and injustice are sometimes brought
about by lack Of uniformity of the laws OF
the various states than by imperfect or
even bad laws in special instances. No
where is this better illustrated than in the
case of travel upon the highways.
ITO take q concrete example, suppose
that one were'to start in his motor vehicle
at New York to make a trip to Washing,
ton to transact business with his govern
ment. He will have no sooner left the
ferry boat on the Jersey shore. before he
will be stopped and notified that he can
proceed no further. He will find that what
he had always assumed to be his natural
right, to use the highways of the country
so long as he ~scrupulously regarded the
rights Of others upon the highway, has
been erected into 3 privilege to be pur-
chased only by the payment Of money and
the expenditure of time and trouble in
seeking out one of the government officers
and paying fees for a so-called license
He must find the proper officer at the
place where these fees are received. fill out
and sign an application blank. pay his
money and receive four tags, each one Of
which is good for two days enjoyment OF
this grand privilege OF using the highways,
ard after he has done all these things he
will find that the state is not vet satisfied.
He must, before he may proceed. fin out
and execute a regular power of attorney
making the Secretary of state his agent to
receive process in any proc eeding which
may be brought against him while he is
enjoying this so-called inestimable privi-
lege.
Trouble at State Lines.
"When he reaches the borders of the state
Of Maryland he will be again held up and
obliged, before he will be allowed to con-
tinue his journey. to 60 through very much
the same process as he did when he at
tempted to cross the borders of New Jer-
sey. He will be put to pretty much the
same annoyance, Inconvenience and ex-
pense when he attempts to cross the line
into the District Of Columbia, and it will
be very likely that when he reaches the
seat Of his national government he will be
so incensed as to have entirely forgotten
the business upon which he came, and be
possessed only with the idea that there