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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08
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WILLS[GESsION NOVENENTWIH?

Teachers in the Logan county high
school will attend the state meet
ing at Muskogee on Feb. 22-2l The
board yesterday decided to allow them
the week after Tuesday afternoon,
2lst.
The county board took up at a
meeting yesterday afternoon the ques-
tion Of secession There is in prog
ress in Oklahoma City a fight for the
taking away Of several townships
from support Of the high school. Rep
resentatiye Acton has a bill in the
house. Representatives of the school
are in Oklahoma City to fight the
bill
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08
Scheme To eet Laraer earrlson

Tucson, Arlz., Feb. "A dispatch
from Mazatlan, a Mexican port on
the Pacific, s~ys that preparations
are being made there to resist rebel
attack and the national chamber OF
commerce at Mazatlan has appealed
to the secretary OF war for a larger
garrison and additional machine
guns. The secretary replied that he
would send a Tarship to protect the
port
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08
LOOKS DARK
FOR TARIFF
BOARD BILL
EVEN IT'S SUPPORTERS
ARE NOT SANGUINE
OF SUCCESS
(By Associated Pre- 49,

Washington. D. c.. Feb. THE bill
to create u tariff board, which has
already passed the house, probably
will be reported out Of the senate
hnance committee Thursday to face
the opposition Of practically all the
Democrats and not few Republic
ans. The most enthusiastic support
ers Of the bill are not sanguine OF
success and already th@y are count
ING on the probable failure Of tho
measure.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08
CASES
ARE FIRST
ON HEARING
ASSIGNMENT OF DOCKET
FOR JANUARY TERM
DISTRICT COURT

Judge Huston today heard several
motions in district court Various
civil matters came up at the after
noon sessios.
Jurors were sworn in this morn
ing. They were released until tomor.
row morning, when civil case will
be ready for trial.
Assignment of Cases
Cases are assigned for the term as
follows.
tuesday, February
Van Eyera & Robinson VS.. r. G.
Eansdaie.
Industrial Savings Society VS. Geo.
y. Wright, ct al.
Wednesday, February 8.
Joel Ferguson VS.. NJ X & T Ry,
company.
J, NJ, Brooks VS.. c. 0. & W. raj.
way, ct al.
Traders Bank of X G. vs.. G. M,
Barnes.
T. w Blackerby VS. John Gathers.
d. II. Browne vs. N. j. c. john
son, ct al,
Thursday, February 9.
Edwin L. Johnson vs. w II. ~oyle
company.
Oral Ryland VS.. Elmer Brown.
Tom Jenkins VS. John T. Brckner.
Melinda f. Anderson VS.. Fraternal
Aid association.
Friday, February 10
j. j. Tallman VS.. Guthrie Steam
Bottling Works.
Molho Roberts VS. Ft Smith a
Western Railway company
j. w Casey VS.. Everett Purcell.
Mrs A. Householder VS.. L. n
Houston, ct al.
Monday, February 13.
St. l.. &. r. & W. r. r. Co. VS.
George II King.
ST. l.. Z. R. & w. r. R, CO. VS.
| c. w White
st. L. E. R. & w. R. R. CO. VS.
f w Hewitt
Missouri, Kansas and oklahoma vs.
| G. w. White
Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma VS.
r. r. knight.
Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma VS.
| Adam Traband.
Missouri, Kansas and oklahoma VS.
H. f. Schultz.
Meridian Townsite & Right OF Way
CO.. VS.. Adelbert Hughes.
Meridian Townsite & Right of Way
Co., VS.. II, NJ. Adams.
Meridian Townsite &. Right of Way
Co., VS.. Il. H. Furrow.
St. L. +. r. & w. r. X. Co VS.
4 R A CannpV
Missouri. Kansas and Oklahoma VS.
julius Ward.
St L. +. r. & w. r, r. Co VS.
j. w. Scothorn.
ST L. u. r. & w. r. r. Co VS.
d. NJ Lentz.
NJ c. Bilstrap VS.. J. Mahoney and
Harry Cook.
J. 7 Brickner VS.. Geo w. Hopkins
Tuesday, February IA
4 Awbary x Semple VS.. f. Smith A
Western R. r.. co.
| Raschel Weitlauf vs. Kate w
Campbell.
Wednesday February is
Lowell G. Bragdon VS.. st. Louis \
San Frascisco r. r. Co.
Swift & Co.. VS. The w. II. Coylt
4 company,
M. ] Lloyd VS. s. S. .Findley, ct al
Thursday, February 16
u W. Avery VS. SaddiaaA. Knecht.
Mayme Wheeler vs. Board Of Conn
ty Commissioners.
The P, 7. Walton Lumber Co, VS.
Isaac b. Arnold, ct 81,
Friday, February IL
State Of Oklahoma VS., Guy Keller
State OF Oklahoma US. Benz. L. Kel
/ les
Saturday, February f8
State Of Oklahoma VS.. JOSEPH
. Schoonover
\ Monday, February 20
I Knights aru Daughters Of Tabor VS.
Wm. Hunter ct al
Continued on Page 81
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08
E:::NATEE|::::I)
(By Associated Press J

Wilburton, Okla, Feb z Alice
Fleming, superintendent Of schools
OF l.atimer county was burned 10
death here early today in fire which
DESTROYED her home
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08
IOWA IN PROGRESS MOVEMENT
(By Associated Press.j

Des Moines, Feb THE Iowa
house today passed the Oregon prim-
arp bill The law is not effective in
the present choice of senator to fill
the Doliyer vacancy.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08
OLD FRONTIERSMAN DIES
(Bv Associated Press.)

Tulsa, Okla. Feb 7-Aurelius +,
Hawkins, frontiersman, Indian fight
er and 9forty-niner died here today,
aged eighty-four
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08

The commissioners today received
a letter informing them that a wom-
an l01 years old is needy and helpless
and that the county should take care
Of her Harrison Bell sent the letter
describing himself as a resident OF
Iuther county, Logan, Route 2 B. %"
He says the woman is over one hun
dred years old and is his grandmother
and her name is Caroline Crocket.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08
LOR|MER LIKELY
To RESIGN HIS
SEAT IN SENATE
tBv Leased Wire,

- Dt l4tdN1U NlANl
8 Washington Feb. 7-Accord- =
= ing to persistent rumors in cir =
g culation, Senator Lorimer is to q
3 resign his seat in the senate =
= during the week. Il is impossi- 8
e BILE to confirm the accuracy Of =
o statements made in this connec- .
g tion, but they come from such q
6 high source that there is a dis .
8 position to give them credence. =
When he last consented to dis 9
: cuss resignation rumors, which q
= as several days ago, Mr. Lori =
y Pr attempted to dispose OF the =
{. o orts by declaring that to re- =
g., 2. would be to admit guilt; g
g {. he was not ready TO do. .
6 1t 4 ated, however by mem g
e bel the committee on priv q
= lege. and elections, who partici- y
6 pated in the investigation and, =
Gwho signed the majority report .
= that Mr. Lorimer would resign g
= and that The senate would not o
= vote on his case =
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08
FATHER TEslIFIEs FOR SON
-
tBy Associated Press.)

Marysville, Mo-, Feb. Henry Ras-
60, the aged father of Hez Rasco. the
farm hand on trial for murder OF the
HuDban faulty, testified tlAlay tlat
the blood on bis sons clothing was
that OF slaughtered pigs.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08
R|)B: BANK
(By Associated Press,

Holster, Okla. Feb. Carrying a
large sum Of money. four bank rob
hers in all automobile escaped last
night under hot rifle fire after
dynamiting the safe OF the State bank
here
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08
Records Open to Public.

This poor record carries the name
Of the applicant, age, sex and color
date OF order amount, and name of
person supplying goods under the or
der 1t is expected that persons in
position to know who are worthy or
unworthy will inspect this record oc-
casionally to ascertain the use of the
public money Anyone knowing un-
worthy persons drawing aid should
report same to Chairman ONeil The
Door fund has proved burden to the
county and it is believed much Of it
has been wasted and comparatively
little honesty used by the needy
There is probably more than the
usual amount Of suffering this season
and it is about all the county can do
to meet the legitimate need.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08

The appointment Of DR.. A. G. c.
Childers. Of Mulhall, as county health
examiner was confirmed today by the
board He was named by the state
board Of health, succeeding Dr. e. G.
sharp.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08

Floyd Wyant has been appointed
by the commissioners to succeed Sam
Galloway as clerk OF Mulhau town
ship Galloway resigned
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08

j. j. O'Roufk president Of the
chamber OF commerce, Is II Oklahoma
City.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08

The commissioners were called to
the county Jail today TO exaHine a
bursted water heater.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08
Little System Used.

Chairman C Neil did not know there
was a poor record in existence Rum
aging around the office, however, he
found one, and is now using ii M
stead OF having new book made.
The poor fund was kept in detail at
various times up to .904 The last
records are for that year and they
do not appear to be complete In the
time since The only records were the
stubs of order books, and practically
all Of those have disappeared,
Since January Commissioner
O'Neil has handled only one case
that Of widow with two children.
Commissioner J. d. Murphy, of the
Second district has handled eight
cases. Commissioner Commissioner
COerholzer, in the first, or city, dis
trict where the greater part Of the
trouble is has only made four en-
tries so far
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-08
MANY ALLEGED ABUSES
TOLERATED IN THE PAST
New Board Of County COmmiS-
SlOUeTS Institutes More BuSi-
ness.Like Methods

Abuse of the county poor fund is
made difficult by the checking sys-
TEN adopted BY the new board OF
commissioners. Chairman 10 h III
Q Neil, the first Of the year ordered
a record in detail kept 1t S well
known that for several years the poor
fund has been made to stand for a.
multitude OF sins. Each commission
er must now go on record separately
80 that il there Is graft any citizen
can find il on the books.
An immediate effect will to be elm
mate politics and cocaine as the prln-
cipal investments of the poor fund,
and bread and meat ana shoes win be
substituted The cocaine gang which
the Guthrie police are now trying to
break up, has apparently been partly
held together by aid drawn by Co
caine Mary and others The school
conducted In Cottonwood shacks, in
which children learned TO use the
drug, will be abandoned. Political
workers on the poor list will soon be
spotted
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

The state supreme court the other
day overruled a motion for new trial
IN the case involving the matter OF
consent petitions for saloons in Win
nesheik county. This leaves the orig
inal opinion standing. In this opin-
ion 1t was held that where person
who had signed petition, then sign.
ed the remonstrance or withdrawal
OF his name from the petition. and
later took his name on the latter pa
per, the effect was not to restore his
name to the petition. In other words
withdrawal once made cannot be re-
stored in that way. Sixteen towns
In Iowa are said to be operating ga
looms on the theory that q withdrawal
Of a withdrawal restored the original
name to the general consent. The de-
cision VIII have the effect of making
the traffic in such towns Illegal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
a pERRLExlhe QUESTION.

A clerk in the Des Moines postof-
fee looted the mails and as matter
of course was caught. He will be sent
to the penitentiary at the next term
Of Judge McPherson's court. Why
anyone should steal from Uncle Sam
with the expectation of not getting
caught passes all understanding.
Appropos this, the following from the
editorial columns Of the Des Moines
Capital is of interest:
Stealing is a crime both under the
moral and the penal code; but the
attempt to steal from Uncle Sam I'M
der the expectation that discovery
will never be possible discloses such
an aggravated case of intellectual stu
pidity that one cannot help wonder
ing whether it were not wiser and
juster plan to send the culprit to
an institution for the feeble-minded
rather than the penitentiary.'
The strange thing about 1t Is that
those engaged in pilfering from the
mails know to moral certainty that,
sooner or later, detection is inevitable,
yet they persist in the practice. which
is all the more conclusive as to their
intellectual stupidity. Anyone who
steals from Uncle Sam is fool as
well as a thief.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
ANOTHER RAILROAD.

The possibility of the Iowa Central
running a branch from Odds to Mount
Pleasant through Swedesburg and on
to Keokuk is suggested in an editori
al article in the Mt. Pleasant News
which says that representatives of the
Central have been in that city recent
ly looking over the town. In support
of such a connection the News ad
duces the following:
"Keokuk promises to be a great
manufacturing center The Iowa Cen.
trail is getting into strong hands, and
1t Is said that the Canadian Pacific is
acquiring much of its stock. It is
known positively that the Iowa Cen.
trail Is looking into the feasibility OF
running down from Odds as far as Mt.
Pleasant. Just what is in store for
this city Is not known, but it is worth
while to be prepared to give a new
road the proper encourag II the
Burlington is not alive to its responsi.
bilities and opportunities in this com.
munity there is no need to waste
time ON it further. A live north and
south road would be a great thing for
the town.
1t might be worth while for the
Keokuk Industrial Association to give
some attention to this matter. The
Iowa Central has had varied ex
perience In the past, due to lack OF
capital, but 1t now has strong flnan
cial backing and is in position tc
reach out for additional traffic. Thai
1t should seek connection with Keo
kuk is wholly logical. Other lines Of
railroad are doing the same, and those
first on the ground will have first
choice of terminal facilities. Keokuk
would gladly welcome the Central and
give 1t a high place In its favor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
OUR EXPENDITURES ABROAD.

Basing calculations on the estimate
that the number Of American tourists
In Europe in a season is 100000 and
that the average individual expendi-
ture by these tourists is $3.50, some
one has easily figured that about $685..
100000 of American money is spent
abroad in the course of season; and
this does not include the cost OF
steamship tickets.
Bankers who handle the letters OF
credit for wealthy American tourists
are quoted to the effect that $4,000 is
fair average for the value OF these
letters. Among tourists of the
wealthy class, says the report, it is
common to place from $4,000 to s75,.
600 in the hands of the bankers, and,
as a rule, fully two-thirds of the
amount is drawn. Possibly the major
premise of this main proposition has
been overdrawn; possibly the minor
premise; possibly both-and possibly
neither. In any event, 1t must be adj
mitted that s225,ooO,OoO is tremen-
dous sum of American money to be
taken to Europe and left there In a
single season.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
NOT 4 rHEATER.

The supreme court OF Montana re-
Gently handed down decision to the
effect that moving picture show
may be operated on Sunday and is
not prohibited by a statute making
the keeping open and maintaining Of
a theater or playhouse on Sunday a
misdemeanor The court had word
to say also concerning the character
of such exhibitions. It cited the fact
that many, IL not all, moving pictures
now shown in the United States,
prior to exhibition, are passed upon
by bureau of censorship composed
of five persons in New York city, and,
where any unclean or immoral pic
lures are found, the bureau requires
them to be removed. The court de-
clared It's inability to perceive how
this sort of an entertainment could
possibly affect either the morals or
the good order Of community. 1t
appears to the court to be an innocent
amusement having tendency to in
struct, rather than to demoralize or
disturb.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

While the people Of Keokuk are pay.
Ing anywhere from twenty to fifty
cents apiece for watermelons the
people of Liberal. Kan. are crushing
and throwing away millions Of ripe
luscious melons. Down there they
grew watermelons for the seeds.
There is big profit in growing them
and the foundation Of several for
tunes in southwestern Kansas has
been laid in watermelon seeds. A
threshing machine has been invented
that chews up thousands OF water
melons day. The seeds are washed
out, dried and shipped to seed deal
ers in the east who pay 121a cents a
pound for them. An acre of water
melons will produce from one hundred
and fifty to two hundred pounds OF
seeds. One man alone-John l.. Boles
shipped 10000 pounds of watermel-
on seed from Liberal in one year. He
has three hundred acres in water
melons this year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
aPRoTEcT EACH oTHER.y

Protect Each Other" is said by a
writer in the st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat to be the real meaning of the
mystic letters of the society Of which
Mrs. Winona E. Reeves of Keokuk has
been the national president during
the past year. The same writer-a
woman-remarks it as a wonderful
thing that more than 10000 women
should be banded together with the
way possible. There is such good in
tention, on the part of SO many wo-
men, that fails when the test comes.
Speaking further along the same Line
she says:
Every one knows what becomes Of
the good intentions that are not real
lied ON earth, in that place where
darkened spirits dwell, and there are
no doubt enough for the purpose.
Charity which is so broad that it takes
in the whole world may prove some
what superficial when extended over
SO large space But the loving kind
ness that seeks to benefit a certain
portion OF humanity has something
more definite for its purpose. Every
body's friend is proverbially nobody's
friend, but those sisters who have
"a common tie, not of relationship, but
Of lofty efforts and noble purpose, may
see concrete results in their life work.
1t Is not always the material that one
should seek, for the spirit is more
than meat The woman who by a lit
tie word, or sighting phrase, brings
reproach upon her neighbor may new
er make up to her with worldly bene-
fits. After all. charity in thought is
the greatest lesson woman may
learn. This Is the age of cooperation
and societies in which the members
are pledged not to say unkind things
about one another ought to be the
club of the future. But, you will say,
that Is the doctrine that holds togeth-
er the members OF the Christian
church. or any other church that is
made for the worship of God. Some
times, however this Is forgotten, and
even the church may suffer from lack
of charity of the members toward one
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
SWAT II!

The Pennsylvania Railroad com.
pany has found new cause Of acct
dents in the hobble skirt, and they
assert that during the last three
months seventy-three mishaps of a
more or less serious nature have re-
suited from the wearing OF hobble
skirts and high-heeled shoes. Other
railroads have added their testimony
to the discovery of the Pennsylvania
officials, and they are all sure that of
the thousands of slight accidents
which occur every year while women
are alighting from trains, the hobble
skirt is responsible for large share.
In the light of these revelations the
duty of the public is plain and impera-
tive Swat the hobble skirt!