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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA. GA.

from aggressive competition which
covers only that part which is prof
table"
The several bills pending before
the legislature, on behalf Of which
Mr.. Merriam appeared before the
committees, propose to do pretty
much what Mr.. Vail outlined from
his viewpoint as the right procedure.
Representative Rawleigh, who is also
mayor of Freeport, introduced a bill
which gives the state railroad and
warehouse commission jurisdiction
over water, gas, electric and tele-
phone companies outside Chicago,
with power TO require standard serv-
ice and product and to regulate
rates. 1t is somewhat similar to the
Wisconsin law.
Illinois is showing symptoms of be
coming progressive on this subject
Senator Etteson has introduced a bill
providing for one commission for Chi
cago and one for the rest of the state.
giving supervisory control over pub
lie utilities corporations. Senator
Hearn has a bill giving the railroad
commission jurisdiction over the ex-
press companies. Prof. Kinley of the
University Of Chicago has also had in.
troduced public utilities bill provid-
ing for control by commission.
There is little definite opposition
among the legislators to the princi-
pies embodied in these bills but the
majority of the lower house are new
members and averse to attempting
much in the way of aggressive and
progressive legislation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07
LINCoLN'S LETTER SAVED HER
Aged Appointee Of Martyred Presi
dent Still Works for U. S.

Washington. April 5.-Forty seven
years ago-April 13, 1S64,-Abraham
Lincoln paused in the cares of civil
war for one of those kind and honey
acts which have lived after him. 1t
was to pen a personal letter to the
postmaster general asking that Off
cial to employ Miss Susan Dugger, a
young belle of Carlnsville, ILL.,, who
was the sole support of her brother,
a union soldier crippled at Shiloh.
Miss Dugger got a position and pre-
served the letter.
Secretary MacVeagh after reading
the same letter today-though the pa
per was yellowed with age and the
ink is embroidered that Miss Dug
gers name be not dropped from the
treasury's list of employees, though
she has been i'll for more than a
year. When an employe has been alb
sent without pay that length of time
il is customary to strike the name
from the rolls.
Senator Cullom brought the letter
to Secretary MacVeagh, who prom
ised that Miss Dugger may have her
old position if she is ever able to
work again. She is now 70 years
old. Miss Digger was transferred
from the postoffice department to the
treasury soon after President Lin
coins letter got her employment, and
became an expert in dectecting coun
terfeit money. She has handled bill
lions of dollars-some good and many
bad-in forty-fve years service for
the government.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07
HoW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
can not be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY e CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. ]. Cheney for the past fifteen
years and believe him perfectly hon
orable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out
any obligation made by his firm.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Prices 70
cents.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07

found conducting such games and de
vices.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07
PUBLIC UTILITY
CLAUSE GOES ON
DEFEAT OF MERRIAM IN CHICA-
GO MAY GIVE ADDED IMPETUS
TO COMMISSION METHOD.

Chicago, April G.-The defeat OF
Charles Z. Merriam for mayor OF Chi
cago strikes at the growing move
ment in the United States for the
control OF public utilities corporations
A, Il e. are controlled in Wisconsin
and New York state by commission,
| but the check will be only temporary
| in Chicago. II may prove 10 have
gained impetus. The city had begun
solving problems concerning its tele-
phones, street cars. lighting, railroad
terminals and efficiency of the public
service, by non-partisan and non po-
| litical commissions of which me Mer
riam commission is conspicuous. The
results have been successful.
Several bills that enlarge the scope
and powers OF such commissions are
now pending in the Illinois legisla-
ture largely as the outcome of Chica-
COS experiments. These bills are
iol tAPtNPu W pdHS dt lhlo otooIoi,
but they will pave the way for prob
/ able favorable action at the next ses-
sion, just as their way was paved by
the work of the special efficiency COM
mission appointed by the Chicago
common council of which Merriam
was chairman and the leading spirit.
The commission method of regu-
lating public utilities has become
cause Mr.. Merriam insists that
he has Just begun to fight" He will
continue his efforts in behalf of pro-
gressive measures, Notwithstanding
defeat in this election.
Some of the 'progressives' see en-
couragement for their cause from the
direction of officials of public service
corporations, some of whom have ia
ken an advanced position on the ques-
tion OF American Telephone & Tele-
graph company in his recent annual
report took up that problem. A few
other notables among corporation Of
fcials are rapidly coming around to
similar view.
Public control or regulation" said
Mr.. VAIL has come and come to stay.
Control or regulation exercised
| through such a body has many advan
tages over that exercised through
regular legislative bodies or commit
tees. The permanent commission will
be a quasi -iudicial body. 1t should be
made up of members whose duty it
will be- and who will have the de-
! sire, the time and the opportunity, to
familiarize themselves with the ques-
tons coming before them. 1t should
act only after thorough investigation
and be governed by practice and pre-
cedent for the guidance of all con-
cerned.
Experience also has demonstrated
/ that this supervision should stop at
control and regulation and not man
age. operate nor dictate what the
management should be beyond the re
/ quirements of the greatest efficiency
and economy.
/ Such control can and should stop
all abuses of capitalization, of eXtor
/ ton or of over-charse, of unreason
able division of profits.
IF there is to be state control and
regulation. there should also be state
otection-protection to a corpora
ton striving to serve the whole com
munity (some part of whose service
must necessarily be unprofitable) |
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07

In McCurtain county have been noti
fed by G. VI. Barrett, county attorney
that the operation OF knife racks,
wheels OF fortune. doll racks, rafting,
shooting galleries and other percen.
tage games must cease. 1t is said the
officials have been licensing these
games and the county attorney pro-
poses to stop the practice. Officers
have been notified to arrest persons
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07

and yet sleepless Hiram Scranton
of Clay City, ILL.,, coughed and cough
ed. He was in the mountains on the
advice of five doctors, who said he
had consumption, but found no her
in the climate, and started home
Hearing of DR.. Kings New Discov
cry. he began TO use it. Il believe
il saved my life." he writes, for il
made new man of me. so that
can now do good work again" For
all lung diseases, coughs, colds, la
gripe. asthma, Group, whooping cough,
hay fever, hemorrhages, hoarseness
or quinsy, it's the best known rem
edy. Price SOC and s1.00. Trial bot.
tie free. Guaranteed by Ringer Drug
Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07

ST. Charles. Mo, April "a gaso-
line launch in which three men went
duck hunting today, capsized in the
Missouri river near here. \ dog
which was in the boat swan ashore.
The men. Gus Rieskamp, Poe Why's
and Joseph Christopher, are believed
to have been drowned.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07
The Man With Dandruff

can now be cured. He should buy
bottle ofZEMO to-day. ZEMO destroys
the germ that causes the disease. Its
use stops itching instantly, prevents fall
ing hair and leaves the scalp in clean
healthy condition. All Druggists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07
S.S.S. p1ocU cUfas Poison

Contagious usually begins with tiny pmpe
short while
symptoms make their unwecome The mouth and
spotches appear limbs So highly contagious the dis
another
handling clothes of infected
curing Contagious Poison for than
curing disease adds richness and nourhing
who cured by the S. s. will find
that of the has been benefited by the treatment SIS
the old
by the blood which the only
Write Home Treatment Book
for
m
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07
STORM IN INDIANA.
Cyclone Devastates Neighborhood
Kills Two and Damsues Propertv

Shelbyville. ILL.,. April 1.-Two per
sons are reported dead and several
severely injured in cyclone which
struck Shelby county at midnight
Houses were demolished and the high
ways strewn with telephone poles,
trees and other debris.
The reported dead are Timothy
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07

Better a self-made man than a ma
chine made politician.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-18
P|TTSfIE:L.D.


Tho members of st. Agnes Altar
Society are arranging for an Apron
sale to be held at F. X. MaXcy's store
from 80 TO 6 II, NJ. Saturday, April
-.
An Easter sermon was given at the
Universalist church Sunday forenoon
by tie pastor, followed by Communion
In the afternoon at the Junior Y. 7. c.
L. meeting Mrs. Katherine Haskell
told the story of Easter in a most in-
teresting manner to the members OF
the Union.
Miss Esther Morrison, who has been
c'apleyed in Hallowell. is passing a
few days with her mother, Mrs. Anna
Morrison. before going to Augusta,
where she has accepted a position as
steno&ra pher in the court house.
Earl Y. Nickery, who has been en-
Ii9yeG several weeks in Boston. has
arrived home.
Mrs. Harry Cole OF Robinson. for
merly % this place was in town Mon
day, the guest of relatives.
William Cleaves, who has been a
resident here for over a year, coming
here from Gardiner. will move his
family within n short time to Port
land.
Sebasticook Encampment, No. 33, /.
o. o. F., viii hold a regular meeting
Wednesday evening for work.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-18
DON'T BUY BOTTLED
PROMISES
Newbro's Herpicide is Bottled
Results.--Results Are What
5A4i You Want.

A feeling of uncertainty, dread OF
possible disappointment always goes with
an "off brand hair preparation. That
is part Of the purchase, Just as much
so as the label on the bottle.
You don't get this with bottle Of
Newbro's Herpicide. 1t is not an ex-
pertinent. You number among your &C
quaintances and friends hundreds who
have used Herpicide with satisfaction.
and you know that you can do the same.
The results are always positive, always
right.
-5Newbro's Herpicide kills tie dandruff
germ and stops falling hair.
Anv DRUGGIST will sell you one dol
lar size bottle under an absolute guar
antee.
Send 1oc in postage for sample and
booklet to The Herpicidc Co., Dept
R., Detroit, Mich.
Applications obtained at the best bar
Der shops.
eowditch. Webster & Co. speoiai ACT,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-18
KIND HEARTED SToLYPIN.
Russian Premier Rules by Cruelty Be-
cause He Believes It Duty.
Are my children safe


That was Stolypin's cry when he cs-
capped through the window of his
pleasant villa, on the outskirts of St.
Petersburg. a few moments after the
greater part of the building had been
blown into the air by they explosion
OF 4 bomb
As he spoke his little daughter was
carried from toe ruins. meaning with
pain. and he saw that her feet were
crushed ana bleeding. And the wild
cry, Wriag from this man OF iron. was
characteristic of him. by nature he
l. Kind, Sood-hearted and even Sensi
tive.
He is the supreme example of KIN
EeaI;ed man who is ruthless and cruei
because he believes it to be his duty.
First orGcr. then reform" that was
the motto he adopted when he came
into power Had reforms been made
a, 'Nce the revolution would have
ceased Stolypin made the fatal mis-
take OF man without imagination.
and. instead OF til constructive poll-
tieiau lie desired To be, he has been
little more than police official. Ehe
first part Of his program had been car
tire empire uuder martial law. by
hanging, tmprisoning and exiling, he
has restored a superficial order t.
Russia; aut he Will be remembered n,
! the oppressor of his fellow country
mon.
sometimes of summer evening |
used to 50 up the Neva t. the islands
which from the delta of the river.
rho lit1e steamer passed palace
with smooth lawns slopius down to
the waters edge. Along the bank was
high fenee of tangled wires ami
great are lamps threw q brilliant light
or thc srass and on the walls ana
windows. IN armed policeman in :,
boat rowed slowly up and down clIs.
10 the bank and within tile wire a.
tanglcments We're soldiers with rifles.
This WAS the summer ho,ne Of Stoir-
pin, the Elagin Palace, lent him b.
the Car and the Minister was .
prisoner within, With the fear ~ as
sassination always upon him. Had ln
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-18
a BOGUS COUNTY.
Organized in Kansas for Bond Sell
ing Purposes Only.


one dark night in the summer OF
1Si2, 3S years ago the coming summer'
f5ar men directly rode south from
Hutchinson. Kansas. using every ct
fort to avoid being seen.
Three of them had arrived the daT
previously from the East, stopped at
the Rcro house. where they registered
as Boyd, Wigsin and Horner. and
that nieht had long consultation
with one or tWo ethers.
So much ana ~ laore was known
The hangers-o around the old hotsi.
who made it their business TO size up
ever stranger knew only that Beyd
carried a peculiar parcel which he
guarded with greet care.
1t was nearly a fortnight later that
Boyd and Wiggin rode back into
Hutchinson hearing with them peti
ton. signed by "a settlers Of Harper
county which they We're delegated.
they explained, to take to Topeka and
present to the governor asking that
Sucn ~ountv be organized.
1t waS several Years before the Whole
bare truth became inoWn that one of
the greatest frauds in tie history Of
Kansas had been perpetrated, BY which
Boyd. Wtiggin and Horner buncocd
financial concerns. trust companies ami
banks in st. Louis and elsewhere out
of probably $lOO coo in all.
Wiggin was a merchant at Baxter
Springs, Cherokee county, Boyd and
Horner. who had been engaged in the
cattle brokerage business, conceived
the idea, with Virgins, of coming into
this new country southwest of Hutch
inson, establishing bogus counties, Vot-
iay bogus bonds and selling them in
the East.
Virgins sold his store and the three
eonspirators came to Hutchinson and
were joined there by George Lutz, an
old buffalo hunter and trapper, who
acted as guide.
The party was led by the guide to
a cabin on Bluff Creek. not far from
here Anthony nov stands. Here the
four of them deliberately and without
further procedure organized what is
new Harper county.
The parcel which Boyd had So care
fully guarded was opened and proved
to be a COPY OF the city directory Of
cincinnati, Ohio. From this directory
cal We're selected at random. and cop
led on q roll as the names Of the bona
tide settlers of the county.
A bogus petition was then prepared.
addresse dto the governor asking that
this county be established, signed by
40 fictitious names from the directory
and declaring that the said county
had ovec 500 bona fldc inhabitants.
A pro isional county organization
80 i ,,Is fi,.T.
v2s held. As the three Baxter Springs
men and their guide We're the only hu-
nan beings who were actually within
the proposed neW county, the remains
Of tho thousands os b6tfaloes whose
boyos strew the plains were drafted.
Buffalo skulls were laid in a row.
renpd and votes were cast for them
Tor couaty officers. Thus the first
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-18

Master Aubrey Call, the young son
o. i;r. aud Mrs. E. d. CAL. is the pos
sssy,r af 4 Shetland pony purchased
from the John Buckland farm in the
west yast cf the town, where several
li@a hlaoded ponies have been raised
the past few years.
STANLEY Bement of Dexter has been
Inc guest for week of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. ". Moses.
John l. Bennett of North Brewer. 4
former It eident of Palmyra, has passed
a few days here and in Palmyra.
Judg. and Mrs. ". +. Whitehousc Of
Augusta ##rre the guests over Sunday
of Mr. ard Mrs. j. y. SwaZey.
Tie members Of the Merry Makers
Club gave pleasant dance in Per
kins ..au Monday evening. Music Was
furnished by Smells Orchestra.
| Miss Laura Hunt, a teacher at tha
! Riverside school passed Easter at her
, home in Unity.
t Miss Agnes Parks of Portland, Wha
+ fas been visiting relatives and friends
htre ter tie past two weeks, returned
/ homc Monday.
| 4 BAPTISM occurred Sunday morning
at the Free Baptist church, following
the Eastern sermon by the pastor. the
following being baptized: Mrs. f. X.
Jordan, Mrs Hattie Wallace, Mrs
Grace Wood and Miss Jennie Wallace.
In tho evening at special Easter ser
vice MIS-. Wallace, Miss Wallace and
MIS-. Wood were received as members
into the church.
The Village schools were closed Mon,
day for the convenience of the out-of-
town teachers and regular session;
will be held Wednesday, Patriots day
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-18
LUNGS DEcl AIRED SOUND
iif:iaiysAS1: GRANTED

We advertised 1ckmans AltcratiY to
toll those who have lung discasc what
has l. an done by IT'S use
Geu;lrmcN: 'On the evening of May
y. lgo7. lad five hemorrh. tges from tht
right ltmg My hemorrhageS kept up f2r
SIr.!c pneumonia developed. NV d"cto,
todd ma nay left lung had $50 become
affected ] started TO take Ec unan th
last uC Aueust, 1907, and improN ed stead
IN. since Wy recovery about year ~
was accepted for life insuran, e. att
two examinations by a company hat hau
previously r.iected me-"
iSign,d AtidaviD 'CHAS. MORGAN.
ltIN ". Dauphin St. Phila., Pa
fll'cr "details of above case ca req ueSt
Eclm#as Altcrative is for @r"nch itis
Asthma Hay Fever; Throat and 1t -
Affections For sale by c. B. MuHpb
md othe~ i.adine druggists Ask f,n
huo.ipt uf cured cases. and write to Eek
man Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pa, TO.
.fIll tiunal evidence.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-18
probably running as high $ 100000

IN all. l.-7s~-- '7'
The bonds We're printed handsome
work OF art they were-were taken to
st. ous and elsewhere. sold to tinan-
oial men wno We're buying Ionds, and
after Ecvd. Virgins and Horner re-
ceived the money, they dropped out of
existence Harper county knew them
no moro.
II was not until nearly a year later
th0t ruu5rs or a gigantic fraud reach
cd thc state Legislature and Il com
mission WAS appointed to investigate.
ThSy reported that there had been
gross and ineXrusab BILE fraud" that
the nuu'es were tGrgarics and that
there were az that time not over -
bono fida inhabitants in ,thc county.
No court rt-ro11se existed, not one cent
Of mercy derived from the buEis
bonds n3,d hcen spent for tue benefit
Of the county, no county records could
he found; in fact. the whole affair was
Il gig mite swindle.
Ii vas rot until four years later that
tie Cnuut.- was recognized and finally
established as a legitimate reanty.
When The newly appointed board OF
county commissioners met at Anthony
ANA started to find the county seat.
BluT Ci,y, they We're unable to lind il.
Al there Nas ~ the county at was d
sin2ic oa''tn on tisc prairie severa!
uit 5 northwest Of Anthony.
The old comfy clerks Journal at
Harper, the present county seat, has
an entr= like th!s:
"know ye. ihat we. the undersigned
comm iSsionars IF the County OF HIr-
per. State Of Kansas. did, on the day
of tECir first session rs commissioners
of said county and St.te, Ut Anthony,
on this 26tll Gay of August. 1SS, pra-
cure a conveyance. and made dill
gent search for the alleged town Of
Bluff city, and supposed to be. the
county seat of said County of Harper
State ol Kansas.
And Ii is further known. tfat We
failed e. find any town or anything re-
sembltng or pertaining to Il town or
village, nor do VIC believe that there
is amy such place in said county"
IN one corner of the lone cabin com
prsing the county seat of Bluff City
Was found Il copy of the Cincinnati
city directory,-Portland -Nrgus.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-18
.iven the reforms for which the

given the reforms for which the ~
nation was yearning. the shastly pre-
caulionS would have beca unnecessary.
lis stubborn adherence to a miStakent
policy place. his life in constant jeop-
ards
That his health has not broken down
under the strain OF ncarlT five years
in Office is due to the TACT that he is a ,
man of iron nerve and OF hearty hab-N
it. He has probably worked harder
and for more hours 4 day than any
man in Europe, and his endurance is
partly luc to an Enfailing dicestion.
There are thousands who desire toA
aVcHge the blood of men ard women
he Las had put To death or killed by
tn" slow torture az prison and exile.
one reCoilS before the nightmare of
the life from which he cannot escape-l
London Leader
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-18
A Reliable Medicine-Not a Naroot;e

Mrs. i. Marti, st. Joe, Mich, SAYS: "Our
little boy contracted severe bronchial,
trouble and as the Doctors medicine did
not cure him, ! gave him Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound in which have great
faith. II cured the cough as well Ms the
choking and gagsinc spells, and he got we'll
IN short time. Foley's Honey aud Tar
tnmpnund has many rimes saved us much
troublr and we are never without IT in theS
house" The genuine l.; in n yellow pack.
age. Refuse substitutes. Bowdtcb, Web
stcr &sGo.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-18
Skin Sufferer Ssys
'gGiiltf l.Had anly Known

VIE II hFU only known now uuIckIyF
Eczema can be cured what long years
OF awful sufIDring it would have saved
me-" writes f. a. VIII OF 25Qe Wash
ington 81. san Francisco, Cal.
This after 20 years of suffering and h
after using less than one bottle Of the I
oil of Wintergrepn- ThEmol d d. ID.
Prescription.
Try at least a - con: bottle. 70 our
certain knowledge, y. ID. II. Pr"Srrip-t
tinn always eiyes instant relief lbso-
lutc relief inside OF ten secoaGs,
Bowditch. Webster < Co: Spaulding
Trug STORE, HalloWcll; Jackson Bros,
Gardiner. ~ a
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-18

Lame Shoulder is nearly always due to
rheumatism of the muscles. and qrnzIy
Yields To the free application Of Cb, mber.
llin's Iinincnt. Sold everywhere.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-18
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aprt-1l-1S-s1

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and labor; have swectcr,
whittier, cleaner clothes; :. tako
no chance OF shrinking ycar
woolens, fannels and finer
fabrics; be sure not to take
the coior CUT Of your colored
goods, order Sunny Monday
soap from Your grocer today
and give it q good, far far trial
next wash day.
Sunny MONDAY contains wonder
full cirs.sts.rscr which saves rubbing
and wear and teaT or Globes.
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