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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-30
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

Few people understood the enoF
Gus possibilities of Oklahoma, From
an agricultural and mineral standpoint
the state has but four superiors and
all OF those, but Texas, will soon be
overcome by the great progressive
strides OF the new state Oklahoma al
foFds moro opportunity for diversified
farming than any other state in the
Union save Texas and area
considered 1t surpaEes the Lone star
II ali Of OklanOma's acreage possible
OF being utilized were under cultiya
lion, it would present tae following
for statisticiaEs
More than Europe .proaAces IN lig
product.
More Magnesla and dolomHe rocb
than all tic rest Of The states
More rivers with NATURAL drainage
capacity than any other state save
Colorado.
Is eighth In railway mileage first il
number Of miles In past five years
first In number Of systems started II
1909.
10 sixth In the production Of pot~
toes
II has the most "aUahie climate
save California. of All the STATES
Population estimated It's adonle pur
chase more necessities from outside
the state than all otser states II
the Union
Oklahoma 10 first IN production O
peanuts
Second In production OF Canieloupes
Third "A the production Of Water
melons and seventh In mnskmeion pro
ductiOn.
alit is FIRST In tonnage of alfalfa. thiFs
IN money value neCdneed
1t Ia ffth IN vegetables. With les
than tenth Of the state trying to cnl
tlvate the garden prcinefa
With an acreage II iiftieth Okla
homa Is tenth in the production on
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-30

orchard products
1t Is tenth In barley, first Ii acreage
were proportioned
Il Is first in purchasing It's harvest
ing machinery away from home.
capitalization considered Oklahoma
leads all others In iEa amount of mon
ey deposited In its banks.
1t surpasses any othe state ip
growth from 1907 to August ], 1909.
II has more miles OF possible good
less Improvement on same than any
state west Of the Missouri river.
Producing sufficient food stuffs to
supply any three states OF the Union
our people purchase more from cut
side the state, population considered,
than any other state
Ii has the third best natural park
In the United states.
Consuming more agricultural ma
Chincry than amy state save three II
manufactures less than any other state
west Of the Missouri and north OF the
Ohio rivers
It is second In the manufacture OF
Portland cement
Population averaged II has second
largest church membership than any
other state.
1t Is next. To Texas Ia. sllpnlging tn
Galveston whsrves S,ithtsbipF5pgs h
Great as SITS cotton pfo4ug@idu N
Oklahoma is twentieth In the nntpat
OF its spindles: with no record OF a
cotton mill failing To pay dividend
annGaly
It has the best equalization OF taxes
private and corporate In the world
Oklahoma raises more saddle horA
es than than any other two states
without comment GA Kentuchy's fame.
Its corporations are mere method
iealiy dealt with than any oF the states
II Ia the only state OF the Uui0n
where smallpox never leads 10 pes
tilential crisis.
Ii has more cities which have
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-30
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Ests sAEaproqf materlai known to, scis
OFFICER sLAYs bad" NEGRO.

Second In cattle: third In none.
,fuducts OF same.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-30

Arlmore okla, Marcn 2a.--"Bony
Roberts, Known aa a bad negro, vine
prevented the arres Saturday OF one
d his pals By holding an officer,
l'erwyn aud was killed BY Deputy
Sheriff John corbett Sheriff Garrett
and his deputies feared a riot aAd
went to Berwyn Bis automobile.
Things were repor ed quiet Mon lay
afternoon.
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WANT TO SELL SOME LOTS? O
q Set aside few dollars for .
, series Of classified ads. Write 9
. the ads so candidly that they e.
q will win a second reading. Haze -
the courage to order the oabliea- .
9 tion Of these ads--with raas- .
8 enable number of repetitiora =
2 Youll set in touch with possi- .
= bic buyers through tils @littla -
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-30
LOCAL MARKETS.

Kafflr corn tbresher, per bu..... 6ac
Corn meal ...........,,...,, ~ lo
Corn chops, per 100 lbs ,....$ll0
Bran, per 100 lbs ........,....Sl.l0
Corn per bushel-selling .....53c
Wheat per bushel-buying ..-.S5c
Shorts ...,.e........ ..,.....Sl 30
Hard Wheat flour ...........$2.20
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-30
LIVES STOCK


FINI-EV EI90IV FVNlHI VI
IIeifers, toppy S3.75 to s425
Veal Eer loo lbs ...,-.$4.50 TO $3.50
Cattle ...-........4 .S3.a0 10 s4.gn
Hogs heavy ,...4..........s .s6.75
Hogs, light ........$ 5000 TO $G.75
Steers, feeding 70 100 lbsS3.50 to $3.50
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-24
SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUSTS
,ir "Ravages' ! Are Perfectly
Harmless.
Their

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: clip this from the tenth page of
The Tribune of July H. 1911:
Commuters along the Greenwood Lake
branch of the Erie report the destruction
OF young peach trees ana shruDnery by me
seventeen-year loCusts that have made
their appearance in Arlington, Kearny,
North Newark and Bellevllle within the
last few weeks. Ii seems that the insects
travel by colonies. for two weeks ago their
devastating work was reported at Alendale,
Waldwick and Ridgewood Commuters in
those sections report that In night they
disappeared after doing A great deal Of
damage.
The "seventcen-year locusts" do not and
cannot do any destruction of Young
peach trees or Of any trees or shrubbery.
The insect does not and cannot bite or
eat anything. After IL comes out Of the
ground. whore II has lived OInder groundl
for thirteen to seventeen years. IT neither
bites nor eats anything II lays it's eggs
in the twigs of trees, and then dies at
once. The only damage that is done Is I'm
the weakening of the twig: II may then
die and drop 10 the ground. But that
causes no destruction. and the worst that
can be said is that II defaces the tree for
a few days by the hanging thereon of the
twig The appearance OF the tree is
married for a few days by the hanging on
Of the brown twigs-snd that is all Not
the least injury TO the tree has been done
the appearance is marred for A few hours
Any scientist will tell YOU that my story
is true. ]. i. DAY.
New York, July 10. 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-24
STILL AIMING AT CITY HALL PARK.

The now Stilwell bill, which was
damned through the Legislature. should
be vetoed If the Mayor. who saiu
when fine last bill reached him that the
subject was not in his province, shouid
fail TO disapprove it. then the Governor
should prevent interference win 'ne
city's right 10 govern itself. The bill Is
fat violation Of the principle OF nome
r,Ile. and is no whit less ob1ectiohapie
than was its predecessor. II the Mayor
made his criticisms of the former Dill
clear. then this bill does not conform 10
l,om. for it leaves the Board OF EStl-
mate and Apportionment with no more
authority over the site of the courthouse
than did the rejected bill, and with no
more power to prevent the invasion OF
City Hall Park.
Moreover. the bill is totally unneces-
sarv The present law is entirely ade-
ouate All that is necessary is for the
Board of Estimate and Apporuonmenl
a. reiect the report of the Courthouse
Commission In favor of building in city
Hall Park. and then that commission
will be free TO select site elsewhere.
and il will not he free to force the
courthouse into City Hall Park against
the will of the city authorities and OF the
rublic generally.
All that the bill Just passed does III
practical way is TO enable those who
wish TO invade City Hall Park TO do so
unless the courts interfere. That this
is the purpose Of the bill was shown by
the language of its intrOducer. Senator
Stilwell, in advocating its passage. lie
wanted to know if those who were oppos-
ing courthouse in the park would raise
500 OOO. 900 10 buy q site for 1t elsewhere.
That was frank admission Of the real
object of the bill. which is not TO get
courthouse built merely. but 10 get il
built in the park. TO override the objec-
tons Of the city authorities and To
trample upon the rights of the public to
Use its property as ii sees fit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-24
NEW YORK As 4 PORT.

The announcement. customary about
this time of the year, is made that the
Atlantic ports are losing Il little i'm their
share of the foreign commerce of the
United States. But that statement sug-
gestS no menace 10 the prosperity Of the
Atlantic ports. II only means that rs
the foreign trade expands-espccially the
export trade--a relatively larger part Of
il seeks ingress or egreSs at ports nearer
the centre Of consumption or production.
Any other development would be unnat-
ural and, from the point Of view of the
general welfare, undesirable. There is
plenty of commerce to 20 around, and the
older Atlantic ports have no cause to
envy the expansion Of shipping from New
Orleans and GalvestOn-natural outlets
for cotton and grain-Or from the har-
bors on the Pacific Coast.
New York has least of all any cause
To be troubled. 1t almost mOnOpolizes
the import trade. In 1920 Of the
total of imports. valued AT $1.5j1 .S19,9SS.
goods valued at S93J.OOO.0OO came in
here There has been a slackening in inn
pcrtations this year, but Of the total
value of between S1400,0O0.0OO and
.Si,J00.OOO.O0O New York will handle
about SS7JOO0,O00 For exporting cot
ton and grain conditions are necessarily
not so favorable here as they are at the
Gulf ports. But Of the exports in 1910
II. valued at more than S2OOO,00O,OOO,
New York handled about S1J0,0O0,0CO.
This ports annual foreign trade amounts
to over 81 .GOO.O0O.O0O and that is nearly
as much as the total trade of all other
ports and customs districts I'm the United
States
Nature has provided New York with
lavish advantages as harbor. and no
conditions can now be foreseen under
which this city'S supremacy among
American ports would be disputablc The
harbors facilities are just beginning Ia
be developed, and in contrast with the
extremely costly enterprises which most
European ports have had 10 carry
through I'm order To furnish access to
shipping New York needs only 10 keep
her main channel clear and to utilize AT
small cost her vast deep water frontage.
our shipping problems are exceptionally
simple, and the shipping of the world will
continue 10 resort here in increasing
volume New York can have no appra
| tension Of injury from the growth IF
other American shipping centres. II can
afford to view their Development with an
altogether friendly eye.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-24
THE TALK of THE DAY.

One OF the steamships which sailed from
the port of New York last Saturday had on
board a passenger who carried away I'M
pleasant recollections. lie came from
away down South" and having a little
extra time wanted to see Coney Island. He
had heard of it's crowds and of the get
rich-quick people who ply their business
there when the summer rush is on. lie
had also good sized roll Of money which
he thought would be safer, where no
one would think OF looking than on
his person, and so he hid II. When he re-
turned II had disappeared. The hotel peo-
pie made every effort 10 find the money
but to no avail. II wouldn't care he
said, standing on the steamer deck, III
some one hadn't sent me dozens of cards
like this" and he showed Il postcard bear
ing these words: Always leave valuables
with the hotel clerk Hotel safes have
locks--there are none on bed springs
Blobbs-Subbubs still believes firmly IN
miracles Slobbs-No wonder. He has had
the same cook for six months-Philadei'
phia Record.
THE American Israelite' in a recent is
sue says that the most radical reformers
of Judaism in the United States. "at least
those most objected 10 and most decried
by hyperorthodox critics" were not edu-
Gated in the college where reform rabbs
are graduated. and points to T>rs. Felix
Adler, Stephen S. Wise, Leon Harrison and
Leonard Levy as representative radical
reformers who were educated in orthodox
institutions" No mention is made of the
fact that the leader Of the new orthodox
movement. DR.. J. l.. Magnes, and the
champion Of Zionism, DR.. Max Hitler,
were graduated from the most important
reform institution Of learning
Yes our whole fire department made q
desperate effort 10 save the property at
the fire last night
Did they turn in second ala, alarm NJ die
tillery. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
After having been divorced twenty years
William e. Osewald, Of Chicago, and
Nellie l.. Osewald, OF Des Moines, Iowa,
were remarked at the latter place a
few days ago. 4 quarrel over the name
to be given TO their newly born son was
the cause of the divorce. The father
wanted the baby named William. after
him. and the mothers first choice for q
name was Chester. The son whose name
caused all the trouble brought about the
reconciliation, which was the first step
toward the remarriage. The news dis
patch fails TO reveal the boys name and
whether the father won with William or
the mother with Chester or whether the
peacemaker signs himself william c. or
Chester W."
Some of the railroad companies are try
ing TO persuade their employees TO he cour-
teous TO the public"
Isn't IL remarkable, If things go on In
this way the time may come when the
public Will have cause TO give up the be
lief that II exists merely to be imposed
upon and treated with contempt. "-Chicago
Record Herald
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-24
THE IBERCULOSTS REPORT

The report Of the British Royal Com
mission on tuberculosis. which has at
last been published after ten years If
expert Investigation. might b. regarded
a. an intensely controversial document.
The dispute over the relationship he
tween bovine and human tuberculosis.
which has at times been no less acri-
monious than sincere, might he renewed
with added zeal over the findings and
judgments Of this commission Indeed.
we shall expect, though not in a spirit
If welcome. some renewal Of that dis
pute. II is all but inevitable. seeing
that the relationships In question were
the specific objects Of this commissions
researches. and seeing. TOO. that agree
ment concerning them has never been
reached by the two schools Of physiol-
ocy and pathology which we're recently
So earnestly contending over them
The first issue before the commission
was whether the disease Of tuberculosis
was one and the same in men and cat
tie. The answer these ablest bacteriolo-
gists and Psychologists of Great Britain
give after years Of study is practically
an affirmative. There are differences
H. character between the human and
the bovine tuberculouS bacilli. but the
bovine bacilli can fatally infect human
beings. and therefore. from the point Of
view Of public health the two diseases
must he regarded as Identical The see
Ond issue was whether animals and
men could be reciprocally infected with
the disease. and that. as already indi-
Gated, is answered with i'm unhesitating
and emphatic affirmative. Cattle and
men can be reciprocally infected with
fatal tuberculosis.
The third issue was the practical one
under what conditions, if at all, the trans
mission from animals TO men took place
and what were the circumstances which
would favor or would prevent such
transmission. Concerning this the com
mission indicates the need of further
II research. but 10 n certain extent ITS
answer Is clear and positive The dal-
ger from tubcrculOus birds is so small
~ 10 be negligible. That from tubcrcu-
lous swine is considerable BUT by far
the greatest of all Is that from iubcr-
culOus milch COWS. II H. AIot necessary
for the COW TO have tuberculosis Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-24

have a campaign press agent circulate
an inconspicuous statement not in mar
mony with the party's supposed pro
gramme and then claim that 1t was the
emendation and not the original deciara-
ton which influenced the voters 10 sup
port the national ticket Statesmen IKE
Mr.. Simmons can say: II care not VINO
"writes the laws of the party if ! can
employ a campaign press agent 10 IN
"terpret them TO suit my convenience
The Simmons ''immunit; bath ought
TO prove an invention of notable popu-
laritY in politics.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-24

udder. MIX from COW having any
form of tuberculosis is dangerous, par
ticularly To children. Therefore the
commission recommends no Abatement.
hut rather n strengthening, Of the regu-
Iations for safeguarding supplies OF bo'h
milk and meat from tuberculous infec-
ton.
Now. this. il seems to MS. Is the root
Of the whole matter The old dispute
over the identity of bovine and human
tuberculosis may 20 on forever, aca-
demically or otherwise. There may also
H., differences of opinion over the meth
DDS of dealing with bovine tuberculo-
sis and of preventing It's transmission
through food and drink. But there can
scarcely be any disagreement as 10 the
strong desirability Of eating meat ana
drinking milk from none but healthy
animals. Those who deny the trans
instability of bovine tuberculosis to man
through meat or milk will not deny that,
on the whole, the meat and milk OF non
iIiberculous cattle is preferable to that
OF those suffering from the disease. To
take all reasonable precautions against
transmission Of the disease could do
10 harm If the disease were not trans
MISSILE. To neglect them might be In
calculably mischievous If it were trans
Missile In the practical application
of that principle. rather than In any
mere academic discussion, will lie the
chief profit of this noteworthy report.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-24
REFERENDUM EXPERIENCES.

The glib demands for the referendum
system rs a panacea for civil ills gen
orally ignore the extended experiments
with it which have already been made
in other lands. although consideration Of
them would certainly seem 10 be peril
nent and probably profitable II will not
do 10 lima CINE that ii is a new invention
of our own political reformers. II has
existed in France ever since the Giron-
din Constitution Of the Revolution. in
1892, and has more than once had no
table results there: and in Switzerland
il has been practised In its present form
since the revolution of 1920. though in
other forms II prevailed in some Of the
cantons rs far back as the thirteenth
century. But il is interesting 10 note
that in both countries its general effect
las been precisely the contrary Of that
which it's advocates profess 10 desire and
10 expect
Passing by the revolutionary plphiS-
cites in France that on the Consular
Constitution following the coup d'efat
Of the 18th Brumaire is first recalled.
with 3,009,445 ayes TO 1.562 noes and
that making Napoleon Consul for life.
with 3.577.240 ayes 10 $500 noes 4
little later the scndtuS cOnsuitum Of 1904
made Napoleon Emperor by vote IF
3.574.s SOS TO 1853. 4 constitutional
referendum in the Hundred DAYS WAS
carried by 80. 327 to 1902 n fortnight
before Waterloo. Similarly overwhelm.
ing. almost 10 unanimity. were the
plehiscites which we're obtained by Louis
NapoleOn-first making him President
second. following and approving the
corp d'ctnt Of 1851 third, re-establish-
ing the empire. in 1852: and last in
1870. approving the general policies Of
the Third Empire. Frenchmen do not
point with pride 10 these results. They
quote Plato's shrewd remark Whoever
j.. properly questioned answers Yes"
switzerland has an obligatory refer
endum on all constitutional matters and
also popular initiative, and n permits
sive referendum on all federal laws and
DEGREES. The obligatory referendum was
applied nineteen times TO the c0nstitu-
ton of 1874 down 70 1908. and every
time the result was TO lessen the power
Of the individual and increase that Of
the federal government. In the thirty
years preceding 1905 the optional refer
endum was sought and applied to twenty
eight federal measures. Of which nine
were approved and nineteen rejected.
A. for the initiative, one Of the most
noteworthy Of the constitutional amend
ments brought about by means Of IL was
tnat forbidding Jews 10 slaughter cattle
according 10 the Mosaic method An
other result Of referendum was the es-
Establishment of the alcohol monopoly.
which was literally "sneaked through"
under the gulse of an act for the protec.
ton of POTATOES. and of which probably
not one voter in ten realized the real
purport. II can scarcely be maintained
that these results lnfalllbly mark the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-24
THE "PRoS" AND THE ANTS"

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In the letter from Miss Alice Hill
Chittenden published in The Tribune July
90 Miss Chttenden expresses the hope that
the time is far distant IN this state when
a legislator must rise or fall according to
his attitude on the question Of woman suf-
frage."
Some of us would like TO assure Miss
Chittenden that the time is very near at
hand when such will be the case and we
hold that no greater cause has ever been
before an electorate, nor one more worthy
TO make or unmake mems political fortunes
The anti suffragist who seeks 10 belIttle
the issue Of woman suffrage only reflects
upon herself. as the sole reason FOR opposi.
ton Is found In the contention that the ex-
tension OF the franchise would be fraught
with serious danger both to womanhood
and 10 the state. II such a contention does
not reach the dignity OF an earnest conyic-
ton and therefore necessarily make of the
subject one of sufficient Importance to be a
legitimate issue upon which men shall rise
or fall politically. then the ants Should
with shame hold their peace
We snffragists believe the principles OF
equal justice and the ethical right Of a
citizen 10 representation in government are
paramount 10 any question Of expedlency;
but. on the other hand. We have always had
respect for the honest doubts Of the con-
serNatives who actually fear that woman
suffrage will bring disaster Let than,
night the cause Of equal suffrage ON sucb
ground and the respect due to sincere. IL
mistaken. conviction belongs to anti-sut.
fragists, but bellttle the cause and they
lay their very opposition open To contcmnt.
u. JEAN NELSON PENFIELD.
New York. .IuIN I'll lAli