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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-04
IF ANYTHING GOES
WRONG, LAY THE
BLAME ON HOOKER
City Engineer a Patient Goat"
for City Council
men

,t-a, ,a,. a4,1.. - nla,,o
tf5,, H. nit,. nonnciln,on could Il,
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"9 4" pt"',F st,, aannatl n,aftor ~
i naia91 "a ALA "'I oonient,,ro Tbo city on.
.l'na0 p@'mV"' P|,0 G ,,oojtion to onnreciate the
9''ltt 9.'nliti,,%, 40 - tho officiol firoo Of To-
Po5t,,0, nortn,ar 90 .toroHtho roo1.natrred
welI-najd man who is aiways called
to tbe captains office ana fired when
old Mrs Fuss and the Misses Fuss
and ola man Furv got 10 beefirg about
tho horrible mistreatment they get
The free may get fired twenty times
4 day. but he Is fixture all the
same
t1oo,.on o,te .,olono,l ~, an ayo,.aoe
e VV''t' aal ,'o,"oii i'll n,ooti1g
oon,d ,en niaht 'aIt' 9" oonnnil,no, nho nanfs
~ stand for'a lot of tnnro cement IN
troduces a resolution instmcting the
city engineer 10 hew to the grade
and to make the improvemeat per pic
ntre on certain streets. The engineer
asks IF he Shall actually do that. and
he Is told yes. treat all alike. Put
If 10 grade About two weeks there
after DELEGATION of prominent tax
payers grimlv takes seats in the coun-
ell chamber aad Hooker knows what
they are there for Carrying out the
grade, he has cut Gown some trees,
left a five loot bank and otherwise
hawassed the landscape in the Nicln-
ity Of an influential voter.
Then the crawfishing commences
all but Hooker. The councilman in
v0lved makes a speech about the
beautiful shade rees ana wonders If
some way can not be found to alter
the grade so that the city will be
satisfied and the prODertv owner sat
isfied He intimate between tears IN
his voice that the city engineer is a
bad. ruthless man. Then Hooker is
ordered to survey some more and fix
it up with the voter.
A Case IN Point
al nighr city engineer Hooker
renorted Martial estimate ON the
nainting oT the forr nrincinaI bridges
He heId hack s5o from the amo,ut to
he nail n II Sturois the reason he.
iUp tbp work was iupOmOlpt Stllt4g IL
mt IN mighty roar Councilman
SDurlock cot between the two with :
resointion to cut the bold.back to s25
which rarried
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-04
PATTERSON GETS S5,144G7
Also Possession of the Elks
Hotel Which He Will
Improve

IN the case CT Nathan II Patterson
us. John W Daugherty and Ola Daugh
erty in the superior court. judgment
has been rendered in favor Of plain
tiff for $514467 and possession OF
the "Elks HoteT Attorneys w. B.
Herod Will Chappel and T. f. Me-
Kennon represented the defendants.
and Gustave A. EriNon appeared for
the plaintiff
Mr. Patterson has already taken
charge of the Elks hotel and intends
to manage Il in the future lie viii
make number OF extensive improve
ments.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-04
ALLEGED WOMAN GH0UL
ARRESTED IN KENTUCKY
(By Associated press.)

Danylle, KY, Feb. 3.NMrs. Amada
Harrison, charged with being one Of
the ghouls who robbed the grave Of
G. b. saufley in the Standard ceme-
terry Monday night, was arrested in a
remote section cf Casey county last
night A Young man is said to have
assisted the woman IN digging the
casket from the grave. The casKee
was found above the ground, but the
body was not disturbed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-04
DROVE AGAINST A GUY WIRE

Mrs Clara Snyder widow of Harry
c. Snyder, is in a serious condition
al the Methodist hospital on account
Of an accident Tuesday evening. She
drove against a guy wire on Noble
avenue and Logan avenue road inn
mediately north of the ho6pital and
her buggy was overturned. She sus-
tanned d broken limb ana other in
juries. She was taken to the hospital
at once
The guy wire is said TO be stretch
ca at dangerous angle and is with
out the covering found on guy wires
In the greater part Of the city, II IS
dangerous to people making short
turns,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-04
ANDERSON DAMAGE
SUIT TAKEN FROM JURY
Court Holds That Woman Con
tributed TO Her Death BY
Own Negligence

Prevalent horse talk II the Federal
building today arose from the inter
esting ana important case of e. b.
Peckham against the Santa Re Rail
way company, growing out Of inn
iunes to the racing mare Mary Don
lin in July 1908 Tho owner and sew
.eral trainers, jockeys and stablemen
came to testify about the merits and
promises Of Mary Donlin a standard
bred, fye-y earold, Of whom great
things were expected until she was
badly injured in transit from the
Peckham stables to a race track IL
Central Kansas after a season Of ar.
duous training. The suit is for $1,000.
Mr. Peckham testified that he has
now about seventy standard bred
horses and that he knows the value
Of stock He had carefully trained
Mary Donlin from February | until
july and had entered her for fifteen
aces in the Kansas-Oklahoma circuit
He expected her winnings TO be 49,
VVV VI llOl &. one do Ndlutu dl p-s-
000 before the accident in shipment.
and is now rated as only a common
driving horse The Santa Fe attor
lIeys objected to testimony as to the
probable earning value oIthe animal
or any conclusion of direct value,
based on her supposed speed AS a
general thing these objections were
oyerruled
A big array of counsel appeared
Judge John l.. Paneoast, former JUS
tice OF the oklahoma supreme court
Joe Lafferty an eminent lawyer OF
Winfield and Milton Brown, Of Guth-
rie appeared for the plaintiff and John
n DevereauX and George NJ. Green
for the defendant The railway com
pany sets ont that the horse was not
hurt through any negligence ct
company and viii put up the ship
pers contract 10 show lack of liabil
itV
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-04
MASONIC REGISTRATION IS HIGH

instruction in the work of Masonic
lodges is being given an extraordinary
class at the Masonic temple. The
registration this afternoon reached
357 The lecturers are working as
siduously on the big class, represent
ing every lodge in the state. Active
members Of every blue lodge are in
attendance. The grand lodge Of Ok
'lhoma will meet here Wednesday,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-04
CONSOLIDATED STATE
BANKS STATEMENT
Deposits Show an Increase oil
Five Million Dollars Since
One Year Ago
Speclal to DAILY Leader.


Oklahoma City Okla, Feb. 3-Ac-
corling to a consolidated statement
state banks at the close Of business
January 7. issued by the bank COM
missioner. the total individual depos-
its were S54,75t,56O,Si, a decrease Of
S57,7547S sinte the November s'ate-
ment, but an increase OF nearly So
100000 since January 81, 1910.
There are sixty-nine state banks.
The statement of the controller OF
currency issued for 2lS National
banks in Oklahoma between the No
yember and January calls shows a
gain Of $1,250,00O in deposits
Between the calls the reserve held
BY state banks increased SO per cent,
The total reserve being 4S.5, cash
reserves in banks $4,6e5.26S 46 over
drafts amount to $S12,19S.45
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-04
DEAD MEN,
CARRIED ON
PAY ROLLS
ALLEGED SCHEME TO
MULCT BIG STEEL
CORPORATION
CBy Associated Press.s

Hammond, Ind, Feb 3.-Charges
that dead men we're being carried
on the pay rolls Of the Urited States
Steel corporation and the arrest OF
Charles Bloomfield. John Caldwell
and Walter Thomas, time keepers are
being investigated by the grand jury
The amount Of The alleged peculauons
is said to be ten Thousand dollars.
According to an undertaken one man,
Rade Zegario, was buried many
months before his name was stricken
from the pay roll
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-04
Another Shaky Government.
Try Assnciafnd Press

Washington, d. c., Feb. 3.-The
government Of President Dayila, Of
honduras, in the opinion OF this gov
ernment is tottering Upon the ar
rial Of General Bonilla at Puerto
Cortez the United States will tender
It's good offices to the revolutionary
commander in an effort to bring about
the cessation of internal strife in
Honduras.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-04
BANKS FOR POSTAL FUNDS
Special to the Daily Leader.

0NGclaI 70 THe Daily LeadoF.
Washington, d. c.. Feb 3.-The
postal bark trustees today announc-
ed a list of forty-tour banks as entitl-
ed receive postal savings funds on
deposit Thirtyeight Of these are Ma
tional banks. One Oklahoma bank
the Beaver County bank of Guymon,
is designated depository.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-04


The Boosters represent the new
era, in which the interests OF Guth-
rie are to supersede all other consd-
erations The call for the meeting
was signed by a large number Of men
committed to modern ideas
Everyone is invited to take part
The city council last night canvass
ed the vote on the viaduct bonding
proposition, finding l,2SS for the
bonds and IS against.
Certificates for the charter board
members have not yet been received
by the freeholders deemed to have
been elected When the certificates
are received the board will proceed
TO organize for business
Municipal ownership VIII figure
largely in the charter deliberations
1t is likely a serious effort win be
made to allow expansion of owner
ship so as to include the staple pup
lie utilities, in case the city deter
mines at any time to acquire such
utilities State law makes the chart
er provision for municipal ownership
comparatively easy
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-04

Judge Cottcral today took from the
jury the damage case Of w. II. An
derson against the Santa Fe He III
rected verdict for the defendant.
He based his action on the conclusion
that the railway company was not
shown to be guilt y Of any reckless
disregard of caution under the cir
cumstances and that the deceased the
wife Of Anderson, could, by the eXer-
else OF due caution have avoided
death or injury The train was go
ing at high speed and it was be-
hind time The accident complained
Of occurred last February.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-04

Marsha Chris Madsen is in Okla
homa City looking for room in which
TO hold Federal court. Like the state
officials, the Federal officials find
themselves pinched for room and ac-
commodations there The matter OF
providing quarters for the Federal
court next month has been put UP to
the chamber of commerce OF that
city
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-04

There were five arraignmants to-
day, all for violations of the liquor
law W A. Prall, Of Enid, Chick
Ilarlesty, of Cherokee, George Metz,
Of Kingfsher and Eugene Mosier, of
Pawhuska, pleaded not guilty. Micky
Burns, Of Kingfisher, pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to sixty days in
Jail and 500 fine
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-04

Mrs Sarah Gregg waved a paper
alofl yesterday when asked II she
had lawyer Here's my lawyer,
she said She is charged with re-
failing liquor without license and she
claims that she has license which she
paid for but that it is technically de.
lectVe
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-04

Deputy Marshal John Freeman, OF
Pawhuska is here.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-24

an old woman, and that II he should die
he wants TO be sure that she will not be
left destitute This tnfuriates the wife,
who thinks that her husband shows a
lack of affection in not considering that
II he were to die that she also would be
left without any money.
So bitter has the wife become on this
subject that she threatens to leave her
husband, for the little shadow Of the
insurance policy has become black
cloud that has plotted out all of her
happiness
This woman wants to know what
would do about this case. oh, rs for me,
] should like TO knock all three of these
obotinate pig heads together for letting
such a silly thing ruin their lives. For
the sake OF problematlcal $1,000 they are
sacrificing all of the JOY of home and love
that might be theirs. Believe me, IL isn't
worth II.
II 1 were the wife I should consider
myself lucky woman to be married to
a man who had enough gratitude and
appreciation in his soul to want to safe
guard the old age of the mother who
went down into the shadow OF the grave
TO bear him. who toiled and sacrificed to
rear him. who watched by his bed when
he was sick and went without necessities
that he might have Injuries. There is
no nobler sentiment on earth than filial
love, and the man who honors his mother
is a mighty safe man to tie to. He is
the kind of man who also honors and
protects his wife and is faithful and loyal
TO her.
II were the wife I should admire my
husband a thousand fold more because
he was ready 80 stand by tho mother in
her old age who had stood by him in his
helpless youth. l should try TO be big
enough to say to myself, IT'S all right
about his giving his mother this money,
because she Is old and feeble and not
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-24
Wife Versus Mother
Gy DOROTHY DIX.

able TO work. And / am young and
strong and able to take care of myself
II any catastrophe should happen in this
man who Is our bread winner. And l
know, certainly, that just as soon as he
is able 10 provide for me he win do It
as he has provided for his mother. lie
is a man to be depended on"
If l were the mother in this case and
perceived that my greedy, avaricious
daughter-in-law was so eager for poor,
paltry. miserable thousand dollar insur-
ance policy-that would have to come to
her almost with her husbands blood upon
it-that she was willing to break up his
home and make him miserable to get it,
should give it up to her without a
single protest.
My sons happiness and peace would be
more to me than anything else in the
world and | would cheerfuly go into an
old ladies' asylum rather than wreck his
home.
OF course, the real animus OF this
family quarrel is probably not so much
the money as it is the outcropping of the
eternal jealousy between a mans wife
and his mother, and that is the most
common, as well as the most pathetic,
tragedy in the world, because 1t is so
useless.
A woman knows that there is no con-
ftct between the love she bears her
mother and that she bears her husband
because they are not OF the same kind.
She can love each one devotedly with
out taking one iota from the other but
she never realizes that her husbands
feelings are controlled by the same nat
ural law, and that the better he loves
his mother the more tender he is sure to
be to his wife.
AS to trying to decide whether a mans
first duty is to his wife or his mother
that depends good deal on cireuIn-
stances II mans wife. and mother
we're both struggling in the water, and
he could save only one of them from
drowning, l should say that he should
save the wife, because the older woman
had lived her life and done her work in
the world, while the younger woman had
her life still before her.
But II a man had only one loaf of bread,
and both his wife and mother were hun
CRY, / should say that his duty was TO
feed the feeble old woman first, because
she was not able to work, while the
young and strong woman was.
All such discussions are idle. but 1t Is
curious thing that a mans wife and
mother-the two women who love him
best on earth and should be willing TO
do most for his happiness-are generally
the ones that make him wretched by
their silly jealousies of each other And
It's a poor love, whether it's wifes love
or mothers love, that isn't willing TO
make the sacrifice of the Joy of a family
quarrel for the sake OF the unfortunate
hard working man who is trying TO do his
duty by the two women who are nearest
to him.
God help any man who has to stand be-
tween his wife and his mother. He IS
entitled to the sympathy Of the COM
munity.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-24

won oavcr IN Brooklyn. lie has got a
swell Job wife. sed Pa, q the reeson
stayed so long talking TO him was bee
Klaus was trying to frame It for littel
poslshum for Bobbie. / thought maybe
he mite gle a chRnst for 10 git a job as
a page In Mister oLutflin's new office,
Pa sed.
doant want Bobbie 10 be page. sed
Ma. He has at leest ten moar yeers to
60 to skool beefOar l will let him go out
g. maik a living
oh, ] doant know, sed Pa, | dident git
30 many yeers skooling beefoar l stepped
out & made a living. / dident have much
book leaning. Pa sed.
Nobody eyed sed you did, Ma toald Pa,
but that Is no sine that our littel son is
going for TO be brought up be-nlghted,
like them heather folks. / want my boy
70 be a college professor sum day.
But my friend Teddy OLufflin never
was a college professor. Pa sed, & look
at the nice posishun he has grabbed.
Him & me sat down for two (2l hours,
sed Pa. & talked about the lives % crate
men. thaPe deeds. all the way from julius
Cesar clser down TO the present day
heroes. like Mister Taft Connie Mack \
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-24
Little Bobbie's Pa
by WILLIAM f. KIRK.

Ad wolgast. Materially, Pa, sed, wen
two hrite men gifts together the flood OF
does & eonversashun Is such that 1t Is
hard to make git-away. Brite minds
are like kind harts. Pa sed they are
moar that butterflies, & besides. sed Pa.
they usually stay In one place longer. I
doant see why you doant want littel
Bobble to be a page. He cuddent work
for a better man. Look at all the pages
OF history, Pa sed.
You mite as well go & wash that pool
chalk off yure hands, Ma sed. & cum to
the label Bobble shall not work for
living until he has went to skool at leest
ten noar years. Maybe he mite be a
president sum day, Ma sed, & 1 do not
pro- pose to hamper his future.
I never had no chanst to be a presl-
dent Pa sed.
That is neither heer nor thare, sed
Ma, / sed that littel Bobbie mite git be
be the president. l doant think anybody
ever thought yo6 wud git into the
White House, except on a srrand. am
vary CLAY that yure friend Mister o'Luf-
film got his fine posishun, but / doant
want you ia use him any moar as alibi
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-24
By Tad

,olce noated over the lodges;
"supper's ready. Henry"
Henry dropped his navigation in an in
slant ana Travelled toward his supper at
as many knots an hour as no could go.
What is the good OF Henry's Maure-
tania2
The answer to this question Is also linz
portant, and IL will be found later on.
Ill.
The world OF romance 81 attractive.
Impossible things seem easy there, riches
lie about on every hand, the villain ia
punished, tho heroine wins all she desires.
and the scene Is more and more touching
as you approach the back cover.
But is II wise TO break into this UNI
reality too often9 Is this not learning
Of tho world from the theater stage In
stead OF learning II as It actually lies
about us every day?
We must start from where we are and
begin all the true romance Of our lives
with what We are. II we know In
stinctively that we are nowhere in par
tlcuiar and that we are not much OF any
thing in particular. a romance that beats
them all Is TO be found In changing these
conditions.
| II does not seem possible that anyone.
however poor her life may be, has real
romance in her who can imagine herself
being urged by the rich Montgomerys to
accept their Claude and end his suffer
lngs, and at the same time chew gum
behind the covers OF the book.
In these circumstances, It seems as II
the Montgomery family is hypnotized so
badly that Il does not know what kind
OF girl II is getting.
ON the other hand, II the fiction loving
girl will begin with herself and work out
the most wonderful OF all romances that
the world knows: moving day by day
into a sensible and serene young woman
hood, two things win follow;
~ The world win gain a true heroine,
worthy OF any hero.
(D II win then be possible TO reply to-
the question; what can a sensible Girl
do with o. Claude Reginald Montgom-
eryT'
And the answer Is:
Put him aboard Henry's Mauritania
and send him to Europe, while she goes
to supper.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-24
THE AMERICAN GIRL
BY THOMAS TAPER.
The Romance of Fiction.

Some one has said that II you can
not know the rich of the real world
you can easily associate with them IN
the world OF fiction.
II Claude Reginald Montgomery docs
not actually "swerve around the corner"
In his touring car to take you for
spin you can make him do 30 by read
ing a novel and imagining yourself tho
poor but beautiful heroine-whose fortune
Ia satisfactorily arranged In the last chap
ter.
Thus Il is possible to purchase romance
10 enter the gilded parlor OF the Mont
gomerys, 10 zee yourself superbly gowned,
receiving tho alteration OF Claude Regi-
nald, and being invited by his mother to
stay TO dinner.
Then you wake up.
But II is pleasant while II lasts.
Better still you can dip into II again.
late In the afternoon, and dwell with the
100 until II gets 30 dark that you have
stop to get the oli-snd flli the lamp.
oh, romance. what a great thing are
thou!
Claude Reginald is cheap at two cents
a day. " you borrow him from the library
or even az IS cents cash, II you want e
possess him for yourself alone.
What can a sensible girl do with q
Claude Reginald Montgomery
The answer to this question is impor
tant, hence II In reserved for the last
chapter OF this article.
II
! l noticed littlee hoy, on tho lodges, by
the sea. this summer. lie was trying &C
pull a bit of board. about foot long siS
inches wide, out Of the water.
What are you doing? I asked him.
Docking the Nauretanla."
what for7 Why don't you send hel
% Europe7"
shes lost her side lights and rye col
to put In new ones"
Have YOU the new lights ready7"
Eyes. sir, here they are"
And he pulled out of his pocket two
ten penny nails. lie drove them into the
board, one on the port and one on thS
starboard side. Then the Mauretaris
started again for Europe. safely equipped
against the perils Of the deep. When she
was out about three days Journey, q
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-24

AiilDl llOuo Ouuk
fellow, and the
wife is a thrifty,
Rpa b / e woman,
who keeps the
home as neat as a
pin, and manages
their finances won
derfully.
There is but one
thorn in this do
mestic Eden. Be-
fore he was mar
ried the man had
insured his life for
. thousand dollars
for his mothers
benefit, and no re-
fuses to make over
this policy to his
wife on the ground
TINT his mother L
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-24

Well. sed ia, know jest what YOU
are going for TO ask me- you are going
TO ask me what KEEP me away from hoam
so many mlnnits after / shud have been
hoam I win tell you. sed Pa to Ma,
was out with my friend Teddy o'Lufflin,
celebrating the CRATE Victory wich he