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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23
WHISKY CASES BEING
TRIED IN SUPERIOR COURT

In the superior court this morning
Louis and Slick Green were ar
raigned on charge of selling intoXl-
eating liquor, contrary to the laws
made and provided. Slick decided
that he was guilty aud SO pleaded.
lie drew fifty dollar fine and thlr-
ty day sentence, which he must lay
out il the county jail. Louis Green
was discharged by the court, sum-
cient evidence not being available TO
insure a conviction.
Frank Mater, charged with conduct
ing a gambling house, was compro.
missed by allowing him to pIeaed
guilty to a charge of playing cards
for money He plead to that charge
and was fined $500 and cUsts on
two separate counts
This afternoon the case of State
VS.. NJ. w Brown of Crescent City,
charged with transporting liquor is
occupying the attention of the jury
aud court When Brown was arrested
he had suit case full Of whskey in
pint bottles it is alleged
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23
EASY AND SURE,WAI
To CURE COLDS
Don't Neglect a Cold, Stop II
in the Sneezing Stage.
Use Ely's Cream Balm.

a cold generally attacks the weakest
part, affecting the eyes and ears in some
and producing nasal catarrh and throat
troubles in others. A cold is due to an IN
hammation of the membrane lining the mir
passages, and may be promptly cured with
little Ely's Cream Balm, which immedi-
ately relieves the inflammation. and all the
distressing symptoms, such as sneeziug,
coughing, running at the nose and esos,
hosrseness, sore throat, fever and head
ache. One reason why this pure, antisep-
tic Balm acts SO quickly is because it is ap-
piled directly to tue tender, sore surfaces.
Even in severe, chronic cases of catarrh,
Fly's Cream Balm never fails 60 quickly
and elTectually check the poisonous dis
charge which clogs ts7 head aud throat,
causing the disgusting hawking, splitting
and blowing of the uose. This remedy net
only drives out the rottcnEess, but heals
and Strengthens the weakened aud diseased
thus ending catarrh for all
time.
Catarrh is filthy, disgusting disease.
Don't put up with it another day. Get
so cent bottle OF Ely's Cream Balm from
your druggist to-day, or, il your case
requires spraying Of the nose, throat or
ears, call for Ely's Giquid) Cream Balm.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23

CA.RNE GIEFS GIETS

The earn egie corporation of New
York Incorporated by sucia men as An
drew Carnegie, Eihu RoDt. qenry 5.
| Prit hett and others as well-known,
has been formed in New orl1 for the
purpose OF carrying on the work al
ready started sy Andrew Carnegie, il.
Establishing libraries throughout the
couhtry ana of disseminating .tnowl-
edge in America by smilar methods
The great steel king has endowed the
corporation with $25,0U0,000, which
the incorporators and their successors
may use as they see fit. in furthering
fle plans laid down by Carnegie, says
the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
That Carnegie is sincere in his in
tention To do all that he can to give
back to the American people the enor-
nous. fortune which he won from
them, and to do it in a way which he
considers best for all can not be
doubted. But whether his ideas are
good is not SO certain Almost every
community that has been presented
with library by Mr.. Carnegie. soon
ef or later has found it to be an un-
desirable drain upon its resources.
Generally a certain sum for the up
keep of the new institution must be
guaranteed by the city or town that
is 70 receive the gift This is never
a small amount and in many eases
grows to be TOO great a burden. Con-
dtionB that attach to some of the
other gifts of the Scot also are too
of fullilment
Then, too il is questionable wheth
or the financing Of the present cor
poration was wise. 1t is not likely
that the funds viii every be discussed
us rapidly as they accrue, and the
chances ssre that in few years the
$40 100000 instead OF decreasing wLi
have materially increased Even
should that condition not come about,
il is not good idea to syndicate the
facilities of the country
The Carnegie corporation will by
virtue. Of its large reserve fund,
grove a. big factor in the education
of fhe coming generation, and, being |
made up Of linanciers and men who |
sare TOR little save the making oi
mony. its Influence inay be ANYTHING |
)ut good
ri
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23
LOOT A RESIDENCE
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT

Some one entered the home of Hugh
Ferguson, at liz East Washington
avenue Yesterday between the hours
of one o'clock and five and robbed IT,
OF every valuable in sight that tho
thief thought was safe to handle The
thief or thieves got away with 500 in
money, one fine Knight Templar ring
with diamond setting, valued by Fer
guson at S75, one small diamond ring
worth $50 one plain gold band ring
ana one gold ring with peam and
amatheist setting.
The thief was a bold one, and must
nave had a line on the house When
Mrs Ferguson left home shortly af.
ter one O'Clock she placed the kew
to the door on the inside Of the frons
screen door. The person or persons
who robbed the house were evidently
close by and seen her leave the KEY
or were familiar with the house and
Knew Of Mrs. Fergusons way of "hid.
ing the key. Officers are on the trail
OF some suspected parties and via
probably have them before morning
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23
NOTICE OF dissolution

Notice IS hereby given that th,
partnership heretofore existing be
tween George B. Iackman and G. w
Wimber, of Guthrie,s Logan county
Oklahoma, under the firm name o
the Guthrie Candy company. has to
day been dissolved by mutual con
sent, both of said partners retiring
from said partnership All accounts
aotes and other Indebtedness due
said partnership. is to be paid to the
Logan County bank at the city OF
Guthrie. Logan county, Oklahoma.
Dated at the city of Guthrie. in the
county and state aforesaid, this 9TH
day Of January, 1912.
~ GEO. B. JACKMAN.
G. w. WIMBER
Notice is further given that whereas
said Geo. p. Jackman has ever since
the organization Of said partnership
nth this date, acted as agent for the
the above dissolution has
been fully approved by me as prnci-
al for said George b, Jackman.
Dated at Guthrie, Oklahoma, this
tn day OF January, 1912,
G. e. JACKM AN.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23
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|: MODERN BUSINESS
(By Ebert Hubbard
Success lies in mutual service
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| ThIs great truth concerning th'
solidarity of the race marks a menta
epoch in the onward and the upward
march. II was limited at pretty strous
ly in l776, and carried into business
as an experiment about 1876.
1 II is no longer an experiment The
spirit of the tines--the Zeltgeist, te
! borrow a word from our German
friends~-is q constantly progressing
Guilty
Tne present spirit OF the times Is
of a. kind unequaled in history. We
have thousands upon thousands OF
linen and wo.den who are thinking
great aud noble thoughts ANA doing
great and splendid work.
Very many Of our big business men
regard themselves as public servants
Our Zeitgest is sensitive, restless,
|alert. mpressionable, progressive. ana
lis making for righteousness The
man who can imagine a better relig
ion than now exists is allowed to
throw his vision on the screen, and
I've who can formulate a better gov
eminent than we now have Is not
hanged for his pains, but is allowed
to express his dreams.
Public opinion rules No law is
contrary to the Zeitgest can be en-
forced Judges construe, translate
and interpret the laws to suit the
spirit of the times.
Every man VINO speaks out loud and
clear is tinting the Zeitgeist. Every
man who expresses what he honestly
thinks is true is changing the spirit
Of the times Thinkers help other
people think, for they formulate what
others are thinking. operson writes
or thinks alono-thought is in the air,
but its expression is necessary to
create a tangible spirit of the times,
The value of the thinker who writes,
or writer who thinks, is that he sup
plies arguments for the people. and
confirms all who are on his way i'll
their opinions, often before unutter-
ed
The brotherhood OF man is an idea
now fully appreciated in business.
Commerce today stands for mutually
reciprocity
The American department store has
taken up lost motion. and given the
people better goods at lower cost.
1t has been the inevitable, because 1t
does the greatest good to the great
est number. IT has worked for econ
Dmy and length of days 1t means
brotherhood.
Every purchaser must be pleased. a
ehild who buys spool of thread IS
yiven the same courteous attention as
he shrew1est buyer. The customer
. u,ada ia fol that he is at home. |
hat he is with strong and influential
1iends: that his interests are safe'
This matter of faith be-
ween buyer and seller is new thing |
n the world
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SIDEWALK SKETCHES y
(By Howard L. RannD 4
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Big business is term of reproach
calculated to cast opprobrum upon
every man who has the price Of a
pair of theatre tickets and two suits
OF Clothes a year 1t Is responsible
Tor more crimes againsl the English
language than a text book on rhetoric
Whenever candidate for congress
wants people to forget how he voted
on the tariff. he turns a three inch
stream of eloquence and added gram.
mar on big business and riddles its
prostrate form with split nGnitves.
Big business is supposed to control
the prices of all commodities, from
Seeding onions TO senatorial vacan.
cics, and as a consequence il is no
longer admitted to our best horlcs.
Many man is throwing the he ,ks
into big business in order to colt cal
the splints on driving horse from a
near-slghted purchaser. Big business
is a fayorite topic of vituperative con
NersAiof with agents for land which
never grew anything but sage brush
and a prospectus in three coiors We
are always a little leary of the man
who punctures the steel trust with
one hand while trying to sell us 4 Gu
ban fruit farm on 81 down and 81
a month with the other It is a pc
Iculiar fact that very frequently the
man who is so horrified at tile crimes
|of big business that he can't pay his
barber bill will be found to have more
blue sky for safe than scene paint
Ter, Just now your Uncle Samuel is
trying to equip big business with
high check and a wire bit, and if he
succeeds there will be a shrinkage in
the demand for pop-eyed oratory
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23
RELIABLE AGRIculTJlRe

I When the farm is q reliable pro
ldueef in dry years as We'd rs wet
4Npars this section OF Oklahoma viii
be Tclicycd of an element of uncer
ftTntX aud ali business VIII have q
fspi pihsw that has not heretofore ex
sted. Now all business waits on
Ecfops prospects, When We shall have
/ demonstrated that though wheat OF
CORK or both may fail the farm Will
lpro1nce an abundance. many business
/ men viii escape the burden of anxiety
they are now forcej to carry
! WIKI the possibilities OF this sec
! ton in cotton broom corn alfalfa,
kaffr corn, milo, cane. COW peas, pea
nuts, and all forage crops. with its
adaptability to the breeding Of fine
hogF, fine cattle and fine horses. with
its rich and growing poultry industry
land with the possibilities az sub-rri-
CATION for the production of fruits and
vegetables, the farmers of this ooun-
ty can grow rich without planting
wheat or corn But with more care
given to wheat and a reduced corn
acreage with more careful cultivation
added to ether possible crops the
Cherokee strip should soon become
one of the richest regions If the
United States
What has already been accomplished
is merely a suggestion of what is pos
sible.
AN Organization OF the farmers and
live stock breeders to encourage d.
versifieaton OF agricultural interests,
and to hold a county fair would be
the most effective means for promot-
ing the county's agricultural develop
ment Some definite action to this
end should be taken veay soon
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23
GOVERNMENT RESTS
IN CRAvENS CASE
Continued from Page L.,

FOR the government recalled Nun Nc
tClarney, and asked nim if he had moi
stated on the street that the prison
Ter had net changed much since he
last saw him. He said he did not.
viii Ilass was also recalled by the
government and asked where he wat
the day of the Red Rock robbery
He stated that he was at home
Jim r. Jacobs, of oklahoma City,
was the next witness. He knew GRAY
ems wnen he lived on farm in in
coin county, the first time he knew
| him as Ben Cravens, was after he
was arrested for shooting up a sa-
loon ,at McCloud. After seeing the
prisoner walk he did not think he
was Ben Cravens. Upon cross exam.
/ nation, he stated he knew Cravens
for about two years, and knew him to
be an outlaw, saw him again at keo.
luk Falls, where Crayens shot up a
political meeting; he could not say
positively that the prisoner was not
Ben Cravens
Next witness was Harve Becknell,
OF Chandler, he was formerly a deputy
sheriff of Lincoln county He knew
Ben Cravens in 1898 and 1895, he did
not believe the prisoner is Ben
Cravens, On cross-eXamination, he
stated that he was in the saloon bus
mess in Guthrie and Chandler until
after statehood, the last time he saw
Cravens was in Guthrie about two
weeks before the Chandler bank rob
berry He did not believe the prison
er is Ben Cravens.
Asberry Hodge. laborer of Oklaho
ma City, said he lived six or eight
miles out from Lineville, Iowa, and
knew Ben Cravens when he was a boy
for eight Or ten years; said he hardly
thought the prisoner was Ben GRAY
ems. He saw him last at Linevife in
1888 or 1889 and was then q or %
years old On cross-examination. he
admitted that he had been sentenced
several times in Comanche county for
bOotlegging
Sam Barteli, of the Bartel Detec- /
tive agency of Oklahoma City. said
he saw Ben Cravens near Pawnee
" hen Bartell was deputy United |
States marshal, also saw him when /
he was in jail at Tecumseh in 1895. /
He could not say whether the prison .
er was Ben Crayens or not On cross
2Nuhllhdtlbuf nt Sdiu HS NOutu hdiS W D.
say positively that he was or was rot
Ben Cravens
Next witness was John Chambers
Who lived in Pawnee county. said he 4
lnew Ben Cravens when he was fam
ng in the northern part of the Usage
,ountry and that Cravens worked FOR |
lim in the winter of 1891 and ig92' ]
aid he was cousin of Ben Crayens {
" marriage. The prisoner was nc;
Ben Cravens. as he knew him On '
he stated that the
risoner was not Ben era Jens. to the i
est of his knowledge At 10:i0, the a
ourt took a recess until II O'Clock. h
he first witness after court TscJE- Ii
ened was Jim Hughes, of Noun -aii
'iew, Oklahoma. who testified that Ia
e had lived in Washita county for h
fteen years. had lived in Texas and !C
'hoctaw and Cherokee counties also. {
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23

MISSOURI Is ALL RIGHT

Information Of the most trust
worthy character from Missouri says
that Speaker Champ Clark will carry
that state at the Joplin convention al
most as if not quite five to one over
Governor Folk
His friends there say that the
Speaker knew what he was talking
about when he recently gave it out to
the public that if he didn't have his
own state back of him he didn't want
the nomination, and would instantly
withdraw from the canvass and an.
nOunceVthat fact.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23
ASSESSORS LAW IS !
UPHELD BY COURT

Oklahoma City, Okla, Jan. 2s-The
county assessor law is duly ami To-
saliy adopted and not in violation n
the constitution, according to a ruling
III the test case of J. o. GRAY against
. Z. Frazier by Judge Oldfeld Of the
superior court. GRAY. the township
assessor of Spring Creek TOWNSHIP
oklanoma county, filed a petition ask.
ing that Frazier be enjoined from nro-
ceeding with the duties of the cenn.
ty assessorship to which he was an.
pointed by Governor Cruce.
1t was alleged that the law was :,
violation of the constitution in Thar
1t undertook to deprive the tcwnshin
assessors of the emoluments Of tba;r
office without due process of law n
was alleged that the law would onar.
ate TO charge the taxpayers with don.
bic fees for the collection of taxes as
II provides for a collection Zee by the
county assessor and a former statnte
provides for collection of fees Inv
the township assessors. which II *
Claimed may be collected until the
terms of office to which they we're
elected expire. It was further aIley-
I'd that the new law failed to reneSI
Ill statutes in conflict Herewith
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23

,959 short tons of that amount
With the publication OF these facts
there has been considerable public
comment as TO the reason FOR such a
Condition OF affairs in view of the
immense deposits OF suita bic ma.
teriei in this state. To date the an
sVer las been simple enough--7ack
cs dAlrgal and demand. Through the
pdotts Df the state survey these arc
both being aroused with the result oil
an already Increased output II is
now. only a question of time before
the necple see the advantage Of su-
perior home product-when they do
0kls Aoma will lead the world in the
production Of rock bitumens for pave
mentS
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23

For years J S Domaine, SO. IIav-
en-, Mich. civil war captain, as a
lighthouse keeper. ayerted awful
wrecks, but queer fact ds, he might
nave been a wreck, himself if Felctric
Bitters Dad not prevented. They
cured me Of kidney trouble and chils
he writes after had taken other
so called cures for years, without ben-
eft and they also improved my sight
Now, at seventy, am feeling fine. >"
For dyspepsia, Indigestion, all stom-
ach, liver and kidney troubles, they
are without equal Try them. Only
so cents at all druggists.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23
okLAhoMA,s ASPHALT

That the native rock asphalt OF OK
1ahoma will eventually become th,
general paving material for the thor
Oughfares of the new industr ria
Southwest, is the recent statement ol
the new director of the Oklahoma
geological survey, DR. D. W Ohern
Although Mr. Ohern has only re.
Gently taken up active work as head
of the state survey, he has for sew
erai years been in close touch with
ex-Director Chas. n. Gould aud bis
methods, as we'll as having a complete
knowledge OF the field problems Ol
Oklahoma geology. Consequently Mr..
Ohern is perhaps the best informed
man along such lines in the state,
PERSONALLY he is strong "prOgres.
siye' in matters concerning the de-
yelopment of the states, resources,
yet at the same time his natural com
atism creates sense OF absolute
yeracity in all his work.
The remark cited above is but the
result of detailed Investigation car
ried on by the federal aud state sur
veys. Through this research j, has
been found that deposits OF asphaltic
rock, Known as gllsonite, grahamite.
and maltha together with other rock
bitumens, occur in practically ali in
eXl1austible amount throughout the
southern area OF Oklahoma In gen
eral these deposits are found impreg-
mating limestones sandstones ana
shales Many instances have been
found where Outcrops of rock as
phalt extend over an area Of several
acres. In other cases BoriBgs have
been put down several hundred feet
in exposures OF this nature without
going through this deposit In view
of these facts il is safe to say there
is enough asphalt in this state alone
10 answer the worlds demand for
several generations TO come
Neither is the fact of its advisable
ty as paving material in any sense &c
tfon. Already it has proven highly
satisfactory in various cities OF Tex
as, Oklahoma. Missouri and Kansas
For example r. l.. McAipine. city en-
gineer for Kansas City states:
Some of the streets OF Kansas |
City, Missouri, have been paved with !
this material (Oklahoma asphalD and |
they are in better condition than |
some sheet asphalt streets that have !
been paved later. after being down /
fifteen years Mr. :. f. Peckham.
chemist 20 the department Of finance
Of New York City, in his book on
solid bitumeDs SAYS il reference 10
the native rock asphalt paved streets
Of Ardmore. Oklahoma They are
ihe product OF The intelligent apDll-
eatibn OF sound principles OF technO 4
ogy TO the manipulation OF the best
for the construction Of solid
streets yet found on the
american continents"
BY actual experiment streets paved
With Oklahoma rock asphalt prove IN
very way superior to those paved
With of asphalt al the same timed
,osting less to lay dowE. than the rel
med bitumen import United States
hipped in from other countries 1856,
II short tons OF asphalt, incidently |
1882 short tons of which came from
be Isle OF Trinidad. On the other
and this country only marketed 100,-
se tons Of asphaltic rock during the
.me year, Oklahoma contributing but'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23
FEDERAL CROUT

L. S. Marshal Jack Langston, was
taken for Ben Crayens brother this
morning, When he and Marshal Dave
Hadden We're bringing Cravens to the
court from the jail he was hand
-cufled to Jack, and bystander said :
"Oh, look there. they have got his
brother too ! wonder what be has
done? Are they going to try him
too?"
O. X Chambers, pleaded guilty To
the charge OF introducing. and selling
whiskey to Indians. in the Usage
country. this morning He was fin
ed sle0 and sentenced 10 sixty days
in the Logan county jail
Ex-Deputy Warden w A Thomson
made an ideal witness when he was
on the stand He will return 10 his
home in Junction City, Kas,. this
evening
Many OF the witnesses are being
released and going home
The Cravens trial is going aiong
fast
Deputy United states District Clerk
A. c. Dolde, can smile if he tries ana
he does.
United States Deputy Marshal Al
5of is not escorting Crayens bacA
l1d forth from the jail now
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23
READ THIS.

The Texas Wonder cures kidney
and bladder troubles. removes gravel
cures diabetes. weak and lame backs
rheumatism. and irregularities OF the
kidneys and bladder in both men and
women; regulates bladder trouble in
children. If not sold by your drug
gist, it will be sent by mail on receipt
OF 81. One small bottle is two
months treatment, and seldom fails
TO perfect a cure. DR.. Z. w. Hall,
1926 Olive Street, st. Louis, Mo. Send
for testimonials from this and other
state, Ssld By druggists.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23
NO DELEGATES FOR Him

The following extract from Che AS
sociated Press dispatch from Balti-
more, is significant as to the wan
ing boom of Governor Wilson right in
his home state.
Baltimore, Jan 2l--,New Jersey
viii send twenty eight delegates to
the national convention in Baltimore,
Not one of these will east ballot for
the nomination of Governor Wilson.
was the statement made here Sunday
by James r. Nugent, OF Newark, n.
j., formerly chairman of the New
Jersey state committee
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23

prisoner don't look like the Ben
Crayens we had arrested.
The defense will have FIVE or SIX
more witnesses, and then close the
case. Chief uf Police VIM Tilghman.
of Oklahoma City. and Assistant State
Printer McGill are among the 9th .r
witnesses to testify,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23

Congress, it is SAID. will not adj
aourn before August But it is likely
that the people long before that time
will become so interested in the po-
sitical game being played out of CON
gress instead of in it. that the law
makers win feel themselves neglect
ed and will quit and go home
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-23

A court has recently decided that
an automobilist is not a traveller.
Sure. Travel is entirely too stow a
word TO apply to what the benzine
buggy does.