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The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-01-11
CRUCE DEF|ES
SUPREME court
Oklahoma Governor, in Remark
able Telegram, Authorizes Use
of Militia-Says Own Au-
thority Is Superior.

Oklahoma City, Jan. Ex-Governor
Lee Crucc, today. following the is
suance of restraining order is
sued by the State Supreme court
for the purpose of preventing Ad-
iutant General Canton carrying out
the governors orders 10 remove the
Delaware county records from New
Jay to the original townsite Of Jay,
FLASHED with the Supreme court,
asserting his own authority as SUI
perior.
In a telegram to the adjutant
general he authorized the latter TO
use FALL force necessary to carry
out his order, and in a telephone
conversation with Chief Justice
Turner later, he told the latter: II
am governor of the state and that
he meant TO have his orders car
ried out to the letter, and that if
the Supreme court meant to have
its order enforced ii had better
send force right away"
The following is the telegram the
governor sent TO the adjutant gem
eral, who, however, had acted so
quickly that he had carried out the
governors orders before he was
made acquainted with the courts
restraining order:
A Snappy Telegram.
Have just learned that Supreme
court has issued restraining order
directing you not to enforce the
proclamation and order that de-
livered to you yesterday. AS COM
mander-in-chief of the Oklahoma
militia and MS governor Of the
state, / direct you to proceed with
the enforcement of my proclama-
ton and order, as directed to you
yesterday. Whatever force is nee
essary for you to employ to en-
force this order, you will call into
requisition. The attempt to re-
strain your action through the SUI
preme court Of the state has been
done without any notice either to
you or me. and is in line with the
whole policy that has been pur-
sued by those who have been dou-
hle-dealing with the governor in
the matter of the removal of these
records. There should be no fric-
ton over this matter, but if it must
come 7 will see that the will of
the voters of Delaware county is
not sacrificed to the selfish, greedy
interests of a few real estate spec
uators who seem determined to
use the courts and every one else
in an effort TO thwart the expressed
will Of the people"
Proclamation Disregarded.
The trouble arose through the
removal Of the county seat of Della
ware county from Grove to Jay
The records were started from
Grove on Tuesday, but instead Of
reaching the old townsite of Jay,
designated by the governors proc
lamation, were stopped at re-
Gently established addition to the
town known as New Jay.
Yesterday, when it was reported
that armed men were on hand at
Jay to prevent the further removal
of the books and papers, Cover
nor Cruce ordered company of
state militia at Tulsa under arms
and instructed the Acknowledgement
to proceed to the scene of the dis
pute.
After the arrival of the adjutant
general it. was stated that no fur
Their effort would be made TO inn
pede the removal of the books, but
today citizens Of New Jay applied
to Chief Justice Turner for a re-
straining order, and ii was granted.
Then Governor Cruce became ac-
tive.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-01-11
l. O. O. f. Installs Officers.

AT meeting held Friday night al
the home of Mena Lodge No. 1852
/. o. 0. f., the following officers
were installed for the coming year,
Oscar Thacler, N. G.
w. F. Schaffer, V. G.
S. l.. Lindsay. Sec.
NJ. P. Olney, Treas.
r. S. Peters, Ward.
6. w. Duganne, Cond.
w. N. Martin, Chap.
G. C. Gunnels, r. S.
J. r. Leather, L. S.
n. w. Eddy. R. s. N.
w. P. Mount, L. S. N.
Ira Cunningham, r. S. V.
ID. b. Joplin, J.. S. v.
l.. B. Shelton, 7. G.
ID. A. May, o. G.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-01-11
BEEF PACKERS
MAY GET OUT
Government Finds It's Way Blocked
by Attorneys Objections-Qucs-
ton of Time Is an Inn
potant Factor.

Chicago, Jan. Practically the
entire court session in the hearing
Of the beef trust cases today was
devoted to an attempt on the part
of the defense to induce Jerome H.
Pratt to change his opinion as to
the authenticity of the handwrit-
ing Of j. Ogden Armour on cores
pondence touching pool opera
tions OF the beef trust in 1904.
The court allowed Attorney w
NJ Borders to cross-examine Pratt,
Armour's former confidential en-
Iploye, before the direct examina-
ton was completed. Pratt was
finally prepared TO say that he
could not swear that the notes were
made by j. O. Armour. although the
handwriting resembled that of the
beef baron, and the letter on which
the marginal notes appeared had
been sent to him personally.
Attorneys for the Swift group
moved that the letter be stricken
from The evidence on the ground
that even if it were evidence Of
crime, it implicated only Armour,
and did not support the contention
of close conspiracy among all the
defendants.
Carpenters Language.
I'm ruling on the point Judge Car
Ipenter laid down definite meas
,,pa a., ,..b;ab Tho oox,apn.,,aut NJ, 81
apply its ease and indicated that
world of proof must be presented
to support the charges.
The court said:
The government is obliged and
will have to show in this case a
coordination or effort on the part
of some of the defendants, or all
of them, before they succeed, and
UNLESS they do so that is an end
| to this case. And if they show the
concerted action or individual ac-
ton, il you please, Of each party
and then show general situation
toward which each one Of these
parties has been working, it is foI
the jury to say whether, consider
ing the result obtained and consid-
ering what the individuals did
there was an unlawful comhna-
Ition."
The flaw the defense saw in The
governments case was the fact thai
| the only government witness that
had testified in that regard haC
said that the old pools or conspira-
cies ceased in 1902, and that nc
documentary proof of a conspiracy
in 1904 or 1906 can be introduced
until charge Of combination in
that period is made.
What Witnesses Say.
This situation is the result of the
fact that the first two witnesses
for the government were Attorneys
Albert II. and Henry Veeder, law
yers for the swifts, who admitted
a conspiracy previous to 1902 only
Then came w. d. Miles, who repu-
dated his former testimony before
the grand jury and denied an illegal
coordination of any sort at any
time. Pratt, the fourth witness
told in general Of the price fixing
and shipment regulating meetings
but has not been asked as tc
whether these practices continued
after 1909.
The court took the matter under
advisement, and will rule Monday
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-01-11

AN Thursday Morning, January
~ IL, at o'clock, / will opena
New Store of New Kind for
Mena, under the above title, in
the Winton Building on DeQueen
Street.
wish to extend an invitation
to the Mena and Polk county pub
lie to come and see what | have,
whether they buy or not. 1t
will interest you. You will see
a kind of goods that will be use
full, ornamental and attractive,
and at prices that will make
them easy to get for your homes.
See our window and attend our
Sale on Saturday.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-01-11
Carpenters LANGUAGE.

In ruling on the point Judge Car
penter laid down a definite meas
ure to which the government must
apply its case and indicated that
a world of proof must be presented
to support the charges.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
Plenty of Water.

Belle Fourche.-The immense gov
eminent irrigation project in the Belle
Fourche district was completed at so
late a date last spring that, with the
excessively hot and prolonged dry Pc
riod following its completion, there
was practically no water for irriga-
ton later in the season when it was
needed. This caused a great deal of
complaint. This year there will be an
abundance of water for use at such
times as it may be required. At the
present time there are so, 000-acre feet
of water back Of the immense Owl
creek dam, with several months to
come in, which additional water will
be stored. 1t is estimated that before
any of the water will be needed to ir.
rigate the farms under the project
there will be not less than 100000 acre
feet of water available, this being suf-
hcient to irrigate $4,000 acres.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
Choice of White River.

Murdo.-Word was received from
Washington conveying the information
that White River had been appointed
as the temporary filing point for the
land to be opened in Mellette and Ben
nett counties, south of White river.
The filing will begin April 10, at which
time those who drew numbers in the
registration last fall will appear and
select their homesteads in the order
In which their m were drawn.
White River is the geological center
of Mellette county, and as Murdo is
the nearest railroad point the greater
part of the crowds which go to look
yer the country and to file will come
this way. 1t is thirty miles, or a little
less, from here to the filing point and
the local liveries and automobile men
are getting ready to care for the traf-
fc which will soon begin to come this
way.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
Government After Coyotes.

Deadwood.-Government aid will be
given at once to exterminate the coy
otes that have been destroying deer
in the Black Hills national forest so
much this winter. The department at
Washington was appealed to with the
result that it sent 200 traps to Super
visor Kelleter and these are now be-
ing given out to the rangers who will
distribute them among the ranchers
through the Hills. Another. shipment
Of traps is expected this week and it
is thought that this method will be eff
fective in materially reducing the
work OF the animals among the deer.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
Good Roads Convention.

Mitchell.-The big good roads con-
vention of 800 delegates adjourned
without accomplishing what was
hoped for between the north and south
road between Mitchell and Sioux Falls
for the construction of the state high
way across the state. Realizing that a
mass convention of this kind could not
settle the controversy, it was decided
to have Chairman Stransky appoint a
committee of nine men, comprising S.
E. Lea, state engineer, and two other
civil engineers, and one man from
each county to investigate the two
routes, receive the propositions from
each route, and then call another con-
vention in Mitchell and settle the Of
fetal route to go in the Blue Book.
The committee will visit all the towns
on each route between Mitchell and
Sioux Falls.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
SPLENDID
DAWSON County Farmers Reap Rien
Harvest from Alfalfa Crops.

Harvest from AHa1d SToPs'
Mitchell.-The cultivation of alfalfa
in this section of the state has been
proven profitable through the success
of John Myers and F. c. Hoffman,
farmers living in the immediate VI
cinity Of Mitchell. They have just
marketed the seed crop from their
fields and shows a splendid return.
Mr.. Hoffman had in eleven acres from
which he made a first cutting of hay,
and after the second cutting he thresh-
ed the seed and got a total of sc bush
els. From the selling Of the nay IND
the seed his receipts for the season
amounted to $75 per acre for the al
falfa crop. Mr.. Hoffman states that
this year he expects to raise a larger
crop of alfalfa, and believes 1t Is
one of the greatest money producers
the farm can raise.
Mr.. Myers planted twenty acres to
alfalfa and he raised $500 pounds OF
seed from the plot of ground and
which he disposed OF for the sum OF
s. ,00S.3 80. AS a comparison with
wheat, had he planted the same acre
age, he would have received on the
basis of 1876 per acre as the average
wheat production in the past ten
years, the sum of $239.4O. This year
there will be a greater acreage OF
ground sowed to alfalfa both for a
food product for stock and for the
profit in selling the seed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
L0CAT0RS GET BUSY
READY TO TAKE CARE OF PROS
PEcTIvE SETTLERS WHEN
FILINGS BEGIN.
HAPP ENlNGS OVER THE STATE
What Is Going On Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout South Da-
kota and Vicinity.

Gregory.--Filings for homestead
lands in Mellette and Bennett counties
will be received at White River, COM
mencing April 10. This information
was received at Gregory in a telegram
from Judge Witten.
1t is possible that the department
will conduct the filing by the same
methods as used in Trip county. On
April Is a certain number of the luck
les will be called, and the work con-
tinued each day until 1000 names have
been accounted for, and then the work
will again be taken up In the fall
and the remaining list Of 1000 names
completed. In a short time the gov
eminent will notify each successful
drawer the day and time when his
number will be called.
AS the time draws near for the Ill
ing locators are unusually active IN
their efforts to convince the prospect
are the most reliable locating firm in
the business. Many are up in the air
since the designation of White River
as the place for offering filings. Sew
eral locators expect to establish three
or four offices. 1t is estimated that
traffic over the Milwaukee and North
western railroads will be about equal
ly divided and locators who expect to
do an extensive business will main
tain offices at Gregory and Winner
to catch the homeseekers who come
over the Northwestern, and at Murdo
for those who go by the way of the
Milwaukee route, while it will be nee
essary for all to have offices at White
River.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
Yankton Schools Close.

Yankton.-The city schools of Yank-
ton were closed on account of the de-
velopment of scarlet fever among some
of the school children. The homes Of
A. w. Westhrope. F. V. Stevens, G. H.
Scott, William Falkenberg and STAN
field have been q%uarantined. The at
tack is very light in every instance,
SO light that some touches of it have
been evidenced in other families who,
not recognizing the real danger, failed
to call a doctor. None of the patients
is in a serious condition at the present
time. Miss Stevens came down with
the fever Immediately upon her return
from Mitchell, where she played in a
basketball game. Hers was not the
first case in the city, however. The
moving picture houses have also been
closed for a few days.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
Brookinas Institute.

Brookings.-The best and most large
ly attended institute yer held by the
Srookings County Farmers Institpte
association closed last week. 1t was
a four-day meeting, the first two days
being taken up by specialists from the
South Dakota state college and local
people, n the last two by the state
institute corps under the direction of
Supt. H. H. Stoner, of Highmore. The
sessions were held in the assembly
room of the new city hall. the use of
which was donated by the city. and
the rooms of the commercial club of
Brookings.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
Scientific Experiment Farm.

Aberdeen.-At a meeting of the Alb
erdeen Commercial club. the senti-
ment Of those present was enthusiast
tically In favor of carrying on a scien-
tiic experimental farm in Brown coun-
ty. The county owns a half section
OF land, now devoted to a poor farm.
The county commissioners have
agreed to appropriate $500 and to do
nate so acres Of land for the expert
mental farm, provided $4,000 is raised
from other sources. II is believed the
business mep OF Aberdeen will donate
the required amount
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
Five Perish In a Wreck.

Ottawa, Ontario. - Five persons
we're killed and IL injured. two seri.
ously. when a Canadian Pacific pas
senger train was wrecked in a COLI
sion with a freight train between OF
tawa and Hull. Ont. Oficials of the
Canadian Pacific attributed the acct.
dent to the mistake Of a telegraph
operator at Hull, who, 1t is charged,
allowed the passenger train to back
from Pontiac towards Ottawa while
the freight train was approaching Hull
on the same track. The operator dis.
appeared after the accident.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
To Aid Meridian Road.

Yankton.-The county commission
ers Of Yankton pledged their support
to this county's portion of the Merid-
ian road, otherwise known as the Gulf
to Winnipeg National highway. The
sum OF $4,000 is available for road
Improvement in the county, and the
Meridian road will receive the first
lift.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
Claim Agent Promoted.

Huron.-About April 1 w. G. Good
rich and family will leave this city to
make their home in Omaha. Mr.. Good
rich is claim agent for the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway company here,
a position he has held for the past
two years. BY promotion he is to re-
move to Omaha. where he takes
charge of the Northwestern lines west
of the Missouri river as claim agent.
The vacancy will be filled by Frank
Winter of Chicago.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
Aberdeen Home Products Show.

Aberdeen.-The Home Industry
league Of the Commercial club has an
nounced its intention of holding an
exhibition of Aberdeen made products
In this city about the second week in
April for the purpose of showing the
Aberdeen public what Is really menu,
featured here and what is not.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
Farmer Instantly Killed,

Mitchell.-Bore MORRISON, a we'll
known farmer living southeast Of this
city, was instantly killed while haul
ing a load of hay. On returning from
the field with his wagon loaded Mr..
Boreson in some way fell from the
wagon into the road, and the two
wheels passed over his head, crushing
1t and killing him instantly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
JEWELS ARE RETURNED
Chicago Thief Actually Suffers From
Uneasy Conscience.

Chicago. Illinois. = A conscience
stricken thief returned a sample case
containing jewels valued at $500 to
the office Of a transfer company. The
case was stolen on Feb. rs, when 1t
was left in a hallway of a loop build
ing by an expressman, who went to
look for the owner Of the gems. The
thief delivered the stolen property
while the employees Of the company
were at luncheon.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
Many Indians Affected.

Miller.-Consumption is doing havoc
with the Indians at Cheyenne agency.
Reports from there say that the gov
eminent has found by examination
that fully IS per cent Of those eligible
for schools have the disease in some
form. an effort is being made to rem
edy the conditions by putting a num-
Der Of the afflicted ones on a special
diet.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
GIRL AVIATOR KILLED
19-Year.Old AeropIaae Pilot Falls 200
Feet at Etampes.

Etampes, France. Mile. Susanna
Bernard, a 19-year-old aviator, was
killed here while undergoing examih-
alton for a pilots license. She had
successfully passed most of the tests,
when In attempting a sharp turn to
the right the machine was caught by
an eddy and capsized. 1t fell two hum
dred feet and Mile. Bernard was
crushed beneath the motor.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14
Kaiser Host to Col. Cocktails.

Berlin, Germany.-Lieut. Col. Geo.
w. Goethals, U. S. A., chief engineer
Of the Panama canal, was the guest Of
the emperor at luncheon. The m
press, Princess Victoria Louise. the
minister of marine, Admiral o Tir-
pitt. and the minister of public works,
Herr Won ~Breitenbach, were also pres
ent.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

One of Alaska's most popular vol
canoes is In violent eruption. If 1t Is
assisting to temper the atmosphere in
its vicinity 1t is likely to make itself
dearer than ever to the hearts of the
Alaskan people.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

The French government asks for an
appropriation of $4,000, 900 for military
aeroplanes. Those who imagined that
the aerial navies would reduce the
cost of peace insurance" may have
to revise their ideas.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

No man Is a hero to his stenograph-
or. So say the organized women ste
nographers of Chicago For self-pro-
lection then. we shall have to hire
male stenographers for whose opin-
ion we don't gave e hang.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

A woman In Iowa laughed so long
and so hard at a Joke that they had to
send for three doctors to chloroform
her. This ought to be some encou
agement to those mournful members
of the community. the jokesmiths.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

A child s years old In New York has
had his income raised from $4,000 per
year to $4,000. thus permitting him
to support his guardians In the style
to which they alleged that they, have
been accustomed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

A California boy % years OF age
has married a lady of SO. We hope
she will be good enough to refrain
from spanking him IN case she hap
pens u each him stealing Jam.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

Who says the Filipinos have not at
tanned a high degree Of civilization?
Manila is grief-stricken ove the de-
parture Of the troops for China. The
best baseball team In the city went
with them.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

A scientist has figured out that a
bee travels $4,000 miles in collecting
the material for a pound Of honey.
What a beautiful price basis for a
new trust!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

Silk stockings are no longer consid-
cred fashionable in Washington. Has
that any possible connection with the
crusade the women OF Washington are
wagihg against high street car steps?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

They call It the United States OF
S1hinai but the states are about as
firmly linked together as a mess OF
chop suey.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

The Denver man who travelled 5000
miles to take unto himself a wife can
hardly be said Il be the victim of a
leap year proposal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

A doctor told a woman's club "how
to make a child sick" His talk could
be spread usefully for the benefit OF
grown-ups.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

A Harvard professor advocates a
course In aviation at all our u~niversi.
ties, just az II the average college stu
dent il not Eighty enough.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

"Thehe is no telling a woman's age
after she passes 25." sagely enunci-
ates a contemporary. On the con-
trary, every friend she has cheerfully
tells 1t on her.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

The coming towers on the battle
ships outnumber and outrank the GU
polas on the temple Of peace at The
Hague.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

A Buffalo woman says she can't live
with her husband because he IL bald.
II must also be that hts ears are too
small to AFFORD agood hold.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

Labouchere, the English editor III
Truth, left ten million dollars. II that
Is the result Of Truth, what is the use
vNf so much lying?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

a Boston minister tells men to vote
as they pray. With a good many OF
them that would be never until they
are about to die.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

Kitty Gordon tells us that 1t costs
$500 a week to be beautiful, and yet
few women are complaining about the
high cost of beauty.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-03-14

Paris authorities have order Ray
mond Duncan to YEA more clothes in
public, Evidently Raymond labors IN.
der the impression that all the worlds
q bathing beach.