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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-16
BURTON FOR
End TERM

In announcing his candidacy for re-
election as mayor Of chickasha to-
day J 81 Burton said
my record has been made and it is
there for the people to examine. /
have done the best could to give the
city the most efficient and economi-
cal administration possible. If |
haven't made good, it is because l am
not big enough for the job. If the
people think have made good, ! shall
be glad to serve them again
However, / can't promise any more
than have done in the past have
been on the job almost every hour
since I took It and have given it my
personal attention every day, I am
willing to leave It TO the people to
say how well ! have discharged the
duties Of the office"
Before he was elected mayor, Mr..
Burton served many years as an an
derman and Ne has always been active
in every public movement IN chicka-
sha.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-16
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, STATE SCHOOL FUND
> ApPoRTioNMENT.

Oklahoma City, Jan. ie.-The :
; board Of lana commissioners !
; made the annual apportion- 4
: ment for common schools. a I
, total Of $54l,600 collected by 1
= the school land department 4
, and $54.l59 collected by the 4
, state treasurer Is TO be dis
: bursed, amonnling TO sl.l0 for 1
; each school cid Of the state.
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-16
GRADY co.
APPEALS TO
INVESTOR
Maine Man Sings Praises
Of the City and
County

Col. j. T. Small of Lewiston, Me,
who for the past few days has been
the guest OF the Harden-Roche Realty
and Mortgage company, during which
time he has covered almost the entire
area Of Grady county, for the purpose
Of making a thorough investigation
Of the country, in view of future in
yestments here. Col. smasYs visit
is the result Of more than two years
correspondence between himself and
Mr.. Roche and he expresses his en-
tire qualification with the country.
lhis morning. in company with Ben
f. Johnson, Col Small paid a visit to
the ranch and alfalfa farm Of H. B.
johnson, east OF the city, and is loud
in mis- praise OF the complete equip
ment Of that agricultural plant.
4 can honestly say" said Col.
Small this morning, that Grady coun-
ty is the equal 4 not the superior, Of
any country I have ever seen. and
have been in every state in the
Union.
4 have found the climate delight
ful and am impressed by the solidity
Of chickasha and surrounding terri.
tory believe this is a Young mans
country and see no reason why, with
the natural resources at ones com
mand a live man and a hustler can.
not succeed here.
Il am Impressed by the hospitality
Of the people and want to say that
during my short stay here have
never been treated more royalty in
an my life. | can certainly recon-
mend chickasha and Grady county as
fit place for investors or home seek
ors."
Besides Investigating the land in
yestments in Oklahoma, Col. Small is
looking into the legality and safety Of
Investments in street and city i'm
provement bonds.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-16
KNOCKOUT
BLOW BY
SIMPSON
Prosecutor Puts PuGS Out
Of Ring in First
Round

Long and patiently did the fight
bugs of Chickasha wait last night for
the bell to tap that would send
frankie Manila and Lee Morrissey to-
gether in a boxing contest in the new
Convention hall arena, but the bell
didn't tap and those who had them
selves keyed up to see the contest
were disappointed. Oscar Simpson.
county attorney set his foot down
firmly and said, There will be no
fight" and the protestations Of the
promoters could not wayer him from
his position
When seen this morning in regard
to the affair. Mr.. Simpson said: "The
promoters came TO me yesterday
afternoon and asked me il the report
that ] would stop the fight was true
/ told them it was and asked them
why they did not come to me In the
first place. stopped the fight be-.
cause considered it against the
statute If it vas not, why didn't they
90 ahead and have it. There are bet
ter lawyers in town than /. Why if
it were against the law did they not
retain lawyer and fight the case il
arrested They intimated that the
affair would be for blood and that the
winner would be taken to New York,
where he would be matched with a
worlds champion told them their
fighter would certainly not make his
reputation in Chickasha."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-16

Announcement was made today BY
officers of the United Charities for a
meeting of citizens to be held Mon
day afternoon, January ~, at tho city
hall for the purpose Of discussing
ways and means OF raising funds for
the building Of the proposed Good
Samaritan hospital.
1t was originally Planned to hold
the meeting tomorrow. but It was
postponed owing to the absence Of
some Of the officers Of the society.
The meeting win open at $3.50 p. m,
and the ladies hope that the entire
citizenship Of Chickasha viii be rep
resented. They are pushing plans to
start the construction Of the building
at an early date. Business men and
all others are invited to attend ths
meeting
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-16
CONCURS in THE
VIEWS OF FERRIS
Hopes that No Efforts VIII Be Made
to Hold Primaries--Senator
Owen Writes Letter to
Clayton
Special to the Daily Express.

Special to the Daily Express.
Oklahoma City Jan. iG Senator
Joe y. Thompson 81 Pauls Valley, and
cne of the eorgressmen-eiect from the
state at larsc, when assed Today by
reporter # he had seen the letter
Of Congressman Ferris relative to
holding primaries for endorsing a can
dldate for postmaster at Chickasha
replied that he had.
In reply to the question what do
you think of it?' the congressman
elect said:
you know one Of the propositions
on which made my race for con
gressman was that the people shoull
rule, from constable to president and
to this belief | give absolute adher-
eace | am one Of those who believe
that al Of the people are smarter than
q few Of the peopIe-that the great
body Of the people are less liable to
make mistakes than a few OF the peo-
pie
Fer this reason ! believe that all
officials should be elected by the peo
ne whom they serve and be subject
to dismissal by the people at their
win when they become unfit for any
cause to give profitable service to the
people.
Applying these principles to Sc
Letting postmasters, have this to
say, | think action on the part OF the
people az this time is premature and
can result IN no possible coed to The
party or the candidate, This state
ment is made by reason of the fact
that Gov Wilson has not yet been in
augurated president and we do not
know what position he is going to
take with reference to questions Of
patronage The Oklahoma Democratic
delegation to congress met here some
weeks ago and because Of this uncer-
tainty decided to refrain from making
recommendations for any office until
the presideateleet Is inaugurated.
"We are impelcd to this course BY
reason Of the fact that we are united
on the proposition of getting the Re.
pnblicans out. We felt sure that We
would not ba nnanimous m what Dem.
ocrat should be appointed to succeed
them We Thought therefore the sen
sible cousse TO pursue would be to re
main ia a condition where We can
unite for their removal and then when
we have succeeded in removing the
Republicans We can fight for our re
spectiye choices for a successor with
out placing ourselves in the danger
GUS position Of having the president
say Unless all Of the Democrats car
(Conrnued on rage Twoj
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-16
Telegram by United Press

Telegram by United Press
Evansville, Ind, Jan. -Braving
the treacherous currents Of the swollen
Ohio river relief boats arrived here
today from Calhoun, KY and report
ed 250 families living with six to ten
families in one house in the hills and
starving having been without food
three days.
Relief boats put out Immediately
with food and provisions. The high
water is over the main line Of the Hi
nois Central and Louisville & Nash
vile railroads and announcement OF
suspension Of traffic is expected.
Delaware and Stanley, Ky, and
Yankertown and scuffletown, Ind, are
in bad plight
The stage here is 464 feet, with the
water rising steadily and rain falling
It Is predicted that the city win have
the worst flood in its history. The
surrounding country is certain to suf
fer and millions OF property loss vii
be caused,
A man passed here on a raft latl
Yesterday shouting for help It ii
supposed that he was drowned. On,
of the local bakers is donating his ont
put Of bread for the Hood sufferers
Local business men have raised $5OOl
for relief funds.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-16
WESTERN
MAN FOR
CABINET
Telegram by united Prega.

Telegram by United Press.
Washington, Jan. l6.-Pocling their
chances Of securing the secretaryship
Of interior for a far western man,
Democratic senators from beyond the
Mississippi today announced thar they
had caucused and would lay before
Presidentelect Wilson most OF the
names acceptable to all
This action was taken following
Wilson's announcement to the effect
that he would select his secretary
Of interior from the middle states.
It is Understood thar the list agreed
upon includes Gov Shaw Of Idaho,
Norris Of Montana. Osborn Of Wyom-
ing. Hunt Of Arizona and also VIII R.
King OF Montana, and Col r. N. Rng
era Of Oklahoma
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-16
Mint CASE
IS TRIED IN
DIST.COURT
Continued Tor More TeS-
timOBy--MaHy Wit
neSSeS Examined

In district court, the case Of the
State Of Oklahoma vs. Sam Cook and
Dave Hill was held open last night
pending the return Of important Wit
nesses and win probably not be re.
sumed until early next week.
The defendants are charged with
maintaining a nuisance in the build
ing commonly known as the mint,
on the corner Of Chickasha and Sec
ond street On September % Judge
Frank n Bailey issued a restraining
order and caused the building to be
placed under lock and key. which was
done. The defense filed a motion to
yaeate the order. which motion was
overraled after two days Of fighting
before the court The next turn in
the case was as to whether Of not the
temporary injunction should remain
permanent
An arms % Witnesses were called,
both By the prosecution and defense.
For the prosecution numerous Wit
nesses were introduced. Rho testified
that they had bought whisky and beer
in the upstairs Of the building and
that guard was placed at the foot
Of the stairs with explicit orders not
To ALLOW anyone upstairs with whom
he was not acquainted and to bar all
policemen, sheriffs and other officers
from aamittance. Witnesses testified
that the entrance to the stairway was
guarded by locked doors, the key to
which was held by the door-keeper, or
guard Charlie Wilson was placed on
the stand ana testified that he was
paid $50 q day to act as guard to
the stairway. Immediately upon leay-
ing the witness stand Charlie Wilson
was arrested on a charge Of violating
the prohibitory laws. He was releas.
ed this morning On bail.
The testimony Of the defense did
not attempt to deny thar Intoxicating
liquors had been sold in the building.
but introduced testimony 70 the effect
that the place had been run by one
Fred Smith. VINO lett mere about the
time the grand jury convened. EN-.
ployes Of the place testified that they
had been hired and paid by Fred
smith They further testified that
while Sam Cook maintained apart
ments in the building and made his
home there, he had nothing to do
with the operation Of the place.
Sam Cook admitted that he knew
liquors We're being sold in the build.
ing but said he had nothing to ID
with the sale or handling Of it that
his business interests in Oklahoms
City and elsewhere made it necessary
that he maintain an office and thai
his office was IN the downstairs room
q the Mint" where he transacted
his business and received long dis
tanee telephone calls relative to hil
business.
The case was held open last nigh
pending the return Of Dave Hill
whose testimony viii be taken prob
ably early next week, 1t being neees
sary for Mr. Hin to leave the city /,
receive bunch Of cattle.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-16
LAND CASE TRIAL.

In district court today the case Of
Katie May Lawson VS.. Goode & Co.
and J. $. Brown is being tried. The
case is for the cancellation Of a deed
involving $4,000. The jury is com
posed Of Wormington, M. R. Latti
mer Joe Goodwin, ]. A. Marllle, w. C
Dunn, w Il. Taylor. Geo Youts, A. E
Stephens, horace Phillips, W. T. Kay
sar, J. A. Corzine and Bob Archey.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-16
VICTIMS
OF FLOOD
STARVING
Relief Boats Sent Rains
Cause Further Rise
Of River


y (
+ Telegram by United Press 4
7 Cincinnati Ohio, Jan. 16.-
J. Rain has temporarily checked /
! the fan Of the river, which is /
+ at flood stage today, at GIL
+ feet. The weather bureau said 1
! it would begin falling rapidly 4
+ in "a hours, Ten thousand 1
: flood victims are fed daily by 1
; the relief committee. i
:
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-16
WEATHER FORECAST.

Tonight and Friday unset.
tied; colder Friday.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-16

CONTINUED On Page Tno.l
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-16

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-16

Telegram by United Presa.
Lawrence, Ind, JAM l6, The lower
part Of this city is flooded today BY
the break Of q levee. Residents were
forced to flee for safety to the public
building, which is crowded with refu
gees. The break was discovered by
a policeman, who warned residents in
plenty Of time.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-16
Caught in the Act Of Burglary BY
Officer Anderson at the
Buie & Wallace
Store
"OUT OF MONEY, NO
WORK and HUNGRY
Is Orphan Boy lS Years Old---De-
clares il is First 0ffense--
He Enters Plea Of
Guilty

Officer Hugh Anderson last night
captured ottie ldIett, an lsyear-old
boy IN the act Of robbing the hard
ware store o. Bule a Wallace, landed
the burglar IN iail and together with
the county officials, extracted con.
fession from ldlett.
When seen this morning Idlett stat.
ed that he would 90 before the court
and enter plea Of guilty and ask for
the mercy 81 the court ii rendering
his sentence Hc stated hls home was
in Trinidad, Colo. and that his par
ents are dead. q have no money to
fight the case" said Idlett. fand sup
pose the best thing can do is to
plead guilty.
The young man asked the officials
what the charge against him would be
and when told that under the exist.
Ing conditions K would have to be
burglary, he asked what the sentence
would be in the event he plead guilty
When told that # would be not less
than one year nor more than ten, he
asked where he would be sent re.
eeiying the reply that hts destination
would be either to Granite of McAles-
ter He was advised By other OF the
prisoners to enter a plea Of guilty.
After some consideration he said,
well. 30 ahead ana make the
charges. IN plead guilty and take
what's coming"
About 1880, officer Anderson, as is
the custom Of the police every night.
was working the alleys to ascertain
whether OF not the back doors to the
business houses we're locked. When
he came to the rear Of the Bule &
Wallace hardware store. be found the
door standing open Stepping inside
he could see someone prowling among
the sheives and show cases. Fearful
that il he went Tor help. hts man
would escape, Anderson erouched be-
hind a box aud waited while the burg.
iaF went through the store 10 his sat
isiaction and starred 10 make his get.
away when the burglar was only a
few feet distant Anderson stopped out
81 hiding and demanded that he throw
up his hands.
Anderson Immediately telophoned
: Mr. nuie, who came 70 The store at
once. BY investigation it was found
the boy had gained entrance by break.
Ing a small piece Of glass out Of the
back door, making 1t possible for him
to reach the night latch. The articles
taken were five pocket knives. rang
ing in price from 1926 TO 1925 each,
one pair OF gloves and % pennies,
which was an the money left in the
cash drawer last night Mr. Buie stat
ed this morning that he would ike to
see the boy get as light a sentence as
possible
Idlett stated that he mad cult school
while in the fourth grade and that he
had come 70 Oklahoma three months
ago, whore he mad worked some as a
dlshwasher IN a restaurant. He said
this was his first otfenae and when
asked why he did it he replied, q
had no money. / was HUNGRY and could
find no work"
His genera appearance leads to the
belief that his statements are correct
Certainly he Is not a hardened Grim
ina' His boyish face is rather goot
to look upon and his gray eyes beai
a kind expression.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-16

Telegram BY United Press
Indianapolis, Jan 1s-Fhe house Of
Representatives passed a bill today ap.
nroDfiating $4,000 for the relief of
the Ohio river flood sufferers,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-28

Of will be the thing earth figure all
these pictures Some will be others will be hard You
work and therein lies the fascination of the
But thing you bear mindever printed will
represent authentic English proverb that and
thought out
The proverb acknowledged the fairest form of
paper devised the fascinating
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-28

So popular has the poverb contest proved be in previous
that whole families entire neghborhoods and
teres of friends would gather by the de winter evenings
study out the different pictures.
Proverb hunting becomes fad when the Evening Star
ducts Children and growups alike fascinated by the
work Many though unsuccessful have written
that they we'll repaid by the excitement and
afforded by the effort solve the pictures correctly
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-28

There hundreds popular everyday which by the
dom their authors have crowded into few words will live are
stitch "A child
breads the fire. How often have you used these sayings YOURSELF
the
of $1,000
have been awarded
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

Herewith we are publishing "a half
tone of Mr.. Samuel Hill, perhaps the
best known and most successful road
builder of the Pacific Coast. Mr..
Hill first became noted as the son-in-
law of Mr.. James j. Hill, president of
the Great Northern Railway, perhaps
the best known transportation man
in the world. But Mr.. Samuel Hill
did not depend on his relationship
with Mr.. James j. Hill to make his
name in the world, and started as
young man in Minneapolis where he
became identified with the biggest
things of that rapidly growing section.
He was for many years one OF the
leading directors of the Great North
ern Railway system, and ten years ago
came to Seattle to make his home. A
few years later he became Interested
in the development of a large tract
of land on the Columbia river in
Klickitat county. Here he developed
one of the finest farms in the Pacific
Northwest known as Maryhill Farm.
naming it after his wife.
Mr.. Hill has spent 81 years of his
life studying road building and one
of the principal works OF Maryhill
was developing what is known as the
Maryhill road system. Perhaps no
road work in the state has attracted
so much attention as this model road,
nor has SO many people visited it to
learn the best in road building. In
the article herewith we are describing
at some length these roads:
Marybill is situated in Klickitat
county, Washington, on the north
bank of the Columbia river, directly
south of Goldendale, the county seat.
The roads in question extend along
the bank of the river for several miles,
through country in which the an
nual rainfall is remarkably small. the
total precipitation from October 1,
1910, OF October 1, 1911, having been
only 7.42 inches. This unusually
small amount of rain would cause
serious inconvenience because of the
lack of sufficient water for the con-
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

along the line. The fills built during
the progress of the work were thor
oughly puddled. A piece of one-inch
pipe eight feet long, one end of which
was drawn down to One-half inch,
was attached to hose and used for
this purpose. A laborer pushed this
nozzle into the fill at points a few
feet apart, filing the new earth with
water so that when dry and thorough
ly rolled, the fills we're so we'll COM
pacted that no further settlement has
occurred.
There are seven types of improved
roads at Maryhill. A short descrip-
ton of each type follows:
Types Nos. One, Two and Three
may be called asphalt -macadam roads
built by the linking" method.
Number -Four is true type of as
phalt macadam road built by the
penetration method.
Numbers Five and Six are two
types of macadam roads which were
given a surface treatment of an as
phaltic binder. These types are some
times called "penetration" method,
but owing to the fact that the road
was quite thoroughly "water- bound"
before the application OF the asphalt,
they are really types of macadam
roads with an asphaltic surface treat
ment.
Number Seven is a type of ordinary
gravel macadam.
The sub grade in each case was pre-
pared for The reception of the crush
ed rock in the usual way, that is, a
trench six inches deep was eXcavated
to receive the broken stone and the
earth sub-grade was thoroughly com
pacted with a ten ton roller.
In types Nos. l, 2, 3 and 4, the ma
cadam was laid in three courses, two
of which we're of broken stone laid in
much the same manner as for ordinary
waite r bound macadam. The stone
used on the more important roads
was trap rock of the best quality.
CONTINUED on page 19)
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

struction of the road, were it not for
the numerous springs in the hills to
the north, which yield sufficient water
for all purposes. In order to have
supply available for the construction
work, four inch water main was laid
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

from point we'll up on the mount
ain, down alongside the road, the
diameter decreasing to two inches at
the lowest point, where the pressure
is equal to about 240 pounds. Open
ings we're left at convenient points
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-05-20

reaches home Wednesday for the
summer vacation.
Miss D@05th Hawkins, had as
her guest Sunday, Miss Julia Plezico,
Of Rock Hill.
Mrs. May Rawl, of Lexington, is
visiting Mrs. ]. A. Simpson.
Mrs. Fred Dodgen, Of Augusta, Ga,
spent last week with Mrs. Sam
Spence.
Program of Prosperity high school,
beginning May 25-2S:
Sunday. II a. m, commencement
sermon at Grace church by Rev. R.
NJ Stevenson, D. D., of Due West.
Monday evening, $50, contest IN
defamation.
Tuesday 1890 a. M, address Dy
Hon. ]. E. swearingen, State super1n-
tendent of education; Tuesday night
$50, contest in reading.
Wednesday evening, $50, class ex-
ercises.
Miss Mary DeWalt Hunter entertain
ed the high school at her home Saturday
evening in honor Of the graduating
class. After being entertained with
games and music delightful ice
course was served by a bevy Of young
girls to about thirty-fve guests.
Miss Birdie Clark, of summerland
college. spent the weekend with Miss
Aida Ray Wheeler.
Children's day was observed at the
Methodist church Sunday afternoon.
The program was very successfully