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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06

OUTFIT
IS BOUGHT
CASSIDY AND WEiNBERCER
CLOSE d E AL FOR $4,000
WORTH OF MACHINERY

Actual drilling OF the Cimarron Val
9il well will be begun within two
ve machinery for the work
a purchased Yesterday ana viii be
sai ped Tuesday The test weIl viii
bu bored on the Carter farm, north
east Of the city
Moses Weinberger and Mike Cas-
sidy, who we're selected BY the direct
ors Of the Cimarron Valley Oil COM
pany to visit Cushing ana buy ma
chnery and employ oil drillers re-
turned this morning.
Sad Nose Weinberger. You can
trll the citizens OF Guthrie that the
on we'll so long promised VIII be "a
reality soon. Mr. Cassidy and | did
the very best we could in the matter
ana after looking over all Glasses Of
drilling machinery We bought the very
best in tae market and get new M
serial complete. The drilling maahin
ery is the best there is made. 1t is
called the No / California Special and
ii built especially for deep drilling.
such as we expect to experience in
fare field
we VII start the we'll with an y
liu.h casing. which wlll taper down
fually to eight inchts. The rs inch
casing to begin with viii permit
wen to be- drilled 5000 feet The "
nerY we honught is exceptionally
heavy and is constructed To drill wells
in the deep fields OF California. ~
gntfit is absolutely new and was
shipped to parties In Gushing for use
in that field. but the company that
ordered il went broke before the ma
chinerg arrived. We bought II at 1t
discount Mr. Weinbereer is enthas
iasiic
said Nike Cassidy: we went to
Cushing to bus machinery and we.
bought it We boaslt the best there
il made. the California Special. extra
heavy We aid Sj.ooo for the string
% tools and the MAJ A.nery and Ne
bought them cheap at that price TAei
don't make better machinery any
s4cre in the world for oil drilling
than the machinery we bought Tie
machine is The heaviest made
aud thc tools are al tempered steel of
the very best and mos improved
make especially adapted for deep
drilling in hari formation-fAat
was We bought g. This field is an
msnovn quantit and we must be
prepared for all emergeneies. We
also bought enough casing 20 pas
The We'll down 5000 feet and con-
.rrira for enough to put the VOL
down 1900 feet # necessary
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06
WORK ON C|MARRON
BRIDGE TO BEGIN
Will Be Biggest and Pest in
County; on Line of Meridian
Highway

4 sang o. men viii begin work ua
tae steel bridge over the Cimarro1.
north Of the city next Monday. On
account OF the road work of the past
few days the work OF hauling material
to the bridge cite was dispensed with.
Monday work will begin in earnest
After the bridge is finally complete !
another good roads compaign Will he
started by Logan county good roads
advocates. 1t is planned 10 make tas
road north from Guthrie, over that
road the best in the county. Chair
man Oberholzer of the county board
OF commissioners. has charge Of the
bridge construction. He says he will
see that the work is done we'll
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06
SIXTEEN INDICTMENTS
AGAINST RA|NE

Memphis, Mar g. sixteen indiet-
ments were returned Thursday by the
shelby county grand Jury against C.
Hunter Rane former president Of the
Mercantile bank Of Mem his, four
against Claude Anderson, cashier and
enc Jointly against Raine and Ander-
son The indictments charge larceny
embez2loment fraudulent breach Of
trust and other Irregularities TO which
is attributed the wrecking OF the bank
WAich closed its doors several weeks
40 with shortage in its accounts,
according to the findings Of the state
superintendent of banks, Of Sl09l ,O01
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06
SIMS TOLLS BILL WELL
RECEIVED BY HOUSE
SCHOOL FUNDS NOW
RUN INTO MILLIONS
Land Department Makes State
ment of Funds and Investments
of Common School Moneys

Total cash and securities in the
permanent common school fund on
December 81, of last year amounted
to $9,50099SA2, according to a state
ment showing the condition Of the
fund, which has just been compiled
By the state school land de artment
In addition to the total cash and
securities, the leasing division OF the
department has under its control I'M
sold land belonging to the common
school fund amounting to l,115,0ll.21
acres, with an estimated valuation OF
Sl2,5Oo,000, or $3.50 an acre
Since the report has been compiled
the department, during the months o
January and February has made
farm loans aggregatng $23t.43S.3l
and has invested $4,000 in public
bonds out of the common
school fund
Other facts concerning the fund -
shown by the statement, follow;
Notes for land sold by sales diW- |
sion, s4Ol2.5oo4l; first mortgage |
lotes, farm loan division, s3,SS6, ,2l5.99 |
,ounty bonds, $91G.500; public build
ing bonds, $1,000; cash on hand
arm loan division. $il5.27o 27, casD
N hand, sales division, $l2.5ll.75
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06
SENATOR WORKS IN CAUsT|C
CRITICISM OF WILSON
Says President Has Forced Con-
Qress 10 Act...London Press
App|auds Message

Washington, ID c., Mar. 6.-The
Sims hill to repeal the Panama tolls
exemption was favorably reported to-
day by the house committee by a
vote of seventeen to four.
REPRESENTATIVES Doremus and
O'Shaunghnessy, democrats, and
Knowland republican, and Lafreery,
progressive, voted against it.
Poindexter Wants to Know.
Senator Poindexter, progressive, n
troduced a resolution in the senate
calling on President Wilson to ex-
plain what matters "of even greater
delicacy and nearer consequences he
referred to in his address to congress-
yesterday as depending on the repeal
of Panama tolls exemption.
Works Censures Administration.
Emphatic disapproya OF the ad-
ministraton legislation as it has
passed and of what he called 'coef-
ClOu uStu ny ltsiutiil w lfnOii "
compel action by congress was
voiced in the senate today by Senator
Works OF Cal forna.
A year of almost continuous con
gressional session. 'mostiy for the
political advantage OF the democratic
party" he declared to be the most
striking feature of the administration.
Works said the people who believe
in free Panama tolls for Amer can
coastwise ships "will want some good
reason for the change in front by the
party under the leadership of the
President"
In a speech on the Mexican sitna-
ton, Works predicted that the
Omitted states will be forced to deal
in decisive way and that very
soon"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06
EL. PAS0
WINS BY
IS VOTES
WILL BE MEETING PLACE IN
1915 FOR SOUTHWESTERN
STOCEMEN

Oklahoma City, Okla, Mar. C.
Winning by a majority Of tn rtcen
votes, Ell Paso, Texas, Thursday af-
ternoon captured the 1915 convent Il
Of the Panhandle Southwestern Stock
mems association, defeating Amarillo,
Texas, its only opponent, in a contest
which has been waged with unabated
intensity S nee the cattemens con
yention pened here Tuesday morn
ing The ballot count showed the
following results. FL Paso 14S.
Amarillo 1856
p. II Landergin Of Vega, Texas,
was chosen president of the associa e
ton for the ensuing year, succeeding
w. b. Slaughter, and the new head Of
the cattlemen accepted the gayel and
entered upon his duties mediately
after he had been elected by accla-
nation Thursday in the final session
Of the meeting
Othes officers elected were. J H..
Nations Of El Paso, first vice presi-
dent; r. DeGraftenreid Of Buchanan,
\. NJ, second vice pres dent; Lee
Bivens of Amarillo. Texas, treasurer,
and William Harroll of El Paso,
Texas, secretary. The latter two
We're re- elected to positions which
they have held for tn past year.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06
BIRD DAY APRIL 3,

Oklahoma City, Okla, Mar C.
April , was designated by Governor
Cruce in a proclamation as Bird Day
when the public schools and all so
cieties, as wen as individuals. are
asked to cooperate in the work OF
saving birds from wanton slaughter
T'he proclamation comes as a result
of a campaign inaugurated b. John
b. Doolln, state game and fish war
den.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06
DEATH BEAT TWO CODD
HANDS IN POKER GAME

New Orleans. Marcn 6-~llis heaO
and the upper part Of his body fiIleo
w..h buckshot Captain William Col
lier was today found dead in his he
mit's lodge. He was seated at a
table and clutched in one hand was
a royal flush.
Opposite him was full house
He had been playing poker and was
evidently assassin-ted by the loser
The police are seeking his opponent
in the game, believed to he a sugar
planter
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06
ST. LOUIS OFFICIALS
SHORT MANY THOUSANDS

81 Louis. Mar G-Official reports
stating that thirteen officers and
former officers OF 81 Louis county
have collected and appropriated to
;heir own use since 1907. more than
fifty-fiNe thousand dollars. 10 which
they we're not entitled. were filed with
the county court today by State Aud
itor Gordon.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06
G. A. r. CHIEF VISITS CITY.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Mar. g.
National G. A. r. Commander Wash
ington Gardner Of Allison, Mich, ar
rived here on his tour of inspection.
He was met at the depot by dele
cation and escorted to a hotel
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06
bRITAIY DECIDES NOT TO
EXHUME BENT0A'S B0OY
No Good Purpose to Be Subseryed
By Action Of Commission
Now

III Paso Tex, Mar 6-~General Ter
razas has until Sunday to pay 500,-
600 pesos ransom for his son. Louis,
held by General villa at chihuahua.
The once mult-mllonaire has not
now that much money, according to
his own admission.
The letter demanding the ransom
money was dated March 3rd and
stated that il the ransom was not paid
within five days. Louis would be "tak-
en- south with villa.
This rerra2as construes as mean
ing that his son will fall victim to the
notorious fugitive law
General .iis Terlnzas Thursday
appealed to Marion Lctcher, consul at
Chihuahna. now III this city awaiting
Instructions, to save his son, Louis,
whose life has been made the forfeit
of 100000 pesos ransom money Ii
not paid oyer to General Francisco
VITA, lne fepel leader
Consul I,etcher declared himself
deeply nioeed hy the appeal OF the
head OF the great Mex
Kan family, whose Vide possessions
have been conflscated by the consti
hut he had to reply that
ne was helpless in tho matter.
I AM So years Old and neither life
l0r money mean much to me, said
General Terrazas. with tremor N
ais voice. My son, Louis has thii'-
cen children and they need him |
would gladly return to chihuahua and
Villa could Kill me instead Of my son.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06

Washington, - 4. Mar G-asr0m the
British point OF view which w,ll
doubtless be adopted by the state de-
partment, no useful pnrpose can now
be served by dispatching TO Chlhua-
hua an American British commission
to exhume the body Of William s.
Benton
The time probably has DESTROYED
any physical evidence for legal case
It is eXpe led that the British con
SUI, percevaL win return to CALVES
ton
secretary Bryan informed Governor
Colquitt today that the state depart
ment Is not disposed to attach undue
Importance to the question OF formal
recognition involved in obtaining the
extradition of those responsible for
tae Nergara murder
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06
London Highly Pleased.

London, Mar. G.-The Pail Mall
Gazette, the Globe, the Evening
Standard che Eevenlng Star and the
liverpool Post applaud the Presi-
dents message and urge the British
government to reciprocate by accept
ing the invieation to take part Of
fic'allv in the san Francisco expo
sition.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06
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WElNeERGER SAYS
ADVERTISING PAYS.

= Pen Weinherger Is firm le-
= lever in printers ink Tuesday
=. he advertsed q PIANO for sale
= Todss ho telenhoned The
e Leader Take it out. sold the
= piano Wedaes day and since then ,
- 20 people have called over the .
= hone and At the store asking
g. about t. Advertising pays
r. Il. = 8. = = - xxzg gg
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06
TERRAzAS UNABLE T0
DIG UP RANSOM CASH
STILL WORKING
ON BAD" ROADS
Good Roads Enthusiasts Will
Not Let Up; Several Hundred
"On the Works" Today

The good roads movement got such
start during the two roads day that
it could not be stopped Nearly as
many are at work on the line today
as there were on "Wednesday and thc
road is being finished up in tine shape
lat many points
The nigh school BOYS are still on
tleir mile but will have it in fine
shape by tonight, 4 mile Of road that
has been an cye-sore for twenty
years win be model road
AT several places on the line It
viii take a weeks solid work TO I'm
ish aud !he work viii be taken up by
the farmers and pushed to compile
tion as soon as thcy get their oats in
A large force is pushing work on
the Skeleton lll more farmers be-
ing there vita teams than on either
OF the other two days,
The dinner committee sent out din
ners to seventy five men today,
Tomorrow The Leader viii endeay-
or 10 give many Of the details Of the
work picked up BY representative
Who made Il special trip over the
inc today
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06
INCREASE SHOWN IN YEAR
IN SCHOOL POPULATION

The following school statistics show
the growth OF school population of
thn county:
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06

3lr and Mrs T. s pickup are here
'fom New Yor1 to visi' SIR Pickup's
brother ON East Cleveland
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06
WORLD GIROLINC
BALL MEN RETURN


New York Mar 1.-THE world sirl-
ling base ball players came home in a
snow storm Wnile the harhor craft
footed and enVoys from .he Federal
league figuratively were offering con
tracts. the Giant White Sox combna
ton drew into quarantine shortly af-
ter o'clock.
Federal leagGe representatives. were
unable to obtain passes to board the
Lusitania to greet the travellers down
the bay.
Organized baseball agents obtained
revenue cutter passes in advance and
the delegation boarded the ship be-
fore she came to the pier.
Ask me no questions. and I'll tell
you no fibs.--Godsmith.
Bad men excuse their faults, good
men will leave them.
He acts the third crime that defends
the first. -Jonson.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06
THE WEATHER

lBy Associated Press
New Orleans. Ia. Mar. 6.-TOnight
and Saturday, fair.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06
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TO THOSE ATTENDING
REVIVAL.

y Please phone TO The Leader .
e office at once the number OF :
= COMES YOU desire of Saturdays /.
* paper-the religious humber ;
~ This is important. A. J. Ward, ?
4 Business Manager for Dr. Adair. :
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06

God the first garden made. and the
first city Cain uehker
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06

Ask me no questions. and I'll tell
you no ofibs.--Goldsmith.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-06

In Meanwhile TslI vIsltovp !
Of Hercules Water and the |.
Municipal Bath house.
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-25
Other Increased Costs.

But there are many other items
which have enormously increas-
ed the cost of railroad operation
which We cannot 60 into because
of a lack Of space. The public is
constantly demanding a more ef-
ficient and a safer service, and
hence the railroads have had to
spend vast sums in installing
block signals, steel passenger cars
doing away with grade crossings,
Strengthening lines, heavier loco
motives, better roadbedS, and
supplying many other precautions
protecting both their operatives
and the public-all things very
necessary, yet very costly.
Now. while labor, farm pro-
ducts, merchandise and manufac-
lures and supplies of all kinds
have steadily increased in price,
the railroads, as stated before,
have beer compelled to reduce
their rates in the face of this ava
lanche of ever-increasing cost of
Operation-and that all but the
most powerful lines find them
selves in an exceedingly critical
condition is not to be wondered
at. The farmer, the merchant,
the manufacturer and the laborer
justly insist that they would not
be able to get along on the prices
they received ten or fifteen years
ago. How, then, can the rail-
fOadS, which are the largest EN-
ployers Of labor and buyers OF
material in the United States, be
expected to exist on less than
tney received ten or fifteen years
ago? In view of these facts, it is
no wonder that President Wilson
and other patriotic and careful
students of the situation are sneak
ing words of kindly admonition
to the American public, to the
end that the railroads, through
whose giant arteries flows the
very life blood of the nation, may
not be wrecked and destroyed.
The Public and the Manager.
On the other hand, for the last
twenty-five years the public has
demanded the best and highest
efficiency in service and lower
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-25

toll in the cost of labor, steel pro-
ducts, lumber, cars, locomotives
and other supplies has levied a
tribute of untold millions upon
the railroads, which have not
only been forbidden TO increase
their rates, but, on the contrary,
in many instances compelled to
lower them.
Big Increased Cost of Labor.
To give the reader an exact
idea of how the cost of labor has
advanced in the operation of rail-
roads we quote the following in
creaSes in the daily wage from
1900 to 1914-a period of only
fourteen years: In the case of
engineers it increased from 1865
per day to $6.76, or an increase of
Sc per cent; firemen from 1921
TO 1882, or GA per cent; conduc-
tors from 1891 to 1888, or 45 per
cent; station agents from $l.9S
to S2.l6, or 9 per cent; other sta
lion men from S1.62 to $1.9O, or
II per cent; ordinary trairment
from S1.97 to 1886, or 70 per cent.
machinists from $2.72 to 1852, or
20 per cent; carpenters from 1921
to $3.50, or II per cent; other
Shopmen from $1.93 to 1920, or
IA per cent; section foremen from
S1.51 to $1.S3, or q per cent; other
trackmen from $1.15 to S1.52, or
80 per cent; telegraph operators
and diSpatcherS from 1925 to
S2.65, or II per cent. This means
a general average increase in
wages of 80 29-1OO per cent-and
all other classes of railroad Oper-
ativeS and employees in a more
or less similar degree. While
these advances have proven a
boon to the nearly two million
men employed in the railway ser
vice and increased their capacity
to buy from merchant and farm
er, they have exacted many mil
lions annually from the railroads
themSelveS-all of which made
the general public richer, but the
roads poorer. In 1900 the rail-
roads paid $l.H per ton for coal.
Now they pay $1.S1. Then they
paid CSC. for ties. Now they pay
52c.)
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-25

land values or the farmers cost
OF production will contend that
he is not entitled to these increaS-
ed prices. As a matter of fact,
unless he is an exceedingly good
manager and utilizeS the best OF
modern agricultural thought he is
by no means getting rich at pres
ent priceS-high as they may
seem to people in the cities who
do not understand the cost at
tached to preSent-day farming.
To go back 10 the old prices he
used to receive would bankrupt,
in little while, every farmer in
the cOuntry-and the tendency of
the future will be for the prices of
farm products to so still higher
rather than lower. Agriculture
is the nations greatest fundamen-
tai industry and society must
make the farm game sufficiently
profitable to justify the man who
is on the farm today and the
farmer boys of the future to stay
by the plow. Much has been said
recently about the fact that the |
farmer does not receive enough |
for what he produceS-that there
is too big a waste in the chan
nelS through which the products
pass before they reach the con-
and that he has some
cause for complaint in this re-
Spect is undoubtedly true. How
ever, the railroads can face such
an inquiry with a clear conscience
for an exhaustive investigation
by the Lehigh Valley
Railroad some time ago shows
that the farmer gets 5O12 cents
out of the average dollars worth
Of products he sells; the packers,
local shippers, distributors and
retailers get Az cents between
hem; while the railroads re-
,eive only 5 cents, or one-twenti-
eth of the dollar, for the trans
pOrtation services they render.
So, too, there has been a steady
advance in practically the entire
'ealm of merchandise and manu-
'actured products, whatever their
and the ever increasing
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-25

rates in one and the same breath.
On the other hand stand the thou
sands of men and women who
have invested their money in rail!
road securities and who, in COM
mon with the farmer, the manu-
facturer and the merchant, he
lieve they are entitled to a fair
profit. Then come the hundreds
of thousands Of employees who
are continually clamoring for, an
increase of wages, as well as the
cost of all manner of railroad sup.
plies which is constantly advanc-
ing-and between them, as .arbi-
terS, stand the managers Of the
roads-the big "hired men," StrUg
Cling with might and main to re-
cOncile all these conflicting inter-
eStS in the face of reduced rates
upon every hand. That they have
at last reached a point where they
can continue the unequal strng-
gle no longer should moi be a mat.
ter of wonderland in face of the
harsh and unfriendly criticism
which has descended upon their
heads from every quarter they
find themselves in the mental ate
titude of the fiddler in the West.
ern mining camp when he yelled
out, "Please don't shoot. boys;
I'm doing the best | can" (Paid
adv. To be continued next Week. j.
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-25
WHY
Your Mew
PIANO
Should Be A
.IMBALL
LARGEST OUTPUT

The product of the Kimball
factories is more than double
in volume that of any similar
institution in the world. To
you this has much significance
indicating great popularity. 1t
signifies all that unlimited cap
ital can command. 1t means
that the manufacturers can af-
ford to sell at a small profit,
obtaining results from mere
volume of sales. This is also
proof of ability of w. w. Kim
ball Co. to furnish the most for
the money.
SUPERLATIVE MERIT
The w. w. Kimball Co. re-
ceived the Worlds Columbian
Award for Superlative Excel
lence. This award is the most
sweeping one ever given pro-
ducerS of pianos and organs.
This signal triumph has been
succeeded by yet another. The
Kimball Pianos were honored
at the TranS-MisSiSsippi Expo
SitiOn at Omaha, receiving di-
plOma and only gold medal
awarded any piano.
The International Jury of
Awards of the AlaSka-YukOn-
Pacific Exposition at Seattle,
1909, conferred the Diploma,
unanimously giving the Grand
Highest Award to Kimball Pi-
amos, Grand and Upright, and
Kimball Pipe Organs.
GUARANTY
The capital of w. w. KIM
ball Co. is exceeded by but few
of the largest banks of the Unit
ed States. This enables them
to buy raw material in great
quantities, to make every sep
arate portion of the inStru-
mentS in their own factories,
and is the strength of the Kim
ball guaranty, which goes with
every instrument. This is the
climax of w. w. Kimball Co.'s
ability to furnish the most for
the money.
Just Received the Finest Piano
that kimball Makes.
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