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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-07
235,00O PRISONERS
ARE TAKEN IN DRIVE;
81 s;s
Dead And Wounded Estilnat.
ed At Over. 100000: 3;
Much Booty Captured D:

PETROGRAD. July e-(Via London.
July 6. 1905 p. m.)-Nearly h1llSA
million Austrians and Germans hhAes
been put out of commission sincs 0SasS
eral Brussilloff began his gteatSAess
vance a month ago today. Tho sEf431S
total of prisoners to date NUM- s.
235,00O, of which $500 are oflcerks
Without the actual figures sr00&49
ing the dead and wounded, It1s4E
estimates by military experts. 41k1 ss
on the best information, placed Is6
latter at 100000 to 100000. The. H.
trians predominant oVerwh6lmi1N33Es 6
among the prisoners. but among III
dead and wounded a fairly large a1&es
centage are Germans. The German
losses in stopping the Russian ady4nc9
on Kovel and counter attacks 90
in solid ranks were enormous. .r2 sse E3.s5s
The booty captured reaches meal;
culable figures. 1t Is figured that L3t4s
guns of various sizes and upWlr9 ptsI
20 machine guns Is a conserv8tfNeset.a
innate. In addition vast quanddet Of;
munitions, supplies and trAn1pprtHs:
have fallen into the hands OF the kuaes
slams.
The success of General LetchitxkIsA;
advance west of kolomea, whetes1 ~
has cut the railroad into HunH1tHSSS.s
Midkiluczyn is emphasized az p 1aAs|
body blow to the Austrian defenees0ks.
east Galicia. Northwest Of K1loms1:
his troops are within ten mile1% 6&S
Nadworna, well to the rear ot7fpaS
Austrian right flank facing tTarnop9fa
between the Stripa and Zkota LIZ
Rivers. f:-sss .s;ltssss lsg91
Make Vicious Attack sssssSc:sa3
On the extreme right flank OF Bflf3s
siloffs front the Russians ara Nctr1
ousTy attacking the Germans at Car
torysk and Kolki They have broken
through several lines Of the Anemyse1
Notifications here, threatentn4s0 ~
flank OF the German positions k4tpte
Lutsk. These successes have coAlt4sss
erably lessened the pressure sMs st1A.;
Russian center in that district
Another interesting sftuations415A4
yeloping at Baranovichi where th1sA1
vance Of the Russian oftenhYtfshl1I
brought their heavy guns withln ;feA1hF
of that important railway .1uneH eHoEs.
.PETROGRAD, July s (via sLondUHs
10 p. m.)-The official communtcaton,
(Conttnusd on Page TwslvS.)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-07

MEXICAN GOVERNMENT INFORMALLY
NOTIFIED OF ACTION BY LANSING

IN WHICH
RECONSTRUCTION
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-07
In Wheeling Line Up In The Coming "Loyalty Day

Fair Friday and Saturday; moder.
ately warm.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-07

Continued on Page Twelve.)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-07

Continued on Page Twslvs.)
The Cordova daily times., 1916-07-14

Dutch frontier. We left the most of our trousers among those wires, but we were finally safe. A farmer near the frontier took us in, freshened up the fire in our honor. opened the cup
 boards and gave us good cheer, and on Christmas Eve we had the joy of listening to the Marseallaise played by a musical society of the little Hol. land post of Winterswijk in our honor"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03
SPECTATORS IN
FOODSTUFFS GET
SINGING REBUkE
Police President Of Munich De-
Iivers Flaming Attack on
Men Who Make Money Out
of Necessities Of War;
lA..ocinted rress Correspoudence)

,,nnIHh G"rn,ony Iune gO-Burou
...,, i,,,,,,,l,.r,. Jnnirb,s notice preat-
vi ,,.i,, r,l.ptIy attracted wide at
-, 49, j,rnnpl, MS orders TO the po-
,'I.',l,, ~, .,.,cst ,voman whose cloth
~. ,,,t rnnsonant with the spirit
20 t;r,,n. M iust made "a flaming
~ ~, .ddress nj a publir meet
t ,,''' -, - m snrr,,Iators in roodstufis.
'''I - ny ,,,y,,,,ons liyars vain and
sen 80 - ,gni,ap trashy war lit6ra-
80 ~, - ,tba, pnnleasaui couuomi-
,"ie oi,I l4a u}Intrd IN. remark
ss'.,I,.-,,1,,J .,ldiar who declared.
~, -, .,a,,,I n bara amy Longer.
~. ,I,i,t ~ IN ina br9ly sacri
W ~" KEN, +. aal,a out at the
-. ,,., er,,,re mis- luzy dissi-
-,
...r.,i.t IF tho ooIdiar sounds
- t,.t SIS r,,Iipgs ran mo comure-
i4o LII. - ~ lroai,5 fool man me-, are
Goi,tfnc. fo, birb tb,npg for refine.
at md .ult,irp Thov are painfully
w. ,fel.+a .'' ,,,or tha, sec the opposlte Of
~ ~, nnrc ono suffers hunger
5,5i, fo,. fr,snds ~ ulaippess and
-, noe 5ics gla,Il, for Ger
- ..i,,t,liait,. ana ,2ermau idealism
.., :, -. b,ra tn p,alfe sacrificcs for
','', t.,,s ma geal,ers after pleas
e. scireL snncrficial Founders
,I ho,r,ierg If foodstuffs for vain.
l,,,.ttt.t g-on,au becapsa they are
10 * ,crifi,,. %
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03
THINKS AUSTRIA
HAS BEEN DEALT
CRUSHING BLOW
Ca1tNe Officer at Petrograd
Says Francis Joseph Has
No More Reserves and Kai-
sci Can Spare No More Men


ESPECIAL CcNNhhFbNbtfaNh W h'9H'AlNA 'AFtNfAAi
Peuograd. June 20 via London,
June Solve lost quarter Of "a
million men Killed and wounded and
also thousands of officers ducng The
first few days of General BrusMiutts
advance against us an Austrian Of
ficer captured north OF Czeruawitz
said today The Austrian army has
received 10 vital blow froW Nhrn a.
cannot recover The territorial loss
of Galicia and half of Hungary would
hav, leeu Ear preferable TO these
enormous losses of men I'M killed and
captured, which General BruSsilotf in
flctod In single week,
We have no more reserves, nui are
now taking men, aged 5S years. The
Insses IN officers have been cspeCi1Ilr
severe ana handicap us more than
wclild the loss Of the half million men
in killed, wounded or captured. Be
fore the Russian onslaught We were
alrcady short Of officers. Two out Of
three OF our officers are boys aged
from n to 20. They are brave, hut
iuntraiued This smashing blow by the
Russian army means that GermHuN
must spare at least quarter of a
million troops if we are able to be
saved from decisive defeat this year
j DOUBT II Germauv eau spare them,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03
YANkS Squirt To
FRONT; BRAVES
COMING STRONG
Slight Shift of Teams During
Week Shows Settling Down
to Real Struggle for Pos
session Of remnants,

New York, july THE displace-
ment of Cleveland from the lead In
the American league by New York
and the good work Of BOSTON IN The
National league, were the features Of
the pennant races during the past
week. Brooklyn slipped slightly but
retained the lead in tho National.
Good pitching ana timely biting
C2r'ltd the Yankees into first place,
while the Indians were losing ti'tr
hold because of a disorganized pitch
ing staff and weak hitting
Uonoyans men won five games and
lost one, that beipp an cleycn-imlng
contest to Washington on Monday.
New York made q clean sweep Of thc
four-game series with Philadelphia
and holds the lead by o fair margin
but oncr by no means safe. In TWO
weeks the Yankees had won twelve
out Of fifteen games
Chicago, through good pitching and
heavy hitting by Jackson T. Collins
and Felsah went into third place, only
la few points ahead of Washington.
The White Sos won six ont of seven
games
Washington braced during ,hc week
but the Senators are not going well,
due in part to poor pitching Detroit
has passed into another losing streak
Among the losing teams in the Ma
tiouaI Boston was the consistent WIN
ner last week and gained at the eN
pense of both BROOKLYN and Philauei-
iphia. only a few points separate
T Philadelphia and Boston while
Brooklyn was only few games ahrAc
Of the Phillies and the Braves.
Before their double victory over tb'
Giants Thursday the Giants had los
five straight games New York i'm
proved and broke even on thy week
two of its victories being due to ih'
pitching of Jeff Tesreau
Kansas City continued to lead TIT
American association and lndianapo
lis are running neck and neck for SOC
oud and third place nonors .nd Louis
Vile is fourth
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03
reutons at Limit Of Invasion.


las its reserves have ulreudy hrru
thnued by the constant drain at Yer
dun
TeutOns al Limit of Invasion.
nThe Austrian Officers at Csriuo-
witt arc certain of one thing tho MAJ
yal battle off mtlurd ana the ur,cs-
sity oC diyertmg several divisions OF
Itroons to our assistance sounded the
death kneu of Field Marshall Won
Hindcphurgs hopes OF summer Bd-
vince ON Petroerad. Hmdvnburr ma,
adypn,, . few hilnmeterS. hui such
advance. will he only for tho nurposp
M attcmpttup ,nyeIopiue tactics and
NOT for territorial gains. The tide I'm
invasion OF Russia has rrpched us
highest uoipt and There is every mo.
Ilhood of recession Iu The near tu-
iOlre.
The officer was one of a few surti,.
ors found i'm a front limo trench. which
was hsttcrcd for thrp, hours with "a
hurri,Yp, of fup Ufs mon were
mostly Sloyake TNroleans and Mag
Ivnrds Two hours befnr, the hurri-
rnrs fire Inv means or his deucata
.Nsttp.pr auparauS. resent Ling % mi.
crophone. he overheard ID telephou,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03

the ground "a few hundred yar6s oWay
ANA began 90 roll toward uH.
we could have endured more hom.
hQrdment the very deatenug noise
which after "a while Quilted aud doaed
1.-The senses hut his WaNe of cheering
Russians with leveled hayonets was
even more Earring TO the nerves We
IiOuered 70 our feet. held Up our arms
land surrendered We wore kindly
treated
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03

No other body with such an intimate
knowledge Of railroad conditions has such
an unquestioned position in the public con-
hdence,
The rates the railroads may charge the
public for transportation are now largely
fixed by this Government board.
Out of every dollar received by the rail
roads from the public nearly one-half is paid
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

h##f Thompson. #a srII- 900. died
ae5fIIHF afternoon fu tHe high audr
lie came u.I. wear ago. from PENN
-flVauu HI- wife tH WIf1 hiuH
Th UaaI 1919. iHEsr la tr.d tru.inff
undertaking rooms NIf ThOmuf0H
Wll IHtr be- body % lfanu-t iNIrIt fnf
HHI leaving Doe ufiuDun
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

~ ST. paul 2-1u. kansas CITY '-o'
At Minneapolis 0-9, Milwaukee,
.
IA louisville geo. Indianapolis W.
A Toledo 1-i columbus h-i
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03
ST. JOE AND DENVER
EACH TAKE ONE GAME
OF FAST OOUBLEHEADER


ST. Joseph. July 2.-St Joseph ana
Denver split even in double-hcader
today, 10 0 and to 4.
ScorC-First game, X H. -,
st Joseph .... 900 600 600 .
Denver ....... 100 coo O00-l J
Batteries Hovlik. Sommers ana
Fusner. Ford and Shestak
Score-Second game: +. Il, ~
ST. Joseph 800. 000 600 O4l---o
Denver ......00I llO VlU--4 i d"
Batteries Patterson, Sommers and
Block; Cookingham. Reynolds ana
stevens
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03
THREE RIFLEMEN OF
ALBUQUERQUE CLUB
QUALIFY AS EXPERTS

Three mombcrs of the Albuquerque
Rifle association qualified yesterday
under che Old regulations cas- expert
rifltmeu. They are D. BoTicr 2lN,
r. Oldham 21g, and {. Elmer 22lt
~. clayton, POS, qualified as sharp
shooter. and o. Broseu, tSl as marks
man Thcv fired at the clubs range.
east OF Santa Barbara cemetery.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03

Cleveland, luly 2 --VIeveIand Inau'
Il ,braa o,it Of four from ST. Louis 70
aar winning to in a fNo-innlns
game. further playing being pfeNeh1eo
nv darkness and rain score.
W Wy ms ,N-1 ST LOUIS
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03
PIRATES SPLIT
EVEN WITH REDS
IN DOUBLEHEADER
Wind and Rain Storm Breaks
Up Second Game at End of
Fifth inning Cubs Win Last
of Series With Cards,
"a, MORNING .ovsssL SPECIAL ls,ssD w,rtI

cincinnati July Pittsburgh and
cincinnati broke even in a double
header here today the local team TAX
ing the first game, 3 to 2, and the
visitors the second & TO l. The sec
ond game was called at the end Of the
firth inning on account Of heavy
wind and rain storm. Score.
First game.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03
Leaders Refuse Offer and Take Strike Vote

brohcoods the conference held in NewYok,
the the railroads submit the arbitration Federal
and the voting the question whether authority shall be
given theselea to declare nationwide strike.
The proposed by the railroads the public
bodyo sssueou o be referred for these
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03

directly to the employees as wages; and the
money to pay ncreascd wages can come from
no other source than the rates paid by the
public.
The Interstate Commerce Commission,
with its control over rates, is in position
to make a complete investigation and render
such decision as would protect the interests
of the railroad employees the owners OF the
railroads, and the public
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03

ttsburEu .'s'.',.ts '..'' ."'i i"' V''---
cincinnati ......- ..-......... 'ln TOO tl--i
summary. Runs-Wagncr Baird, Neale,
chase. Luuden. Three-base hits-Baird. Lou
den Double plays-Groh Luuden and M0l-
witz. Carey and Wagner. Bases on balls
orr Miller, Il off Toney l. Hits and earned
runs-Off Miller . hits and runs in In
ujugs: off Toney. 6 hits and . runs IN in
nlngs struck out-By Miller. o, 10y ToneE.
3 Umpires-Harris0n and Rigler
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03
A Question For the Public to Decide

they pemn Of O0OOOOO
these employees highly paid constituting only o OF all the
mandate public tribunal that shall determine the
nof the case after rev of all the facts.
before the ~bnhr this settled a" impartial
GoVenm Or BY industrial Wayaye
oftheR
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03

~WT1m8TI- TWu7-I FT'V Y 3T-TW- WHHV0-I
fIinchman Niox. Kaut|ehurr heale Two,
base hit-O'Bricu 1'nrce base hir-tir"h
Double plays-Iouden. Fisher and M1RWlT
VIox Wagner and Hinehm3u Basts on
baJls-Off Jacobs. .. OF Dale Hits and
earned runs OFF Jacobs. hits and @ run In
Is innings off Kantlehner hit and .
run in ! ga innings or Dale q runs struck
uut-By Dale g. 1'mpires-Rlglcr ana iar-
rigou.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03

ELISHA LEE. Chairman
FE. ALBRIGHT, Gss 2 Hsssfs.
Auants Coast line RsHread
Lw. BALDWIN. Cos MsHsfu.
tesusi 81 Gsarna ktuwaf
CT HARDO. GsHi NaHsfW.
Nsu Kmk New Havss hsFt0sa hsiheas'
BH CoAFhAN. We. Ffalssst
auathcfu RsilHaf
Sc C0GfEH Gssi Assafsf
Wshsss Hsiiwu
EE GH0MLKf. Atsf Fias fffaassfs
hsw II So Isnifsl ksillsss.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03

.Twe our When winning run scored
score ~ o0j vOO oUU cou-o
RttI'H buO ani 100 NJ 4
Chicago ..,....... r. So. t,ff--
resch Double plays-E collins routN'''
10 Waaver Bases On baus orr kus-'H'
nsrucd ruus-Off Coveleskle. S'luoN .uo
49, Cevelesllje S. by Russell d.
Naun ard Evans
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03
Railroads Urge Public Inquiry and Arbitrat
The formal proposal Of the railroads TO the EN-
controversy is as follows:

demonstrated harmonic differences opinion
Therefore proposals and the proposition OF the rail-
of by the the following methods
only tribunal
by
of the n
of
in
laws n
OF
with the provisions of the Fedeaw (Ihe NeVd AcD
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03

n ID NAUER Pfrs pr.uf,sf
Nsr.uIs 4 Neusra Ns vs,
IAMts RunShII sta NaaatF.
UsaYer 4 bis DfsaJ- Na1faad
A ~ hCiiOfkH. kf,isspi iisrF rst.s
fcnufi iYsais Lives Nssr
" aEnUOA lifs Pfatdfsf
ssshasfi Az Las HsiNsf
A J siONk. liss ffnifssf
Eric kallfasd
Gh NAln Ftss FfH b sfs 2 Mr.
euasa ieahs isass
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03
Sioux civ 81: Omaha 1T.

Sioux city. July 2.-SiouS City de-
fcated Omaha in both games, 10 J.
and to I.
Score-First game. K. J. l.. -,
Omaha ....QiN 900 UOO--l /"
Sioux CITY .... .0Ol lO1 EEK o
Batteries. O'Toole and Marshall.
Schardt and Livingston.
Score-Secoud game i H. "
Omaha 600 GOO ono II & .
Sioux City .. GOO O4t 5oA--t !"
Batteries: G. Thompson ana Mar
shall Casper and Crosby.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03

q. ~ HMbKS0N Gu 2 Hassfg.
Greer NouhrrB HailusY
T. II EWiNC. Gsa Y Hasssfy
rhHsdsiphus A Rssdinf Railway
HW GHlCE. GsH y gaff TraHn
ChssHFtsks a Ohio kslWsy
as GRRlG. AiH 10 hsfassI
81 isss A So : isnsisea HaiIrosa
q T0tlhs, Gss Hssff8
Atehison Iopsks 4 ssuis BE- kanHay.
~ AomAsThR Gee hsssfsf.
AhrniiHs a ists ksis Hstfasa
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03
STANDING OF THE CLUBS


WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
National League
Philadelphia al Boston
Cincinnati az ST. Louis.
BROOKLYN at New York
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03

as its reserves have ulredy bopu
thmued by the constant drain at Yer
dim
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-18
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

G. f. Human to M. o. Cardin, SCI
nw4 ne4 24-4-6; $65.
c. p. Baker to C. T. Erwin, sea ne4
sw4; ne4 SEA sw4; 50 sw4 sea 1886;
$500.
Jacob Stokes to e. L. Smith, lot 1-2
3, block 2, Williams add to Tuttle, 81.
Southern Inv, Co., to Edgar A. Ban
croft, e2 SEA 20; VIZ sw4 sw4 1897; 81.
Y Oil and Gas Leases.
J. w. Richardson to Uncle Sam Oil
Co., 100 a. sec. 23-24-5-5.
]. j. Dunn to same, 100 a. sec. 1856.
J. G. Hampton to same. $50 a. sec.
27 2S-29-5-5.
Leroy Hampton to same, 12O a. sec.
29-5-5.
J. M. Howell to Garner Riddle and
Inman. 9S a. sec. S-4-7.
j. v. Mosley to Jno. u. Abernathy,
$50 a. sec. 22-3-5.
j. V. Mosley, gdn., to same, $50 a.
sec. 22-3-5.
Geo. w. Foster to Carter Oil Co,
100 a. sec. 31-3-S.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-18
"cHlckAsHA FIRST"

"Chickasha First" is not new idea
by any means. In various forms we
have been harping upon it for years.
1t simply implies that the people who
live in Chickasha owe their first allie
glance to home people when they have
money to spend. If all the money that
is sent out of Chickasha to mail order
concerns and nearby cities were spent
with local merchants, we would have
buster and better town than we have
ever known.
The business men Of Enid, recogniz-
ing the extent to which the communi-
ty suffers from disloyalty on the part
of home people, are seeking by organ
lied effort to push the idea of ENID
First" and Chickasha should follow
suit. Speaking Of the movement the
Enid News says:
"The Enid Chamber of Commerce
has inaugurated an idea which is sure
to prove a great help to this city. The
idea is Enid First and it carries with
il the paramount principle OF spend
ing money in Enid when money is to
be spent. If Ends people would
take more pride in Enid and spend
what money they have to spend in
Enid instead of elsewhere this big in
Sluence would be felt in avery short
time. The person who sends money
AID CHIX FIRST 1905 1234562345
out of Enid for merchandise is not
only the city's poor citizen but ne is
a poor citizen for his own interests.
And while we are saying this we are
ready to respond that the member of
any business mans family or profes-
sional mans family who will go to Ok
lahoma City or Kansas City and shop
when the same article can be purchas
ed in Enid is even much worse than
the other person who buys out of the
city of Enid.
"This matter of Enid First" must
be universally accepted and applied.
The Enid business man who doesn't
spend his first dime a week for some
Enid newspaper but is satisfied to
read only a Kansas City, Oklahoma
City or Wichita newspaper is incon-
sistent and unworthy of the enthusias-
tic support of the Enid First idea
The way to make the cause of Enid
First mean something is for every
business man, professional man, la
boring man and all apply this princi
pie to himself and his own expendi-
lures"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-18
GOING AFTER THE OIL TAX
(By Chas. F. Barrett.)

(By Chas. f. Barrett)
State Auditor E. B. Howard is put
ting his proverbial energy and deter
mination behind the enforcement of
the new Gross Production Tax on oil.
He has notified the oil companies
| that he will insist OH a strict compli-
ance with the provisions of the law
and he has issued tax warrants against
| a large number of delinquents. Some
Of the larger companies have come in
and paid the three per cent tax with
out protest on all their production ex-
cept that derived from leases made
| through federal agency. Others have
/ ignored the law altogether and still
others have paid the tax under pro-
test. The oil interests in the state
should realize that the people of Ok
lahoma, through the present admin
istration, are in dead earnest in tthe
determination that this industry shall
pay its equitable share of the taxes
of the state and the counties where
the oil is produced, and that the state
and its officers will not be bluffed
If the people are forced to take ex-
treme measures to bring the delin-
quents to time, there is every likeli.
hood that bill will be initiated pIac-
ing the tax at five per cent.
The state board of equalization is
now seriously considering, so we are
informed, a proposition to increase
the rate fixed by the new Gross Pro
duction Tax of three per cent. This
power to raise or lower and adjust
this tax on an equitable basis with
property taxed under the advalorem
system of valuation and assessment
was given to the state board of equali-
zation by the new law, and the mem
bers of the equalization board are de-
termined that that part of the oil in
dustry which has continuously shirk-
ed and lodged its taxes since state
hood shall be held to answer.
Those few misguided individuals
who hope to gain some political adj
vantage by conniving with and aiding
these wealthy tax dodgers in Okla.
homa, will find in the end that 95 per
cent of the people of this state be-
lieve that the three per cent Gross
Production Tax is reasonable and
equitable, and that they will stand
behind the present administration in
the enforcement of that law to the
letter, MgNsAR8l
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-18
THE LAND OF "PRETTY SOON"

know of land where the streets are
paved
With sthe things we meant to
achieve;
1t is walled with the money we meant
to have saved
And the pleasures for which we
grieve.
The kind words unspoken, the promis-
es broken,
And many a coveted boon
Are slowed away there, in that land
somewhere,
The land of pretty Soon"
The road that leads to that mystic
land
Is strewed with pitiful wrecks,
And the ships that have sailed for its
shining strand
Bear skeletons on their decks.
1t is farther at noon than it was at
dawn
And farther at night than at noon;
Oh, let US beware of that land down
there
The land of ''Pretty Soon"
How is it with you on this question
so franght
With all that concerns your success?
Are you laying aside, giving daily a
thought
To conserve all the things you pos
sess?
Are you spending your wages as fast
as they come,
In September, December, or June 1?
Or will now swear you'll have no
more share
In the land of Pretty Soon?"
Success Magazine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-18
GOOD TRAINING.

The Wichita Falls Times, in speak
ing of the present mobilization of mi
litia, says: whether the United
States intervenes in Mexico or wheth-
er the militia Of the three states call
ed to the border are actually needed
to repel attacks from across the bor-
der, their mobilization will be splen-
did training. If the Mexican trouble
is quickly composed and it is umec-
essary to keep the militia at the bor-
der they ought to be kept in camp at
Fort Sam Houston for period of
training and maneuvers under the d.
rection of General Funston, and other
regular army officers"