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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-14
Anes Tribune Bolts Harding for Mere
dith.

The Ames Weekly Tribune, a repub-
lican newspaper, is out this week for
Meredith for Governor.
Under two.column cut of Meredith,
The Tribune says in part:
"E. T. Meredith, Democratic candi-
date for governor of Iowa, should be
elected governor of the state.
''This statement coming from q re-
publican newspaper is but forerunner
of what other republican newspapers
will say and they will express their at
titude on the governorship question just
the same as will the voters at the No
vember election. The Tribune be-
lieves that for the best of the state
from every standpoint, Mr.. Meredith
is a better man than Mr.. Harding.
"The record of Mr.. Meredith is that
of clean man in every respect. He is
against the saloon, the bawdy house,
the vile and the vicious. He is can
didate of whom the republicans could
be proud.
1.-THE record of Mr.. Harding is one
that does not SAVIOR of any good things
to come to the state. He has favored
the liquor interests, has carried mis-
leading and untruthful advertising mat
ter in the newspapers has been against
those things that are for the better
ment of the state.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-14
Lest They Deceive You Again.

Four years ago the leaders of the Re-
publican party and the Republican
newspapers said that the election of
Woodrow Wilson would bring hard
times.
Fortunately for the American people,
Woodrow Wilson was elected. And
the country has never experienced
three and half years of greater pros
perity than since he took Office. Right
here at home, who is there who has
ever known Winneshiek county to en-
Joy three and half years of greater
prosperity than it has enjoyed since
Mar. q, 1913, the corn crop failure OF
last year Notwithstanding? We doubt
that the Oldest resident of DEBORAH can
recall so much business and residence
building and general booming in an
equal period as has occurred in this city
since Woodrow Wilson became presi-
dent.
The calamity bowls of these party
leaders have proven to have been mere
campaign deception. With the decep-
ton of 1912 laid bare, let US take
with a grain of salt'' any prediction
these same men and newspapers shall
make in 1916. That's sensible; isn't
it?-Decorah Journal.
The criticisms and abuses heaped
upon President Wilson reminds one
that Abraham Lincoln was compelled to
undergo the same ordeal. The cop
perheads" and rank abolitionists abus'
ed Lincoln, the former because they al
legged that he treated the south cruel
" and the latter because they aliegee
that he was too lenient with rebels
Theodore Roosevelt abuses Mr.. Wilson
because he is too lenient with German!
and some Germans abuse him because
they think he is too severe, but the!
are all whooping it up for Mr.. Hughes
Selah. -Ekaasr Democrat
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-14
Issued on Friday of Each Week
Government H.. Balance hi. Year.

Government mas Z 0aIA0Ce lDIS leAIs
Washington, D. c., July 1.-The
government closed it's fiscal year yes
tsrday with total receipts of $s3s, 403, :
500 and total disbursements of $3.50,
eee, l69, an excess Of SO, 49,, $40 COM
pared with : deficit Of 81, 1876, $50 for
the year ending June 80. last. Both
the income tax and internal revenue re-
ceipts in 1916 showed up far above the
estimates made by Secretary McAdoo
and swelled the balance.
Income tax receipts amounted to
$124, 1851, 43O, compared with $685.
675 last year, an increase Of about $15.-
OOO. 900 over the amount expected by
officials even as late as week ago. OF
the total $50, 9o9, 941 came from cor
porations and $67, 957, 4ss from individ-
uals.
The balance in the general fund at
the close of the year was $236. s79. $50,
including amounts to the credit of dis
bursing officers. The actual balance
was $l74, 965, 23l, the largest balance in
the general fund since 1908. In state
ment analysing the figures Secretary
McAdoo said larger internal revenue re-
ceipts for the year have been due in
great measure to unprecedented pros
perity of the country and the vigorous
enforcement of the internal revenue
laws"
Customs receipts for the year, Mr..
McAdoo said, amounted to $2ll, $685.
222.34 as against sl2O, 26s, 107.4S the
previous year, and exceeding the esti-
mate by more than SIG, OOO,0O0.
Receipts from internal revenue,
said the statement, reached total of
$5l2, TAO, 769. So, and exceeding all pre-
vious estimates by many millions. Or
binary internal revenue receipts
amounted to 1887, 1878, 1890, and ex-
Guiding the emergency revenue from
this amount, these receipts were ap-
proximately 1904, 600, 900 or $32, 600, 600
greater than had been estimated.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-14

and destination may be made in less
than half day. The first settlers had
to contend with the terrors and depre-
dations of wild beasts, and the dangers
and devastations of prairie fires. In
the early years the winters were long
and severe, oft n lasting six months,
with snow from two to ten feet deep,
and the cold from thirty to forty be-
low zero. The houses consisted of log
huts, and the barns of straw sheds, and
yet those pioneers were happy and
contented people.
There is no pleasure like doing some
thing useful. The pioneers were sub
DUNG the wilds to domestic use, max
ing for themselves and their children
home, and bringing into the new land
progress and civilization.
We have met here today to com
memorate and celebrate the patriotism
of the founders of our republic, and te
praise and glorify their great and no
BILE deeds, and, at the same time, t.
dedicate and consecrate ourselves anew
to the ideals of free government. It'll
meet and proper that we recount briefly
on this occasion, the causes and mean
that brought about American freedom
and independence.
England for many years had been OF
pressing her American colonies, and nc
toriously usurping their God-give
rights. They were given no voice ]
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-07-14

persons VINO may De Ill CudiSe VI the
departments.
A government without constitution
is unsafe; it is like man without
conscience, there being no restraint on
the acts of either.
The true purpose of just govern
ment is to protect the people in their
rights to life, to liberty and to proper
ty, and thereby secure peace and hap
piness. Yes, the happiness of the pee
pie is the ultimate object of every good
government.
AS some people are selfish and have
no just regard for the rights OF others,
it becomes necessary to form social
compact government-to curb and
control such selfish class.
No higher, nobler title can be con-
ferred on man than citizenship. 1t sig
nifes sovereignty, the source and
supreme power of government. To be
a citizen is to be peer. free man, ar
equal in rights to every other man.
The great self-evident truth that al
men are created equal-not equal in
virtue, endowments and talents, but
equal in having by nature and from
God equal rights to life, equal rights t.
liberty, and equal rights to the pursui
of happiness-is the living soul of fres
government 1t permeates and per
, vsdes the entire system; without it FIRE,
, Royorument can not endure.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-21

a number of able leaders on that
line. But, unfortunately, the Gov
ernor married and diminished the
crop of beneficial laws by too
much veto, an over readiness to
leave the executive office to tell
the Legislature what to do and
how to do it, and what he would
do if he did not carry out the bid
ding. Indeed the statement is
authorized by an apparent con-
currence Of legislator opinion,
that no Governor ever contrib
uted less to the volume Of con-
structive legislation; and no other
ever so disappointed his friends.
Unless incapable of profiting by
the lessons of experience, Gov
ernor Bilbo will give a better
account of himself in future; or
be compelled to abandon his plan
Of defeating his 1911 running
mate for senator. VickSburg
Herald.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-21

of Bilbo progressiveism that
failed. But he successfully vetoed
the bill to repeal the immunity
conferred on public officials from
garnishment for honest debts.
These two vetoes were in charac-
ter and construction, blots of rec
ord that stamp their author as
hopeless.
1t is not denied that Governor
Bilbo recommended a number of
progressive measures that were
written into the law. But it would
be absurd to say that the meas
ures originated in the inaugural
message-some having been agi-
tated and urged long before,
through the press and otherwise
nor is such a claim made in the
Governors recent recapitulation
Of what was achieved during the
the session. 1t may be said that
a majority of the Legislature was
favorable to a constructive ses-
sion, and. fortunately, there were
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-21
Comfort

Over -, 900 satisfied customers last year
and Is years of continuous success. What
they have done for others they can do for
you've know tive guarantee it. Buy a
box today-try one or two plasters and if
you do not get instant relief and find this the
best Bunion cure you've ever tried, return
the remaining p1asters and get all your
money back. tBunion Comfort is sure to
.satisfy-you take no risk at all.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-21
Beer Long a Popular Drink.

Beer is believed to be one of h
most ancient of drinks. Manuscripts
written at least 5000 years before the
Christian era show conclusively that
even at that primitive period the man.
ufacture of an intoxicating liquor from
barley or other grain was extensively
carried on in Europe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-21
GENUINE
Blu
SMOKING TOBACCO


1t takes only a little practice
to learn to "roll your own
with "Bull'' Durham. Simply
get the knack - then you'll Il
enjoy your cigarette as you
never did before.
Rolled in a cigarette etBull"
Durham gives you the freshest,
mildest, wholesomest smoke
in the world.
For far-greater smoking
pleasure and satisfaction roll
yourown with "Bull" Durham.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-21

with swollen, misshapen feet. Thou
sands upon thousands of men and women
just like you have ON to us, willing to
pay most any price-willing to do most
any thing to rid themselves Of torturous
Bunions. Today they are happy because
they found instant relief and final cure in
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-21
Biblical Names Popular.

A paragrapher asserts that England
a boast that no other country pos
sesses 10 many Scriptural place names
as are -fouIlIs IN aassSs 2!snur1try Tha
name of Jericho occurs six times on
the maps, Paradise five times and
Nineveh, Mt. Zion, Mt. Ararat and
Mt. Ephraim three times each.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-21
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

While the session of the Missis-
sippi Legislature that adjourned
Saturday was not noticeably diff
ferent in its purposes from many
that have preceded it. the things
inauQurated at this session give
it a distinction that challenges
comparisons with past .ieQisla-
lures. With the single exception
Of the constitutional convention
which he advocated, the Bilbo
program was enacted with GER
tain notifications that were
forced upon him by his political
friends in the House and Senate.
All of his progressive plans were
supported by his political OPP
ponents-except the new consti-
tuition plan. Register.
Is not this claiming rather too
much for the Bilbo program"
The record shows several cog
slips, instead of a Single excep-
ton" For instance: Among the
progressive plans" that we call
to mind was the declaration in the
inaugural message, that we must
not go on borrowing money for
current expenses of government
as has been the custom for the
last six years. / am
resolved to veto any bond issue
for current expenses, nor will l
sanction any appropriation in ex-
cess of revenues of the State"
That pledge was reststed to men,
bers of the Legislature in the
form of veto threats, fortunately
vainly. Appropriations were made
that it would have been a crime
against the State not to have pro-
even though beyond the
approximate revenues. They
were approved by Governor Bilbo
because he failed in the courage
of his brand of progressiveism to
veto them as he had threatened.
Nor did he dare withhold his ap-
prevail from legislation authoriz-
ing borrowing money for cur
rent expenses" to the amount of
nearly two million dollars.
Next to urging a constitutional
convention, the pledge against
borrowing money for current
expenses" and Appropriations in
excess of revenues" was the COR
ner stone of the Bilbo legislative
p~rogram-his rallying cry for
the tight wads." While he ran
from it his dupes have been
reviled for standing pat. Another
program plan" proposed, and
which was ignored, was the
total abolition of magistrate
courts. and the creation of county
courts with prescribed jurisdic-
ton; to have authority over many
matters now within the jurisdic-
of the circuit and chancery
courts, especially those of minis
terial detail, like SUGGESTIONS, guar
dianships, trusteeships, ETC." But
was successful in vetoing
the farm loan credit bill, which
high in all Democratic pro-
gressive platforms.
Governor Bilbo in his message
also urged, or rather echoed, the
of placing the Attorney
General and the State Revenue
Agent upon salaries-a recon-
mendation that, unfortunately,
Nor did the Legislature
act favorably upon the recon.
mendation of placing women upon
the governing boards of the
States educational, health and
eleemosynary boards" Nothing
so far as we know was enacted in
pursuance of his meritorious rec
ommendation to prevent the "un-
due punishment of offenders
against the laws by the justice and
courts" No bonds were
authorized for much needed per.
manent improvements at the edu-
cational institutions, the most de-
corvinr ifornc ~ tho ko~hoo,~,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-21
Instant Relief
7w z PlaSfers FREE
Don't Cut
Don't Swear
Don't or rus

Don't give up hope.
Don't say that your
bunion can't be cur
ed. Don't t k
that you are doomed
to 90 on forever
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-21
The Star Spangled
Smoke!

Alert, square-shouldered.
ready-for
men like the punch, dash, vim
and vigor Of the great Ameri-
can smoke - Durham.
Wherever the flag goes there
you'll find these lively lads
rolling their own with
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-21
Got Rid Of My corns
With Magic ''Gets.lt'
Simplest Corn Cure in the World-No
Pain, No Fuss. New, Sure Way.

with your boots on" when you've
soaked them and picked them and
sliced them, when corn-swelling
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-19
will Await Opinion and Advice Of AttOr-
ney Generals Office Before Taking
Definite Stand
COULD NOT GIVE
OPINION OFF HAND
Necessary Data Must Be Submitted Bear
ing Specifically OnIChickasha for
Investigation

Il shall pay no attention, whatever
to the demands of the paving bond
holders until receive a definite rul-
ing from the attorney generals office, "
declared City Treasurer Clark this
morning after his return from Oklaho-
ma City last night
THE attention of the attorney gen.
erals office at present is consumed
with the study of the railroad rate
cases which have come before it for
immediate consideration but was as
sured that the paving decision would
be taken under advisement at once
and would receive prompt attention.
"In order that the local case might
receive special attention | shall have
to submit the necessary data in ordel
that reply and opinion might be CIV
EN-, which could not be furnished off
hand yesterday. This reply is prom
lsed before the next regular meeting
OF the city council.
THE city treasurer is not acting as
a tax collector in this matter but
serves only in an administered way"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-19
Local Company VIII Spend $4,000 on
Ten Mile Line and Equipment and
Will Rush Work
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
IMPROVEMENTS
Manager SChafer Announces that $1,000
Additional will Be Expended On
The Chickasha Plant

IAN materials for the electric light
line to verdcn have been ordered. and
we have a man in verden now taking
contracts for wiring both business
houses and residences said Manager
r. p. Schaffer of the Chickasha Gaa
and Electric company this morning.
According to Mr. schaffer the new
line viii be $500 volts. phase trans
mission line, enabling the company to
furnish both light and power to Yer
den. The same twenty-tonr hour Ser.
vice that chickasha has. win be given
to the verden citizens. Already a
hundred promises OF contracts have
been received and it is expected that
the Chickasha company will have at
least l5o customers there. In addition
to private lighting tho city cf Verden
viii have eighteen street lights, of an
up-to.date series ihcandcscent system.
Wiring OF tile yerden buildings will
commence Immediately, and the line
win be built as fast as the poles and
wires and transformers arrive. The
wire Is exceedingly hard to get, the
best delivery promised being Sept. /.
but with everything else in readiness.
the 10 mile line will be quickly com.
pleted as soon as it arrives.
The line to verden will cost about
$4,000 and the company is spending
about $4,000 more, improving and bet
tering their system IN Chickasha.
Their lines Id the two "commercial'
alleys, which are the alleys rrnning
parallel to Chickasha avenue, on eth
er side of it, are being rebuilt on nc-
count OF the congested condition OF
wires on old poles. The alley arm
construction is being used. in which
the wires are held away from tho
reach Of anyone IN nearby buildings.
This rebuilding is from First to Fifth
street on both alleys
A new Golfer dam at the power plant
is being put in, in order to make re-
pairs on the gates to the wheel pits.
A new switchboard for the water pow
er plant has also been ordered and will
soon be Installed
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-19
STRIKE GAS
AT CEMENT
is REPORT

According to letter from an officer
of the Keechi Oil and Gas company,
drilling test we'll near Cement. a
flow of between three and four mil
lion feet of gas was encountered by
the driller Sunday at depth Of POS
feet The letter was received by par
ties interested in the wei.
"The drill at Cement is going day
and night and things look mighty
good" the letter continues. "We look
for a large pocket of gas between 700
and 500 feet, which depth we expect
to reach this week. The formations
through which they are going are as
fine as the driller ever saw and the
prospects for an oil field are very en-
couraging."
1t is reported that the Cement test
is not far from the original test well
that was sunk in that section mum
Der of years ago by a company com
posed Of Chickasha men, that location
having been selected by DR.. C. B. Gan
naway, then a resident of this city.
The Keechi Oil and Gas Co. has its
headquarters in Oklahoma City and is
said to be prepared to push its plans
to a finish.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-19

SHOT BY
ANOTHER
Alleged 10 Have Ruined and Caused
Latter's E'iancee TO Commit Suicide;
All 0steOpaihs
Rv rniLed prn. !

BY United Prees.
Boston, July ~. Dr. Eldridse AT
wood, prominent Woburn physician,
was arraigned in the municipal court
today on the charge Of shooting viii
fred Harris
According to Atwood's confession
he shot Harris because the latter had
betrayed Dr. Celia Adams, the fiancee
Of Atwood and caused her to commit
suicide.
Harris, who is a married man, was
the instructor of both Drs Adams and
Atwood at the Massachusetts College
of Osteopathy. He is now in the city
hospital with three bullet wounds in
his body which will probably prove fa-
tai.
Atwood said he intended to mutilate
Harris with a razor but changed his
mind when he saw the latters office
full of omen.
Atwood pleaded not guilty and was
held in $4,000 bond for trial on July
rs.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-19
FARM TO
BE BOUGHT
FOR POOR
County Commissioners viii Purchase
Twenty Acre Tract to Raise Garden
and Chickens

While arrangements for poor farm
In its broadcast sense will not be UNI
dertaken by the county commissioners
at present, suitable provisions will be
made for the maintenance Of those
who are now receiving a bounty at this
time and others who may be added to
the list. by establishing twenty-acre
tract farm with suitable shelter, where
chickens and garden may be raised.
In the opinion OF the commissioners
1t is not to the best interests Of the
county to go any farther than this at
the present time. At present there are
between fifteen and twenty depend
ents and these ana others must be
suitably provided for in the plans
which are now being considered. The
matter will be pursued as soon as prac-
ticable but there is considerable pre-
liminary work to be done before plans
can be definitely announced.
The amount to be appropriated for
this purpose, according to the finan-
cial estimates for the year. is $1,000
for the first payment
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-19
MOWERS
AT WORK
ON WEEDS
Two Machines Kept Busy by Street De.
parIment and Second Ward Has
Been Cleaned OF

Good work is now being done by
the street commissioners crew in cut
ting the weeds on public thorough
fares. A new Mccormick moving ma
chine was added on Monday morning
and the two mowers had, at noon to
day. finished everything east of Sev
enth street. This part Of the city was
given first attention in order to pre-
pare it for grading which will follow
I'VE viii continue the work until
everything on all the streets and al
leys Of the city is cut Everything has
been cut north of Choctaw avenue in
the second ward and we will now go to
the third ward and will continue west
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-19
EARN GOOD
MONEY In
HOGS HERE
Buyer Says More Attention Should Be
Paid to Raising Them in This COun-
try With Good Conditions

Nearly all of the fat hogs have
been shipped out Of the country" said
G. W. Laid, stocker and feeder buyer
both Of hogs and cattle, who returned
from Oklahoma City ten days ago to
resume business here. Mr.. Ladd had
been a resident of Chickasha and this
section for twenty-five years previous
to his departure eighteen months ago
for Oklahoma City, where he was con-
nected with the Tate-English Live
stock Commission company
II do not understand why more
hogs are not raised around Chickasha, "
continued the buyer, "as it is a good
country for hogs and they do we'll
here if properly cared for I am an
old hog raiser here and know. Less
interest is shown here and fewer hogs
raised than in the verden and Cement
country, where it a source Of good rev.
enue."
Mr. Ladd will ship carload of hogs
out Of here tonight. He has just com
pleted tour Of the adjacent surround
ing country.
County Weigher Lee McReynolds
reports weighing a wagonload Of hogs
last night for Jake Mutz, prominent
farmer lying near Ninnekah, for ship
ment to Oklahoma City. Mr. MUTT
last week bought $50 head of shoats
on the Oklahoma market and sent
them out to his place to fatten up.
These shoats arc kept about ninety
days and are shipped back to market.
John Chambers brought in three
wagon loads from near Naples last
night
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-19
LITTLE LAD LOSES LIFE
CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS

Caught between the bumpers of two
Rock Islald freight cars near the via
duct, about 2;2o this afternoon, Ellis
worth, the twelve-year-old son Of d.
G. Huskey, was crushed about the
chest in manner that caused almost
instant death
Ellsworth was accompanied by his
brother Carlisle, aged 10, who said the
children were playing about the cars
when the elder started to pass between
them, mmindful of the faet tnat Il
switch engine was operating in the