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Norman Democrat=Topic.
Palace Drug Store
Headquarters for Everything in
DRUGS
Prescriptions are filled by compe-
tent and experienced pharmacists.
WALL PAPER
We have the finest line of Wall-
paper in Oklahoma. Call and ex-
amine stock and get our prices.
A complete line of Toilet Articles.
FRED REED, Prop.
I axablc Wealth Of Indian Territory. J tout the Indian Territory having
There has been some confusion :l° taxable property is merely
of ideas existing as to the time cloak to conceal political designs
when the lands of the several tribes
I of the Indian Territory would be-
; come subject to taxation, in the
No. 7
Statehood Bill Hxcludes I'ive Nations.
Indian lands cannot lie iualiena
in which the people in general have '''l a,u' at "le same time subject to
no interest and from which they taxation. The reason is apparent.
. __ .... receive no benefit. jTaxation involves the right to sell
I event of statehood. If a state is ever to be created for nonpayment of taxes. With-
j \V ith a view to eludicating the; from this magnificent domain, as out this power payment cannot be
subject in part the following table fully endowed as any section in all enforced and the whole tax law be
has been compiled by the " '
from the recent report of Tams
liixby, of the Dawes commission,
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SPEAKING of
Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Silver-
ware, Clocks and everything to be
found in a first class jewelery store—
RICHARDS
Y
9 Has the goods and at prices t hat make
? competition sick. Give him a call.
^ All work guaranteed. At Maylield's Drug Store. 9
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Fresh Groceries
kept at all t
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ESH.V1AN & MILLER
Now we have it!
The lutest photographic
production,
The Artists' Proof.
The neatest, daintiest' most
artistic inspiration in the
history of Photography.
You must see the samples at.
Brooks Photo Studio.
BONTON
MEAT
MARKET
Louie Renner, Proprietor,
Will buy Hides and Furs.
Game in Season.
Cast Maiu St., Norman, Okia.
Incentive.
So much is said about this ques-
tion and all to no point that it
seems like foolishness. Connect
itig socialism and Incentive together
in the way that democrats and re
publicans do, would have us believe
j that men have no higher concep
j ti on of human life than that its
! sole aim is to get money. The
j best work done by human beings
I is done without ho[>e of personal
I gain. Those who continually cry
j that the removal of necessity will
stop progress and enervate the race
only advertise in themselves a renal
and nercenary nature common to
degenerates.
They are ready to construe social-
ism to mean a system in which the
government will provide a great
'soup bowl" and plenty of
'spoons" and all come up together
and eat from this common dish.
Those whom you hear so crying
down socialism are those who are
already being fed from the great
"soup bowl."
That is the producer is filling up
the bowl and these fellows are feast-
ing upon the good things provided
by the sons of toil, and what seems
to trouble these parasites just now
it that they are afraid that the fel-
lows who has been putting up the
"soup" is going to quit and they
will have to get out and provide
the materials, or they will have no
soup." Hence they raise the cry
of "destroying Incentive you des-
troy the progress."
The noblest deeds of men have
been prompted purely from an un-
selfish motive.
The captain of a sinking vessel
will stay with his ship giving direc-
tions and endeavor to save the lives
of his passengers, and often stay
until his life is lost.
Some of the advocates of this de-
basing thought remind us of a
strong man who takes a boat load
of children to row them upon a
river, the boat is capsized and he
(the strong man) begins to surge
and plunge among these little ones,
crying all the while, "I must save
myself, there is nothing to me in
trying to save the lives of these
little ones, they ought to be able
to look out for themselves. This
is not a man he has risen to a
higher ideal, has a nobler spirit in
him, one more Christ like. The
man in the battle of life trikes
down his fellows in order that he
may rise or even advocates such a
thing is a base criminal before God
and man. No man wants astronger
incentive than to help his fellows
because it is right.
in the light of the Choctaw-Chick-
asaw agreement, which provides
for an allotment of 320 acres to
each member of the two tribes and
40 acres to each freedman.
Of the 320 acres one-half or 160
acres, is set apart for a homestead
inalienable for 21 years, and the re-
maining 160 acres is made saleable,
one-fourth in one year, one-fourth
in three years and the remainder
ill five years.
The table shows the total lands
of the Choctaws and Chickasaws
and the time when each part be-
comes saleable and taxable.
Choctaw and Chickasaw lauds
saleable and taxable immediately.
Acres.
Townsites 40.000
Railroad right of way a.uoo
Mineral coal and asphalt 500,000
Residue lands to be sold 1,490,000
Allotments saleable and tax-
able, one year 1,150,000
Allotments saleable and tax-
able. 3 years 1,150.000
Allotments saleable and tax-
able, 5 years 2,300,000
Allotments saleable and tax.
able, 2. years 4,600,000
Freedmen allotments saleable
and taxable after 21 years, 411,200
Minor reservations part tax-
able and part not taxable 3,95,
Total lands of Choctaw
and Chickasaw nations 17,653,151
A study of the above table will
disclose the fact that these nations
would have more immediately tax-
able property than any reservations
ever opened in Oklahoma. The
counties opened from them would
be readily self-sustaining from the
start and within five years two
■> ' "'iwiv. lilA I.IV* III1
Leader 'he world, it is high time to rise to I comes void so far as compulsory
"" a little broader statesmanship and 1 observance is concerned
look to the great end to be accomp-1 It follows, then, that if Indian
lished, assured that ninor local and lands are made saleable for taxes
personal matters will lie properly they at once become alienable for
adjusted. I the simple reason that right to sell
Immediate single statehood is' carries with it the right to convey
the key to the whole problem.
A (i#od Ticket.
Every day brings additional
strength to the democratic nomi-
nees. They are all good clean hon-
orable men and are especially quali-
fied for the office for which they,
aspire. The voters realize that the Indian treaties cannot be subjected
title to others. Therefore Indians
desiring to sell their allotments
may, for a consideration, permit
their taxes to become delinquent
and allow any purchaser to secure
a tax deed.
It likewise follows that such
lands as are made inalienable In
method of nominating by prima-1taxation until such time as by
ries is the only plan whereby each ' those treaties they become aliena-
only plan whereby
and every voter has an equal
chance.
Seventeen hundred democrats at-
tended the primary July 19th, and
nominated the best ticket that was
ever offered to the voters of Cleve-
land County. There was 110 ring
rule, clique or gang who could pos-
sibly dominate the nomination of
any one candidate. How different
were the nominations made which
is styled republican and populist.
Every nominee of the mongrel
ticket was slated by the Norman
leaders several weeks lx?fore the
ble.
The bearing of this fact 011 the
omnibus statehood bill becomes at
once apparent. This bill provides:
That the constitutional conven-
tion provided for herein shall, by
ordinances irrevocable, express the
consent of the state of Oklahoma
that congress may at any time, or
from time to time, attach all or
any part of Indian territory to the
state of Oklahoma after the title to
said lands in said Indian territory
is extinguished in the trilies now
claiming the same and the same
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The Banner
Crop
•11 ,1>rese"t i,'aicatio"s are that Cleveland County
will have the Banner crop in the Territory this year
Wilt In, year,,lu:1 the progressive farmer
.ll want t„ buy more land in order to increase the
size o his crop 1,1 the future. M.uiv of them will
want to borrow a part of the money that they invest
Are You One of Them ?
If so we want to say to you that we are absT"
lutely making the best all round loan of any firm
111 Oklahoma Territory, both as regards rates and
pre payment privileges.
If you have a loan and want to take it up and
get the advantage of a lower rate, or if you are
buying land and want to borrow a part of the
money we will lie glad to have you call on us.
We will demonstrate to your satisfaction that
we mean what we say. Remember, "Money
Saved is Money Earned." Very truly
TATE & CLEflEN T
first national hank building
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convention met. It was a clear' Bssigned in severalty and subject to
case of ring rule and the honest taxation.
voters are asked to support their There are three conditions pre-
tieket. If the mongrel ticket Scribed here as precedent to annex-
should be elected what party would ation; viz: extinction of tribal ti-
be held responsible for the mis-
deeds of its officers? The republi-
cans would say the accomodation
pops are responsible and the pops
would declare the republicans are
responsible.
With the democratic ticket nom-
inated by a majority of the voters
in the county,
- -j, and composed of
thirds of the land of the territory well qualified men, it is hardly pos-
would be subject to taxation. | sible the voters will turn it down
he entire personal property of j and put in office the ticket nomi-
the people would be at once tax-1 nated by ring rule.
able. j __
So far as taxable property is con- When the late President Barrows
cerned the Indian Territory is not of Oberlin college, was asked by a
now a pauper by any means and student if he could uot take less
with the development that will ; than the regular four years course
come from statehood will in a very | Dr. Barrows looked the applicant
short time become one of the rich-j over thoughtfully and replied:
est portions of the United States. | "Why, certainly, my lad. A short
The table, covering as it does on- co,lrse y°u 'ike, but my advice
■ to you is to take the longest course
possible. The length of time you
wish to devote to study rest-, with
you entirely, and should de|>eud on
what you intend to become. Just
remember that when God wants to
make an oak he takes 100 years,
but when He wants a squash He
takes six months."
ly the lands, fails to convey any
idea of the value of manufactories,
mines, railroads sjnd telegraph and
tile many other sources of wealth.
A dispassionate view of the situ-
ation must disclose to anyone the
fact that a good deal of tile cry a-
DrPRICES
C,5M Baking Powder
The dilFcrcnce of cost between a £jood
and a poor baking powder would not
amount for a family's supply to one dol-
lar a year. I he poor powder wou
cause doctors' bills many times this.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
the most economical in the end, because
it goes further in leavening and insures
perfect, wholesome food.
Used always in making the biscuit
and cake it saves both health and money.
Made from pure, grape cream of tartar,
most healthful of fruit acids.
Id
is
ties, assignment in severalty sub
jugation to taxation. Each condi
tion is co-ordinate and imperative
and must l)e complied with before
annexation is possible.
Then the lands or anyone of tile
five trilies must lie subject to taxa
tion, before that nation can be an
uexed.
Since taxation involves the right
to sell for non-payment and there
fore to alienate the Indian title it
at once becomes important to know
the length of time that might elapse
liefore all Indian titles become
alienable.
Section 13 of the Choctaw,
Chickasaw agreement provides
The allotment of each Choctaw
and Chickasaw freeman shall be
inalienable during the lifetime of
the allottee, not exceeding twenty
one years from the date of the cer
tificate of allotment.
Being inalienable these lauds are
not "subject to taxation" or sale
for non-payment of taxes. Not be
ing "subject to taxation" the con-
dition precedent to annexation can-
not be complied with until that
time limit expires.
The conclusion, though start-
ling, is inevitable.
Under the Flynn omnibus state-
hood bill the Choctaw and Chicka-
saw iiationa cannot lie admitted to
Oklahoma "during the lifetime of
the Choctaw and Chickasaw freed-
men, not exceeding twenty-one
years.
Otherwise stated it is simply
this: That while appearing to pro-
vide for the early admission of the
five trilies to statehood with Okla-
homa, Flynn has so adroitly word-
ed his bill as to make admission
impossible for twenty-one years.
Flynn is brutally cunning.—
Guthrie Llader.
Men on Supreme Bench.
Justice Gray, lately of the United
States supreme court, was the old-
est member of that body. He was
born in 1828, and is therefore
past 74. Next to him in years
conies Justice Shiras, of whom it is
reported that he will retire next
May, He was 70 years old last
January. Justice Fuller and Har-
lan are both in their 68th year.
Justice Brown comes next; he is 66
years of age. Justice Brewer is 65
and Justice Peckham is 64. Then
there is a jump to Justice McKenna
who is 56, and Justice White, the
youngest member of the court, who
is but a youth of 57.
The federal statutes provide that
a justice shall be eligible for retire-
ment when lie is 70 years of age,
and if he shall have served ten
years he may retire 011 full pay,
but retirement is optional. The
constitution provides that the jus
tices shall hold office for life, or
during good behavior—w h i c h
amounts to the same thing. Fre
quently the judges do not care to
take advantage of the retirement
privilege; long years in the harness
makes the work essential to their
happiness, and they would rather
work than rest. Of such disposi-
tion is Justice Hariau, who has 110
idea of resigning next year when
lie becomes eligible. He was ap
pointed in 1$77 by President Hayes
and lie has served 011 the bench
more than twenty-five years.
Chief Justice Fuller has served
fourteen years, having been ap-
pointed by President Cleveland.
He, too, will be eligible for retire-
ment, but has indicated his inten-
tion to remain 011 the bench. In
politics the chief justice is a demo-
crat; ex-Justice Gray is a republi-
can, as is his successor, Oliver
Wendell Holmes; Harlan was ap-
pointed as a republican, but does
not side with all the modern doc-
trines of that parly.
Byrd McGuire'squalifications for
congress are based upon the two
most important achievements in his
life. He taught a mixed school in
Kansas and prosecuted wood chop-
j l>ers in Oklahoma. If he ever did
I anything else to commend his can-
didacy to the judgment of the cit-
! izetis of Oklahoma, it has so far
failed to float to the surface. Okla-
I homan.
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It will make quite a difference in
the amount of money you take
home with yon if you buy your
hardware. We sell a 4 inch bolt
for 1 cent.
All others according.
A big horse rasp 50 cents.
A 10 inch flat file 15 cents.
A slim taper file for hand saws
5 cenls.
Big Imix shoe lacks 5 cents.
Carpet tacks 1 cent Ixix.
Just Opened
A big case of window shades,
complete 011 rollers 15 cents to 75
cents.
Big cut 011 all lawns. Ask to see
our 6'A and 9 cent lawn. They
are extra values.
Palace On Wheels.
One of the finest trains of cars
used by any traveling exhibition is
that owned by Buckskin Bill and
his Wild West. It is per feet in
every particular, and each car
posses tile most modern and com-
plete appliances and furnishings.
As models of the decorators art,
the advance cars are not to be sur-
passed, and elicit the greatest ad-
miration wherever they are seen.
All the coaches and cars are at-
tractively painted, and are the best
1 that could be procured. The train
is not a part of the exhibition pro-
per, but is well worth seeing.
Monday, September 15.
Price Baking Powder Co.,
Chicaho.
Not.,—You r.innot, if you value good
health, nlTord to use rneap, low-erade
baking powders. They are mostly, in
spite of the pure food laws, made from
alum, which endangers the health. All
physi i.ans will tell you that such pow-
ders in food are injurious.
j The territorial tax is 7 cents on
the hundred dolars. Nearly as much
as the entire tax in many of the
states. With Oklahoma admitted
as a state under its present bound-
daries it would be nearly twice as
much. Vote for Hill Cross and im- (
mediate single statehood.
Hon. Bill Cross will carry Cleve-
land Counly by at least 500 major-
ity. The people of th is county out-
side of a few po!iticaus are in favor
of immediate single statehood.
The election of Hon. W. M.
Cross means single statehood,
All Slippers at Big
Reduction.
Some at half what they were for-
merly sold at. Not latest style but
best quality. A chance to get good
shoe leather at less than manufac-
turers' prices.
We desire to close out all slim-
mer goods and in order to success-
fully accomplish this we have made
big cuts.
Its to your advantage if you
want goods to buy of us, for we
are indeed underselling at
Mollis Bros
Department Store
Or New york Racket.
It. II. PENDBrON,
• DK. OF DENTAL SURGERY..
Offlco over Cleveland Co. N t'l Bank.
Norman, o. T.
"Itlce IInun K to 111—1 to <:SO
J. F. NOBMAN,
lawyer.
non MAN, OKLAHOMA.
Otir Flr.t Nitloual Bank. |.bone 1Q,
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