The Labor Signal. (Oklahoma City, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1905 Page: 3 of 8
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POSTAL RECEIPTS
REPORT OF POST OFFICE DEPART-
MENT SHOWS A GAIN IN NEAR-
LY EVERY TERRITORIAL TOWN
OKLAHOMA CITY PASSES CALVESTON
Twelve Cities Have Reached the Ten
Thousand Mark—Twenty-Three Of-
fices in Both Territories Have Re-
ceipts of Over Five Thousand
WASHINGTON: The annual reports
of the executive departments and their
bureaus, which are usually printed and
siven to the public several weeks
prior to the assembling of congress,
were held back this year until the
opening day. The report of the audi-
tor for the post office department is
always interesting as showing the
growth in business of the various
cities and towns in the country, and
is second only to a i'nited States cen-
sus report in showing the relative
standing and importance of such
places. The report of the auditor for
the fiscal year ending June SO, 1U05,
shows that there are now twelve towns
in Oklahoma and the Indian Territory
having post il receipts exceeding $10.-
000 per year. As usual, Oklahoma
City makes the greatest gain, her re-
ceipts equaling those of Galveston.
Texas, for the fiscal year, and will ex-
ceed Galveston very materially for the
calender year now closing. Muskogee
has passed Guthrie, and Enid has
passed Shawnee in the race. Alva and
Tulsa have stepped up into the better
than $10,000 class. The receipts ot
Oklahoma City are considerably larg-
er than the combined receipts of the
next four largest towns in Oklahoma
Territory, or the fuur largest towns in
the Indian Territory, but not quite
equal to those of the four best towns
picked from both territories.
The following are the receipts of
the twelve leading offices this year,
compared with the receipts for the
same offices in 1904, showing losses
and gLiins:
M)'. l oi oaiv
Oklahoma City jtn.cil
Muskogee . 94,S0:i 23,7 9 " 10,780
On'lirie 2.8:4 .12.."49
Enid 21,771 18.4)1 8,.137
Shawnee 'Jt.lOiJ 24,492
Sooth McAUser 2","50 19>2 «'8
Chickasha lfl.172 U,«94 1,578
Ardmore 10,248 18 902 2,310
Bl Reno 14.22H 15,SM
Total 1S.7J0 S.8W 4,387
Lawton 12.077 11,779 ^293
Alva 10,114 9.631 588
The follo«'iii« 1:4 a oompieta list ol
the towns in Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory, twenty-three in number,
having over $5,000 a year postal re-
ceipts, but less than $10,000:
Perry, $9,844; Vinita, $9,808; Bar-
tlesville, $9,730; Norman, $9,151;
Ponca. $8,795; Durant, $8,4520; Hobart,
$8,483; Stillwater, $8,312; Blackwell,
$8,259i Kingfisher, $8,235; Chandler,
$8,009; Woodward, $7,378; Anadarko,
$7,099; Wagoner, $7,004; Ada, $G,7ti9;
Mangum, $0,357; Pawnee, $G,35j; Coal-
gate, $0,222: Tahlequah, $0,054;
Okmulgee,- $5,819; Sapulpa, $5,799;
Pauls Valley. $5,429; Atoka, $5,358.
WOULD RETAIN CHIEFS
Hitchcock Recommends That Chief*
Remain Until Deeds Are Signed
WASHINGTON: The committee
which Secretary Hitchcock named to
report on the legislation desired by
the Creek tribe of Indians informed
th«• delegation that It would recom-
mend a retention of the chiefs in of-
fice for the purpose of signing and de-
livering the remaining deeds to allot-
ments. Th? oilier tribes have asked
for similar legislation. It is also un-
derstood the committ -e will recom-
mend an act providing that the money
obtained from the sale of suipuls lands
shall he used first to be distributed
among the citizens.
The Creeks are opposed to having
the restrictions removed from I lie al-
lotments of any of the fullbloods. l>.
M. Hodge of Tulsa, who has been
prominent in the councils of the
Creaks for more than thirty years
says it would be almost equivalent
to robbing the fullbloods of their pat-
rimony to remove the restrictions from
their allotments. Under existing law
the allotments will not be alienable
wholly for live years, and the home
steads for twenty-one years. During
these periods none of these lands will
be subject to taxation, and that has
been one of the considerations which
have Induced many to urge a contrary
course, for it has been felt that the
taxation of these lands would he neccs
SBfy for a state government, whether
the state he made of one or both
territories.
GOVERNMENT S COTTON REPORT
The Statement Delayed by Reason of
Wide Variance In Returns
WASHINGTON: The cotton crop
bulletin issued by the de|iartment of
agriculture estimates the total yield
• at 10,107.818 bales of 500 pounds gross
j weight, not including Milters.
The area picked is estimated at 26-
' 117,153 acres, a reduction of 882,399
| acres, or 3.3 per cent reduction from
I 'he acreage estimate as planted. It
1 was official!)) announced that the do
I lay in the issuance of the report was
caused by a wide divergence in re-
ports of yield per acre, which caused
prolonged discussion.
The total number of ponnds pro-
duced in the year 1905-00 will amount
to 4.800,217,358, not including linters.
The estimated production of Okla-
homa, as given in the report, is 231,-
83S in five hundred-pound bales, anil
f Indian Teirltory is down for 324.000
bales.
REPAIRING THE BILL
Statehood Special Leaves
OKLAHOMA CITL The special train
carrying throe hundred statehood en-
thusiasts left for Washington on the
evening of the sixth. In the afternoon
before their departure the delegates
who came to Oklahoma City met and
formulated a plan of work. The per-
sonnel of the committee is one of the
best if not the best, ever sent on a
mission of this kind, and their visit
to Washington cannot help but do
good for the cause of statehood. Some
dissatisfaction was expressed regard-
ing the fixing of the capital of the new-
state, as outlined in the McGuire bill,
but the delegation will start no fight
that will interfere with the chances of
statehood.
Esch-Townsend Rate Bill Made to
Conform to President's Message
WASHINGTON: The Escti-Towiv
send railroad rate bill, which passed
the house at its last session, has been
re-drawn and was re-intrqduc ;d in the
house by Mr. Townsend. The bill em-
braces all of the features of the form-
er measure, but is lirawn so as to
specify the things which may be done
by the interstate commerce Commis-
sion. In addition it has a publicity
feature and gives the commission jur-
isdiction over refrigeration and ter-
minal charges. It also directly pro-
hibts the carrier from granting any
shipper the privilege of collecting his
product and then getting a special
rate under the short term provision for
changing rates.
As explained by Mr. Townsend, the
bill "expresses the ideas of the presi-
dent in his message and will, if en-
acted into law. amend the interstate
commerce law so as to make it more
effectual in securing exact justice be-
tweeh the carriers, shippers, producers
and consumers. It amends the sub-
stantiatlve law so as to embrace with-
in the powers of the commission all
interstate carriers of interstate and
foreign commerce, whether by rail-
roads or partly by railroads and part-
ly by water, and includes specifically
in the term transportation all cars,
vehicles, ventilation, refrigeration, ele-
vation. transfer, storage and all other
facilities and instrumentalities of ship-
ment and carriage as well as terminal,
siding and industrial tracks, thus giv-
ing the commission authority over the
so-called private car and other agen-
cies.
TOO MUCH SALT IN WATER
Snyder. O. T.. Irrigation Project May
Be Abandoned
WASHINGTON: Mr Thomas K.
i Means, engineer of soils of the Vnlted
I States reclamation service, lias been
| ordered to report to Snyder, to begin
an examination as soon as possible o(
j the soils and water supply of the Red
i river project, which h?s been under
! investigation by the engineers of the
service for some time. 'I bis examina
tion lias been deemed necessary, ow-
ing to tile fact that the waters passing
the reservoir site show tin average ot
oue-tenth of 1 per cent of salt solution,
a quantity unsafe for irrigation, as
much of the soil is heavy clay, difficult
to drain and unsuitable for the recep-
tion of sail water without perfect
drainage.
HAMILTON'S STATEHOOD BILL
Measure Is Practically the Same as
Amended by the Senate Last Year
WASHINGTON: Representative
Hamilton of Michigan lias introduced
a joint statehood hill, providing for the
admission of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory to the union as the state of
Oklahoma, and the admission of New
Mexico and Arizona as Arizona. With
slight changes, the bill Is the same as
i was after being amended by the
senate at the last session. Polygamous
o'- plural marriages are forever pro-
hibited in both of the proposed states,
and the prohibition amendment of the
senate for the new state of Oklahoma
Is cut out. As it now stands, the bill
prohibits the sale of liquor to Indians
in both the proposed states, hut places
no further restrictions upon the liquor
traffic.
PARKER IS APPOINTED
Another Interurban Threatened
GUTHRIE: The Logan county board
of commissioners has granted a fran-
chise to Thomas A. Smith to con-
struct an electric line northward from
Guthrie, and to be known as the New-
kirk, Topeka & Southern Klactrie
railway. The company must deposit
a bond of $1,000 before the franchise
is effective. The proposed line will
run through Logan, Noble and kay
counties, and it is intended to connect
here with the Guthrie-Oklahoma City
interurban and at Chilocco with the
Gueda Springs electric lino.
Accidental Shot Caused Death
FAIRMONT: Clifford Gillliam died
here as the result of a wound received
from the accidental discharge of a re-
volver several days ago, when he was
hunting, in company with Charles Uig-
ger and John Lovelady. Before his
death Gillman made a written state
ment regarding the accident, in which
he stated that it was entirely due to
ids own carelessuess, and that his
companions were in no way to blaine.
Children of Mixed Blood Admitted
PAWHUSKA: Word has been re-
ceived here from Washington of an
important decision which will mater-
ially affect the Osage roll. In 1897
congress enacted a law which barred
the children of Osage women married
to white men from being placed on
the rolls or participating in any of
the. Osage payments. All applications
for the enrollment of such children i
have hitherto been denied, but this j
week the law firm of Leahy & Scott
received word that their application
for the enrollment of eight Osage
children belonging to that class has
been approved by the department.
While the order just made applies only
to the children specifically named in
the application, if the natural conse-
quences of it are followed out. about
100 children will be affected.
DENIED HIS CLAIM
McGuire Fixes Rural Routes
GUTHRIE: Postmaster W. XI. Mc-
Coy has received notification from the
postal department that a complete
county rural free delivery system will |
go into effect for Logan county on the ,
first day of February. Delegate Mc- |
Guire is given credit for the order.
Appellate Court Holds that Marriage
Is Not Adoption
WASHINGTON: Justice Duell has
rendered a decision affirming the judg-
ment of tho district supreme court in
the case of Willis C. West against Sec-
retary Hitchcock. West, having mar-
ried an Indian woman, claimed thit
he hereby became "by adoption" a
member of the Choctaw tribe to which
the woman belonged an l was entitled
to an allotment of land in Indian Ter
ritory. The secretary denied West's
application for allotment on Hi ■ ground
that the alleged adoption had never
received the approval of the interior
department. West then sou.-h a
mandamus proceedings to compel the
secretary to recognize the adoption
The trial court held that tin answei
cf the secretary showed that this rul
Ing Involved the exercise of dis-retlon
and coukl not be controlled by manda-
mus, and in this view of the case the
appelate court concurs.
A legul note is that which possesses
length and breadth, but It without
point.
BILL FOR TWO STATES
Missourian Digs Up an Old McGuire
Bill and Introduces It
WASHINGTON: Representative
Murphy of Missouri has introduced a
bill removing the restrictions on the
alienation and taxation of land in In-
dian Territory, both as to adults and
minors, except as to homesteads of
fidlblood Indians. The act is not to
be construed so as to permit any minor
to leave or dispose of his allotment
except through Ills guardian. Mr
Murphy also introduced a bill provid-
ing for the admission to statehood cf
Indian Territory under the name ot
Sequoyah, and another bill providing
for the independent admission ol
Oklahoma as a state, taking the print-
ed measure which was introduced by
Delegate McGuire, November 18, 1903,
without a change In the wording.
Marrying for money brings the
bride and tho bridegroom into a light
too bright to be pleasant.
I-^ivo that lives on beauty Mono will
soou starve to death.
1 In China WMmon are not photo
sraphtM.
ULCERS FOR 30 YEARS.
Painful Eruptions From Knees to Ftet
Seemed Incurable—Cuticura
Ends Misery.
Another of those remarkable cures
by Cuticura, after doctors and all «lse
had failed, is testified to by Mr. M.
C. Moss of Gainesville, Texas, In the
following letter: "For over thirty
years I suffered from painful ulcers
and an eruption from my knees to
feet, and could find neither doctors
nor medicine to help me, until I used
Cuticura Soap. Ointment and Pills,
which cured me in six months. They
helped me the very first time I used
them, ami I am glad to write this so
that others suffering as I did may be
saved from misery."
Monkeys have a peculiar dread ot
snake*.
Try It.
Oft in the stilly night a racking
rough doth rob us of that sweet sleep
which nature seeks to give. Simmons'
Cough Syrup is nn infallible cure;
untroubled sleep and pleasant dreams
it doth assure. Guaranteed.
A quitter is often a man who stops
before you get a chance to buuip him.
Ask Your Druggist for Allen's Foot-Ease.
"I tried ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE recent-
ly and have just bought another supply. It
has cured my corns, and tho hot, burning
and itching seusation iu my feet which was
almost unbearable, and 1 would not bo with-
out it now."—Mrs. W. .1, Walker, Cumduu,
N. J." hold by all Druggists, 260.
A woman can vole on the Isle or
Man.
How's This?
We ffler One Hunilroil Dollars Bowartl for Any
.•aeo of Catarrh that canoot bo curod by llall'i
Catarrh Cur*.
F. .1. CHENEY A CO., Toln.lo, O.
Wo, the uwtorBltfnP'l, have known 1*\ .1. Cheney
for the* last 13 ream, and believe tilm perfectly hon-
orable In all bnaineM.4 transaction.* and tlmuiWally
tble to Carry out any obligation* made by hU flriii.
Wai.ihno, Kc.vas & Makvin,
Wholetnle PrutcKlalA. Toledo. O.
Hall'* Catarrh Cure In taken Internally, acting
rtlrect'y upon the bltiod and mucous surface* of the
ryatem. Teattmonlala sent free. Frlce 73 cent* per
Lottie. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hair* Faintly I'lli* for constipation.
The ftrtilicial manufacture of Ice
dates back to 17X:t.
Eminent Doctors Prtisi its Ingrufltnti.
We refer to that boon to weak, nervout,
•ulTerlng women known m Dr. Piarca't
Favorite Prescription.
I)r. John Kyfeone of the Editorial Staff
of Tin & lk rw Medical KKviswtayt
of Unicorn root (iie/ou i/i* l>ioictn which
U one of the d.lef Ingredients of the "Fa-
vorite Prescription w :
"A teruedy which Invariably icU a* a ut«r-
Ine tnvigurator • • • make* fur normal ac-
tivity of the antlre rvimxluctlre system."
He oon* Inues "In HelonlaM w* have a medica-
ment which more fully answer* the above
l>uriH>*<-s than any <lrui/ icith which I 'im
iu-nuiinttd. In tho treatment of diseases pe-
culiar t<> women It sehlonj that a case la
emi which dors not prosont some Indication
for thts remedial asrunt " Dr. Fyfe further
aajrs: "The following are anion* the lending
lnnl atlon* for Melonlas tl'ntoom n ot). Pain
or intaf In the back, with leurorrhcea;
atonic iwealO conditions of the reproductive
organ* of women, mental detueeslon and Ir-
ritability. a*so:'lated with chronic disease* of
the reproductive organs of women constant
sensation of heat In the region of the kld-
neys; uicnorrhagla tfloodlng>. due to a weak-
ened condition of the reproductive system;
amenorrhea (Miporossed or absent Monthly
periods), arlsinn from or accompanying an
abnormal condition of the digestive organs
and uuHMnic (thin blood) habit; dragging
sensations iu the extreme lower part of the
abdomen" ...
If more or of the above symptoms
are present, no Invalid woman can do
better than take Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, one of the leudlng ingredi-
ents of which is Unicorn root, or Helonlas
and the medical properties of which it
most faithfully represents.
Of Golden Seal root, another prominent
Ingrodlcnt of "Favorite Prescription,"
Prof. Finley KUtngwood, M. L>., of Ben-
nett Medical College, Chicago, says:
"It Is aii Important remedy 11 disorder* of
the womb. In all catarrhal conditions • • •
and general enfeeblernejit. It Is useful."
Prof. John M. Scndder, M. D., late of
Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root:
"In relation to Ita general effects on the
aystem. tMrf it no medicint in \ue fi/xw/ trMW
there in *uch gtneral unanimity of opinion. It
Is unircmdlly regarded as the tonic useful In
all debilitated states."
Prof. Bartholow, M. P.. of Jefferson
Medical College, says of Golden Seal :
"Valuable In uterine hemorrhage, menor-
rhagia (flooding) and congestive dysmenor-
rbCHR (painful menstruation).*
Dr. Pierce's Favoite Prescription faith-
fully represents all the above named in-
groaients and cures the diseases for w hich
they are recommended.
L. Douglas
*3J?&*3J?SHOES' ?
W. L. Douglas $4.00 Ciit Edge Line
cannot bo equalled at any price.
Muskogee Hears Raymond's Sucees
sor Has Been Named
MUSKOGEE: The announcement
tliat L. E. Parker lias been appointed
judge of the western district of Indian
Territory to succeed C. W. Raymond
has created a sensation here, and
there is much glee in the anti-Ray-
I moud camp. Much interest has been
j taken in the fight here, and it 1? 'he
j main topic of conversation. It is
j known that the majority of the mem-
bers of the local bar association op-
pesed Raymond.
ii\goffiljl
\
FOR MAN
AND BEAST.
KILLS PAIN
AND DESTROYS
ALL GERM LIFE.
CURES RHEUMATISM
WONDERFULLY
PENETRATINC.
A COMPLETE
MEDICINE CHEST.
Prico, 25c., 50c., end 11 .OO.
Dr. EARL
615 Albany St.
S. SLOAN,
, Boston, Mass. 1
*lOOU<.l4j
SHOES
Ale
PDICCS
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'•4LMM
tOVVP«;y
TMl SSICMU
W47L5P200F
OILED CLOTHING m®
MsiJt m t>l«d or yellow for all kinds
of wtt work. On s&!e ever/where
Look for the Sip of the Fuh.uil
th« ntmt TOWER on the buttotu.
m
The Ctovernmsnt of Canada
TSSXT* v e 5 abaoluteIy
FREE to every
settler cne hun-
dred and sixty
acres of land in
Western Canada.
Land adjoining this can be purchased
from railway and land compauies at from
|fl to 110 per acre.
On this land this year has been produced
upwards of twenty-live bushels of wheat to
tho acre.
It is also the best of grazing land and for
mixed farming it has no superior ou the
continent.
Splendid climate, low taxes, railways
convenient, schools and churches close at
hand.
Write for ' Twentieth Century Canada"
and low railway rates to Superintendent of
Immigration, Ottawa, Canada; or to
authorized Canadian Government Agent—
J. S. Crawford, No. 105 VV. Ninth Street,
Kansas City, Missouri.
CMentlon this Dttuer.)
W.L.DOUGLAS MAKES AND SELLS
MORE MEN'S $3.5U SHOES THAN
AMY OTHER MANUEAOTURER.
11 fl (1 fin MWARO to anyone who can
«PIUjUUU disprove this atatement.
\V. L. Douglas $.1.50 shoes have by ttielr ax-
cellrnt style, easy fitting, and superiorwrarinv
qualities, achieved the lurgest eaie of any $J.M
shoe In the world. They are lust as vood as
those that cost you $5.00 to $7.00 — the only
dliference Is the price. If I could take you Into
my factory at Brockton. Mast., the lurjrest In
the world under one roof making men's flr.o
shoes, and show vou the care sUh w hich every
pair of Douglas shoes Is made, y ou would reall7«
why W. I.. Oou/las $.1.50 shoes are the best
shoes produce t In the world.
III could show you the difference between the
shoes made In my factory and those of other
iiiukes, you would understand why Douglas
$.1.50 shoes cost more to make, why they hold
their shHpe, fit better, wear longer, and ere'of
greater Intrinsic vafuo than any other $J.50
shoe on I he market to-day.
W. Lm LJoufjIa* Strong Mario Shoo* fr-p
Mon, S>2.BO, SZt.OO. fiojrs' School 1
Or oh m Shoes, $2. HO, $2, $1.75,St.HO
C A UTION.— Insist upon having W.l*.J>oug-
la« fhoas. Tako no substitute. Non a gariulna
without his nuiuo and prlco stamped on bottom.
W 1NTKI). A Hhoe dealer In every town whera
W. li. Douglas Klines aro not sold. I'ull lino of
samples sont free fur inspection upon request.
First Color Eyetats used; then will oot wear bra any.
Writs for Illustrated Catalog of Fall Htyles.
L. DOUGLAS. Ilrovktco, Muss.
W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 48, 1905.
•tsrrhe* clwUiKS nicest.
Decision in Cotton
Cotton will be moving rapid-
ly from now on, and you will
have to decide quickly what to
do with each lot, according to
the circumstances of tho
moment.
Our services and our facil-
ities are at your command, and
you will make no mistake by
shipping to us.
Wm. D. Cleveland
Houston, i%
Sons,
Texan
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