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THE OKI.AHOMA 8TATE CAPITAL GUTHRIE. OKLAHOMA, JTTLT *5, 190S.
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stiU iuffciently active to provide a *a*t amount of very earnest differences
of opinion between the parties and in the republican and demoorafcic rank#-
Any icheme of financial rearrangement will doubtles five rise to earnest
discussion in congress and out of it, and whatever plan is finally adopted
will be sure to arouse rigorous criticism until time has proved its merits.
The general object of the government ought to be to promote the wel-
fare of the people as a whole rather than to catar to the interest! of any
particular class or clique, no matter how important or essential thst may
be, and congress should be extrempmlv carefuJ not to allow itself to be
influenced in any way 'nto giving up into private hands any of those func-
tions of government that have been committed to it by the people, and that
the people expect to be carefully preserved and discharged for the general
welfare.
MAUD ANU MIR JOHN.
Maud Muller*s hubby, whose n&m« was
John,
Oot out the mower to mow the lawn.
He didn't fancy the a job a bit.
But Maud commanded and she was It. ! the mooso has the lo« k of the con-,ctty of nine churchesand Seven aalwya
i. I Af'aboud be adorned wttn a respfu ui«
GREAT IS MISSOURI AND
HER SUPREME COURT
Minomri is a pre«t «Ute. It has been her proud anil cxcuaable bo*at
that within her boundaries arc natural reeourcet that place her indepen-
dent of other commonwealth!. Her oichards, productm of the big red
apple, her m.Ws stored with untold waalth of coal, iron and line her eleo-
tions productive of unearthly democratic majorities and her city and state
legislative govt rnrnenta, developera of hoodie and boodlers. have kept her
much in the puldic eye. And now she comes with a fresh distinction.
For some re.vrn, perhaps indistinguishable, there has been a general
presumption that courts were the creation of the people, responible to the
people, and for the purpose of protecting the people. In Missouri, a dif-
ferent idua apparently prevails.
years ago, so long that the minds of Missouriane no longer compute
the exact time, a citizen of Warrenshurg was injured in a railroad acci-
dent He sued the railroad company, and despite the apparent justice of
his cause as viewed by hi* neighbors, the case dragged and dragged
through the innumerable labyrinths of court channels, staying in the state
supreme court for months and month* and yeara and years, eventually to
be decided Bgainst the defendant
Warronsharg people, the neighbor* of the Injured men, were indig-
nant at what to them seemed a palpable injustice and travesty of equity,
and because the fact* to them known did not warrant such a finding, con-
eluded that tho court had ^cn influenced by & material something which
has always been objected to as a persuader of legal decisions. And a War-
renshurg editor, relying an the presumption that the constitution of these
United States allows the press liberty in publication Of it* idea* holding
them criminally and civilly liable for damagee resulting from the printing
of unwarranted statement* concerning others, proceeded to *y things
about the supreme opurt in his newspaper.
That is where the editor went wrong. Ilis preemptions concerning
the freedom of the press and tlie liberty of ro*ft as applied to officials by
the people m«de and provided, don't go—not in Missouri. He was hauled
on the carpet—brought before the bar of justice might be used elsewhere,
but it doesn't apply—not in Missouri. And the supreme judges held that
aspersions on the motives, or cause behind their finding placed the editor
in contempt of their body, and aa a penalty anuounced that he should be
separated from five hundred hard earned dollars and stand committed
until the same were paid. Ilis neighbors at Warren*burg readily raised
the amount of the fine and promptly paid it, but this fact has little bearing
on the question, only in that it indicates the confidence of the editor's
neighbor* in the justice of his cause, and their corresponding disgust with
a judicial body which apparently ncglected duty.
The real question is whether or not the judges, who charged with the
observance of the law, have fulfilled their duty, and whether they are
privileged to enforce an apparent respect for ii body which hy it* actions,
makes possible an assumption that it is not entitled to respect.
One thing that the general public will look at, is tho fact that a dozen
or «o legislative boodlers have been convicted in the lower courts of Mis-
souri and are now enjoying their freedom, pending the final determina-
tion of their cases in the supreme court, to which they have appealed. The
case which got tho Warvensburg editor into trouble will lead many to be-
lieve that these boodle cu«es will remain in the high tribunal for several
years, and then result in the 6ame mannor as the one above referred to.
And somehow there 19 a notion sneaking around the rest of the country
and perhaps in Missouri too, that if a court, or any other creation of tho
people, conducts itself in a manner which permits of question as to its
probity, the people who created it have both a legal and a moral right to
speak "their minds plainly and freely concerning officer* they believe to
have been recreant to their trust.
And in this notion, there is no intimation of lack of respect for the
authority of those whose use of authority bespeaks respect. Honesty and
justice have alway* been accorded respect in this country and will continue
to be, but the mandates of no court in all Christendom can compell respect
for things obnoxioa* to right minded people.
An evidence of the bearing the above statement has on the iupreme
court of Missouri, in the fact that *11 over tho state there is an indignant
attitude toward the members of the court, and a determination that when
its members again come before the people asking their suffrage, they hall
be rebuked bv defeat for what Miseouriani will probobly hereafter be
forced to refrain from openly calling a neglect of duty.
THE BEARING OF BEER
CONSUMPTION ON PROHIBITION
Prohibitioni t may find much of di*couragement in the cffrW figure*
which indicate for the year ended June 30 last a per capita con*umption
of wines and liquors in the United State* of 19.48 gallons, as against 4.08
gallon* fifty years ago. They consider only the volume, of course, and a*
they are justified in doubling the figures for those who drink, eliminating
the women and children and other non-drinker*, they can find, if they are
good at figures, an average daily consumption by the drinker* of two
glasses per day. Thi* is temperance, or intemperance, according to the
point of view. Two glasses of whiskey per day would oertainly be intem-
perate for most persons, but two glasses of beer a day would be moderation
in places other than Milwaukee, and it is in beers and light wines that
the increased consumption has taken place. Our father* half a century
ago drank three gallons of distilled liquor each in a year, while last year
the per capita consumption was only 1.36 gallons. On the other hand, the
consumption of beers and wines, which was 1.08 gallons fifty years ago,
was 17.49 gallons last year. Of course, much of this increase in beer-
drinking is explained by the change in the character of the population,
due to immigration, but part of it is believed to be due to the change in
attitude of the natives towards beer. That beverage is now tolerated, if
not welcomed, on many tables, where its presence a few years ago would
have'been regarded as a disgrace. Is there any connection between this
rising tide of beer and the ebbing tide of prohibition, or is it only a coin'
cidence?
The sun beat down on his suffering
head,
As hot as a shower of molten lead
The words that fell from his wabbly
Jaw,
dare not publish through fear of
law.
The mower sang an unearthly song,
As the back-bowed martyr chased it
along.
The sweat poured down o'er hta heat-
ed breast
Till he suffered from water on the
chest.
LORD MILNER ON ASIATIC
LABOR IN THE TRANSVAAL
Uord Milner, speaking to a deputation of the White League the other
day, at Johannesburg, defined the attitude of the Transvaal government on
the question of imported Asiatic labor. He said that they did not want
Asiatics in large numbers permanently settled among and mixed up with
the European population, taking the bread out of the months of white
men and lowering their standard of living. "But we may want them in
considerable number* for temporary purposes," he added, "and under con
ditions which will insure their return to their own country, to do work
for which it is economically impossible to pay wages on which a European
can live in this country as he ought to live, work which is urgently requir-
ed, and which, without external assistance, may have to remain undone.
When I say that, I am not thinking of works of public improvement,
which concern me much more nearly." He protested against the idea that
indentured laborers required for temporary purposes, whether Asiatics or
not, need quarter themtelves permanently on the Transvaal. He denounc-
ed hasty conclusions "that the importation of indentured labor is immi-
nent." At present it was not known whether Asiatic laborers were pre-
pared to come or how far the development of South Africa was depj- dent
on their coming. Personally he was convinced that more laborers, both
white and colored, would be required, and he could not see why either ol
them should be regarded as necesarily exclusive of th« other.
CONCERNING FINANCIAL LEGISLATION
AT THE EXTRA SESSION
A News dispatch from Oyster Bay, whore President Roosevelt Is
spening his summer vacation, states as a settled fact that an extra sessiun
of congress will meet on November 9th, immediately after the fall elec-
tion, for the purpose of enacting legislation approving the Cuban treaty
which was ratified by the senate last spring, and also for the purpose of
providing financial legislation along the line* recommended in the presi-
dent's message to congress.
To all present appearance the country i§ doing very well under its
present financial arrangements, but the difficulty is that a system which
works admirably in calm weather may break down altogether in a finan-
cial storm. The big panics of the past have been greatly augmented by the
inability of the government to afford adequate measures of relief, although
it has frequently happened in late years and under the present system
that the secretary of the treasury has been able to relieve the threatened
spasms of the money centers and to give the necessary opportunity for bus-
iness to adjust itself on safe line*.
In this connection it may be interesting to quote from President
Hoosevelt's message of last December: "It would be both unwise and un
necessary at this time to attempt to reconstruct our financial system
which has been the growth of a century, but some additional legislation is,
I think, desirable. The mere outline of any plan sufficiently comprehen
eive to meet these requirements would transgress the appropriate limit of
this communication. It is suggested, however, that all future legislation
on the subject should be with the view of encouraging the use of such
Instrumentalities as will automatically mpply every legitimate demand
of productive industries and of commerce, not only in the amount, in the
character of circulation, and of making all kinds of money interchange-
able, and, at the will of the holder, convertible into the established gold
itandard."
While the financial question no longer occupies the position of su
premo importance th*t it once held in current political discussion, it
When mighty mnstadons refreshel
fbelr hairy strength with foliage nov
burled thousands cf feet beneath th
glacier Ice of Alaska. Measuring li
the 10.000,000 year teriodi of geology,
OKLAHOMA PARAOWAPHfc
Beginning this morning the El Ren®
American will laaue aa eight page
day edition.
"Civilisation demands that Stroud.
temporay or Immediate auec<
hundred feet high swans, which were
oovered with tough black leather and
fought the sea serpents.
Of the oldentlme kind of animals, the
moat have long since depsrted and th*
few and scattered rem tanta are quickly
passing off the face of the earth in
their train. A man, looking at a
moose or rhlnocerous, feels within him
the Instinct that thoee aulmale are not
of this age; that they nre survivals
from a former one. whereas the sight of
iwhltetail d*er. or elk, ot Hone or sebraa
■or gorrillaa raise no snth emotions in
Maud sat in the shade of a tree and tils breast, though thore beasts be
read equally wiM and Inaccestlble.
That naughty novel, "The Quick and | The moose Is folowing after the buf-
Dead." ; faloes which are grazing on the happy
nr; should be adorned with a r*^ctiauie
oaWbuoM, ' aejs Mat Duhr in the Chan-
dler Newa.
A Baptist Sunday school from Arfcsn-
Otf> will picnic at Chilocco.
hard to figure wfcy jkns*najh uld
She chewed her pepsin and glanced
anon.
▲t her suffering mate on the sun-
swept lawn.
He'd glance at her when he'd head her
way,
And think some things that he daaa-
ent say.
An interesting official report has just been published in Berlin with
regard to the work done hy women in Prusia, and the number of hours of
labor exacted of them. The inquiry was made last October and the special
nspectors now report that out of 390,000 women over 16 years of agp,
60,000 work for 9 hours or less, and 20,000 work from 9 to 10 hourB out of
24. Roughly, 140,000 women have a working day of more than 10 hours.
Over 60 per cent, therefore, work for 10 hours or less. The condition* are
most favorable in Berlin and Charlotenburg (where 66,000 workwomen
are employed for 10 hours and leas, and only 7,000 for more than 10
hour*. On the other hand, in the districts of Frankfurt-on-the-Odcr, Op-
peln and Sigmaringen, the average working day is more than 10 hours:
while at Munster, in We«tphalia, 7,300 women work for more than 10
hours, and only 900 under 10 hours. About 212,000 women have at mid-
day a rest of over one hour, and 21,000 have a rest of from 1 1-2 to 2
hours. On the whole the factory inspectors are inclined to recommend a
maximum day of 10 hours, though there is considerable difference of ipin-
ion as to the wisdom of making it a matter of legal regulation. The ma-
jority of reports are adverse to legislative interference with the midday
rest or with the hour of closing on Saturdays and on afternoons preceding
holidays. There is a general feeling that a shortening of the hours of
work for women would probably lead to a corresponding decrease in the
hour* of male labor."
His toilsome work he anon would cease
To mop the sweat from his frontis-
piece.
And he'd glance at his love, who look-
ed aa cool
As a frog on the bank of a shaded pool.
At her light shirt waist, with the net-
work crust,
That checkereu a scope of pale, cool
biut.
And he vowed he would jump the con-
tract were
It not for his deathless love for her.
For her he would bear the heaviest
cross
For he worshiped his little tyrant boss.
But In thoughtless manner she made
a crack
That caused a break In the camel's
back.
With a smile that extended from ear
to ear,
She asked: "It It hot enough for you,
dear?"
Then he slammed the mower against
the fence,
And chased himself from her presence
hence.
And the words he uttered as on he sped
Burned holes in the atmosphere 'round
his head.
When next she saw him he had as-
sumed.
A jag. and hla troubles were all en-
tombed.
A recent order on the treasury department from San Franciao) jot
6,000 nickels and 2,000 one-cent pieces would be regarded a* a small one if
coming from almost any other part of the country, but it was a compara-
tively large one from the Pacific coast, and indicates the growing UN there
of the once-despised small coins. Five years ago a cent was a rare thing
in busines on the Pacific coast, and nothing was sold in the 6tore at
prices that called for change in such a coin. Even now there is little me
foT the penniea, despite the advent of the slot machine, but the five-cent
piece has a fair measure of popularity . Dry good advertisements in San
Francisco newspapers, unlike those in the East, do not attract hoppers
with the alluring 49 cent and $1.98 prices. The quotations are always in
multiples of five, and the offer of two, three, or more articles for "a quar-
ter" is a survival of the time when gold-seekers despised little things. The
change of the use of small coins dates from the imposition of the Spanish
war taxes. In selling the internal revenue stamps the government officials
gave the proper change in nickels and pennies, and the people began to find
the coins ueful. The same disregard of small coins was true of parts of
the South until eight or ten years ago, and in some places in that district
now the nicket is the smallest coin in general use.
The Nashville American (dem.) deplores the conducting of Southern
state campaigns purely on the negro question. Speaking of the recent
debate in Mississippi between Senator Money and Gov. Longino, the
American says: 'These men have a splendid opportunity of enlighten-
ing the public on questions of real public importance, education, taxation,
the administering of local government, and bringing to public attention
matters making for greater prosperity and the elevation of the race. But
they neglect it sadly."
hunting ground# where there Is
hunting. May he find in bis new abode
lntermlnabli forests elatf in low hang-
ing foliage and he need neither reash
vainly about him for his nutriment
nor painfully fall on his knees to get
st low lying green things; may he find
the absence of mosquitos >nly equaled
by the absence of man; «ftd may nei-
ther bear ncr wolves ever molest his
young. The greatest of all deer and of
all American game animals la almost
gone.
THE SMART
Des Moines Daily News.
A woman of the Washlnftt m "smart
set" In a housewarmlng >f her fine
new "studio house" had es her first
guest the artinans who hail lone the
work for her, li eluding the contractors,
chief workmen, foreman and their
wives. She let them view *ht pretty
house just as If they were somt bodies.
This is considered a decided iinova-
tlon In Washington. It will tto doubt
startle with its novelty the " mart
sets," big and Utile, In all the cities of
the land.
But the Idea Is not new. It Is a? old
as the temple at Jerusalem. Perhaps it
is unfajr to expect the "smait sets'
to know anything about the great
temple or the great veot of Its dedica-
tion. They may not have heard of that
great social function. It was not of
their sort. Old Solomon was not In
their set.
Yet It la true, according to tie f D-
binlcal legend, that at the grea feast
at the dedication of thut great temp e
the workmen were not only present,
but occupied the seats o\ honor l«foie
kings and princes. Solotoon was wise
beyond the "smart set." He wai not
content to let the workmen rolngl
with the other guests and view thi
works of art, their own handiwork, thd
exhalations of their own genlua. He
went further. He did not *t"ji **
patronizing recognition of their a l
important services. He provided a high
seat of honor, above all the reBt, and
announced that the workman 'rho
should show that his work was more
important than that of any
should occupy the high place at he
feast The maater stone raanon, the
chief worker lu mosaics, thoboss ar-
tist In gold and silver W"tk! .gjn tm n
pointed out their ' Til end
claimed the honor. When all had end
ed King Solomon noticed a
sfurdy man shrink!-* la the -hadow,
the background aad asked what ho
had done to Justify his prasenco. And
he 'imldly answered:
' Nothing but make the toola these
men have wrought their wondtra
' The artlata and ths great aii.llenra
leered at the uncouth blacksmith and
nearest him drew their clothe,
away from his leather apron 4hl.
Ken •ana ould i
an Indian reservation to picnlo. l
Sam dooan't allow the Budwolsor to flow
In (jloaa proximity to the noble red man.
The largest ateer in Oklahoma 1« own-
ed by H Bri/adwell of Ralaton. Tto* ateer
la tliree years ojd. ralaed
rantce graaa, and Is 1 | tM-ndii high. The
ateor weighs !.W) pounds and measures
sixteen feet from ths snd of its nose to
the top of its tall.
That 'horso back «ory* about Qovet-
nor fc'ersuBon riding into tho strip from
Caidwal don't .ound juat rUrht," ..y
lh« Waukomis "Tb*„
wan runnina tli. W atonita Republican
at that time and didn't hay. UM to rlde^
Than the idea of his having an W6 hors*-
thal interview must Usve beffl a pips
dream. And If he did have an *86 horss,
where did he get the 985.
A, county superintendent in a neigh-
boring county aaked every teacher at the
institute who took s local or county pap-
er to hold up his or her hand and out
of one hundred only rtx reepondejl Ths
superintendent express**! great ■Urprlse
and ■aid: 40,1 1 P«nd W a X
with theso papers, yet you ,, ?,I1n
to print free of charge notices of all in-
stitutes. Insert long programs, thus ad-
vertising and assisting you to climb tne
ladder tj better salaries without a cents
expense In return."
tho Prairie township bloodhounds are no
longer residents of Canadian county. Tho
dogs were bought last January by O. *-«•
Hamilton and aavaral other farmers of
Prairie township, for the purpose of
tracking horse thieves. They were exce -
- - siit lately they have manl-
dlsposltlon to make free
big black hands. But King common
In hl« gorgeous robes, went down to
— locksmith, took his hand in bis
and led him to the high seat of
The czar has abolished the knout
word and {run.
It was not half so effective as
Death for prominent men has had now terrors since Murat Halst^ad
began to work off his rapid fire biagraphies.
There is a uspicion that the Manchtirian open door which the Russians
hare granted the world is to usad chiefly for the admission of Russian
trooja.
But King Solomon
_ jbes, went d
the locksmith, took his hand
own
""•'But for you." he said, "the othera
arTh""smart sot" never heard of this
one of the greatest .oclal events in
th* history ot the world. Besides tne
grandeur ot it, how Insignificant ap-
pears the "innovation" of the Washing-
ton woman who patronized her work-
iien by permitting them to come and
view their own work aad to imagine
themselves for a little while to be "real
ladies and gentlemen.
ANOTHER STATE OUT OF DEBT.
N Ohio,0 as announced br the auditor
on July 1„ la. (or the first time in
forty years, out of debt, rrovlalon was
made for the paying oB on July■ ! of
the la°t outstanding bonds. The aa
ditlon of Ohio to the num^r of statM
free of debt brings up the total to «lx,
the other states having no debt out
standing being Illinois, Iowa, Nebras
ka. New Jersey and West Virginia.
Several states have a nominal debt,
In which group are Delaware, Kansas,
Michigan. Nevada, South Dakota, Ver-
mont and coming The .UUconaU-
tutlon of Ohio provides that the state
may contract debts to supply casual
deficits or failures In revenues, or to
meet expenses not otherpiM provid-
ed for; but the aggregate amount of
such debts, direct and contingent,
whether contracted by virtue of one
or more acts of the g«eral"«mbly
or at different periods ot time, ahall
never exceed 1750.000 and the money
arising from th creation of such debta
shall be applied to t ie purpoae for
which It waa obtained or to repay debta
contracted, and to no other purpose
whatever. Except as above and
may be required "to repel Invasion,
suppress insurrection or defend the
S "war," no Ohio debt is lawful,
and the p-opl. of Ohio are today pro-
fiting by this rula of economy to the
full. _____
NATURE'S OWN.
NW lng in a new typewriter."
"What mukeM
"Nature's."
GROWING CORN.
"Sfc^PtKttSp-(<" tw .•
few points, the corn Is requested to:re-
member that that Is no reason why It
should not keep on growing.
Against the Sherman I*W.—"Hortense,"
murmured the fond youth,
give me a penny for my thought sT*
Wllmot." she repHed wltJ aji arch look*
CURRENT COMMENT.
AN ANCIENT WEATHER LEGEND.
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
Saint SwIthJn, Bishop of Winches-
ter, waa born, according to legend and
chronicle, July 15,1862, and for eleven
centuries his birthday has been observ-
ed, by those who believe In signs and
omens, as Indicating the ct araoter ov'
the weather likely to prevail during
the harvest season In England. If there
are showers on Saint Swlthin's day,
there will be showers during fort*
successive days thereafter: and, on the
Qther hand, if tho sun ahines on the
good bishop's birthday, it will ahine
eevryday for the next six weeks. As
sot forth in an old rhyme:
St. Swlthin's Day, if thou dost rain,
For forty days it will remain.
St. Swithln's Day, if thou be fair,
For forty days 'twill rain nae mair.
Modern weather records show that
thore nevei has been, in the nineteenth
or the twentieth centuries, forty days
following St Swlthin's day when either
sunshine o* rain prevailed to any no-
ticeable degree. Many periods have
been noted uhen there were forty auc-
casive days nostly bright and dry. and
other similar periods have been noted
when rains were almost contlnu >tts, but
these periods were in no case Imme-
diately subnerjuent to St Swithin'a an-
niversary. respite these proof*, how-
ever, there is still a popular belief that
the weather of the coming forty days
will be nearly the same that It is today
and if observation should show ej .tctly
opposite results, the belief would be
fopnd curnct next year, juat the fame.
THE P/.3SING OF THE MOOSB.
Chicago Lvesiock World.
Reports come from Minnesota I hat
the moose is fast disappearing f.om
the northe'n forests of that state; Mat
the gsm« wardens are absolutely un-
able to co/le with the pothunters tent
on eating theli meat, tanning titi
aides, anc selling their horns. The
moose, drieen from the forests by tLe
swarms ol moaq litos, invade fearless-
ly the cle< rings of the settlers In their
attempts to a volt their tiny foes, und
fall easy victim? to the firearms of
men.
The great animal, the hugest of the
deer family, with his flat shovel hoins
and proboscis lik- nose, is an anach-
ronism. Like the hippopotamous a*id
the great auk, he teems to belong to a ,viIIW«. P- -k
prehistoric age. an nga when llrards "Ijjai^ • 'rMMjljM lt |s „„„
i twenty fathoms lorg swam in different (control the entire output ot any
seas from those we know today, and industry-"—Judge.
they yanked most of the clothing off their
trainer. They ate more than a crew of
threshers did, and yesterday when K.
Stevens of Wichita, offered the com-
pany |78 f°r th« doga, a trade was effect-
ed In lightning time.
Arapaho Bee: Volumes have bee*
written concerning the undying affection
the poor Indian universally ahowi to-
ward a benefactor. Custer county has a
living example of this commendable trait
of Indian character, in a recent gift made
by Mad Wolf, the snd eyed warrior Whose
face «■ familiar to all Arapahoites. Some
moons ago Mad Wolf s pony strayed
sway, and wc gone for aevsra
The battle scarred warrior mourned him
as desd. But one dny a lady r**'-ore«l
the animal to It" J^lni
t«pee o( the «o.l old chief, llo
ed his thanks in broken English then,
beckoning her to be ecated outalde the
tepee, tllaappearod for aome mlnutea-
When he emeriad, ho bora a package,
neatly done up In wolf akin, and Indl
oated to the lady that .he WM not to
open the puckaga until Pho had reached
her own tepee. ^Whlte squaw he«n good,
sad Mad Wolf. When she reached lvoriu,
ths lady unroll*d the
found-Mad Wolfe's summer breeches.
The lady never goes near this
memento of a red man s gratitude with-
out shedding team The trousers are u
strong token of his affection.
INDIAN TERRITORY ITEMS.
• men «>f Milburn have organ-
Durant expects about flfty
OsaKP Indians to be present at the < on-
federate reunion in tnat city on August
t, 7 and 7.
The Muskogee Elks initiated thirty can-
didates from Tulsa the other night and
according to accounts they didn't over-
look a thing. *
There Is going to be a big h*rbecue nt
Caddo Friday and Saturday of this week.
A good program lias been arranged lor
the entertainment of visitors.
John W. Brown, who lives near Chick-
asha, has Just threshed the wheat off or
thirteen acres of ground. The crop pro-
duced an average of forty-four bushels
to the acre.
The Checotah Fair and Park associa-
tion will hold a five days weeting thls
fall, opening October 6 and ending Octo-
ber 10. An attractive program 1s being
arranged tor ths occasion.
The 8terr«tt Banner says that during
tho pact week there has been received
there 6271 loads of hay and .29 loads
of oats. These figures are taken from
the scale books and do not cover tho
loads brought In and stored without being
weighed.
The Muskogee Oil snd Gas company haa
been organised with «. capital of ll.OOn.OO0.
Judge II. O. Baker. Is president; Dr. J. J'-
Blakemore, vies president; A. Z. Eng-
lish secretary; and D. M. Middleton,
treasurer. It Is the purpose of the com-
pany to develop the oil fields In the
vicinity of Muskogee
(
Durant Is making extensive arrange -
ments for the entertainment of the Con-
federate veterans August 6, 7 and 8. Noth-
ing is being left undone that can possibly
add to the pleasure of those who attend.
Tho amusement features are of an ex-
ceedingly entertaining nature and every-
body can go with ths assurance of a
good time before them.
Two negroes climbed into an empty box
car at McAlester recently for a quiet
game of craps. One of them soon had all
the money and started to leave, when the
other produced a rasor. Negro No. 1.
also had a razor and there was some-
thing doing In that box esc Instanter.
The combatants were finally separated
but not until one of them was pretty
badJy carved. Both were arrested.
The national party of Tishomingo coun-
ty held their couventlon Monday and
nominated the following ticket. For the
senate. ex-Oovemor P. H. Johnston; tor
the house of represnntatlvee, C. H. Brown
Robertson Kemp. John Brady, Llshman
Alberson and Dixie Colbert. The platform
favors the enrollment of all Chlckasaws
and Choetaws thst have been born since
the ratification of the supplemental
treaty on September ft last.
Mill Creek celebrated her third anni-
versary Monday with a barbecue and
picnic. The address of welcome was
made by Mayor O. W. Lowry and re-
sponded to by Hon. William Franklin, of
Madill after which Hon. John D. May-
nard delivered an address on the Indian
Territory, Its people and possibilities. All
kinds of amusements were provided and
concluded with a balloon ascension In the
evening.
Recently the Southwestern Colonization
association, an organisation of Southwest-
ern railway lines, composed of all the
trunk railways, offered a series of prizes
for the best letters descriptive of :ho
new country of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory to bs used in adverUslng the
country and to Induce Immigration. Mrs.
John W. Brown, a prominent Chickasha
club woman, has received a letter Inform-
ing her that she won third prize—a 000-
mile mileage book over any of the lines
forming ths association. This Is a Just
recognition of the ability of a most worthy
and intellectual woman.
She—"Ah, you know Miss Oabble by
sight, then?" He-"0, yes, I may say I
know her to speak to." fthe—"Indeed,
Your'e In lsck. Most people know her 10
be spoken to.—Philadelphia Press.
"I have something to tell you before X
go." he finally sold. "Is it a long story,"
she hastily a*kod. "No. ft Is a very short
ono. t"ben I think you will just have
time," she sweetly said.—Qevuland Plain
Dealer.
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