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THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL, SrVDAT MORNTTTO, OCTOBER If, 1P0J.
The Oklahoma State Capital
By the IUU Capital Company.
FRANK H. OUflibR, Editor.
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DaWy by Carrier In City.
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No subscription «iu m um by mau'in tkc'efty of Outbrie. '
Sunday Idition
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And there wa<< Ijeavenworth, on the Missouri river, and Leaven-
worth had the wickedness and craziness from which St. Joe was un-
fortunately spared.
And Leavenworth boomed in the right way and its people had the
spirit—but alas! from the beginning, local politics raged about that
picturesque and eable-beaked old fighter CoL D. R. Anthony of the
Leavenworth Times.
^ Iveavenworth bad politicians enough to supjjjy a voung state with
A FEW THINGS THAT GUTHRIE
SHOULD KEEP IN MIND
It is a common thing, ou Guthrie t-treets these days, to hear citi-
zens any: "Everything is ail right. The town is growing. Our rail-
road facilities are fine, Good things are bound to keep coming to
us. We ought to be satisfied.v?
And then again, it is sometimes -aid: "I am tired of working in
public enterprise#. This man, or that man wants to run everything
And he don't run business to suit me. Why don't the . ommercial club
do this, or do that."
The spirit that prompts either cla«s of n-inark is lamentable. It
hurts the city. It is disgusting to the men who are *acrifl< mg time
and money in the interest of the public but above all.—no ^reat city «
ever built through the efforts of those whose feelings allow indulgen
in fault finding or self satisfaction.
*«•••••
The people of Guthrie have a right to be proud of what ha* be« n
accomplished. The record of the past mak« the future more bright
with promise than it baa ever been. But the end is not yet.
The central commercial organization, through its directorate,
may have taken action that, in some instant, s was ill-advi-■ i. There
may be citizens, working zealously in Guthrie's inter. <t.«, who at tim« -
show a disposition to have their own way. There are men who are
desirous of making money, through the rity'a growth. And it is to
Guthrie's interest that their desire be san-fied.
The point is that time spent in congratulation or recrimination
is time squandered. There are no worthier moments, unl^g it be those
expended in easy indulgence, or fault finding.
e • • • • a *
J^t us consider, first, the pride which is sleek and glutted and
happy in it* fullness of satisfaction.
Cities and nations have risen to splendor and power and lapsed
into decay and weakness, ever since civilizaton began, through the
influence of two prides and the effect of two enthusiasms.
Greatness and prosperity through pride.
/ Decay and weakness through pride.
That seems paradoxical, but it's as simple as A, B, 0.
When the patriotism of a people winces over defects, and is
dissatisfied over the things that might be better, then it's the pride
that propels.
Bnt when the patriotism of a people is satisfied and spurns im-
provement, it's the pride of stagnation and decay.
And the germs of the pride of stagnation and decay do not mean
immediate destruction—on the contrary, they serve to ripen the apple
of splendor, but within the roseate flush thereof battens the Worm.
This eternal rule works in an endless aeries of cycles within cycles
—from village to metropolis.
In America, the newest and most eagerly magnificent of nations,
there are dead towns and dying cities and states covered by the green
scum of stagnation.
Were all of this country like some of its parts, it would be a
mournful mln. a crumbling magnificence.
• a a ♦ a a a
Remember that Chicago aud New York are passionately proud,
but restlessly dissatisfied, and they are growing into cities of unexam-
pled greatness, while Boston and Philadelphia are proud, too, but sat-
isfied with themselves and they have been distanced beyond hope.
Boston is a splendid city.
It can point to wonderful growth; to finer finish than any other
American metropolis.
But Boston is not New York—and it might have been New York-
end Boston rolled into one unparalleled magnificence.
Philadelphia is a noble city.
It can point to grand growth; to a solidity of manufacture and
business that is a Gibraltar.
But Philadelphia is not New York—and it might have been the
metropolis of the Atlantic seaboard.
Three cities of the Atlantic seaboard—starting together when the
land was young.
All three great—but one infinitely the greatest.
Kvery wonderful tity has been the product of the magic mar-
riage of intense pride and insatiate unrest. And when the edge of
the passion to excel is dulled; when satiety comes, then we behold
Home and Bt. Joe, Mo.
On the Missouri river, on the frontier of civilization, even aa
the Atlantic shore was the fringe of civilization, three cities started
together, when the land was young.
St Joe started better than its rival towns of Leavenworth and
Kansas City.
But St. Joe was early cursed by men, who thought the town was
good enough.
Their spirit was pride in substantial business, rather than in the
faver to boom a town.
They saw their wealth in the city's growing wholesale trade, rather
than in the prospects of having half a million inhabitants.
Gigantic public improvements did not appeal to them.
They let a crazy, drunken lot of fellows down at Leavenworth
and Kansas City raise all the hell about building a dream metropolis.
St Joe grew and prospered, and today it is a fine town of very rich
merchants and excellent trade—but it isn't Kansas City.
And it might have been Kansas City and St. Joe rolled into one,
if it had not let well enough alone.
St. Joe, at the crucial moment, scorued the idea that it could
lie any finer end bigger, everything considered.
Rome never recovered from being the most famous city in the
world, and St. Joe, Mo., never got over its early supremacy as the
chief outfitting point of the overland trail of the American West.
statesmen.
And to and fro reeled the endless struggle of their ambitions to
run the town.
And ihf.' Mrti^le* lud no relation lo the welfare ot the town or
' the acceleration of it. growth, but they were personal and just for
i j Victory's sal •?.
(?ol. Anthony still holds the fort, with the corpses of men who did
not want to run the town his way piled all around him but, while all
... t is | this VMS P - I mm of Kaunas l ily were iaviui: the founda-
tions in boom and brag, with harmony on one pomj,—tliat everything
had to be subordinated to the town.
The e towns wt-re a, proud as Lucifer—but St. Joe had the prida
<>f satisfaction, and I>*avenworth, while possessing the pride of dia-
satiafaction, was alas! the home of many would be leaders, while Kansas
City cared not for the personality of leadership, provided always that
the leader- kept the net -aity for growth everlaatingly in mind.
• a a • a a a
Guthrie must heed the warning that business men muat nat array
them-elves against each other in effort to bosa the town-
She mu«t ever keep in mind the experience of the city that puts
in more time in finding fault than in growing.
She must guard against complacency, self satisfaction that will
enervate and stagnate.
She mu«t be proud with a pr:de that comprehends defects aud in-
sists upon their correction, in order that no ne.ghbor may excel.
And if she « * these things, she will become truly great.
THE UNFORGOTTEN. ' probability of Canada's stvedms from
-Also their love and tbc:r hatred '^he mother country" in caee the Alas-
and iter envy u now perished n«Lh- boundary question decided in
e* hare they any im re a f, r- fsrnr of fatted State® Having
ever in anything that la done under •-•♦tisfied Keelf that .such a <him? might
the sun.'— Ecv-.tfriaates 9: 6 l"-< our Bos*on <^temporary sayw^
It 19 not who you er* or what vour 11 !U a decision in favor of ti e Uni-
ojurw may be * led State* In the matter of the Alaa-
But u i what you do flint Mauds In boundary—a decision which we
memory. consider tueritable, if there ie any de-
There ware great men who lived un- ''v ''n aT nil-inspires Canada to cut
counted year* ago. loueS from the mother country, so
Men who were wise and strong and n~uch the be r. Ot will haeKea the
lived in boooft plow; foregone conclusion. There ti no reu-
They wrote th«r names ij*>n the shift- «>'• Canada and the Ijnjted S tes
)Dg sands of time
And those who etoo-i and looked ac-
counted them sublime
The surging ..de of years beats ever
on and on;
It ebbs and flows—and then the vaun-
ted name ts cone
Though H be thnwe or song we jeak
remembrance with.
The ages pass away and man becomes
myth.
should remain seimrau* There i ev-
ery reason why they should be united
Commercially and racially our inter-
ests are the turn*. The terrhoral boun-
dary Is no barrier The ifHereky of
imereets is altog« her flerttiou*. Our
.•useom houses on the border are an ab-
surdity. Thro* down the bars and
join die poeae^s.ons
it may please certain e ;h wiastic
Ameroan* o i>wm the bells# that
a THE CURE S PROGRESS. *
a Mont-leur tho Cure .town tha "treat *
♦ t om.* with his Kind old fiu., ^
a With hi oat worn bare, aud his a
♦ MragKling hair. Z.
a And his giofu umbrella caac.
THE MACEDONIAN REFORM
SCHEME NOT AN ACTUALITY
One nf the special correspondents of the London Times in M«ee-
donia pnblishet some interesting and pqinted comments on Mr. Bal-
four s recent letter to the archbishop of Canterbury concerning the
attitude of the British goiernmtnt toward the existing condition of
affairs in that country. He declares that the reform wheiue haa long
i «a ed even theoretically to exist; if it ever existed at all. It died,
he sa^s. and was buried in the beginning of August, when the in-
surrection began, and i* now in an advanced stage of decomposition.
It is no longer even discussed in Macedonia, and is practically for-
gotten. He first arrived in European Turkey, he remarks, carlv in
April, and spent iu all nearly five months travelling in such parts as
the Turkish officials considered not altogether unfit to be reported
on, and occasionally breaking out of bounds. In the course of these
wanderings he never once, he declares, met a single individual of any
nationality whatsoever, excepting possibly Hilmi I'asha himself, who
could be persuaded to acknowledge the remotest possibility of any
reform scheme without European control ever accomplishing its object,
and very few Mere prepared to admit that the Russian scheme wa-
serions. As eloquent exponents of the hopeless futility of their own
scheme the liussian consuls ranked first. Some of these gentlemen
read to him extracts from official dispatches which must rtill be in
existence, and it is impossible savs the correspondent, to believe that
any foreign minister in Europe can be ignorant of the facts in the case.
He is puzzled therefore to see how Mr. Balfour can speak of the re-
form scheme as an actuality.
The same correspondent goes on to declare that one salient ele-
ment in the s tuation is that the fact that interests of Russia and
Austria are diametrically oppo.-ed to those of the suffering Mace-
donian peoples. The crisis in Austro-Hungarian internal affairs, he
points out, necessarily helps to weaken Austria's foreign policv. and
Russia, therefore, remains supreme. Russia is k'nown to want an outlet
in the Mediterranean Sea. An autonomous Macedonia or a Greater
Bulgaria would seriously interfere with this policy, savs the writer,
and a really reformed Turkey would be fatal. On tlie other hand,
a state of affairs iu which Turkey is daily being weakened, in which ft
race which might some day raise obstacles to Russian advances ii
rapidly being exterminated, and in which, eventually, the Bulgarian
Principality itself may be> nine involved and ruined, all tends to ad-
vance Russian interests. Such a View of Russian policy may be mis-
taken, he admits, but, nevertheless, it is the view accepted by the
Macedonian peoples themselves and shared by many intelligent for-
eigners on the spot. Of all the facts quoted in support of this opinion
the most striking, he thinks, is the attitude of the Russian consuls
compared with that of their government. The latter loses no public
opportunity of exhorting. the insurgents to desist from their wick-
edness and lav down their arms, whereas the consuls secretly encourage
them to resist.
Ay. b* he Vln* or sla there ,vm« >' 1« n-.rti wXer t*ru>ln .wiiMtiHW
for ttm • day I <o (irmi lito the nvt awnv
When hwyllesa feet will tread upo^ awh S'nj ant? Ptvpl* who kri>w the
Ills unknown clay. ■ UladiasM. tK**ev*r. rv fully aware
His hatred ud hla love, hts eavy and 1 ' "St fm.t that there • no more proN-
lita pride *■ 'y of a th :'« ihs'.i t'tere is
Hla lamh - and hts trlef—all thiom ' ttanea jrivti c up her t.lenmy and
ha smiled or slahed— ' asking for admJMfcm to the Oerman
Go dowa. tco down wi:h Mm ioTo the Rn t (re. T**e orr C^rsdlens who are
sleep in fsv>r of annexing Canada to l!ie
And ov<^ bim the grass and a:>r.* Ste*#«s *re a <■( 1 ' ■« who
myrt> . reep: n ove over here for 'N' -■ irpoae of in-
The atone that roae for fame Is dust r.'Ulag the*r opiicmwrtH-* 1'he it
It is common to reason that if a community is founded with some
exceptional natural advantage, the withdrawal of that advantage is the
town's death blow, or at least a severe injury. It is, therefore, interesting
to sec the effect on towns in the Indiana gas belt of the failure of natural
gas. A correspondent of the Indianapolis News summarizes the results
by saying that while most of the smaller places have suffered, such cities
as Muncie, Anderson, Marion, Elwood, and Alexandria have not only
escaped Injury, but have grown larger and more prosperous. The point
is, of course, that industries located in the small towns and usisg natural
gas fount) it wise to move to centres where coal was cheaper. Natural
gas is not everywhere a thing of the past, but the users are presumably
making plans beforehand against its failure. The small place, except
such as are near enough to the cities -to be made the sites of suburban
homes or country houses, are .-aid to be gradually returning to the condi-
tions which prevailed before gas was discovered. Within a lew vears it is
likely that somo places which have had manufacturories will ogain be-
come purely purely agricultural.
The Russianization of Finland goes on steadily nnd remorselessly.
One of the latest developments in the process is an imperial order which
has reached the governor-general a few days ago, bidding him con-
sider the situation and determine between now and next June, wheth-
er there is any particular reason for summoning the Ordinary Diet
of the country in 1004. Gen. Bobrikoff, without doubt, will hi* able
to make up his mind on this point without much difficulty and will
within the allotted period. For fear he should misunderstand the mo-
tive of the order, he is instructed to guide himself by the principle
lhat it would be expedient to call any meeting of the Diet so long as
there are any remaining signs 0f excitement in the public mind. In
other words, when the Finlanders no longer have any objections to ut-
ter against Russian rule they may be permitted to meet and enjoy an
exchange of opinion, Meanwhile, those Finns who rebelled against
military service last year, but joined the colors this year, have received
a free pardon. Submission is all that is needed.
With the Commercial Club newly organized and all our citizens
unanimous iu keeping Guthrie's interest ever to -the fore, Okla-
homa's capital cannot but become the great city of all the south-
west. Its is simply a proposition of earnest work.
For fourteen years, without railroad advantage, Guthrie has rank-
ed highest among Oklahoma cities. It will be her own fault if she fails
to increase her standing, now that she has eight railroads.
Perhaps Editor Hearst is using his trip to the territory for ad-
vertising purposes, but the fact that appeals to the people down
this way is that the congressmen who are his guests are bound to be-
come converts of the statehood cause, when they know us as we really
are.
adisna mi* are fnlly *s loyw!
to The Kin* of Sngland as are the pe^-
ple of Oornsr*!l or Yorkahine.
i no' Therefore expeo< *h*T
Canada wfl! artee in ea-<v- we ar* give:.
„ f,>w «xv *r# miles of territory away uo ,
the Xordiweet and offer us the j
upon th* :>lain.
The rounded grave sinks into the field
I arein
Bnt there are other men who srrlte
thrtr names >.-> well
Upon the pages of life that ail the ages
te!l
Of all their gno-l done—and whole thing Just for spite.
<h<*fr fame hall ardnre
For it is founded on a basis safe and
sure.
They «rc the men whose strength the
hotter wit ha* won.
We think nor who they were, bnt what
such men hav* '«one.
—ChiragD Tribune.
You may eo him paas by the little
grande place"
And the tiny "Hotel da Vllle."
He amilne a* he goca to the fleurlat
And Ihu pompier Thaoplls.
He turns, ua a lula, through the
"Mart-he" cool.
Where the no lay il-hwlvea call;
And hia compliment paya to the
"hello Thereae"
Aa aha knits In hor duaky atall.
The re'a n l«tt«*r to drop at the lock-
m rt>'a shop,
And Toto. the lorkamith'a niece.
Haa Jubilant hopea, for the Cure
grope*
In hla taila for a "pain d'eplce."
Thar*'a a little dispute with the
inewham of fruit.
Who ii said to ha heterodox.
That will ended bo with a "mt
fol. oui'"
And n pinch from the Cure'a
box.
There la also a word that no one
heard
To th«- ferrler'a daughter Lou;
And a r tie check fed with a fllok-
erlng red.
And a "Hon Dleu garde. M'aleuT*
An.! a grinder way for Boua Prefet
An.I a bow for M'ma'aelle Anne;
And a mock "off-hat" to the no-
tarv'a cat,
And a nod to the Sacristan;
For ever through life the Cure goei*
With a smile on hla kind old
fac*—
W h his coat worn bare, nnd his a
>traggHng hair. a
And his green umbrella case +
—Austin Dobson. a
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OKLAHOMA PAItAQRAPHl
Two "ew rural mail routo* are to be
Instiled for ' ■ iefit Of patrons of the
Mulhall paateClea.
Newkirk will
CURRENT COMMENT.
THE NEW CHINESE TREATY.
Chir-apo Tribune: The new com-
mercial reaty between OMna and -he
United States was slimed on Thursday
hat, and now awaits ratification by
the Senate. The negotiations hav
been conducted by Secretary Hay with
skill and courage and open handed-
ness. He lias insisted tha' the treaty
shall not be involved In rh * political
affairs of any other nation, that China
rauat make fhe conces.-.ons ropardies^
of whether Russia quits Manchuria
or remains there .and t^iat Russia like-
wise must recognize the treaty as bind-
ing, whatever her intentions toward
Manchuria might be. All hor demands
have bec*i conceded, and this country
has secured the mtwt favorable treaty
yet made with China without jugglery
or trickery with the diplomatic cards
but playing th« m on t5he table face up
•—a treaty so advantageous tha' R is
reported ihat Great Rritain will seek
one containing the same richts guar-
anteed under the favored nation clause.
• The treaty contains numerous pro-
visions tending to cloeer traffic reia-
Hona l>©twpem the two countries It
permits Americans to engage in min-
ing in China. It protects Chines°
Christians and mission aries. and f
opens two ports*in Manohuria to
trade. Mukden and Autung, on the
Yalu river The clause however which
contains rhe most important conces-
sion of all is that which atipulates^hat
l 'he Chinese government after rati-
fication of the treaty, shall abandon
the levy of "likin" and all other tran-
sit duties through the empire, and
abolish all the barriers and tax sta-
tions maintained for their collection.
In return, if the other treaty powers
agree to do the same, rhe United States
will pay at the por of entry a surtax
of one and one-half times the tariff
import duty, which will be in lieu of
all other taxation wUhin the empire.
The "Mkin" was, in effect, a robber tax.
It was levied by viceroys not in ac-
cordance with any law or system, bnt
just as suited their r a or Ices or neces-
sities or rauardlies Hitherto the 11 i-
kin" ha* confined for-i?n trade to the
roaat. Its abolition will open up trade
!n the interior of the celestial em-
pire.
< : -man Tama Bixby of the Dawes
"tini >- >n. who was expected to go to
Washington to meet with officials of
Vv. utea the Interior department la atlU In the
wrrltory- He writs at Atoka yesterday.
The Oklahoma Tlmea-Journal says that
the whit- man went to the Indian Terri-
torv t-ullt up the towns, and made the
<untry prosperous, and now he la left
o bold the bag." Yea. hnd It may l.e
A Cleve "d t-njnty fanner will this
ar *arve«t a VO bethel crop of flae np-
'.&s from a thrcv acre orchard.
Tha t* 1 •'-* towns ti the Pr. Louis. El
er > *nd Western, b'tw^i Guthrie and
*' -0 will be named Mildred and Hla-
POLIT1CS AS PRINTED.
St. Paul News: Did you ever ob-
serve in politics how narrow is the line
between "masterful leadership" and
'audacious bosslsm"—between "per-
fect organization" and "the machine"
between "masterly preaen avion of
the issues' aud "cheap claptrap of a
demagogue?"
Partisan editors have a vast volume
of Just such words and phrases.
The partisan newspai>er reporting
a meeting of its own party, tells of a
"large and enthusiastic audience." of
'•t rem end nous ovation to the Inader."
and of the "array of unanswerable ar-
guments."
The partisan newspaper of the oppo-
site faith reporting the same meet-
ing, will tell glibly of a ".sparse yowd
of followers and a few others drawn
by curiosity," of "approving howls of
the henchmen" and of 'frenzied ap-
peals to prejudice and passion."
What is 'tumultuous applause" in
•the one organ is "unrestrained tip-
mar" iu the other. "Keen nnd Incisive
sallies" l>eeome "cheap plays to the
gallery." "Ringing deuutu it ion" !)-•-
comes "brutal abuse." "Cool logic"
becomes "cunning sophistry."
The one organ tells us "the audience
("fieered heartily." the other tells us
'Hhe crowd was visibly affected by the
absurd arguments."
And from such rot as this the sane
American people are supposed to be
gttided in exercising their sovereignty
at -the polls.
It has he^n said that extravagance
of expression Is the distinguishing
mark of American humor. It is also
the distinguishing mark of our politi-
cal dismssion. Indeed, k Is a very
rrarrow line that Hec between humor
snd poWtfcal discussion as carried on
in parrv organs
And the funniest pnrt of the politics
is In the fact that the partisan edi-
tors are so solemnly serious about it
Lexington has Just redemonstrated the
fai • that the third time la the charm.
\"er - -loi Mnd proposition being
at the j>oll«, it carried at
the third election.
Fre-I Wenner refrained from taking
r>art in thn controversy concerning the
H<<"«*on matter ontll a Klnaflaher con-
••rnpon^ry ynrnaed him of having been a
•Ifrrocrat He rsglstsrt ti Btrnng kh-k
•ifiinst that, however, and who could
blamo him?
The sweet potato farmers around Mus-
tang are now busy harv* *tlng their crop
'-<1 are mua^erlng all available hands.
The crop In vleldlng about 120 t>"««hels to
the ai?.> Those who have oellara and
tire able will store .them and pell only
when they think market conditions ore
favorable.
Chandler paners are strongly In favor
of thp tiTritori'il convlets being used
on the Improvement# In that county. I.in-
(,,'n oimijr has a particularly « xcellpn4
i o x.iv>,. ,■i,i,.f n u-rn with the farm-
ers there iiopeara to he to fr-t their blah-
wayg in shape for hauling thele prodticta
to market.
"An Inptuncn of the growth made by
tre's In this locality "may be Been at
♦hp home of W, C Anderson on west
Ninth street" ssys the Chandler Publicist
"He has two catalpas «et out five years
atro one « f then* measure# ?, feet 'i
Inches In circumference the other one
3 ff*et 4 inches. Maples and bo* elders
oot a' the same time have also made
fine growth i>ut have not kept pace with
the catalpas."
\ atory from Erick states that within
the season just paat there has come a
i-hangs In Ihc minds of many farmers in
thitt liiit of Oklahoma. In thetr attitude
toward the sandy farms of the territory.
Heretofore It has been he'leved that the
sandy claim hnd comnaratlvely little val-
ue Minco the beginning of the crop sea-
son the exact truth, which varies from
supposition, has been ascertained I ro-
equaling Jhal growti anywhere haa
been brought in for exhibition. Some
tin'- kafflr corn, aa good as can !>e pro-
"livced 111 almost any atate -has been
shown there lately, as well as a nutntter
of oiher crops. It ia certain now that
the man who gets a good sandy claim
will want to hold to It.
following on the Indian school
ch has been s I uid wi itts i during ^
the past years uhout the edn. ttlon of , T
t! .• lr,•«;.!' • Our i xpcrlenoe, and knowl- ! 1
f-dgt Kail < 1. by a resident among thenily
■ u , ,n^ 'i u that the Indian has j 1
• ".st right to object to sending his IT
cl.lld cn to thr si ho. 1 of the white men. ' 1
The crowding of these Indian children in-
to poorly ventilated rooms Is decimating
H'eir numbers anrtually, and Is an out-I
rage and should be stopped. The Indian
N a people that cnJo>> an out-door life |
and should ha\-c tho privilege of suiting
themselves. Nothing is more fatal to the
It, liar, tl.an confinement, atid as they j
hive In>itl enough to maintHln them, they,
! >nltt l,e permitted to stay at home and!
farm it.
The Indian Citizen says It does not
think there should be any more treati<
to secure lands for penitentiary. That i-*
true. Negotiations for the purpose of
purchasing lands need not Involve ti:-
making of another treaty as the
federal government is richer than the I
dians. nnd should purchase the lands
for a penitentiary site in the Indian Ter-
ritory.
The Chickasaw Enterprise has the fol-
lowing Will some one well Informed fur-
nish the Enterprise with the desired In-
formation: '•Rroaius* job dnnends strictly
upon unearthing frauds. He must Hnd
out 'something' or lose out with the In-
dian Rights' association He drops Into a
town. *ets pumped full of "hot air" on
one side of the proposition and then
ouletlv disappear* Talk about grafters!
To what species does Broslus belong-"
Another Opportunity for Homeseeksrs to
Home-seek.
The Frisco system again announces that
it will sell tickets from St. Louis and
Kansas City to points in Oklahoma. In-
dian Territory. Kansas and Texas, at tha
very low round-trip rate of $15.00. Op-
portunities for homes In tha Southwest
are still plentiful, and the best lands are
by no means all taken up. Excursion
tickets sold at this extremely low rata
will be good on any of th>- Frisco regular
trains leaving St. Louis at 2:30 p. in., 8:U5
n. in., and 10:00 p. m.. October 20. and
leaving Kansas City 7:15 p. m.. and 11:;{0
p. m.. on the same date, if y,,u are look-
to the Southwest for a future home,
excursion of October 20th is on ex-
cellent opportunity to Investigate tha
country.
Your own home ticket agent will be able
to give you full Information a
and limits of tickets.
Write for our interestln
as to rates
if for our interesting booklet rn-
t It led. ' New Lands Along the Frisco Svs-
fern." by Hryan Snyder, and for detalteS
"'' ' ~ " Lemon, secretary
Special
A 2-pound can of
Chase & Sanborn's
"Seal llrnniP Coffee,
for tho next
few days only
65c
CANADA WILL NOT SECEDE.
Chicago Record-Herald: The Ros-
to Poet goes to the trouble of tndnlp- ,
a In erava speculation as to t.he T>"J7,C"*'
u aneoiai eiecuon v>;ll Lu neld on Nov en
INDIAN TERRITORY ITEMS.
Ardmore will have a race meeting
October 23. Somo sood horses am e
pec ted to be there.
The pew editor of the Eufaula Journal
comes out for separate statehood for the
Indian Territory.
TI. Van Smith disbursing agent tor the
Dawes commission has landed another
.-ti h of Missouri Choctaw* at Old Fort
Towsoo.
Quinton has petitioned Judge Raymond |
for permission to incorporate Tho town 1
<if^ contains 420 acres and is rapid I v
building up.
Fame ife but a floetinc phantasmagoria
after all. Th© Checotah Enquirer calls him
plain "Joe Talk.'' after he has sent all
those boodlers over the road!
Frank P. Ungle* is an applicant for
re-appintment to the postmastership at
Hartshorne. VIr. T'nale* has made a fine
postmaster and will no doubt land the
plum again.
The house through mis-
take shipped us 2 pound cans
instead of 1 pound cans, hence
the low price.
We will have a fresh sup-
ply of 1 pound cans in a few
days.
Over 1 000 miles . f railroad have been
huUt or Placed* in operation In the In-
dian Territory during the past year The A
♦
♦
Fresli Kalamazoo, ;
Michigan Celery |
The Host Yet. i
: S. W. Schmidt:
Kity has constructed re.irlv'-wo mll«s
which places this road at th* head of the
list.
A movement i« on foot In the Chick- j I
b w nation t^> Induce congress to appro- a
ornte ronrv for demerit-a' inn farms In ' T
the tnd'n^ Territory It 1= said that this *
wo iM re« :It in wonderf' ! cood to ilie T
various tribes of the territory.
The interior denartment has refused
the application of Durant for permis-
sion to issue S100.0 X) worth of waterworks
bonds. bu< agree* to permit the Imuance
ember
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