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COTTON MARKET.
The Democrat-Topic GUTHRIE WILL PROBMLl
FIGHT TIE CAPITAL BILL
By HESS * CARR.
fORHAM. OKLAHOK>
HUSBANDS IN WAITING.
SOME BUSINESS MEN WOULD
PREFER TO LIE DOWN.
Why should auy woman bo without (
k husband when by the er.pondlture of bW| tf,e Majority Is Inclined to Keep
small amount of money she can bo
put In the way of having one or many?
At least, the experience of a Chicago
woman goes to show (hat potential
husbands are waiting on every other
<mruer ready to be gathered In by any
enterprising lady w ho happens along,
«ays the Indianapolis tftar. "All a
woman has to do," she says, "Is to
Join a matrimonial agency," adding.
"I am a member of threo myself and
a life member of one." She Is a mem
Iter of three because her fastidious
taste leads her to become easily dis-
satisfied with the prizes she secures,
and her sudden appearance in the
Hmellght Is due to the fact that she
acquired several without the prelimi-
nary of getting divorced from any, and
<tie fourth one In number for the year
1810 was unkind enough to enter a
protest It is not. of course, advisable
Up the Battle Until Every
Method of Defense Is
Exhausted.
New York.
New York -The cotton market open-
ed steady to an advance of 1 point to
a decline of :i points and during the
first few minutes sold off to a net ims
of Gfa lO points, under realizing follow-
Ing the sharp advance of late yester-
day and In response to rather disap-
pointing cables. The continued wide
variance of opinion among prominent
estimaters of the cotton crop appears
to confuse sentiment, and trading
seemed to he largely in ti e way o! pour Deaths Have Occurred In Each
BEGINS WORK IN TAFT BSE s
SCENES OF ANIMATION MARK AS-
SEMBLING AT CAPITAL
AN AIR OF SADNESS
evening up in advance of the govern-
ment reports next week.
Guthrie, Okia. Considerable doubt
exists here as to the position which
Guthrie will take In regard to the
capital location hill which now seams
sure to be passed by the special ses-
sion of the legislature, locating the
capital at Oklahoma City and becom-
ing Immediately effective. There is
a disposition among some of the busi-
ness .men here to make no further
fight They realize that Guthrie is
sure to lose in the long run, and could
not In any event hope to retain the
seat or government after 191". Their
argument is therefore that it Is use-
less to make any further fight.
They are apparently in the minority,
however, and it Is highly probable
to follow the course of tbo Chicago that ftg aoon ilH the bill Is passed tin
woman lu taking husbands slmultan niatter will be taken into court. The
eotisly; It Is well to be off with the old proposed suit will attack the legality of
hive before being on with the new, at assembling the special session at Ok
least legally; but the Chicago worn lahoma City, on the ground that no
mi's experience k cb to show that men emorgoncy for tho preservation or the
are not the oluslvo creatures Mm! public peace, health and safety existed
some suppose, but that more or less
eligible specimens are within the
reach of any lonely lady willing to
Mike a moderate amount of trouble
and is also likely to raise the claim
that the capital cannot be legally lo-
cated without a vote of the people.
The friends of Oklahoma City claim
that that vote was taken on June 11,
and to expend a small sum In postage bu( eJ|o <]uthric adherents point out
House Since Last Meeting
of Congress
Washington.—The closing session of
i he Sixty-first congress opened at noon i
Monday. No business was transacted, '
both branches meeting merely to ap
point a joint committee to formally
apprise the president that the legis-
lative branch of the government was
strict low middling, 14Vfec; middling. n..t(,y to prm,eed, to call the rolls and
I4lic; good middling, Inc. strict good ,() Jl(jjourn after adopting resolutions j
middling, l.r 3*1 Gc; middling fair, 1; to ^jie memory of those members who
7-16c; middling fair to fair, 15 l.MGc; j)atj since congress last met.
fair, 1 ♦; l-H'.e nominal. Receipts, 35.- uguaj animation marked the !
o01 bales; stock, 107,788 bales. (,los- 0pellj„g jn hot.h the senate ;.nd house,
ing bids: December. 14.75c; January, tjje re.Union of old legislative
14.N2."■; March, 15.011c: May. 15.28c;
July. 15.37c.
tton unable to avail In International mar-
tini* business of this sreat contribution to
the meanp of the world's commercial
tercourse."
Criticism of the Tariff.
he space devoted to the tariff the
president says: ,
'The schedules of the rates of duty in
ayue tariff act have been subjectea
, .u a great deal of criticism, some or ti
— | just, more of It unfounded, and too mucn
I misrepresentation. The act was adopted
PRESIDENT POINTS OUT NECEu in pursimn,M. of iV declaration by the par-
ty which is responsible for it that cus-
toms bill should be a tariff f<>r the pro*
tectlon of home Industries, the measure
of tho protection to be the difference be-
tween the cost of producing tho Imported
article abroad and tho cost of producing
It at home, together with such addition to
13.50 RECIPE CURES
WEAiUIBNEKS, FREE
RELIEVES URINARY AND KIDNEY
TROUBLES, BACKACHE, STRAIN-
ING, SWELLING, ETC.
Stops Pain
In the Bladder, Kidney#
and Back.
New Orleans.
New Orleans—Cotton, spot, un-
changed. Sales on the spot, 400 bales;
to arrive, 535 bales Low ordinary.
11 .VI6c nominal; ordinary, 12 V&c nom-
inal; good ordinary, 13 9-16c; strict
middling, I3%c low .middling, 14>4e:
SITY OF CURTAILING EXPEN-
SES TO LAWMAKERS.
annual document is read
me — —
and pains In tho back; the growing mu -
Conservation, Ship Subsidy and Fo* j
•Wouldn't It be nice within a week or so
10 begin to say goodbye forever to tho
scalding, dribbling, straining, or too fre-
quent passage of urine; the tor-head and
I . .w.Vmu- lh« Rtlll'hl'A
St. Louis.
Si Loui Cotton, quiet; middling,
15%c Sales, 20 bales; receipts, 9,219
bales; shipments, 8,1 til bales; stocli,
16,995 bales.
Galveston.
Galveston, Tex.—Cotton, steady, 15c,
friends was tinged with sadness be-
cause of the heavy toil death has tuk
en in the last few mouths. In conse- '
quarter of an hour, while the house
tes before Speaker
it adjourned until
tification of Panama Canal Lead
Ing Topics Discussed—Has
Little to Say About Tariff.
Washington, Dec. —Economy in
government affairs is the keynote of
President Taft's annual message read
before both houses of congress today.
The message approximates 10,000
words and is one of the longest e\er
submitted by a president.
Conservation of the public domain,
ship subsidy, fortification of the I'ana-
a canal and the continuation of the
ause of the heavy toll death has tuk - , .. ionrHnir
present tariff board are the leading
(jueiue, the senate was in session only subjects touched upon
He also re-
views the work of the various gov-
<«• ..Plod fifty minutes beVoro Sp- :.kor eminent departments and concura in
* *iii.non declared it adjourned until I recommendation, tending toward the
Tuesday.
More than usual interest was man ,
Hosted in the opening because of the Economy s rge
passing of the balance of political pow
bettering of the service, made by sev-
eral of tbe members of ills cabinet.
that difference as might glvo a rensonnble '/"back.0f."tht>-head aches; tho stltchea
profit to the home producer The basis • ^ ,n ,hp lja(k; the gl
for the criticism of thls^tariff is JhaMn ^ spol8 ljefore tta eyes; yel-
dared measure was — -
higher difference retained or Inserted « V
way of undue discrimination In favor of
eertain induntries and manufactures. lit-
tle. If any, of tho criticism of the tarllt
lids or ankles; leg cramps
short breath; sleeplessness and the de-
spondency?
I have a recipe for these troubles that
nap Deen airecieo against mu I vou ran depend on, and if you want to«
principle above stated; but the main body > QUICK RECOVERY, you ought
of the criticism ha* been based on the .it- mako a QUK.K. twuw ^
tempt to conform to tho measure of pro- to write and get - py •
tectlon was not honestly and sincerely doctor would charge >ou *3.W just lor
adhered to." writing this prescription, but I have it
The president nlso refers to tho appoint- an(j jje glad to send it to you entire-
ment of a board of experts to investigate free. Just drop me a line like this:
tho cost of production of various articles ^
Included In the schedules of the tariff.
- d concludes:
"Whether or not the protective policy Is
to be continued, and the degree of protec-
tion .to be accorded to our home indus-
tries. urn questions which the people niu«t
decide through their chosen representa-
tives. But whatever policy Is adopted. It
is clear that tho necessary legislation
should be based on an Impartial. tin
Dr. A. E. llobinaon. K-264 Luck Building.
D< troll, Mich., and I will send It by re-
turn mall In a plain envelope. As you will
tee when you get it. this rccIpe contains
only pure, harmless rcmcdien, hut .1 has
great healing and pain conquering power.
It will quickly show Its power one - you
UF,r. ||, so I think you bad better see what
It Is without delay. I will send you a
stamps. In short, women who wish lo
marry and have been unoble to do so
bereiuse of the apparent shyness of
men nearest at hand should cheer tip
There has been nothing more sen-
sational in the history oi aviation
thai under tho supreme court decision
thai vote bad no legal effect.
If the pending bill to give the su-
premo court original Jurisdiction over
capital litigation is passed, the suit
would or course be brought directly in
that court and would undoubtedly l,ft
than the circumstances of the flight pushed lo a speed* torcjuinatlon by
,rf John li. Molssant from Belmont 1court.
u dwelling on th" urgent need for
r«:wnoinv in government expenditures, the
er with the session. As a result the pr< sil!l MI :.avs; ,;.. rv . (Tort has been
galleries were crowded With visitors, made by each department • hi- E to reduce
Since adjournment las, .Tune therein voarVS'Tune
feat of the railroad amendment to tne have bren four deaths in the senator 191., ( s:iy thiM in onj0r that congress
constitution at the general election, ja| ranks, rendering it unne "ssary to ma understand that these estimates thus
make official announcement in each ; made present the smallest sum wi.i -h wii
maintain the departments, bureaus and
•;o\ rnment and meet
Arc Building Many Railroads.
Guthrie, Okla In spi*e of the de-|
there seems to be soni3 degree of ac-
tivity in railroad building in the state,
although not nearly as much as there
would have been If that amendment
had carried.
■asc when the senate convened. Vice- |
President Sherman was prompt in en
terlng the senate chamber and bring-
ing the senate to order just as the
Park to the Htatue of Liberty and
back, says the New York Sun. There
never was a melodrama or a fiction
that contained any more improbability
itian this story of the Chicago strip-
ling, who, after smashing his own
aeroplane and apparently losing his
chance to enter the race, bought a
new machine for an excessive price
Va a bargain made over a telephone
with a disabled pilot of tho air.
Jumped Into It, soared up above a vast
assemblage of peoplo at the last mo-
ment, held hla way straight over the
roofs of a populous city, driving the
engine nt top speed, reached his goal,
rounded It and sped back two thou-
sand feet in the air to snatch the rich
firfze front the hand of the man
whom everybody believed to be the to where a wagon was stilt'Oneit, as
indicated by tho tracks
What may prove to be an Important
feature In this connection was the dis
covery here that several state officers
have decided not to move until th
pending Injunction is released, regard
less of tbe action of the 'legislature,
considering lliat there is less danger
In disregarding the order of the leg-
islature thau those of the court.
Burglars Haul Safe Away.
Claremore, Okla -Officers returning
frum a search of practically the cnti.e
county, report their inability to find
an Sill! pound safe, containing $1,000 ill
gold, silver and currency, which was
s'.olen from the Klile pool hall in
Claremore. The sale was skidded from
the building on one wheel and carried
a distance of 200 yards along the alley
The Missouri, Oklahoma anil Gulf, hands of the clock indicated I lie noon
which lias been very successful in hour. Immediately afterward came
floating Its securities abroad, is going the opening prayer by Dr Ulysses
right ahead with new construction (;ivut Pierce, who rci. rred to the ill]
work in spite of the setbacks which usual number of deaths within tbe
other lines have received, and will ri i esa. The roll call that followed
soon have a trunk line that will offer ] disclosed eighty senators present, only
serious competition to some of the eight falling to respond
older roads. The road is now com- ! failed to order by Speaker Cannon
pleted frum Wagoner, Okla., to Den- promptly at 12 o'clock, the house re-
ison, Tex . 212 miles, and will be ex- m:i.ned In session long enough only
tended both north and south from Its to hear the prayer, the roll call, to
present terminal, in addition to build- adopt resolutions of sympathy on I he
ing a couple of branch lilies. death of Representative Hrowi.low of
Surveys are being made for all ex Tennessee. Poulkrod of Pennsylvania,
tension north, which is ultimately lo Tirrell of Massacnusetis, and tilltnrr
reach Kansns City, probably by way of of Louisiana, anil the members of Hie
lopim. Mo. other house who have died since the
Another east side line which seems adj- urnment or the previous session
to be a sure go Is the Texas, Oklaho- and to have the oath or ollice admin
ma and ICastern, which Is to build I is ered to three
from Valliant, Okla. to Duqueen, Ark , «sentatives Ta
oui'h an7continuous study 'of 'Vlit.'focis " j copy free you . an use it and euro your
Recommends Parcels Pest.
The adoption of tbe pareels post Is ; women jump at conclusions,
again adopted. On this subject President • . f}ie
Taft says: "With respect to the pareels because t he} * Hilt to
post, I respectfully recommend Its ailop- 8tory is going to end.
tion on all rural delivery routes, and that j
jnds the international limit—be t Tf w. ^ v„.nlxtifu^ clear, white clolhc*
the limit of carriage In r. h • < „Tf, "tlall 'Blue.' 1-use
The same argument Is made apalnst the n
parcels post that was made against the ,v* ^ '
postal savings bank-that it is introd.i<-
ing the government Into u business which
•enta,
members. Rep
vncy, Calderhead an*
hobbles of the rich collectors
are sometimes us silly as those of
the street boy. A French banker who
Packing Plant to Muskooee.
Muskogee, Okla.—The Musko-eo
Packing company was incorporated
diod recently left u collection of 63,000 here with a capital «tock of $200,000
cigar bands, each differing In soino for t|lo purpose or establishing a pnc&
particular from the others. These |ng plant and cold storage at Falls
had cost hltn fifty years of smoking. City, a North Muskogee aub'irb.
and had been arranged systematical (leorge Schneider i* president.. G I
\j in a number of specially construct Sleeper, vice-president and N 1< Han
cabinets. None of his children r ., k secretary The plant will «mp.oy
elgty men when It starts operatln.' <l«
a distance of 60 .miles, through the
heart of ihe Oklahoma and Arkansas
lumber fields. It was originally pro-
moted by Kansas City lumbermen as
a narrow guage road to run from Val-
liant tw Pierce, to carry out lumber
for a syndicate controlling It The
road could not get a charter In Okla-
homa, however, without becoming a
common charter, so that it was made
standard guage and extended to Du-
queen.
Pawhuska is trying hard to get the
Katy to build into that town. Offi-
cials or the road admit that it would
have been better if the original survey
had taken in Pawhuska, but offer
other obligations under existing law;-and
that .i . at of these estimates would re-
sult in embarrassing the executive branch
of the ; nvi i nment In the performance of
its duties. This remark does not apply
to tho river and harbor estimates, except
to those for expenses of maintenance and
the meeting of obligations und r author-
ized c>Qntrai ts, nor does It apply to the
publii b .ildlng bill nor to tho navy build-
tng pi tgi n (>f eoui ie as t« these con-
gr«ss could withhold any part or all of
the estimates for them without Interfer-
ing with the discharge of the ordinary ob-
ligations of these functions of its depart-
ments, bureaus and offices.
"Against the fstlmates of expenditures
$fi4Q,4'.'4,0in.l2, we have estimated receipts
foi n< xt y< it 968 >00,t K> making .i proba-
ble surplus of ordinary receipts over or-
dinary expenditures of about £>'MJOO.OOO, or
taking into account the estimates for th<.
Panama canal, which are $50 9"-''.S47.G9, and
which will ultimately be paid In bonds.
It will leave a deficit for the next year of
about $7,000,000. if congress shall conclude
to fortify the canal."
Wants Forest Limitation Removed.
On the subject of conservation he de-
' votes considerable space to forest, coal,
| nil and gas. phospl ate lands and water
atlon of
it is no use sighing Lo be a suu it
ing tno government into a business wm .n ,B iumr,
should be conducted b.v private persons | you are not burning the liiut ia.uit
and is paternalism. The post office depart- yl)U have.
ment has a great plant and a bp nt or- > "
gantzation, reaching Into the most remote 1 htwi /w>r*nalnn to
hamlet of the United States, and with Anyway Eve never had occasion U>
this machinery it is able to do a great j marry Adam by asking two oi three
many things economically that if a new times a day ii ohe was the only wom-
organization were necessary it would he loved.
Impossible to do without extravagant ox- au ,,u _
pendltures." .
Department of Justice. When You Buy for Christmas
Discussing the affairs of the department Remember that a good fountain
of justice, the president says: ! p(.n js always acceptable and useful
.•iH.-.e^W .r,rr VVutcrman^Idoal Fountain ly is Utc
called 'bucket shops.' and of those best made, hxatnine the trade main
schemes to defraud In which the use of jjU(j0 jn regular, . afety and self-titling
the mail Is an essenti;.! par- of the f . for mon WOmon and children.
fraudulent conspiracy, prosecutions which j . i„
have sav«-d Ignorant ami weak members Sold by all responsible (.ct.l rs.
. lurk Mere named by Speaker Can...,., i "'rheTw now pro-
membcirs of the joint committee to hlbtts th" reservation of any more forest
call upon the president and notity him lands In Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
that congress had assembled.
Htared bis taste, so it was decided to
mil the bands. When put up to auc-
tion the collection which had entailed j
the expenditure of so much time and
money realized twenty francs. The
children would have preferred flfty
years of cigars.
The boss potato raiser of this coun
Aty is our old friend Secretary Wll
son. He Is so tired of those chunks
of soggy something or other that come
on the table that he has set his ex
perts to raising 30,000 varieties of
spuds In the hope that out of the
whole mess he will be able to And one
on which the guarantee of mealy can
be written. The secretary Is in the
way of becoming the greatest bene
factor of the age
Sixteen battleships of the Atlantic
fleet are off for the other side, and
will present their visiting cards at a
number of ports bordering on the
Bngiish Channel. As their mission is
a peaceful one, they u ill be welcome
wherever they go. The jaekles will
<iuJoy this personally conducted tour
«f Uncle Sam's, and tho navy will
profit by the experience of - ruining in
foreign waters.
A man In Washington lighted a
«igar while holding a bag of gunpow
dor in his hand. He shared the usual
fate of the man who persists in spl'.«
of warning and experience In looking
for a gas leak with a naked light
When fools prepare the train of
ovents It Is general!) ih« expected
which happens
first of May.
Cotton Mill Starts.
Tulsa, Okla.—-With enough raw ma
terial on hand and contracted for to
keep the plant in constant operation
until April 1, 1911. ir not longer, the
Tulsa cotton oil mill has started o'>
oration for the season and is running
full blast. Tho mill is converting SO
tons of cotton seed into finished pro-
ducts daily and employing 100 men
Contracts Must Have Approval
Washington—By the provisions of a
hill introduced by Representative
Burke, chairman of house Indian at'
fairs committee, all Indian contracts
involving contingent fees, heretofore
or hereafter made, must first have the I purposes I |uiIng ti • present admlntsti
, , , tion 62 50.000 seres of land largely no
approval of congress in order to be
valid and having any binding force.
as far as the Indian wards of the gov-
ernment are concerned. Mr. Burke
said that he had in mind the next Me-
Montana. Colorado and Wyoming, except
by act of congress. I am Informed by the
department of agriculture that the gov-
ernment owns other tracts of timber land
In these states which should be In. luded
In the forest reserves. I recommend to
congress that the limitation herein Im-
posed be repealed.
"Congress ought to trust the executive
to use the power of reservation only with
respect to land most valuable for forest
lmlnlstra-
their only objection to a change at this \furray an(j other contracts when ho
time the matter of expense Pawhuska ,|rew „„ btlK Hc said the meas
eitlzens who have fig',red on the mat- ure w! 1] not HfTeet any existing eon
ter believe that the road could be se- tpi; ,s already authorized by lau
eured for $125,000
Alva Is greatly interested in the pro-
posed Salina. Winnipeg and Gulf road,
whlell has a very a.mbitlous project,
proposing to run from Omaha, Neb.,
south through Lincoln and Salina to
Alva and Oklahoma City, wilh a
Two Complaints Filed
Guthrie, Okla. -Complaint was filed
with the corporation commission by
the citizens of Humphrey Monday, ask-
ing that the Altus. Wichita Falls and
branch line east to Kansas City and Dallas railway be ordered to give the
one west to Des Moines, N. M. Sev-
eral Alva men are interested in it and
efforts are being made to enlist finan
clal support there.
town an agent. The citizens or Fair-
view also complained to the commis-
sion, asking that watering stalls be in-
stalled in the stock pens there.
Life Convict's Appeal Heard.
Muskogee Has Grievance-
Washington, D. C Sentenced ♦.«> im " , ,
prisonment for life on , .large of "'le. Okla bwn
.murder, William II. n.H, „f OKI ,.,„n,, ' ■" «' tbe . .ree cause of Mn-
thr„ugh his attorne,. appealed in oral *.,gee's ""<> <"e ™Plml "sh'
argument to the supreme court of the
l nited States to set aside his sentence
Hendrix was charged with having mur
dered his father-in-law. Robert W
London. The position of the par-
ties Monday, after the second day's
pollings in the general election is
Government cor lltion Liberals. S7;
labor, 14; nationalists, 10; total, 117.
was the severe rebuff given to the Opposition I nionists, lit;. The re-
Muskogee representatives
Voss, at Paul's Valley I T On hit- re-
quest his trial was removed 'roin the
federal courts of Indian territory to
the federal courts of Texas Later
Hendrix sought in vain to have hi.-;
case returned to Oklahoma Refusal
to return the case to Oklahoma now
is claimed to have been a denial to
Hendrix of his constitutional right.
The court took the case under advise-
ment.
Shrine meeting at Oklahoma City re-
tenth The many Shriners on the
eaat side of the state wanted a sep-
arate division of the shrine establish
ed In Muskogee, but were turnod
down hard by the Oklahoma City con-
tlngent The feeling between the two
towns was none too good before and
was Intensiried by that incident.
Lost Is Found Aga
Muskogc. OkL
cials or the \N • 1' Fargo Kxpress com
pau>. $8,300 In mon< v and valuable*
contained in the messenger safe whtc;
mysteriously disappeared frortii a nib
station hen ha recovered v. it-
ail of its contents intact
Creek Crawls Up in Cotton.
Sapulpa, Okla Creek county's cot-
ton crop will amount to over $600,000
this year, according to a close esti-
mate This Is nearly $100,000 more
According to off!-j than a year ago Next year's crop
will amourt to nearh $1,000,000, from
indications of increased acreage. The
cause of the heavy crop this year la
not on|\ the natural Increase in fields
planted to cotton, but the excellent re.
turn.
An American opera singer in deny
Ing her reported engagement to a
title volunteered the Information that
ibe had met a number of dukes, and
liiat. taken Individually and collec
tively, "they arc not worth a ding.'
H«r emphasis was almost masculine
stilts merely confirm the opinion
formed that as the result of Satur-
day's contests the unionists now have
no possible hope of replacing the lib
eral government in power. The only
question remaining is whether the
liberals will return with a larger or a
smaller majority.
Meyer Asks for More Money
Washington Finding it impossible
to build the new battleship, "New
York at the New York navy yard
within the authorized $6,000,000. Secre-
tary Meyer Monday announe
begin until th
tion had been called to the attention
of congress and the authorized
amount increased. It is said It
would be necessary to make the
authorization $1,300,000 to $1,500,000
more Secretary Meyer attributes this
necessity to he increased cost of lab
or under the eight-hour law
timbered have been - xeluded from for -st
j reserves, and 3.500.000 acres of land prln-
J clpally valuable for forest purposes have
I bef^n included In forest reserves, rnaklnp
n reduction In forest
| timbered land amounting t« 750.000
i seres."
Wants Canal Fortified.
i Regarding tbe Panama canal, the p;
dent asserts that unless unexpected ob-
; stncles arise the waterway will be com-
1 pleted well within time limit of Janu-
nrv 1 19115, nnd within estimate of coat
frr..OOO.O<M SuKge.stlon* for levylne ol
I tolls and management are nia<)e, and re
fmrdlnjc fortification of the canal, be
savs:
"Among ouestlons arising for present
solution Is the decision whether 11■ '-anal
shall be fortified I have already stated
to ihe congress that I Ktronglv favor for-
tification and I now reiterat'* this opin-
ion and ask your consideration of the
subject In the light of the report already
before you mado bv a competent board.
"Failure to fortify the canal would
leave the attainment of both these alms
In the position of rights und obligations
which we should be powerless t. < nfor<<-
nn«l which could nev r In any way be ab-
solutely safeguarded n-ninst , de.vperate
and Irresponsible enemv "
Ship Subsidy.
Tbe president urges such action as he
believes will increase American trade
abroad.
Boy Confesses His Folly.
Poncft City, okla James MeQinnl*
aged 17, has been arrested on a chargi
of trying lo blackmail James McGraw. i l
prisident of the Fanners' Nations! \\.
hank out of $30,000 McGinnls' father
is a veteran of the civil war, and he
has a brother at the Annapolis naval
academy rwo letters were teethed
— ^ McGraw, one more than a month
If the promised penny postage Mill ago The letter received recently de
roduce the number of picture post
cards thst flow in on one every time
a frieud leaves town, then let ub have
tt and at once.
In Pittsburg a woman Is suing for
divorce because her husband has not
had a bath for six months. Pittsburg
Is a particularly bad place in which
to go unbathed for no long
They used to say that when war is
made too bloody it must cease. What
they meant *as perhaps too bloody
expensive.
One of l be Newport bunch wears
>100 sill, stoekiugs. Guarantied?
anded that the money be burled and
designated the spot Officials sav the
boy ha-* confessed
Court Deals Patten Blow
_ New York -James A Fatten of Chi
D'outh Severely Felt. of Tpx s. William
H, tl„KS Okla. ho Kins * p. ,,, N,.„ Orient.* und er.
, • have been b dly handle pped r
„u „f wall', and hud wen- hull, ted again Monday by a fed
bauliiiu W t., .«• Ked river f ,r eral grand Jury, , hur^d ltl. ■ «n-
past three weeks Vbout 2,100 bales spiring to monopolise interstate com-
. * fatten have been g nned and abcuf merce in available cotton during the
400 more to gin, which will make in all last four months of the croy r ear
at out one-third of a « rop Stoi k water ending September 10, 1910. The in-
is very scarce Farmers are ! aullng dictnient was returned on August 4,
water and report wheat, rvo -"'d ot'< r
cr< !> - u«ed ft r pisture a complete fall-
but did nor g«
opened Monde
into
effec
until it was
\nother insir
to thf unhamp-i-'d and natural develop-
ment of American • omniere. is merchant
marlni. All maritime and commercial na-
tions r< ->«nlze the Import atlee of this
fnetor The greatest ••ommen ial nations,
our competitors, jealously foster their
merchant marine. Perhaps nowhere is
the need for rapid and dir. , t mall, pas-
senger and freight -"'iitnunli iMon quite
so urgent as between the United States
and T.ntin America We can secure In no
other quarter of the world such linme-
(V.'.te benetlts III friend 1 ip ,11.1 e.un
merce as would dow from the establish-
ment of direct lints ..f i-mmunleation
with th> (>. mtrles >f I-htin America ade
requlremiMit.-i « f a rap-
ppr-' lation of the recj-
procal dependence of the countries of the
western hemisphere upon <neh other's
products, s- mpathies and assistance.
"I alluded to this most important sub-
Jo i in rn last annual m* - It bus
oft. n been before you aiui I need not r«
capitulate tbe reasons l r Its re, •mmcit-
dntion. Unless prompt action bo taken
th, i-ompletlon ef ti," Panumu r.,ial will
And thl< the only Krt.it t onin I ial n. -
A Quick Recovery.
"It seems that prizefighters never
•come back."
"Maybe not. but blind tigers" do.
One resumed business tho other day
in 15 minutes after it had been
raided "
Depending on Chance
"1 wonder why there are so many
failures in the world '
"Probably because so many people
go through life hoping to win : ome
day on a 100-to-l shot."
of the public and are saving them hun-
dreds of millions of dollars. The viola-
tions of tbe anti-trust law present per-
haps the most Important litigation before
ihe department, and the number of cases
filed shows the activity of the govern-
ment in enforcing that statute.
"In a special messago last year I
brought to the attention of congress tho
propriety ami wisdom of enacting a sren-
Vrai law providing for the Incorporation
f industrial and other companies engaged
In interstate commerce, and I renew my
•commendation in that behalf."
The crying need In the t'nltod States
of cheapening th" cost of litigation by ;
simplifying judicial procedure and ex-
peditlng final judgment is pointed out and
action looking to correction of these evils
Is urged.
The president r- commends an Increase
In the salaries of federal judges.
Postal Affairs.
In regard to postal matters the presi-
dent points with pride t-t Its present effi-
cient management and the recent reduc-
tion in tbe deficit. The present unre-
stricted franking privilege comes In for | foi.nwina
.omin.-ni with .. suggest ion for tbe adop- I 10"°, . *
tion of belter methods foi its regulation.
Abolish Navy Yards.
The president calls attention to certain
reforms urged by the s#-erctary of th«
navy which he recommends f«>r adoption.
and continues:
"The secretary of the navy has given
personal examination to every navy yard.
and has studied the uses of the navy
yards with ref> rence t<> the necessities
of our fleet. With a fleet considerably
less than half the slse of that of tbe
British navy, we have shipyards more
than double the number, and there are
several of these shipyards expensively
equipped with modern tncblnery. which,
after investigation tbo secretary of tbe
navv believes to bo entirely useless for
naval purposes. He asks authority to
abandon e.-rtain of them and to move
their machinery to other places, where It
can be made of use."
Speaking of our foreign relations tbe
president says: "During the past year
the foreign relations -,f tbe United States
have continued upon a basis of friendship
and good understanding.
"The year has been notable as witness-
ing the pacific settlement of two impor-
tant international controversies before tbe
permanent court of The H.igue.
"The arbitration of the fisheries dispute
between the United States and Ore.al
Britain, which ha.-t been the source of
nearly continuous diplomatic correspond-
ence since the fisheries convention of 1818,
lias given an award which Is satisfactory i
to both parties. This arbitration Is par-
ticularly noteworthy not -udy because of
the eminently just results secured, but
also b'-cause it Is the first arbitration held
under the general arbitration treaty of
April *. liA'V between the United States
and Great Britain, and disposes of a con-
troversy the settlement of which has re-
?^rr.rrmtun"v/ydr.mss mix this for rheumatism
boon the cause of friction between two
countries whoso common interest lbs In
maintaining the most friendly and cordial
relations with each other.
President Taft makes a few recommen-
dations for changes in the interstate com- |
merce law and says: Thousands of men and women who
an'y^amemhneUUVto the" IntirlutTrom? haVO U'U lh° 8l,°* and torhiro °f thal
niorcc law as it stands. I do not now , dread disease, Rheumatism, which is
recommend any amendment to the antl- i no respecter of age, persons, sex,
srv. *'<h" "^nr"^tetr"s-'-01 "is,,r nu,k-wm ,,r " <*«**•to
Some Consolation.
Mrs. Grumerey My husband Is
anxious to get rid of me.
Mrs. Park—Don't cry, dear. In that
case he won't haggle over the ali-
. mony.- Smart Set
None In Stock.
A well-dressed woman paused tu
front of the chestnut v< nder's stand
"Are they wormy?" she asked.
"No, ma'am," he answered blandly.
"Did you want them with worms?"
Old Pete's Little Joke.
Foolish questii and funny an
swers were under discussion in th >
Trenton avenue and Dauphin stroet
police station the. other day, and after
I listening for a while to some amusing
instances. Sergeant McCay told th*
'Old Pete Flood was the attendant
in the Franklin cemetery some years
ago, and if became tho custom to usfe
him how business was, just to hear
his reply It came in a heavy has*
voice:
"'Ain't burled a living soul today'*
—Philadelphia Times.
INNOCENT ON ONE COUNT.
-T< wj rf
&
Say, did you say you
do no work for dat
Mrs. Farmer-
wasn't golu' to
dinner?
llostou Billings—Ah! ma'am, 1 as-
sure you the double negative Is a
solecism I've never been guilty or.
Easily Prepared and Inexpensive and
Really Does the Work, Say*
Noted Authority.
the < vlstlng legislation with
:• V , i-..i .r
tlons and the restraint of their business
has rea« bed a point where we ran .stop
for a while and witness tin effect of ihe
vigorous execution of ihe laws .,f ti,,,
statute books in restraining the abuse*
which certainly did exist and which
| roused tbe public to demand reform."
Explosion Kills Enid Girl
fcjnld. Okla Mish Haicl Myers,
aged 18, died at her home aeven miles
northeast of the city from the effects
of burns received when a kerosene
lamp wnich she attempted 10 blow < ut
exploded, setting fire to her clothing
Miss Myers was entertaining a mm-
ber of friends playing the piano and
pot up to blow the light out ;s In
guests were leaving when the explo
flon occurred Her clothing caught ■ State Teacher:
. ,
the face and body P*®ce for next y
Pennsylvanians Get Oil Lease.
Henryetta, Okla The Stervinac Oil
ompany with headquarters in Henry-
tta. has sold a tract of ISO acres of
pases with six wells producing an
verage or ti00 barrels or oil a day, to
'ennsy lvania capitalists The put.
ha -e price was $300,(MM)
Noted Woman Given Second Burial
Lawton, Okla,—Burled In an ob-
scure Texas cemetery since the year
before the close of the civil war, 1S70
ttie remains of what was once Cynthia
His Selection.
"I nm afraid to go near Sharp's
hoiitu or to meet, hint; he has such a
vicious dog ror a pet."
Hut you must remember that
Ann Parker, the white mother of Chiet 1 Sliar!, considers liimaelf such a cynic
Quanah Parkt r of the Comanche In
dutns. have just been exhumed fn-ui
the Texas cemetery, shipped to Oklit
homa, and, on Sunday afternoon, were
burled again In a little Indian come-
Okla At tho Northeast tery on the ranch of tho Comanche
association, in session I chieftain, three miles northeast of
k-as I ved as the meet Cache, at the foot of the Wi hita
he wouldn't k'
a biting kind
ep any other dog than
Wagoner Is Seltcted.
Department of the Interio
Seymour- Did you visit the depart
ment ol the interior while you were
in Washington"
Ashley I gu« ** (i. 1 wav in tho
Ca.v • • re the congre---men eat
Bound to Make a Hit.
WUHs—So the play will appeal to
all classes? (Jillls Ves, indeed. It's
three-quarters full of up-to-date Blang
to catch the young people, and <wie-
quarter full < r old, reliable cusa words
to Ret the old fellows.—Puck
A Contrary Way.
An acrobat goes against all re-
ceived Ideas of making a living."
"Why?"
"Because ho supports his family by
the reverses in hiK business
know that It. Is one of the easiest af
dictions of the human bod\ to con
quer. Medical science has proven it
not a distinct, disease in Itself, but a
symptom caused by inactive kidney*
Rheumatism is uric acid lu tho blood
and other waste products of the sys-
tem which should bo filtered and
strained out in the form of urine. The
function of the kidneys is to sift these
poison;* and acids out and keep tht
blood clean and pure. The kidney*
however, are of sponge-like substance,
the holes or pores of which will somr*
times, either from overwork, cold o.«
exposure become clogged, and faillnx
in their fund Ion of eliminating thesr
poisons from the blood, they remain
in the veins, decompose and settling
about the Joints and muscles, cause
the untold suffering and pain of rheu
matlsm and backache, often producing
I complications of bladder and urinary
disease, and gi nt ral weakness.
The following simple prescription is
It Was Not Fair,
\ light In a restaurant was caused
uvo'uiod" ke! i " 'linK lo ,m* '*>r 1 rheumatism because of its direct ac-
i th-w-* -«• -
an unfair proposition
keep a restaurant
polled to eat there
I hat nnus ! Hoving. too, the most severe forms of
x man may j bladder nnd urinary troubles: Fluid
lie ISlt I COIU* PrtPlirt t>tlTw1<.tl. An.^l.nlf
Its Nature.
I wonder why a wheel is counted
among tin sources of energetic pow*
Vr?"
Why shouldn't It be?"
"Why im't It always tiredT"
Pxtract Dandelion one-half ounce;
! Compound Kargon, ono ounce; Com
' pound Syrup Sar.<nparllla, three
ounces Mix by shaking well in a hot
, tie and tako in tea spoonful doses niter
1 each meal mil nt bedtime The in-
grcdlen!: can he had from nny pro-
crli'1 m phariT ncv, and are absolutely
harml a I safe to use at any ♦.Imo.
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