The Weekly Examiner. (Bartlesville, Indian Terr.), Vol. 12, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 4, 1906 Page: 7 of 8
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SPIRIT
1906.
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TCW&fiAM
foxes
YORK WOODSMAN TRIES
UNIQUE SCHEME.
Has Pair of Valuable Puppies Which
Give Promise of Coming to
Maturity Under His
Care.
NATION'S DEBT LESS
STATEMENT SHOWING GROWING
SURPLUS IN TREASURY.
Decrease in Liabilities for Month of
June Over $17,000,000—Cash Bal-
ance Is $328,087,283—Increase
in Amount of Circulation.
Washington.—At the close of busi-
ness on June 30, 1906, a statement is-
sued by the treasury shows that the
government's total debt, less cash in
the treasury, aggregated $964,435,685,
a decrease for the month of $17,519,-
005. A recapitulation of th« debt fol-
lows:
Interest-bearing debt, $895,159,140;
debt on which interest has ceased
since maturity, $1,128,135; debt bear-
ing no interest, $396,235,695. Total,
$1,292,522,970.
This amount does not include $1,044,-
638,869 in treasufy notes and certifi-
cates outstanding, which are offset by
an equal amount of cash on hand
which is held for their redemption.
The cash in the treasury is classified
as follows;
Gold reserve, $150,000,000; trust
funds, $1,044,638,869; general fund,
$178,152,366; in national bank de-
positories, $93,986,236; in treasury of
Philippines, $4,580,647. Total, $1,471,-
358,119.
Against this total there are demand
liabilities outstanding aggregating $1,-
143,270,836, thus leaving a cash bal-
ance in the treasury of $328,087,283.
A surplus of $20,024,772 is shown
by the comparative statement of the
government receipts and expenditures
for the month of June, 1906, as com-
pared with June of last year, and a
surplus of $26,187,150 for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1906.
During the month of June the total
receipts of the government were $55,-
367,081, the total expenditures $35,-
342,309.
The receipts for the last month
were: From customs $26,259,265, in-
crease $3,694,613; internal revenues
$22,607,387, increase $1,804,843; mis-
cellaneous sources $6,500,428, increase
$1,646,848.
For the fiscal year ending June 30,
1906, the total receipts of the govern-
ment were $594,914,715 and, the total
disbursements were $568,727,564, leav-
ing a surplus for the year of $26,187,-
150, against a deficiency for the pre-
ceding fiscal year of $23,987,652.
A statement by the director of the
mint shows that during May, 1906,
the total coinage executed at the mints
of the United States aggregated $2,-
056,751 as follows: Gold $1,436,020,
silver $324,964, minor coins $295,767.
In addition 1,000,000 five-peso gold
pieces were executed for the govern-
ment of Mexico.
The total circulation of national
bank as indicated by a statement is-
sued by the comptroller of the cur-
rency was $561,112,360, an increase for
the year of $65,392,554 and an increase
for the month of $1,982,700.
The amount of circulation based on
United States bonds was $517,847,749,
an increase for the year of $55,178,335
and an increase for the month of $1,-
811,603.
The amount of circulation secured
by lawful money was $43,264,011, an
increase for the year of $10,214,219
and an increase for the month of $171,j
097.
The amount of United States bonds
on deposit to secure circulating notes
was $520,625,210 and the amount of
bonds on deposit to secure public de-
posits was $99,575,725.
ASSESS BRYAN ON $95,000
Nebraskan Favored for Presidential
Nomination Taxed on $05 Worth
of Hogs and $10 of Dogs.
Lincoln, Neb.—The material wealth
of William Jennings Bryan in his
Lincoln suburban holdings is over
$50,000, while downtown he has $22,-
000 worth of property, according to the
assessor. Upon this he will pay about
$600 taxes.
This assessment is an increase over
that of last year and Is represented in
large part by his real estate.
Mr. Bryan's personalty is fixed at
$10,950, including cash in bank, $3,000;
16 head of cattle, $800; hogs, $65; bees,
$5; corn, $5; hay, $10; jewelry, dia-
monds and silverware, $500; household
goods, $3,000; firearms, $150; dogs,
$10; watches and clocks, $300; car
riages and wagons, $700.
The Commoner is on the assessment
rolls at $22,500.
McKeever, N. Y.—What Is probably
the fiist attempt to bring up a pair
of fox puppies in an incubator is be-
ing made by Andrew Clark, an old
woodsman living 14 miles southwest of
here, and the experiment has gone so
far that Clark feels assured of suc-
cess.
The incubator isn't of the regulation
hospi*.al order, and neither are the
foxes of the usual variety. The incu-
bator is home-made and the tenants
are silver grays, which by fall will, if
they thrive, be worth at least $300
each. Of all the fur-bearing animals
in America they are by far the most
valuable, and it is because of this that
Clark is, sitting up nights with hot-
water bottles and cans of warm milk.
Clark dug the youngsters out of
hole under some rocks. He came upon
the mother while looking after his
traps, and in the hope of taking her
he watched the hole for 48 hours. At
the end of that time he saw that she
was too wary to return even to feed
her babes, and he set about digging
them out. It was a long job, but Clark
persisted, and eventually heard the
little fellows barking and growl-
ing :n a nest stowed away many
feet from the surface. A little
later he had them carefully wrapped in
his fur-lined reefer.
When he got home and laid the
little fellows In a basket he was in
quandary, for tliey were scarcely
week old, and, being a lonesome
bachelor,^ his knowledge of the ways
aijd habits of infants was extremely
limited. They wouldn't take milk from
a spoon, and even in front of the stove
they shcok, shivered and coughed. So
Clark sent for his nearest neighbor,
who has a wife and three small boys.
The wife came with her husband and
brought a bottle wijh a nipple. Then
she took charge of the job.
The bottle was filled with modified
milk, and while the tiny foxes were
fighting for the nipple the foster-fa-
ther, assisted by the neighbor and
bossed by the neighbor's motherly
wife, set about constructing a rough
but serviceable incubator. It wasn't
much to look at, but it answered the
purpose, and when the foxes had been
deposited in it they promptl> went to
sleep.
The neighbor's wife said that this
was a hopeful sign—that, in fact, all
danger was past—and Clark rejoiced.
Then the wife instructed the foster-
father in his duties. He was told to
keep the incubator warm with hot
water bottles and to feed his charges
a certain number of times daily. It
looked like a good deal of a job, but
Clark is no quitter, and hiring a fel-
low-trapper to look after his snares,
he devoted his whole attention to the
youngsters.
Now and then the neighbor's wife
dropped In to see how matters were
progressing, and she always found
Clark performing his duties faithfully.
He was so constant, In fact, and the
silver grays did so well, that more
than once she declared he should never
have remained a bachelor. The little
fellows took on weight daily, appeared
happy now, and when the foxes are
taken out and contented and Clark is
delighted.
City, have suffered greatly at me
hands of these tramps, who have
banded themselves together into
gangs of thieves and robbed hundreds
of box cars. Their thefts amount to
thousands of dollars annually. Their
plunder is stored with a "fence" either
n Kansas City or St. Joseph, the stuff
disposed of and the railway detec-
tives have been kept busy trying to
run them down.
Now, the railways have notified
their special agents to prosecutfe in
the local courts all men found riding
upon the trains without tickets. This
means that throughout Kansas the
tramp will have to walk from town to
town, and when the call comes from
Kansas for hands to work in the har-
vest fields these persons will have to
ride on tickets or go to jail for trying
to beat their way. The railways may
remove the embargo, but It is doubt-
ful.
Summer Tourist Rates
POCKET CAUGHT THE BALL
Home-Run Hit in Game of Baseball
Made Through Singular
Circumstance.
Minneapolis.—Dr. C. H. Kohler has
a baseball which he would not sell
for love or money. It was not given
him, nor did he take it. It crawled
Into his pocket, and thereby hangs
an interesting little narrative of the
queer things appertaining to the na-
tional game.
A few days ago Dr. Kohler was driv-
ing his automobile up Nicollet avenue.
Suddenly he felt a bump on his right
side. Inside the inciosure the man
of healing could hear the populace
yelling like a tribe of Indians at a
beef issue. He turned on the power
of his car to the limit to get to the
game in time to participate in the
whooping. As a whooper at the ball
game the doctor Is a willing worker,
and never shirks his free born privi-
lege of yelling as often and as loud
as he pleases.
Once insde the fence, having part-
ed with his 50 cents, the healer sat
him down with a group of friends and
demanded an immediate explanation
of the yells. They explained with
gusto how Jimmy Hart, the hard
hitting first baseman of the Minne-
apolis team, had just put the ball
over the fence for the longest hit evei
seen on Nicollet field.
The spirit of the physician warmed
at the thought of the great bit and
he stuck his hand in his overcoat
pocket for a handkerchief to wkve at
James.
He drew out—not a handkerchief,
but a new baseball with a deep denf
in one side of it.
He had caught Hart's long fly in his
pocket while speeding up Nicollet ave-
nue in his automobile. It is the rec-
ord catch of a home run in baseball
history—but the umpire did not see
it. As Minneapolis won by one run
the ball is highly valued.
Why Pay Cash
to pay your debts, bills
and other obligations?
Open an account with us
which can be subject to
check at any time
We afford
our patrons all the privi-
leges consistent with sound
banking.
It is very handy to carry a pock-
et check book with you; far more
convenient than carrying large
sums of money. When you have
money in the bank your check is
as good as cash.
We respectfully solicit your
account.
The First National Bank
OF BARTLESVILLE
Heavy Sentence for Theft.
Reno, Nev.—For stealing a nickel
and two dozen eggs from a meat mar-
ket James Mitchell must spend the
next two years of his life In a prison
cell at the state penitentiary at Carson
City. Edwards pleaded guilty to the
charge of housebreaking, for which he
was indicted by the grand jury and
was given a two-year sentence in the
district court. Shortly after the earth-
quake Mitchell came to Reno and was
caught by the police while in the act
of robbing the market. Since that
time he has been confined in the coun-
ty jail. At the time of the theft Mitch-
ell was in a starving condition, stat-
ing that he had not eaten for several
days.
Restful.
Gasser—I noticed your friend Knox
at my lecture last night.
Kandor—Yes, and he enjoyed him-
self Immensely.
Gasser—Yes, I noticed he stayed
until the end; he didn't get tired at
all.
Kandor—No, he told me he was In
a part of the hall where he couldn't
hear at all.
DECLINE OF HUMAN VOICE.
Belief of Composer Sousa That It
Will Follow Use of Phon-
ograph.
Washington. — John Philip Sousa,
the composer and band conductor, be-
lieves that talking machines will drive
the vocal chords into a state of use-
lessness due to disuse. He prophesied
much at a joint session of th«
senate and house committees on pat-
ents, which was called to hear the new
copyright bill discussed.
Mr. Sousa testified that In every one
of tha catalogues of the manufacturers
of talking machines was a list of some
20 to 100 of his compositions, Dut he
had yet to receive the first cent for
what he regarded as this "piracy."
Mr. Sousa condemned the
roundly.
"4 tell you the human voice Is not
heard as It used to be," he said, "and
I prophesy that the vocal chords may
by this disuse become useless.
"Another evidence that these ma-
chines are taking the musical initiative
from our people is that the sale of
the banjo, the mandolin and the guitar
are greatly decreasing, and the deal-
ers te'.l me this Is on account of the
Increased use of the talking machine."
An Oregon Catastrophe.
P. E. Colbern, of this city, has
refractory hen, and the other day
when he went to take egs from the
nest the hen actually rose up In wrath
and kicked him on the hand. The
hand became seriously swollen, and
the prompt attention of a physician
prevented a case of blood poison.—
Athena Press.
Prepares Manuscript with Care.
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, In writing,
trusts but little to dictation, writing
nearly all he has to say, then submit
ting the manuscript for a type-written
copy. Four or five clean copies are
nothing unusual In the preparation of
a manuscript.
to Chicago and St- Louis
Chicago and Return $24,30
St. Louis and Return $16.35
Tickets on Sale Daily from June i to September
" 30; final return limit October 31, 1906.
G. R. McRINLEY, Agent,
Bartlesville.
FRANK PHILLIPS. Pres't
H.J. HOLM, Vice Prest
L. K. PHILLIPS, Treasurer
I). L. OWSLEY. Secretary.
Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
BARTLESVILLE, 1ND. TER.
Cash Capital, $50,000.
■■Does a general banking business,acts as guardian and curator for minors and
lncempetents, executor and administrator of deceased 'persons, writes oil lease
bonds for U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore. Md.
SOLICITS A SHARE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
GRAY HAIR IS A DISEASE
Caused by Pigment-Consuming Cell
Which Is Easily Dis-
posed Of.
Paris.—No one need be gray haired
who does not wish to be, declares Prof.
Metchnlkoff, the great Russian biolo-
gist and embryologist. Metchnlkoff
told his savants of the Academy of
Medicine lately that gray hair on the
human head is a kind of disease caused
by the superactivity of a certain living
cell inside each hair which feeds on
the pigment. A comparatively low
degree of heat is fatal to this cell,
which shrivels and dies if one passes
an iron heated to 60 degrees centi-
grade (140 degrees Fahrenheit)
through his or her locks.
The learned Russian again states
the fact that great emotion will turn
the hair gray in a night. But he has
a new reason for It He says fear or
sorrow has strange power to stimulate
the pigment-devouring hair cell, which
literally fattens on human misery.
Metchnlkoff further told the aston-
ished savants that the chameleon's
frequent changes of color are due to
the same singular organism which is
made superlatively active by the liz
ard-reptlle's intense timidity.
Stable
Almeda
EQIPMENT
THROUGHOUT.
F. A. GILKEY,
TELEHOXE 240.
Clergyman's Diamond Wedding.
Rev. Sir John L. Hoskyns, an Eng-
lish clergyman, recently celebrated
his diamond wedding. Both he and
his wife are in their ninetieth year
and are still actively at work In the
machines I parish of which he has been rector
[or 61 years.
THE STYLISH EFFECT
of our light
double driving
single
harness
and
ap-
peals to every gentleman and
lady who appreciates a hand-
some turnout. Our driving
harness are noted for strength,
beauty and durability. And
moreover, they are very mod-
erate in price. Come in and
we will tell your more about
them.
J. P. COVREAU
TRAMPS TO BE ROUTED.
Officials of Kansas Railroads Decide
to Make War on Troublesome
Hoboes.
Leavenworth, Kan.—The railways
of Kansas are to make war upon the
hoboes who steal rides upon their
cars. Time was when the "tramp
path" in the center of the railway
tracks in Kansas was worn smooth
by the feet of tramps "hiking" from
one town to another, but that was
when the roadbeds were of clay. Now
the roads are using burned gumbo to
prevent dust, and by so doing they
have also encouraged the hoboes to
steal rides, as walking has been made
too rough for them.
But the railways, and especially
those out of St. souls and Kansas
Real
Estate
Choice lots for residence and
business purposes
We have a choice list and
will be pleased to show you
the properties.
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Office: West of Rightway Hotel j
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First National Bank
Bartlesville, I. T.
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CAPITAL - $50,000.
Surplus and Profits Earned, $25,000.
Your business will be appreciated and every courtesy extended and accommo-
dation granted consistent with prudent business methods and conservative bank-
ing. Interest paid on time deposits/
DIRECTORS:
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