TERRITORY NEWS NOTES
VALUABLE LESSONS TAUGHT AT
the wohld’s EAiB I 01 CcufirsI mtcrssti CsthcrcQ from Various Sour
ces and boiled down
Sliplaya In the Paine of Education
Show What Educators Are Doing
in United States and For-
eign Lands
SOUTH McALESTER GETS DEPOT
What the educational exhibit at the
universal exposition at St Louis will
accomplish may in a measure be estl- After years of Howling and will probably Ruse a howl
mated by referring to some of the prom- I
1 now for a Capital Building
lnent examples of the past
The Crystal Palace exhibition In Lon-
don In 1851 led to the establishment
of the School of Industrial Art at the
South Kensington museum the educa-
tional exhibit at the Centennial expo-
sition of 1876 led to the Introduction of
manual training in the public schools
of this country the Introduction of shop
work as a part of the curriculum in tech-
' nlcal schools and the beginning of the
training which has rendered possible the
rapid ad vance of this country In arts and
crafts the reorganization’ of primary
education In France as a result of the
educational exhibit at the Paris expo-
7 nltlon of 1878 the rapid growth of man-
ual training and the Industrial art In-
struction as a result of the Impetus
given by the Chicago exposition of 1803
the action of the French government In
arranging to send students annually to
this country for the study and Investi-
gation of our industrial and commercial
methods as a result of the United States
educational exhibit at the Paris expo-
sition of 1900
The value of an educational exhibit
lies In the opportunity for comparison
Methods of administration methods of
teaching equipment of schools and col-
leges courses of study with the demon-
stration of the theory which underlies
their construction and the results whloh
attend their enforcement are brought
side by side from every quarter of the
globe for the Investigation of the stu-
dent The exhibit of a city or state or a
university should have as Its central
object the demonstration of the value of
Its course of study The latter contains
the best thought and experience evolved
1 from the trials and experiments of gen-
erations It marks the differentiation of
school systems and universities and
should be made the chain to which every
Item of an educational exhibit should be
attached for Illustrative purposes The
machinery of an educational exhibit Is
necessarily limited and must consist in
general of chartB photographs printed
matter maps models apparatus and
specimens Thousands of dollars can
be expended to good advantage In the
masterly grouping of facts and their
I graphic presentation to the public eye
I The entire work of a class In a chem-
ical laboratory may In a dozen photo-
graphs be accurately and completely
told )Tbe school accommodation of a
city can be set forth In a series of photo-
graphs with perfect accuracy One ex-
hibit differs from another In the skill
with which these photographs are com-
- blned and made to tell the story
One of the great Innovations in the
exhibit features of the St Louis expo-
sition has been the endeavor to make It
an exhibit of processes So far as pos-
sible this has been Introduced Into tbe
educational department Laboratories
In operation domestic science and man-
ual training schools where pupils are at
work and the actual Instruction of the
deaf dumb and blind will be special
features
The object of educational exhibit Is
twofold first to secure a comparative
exhibit from all countries of tbe world
noted for educational effort second to
present a thoroughly systematic exhibit
of all phases of education In the United
States v
The following foreign nations have
prepared exhibits: England France
Germany Sweden Belgium Austria
Italy Japan China Ceylon Mexico
Cuba Brazil Argentina and Chill
One of the most Interesting exhibits
will be that of the agricultural and me-
chanical colleges and experiment sta-
tions of the United Slates w hlch Is being
prepared under the special appropria-
tion of $100000 made therefor by con-
gress at its last session Many working
laboratories will be maintained In this
exhibit
In the university section of the ex-
hibit are grouped the more prominent
universities of the country Among
these are Harvard Yale Columbia Cor-
nell Johns Hopkins Virginia Chicago
Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Missouri
Washington and St Louis The work of
the polytechnic schools of the country
will be presented by the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology Troy Polytech-
nic institute Purdue university Pratt
Institute Worcester Polytechnic Insti-
tute and others
In the department of higher education
of women the participants are Vasear
Wellesley Bryn Mawr Smith and Mount
Holyoke '
A special feature at the St Louis ex-
position will be the art school exhibit
In which space has been granted the
leading art schools of the country such
as the St Louis School of Fine Arts Art
Institute of Chicago Art Students’
League New York Pennsylvania Mu-
seum of Fine Arts Museum School of
Fine Arts Boston and Boston Normal
Art School
Another feature of the educational
exhibit will be a lecture hall wih a
seating capacity for 250 people fitted
out for Btereopticon and lantern lec-
tures In which during tbe exposition
special lectures and talks will be given
by educational experts from all parts
of the world
HOWARD 1 ROGERS
Chief of Department of Education
The Osage council has express-
ed itself in favor of granting to
the Midland Valley railroad a
right-of-way through the lands
of the tribe
Two prisoners who attempted
to escape from the United States
jail at Chickasha I T were ie-
captured by the guards One of
the men was wounded
Plans for a new $35000 Katy
depot have been received at South
McAlester Probably the deni-
sens of that village will quit howl-
ing at least temporarily
Suit has been entered against
the Old Soldiers’ encampment
which met at Tulsa some time
ago to compel the payment of
debts contracted The amount
of indebtedness is between $1500
and $2000
A couple of short change men
attempted to operate in Okmul-
gee but were discovered and
driven out of town
Prof Gleason whose home is
in this city is entertaining large
audiences in Kansas City
A Fort Smith paper boasts over
the fact that an enterprising bus-
iness man there made $60 in one
month This will probably bring
a long line of investors to that
city
Beginning January 2 the
Dawes commission will hear allot-
ment cases arising from disputes
over allotments There are about
eight hundred cases in the Cher-
okee Nation
A band of Euchee Indians who
received money at the Loyal
Creek payment at Okmulgee last
week were held up and robbed
near Okmulgee It is thought
that the robbers were negroes
Tahlequah business lots were
appraised at an average of $25 a
front foot and residence proper-
ty lots range from $30 to $75 a
lot
The highest appraisement of a
business lot in Tahlequah was $15
a front foot
Kincaide Robb of Asher OT
was shot by his sister who be-
lieved him a burglar
Out of the many applications
for the unrestricted sale of Indian
land only about one per cent
have been returned approved
The Creek council appointed a
special committee to consider the
latest set of regulations made by
the secretary relative to
sales
An appropriation of $5000 was
PERSONAL
Coinings and Goings of Home
People and Others
OTHER THINGS
Not so Personal bat Very In
teresting Reading
Hilsmeyer Drug Company
Commercial Club Cigars rich
and spicy
Dr W H Burke has purchased
the McKlemurry property on
Canadian Heights
Mr and Mrs E L Blackman
have returned from a visit with
Shawnee relatives
W J Hicks has gone to
land I Thompsonville 111 for an ex-
tended visit
Mrs C C Fenster and little
made by the Creek council for daughter Zelma have returned
the salary of the Creek attorney fr?m 8 visit with her mother in
South McAlester gave the M 'nmun Bl
K & T Railroad Co cards and Mrs- W w- Ellard and two
spades and beat them at their daughters have returned from
own game The Chamber of vi?itto their 0d home in Bir-
Commerce made a contract for a mingham Alabama
page adv in the Katy folder and Mr and Mrs Wm Blackman
sent in copy with a cut of the returned Saturday evening from
Katy depot at that place The a visit with their daughter
Katy people did not want the pic- Shawnee 0 T
ture of their depot printed in The lot sale in Dustin last week
their folder They were asham- was a trifle “chilly” as the
ed of it The result was great— crowd was exceedingly small anc
for South McAlester The pic- contained but few capitalists look-
ture was never printed and the ing for investments Barbecuec
town will have a new depot meat was served to all who were
Good!-Wagoner Sayings hungry Col Clarkson and At-
A party was arrested in We- torney Hatch who were among
tumka a few days ago supirioned those who attended the sale
of being implicated in the robbery pronounced it “the best they ever
of Wilson’s store at Castle A tasted”
preliminary hearing developed Mrs H B Catlett entertained
the fact that no evidence could the Art club and the husbands of
be brought against him and he the members and a few invitee
was released Deputy Webb guests at a Halloween party last
made the arrest Saturday evening About fifty
The Story of the Ladies Aid were present and the event was
Society’s cotton picking is still indeed enjoyable Elizabeth and
going the rounds of territory and Stanley Catlett dressed in Hal-
state papers loween costumes assisted Mrs
The Tahlequah Herald is mak- Catlett in receiving Refresh-
ing a hard fight against a water- ments such as only members of
works franchise which grants a an art club know how to prepare
company in that city exclusive were served Guessing contests
water privilege at excessive pri- music and social conversation
ces The rates there are double were the order of the evening
those paid in Weleetka
The Sulphur townsite matter) Have Moved
is still in a muddle and the prop- Triplett Sisters have movec
erty owners are thinking strong- their millinery establishment
ly of moving the town off the from their old location to the
building formerly occupied by
the City Bakery one door west
OF LOCAL INTEREST
- Every minute 90000 gallons of wa-
ter nour over tbe cascades at the fair
Dr S B Leslie of Okmulgee
visited Weleetka Thursday
O A Morton was here Mon-
day looking at a businee propo-
sition— Paden Pioneer
J T Pemberton is at Weleetka
this week working on the oil
mill — Henryetta Free Lance
J Smith of near Henryetta
has bought the B P Pharoah
lease west of town
The Misses Bicknell of Roches-
ter Arkansas are visiting their
father Joseph Bicknell of
Bryant
On November 1 a night rate
over the long distance telephone
lines went into effect thus
cheapening service considerably
The revival meeting at the
Christian church is increasing in
interest By beginning at 7:30
each evening and closing at nine
it is possible for almost all to at-
tend There will be preaching
every night next week and a cor-
dial invitation is extended to all
The following subjects will be
discussed Saturday night
“What Think Ye of Christ?”
Sunday morning "A Pioneer
Preacher” Sunday night “The
Paramount Issue ”Monday night
“The Heavenly Commonwealth”
Tuesday night “The Land Where
the Dreams Come True” Other
subjects will be announced later
F Hooker Groom j
of Russell’s grocery and will be
pleased to see all their old custo-
Attorney Hatch was in Wewo-1 mfcrs and many new ones Their
line of hats and ladies’ furnish-
ings is complete stylish and up-to-date
and it will be to your ad-
vantage to see them before mak-
ing your purchases They also
take orders for tailor-made suit-
ings On Friday and Saturday
Mrs Geo Mittendorf and chil-1 they will have another special
dren returned Friday from a velvet sale similar to the former
visit with relatives in Missouri one which was so successful Do
Tilden Thomas of Oklahoma! not fail to attend
was the guest of his brother
Lloyd Thomas UNCLAIMED LETTERS
I The following letters remaining in the poet-
Mrs J E Petty of Okmulgee at Weleetka I T will be sent to the Dead
‘ C if hot called
and Mrs C C Connors of Kan'
sas City were the guests of Mrs
H K Alderson
Mrs Wes Montgomery and I
daughters Losa and Loeta are
visiting with her parents Mr
and Mrs Wm Blackman
Editor Henderson of the Te-
cumseh Standard was here
Tuesday looking over the city
and visiting friends
Rev Browning has moved from
the Clarke ranch to the Blackman
place two miles north of town
He occupies a neat four-room cot-
tage recently built on the farm
J W Canada editor of “El
Porvenir” a magazine published
at Denver Colorado was here
this week soliciting business and
looking at the country The De-
cember number will contain an
article with illustrations on We-
leetka '
Letter office at Washington D
for within thirty days:
Adams Laura
Anderson J W
Allen Samuel
Bowland J E
Cage Felton
Davis Mrs Nannie
Edwards J M
Harris E R
Hall Miss Hattie
Jones J
Jones J H F
Kennedy Elwood
Laing Mrs Carrie
Muse Chas
Pitty Miss Laura
Pander J J
Rogers J S
Smith Miss Ora
Wilson Miss Corsey (2)
Wallis John
White Wesley
Willet Miss Della
When calling for these letters please say they
were advertised CLARA Lawley P M
Lobsters Vienna Sausage
Lunch Tongue Corn Beef
Luncheon Beef Ham Loaf
Chipped Dried Beef
Sliced Dried Beef
Chicken Tamales
Potted Ham
Are a few of the late arrivals at
WMBeII & Co’s Grocery
Our goods are always
Fresh and our prices
' Are always the lowest
Phone No 56
Inside Wiring
and Plumbing
done promptly
Let us figure
with you
WELEETKA
Ice Light Power & Water
PLANTS
Chas DeWatteville
Owner and Operator
Fresh Groceries
You get nothing but the freshest goods when you go to
W H Russel’s
West Main Street weleetka I T
Wagon Yard for your teams— Give him a call
Frisco System
Chicago B Eastern Illinois Rail Road
DOUBLE DAILY TRAINS
— - HliTSVIiEN -
ST LOUIS and CHICAGO
MORNING AND EVENING
From LaSalle Street Station Chicago 9:50 a m— 9:10 p m
From Union Station (Merchants Bridge) St Louis - 930 a m— 9:46 p m
Morning or evening connection at both termini with lines diverging
Equipment entirely new and modern throughout
A DOUBLE-TRACK RAILWAY
Equipped with practical and approved safety appliances
Substantially constructed
The Weleetka Hardware Company has what
you want and at prices absolutely the lowest
considering the quality of the goods Hard-
ware Furniture Harness Buggies Queens-
ware Glassware Tinware Etc
With each $500 purchase we give FREE
a handsome Oil Painting worthy of a place
in any home With each $1500 purchfse we
give a fine brass Mantel Clock
Weleetka Hardware
Company
—Go to the—
City
Barber
Shop
for a 'first-class Shave
H E BRYAN Prop
D KNOX
Dealer in
New and Second Han
Goods
Buy Sell or Exchange
West Main Street
Weleetka - Indian Territc