Claremore Progress. And Rogers County Democrat (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, September 24, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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The Claremore Progress
A. U Katea, Publisher.
gLAREMORH^
OCA.
POSTAL CARD FAD.
We common people do uso a few
STATE NEWS CONDENSED
From All Oner The New State
postal cards uniiuully. Uucle Ham is I Republican Club of Witter.
Hollis th.. County teal.
Champion Woman Mule Dealer.
"# i w Wmfln mHIV letBltri
JToplnnmllon was lHH„.d Thursday Mrs, Kail* O'Brien of Russett, I
i'ocltirliiu Hollis lliu couuty seal of
lUriiuiii County.
tust now considering a oontract for a,-
1100,000,000 posial cards lo lie sold
during the next lour years—a matter
of 80,000,000 a year. These will cost
the government |kO0,u00. and the peo-
ple will pay 9Htl.000.000 for them,
which nlso Includes the coat of deliv-
ering. Hut thla does not comprise the
postal card output. Wo are now an-
nually buying from Uermany alone
700,000.000 postal cards, and also sev-
eral millions from France and other
Kuropean nations. But Germany has
thus far had a cinch on the colored
postal card trade, for even American
publishers, Instead of doing their own
printing and lithographing, have fou; d
It more profitable lo place ordera di-
rect with German houses. It la aafe
to say that Americans buy 2,500,000,-
000 postal cards a year—20 to 26 .or
each man, woman and Child In the
country. More than half of these are
of the picture variety. But auppoae
Uncle Bam should Invade the picture
postal field? What a howl would so
up from the picture postal card rnak
era.
The Itepubliai'iiH of Winter lire
the tlrst Jo organise In Oklahoma for
the 1ftlo campaign. .1. t\ Woods
When Insurance Is Void.
An liiKiirumv polio. Die extension
of which In not coinjileied until at
"er the death of ihc insured, can
Is obairman of the club Just organ not he collected in Oklahoma under
Vd with .lames Mills, vice prosl-ltho holding or the Stale Supreme
dent, and R. L\ Welch, secretary, Court In Ihe ci.w of the Fidelity
. ~— I"' «! Casualty Company of New York
Child Killed Accidentally. 'vs. j. H. Walton, executor, from
Kelia Murray, aged ft, daughter of Kiowa county. In tliis case appil
tJeorge Murray, living neur Tonka-1 cation lor mi accident polloy bar
wa, was Instantly killed Saturday, been made, but before the 'policy
night while pUymg, by falling against was delivered Hie applicant was kill
an Iron bed, dislocating her neck and.ed. The widow and beneficiary Kate
causing Instant death. O, Hill, paid the premium and obtain
— —7 '•*•> poliry after his death, but
Fint Car of Cotton 8ttd. the Court hold* in an opinion by
The first car of cotton seed to Judge John B. Turner that where
reach Guthrie this seaon came In a policy provides that It shall not
over the Fort Smith and Western I be binding on the company unless
Saturday. The seed was shipped to countersigned by an agent, and this
the Farmers' Cooperative Cotton j was not done until after the death
Mill. Manager ,1 H. Bellls said the of the Insured, the policy It void
seed was light in oil qualities. The The appeal Is dismissed
big mill will start Monday.
Oklahoma Recognised.
Fire Destroy* Newspaper Plant. I Superintendent G. T. Brvan of the
Due to an explosion of gasoline live stock department of the Statt
In an adjoining room at noon Sun-.Board of Agriculture >>as been In
day the office of the Sapulpa Light, Chicago the past week In attend
the oldest paper In Sapulpa, was lance at the annual meeting of the
gutted. Damage $r.,000, partly cov-IUve Stock association and superin-
Negro Woman Dead at 110.
Caroline Thomas, colored, died at
Oklahoma City Thursday at the ad-
vanced age of 110 yours.
Van H. Williams Acquitted.
Van II. Williams or liugu, charged
with obtaining money under uise
pretenses ut Guthrie, was acquitted
by a jury In the District Court,
League Organiied.
A business men's league hus been
orgauiacd at Mulhall with C. H.
Chapman, president; K. M Klncud.
vice presided'; p. o. Quurrels, sec-
retary; W. H. Wat hews, treasurer,
Buys Cigar Stors,
Miss Oralee I,, List of Galveaton
purchased a cigar store at Sapulpa
and will in a few days establish
another business In the new Kinlcy
building.
Rein In Qroar County.
Rain has fallen generally over
Greer County Thursday night and
Friday, which haa relieved the ex-
treme hot weather, but will not help
cotton at thla late date.
ered by Insurance. For the present
the paper will be Isseued from an
other office In the city.
The deposed shah of Persia seems
to have atruck a "good thing," finan-
cially speaking. A few days ago It
was announced that he was offered an
annual pension of 125,000 If he would
get out and stay out of the country.
Now comes a dispatch saying the
present government has proposed to
pay the ex-shah $75,000 yearly If he
will deliver up the Jewels known to
have been in hlB possession at the
time of hla deposition. The govern-
ment needs the Jewels, probably to
turn them Into money, and the gems
appear to be regarded as national
property, while Mohammed All, who
evidently thinks possession Is nine
points of law, seems determined to
hold out for the best terms possible.
And the average oriental Is "slick" at
a bargain.
tendent sof live stock from the var
lous States and representatives ol
the Federal Bureau of Animal In-
dustry, who fix the Federal quaran-
tine line and make the regulations
matters. Mr.
Maaons to Lay Cornoratone.
W. 8. Bradshaw of Mangum, de- governing quarantln
partment commander of Masons, has; Bryan wbb made a member of the
issued a call for members of the [ committee to draft quarantine regu-
order to meet Sept. 20 for the pur- nations, make the quarantine lines
pose of taking part in the exercises and open seasons for the ensuing
In connection with the laying of year. This was an Important recog-
the cornerstone of the new Central'nitlon of the great live stock inter-
School Building. lests of Oklahoma, and enables Mr.
Bryan to see that the Interests rep-
Signed Petition. resented by the Board of Agrlcul
District Court will convene this ture of this State are given proper
week. A petition signed by over -On | consideration.
residents of Kingfisher county has(
been presented to Judge Huston, Uncle 8am to Aid 8tatc.
asking him to call a special Grand! W. D. Bentley, superintendent of
Jury at this term of court to in- the Cnlted States farm demonstra
vestigate the bootleggers and gam- tion work for Oklahoma, was at Guth-
biers. The order of the Grand and
Petit juries will be sent to District
Clerk Lalng later.
There seems .o be no doubt that the
recent earthquakes In Mexico were
among the worst ever known there.
The practical destruction of Acapulco
and Chilpancingo places the calamity J McKenney.
in much the same class as that whlcn
wrought such awful destruction in
Italy last December. The onl; thing
that prevented what would have been
almost a repetition of the Messina dis
aster Is the fact t'lat the Mexican
towns were smaller, and possibly less
substantially built. Hundreds of per
sons in' Messina fell victims to the
crumbling of the solid houses shaken
down by the earth tremors.
lie Friday conferring with A. C.
Cobb, superintendent of demonstra-
tlon farm work for the State Board
of Agriculture, with a view to ar
Oklahoma State Charter*. ranging some method by which the
State charters issued as follows: Federal Department and the State
Oklahoma School Supply Company Board of Agriculture may co-oper-
of Oklahoma City, $10,000 capital, (ate as thoroughly and harmoniously
Incorporators are H. A. Markham, j In the work of farm demonstration
F. ('. Harris and A. B. Markham. (as the." have In the quarantine and
Charter Construction Company of i live stock matters. Through this
Enid, $5,000 capital. Incorporators. so-operatlon the State expects to
are J. H. Mahoney, A. White, C. E., get its full value for every dollar
White, E. L. Sivlgist and M. G. 'expended an<5 will get the advantage
of many feature of the work supplied
Medford Man Hurt by Auto.
A serious accident berell Joe Tharp
of Medford Thursday evening about
6 o'clock a* he wa* crossing Grand
avenue In Enid, at the Interaectlon
of Broadway. He wa* struck by
an automobile and knocked down.
..Three Railroad Proposition*.
The Mangum Chamber of Com-
merce ha* received three railroad
propositions to build Into the city
and a proposition to build a cotton
mill, also for a broom factory and
alfalfa mill, all since Sept. 1.
Bank Charter Approved.
The Bank Commissioner has ap-
proved the charter of the State
Guaranty Bank of El Reno, capital
stock $25,000. G. D. McOlnnls will
he president. Herman Harms vice
president and W. J. Finch cashier.
Quite a number of the member&
of the Mangum Chamber of Com-
merce have signified their lnteu
tlon of attending tVn. Northwest Tex-
as ^nd Southwest Oklahoma Asso-
ciation of Commercial Clubs at Quan-
ah on the 24th of this month.
J. E. Woodworth Secretary.
J. E. Woodworth, for four years
statistician of the State Board of
Agriculture, has tendered his res-
ignation to become secretary of the
State Capital Printing Company of
Guthrie. The board's position pays
$1,200 per year.
the Chickasam country, haa Ju.-t
completed the sale uf a big herd
of mules in Mexico. Mrsi O'Hrinii
purchased tloO young mules In Tex-
as, with the Intention of biliming
t hem to Oklahoma In the fall and
feeding them on the Immense corn
crop she expected at that time to
harvest, but Ihe mini crop didn't
materialise and meanwhile the ranch
on which the mules were located run
out of stock water, mid she was tin
ally compelled to move ihem to a
lanoh at Sanches l.iiredo. where they
have remained. During the last wok
she disposed of 50o of the mule',
leaving 100 on her bunds. She r.
celled more for the 000 than the
whole lot co*t her.
To Get Indians to School.
The Federal Government, In
cordance with Its recognition of th
fact that along educational lines lies
the hope or the greatest usefulness
of the Indian, has caused Indian
agents among the Five Civilised
Tribes to send blanks to full-bloods
with a view of securing the namen
of all children between the ages of
6 and 21, that they may be Influ
enced to atend the Eufaula Seminary
at Kufaula id several other r.il I-
eion school* maintained over ths
old Territory for the Mliov The
Instruction In these acho h Is free.
Schools located In the Creek Nation
are at Sapulpa, Eufiula. Wetumka,
Muskogee and Okmulgee, where at
the latter la also an orphanage
school.
YOUTH DIES SWIMMING
DEADLY MMMI RAPIDS
REACHES 100 YARDS FARTHER
DOWN THE RIVCR THAN CAPT.
WEBB, ENGLISH SWIMMER.
Niagara Falls, N, V.—August Spor-
er, an IK-yuai-old boy or tills city,
went lo his death In the whllpool rap-
Ids alter a gallant battle with the
waves between the lower bridges and
Ihe pool.
With three companions Sporer went
for a swim In the river at the former
Maid of the Mist landing. He atruck
out at once for the middle of the
stream and then turned toward the
bridges. His companions called to
AFTER
SUFFERING
TENYEARS
Cored by Lydl* E Pink-
ham's Ve "
Contract for 1,000 Lots.
Miss Anna Lambeth of Denison,
.mil^ iraiuir ui tuc wui n suiimieu . . , „ . , *
iby the Federal Government which Jexlls- arrlvlfd in ,s,a>,,pa Thuiad v
Cotton Seed on Rampage. I ihe State could not employ without''0 ftE8Unie charSe of the stenographic
Cotton seed prices are soaring,'great initial expense. I ? closing the contracts for
teaching the highest point, ever, I 'ots, recently sold at $100
known in the community of Guth- To Hear Mayorality Contest. | each, the money for which goes
In this locality ginners are
offered from to $26 per ton. I for' "hewing in Ihe District Court
lahoma even $28I ov,.trm ,
and in Southern Oklahoma
per ton is offered. This is an in-
The date of Oct. IS has been set
in
at Lawton on the quo warranto pe-
tition of Jake L. Hamon. formerly
steel
bonus for the new $1,000,000
rolling mill.
crease from $11 la*t season. j chairinaii of the Oklahoma Terrltor-
crop shortage, making an insuffi-
lal Republican Central Committee.
That France regards safe submarine
javigatlon an accomplished fact seems
evident in the launching at Cherbourg
of the largest submarine in the world
—a craft 229 feet 8 inches long,
equipped with oil engines and driving
twin screws. This large submarine
boat is expected to uave a speed of
15 knots an hour on the surface and
ten knots when she is submerged, and
to have a radius action of 2,500 miles.
Submarines of this kind will be of
immense value for coast defense, and
France's venture will doubtless signal-
ize enlargement of the submarines in
all the navies of the world.
... lill jicijuuiivaii v. viiii ai v uiiimiiicr,
clent supply for numerous mills in | R(jpubllcan cflndjdat<J in ,he las,
Oklahoma, causes the increase. Icily election lor .Mayor of Lawton,
; in which Mr. Hamon alleges irre?-
.... ,r ponvent,on• . ularities .n the holding of the elec-
W ith banners and flags flying and L,on guch „lal the offl(.p shouId have
the Tishomingo hand playing the g0ne t0 him. demands a recount of
Marseillaise the student bodies of the „ ,lots and asks the turning ovKf
the State School of A. and M. and
Tishomingo High School, accompan-
ied by a large crowd of citizens, de-
parted on the special 6 o'clock train
this morning for Sulphur to attend
the reunion of the Constitutional con-
vention. Bill Murray's Squirrel Riflle
Brigade also went.
of the office by Mayor Henry Boyle
Democrat, legally declared elected as
Mayor.
The story from London that Consue-
lo, duchess of Manchester, saved the
king's life at a dinner on the royal
yacht, by slapping him on the back to
prevent bis choking, almost precisely
parallels what happened to the Ger-
man kaiser a few months ago. it is
not because they disapprove of their
royal sovereigns, but because they al-
most super8titlousty revere them, that
the average persons among Europeai
subjects fear to slap a king on the
back.
What this world needs is new and
Oetter men and women, who will find
at band all the "ellgious help that is
necessary without devising new sys-
tems of ethical culture. Not all men
are intellectual Brahmins, who can
least their souls on academic ideals.
Most of us need the personal help and
sympathy of a Divine Being, who Is to
us a reality and not a theory of liv-
ing.
Bond Issue Defeated.
At a referendum election, held in
I.eFlore county the citizens have de-
feated the proposition to issue $150,-
Married Sixty-Eight Years. j <'00 in bonds for building bridges
Rev. D. Olier ,ind wife of Indian- throughout the county. About a half
apolis. Custer County, enjoy the dis-, vote was cast. 677 for tile bonds
tinction of being married longer than and 1,260 against. County seat jo
any other man and wife in Oklaho- cation and county division matters
ma, if not in the United States, entered into the campnlgn.
Mr. Ober says that in lvis long life I
of eighty-eight years, he has only; McAlester Postcffice Location,
met one couple, in Indiana, five years| The poBtofrtce at McAlester, Ok
ago, who were married as long as | lahoma w)„ bp ,0(.atf,d at tbe S0(Uh
he and his «'fe. His wife is one east corner 0f Maln street and Smith
year older than he. avenue after Oct. 1.
Judge Huston Considered.
District Judge Huston of Guthrie.
Is being considered for the appoint-
ment of District United States At-
torney, vice John Embry, resigned.
Judge Huston was asked by Con-
gressman McGuire if he would ac-
cept the place and replied In the
affirmative.
Met After Fifty-Four Years. I Another State Bank.
On August 22 at the home of A new bank has been organizeo
T. M. Myers, near Tyrola. Okla.. iat Talihina under a State charter
ocurred a remarkable reunion. [The name of the new institution it
Grandma Myers, mother of T. M. the Farmers and Merchants' State
Myers and 86 years of age, ran J Bank, with a capital of $10,000 The
into the yard to greet her nelce, I stockholders and officers are John
five years younger than herself.
These two women were born in
Walker County, Alabama, and were
raised together. Fifty-four years
ago. they moved to Texas, settling
in different parts of the State. In
that great State, during the vicis-
situdes of war and the hardships
of pioneer life, they all but lost
trace of each other. Mrs. Myers
finally came with her son to Ok-
lahoma. and this summer arrange-
J. Thomas, May Miller, James N
Ross and T. B. Lunsford.
Prospect fir Interurban.
In a letter to the Commercial Club
of Ardmore, Oscar A. Ayres, pomo-
ter of the proposed Ardmore-Chlck-
asha Interurban, advises, that the
people who will finance the line have
passed favorably upon the engineer's
report, and that it Is expected work
will begin at this end of the line
before the end of the month.
lee and Rower Concern.
That the Cherokee !c;> an.I Po-ve
Company of Cherokee will have tc
continue service to the people in a
holding bv Attornv General Weit
to the State Corporation Commis-
sion. The company rave the people
four days' notice of Its Intention to
cease 'business, for the reason thn'
It was lu-ing ope Rted at a flnp.nilil
loss. The city offered *1 filO fo-
the plant, and the ^holders wn—
$7,500. The Attornev General hdd-
that, as a public utility. It must
give the people service, and If ni
making expenses. It ha? ii. rlrM tn
petition the Corporation Commission
for v an Inc ense In rates.
For Growino S'l-ar Fee'*.
It Is the o 'ti on rf John Smith of
Rocky Ford. Col., who boa Just com-
peted a thorough investigation of
the lands of Creek County, that they
are admirably adapted to the culture
of sugar beets, which have proven
such a success In his own r nte, a'id
the probabilities 8rp 'hat there will
be deve'opments following the v'sit
of Mr. Sm!0\ He says he believes
that the lands lying ad acent to the
several streams which traverse the
large county afford an Ideal place fcr
the cultivation of the bcs-> of the
saccarine product, and he will rcc>m
mend to capital the acquiring of
these lands to be put to this use.
Compound
el that LydlaE.
■aidnj
Iff
9$s
Vote!
tumors,
nervous prostration,
woman owes It to her-
•truck Out for Middle of,River.
Indians Sue United States.
It Is seldom that the United States
Government Is made defendant in
cases filed in the Federal Courts, but
such is the case in three suits filed
in the Western District of Oklaho-
ma by Ponca Indians, asking that
the Government be compelled to rec-
ognize their claims to land allotted
to members of the Ponca tribe, of
whom they claim to be heirs.
There is much school building go
ing on In Sequoyah County. Vian
Gans. Illinois and Muldrow are erec
ting buildings that will cost $70,00C
when completed. Besides this the
county is erectln several new build
Ings. several of which when com
pleted will cost as high as $4,000.
merits were made to bring the two j To Have Water System.
old ladies together. Now. after hav-1 Contracts have been let for Hen
Ing borne the "heat and burden of ryetta's new water svstem W W
the day" It Is pleasant to sit down Cook ft Son of Hugo'got the job at
in the evening of life and talk $39,000. There were eighteen bid
of the "long, long ago." But how ders
strange must their conversation I
sound to a young listener. When Resignation is Accepted.
An umpire tn Pennsylvania was they were separated Franklin Pierce t Gus a. Lubbes. deputy warden ol
chased up a tree during a baseball was President of the United States, the State penitentiary, has tendered
game and held prisoner for several the country still rang with the de- Jl'8, <he. second time and
hours. In the meanwhile
went on under another umpire,
umpires are a necessary ev:l.
or several the country Btill rang with the de- ■ "ie second ume and
... | b..,. .1 Clhmm „„d Webster °S
nplre. for | Abraham Lincoln was an obscure Fry of Muskogee, formerly "of Ard-
lawyer.
more, Warden DIck'B home town.
What's the scientific explanation of
the fact that the botter the weather
:he louder tbe fishman and ragman
can blow their horns?
"Why do women marry?" asks the I
Farming Provss Profitsble.
D. B. Kirk of near Hansford raised
this year 550 bushels of wheat,. 1,90S'
bushels of oats. 495 bushels of bar-
ley and 1,000 bushels of maise. He
has sold during the year to th*
amount of $326 worth of cattle and
$25 worth of poultry. This does not
include melons and other garden
vegetables. Mr. Kirk has a com
fortable home, and his farm is
well stocked and well equipped with
farming implements and machinery.
The value of his land Is now rated
at between $30,000 and $40,000, and
is gaining faster every year.
A Bu*fa!o Head Found.
While excavating for a new cafe
building at the foot of Main street
hill in Purcell at a dint.h of feu
feet under the surface workman have
uncovered a bison head in a fairly
good state of preservation. The g'o-
araphical formation in wh'ch It was
found indicates that this spec'men
had died long before this country
was known to tbe whlt° man and
that he was one of the kings of the
prairie. The head measures across
the frontal twenty-two Inches In
width, and some of the teeth were
one and a half inches in wld'h. w't'i
roots measuring two and a half and
three inches.
Indications of heavy immigration to
Oklahoma th's fall are given in nu-
merous inquiries to the department
of agriculture from prospective land
buyers. ecently the department's
mail has brought letters from Ken-
tucky, West Virginia and Virginia,
asking about Oklahoma agricultural
conditions, rainfall and crop values.
A number of letters refer to the
state's proposed sale of school land.
.he smoother waters to the rapids.
The boy struggled for a time agalnfet
the current, but to no avail. Then, re-
alizing that he was beyond human
help and was to be carried through
the rapids, which took the life of Capt.
Webb and which have resisted every
unaided human effort at passage, he
deliberately turned down stream and
began a grim fight for life.
Not in all the history of the river
has such a brave effort been wit-
nessed. Although but a frail boy he
held his own until he struck Ihe giant
wave, which curls up opposite the old
Battery elevator. Then he went un
der and for a second was lost to sight
of the score of people who stood on
the lower arch bridge.
Again and again he disappeared,
only to reappear, each time fighting
desperately against the terrible cur-
rent. Then, when within 300 yards
of the whirlpool his strength gave out
and he sank and was lost to view.
Evon then he had gone perhaps 100
yards farther than did the great Eng-
lish Swimmer, Capt. Webb.
The body can now be seen in the
whirlpool, where rivermen are wait-
ing for it to be brought In toward
shore far enough to be recovered.
Nowata County Seat.
Proclamation has been Hsue Tues-
day declaring Nowata the county
seat of Nowata County. The vote
in a recent election resulted: Nowa-
ta 1,646, Delaware 763.
Following two days, mysterious dis- New Oklahoma Charters.
appearance S A. Chambers of Kaw u,ke-\Vest Companv (investment!
City was found in a semi-conscious 0f Boswell. $5,000 capital. Incorpor-
condition Saturday night on the at0rs: James R J A and W I
banks of the Arkansas river, near Armstrong
that town. Yesterday Chambers' Armstrong Bros, (investment) Com-
J bird dog. a red bandana handker- lianv nf Bonwt.il «i-. nnn ... ..
Baltimore American. That's what chief abouts its neck, reached his same incorporators capital,
some of the women wonder a few hlme. Inside the handkerchief was r„jon Coaj comnanv of
weeks after the wedding. | found a silver dollar, which placed filed increase capital from $50 000
M«il«rnaatli a tnirrnurnno fovea fori ... aa/. . . 'lV,l'vv
. ■ ' $20,600. .ml Drlllfrrr. in C,^,„ '
.... «,.«i v3 s
f lh* PrptirhmAn tn Ut frnm EVaim. I man His Condition is Still « . . - ^ ^
for the Frenchman to fly from France
to England is that the going Is far
easier the other way.
With both a new baby and war on
bis bands. King Fonso must be a
fairly busy fellow nowadays.
msn.
cal.
son. Texas, named C. G. Homer ol
Guthrie as State agent.
Injunction Made Permanent.
In the District Court Thursday,
Judge Garber of Enid made per-
manent the temporary injunction IB-
sued a few dayg ago by Judge Rich-
ardson restraining the council from
letting the contract for paving Main
street. Judge Garber held that the
paving resolution was fatally In that
th« aKty right of way had not been
properly platted Into quarter blocks
I (lore the assessment was made.
Other less Important, stroi-ts of the
city will be paved at on?? and t':
city will then presen* a curious ap-
pearance. Property owners and net
the railroad were the oblectors.
Abernsthy Children Returning.
On the return trip from Santa
Fe. N. M.. to Guthrie. Okla.. I<ouls
snd Temple Abernath.v. aged 8 and
5 years, respectively, arrived in
Amarillo Friday afternoon on their
ponies. Sam and Geronimo. The boya
snd ponies are In good condition
and will remain In Amarillo until
tomorrow. They sat on their ponies
for photographs and seemed pleased
by reason of attention showered
upon them. They have been oa thla
trip several weeks.
Attacked by Rattleenake.
While Gladys Boark, 18 month*
old, of Braman, was playing In the
grass near the house, she screamed
suddenly, and her mother rushed
forward only to be struck on the
arm by a huge rattler. Fortunately
Mr. Boark was at home and rush-
ed up In time to prevent tbe second
sttack. Both mother and child were
severely bitten but are believed tc
be out of danger.
Injuria* Prove Fatal.
Joe P. Merkley, aged 21. died Mon-
day night at Ardmore from collld*
ing while on a bicycle with an au-
tomobile. The body will be shipped
to Shawnee for Interment. Merk-
ley is survived by his wife and b*
by.
Field Survey Completed.
The field party of the Oklahoma
Geological Survey has completed Its
summer work, and will begin the pub
llcatlon of Its reports. The survey-
covers a great part of Rigers, No-
wata. Tulsa, Washington and Osage
Counties. In the location of the lime
stone ledges, coal veins, clay beds
Portland cement rock and future oil
and gas ftelds.
Lovers' Dance to Select Mueband. Wording 0f Law.
From the beginning of the tribal Ix>ve-stricken Murray county pairs i
Those big crops on the tarme should
do something to the price of flour in
the interest of Um householder.
We suppose they'll not call the abed
far boosing flying jiachines a g rmg
bat an mirage-"
rcaa always kmtp m
Oldest M:eaicnary to Indiana.
„ Rev. J. 8. Morrow of Atoka now
htstorv of the Apache prisoners of can obtain marriape licenses onlv I has the distinction o! being the
war the lovers' dance has been the at the county seat. Sulphur, through ! eldest Indian Missionary worker in
customary manner of a young mai- ar error just discovered in the court Oklahoma. He Is one of tbe two
den Just coming into womanhood to bill, making Davis a court town missionaries who were granted al-
seieet h«*r su ior. On this occas- and placing a court there The bill lotments bv the Government the
Ion Isabelle Perico. daughter of l^on provides the clerk shall perform ' same as Indians at the time of al-
Perico. a nephew of Geronimo and the duties of a regular District Court ! lotments of Indian lands. He has
first cousin of Chief Asa Dakhigle. clerk when it should have said' been for the past flfty years mis-
Is entertaining her friends at her clerk of the County Court. Attor-1 sionarv for Seminole. Choctaw and
debut five miles north of Uwton. ney General West todar «dvi«ed !rhirkl8" Indiana. He I* Baptist
■ear Camp Asa Tbe whole tribe E p . . in belief The Morrow allotru^nt
Is parttetpating in the dance, which cler* w Fa her ,hal b*c,use of
etoeed Sunday morning. With tbe ,hf" error in the wording of tbe
tion of the festivities tbe In- set be can not issue marriage li-
will enter tbe harvest Sell
received from tbe (K-vernment k_
eluded forty acres In the Ciickasaw
Nation ah I was situated j„at south
of Chickasha.
Ardmore Bond lesue.
The state supreme court passed fa-
vorably -.ipon tbe municipal bond Is-
sue at Ardmore and municipal im-
provements vlll begin at once, the
high school bonds will most probably
fsll to meet favorable action and
the city may be forced to elect a
school board In conformity to the
statutes Instead of the city charter,
the questions concerning tite bonds
arose over tbe matter of the special
charter and a friendly suit was
brought to settle the validity of the
bond election.
TRIES TO CATCH DOLL'S WASH
Little Girl Plungee Five Storiee in
Effort to Reecue Tiny Gown
Blown from Line.
New York. — Five-year-old Helen
O'Brien did the "family wash" prob-
ably for the last time for her pet
dolly.
Little Helen lives with her parents
on the top floor of a five-story apar'-
nynt house at 151 East Forty-third
street. She begged her mother to let
her assist with the family washing,
and finally she was given a small tub
and a miniature washboard and was
told to wash all the dresses she had
made for her favorite doll, Ruth.
Tbe little girl worked Industriously
for a while, and when the little frocks
were all clean her mother told her
to pin them up in rront of the open
window, as there was no room on the
line tn the yard.
Helen put a stool against the win-
dow and in a few moments she had
fastened two of the dresses where the
sun would play on them. As she
reached for another pin one of the
dresses became loose and blew out of
the window, and as the youngster
made an effort to grab it she lost her
balance and fell.
The little girl was picked up uncon-
scious, and Dr. Hughes of Flower hos-
pital said her skull and right jaw were
fractured and that she was internally
Injured. He held out little hope for
her recovery.
)okd
with a large,
loosely packed 4 lb. pack-
age of hot water kalso-
mine, thinking you are
getting 5 lbs. Buy only
genuine Alabastine prop-
erly labeled.
Genuine Alabastine
is packed in pack*
nges as shown by
cut, Ihe croat on
package alwayi be-
ing printed in red.
Remember the red
cross and that others
are substitutes.
■ife
Temperature is
Following a shower of rain at Tul-
sa Monday night the temperature
took a decided drop in Tulsa today.
It Is comfortably cool here tonight,
the two weeks' beat wave Is broken.
Piatt Park Superintendent.
William J? French of Alva, Okla^
was Tuesday appointed superintend
eat of the Piatt National Park at
Sulphur. Okla^ vice Albert R. Greea.
Mr. Green resigned some time agd
but haa remained on duty pending
the appointment of hla succisase.
The aaalUaa paya 11,50 •* rear.
Sneeze Almost Kiiis Man.
Hatboro, Pa.—An involuntary sneese
almost caused the death of Franklin
8cbelfler, well known in tbe Rlchboro
(Bucks county) section. Some time
ago he severed an artery in his arm
while trimming a grape vine. The
wound was dressed and, while It
seemed to be healing nicely, waa at-
tended by much swelling.
At his home he sneezed unexpected-
ly, and the Involuntary muscular ac-
tion tore the stitches in the wound on
the swollen arm.
Excessive bleeding resulted and two
physicians were hastily summoned
They hurried him to a hospital where
be la now reported to be improved.
No Demand for Coffins.
Wlnsted, Conn—Business Is rush-
ing with every Winsted manufactur-
ing concern except the Strong Manu
racturlng Company, which makes cof-
On trimmings.
That plant has been shut dona for
a week at least and It may not
sume until fall.
In the dull times of 1907 the Indus-
try was busy, due. It Is believed, to
the large death rate, but prosperous
times have cut down tbe mortality
lists, and tbe demand for coflns la not
nearly aa great
From Overhead.
A canary hung directly over the bfg
square table in the Hungarian res-
taurant.
"Once," said a woman who was din-
ing there, "the bottom dropped out
of the cage, the bird flew at the or-
chestra yonder, and we had bird seed
in our soup. It was awful."
"That reminds me," said the cross-
eyed man, "of one time when we were
having a little game of poker on the
B. & O. You know how those trains
roll. Well, Just about the middle of
the game down came al) the grips and
dress suit cases straight Into the
kitty and broke up the game. Money
flew everywhere. We got so mixed
we couldn't tell which had won or
where the money was that whoever
had won it won. Talk about birdi
seed!" ^
Standard Oil Wails.
The Standard Oil Company's real
estate holdings In Bayonne, N. J.,
where Its largest oil refining plant In
the east Is situated, have been In-
creased from $7,360,000, the value
fixed upon them in 1908 for taxation,,
to $13,000,000. The company is ap-
pealing against tbe Increases lixed
upon the realty by the Hudson county
board of equalization.
Dodging Work.
"It's too hot to do housework,"
sighed the wife.
"I know It Is."
"Let's go and spend a few days with
the Browns at their summer cottage.
They'll be tickled to death to have
us."
THE DOCTOR'S WIPE
Agrees with Him About Foed.
But a Sound One. •
"Why did the Sa/tbs go home ae
early r'
'Tbey gave a very bald excuse "
"What was Itr
A trained nurse aays: "In the
practice of my nrofeaalon I have
found so many points in favor of
Grape-Nuts food that I unhesitatingly
recommend it to all my patients.
"It is delicate and pleasing to tha
palate (an easentlal In food for tbe
sick), and can be adapted to all ages,
being softened with milk or cream
for babies or the aged when deficiency
of teeth renders mastication Impos-
sible. For fever patienta or those on
liquid diet 1 find "Grape-Nuts and albu-
men water very nourishing and re-
freshing.'
"This recipe la my own idea and I*
made aa follows: Soak a teaspoonful
of Grape-Nuts la a glass of water for
an hour, strata and serve with tha
beaten white of an egg and a spoonful
of fruit Juice for flavouring Thla af-
fords « great deal of oouriabment that
even the weakest stomach can assim-
Uate without any distress.
"My husband Is a physician aad ha
uses Grape-Nuts himself aad orders It
■may times for his patleata.
"Personally | regard a dlah of Grape-
Nuta with freah or stewed fruit aa tha
Ideal breakfaat for anyone—well or
•tck."
In any ease of stomach trouble, nerv-
ous prostration or brain fag, a IS day
trial of Orape-Nnta wlU work wdadera
toward nourishing snd reballdiag aad
la this way ending the trouble.
Tbere'n a Reason." aad trial proves.
Look la pkgp. for the famoua little
took. Tto Rand to Wellvltle "
bttwl a am
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