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TBLKPHONB IBS
WEDNESDAY JULY 4 1906
’Tis written in the book of Fate
She’ll have a nick name soon or
late
Then why should we long hesi
tate
To call her true — the OK State?
Let’s have a care that we don
make it the Goryous Fourth
The Glorious Fourth is all
right but sometimes it is the in
glorious Fifth that is painful
But when the pure food law
goes into effect next January
how do we know that we can
adapt ourselves to the pure arti
cles and not sigh for the good
old days of adulteration and
poisoning?
The inmates of the Tombs in
New York are all charged with
grave offenses
If Walter Wellman really
starts for the north pole in
balloon he will be a very
man we fancy before he
back
sick
gets
That was a cold-blooded kill
ing committed by Harry Thaw
but he will probably have plenty
of time to thaw out before he has
another such opportunity
Muskogee is advertising a sea
serpent 60 feet long at Hyde
Park Well that’s all right
but then they mustn’t put our
credulity to too severe a test
and claim that mere Uno did it
all
' President Roosevelt is said to
be on the verge of a nervous col
lapse We always supposed it
was a serious proposition to
tackle graft but this informa-
tion hints of terrors undreamed
ot hitherto
The czar was inexpressibly
grieved and shocked lately when
he learned that a favorite regi-
ment had resolved that they
would no longer shoot down their
fathers and brothers and friends
at the behest of the Little
Father Oh cruel soldiers to
be so brutally “disloyal”!
Some Republicans are desper-
ately fearful that the Democrats
will control the constitutional
convention and disfranchise per-
sons who have been convicted of
crime— thus putting the Repub-
licans in a hopeless minority
This fear was expressed in so
many words by a Republican at
Muskogee recently It would
be horrible to disfranchise crim-
inals wouldn’t it — for the Re-
publicans? A Japanese who wasexecuted
the other day at Honolulu for
wife murder begged the hang-
man’s pardon for the trouble of
banging him and also asked the
forgiveness of his owu country
for disgracing it Japanese' po-
liteness ia proverbial but unless
be is to pray to be excused tqr
being alive it is difficult to see
what is to preveat this Honolulu
case from being the limit
The Kansas City Journal asks
in dazed amazement what Bryan
means by saying monopoly must
be txtirplited Of course ' the
Journal’s dense' ‘ignorance in
this respect is assumed It
knows only too well what Bryan
means and it knows that Roose-
velt knows what Bryan has al-
ways meant for Roosevelt has
come to mean ’ much the 7same
things that Bryan means The
Jonrnal which is owned Body
boots and breeches -by rsilwkjr
grafters is a little less openly
to
Senator Bailey’s reply to “The
Treason of the Senate" is mag
nificent but it is not convincing
He'does not parry but dodges
the vital sword thrusts of Dayid
Graham Phillips and dwells on
minor points It is not a pleas-
ant spectacle Indeed public
men of Mr Bailey's tempera-
ment are to be pitied They
cannot endure to be poorer than
their rich and higher-flyingasso-ciates
They become almost
frantic under the restraint im-
posed by limited fortunes and
to increase their incomes they
resort to methods that are to
say the least questionable Mr
Bailey’s dramatic claim that his
services to the oil monopoly in
haviug it reinstated in Texas
were legitimate is indicative of a
moral dimness evidently too
common among public men A1
of Mr Bailey's time talents and
influence belong to the people ol:
Tuasat least where their inter-
ests conflict with his private in
terests It was not Mr Bailey’s
services as a lawyer that the oil
monopoly desired but his in
fluence as a Senator It was not
a legal question but a question
of public policy and if Mr Bailey
did not seek to knowingly evade
tbe laws of Texas in the interest
of the oil monopoly he was in-
excusably ignorant for one in
his position He could for the
price of a postage stamp have
le rned whether tbe gang that
had been kicked out of Texas
had really reorganized If they
lad not they could not legally
re-enter1 Texas no matter who
requested the favor or what the
motives for so doing The
whitewash by a friendly legisla-
ture is not impressive in tbe
light of legislative methods re-
vealed in late years Every pa-
triotic American now realizes the
vital importance of re— erecting
tbe old fashioned moral standard
for public men Ia fact it has
become -a matter of life and
death
A Philadelphia preacher says
Washington was not a soldier
and never won a battle This
Philadelphia preacher worked
himself into a state of mind by
reflecting that the greatest of all
Americans didn’t attend church
opposed- to Roosevelt than
Bryan It understands perfectly
what thej- both mean
regularly We shall be told
next quite likely that Napoleon -Great is safety and sanity!
didn’t know an army from a
temperance parade or that Web-
ster dida’t know oratory from a
bullfrog’s croak
Col Robt L Owen is in
Washington working for a $225-
000 public building at Muskogee
If be succeeds we more that be
be rewarded with the bffice of
alderman Muskogee should
give some such signal proof of
its gratitude Otherwise why
not wait until the entire State
bas it- representatives in Wash-
ington to say where public build-
ngs should be located? Is it
fear that Muskogee might get
left?
Hon Tams Bixby and Judges
Gill and Clayton appointed by
the President to arrange the In
dian Territory into 55 districts
for tbe purposes of represents
tion ia the constitutional coa
vention have held their prelim!
nary session Every one in the
new State should be glad to
reader any services m their
power to aid tbe commission to
expedite their work While the
commiksioa is all of One persua-
sion politically we do not fear
that the f Will oot be inspired by
patriotism and loftier motives
tban partrsanisip It woud be
neither charitable -nor ia-good
taste to anticipate purely par-
tisan motives in the" commjs
ton’s work hen they mQi-
test a disposition to do yioleqge
to reason and justice ia the in-
terest of tbe Republican pSriy
there 1 will t4 ample time for
stern criticism- In the mean-
time it canserth’no'fad pur-
lime 11 can Bff ye no pur- January To tbeputsider who
Bose to assume an attitudfWW&'Hraai’
suspicion and hostility toward
the commission We preter
to
presume tiiat they will discharge
their duty in a spirit of justice
aod' patriotism Certainly we
shall not be surprised if we find
that they give their party the
benefit of every doubt Imper-
fection is one of the conditions
of human performances and
is not to be expected that eveh
men of such integrity as the
commissioners will be absolutely
free from partisan bias still we
expect tbe judicial habits en-
vironments and temper of
least two of the commissioners
will keep them reasonably ‘ itn
partial in the performance
their important work Any
gross violation of fairness and
propriety on their part will as
suredly react to the disadvant-
age of their party
As an illustration of the des-
ultory hardships that any rule
of universal application will
work take the case of Ebler A
Yearion a local livery firm The
basis - for assessments' is the
property one possesses oa Feb-
ruary 1 No matter if on the
nett day one disposes of all his
property he is assessed ' on the
basis of his possession on the
1st On the 1st of February
this year Ehler Sc Yearion own-
ed a fine horse which has since
died In scheduling their prop-
erty a few days ago the firm of
course omitted tbe dead horse—
justlysoit must be admitted
The assessor however in 'the
discharge of his duty insisted
oa including the dead horse—
and properly so iaasmuch as he
does not sit is a court of equity
but is merely an executive of-
ficer It is assuredly t hardship
such as any hard and fast rule
will occasionally work It would
seem as though some equitable
provision should be made io
cover such cases
The “safe and sane” people
and “the interests’’ got in their
work at last on tbe meaf and
pure food bills By keeping the
latter inoperative until next Jan-
uary “the interests" wilftbave
time to work off their poisoned
and adulterated stock Like-
wise by leaving the labels 1 on
tinned meats undated tbe “safe
and sane" packers can work off
all tbe putrid mass already on
the market or any meat that may
remaia unsold for a few years
The outlook for the Fourth is
surely auspicious so far as Wag-
oner is concerned If we were
permitted to choose our own
weather we could probably not
improve on it The promoters
of the local celebration are de
serving of the warmest com
mendation They have worked
with unremitting zeal for the
success of tbe celebration and
have provided a program which
is not surpassed ia any like
community ia attractiveness
it should draw a great throng
from tbe outside and convince
the home people that it were
worse than useless to spend the
Fourth away from Wagoner
All are assured that the publish
ed program will be rendered to
tbe minutest detail It will be a
credit to the commuditji" Mean
while The Sayings bids you
adieu until Thursday evening
and wishes you each and every
one a jolly and a profitable
Fourth 1
Ia the matter of 'delivering tba
goods the Congressional session
which has just adjourned is per-
haps unparallelled It is true
that sucb keen critics as Sena
ators' LaFollette and' Tillman
declare the rate law was so jug-
gled as-to make it ineffective
still it were best to give tbe law
a chance to vindicate itself be-
fore condemning it Then the
meat bill is considered faulty by
reason of the elimination of tbe
requirement to date the labels
of tinned meats and the pure
food law ia left inoperative until
January To tbeputsider
cult to find a reason for " swin-
dling and poisoning the people
for six months longer ’ Still
each one of these measures was
a long step forward They were
put through by heavy and unre-
mitting pressure from the White
House pnd from the Democratic
minority in" Congress— else they
would long ago have been smoth-
ered in committee as one of tbe
measures has been these eight-
een years Besides some of the
more far-sighted ot-v-the "safe
and sane” statesmen hoped to
allay some of the widespread un
rest which looks dangerous to
them
Oklahoma Territory is count-
ing this jear on a wheat- crop-of
40000000 bushels and a cotton
crop of nearly 800000 bales
An they are claiming down
there that when all the good
land of the Indian Territory is
brought under the plow the
State of Oklahoma will be agri
culturally the most productive
in the union This may' come
true fut Oklahoma will always
have big Texas to buck against
for leadership in farm products
and Texas is just beginning to
grow — St Louis Republic
Of course we don’t expect to
actually beat Texas in total
products with an area of about a
fifth that ot our big neighbor on
the south but acre for acre we
are ready to match Texas or
any other community between
the Poles
PURE MEAT NOW ASSURED
Vw Aanleu Cattla ira Dlaaaaad Sava
Baaratary WUaaa
Washington' July 8 — Secre-
tary Wileon of the Department
of Agriculture hae decided not
counter upou hie auuoal vao'
tion until he baa completed tbe
orgsuisation neoe-eary to put hi-
to operation the new meat in-
spection law He will giye prac-
tically hie entire time to tble
work for-the nrxt two months
The Dew pure food law aleo will
require attention but be tutende
to leave this almost wholly to Dr
N W Wiley ohief of the bureau
of chemistry
By direction of the President
Secretary Wilson issued tbe fol-
fowing statement today:
American live atook are tbe
healthiest in the world The
great ranges of the West prodace
herds of osttle in whiohVhe per-
centage of disease is remarkably
small and the federal govern-
ment is steadily reducing by
approved scientific methods this
small percentage The inspec-
tion of tbe animals before and at
the time of slaughter bas always
been through It is true that
the Department of -Agriculture
has heretofore leaked tbe power
and the mousy to provide for an
efficient supervision and sanita-
tion snd'the methods of prepara
tion of canned meat food pro-
ducts The legislation wbioh has just
become effective provides the De-
part ment of Agriculture with an
adequate and with ample money
to carry it into effect Super-
vision and inspection will b ex-
tended from the pasture to the
paokage The federal stamp up-
on tbe oao will be a guarantee
oot ouly of the healthfulneae of
the animal bat also that the pro
duct wee prepared 'iu sanitary
surroundings and with ths ad-
dition of no delstertoua chemical
or preservation euy meat food
product bearing the government
stamp will be fit for food
With this law in operation it
may be aooepted as a tact that for
bealthfulussa aud purity the
prepared or -oetioed product will
eompare farbrably with' the fresh
meat of tbe Uuitsd States 'which
is and always has beeu the fin-
est iu tbe world
The new law ia oom prebend ve
the means for its euforoement
are ample and itssxeoution will
be”thorotigh ' People at home
ud abroad may nse oar meats in
confidence
MrnThaw nays the cane ia‘too
dreadfull to discuta” yet the
fact remains that it la being
"ta
- "CKRORBTfc DAY AT 4X9U"
'July 1st was the date on which
tbe good people of Inola decided
to have Children’s Exercises and
as such occasions are rare in ou
little city by the opening bou
the house was full
' The children had been' well
trained which reflected much
credit on Misses Londerback
and Brown and Mrs Morris who
had this work in charge
‘ The motion song and drill by
thirty little performers all iin
der twelve years of age ' was
most excellently rendered and
our national soldiers could not
have (under the same circutn
stances) performed their-parts
better
The recitations were v all we
chosen and rendered We make
special mention of little Inez
May who ia a little artist ia this
line She spoke two numbers
“Nobody’s Child” and “Little
Bess’ in an almost faultless
manner
Inola is especially blessed with
cultured men and women and
better choir cannot be found
many larger places' Tbe music
given being a test of tbeir ability
along this line f
Just before the closing song
Mr Dougberty was called
make an address which consist-
ed chiefly of a' presentation
speech in the name of the Sun-
day School to Miss Bessie Brown
and presentation of a handsoqse
ring as a small i token of their
appreciation of her duties as or-
ganist This came as a great
surprise to Miss Brown who has
always been so faithfully at her
post expecting and" receiving no
reward save the consciousness
of knowing that this work was
done willingly
The pastor Mr Hurt made a
short but interesting address
touching on the influence of tbe
Sunday School on State affairs
Then came the closing- song
Good-Night and Happy
Dreams”
SUIT OVER A BID FEE
MmutM U-rm Will Tv to KJola
i Pamnt la Hu OtmkM Caaa
Washington July 8 —Tbe aot
of congress which appropriates
more than $1000000 to pay cer
taiu judgmeuta of the court of
claims iu favor of the Cherokee
Indians has been made tbs sub
jeot of litigation in tbe loca
courts
Charles M Shelley and James
fl (? Martin today filed suit for
an inj-inctiou against Matthew 0
Butler Robert L Oweu Wiley O
Cox aud Charles H Treat treas
urer of tbe United States to en
join the payment of a commis-
sion of 5 per oeut on the sward
beiug-tbe anoouut of oouusel fee
alleged to be dne ou the olaims
uudera ooutraot with tbe Chero-
kee natron
Tbe complainants say that the
firm of Shelley Batler A Martin
comprising themselves and ths
defendant Butler made the
oon tract for legal servioea for a
commission of 5 peroeul Sub
seqaeutly Mr Batler withdrew
from tbe firm and an agreemeur
was made with tbe defendants
Wily Sc Oox to actively prose-
cute tbe claims for three-fifths of
the commission They have
bden informed thev y that the
treasurer of tbe United States is
shout to pay the commiaslou to
Batler A 0en without regard to
thw rluhte of tbe ooniplajuaat
A rule to show cause why an
injunction ahould uot issue sud
why a receiver should not be ap-
pointed for the sum due ae com-
mission was signed by Chief
Justin - Olabaugh returnable
July 5
A Hard Lot
of troubles to contend withaprlng
front a torpid liver and blockaded
bo wles unless you awaken them
to their proper action with Dr
King’a New Life Pills the pleas-
autest and most efiec’ive cure lor
Consumption They prevent ap-
Sendicitta and tone up the system
5c at Owl Drag 3‘ore K
Phillips The best education
iu ths world is that got by strug-iftog'dfe'-ir&e
Ttviatf? iVr' jv'
CZAR DEGRADES A BEGIL'EIIT
rki
Ut Guards
v Their
Objected te
“Brothers'
Hiller
r
f
Euperor Was Much Affected
by Its Disaffection — Witte
r bends Warning'
S’ P-ur-bnrg July 2 —The
orushtua hlxv iiifiio'd ou the
emp°ror by iho diso-very ofdis-
aff'CMou in his favorrn regiment
the Preoonijeutky regiment ' of
life gusrJs as shown by us adop-
tion of ' resolutions recently up-
holding all the actioue of Parlia-
ment and announcing tbat the
men wsnted no more police doty
eataiiing ths alsying of brothers
or fathers has so sfifeoted the
ozar that be baa ordered tbsosme
of the disloyal first battalion to
be stricken from tbe roll of the
imperial guards - In addition
the soldiers aod officers of the
battalion have been deprived
forever of the special rights en-
joyed' by guardsmen and here-
after the battalion will be desig-
nated "the special intantry bat-
talion” '
Tbe general staff no v longer
conoeale its fear that the morale
ot tbe entire army is profoundly
shaken and that with Parliament
ohemploning the cause of the'
mutineer in etch instauceasit
arises the first big test may find
troops lined ap as the French
troops two days before the Bss-
tile fell on the side df the people
end egainet the monarchy
The Hlovo today aayt that the
trouble io tbe army have rooted
tbe reactionary ooart canarilla
end have precipitated a definite
decision not only to dissolve Par-'
liatnent bat to dismiss the Gor-
emykin oabinet end that in the
meantime the emperor bee direct-
ed the minietera to reply to sll
interpellations in Parliament i
Count Witte from hia self im-
posed exile abroad bas dispatob-
ed several urgent telegrams here
emphasizing the necessity of
puttiug a stop to the euti-Jewish
outbreaks the -impression - ot
whlob has seriously effeoted Rus-
sia’s oredit abroad a- --r
A TRUST IN FARM PRODUCTS
AbMlat Coatrol PUaaad af OMakvaa
Battac and Sen
New York July 2— Bnoked by
unlimited capital and supported
by many of tbs most prominent
financiers of the counery soother
trust has been planted oo Amer-
ican soil known as tbe American
Farm Products oompauy and ea-
tablished for tbe purpose of tak-
dg abeolute control of all dairy
produote chickens and eggs It
ia asserted by those who control
the American Farm Products
oompany that it will bring about -su
increased and uniform price
to the produoer a dimiuiehed
price for ibe consumer wiring
him a superior and purer grade
dairy prodacts sad greatly -
of
improving present methods of'
distribution
Tbe commissiou merchants’
profit will be eliminated sad the
great corporation will take tbe
responsibility of delivering batter
end milk from the bends of tbe
farmer to tbe band of ths cou-
sumer '
Behind tbe great enterprise ere
score of tbe wealthiest meu iu
America who already' have put
in about 20 million dollars and
re prepared to "chip ia” addi-
tional millions as they tre re-
quired ' '
' WAININO ORDBB
Ia DaiVaS Stakaa Coaalaaiaaaf'a Ooart Vinl
CoowlMloaor'a Dlotrlot Wootara Oulrtat
lodlaa Taerltonr at Waaoaar
W a Mooaa PlaiaUC
ndimm Dru Cmnti
riiwratN I Oaib Proprietor DafnDail
— — a rrugiivsoTi wnsunt
Tba (Wtoodiat Lowroaoo BOaohla viraoU
to apaaar la Ikli ooart within thirtf dan aad
complaint of tha plaiotl'
lotto
OalM 0 to too Coatalaaia
oat attaoaoy for PlaiokiSa
L L Nooaaa
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Wm la poor Baslth for Tter
W Ketlty of MsaefltM Pa
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wrltoes “I vti id poor health for two
ythra anfferiog from hldov tag Wag
rtar trouble and spent oonaldereble j
money oonaulUeg phveioleoe without
obtaining any merited benefit but
aree cured by folav’e Kidney Oura
and I deelre to add my teetlm ay abut
' may be I be oauee of roetoi’tpg the
health of -there” Hefueenubatilatee
Motg by '01 D-ug Store '
Mfi Bartlett of Georgia’- Who
made another knife play hi con-
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