Watonga Herald. (Watonga, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1905 Page: 3 of 8
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NAMES BEST DOCTOR
MB. BAY8S0N PUBLISHES RESULTS
OF VALUABLE EXPERIENCE.
A Former Pronounced Dyspeptic Ho NSW
Rejoices in Perfect Freedom from
Miseries of Indigestion.
Thousands of sufferers know that til*
reason why they are irritable and de-
pressed and nervous and sleepless is be-
cause their food does not digest, but how
to get rid of the difficulty is the puzzling
question.
Good digestiou calls for strong diges-
tive organs, nnd strength conies from a
supply of good rich blood. For this
reason Mr. Bavsson took Dr. Williams’
Pink Pills for the cure of indigestion.
“ They liave been my best doctor,” ho
says. “ 1 was suffering from dyspepsia.
The paius in my stomach after meals
were almost unbearable. My sleep was
very irregular and my complexion was
sallow. As the result of using eight
boxes of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, about
the merits of which I learned from
friends in France, 1 have escaped all
these troubles, and am able again to take
pleasure in eating.”
A very simple story, but if it had not
been for Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills it
might have been a tragic one. When dis-
comfort begins with eating, fills up the
intervals between meals with pain, and
prevents sleep at night, there certainly
cannot be much pleasure in living. A
final general breaking down must bo
merely a question, of time.
Mr. Joseph Bayssou is a native of
Aix-les-Bains, France, but now resides
at No. 2439 Larkin street, San Francisco,
Oal. He is one of a great number who
can testify to the remarkable efficacy of
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills in the treatment
of obstinate disorders of the stomach.
If you would get rid of nausea, pain or
burning in the stomach, vertigo, ner-
vousness, insomnia, or any of the other
miseries of a dyspeptic, get rid of the
weakness of the digestive organs by the
use of Dr. Williams’Pink Pills. They
are sold by druggists everywhere.
Proper diet is, of course, a great aid in
forwarding recovery once begun, and a
little book, “What to Eat and How to
Eat,” may be obtained by auy ouo who
makes a reqnest for it by writing to the
Dr. Williams Medical Co., Schenectady,
N.T. This valuable diet book contaius
an important chapter on the simplest
for the oore of constipation,
“I once made $150 in Wall street.”
“You astonish me. How did It
happen?”
"T found a job in an office down
there and it was several weeks before
they discharged me.”—-Chicago Rec-
ord-Herald.
RIGID LOTTERY ORDER
Nothing That Relates to Drawing* or
Raffles Can Pass Mails '
WASHINGTON; A thorough en-
forcement of the anti-lottery law is
urged on postmasters and all other
postal employes in a general order
promulgated by Postmaster General
Cortelyou. It calls on all employes to
examine mall matter, especially pub-
lications, with the greatest care con-
sistent with prompt trausmissiou and
delivery, and to withdraw or exclude
all such relating to lotteries and like
enterprises. Many postmasters, the or-
der says, have been found negligent In
this regard as Well as in the enforce-
ment of fraud orders against lotteries
hi foreign countries. The order says
that the terms of the law bar “endless
chain” enterprises', so-called "gift con-
cerns” or similar enterprises depen-
dent on chance, including “guessing"
or estimating contests for prizes as
well as drawing and rafflles of every
kind, whether general or local for
money or otherwise, for private gain
or in aid of charitable, educational
I or religious objects. Publications,
circulars, cards or pamphlets contain-
ing advice or other information relat-
ing to such enterprises are required
to be withdrawn from the mail.
A GIGANTIC TRUST
HITCHCOCK
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR STILL
INSISTING ON PAYMENT OF
THE TRIBAL TAX
SAYS ME IS MERELY ENFORCING LAW
Equitable Life Company May Consoli-
date With Other Institutions
NEW YORK: The organization of
the largest trust company in the Unit-
ed States and one of the largest finan-
cial institutions of the world was
said to be a part of the plan of Thos.
F. Ryan In negotiating the purchase
of the stock of the Equitable Lite
Assurance society held by James H.
Hyde. Mr. Ryan's plan was reported
to be to consolidate the Equitable
Trust company, the Mercantile Trust
Company and the Morton Trust com-
pany, all of this city, with the last
named in control. It is expected that
this will result in creating a financial
institution with deposits second only
to those of the National City bank of
New York, which has deposits cf $185,'
000,000. The deposits of the proposed
consolidated trust companies would
amount to $169,000,000; the capital
stock to $7,000,000 and the surplus to
$22,000,000.
Mr. Ryan's plan was reported to
contemplate the elimination of the
control of subsidiary companies by
the Equitable Life Assurance society.
Delegation From the Creek Nation
Made a Fruitleas Visit to Washing-
ton—Members of the Committee to
Appeal to the President
WASHINGTON: Secretary Hitch-
cock has positively refused to grant
the request of the delegation of busi-
ness men In the Creek nation that the
collection of the tribal taxes be de-
layed. The delegation called on the
secretary at the interior department
and through their spokesmen, A. W.
Robb and W. T. Hutchison of Musko-
gee, protested against the taxts as un-
just and asked that their collection be
delayed until the supreme court has
decided the question of their legality.
E. M. Glendtng, secretary of the Kan-
sas City commercial club, also made
a statement in which he referred (o
the interests of the Kansas City busi-
ness men in the situation in the Creek
nation and urged that collection be
postponed on the ground that It would
lead to a disturbance of business in
the towns there.
“In directing the federal officials in
the Indian Territory to collect the tri-
bal taxes I am merely enforcing the
law,” replied Mr. Hitchcock. “If the
supreme court should hold that the
Indians have no authority to levy there
taxes those paying them will be reim-
bursed. In enforcing the law I have
the support of Presideut Roosevelt. I
shall not in any way change my plans.
The interior deparment received a
telegram from Inspector J. George
Wright, stating that the Muskogee
commercial club had adopted a resoln
tion urging that the taxes be paid un-
der protest and that there be no fur-
ther resistance to the authority of the
government officials. Wright added
that the Muskogee merchants had de-
cided to follow this course and that
In all probability there would he no
further efforts -to evade payment.
The members of the delegation in-
formed Secretary Hitchcock that they
should appeal to President Roosevelt.
CASHIER ARRESTED
That and This.
“Twelve years ago I bought my
first bottle of Hant's Lightning Oil.
For Cuts, Burns, Sprains and Aches
■ was the best remedy I had found
tq that time. After the lapse of one
dozen years I can truly say It Is the
beet remedy I have found to this
time.”
John P. Thompson,
Red Rock. O. T.
A spoiled child is to be pitied more
than its parents.
“You doesn’t ca'y no jug ob water to
de flel’ wld you dese days, I sees.
Uncle Jason."
"No, chile; I doesn't need It.
Whenebber I wants water I jes’ t’lnk
ob dem watermlllions mos' ripe an*
my mouf waters so I nearly chokes.”
RAILROAD RATS LEGISLATION.
Testifying before the Senate Com-
mittee at Washington, Inter-State
Commerce Commissioner Prouty said
In ’’discussing the proposition to give
to fhat Commission the power to regu-
late railway rates:
“I think tho railways should make
their own rates. I think they should
be allowed to develop their own busi-
ness. I have never advocated any
law, and I am not now In favor of
any law, which would put the rate
making power Into the hands of any
commleion or any court. While It
may be necessary to do that some
time, while that Is done jn some
states at the present time, while It Is
done in some countries, I ain opposed
to It. • • • The railway rate le
property. It Is all the property that
the railway has got. The rest of Its
property Is not good for anything un-
less it can » fate. N«w it has
always seemed 'to me that when a
rate was fixed, If that rate Was an un-
reasonable rate, It deprives the rail-
road company of its property pro
tanto. It if not 'necessary that you
should confiscate the property dt a
railroad; It Is not necessary that you
should say that it shall not earn three
per cent or four per cenb;
you put In a rate that Is Inherently
unreasonable, you have deprived that
company of Its rights, of Its property,
and the Circuit Court of the United
States has Jurisdiction under the four-
teenth amendment.,to restrain that.
• • • i have looked at these cases
a great many times, and I can only
come to the conclusion that a rail-
road company lis entitled to charge a
fair and reasonable rate, and If any
order of a commission. If any statute
of a state legislature takes away that
rate, the fourteenth amendment pro-
tects the railway company.”
.i f
Man Who Had Charge of Lexington
• Bank’s Cash Falsifies Books.
GUTHRIE: The arre3t wss made at
Lexington, by Deputy Marshal Baxter,
of A. S. Hayes, cashier of the First
National bank of Lexington which
failed recently. Hayes is charged on
a federal warrant with making fa'.se
reports to the comptroller of the cur-
rency. The hank was capitalized for
$25,000. The comptroller ordered a
fifty per cent assessment made on the
stockholders which was paid and af-
terward ordered an additional similar
assessment, the payment of which wac
refused. This caused the'bank to fall
The assessments were to cover all al-
leged bad paper held by the bank.
A Fast Train Established
CHICAGO: The Pennsylvania rail-
road has put on a new limited passen-
ger service between this city and New
York. The new train is to be known
as the “Pennsylvania Special,” and Is
scheduled to make the run in eighteen
hours. To make the distance in eight-
j een hours, much of the run must bC
at. a faster rate than a mile a minute.
Between here and Fort Wayne sever-
al miles are run in forty seconds. In
making the trial trip the train covered
the distance In slightly less than tho
eighteen hours.
* The wise man and the fool’s money
arc soon united.
The Creek tribal tax had its origin
in the general United States statutes
applying to all Indian reservations,
which provided that non-citizen trad-
ers In the Indian country must first
secure license. The trade was com-
pelled to secure this license from the
superintendent of Indian affairs, the
Indian agent or sub-agent. The term
of the license on reservations east of
the Mississippi was not exceeding two
years, and west of the Mississippi
three years.
The trader was also required to
show good character and give suf-
ficient bond. Any person attempting
to trade without taking out license
subjected his goods to forfeiture and
could be fined not exceeding $500.
The law was general, and was the
only tax law regulating trade in In-
dian Territory, operative for several
years after the white merchant came
to this country. The object of this
law was not to raise money, but the
protect the Indians from unscrupulous
business men.
The first tribal tax law, other than
a federal statute, put in efTect by the
Creek nation. Is found in the Creek
statutes of 1873, which provided that
all traders admitted under govern
ment license were to pay $100 per
annum each Into the treasury of the
Creek nation. This was to be collect-
ed by the light horse captains. Oc-
tober 27, 1893. this law was amend-
ed by fixing a stipulated tax upon
specific classes of business such as
sewing machine companies, auction-
eers and dime shows. In 1897 tho
tribal tax law was extended to cover
all legitimate business houses con-
ducted in the Creek nation, and the
amount fixed was 1 per cent of (he
first cost of all goods offered for sale,
collection to be made by the tax col-
lector of tho nation.
Long before this time the custom
of requiring business men who came
to the territory to secure a license un-
der United States law was abandoned.
The Creek tribal laws up to that
time wore very general in their na-
ture. They were never strictly en-
forced. The full amount was often
not paid, and there were periods
when the tax was not collected at
all. This laxity in the enforcement
of the tribal tax law led the merchants
to look upon the law as one that
might be evaded a part of the time
at least.
The first step in the present trouble
was taken, however, in November,
1900, when the present Creek tribal
tax law was passed by the Creek
council and approved by President
McKinley. It provides for the collec
tion of one-half of 1 per cent on the
invoice price of all goods offered for
sale by non-citizens, aud taxes pro-
fessional men and many of the oc
cupations. The law was introduced
through the efforts of Guy P. Cobb,
who was appointed by the federal
government to collect the tax. He
encountered little difficulty until Bus
ter & Jones, merchants of Wagoner
refused to pay.
Their plane was closed by the In-
dian police, whereupon they applied
for an injunction from the federal
court of the Western district to re-
strain the federal authorities from
closing their place of business and
collecting the tax. The Western dis-
trict decided against Buster & Jones
in August, 1901. The case was then
taken to the Indian Territory court of
appeals, where an injunction was re
fused and the tax declared legal in
September. 1903. The case was then
appealed to the United States court
of appeals of the eighth circuit at St.
l^ouls, and March 8 of this year that
court sustained the decision of the
lower tribunals.
As soon as the Buster & Jones stilt
was brought, other non-citizen mer-
chants stopped paying the tax. pend-
ing the decision of the test case. Some
of them paid until 1903. tho date of
the appeal to the United States cir-
cuit court, but many owe taxes from
1901. The tribal tax case has now
been appealed to the supreme court
of the United States, and money is
now being raised in the Creek towns
to defray the expense of the appeal.
The citizens of the incorporated towns
think that as the case is still In the
courts the action of Secretary Hitch-
cock in ordering the immediate col-
lection of the tax is unwarranted and
unjust.
The secretary, however, contends
that as three of the courts have de-
clared the tribal tax legal It should
be collected at once. He argues that
the action of the opponents of the tax
is for the purpose of delaying pay-
ment until after tribal relations cease
March 4, 1906, when they would is
cape It altogether.
His Health Was Wrecked
Pe-ru-na Gave New Lala.
:#T
NON. JOHN TIQHE.
Assemblyman Tighe’s letter should
be read by every brain worker lending
m strenuous life.
Hon. John Tighe, No. 9S Remsen St.,
Cohoes, N. Y., Memlier of Assembly
from the Fourth district, Albany
couuty, N. Y., writes as follows:
“Peruna has my hearty indorsement
£s a restorative tonic of superior merit.
At times when I have been completely
broken down from excess of work, so
that my faculties seemed actually at »
standstill, Peruna lias acted as a heal-
ing restorer, starting the machinery of
mind and body afresh with new life
aud energy.
“I recommend it to a man tired in
mind and body as a tonic superior to
anything 1 know of and well worthy
serious consideration.”—J. Tighe.
Excess of work so common in our
country causes impaired nerves, leading
to catarrh and caturrlial nervousness—
a disease that is responsible for half of
all nervous troubles.
Peruna cures this trouble beck use it
cures catarrh wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving »
full statement of your case, ana he will
be pleased to give yon his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. O.
“Papa, must a man be narrow-mind-
ed to keep in the straight and narrow
path?”
“No, my boo; but the man who
keeps therein frequently is.”—Hous-
ton Post.
Ten Years For Stealing Cattle
ARDMORE: In the United States
court. Robert Barnes and D. S. Jami-
son. well-known cattlemen, recently
convicted of stealing cattle, were sen-
tenced by Judge Townsend to the Fed-
oral prison at Fort Leavenworth for
a term of five years each and fined
$500. These men. ft is alleged, were
implicated In the wholesale theft ef
cattle near Tishomingo.
Two Victims of Runaway
GUTHRIE: As the Result of the run-
away accident here, when Mrs. Emma
Cupps and daughter were thrown un-
derneath the wheels or an electric
car, both women died. An inquest
was held, and the street car employees
were exonerated.
ME DAISY UY EULER SSra&St SKA
loni-ln dining-room, nlMplug-room nnd iiImm where
11 ~ ^ (IIm tn trouble-
noing.CImn.nmt,
wl 11 not *ol 1 or In-
1 u r • anything.
Try them onoe,
you will never be
wlthout-tbem. If
uot kept hy deal-
art, Miit prepaid
for «0r. Herald
| hem, IMMilk
Are., Break l/e,M.
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I Antiseptic
FOR WOMEN _
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•tops discharge#, heal# iaflammatloo and local
soroaoM, euro# toueorrhoM and, aaoal catarrh.
Putina is la powder form to bo dissolved In pom
water, and Is Ur more cleansing, healing, germicidal
tad economical than liquid antiseptic* tor all
TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL USES
For tale at druggist*, 00 cents a boa.
Trial Box and Book of Instruction# Proa.
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STRIKE AT A STANDSTILL
No New Dsvslepmonts In Chloago’o
Teamsters Trouble
CHICAGO: The teamsters’ strike
has come to the stage where It wit*
die a natural death unless new- tiff
Is. Injected Into It by the jtrtker*
During the past few days nothing of
any importance whatever has de-
veloped, neither side to the contro-
versy having mgde an aggressive
move. According to the employes in-
volved In the trouble they havo suc-
ceeded in getting their business al-
most back to normal conditions. Thg
teamsters are doing absolutely noth-
ing In the strike, not a move being
made either for peace or a spread dl
the difficulty.
The n*hr June grand jury has bogs*
an investigation of the alleged
charges bf bribery In connection with
the strike which was left unfinished
by the last. . •
Nearly every married woman has
figured fiuf whit She will do when eh#
| becomes a. widow. ...
WILL REACH $500,000
- I
Tribal Tax Will Cost Creek Nation
Merchants Half a Million
MUSKOGEE: It has been figured
out from the records In the office of
Inspector Wright that unless the sec-
retary of the Interior suspends collec-
tion of the Creek tribal tax, the mer-
chants of the nation will be compelled
to pay almost $500,000 into the tribal
treasury.
The tax Is one-half of one per cent
of all goods brought" into the nation.
To professional tfxen and others en-
gaged in business not of a mercantile
nature, there is a fixed occupation tax,
running from $10 to $50 per year. The
following figures, showing how much
this tax amounted to during the past
five years are of interest: In 19)0,
$18,811.27; In 1901, $19,357.55; in 1902.
$8,357.52; In 1903, $3.00; in 1905,
$101.00.
It must be noted that In the year
1902 the tax fell off from the preceding
years more than 50 per pent. This
was due to. the fact that it was that
year that the Buster anq Jpnea cases
cam# up and an injunction was grant-
ed by Judge GUI restraining the clos-
ing of stores for non-payment of the
tax. This gave only a part of a year’s
collections, Following tills injunction,
the cases having been In the courts
ever since, there has been no attempt
made to collect the tax. The courts
having held the lax law valid, no alter-
native is left to the secretary of the
Interior l>nt to cause Its collection.
Because of the fact that the matter
has been in the1‘courts for two years,
taxes have been allowed to accrue.
Taking the year 1901 ns a basis for an
average collection, and estimating
that the business of the Creek nation
Is ten times what It was theq, which
Is a conservative conclusion, would
make the tax amount to $193,575.50
per year. The two years, then, would
make a total of $387,151.00.
Stocking Reservoir With Fish
SOUTH McALKSTKR: f our thou-
sand six hundred black bass were re-
ceived here from the government
fisheries in Missouri and were placed
In the waterworks reservoir. Tho city
| authorities have prohibited fishing in
the reservoir for two years in order to
| give the young fish a chance to grow
” TMnts Worth Knowing"
MUSKOGEE. I. T.
$A*N ANTONIO, TEX.
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AUSTIN. TEX.
f?.LWoWk TEX.
deniIon?tex. ‘ io"ScALi*TER, 1. T.
HOU3?oV TEX. OKLAHOMA CITY, 0. T.
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TEXAS. OKLAHOMA AND
INDIAN TERRITORY
Are all Located ou tho
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WANTED i
Competent m#a In U»#
irlattnii trade*. Boa
Jreaolico p*y* the
hlgbpst w#«e» t* the
Hatted State*. Permanent J#be given to
union m#n who onn furnish **tl»f«ntorf recommend-
•tion* Thl* le not » •trlke-brenklug proposition;
the Pacific, lionet Typothetne h»* decided to go to the
OF BN BHor nnd th*t wean* Job* for competent
men nnd absolute protection. Addre»* W. «.
slixandIR. secretary CltUens’Alllanoo,
&Oroeel "y Bulletins, Sen Franolsoo.
W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 24,1905
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