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George Drown ot Montreal. Cana
ila who 1b walking around the world
in nnco yeojs Pl A waj?cr was In tho
city Tuesday Idling of his trip and
of what ho has done He snys lie fan
walk a mile In soven minute .nnd by
tho way ho hit It up hen- diatanrinc
all who tried to keep pocj with hlnj
It Is believed that ho cttn do It Ac-
' cording" lo his waKor. ho i not td
rldo ono step of the way on land. Ho
Is not to beg one cent and Is to mnko
. his way by selling plcturei Ho came
to Durant from the West and Aent
(.North when he left.
i
Victor M. Kelley and wife left on
Wednesday or Chicago and uthcr
points In the (North And. after Ht short
vocation np(L plen$ur6 trip will 'Jfu
to Carlyste' Pennsylrnnla. whir shu
Kelley Is athletic director anil fool
hall conch or tne famous Carlisle In
dlan athletes. Mr. Kelley was ap
pointed to tho position by the De
partment of tho Interior aud.the po
sition pays ?40h) a year. Leslie'
Weekly for this week carried a cut
of Mr. Kelley nnd a llttlo dope about
who ho is and what he has to do nt
Carlisle.
TST? ' ' "L Miiimiiiiu.il ii m uuiiwi iiiiinuiiiHHiml?TT
4 " rarl'lPw iffi
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II "Everybody Liked the Ice Tea"
Every time you have company you pick
out sonic one particular thing that you noticed
made the hit of the meal with your guests.
You'll be saying this of the ice tcaifit'a made with
H
White Fwan
Tea
w PW
It will do your heart good to ee the way the
glasses come back for more. White Swan really
is a different tea from others a tea everybody
likes. The tea for company the tea for you.
Most All Grocers
ell White Swnn Tea four tzca In air-tight tins
10c 25c 40c and 75c. Should your Broccr bo one of
the very few who don't carry it end us 75c for a
pound sent postpaid.
WAPLES-PLATTER GROCER CO.
IWhelmutm Only)
Deniion. Pi. Worth D.1U Amarillo.
Howie Browrmootl CHilhcothe Dublin
Ginville Grrrnville Hamlin MstlU
Sumfortl Tci.i and Ada OUa.
L-
of'
M
loney to Loan
On Farm Land and City -Property
Insurance and Surety Bonds
Whale &. Cox Company
mgsmmmmm
When The County League Is Organized
TAKE NOTICE BALL PLAYERS AND ATHLETES
Whonover you want Gloves Mitts Bats Balls Masks or any of the
National Gamo necessaries como to us. Wo handle the host in ruin
nnd nro headqunrtors for this class of goods. Wo also handlo
tho Spalding Athletic Library full Instructions how to play the
game.
REILLY'S BOOK STORE
1'IIONK U.S.
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ffOtf HOUSE NEWS
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r()(tO TAX CAHtt COMKH V
11' FlttlUV .11X1! ItTH
-m
iVwiKtiwrt" Count)- AotHfy iry
Mmitv Outlines the roMiion ot Niu
luniy In the One Special Jtnteo
to Try t'M'.
On next- Friday. June 11th. the
enso of-KJeoi H.'Ilroailw'ell Vtw llio"
Cdunty CommlKiioncrB of llryan
County -will bo heard In the District
Court by a special JuiIko. W. F. Freo-
mnn of Ardinorc Judiio llatchutt be-
lnfc disqualified.
Die null Is v.iaai'.o' irom ih
refusal of theXbufityCoimnlssloijorrt
to pay tho plaintiff about $47000
which pllantlff nllORed represented
Indian tuxes which woro collected by
tho County Illegally and his claim
based upon the nMliinment of tho In
dividual claims to htm.
Assistant County Attorney Mcore
who attended this week n meetliiK of
Hntern Oklnhonm county attorneys
In Oklahoma City which was oullod
by the Attorney Uonornl to innki
plans for rlatln tho cnsos In an In-
erviow wtlh a reprosentntlveo f thu
Weekly News niud the ftdlowlut?
statement of the County's ease:
I'nder the Atokn agreement In tho
Choctaw nnd Chickasaw Nations
lands were mndo non-tnxnble whllo
In the liantla of the orlKinnl nllottees
and slmllnr provisions nro found In
the treaties with CliTokuos. Crnukn
and Somlnnles. l.utor CotiKress
pnued an act removing the restrlc-
tlotiH on innuv of tho iikIIiiiir ncnlnst
nllenntlon and providing that whun
the rcstrictlonH tiro romoved tho land
becomos subject to tnxatlun. Under
the net of Congress thla class of Irx-
(II an lands were nsesned for taxation
nnd whllo the matter wbh beluc lltl-
Kated IhraitRh tho varlou courts
many of the famlllos paid these tiues.
n May 1012 the Supremo Court ot
the United States held that Concreds
had no right to m like theso lnndx t"t-
tthle and that the State could not tax
them. These suits to recover tho
taxes paid nro based upon tho theory
that the County had no rlnht to col-
loot tho tax and that therefore tho
tax should bo refunded. This Is be-
ing roalsted on various rounds
among which are that tho taxes were
paid vounlnrily there never Demi: an
effort to force ihelr navinent. nnd
were pa!d without protest and that
cjuatt of whtnkyj said l nnvo been
'ound. Two cns'S wero filed ilf;iiist
Uowell for selling tliq staff.
OFKICKUS OTlT.l AMI MAN
Saturday night aomeono e)itrol
Bain Itoss's mok limu iim miles
south oK town and anroprlated a
nlcti laruo ham. Bnrly Sunday mbrn
Iiir Sheriff J'hllllps and Deputy Slier
hi wriRht wont to Itoss place and
suocoeded in roHowinc tho trail of
the supposed culprit which trail end
ed at the home of "Slim" Monro In
the oast part of town. The o'fleers
say thnt they found most Of tho hnm
tinder the mnttress un tho bod nnd
the rest of It frying In a pan on tho
stovo. Tyho unused part of tho hnm
was taken baok to tho owner and the
man plnoed under arrnit.
"WSS
NO ALUM in
DrPRICES
CRJGAM
BAKING POWDER
lUil'R III'.FrVTI'll IIOKl'IIITO
Tho baiebalt rivalry anions lb
various teams ot tho county In ftottipK
QMtaniar'rHi'FfMiflH
wmm (cj.h.m
3 T HfeS--"
therefore they have no rlciit to re
cover from the countlee. especially
since the County has apportioned to
tho State nnd the various municipal
subdllslon8 of the County their
share of the taxes nnd tln.Couniy rej
celved only a small portion of tho
amount of tho taxes for which tho
County Is holnif (mod. nnd that It act-
ed merelv as iiReiit for the State nnd
the subdivisions of the County In col
li rtipp their portions of the taxes
To romnel the Conntv now to pay
I back tli ego taxes would compel a
hire-' bond Issue and force the Genu
ity to repay a lot of money that went
to others a.ml from which the Conn-
t received no benefit. Various toeh-
nlnl ouestlons (ire lidnj? ralseil also.
Jn Jtoers obtlnty about 20000 of
these taxes were paid. In ' Orally
ffointj1 some wr pnld nnd two cartas
Bre now liendli'C In the Siiprenie
Court from thnt emintv. In ono of
which cases the eourl held Uutt tlm
taxes were recoverable and In the
other with a dlffereut 1ml ie pr'"'l-
lnK.'lt was held on demurrer tint
the taxps were not recoverable
rense from Cnrter coup'v Is alro In th
Supreme Crtiri In which the illtrh
court on demtirrer to plaintiff pn-
t'lion held the taxes not reeoveni-
blo. In hU conntv .Tule McKeown
ovnrruled the count's de'nurrer. nnd
answer hai hen filed and (He casn h
to lie tried this tnoniu. - 
8i:toii l-oii Muitnmtuit
The ehorltfs office has Just fin-
ished iteudlnK out several thousand
posts! cards to officers mid detective
attencltM nil over the Unltmi State
offering rewards totalling 1.300 for
lite arrest nnd conviction uf the mur
derer of Miss Pauline Ainmd wlttih
was coinmllted Nnrambnr 11 lait.
as the child lay asleep In lxd st the
family home In this city. One thou
and dollars of tho reward In of fere I
by Jake Ainsel fathor of the mur
dered child; 1200 by flovcrunr Will-
iams and $t00 hy Shorlff I'hllllps
The supposed description of the mur-
derer Is Riven as follows: "Medium
sited man; weighs 135 pounds; is
about S feet. 5 Inches high: dltiKV.
blond hnlr; face dull color with a
Iouk slim nose: wnlks with n shufflo
or limp supposed to have had some
tli In K happun to his hip whou n
child. Low typo houso burKlnr."
lliynn County Officials.
Jesse M. llntchett district JudKO.
Goo Harrison county treasurer.
Henry McCrcnry county dark.
W. H. Voats tnx assessor.
L. Varnor Sllnson county survoyor
C.  .Noely county superintendent
It. A. Bishop county wolRhor
W. A. Durant Q A. Hainsoy rep
rosentntlvos.
. I'd. L. Sponlrs. Durant couunla-
inloner district ono. i
lieu Hnltsmnn- Albany commis-
sioner ThtrdoDlittrlct'
nKo tho llokchtto loam nut It all over
tho llliio twin. Blue however want-
ed another Kanie which wns agtvwl
to. Blue canto to Durant and to Ho-
borta and secured sever.i fast pl
era and IlOkrhlto getting Wind of It
wotu to Armstrong Acammy snd
rurad several fast Indian player
The Ramo was pulled off at'Hokchl-
to Init Saturday. DurlitK lha first
eight Innings which wire Uat and
furious. Bokchlto failed tt nnnert
with the home plate w.ille Blim M.r-
reeded In InndliiK the for thm
.MOItltlH UIM'.l.KCrivll
AH HI FT AT COLIlFllTi
Frnfoosqr tirorKO II
Morris of
THfiilay
various (earns oi mo couuiy in Ki"lK I Colbert. Was tn the rltr
to be (j1iri4lntfnse. A short tlinnhharrflne rtttandlnK lo fiuslne and
mlnsltnc with frlsnilB here Mr.
Morris has racently been re-elected
uportnteinlen'. nf the achoolk W Col-
burl after haHMK been there threct
sueCasslve ymra.
IMIlt ASSOCIATION .MltirriMJ
Tli dlrectora of the llrynn County
Fair Association hold a meeting on
Tuewlay night at the offices of Whaln
Cox Coiniwity nnd elected Klrharit
Ncnlils. a local voting lawyer as sec-
; rotary of the Association and upnu
I whom will fall tho actual ruiiii'
SCorim In tlie ninth imKnuto rme wors hi uie Assoriniion in iriiiiuniK
to the front nnd stored iwlcn but it nils vears rir rror u w Meciy
failed to score any more and
won the contest three to two
Blue
of Nnrlli D.irant. was
Board of Dlrectora.
added to tho
..Gray Nickels Matoy Chairman.
I U. ltappoloe county Judgo
Walter J Turnbull county nttor-
noy L  ... ...
' "W.-'A .Jones Court dork.
Jolmq'A. I'hllllps sheriff.
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euros Old Son: Otlior Hcmodlos Won't Cure
The wntut cun no nmller of liow long AUiitllnf
if enrol tiy Die Woudrilul oll trlUlile Iir.
I'urici'i AnllH!Uc ltmUnu OIL t rcllrvel
ifi iii - Hi !! 'line. J.V Wc'i
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Ileport otjTha Condlllon pf Hi
FAItMFUS STATIC HANK
lit 18.
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.'.$22.617.07
tin- )t
OPPORTUNITY
Never knocks at the door of tho I'oor House but It knoeka
alinoBt every day In the year at tho door of the man who has
J ank
ylccount
'
Ai small' part of your wookly or monthly earnings deported In
this bank will In tho course of a few years Fnw Into substan-
tial sum largo enough to enable yoit to grasp your opportunity
when It knocks at your door. Man a wealthy man has gotten
hlu start In llfo from a savings account started on a small scale.
We pay Interest at tho rato of four per cpnt on saving accounts
FIRST STATE BANK
DURANT OKLAHOMA."
th
i state
Depotitt GuaranUad by the Depositors Guaranty Fund of
of Oklahoma -'
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The Only State Bank" in Uurant '
I !At  '.. 'Ts  ri ' ' " "J it ' ' J t4
""  . ana . 'iA'WJI
 J .. i J tWQ Ay IHM fstflH f vfj fJlCj
I a H
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of Mead UWahoHiiu 4rayl&
HewiiiireHj
.Loans and UltfountK
(ivenirnfts. seeuiod and tin-
seeureU  . 312f
Banking Houae l .oao.ffi
Fiunlture and Fixiuics .. lJt7.0
Due from Hanks 3250.11:
'"Ih-cV-m and other rah '
Items 813. 17 j
Cash In Bank 1076.87 i
Security with Banking 
lloanl 600.00 
Total ... .2M86.0O
lilibltlllito I
Minl Stock I'aW In . . .tO.OOO 00
lu Fund 500 op
lit Med F"fl. -t. C).
A.MSFIi vi'llliKIl SrSFFtPS
Sheriff I'MllIrm went to Mniiguni
Wednesday to get a tnam who wni r-
reatwl thore on aiisuiclon of being lm-
pleated In the murder of jMlss Pauline
A m sol which occurred here last No
vember Tha chief of police ther
wired the sheriff hare that the m:in
answers the description as given nn
the cards which were aent broadcaxt
over the country. Another Binpci
has been arrested at Orfmt Bend
Kansas ana soma one of the sh-r-Iff's
force wll probably go a.fttc Pirn
thN week. Doiens of replies g.re be
ing received to the reward cards
ftom all parts of the United State.
TWO MOItU IV HOAD RAW
Captain Ben Iee commanding of-
ficer of the county convict road gnnc
which Is at work on Albright HIM
south of Bokchlto m here again the
end of the week and added two n-
crula to Iila forces to-wit: Tom Wal
ters and a chap named Rector. The
gaiur will be kep at work all summi-i
according to the cemmiRxtnerN nnd
has already done connlderahla good
road work.
A irnes n T
Oe to l!pvkjv
Uitlvl'"et ffen?
00.13
IT jrn.'S n4 Tnxei Pa!d.f 144S r'(
V't-'siibiwt
lo cck 17.846.07
T1e Cnrrtfleat'k of De-
poMt . . . 200.00 I
Totul 2n.4g6.CO'
StJite of Oklahoma County at Bry-'
sn. NT "
J. D.(. snbh Ca'hl'T of the fthove
Ki'veit Bunk do solemnly svrear that '
tho ehove sinteirent I true to the
beat of inv knowli dee end peJIer so
hele in God . Dee Stubbs Cashier.
Ptib'e-fhed and 'worn to before me 
m loth rn o' "Wiv 111
(Saa.1) John J. McAlUter.
Notnrv Public
Mv co'iiml lon exi)lr;'S Jan. 23 191(5 I
Co"ert-tl""t
Ceeree Fnrrpt. Creen Thompson
Din 'tors. i
MrlNTOSH OHTTINO
HHADV FOB OFFICII
Prof. 11. K. Mcintosh who is the
Coimy Superlnenden oleet find who
will go Into offlceJuly lit hus mov-
ed hack to Durant from Bennington
whoro ho has beon superintendent
of tho public schools for a couple of
yonr. Mr. nnd Mrs. Mcintosh are
living on Tenth Avenuo.
ATTI-3XI1IXO COXFRUKXCK
Asslntant County Attorney Gray
Mooro whb nt Oklahoma City thii
wook" attondlng a conference of
county nttornoys of tho State called
by tho Attorney 0 on real to 1Ihcuk3
tho Btnttia df conc(ircd fiction In the
mnttor of taxes land especially the
matter of suits being brought ngalnst
some counties hy Indians asking re
funds of tnxos paid under protest
whllo tho mnttor of tho taxability of
Indian land was ponding In tho
courts.
tltOAVEfJi TAKEN IX TOW
K. Q. Howell whp used lo run n
pool hnlj pn Second Avonuo was ta-
ken Into1 cli'stody bY tho shj-lf's dc-
phVtb'ontf SIrn'dayJBfCcri'i Sorfrelv had
Try This
Bifferent Ham
Boil n Supreme Hnm niul serve it to
your family hot or cold. Sec how
they'll nil smack their lins over the fme.
sweet flavor of this real treat. Hest ot
nil you'll he pura of fijio tiinity4nid the
tip-top taste before you cook it. I he
Supreme trademark guarantee?! thnt as
it guarantees the qtjahty of all
SUPREME'
Food Products
Suprc;ne Roiled Ham Supreme Butter
Supreme Iitftfs and buprcme Lard will
serve to introduce the Morris line of
foods heurind the Supreme trademark.
Judge nny of them by these leaders-
nnd you'll surely want the others. Try
Supreme Canned Meats too. Thou-
sands of the best dealers ell Supreme
Food Products and endorse them. They
pick them for their worth and those
dealers know.
"It'c Always Safe to Say Supremo"
Morns & Company
WmEMMM2imW
BJbP ' n4aaaaiiflaflLBS.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF
THE STATESMAN WHO SAID:
"If etluc ating all of the people means having
an oligarchy then let us have an oligarchy."
HON. J. B. ASWELL
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CONGRESSMAN JA3. O. ASWEUL.
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Greatest Educator ad .
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