The Mountain Park Lance. (Mountain Park, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 14, 1905 Page: 4 of 9
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MOUNTAIN PARK, OKLAHOMA.
NEW SATE NEWS
Shawnee la to have a street fair
and carnival fur the week beginning
October 23.
Mrs. W. N. Dick of Ponca City was
bitten by a spider recently and her
recovery is doubtful.
Rural route No. C has been ordered
established at Shawnee.
Mrs. Celia Small has been bound
over to the federal grand Jury at
Oklahoma City upon the charge of
sending obscene mutter through the
mails.
C. O. Jones, chairman of the Joint
statehood committee, has issued a
. call for u meeting of the executive
committee. The meeting will be
held at Tulsa, September 19.
A joint RcsBlon of the state horti-
cultural society and the Pottawato-
mie county farmers’ Institute will be
held in Shawnee September 20th and
21st. More than |700 has been sub-
scribed for premiums on display of
farm products.
The city council of Tulsa has en-
acted an ordinance providing for a
building inspector.
Application has been made to Gov-
ernor Ferguson for a pardon for H.
P. Dixon, now serving a term of
seven years in the penitentiary for
assault with intent to kill. Dixon
was sentenced from Washita county
April 30. 1904.
Governor Ferguson has appointed
F. A. Parkinson us county commis-
sioner in place of J. B. Dyche, re-
signed.
The Frisco Railway company
brought in more than 1,000 home-
seekers in two special trains last
week. The larger part of the ex-
cursionists came from Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois. They will Investigate
various parts of the two territories
with a view to investing.
The Seminole land office at We-
woka was closed Tuesday of last
week. It is not known when the of-
fice will be reopened, if ever. No
allotments in the Seminole nation
have yet been made, and the office
was closed by agreement of the gov-
ernor and commissioner of the five
tribes.
The dispute between the manage-
ment of the Rock Island and Mis-
souri. Kansas & Texas Railway com-
panies over the building of the for-
mer line into Lehigh has been settled
and the work of grading has been
begun anew. It Is expected that
Rock Island trains will be running
into Lehigh within three months.
INTENSE HEAT PRODUCES
PRECIOUS STONES.
Scientists Hava Succaadad In Pluck-
ing Raal Diamonds and Ruhlaa from
tha Crucible of the Furnace.
Lawrence Brown, an Inspector of
the Interior department, who was re-
cently sent Into tho Indian Territory
to chock up the collection of tribal
taxes, was married last week to Miss
Hargraves, a member of a comic
opera company showing in Guthrie.
It was a case of lovo at first Bight,
and the wedding immediately fol-
lowed their first meeting.
Recent advices from France state
that Prof. Moissan, the- eminent sci-
entist and inventor, has actually suc-
ceeded in making genuine diamonds
and rubles. He employs for this pur-
pose the electric furnace, which has
been so improved that a degree of
heat can be produced, approaching the
extreme temperatures, which were un-
doubtedly a factor in the formation of
minerals and gems in the interior of
the earth.
The rubles obtained are of large
site, weighing 10 or 15 carats, and in
quality and color equal and even sur-
pass those found in the earth. The
natural forces attending the formation
of diamonds seem to have been mors
complicated, and so far the diamonds
resulting from the efforts of the sci-
entists have been very small, but still
they are positively identified as the
carbon crystal—the diamond. They
are remarkably clear and bright, and
on a small scale as fine specimens as *
nature's own product.
The electric furnace has enriched
chemistry with a whole series of
new compounds. Probably the one of
moat value to mankind at large is Cal-
cium Carbide. The simple applica-
tion of water to Calcium Carbide gen-
erates the gas Acetylene, which is
now being commonly used for light-
ing.
The peculiar merits of Acetylene
light are its brilliance and high can-
dle power, ease of Installation, eco-
nomy and its adaptability for lighting
buildings of every description, regard-
less of their location.
Work and Workers.
,The work which presents no diffi-
culties to be overcome soon grows un-
interesting.
There are some workers so anxious*
to catch time by the forelock that
they almost tear the forelock off.
If it ta true that good work implies
that the workman knows himself, it is
equally true that the best work shows
that he has forgotten himself.
There is only one right way to work
—and it is neither in doing things be-
fore they are started nor in doing
Them all over again after they are fin-
ished.
Go to some successful workman and
ask him which of his days were hap-
piest, and it’s long odds that he’ll say
to you, "Those in which I began my
career.”
It is only when at work that man
fulfills his proper place in God's crea-
ture scheme. They are Indeed rare
exceptions who "also serve, who only
stand and wait.’’
The world is altogether too restrict-
ed in its use of the word "art." Work
of any kind, done superlatively well,
ts art—dusting pictures as well as
painting them.
A good worker is pretty much like
a horse, after all. When it’s up-hill
going, don’t worry him; when it's
down-hill going, don’t hurry blih; and
be sure and take goffd care of him
once he’s in the barn.
INSECT PEST OP MILLERS.
Over Forty Varieties of Moths and
Booties Bother Them.
“Millers have a food deal to con-
tend with in modern times,” said A.
H. Hull of Kansas City, in the Mil-
waukee Free Press. "More than forty
species of destructive moths and bee-
tles infest granaries, some of which
were only recently Imported and some
have been known aa an enemy of
stored grain ever since very ancient
times. It takes n keen eye to detect
in apparently sound wheat the pres-
ence of a ‘granary weevil,’ but If the
grains have been stung by it, Incalcu
table Injury may be done in a short
time. Another destructive insect that
Infests mills Is the flour moth, known
as the scourge of the flour mill. These
Insects excel In web-splnning, and
sometimes mix up so much with the
grain that the machinery la clogged
and mills are stopped for long pe-
riods.
“The Indian meal moth excels In
devouring the germs of wheat, Injur-
ing It for seed. A flat little beetle
called the ’flour weevil’ often makes
its appearance In flour after it has
been barreled or bagged. They are
the worst pests in the milling world
that I can think of now, and I some-
times wonder that the American pub-
lic is blessed with such excellent flour
In the face of all this insect opposi-
tion.”
Calumet
A number of physicians of Mllburn
and vicinity have organised a phy-
sicians’ business association, the
purpose of which is to bring about a
co-opcratlon of all physicians In the
practice of medicine and surgery and
adopt a fee bill. 'Physicians from
other towns havo signified their In
tentlOuS of Juiulng the association.
Robert Lee Harris, chief of the Ca-
tawba tribe of Indians, which has a
tiny reservation, embracing only one
square mile, near Rock Hill, S. C., on
which are eighty members of the
tribe, lately visited Raleigh, N. C.,
seeking in the state library for all In-
formation possible about the Cataw-
bas. The Indians were, even after
1700, a powerful tribe and touched the
Cherokecs, who were in the North
Carolina mountains and in the foot-
hills. Chief Harris says that there
are only 150 Cutawbas in the Halted
States, while In 1700 the tribe could
muster several thousand warriors. He
Is auxlous to have the tribe put uuder
federal care and educated by the gov-
ern meat.
Senator Dawes as a Botanist
John A. Harris used to relate the
following incident, which happened
in his home town of Plainfield, Mfris.:
In 1886 the late Senator Henry L.
Dawes, while driving near the town
of Plainfield, not far from Cummlng-
ton, his native town, lost his way and
secured the services of William Reid,
a simple-minded youth, to direct him
the right way.
Mr. Dawea took the boy in his car-
riage, and as they were passing an
extensive pasture, the senator re-
marked that was “a line lot of spear
grass.”
“That’s Herd’s grass,” remarked the
boy.
Vainly the senator tried to explain
that the boy was wrong, and finally
made a bet of $10 to a cent that he
(Mr. Dawes) was right, and referred
the matter to Andrew B. Wells, an
old farmer who knew Mr. Dawes by
sight.
“Guess you have lost, senator,” said
the referee, who decided the bet in the
boy’s favor; “why, that is Herd’s
grass, for it belongs to Tom Herd.
So Mr. Dawes admitted that the joke
was on him.
Her Plan to Save.
The*two women were talking about
children's parties. “Yes.” said the
visitor, “I’m going to give Willie a
party next week. About twenty-five
children will be there. How much
ice cream do you think I’ll need?”
“You won’t need more than a gal
Ion If you work a scheme I always
use,*’ replied the other woman. “Whet
the children all reach the house I
pass around some cookies—the yellow
sugar kind. I let them eat all they
want. They always eat so many that
when the ice cream is served one
small dish is enough for each child.
Nothing works so well as the sugar
cookies and they are easily and cheap
ly made. If you don’t use this scheme
you'll have to buy at least three gal
Ions of Ice cream for the twenty-five
children.”—Kansas City Star.
Town Too Finicky.
The town of Mount Vernon, back
yonder In the benighted State of New
York, must be a queer little place, and
made up of queer people. In that vil-
lage It has been ordained that no klne
shall low, no rooster crow, nor faithfu
watch dog bark. All these things that
have set the poet's song a-thrlll, and
have touched the listening ear of night
with comradeship, are baulshed from
Mount Vernon. They are truly to be
pitied, those kind of people. They
have nerves, and very much 8hattere<
sort of nerves at that, T£e town
should he Oslertzed.—Los Angeles
Times.
A wonderful powder of rare
merit end unrivaled strength.
“SLIMS, MEDIUMS, STOUTS”
Destination of Clothing Shipments la
Shown By Sizee
Thit Is the time when wholesale
clothiers are shipping fall and winter
stocks to the provinces. An experi-
enced man can tell when a consign-
ment of ready-mades is going to cer-
tain sections of the South or South-
west by running over the list of sices.
In the lingo of the trade, sizes are
classified as "slims,” "mediums” and
stouts.” Almost invariably, a South-
ern retailer, when buying goods, will
order twice aR many "slims" as either
of the other sizes. Especially is this
true In the mountains and in the
swamp sections, where fat m£n are
almost unknown and medium-sized
men are uncommon. Nine men out of
ten down there are tall and slender.
Retailers In Kentucky, Virginia and
In parts of Tennessee, Texas and Mis-
souri uniformly order trousers with
extrd length legs, because the tallest
men In the country are their custom-
ers.—New York Sun.
John W. Gates and four other
heavy “plunger” friends, wearing
watchchains weighing a pound each,
have formed a society "for the dis-
couragement of the bookmaking in-
dustry.” This ’is a good deal like,
the man who has it on tap in his1
cellar but who runs for governor on
the prohibition ticket.
Massachusetts people propose to
erect a monument to Bphriam Bull of
Concord. Years ago, finding a wild
grapevine in the woods, he trans-
planted it to his yard in Concord,
Mass. Careful attention resulted in
delicious grapes. The original vine
is still growing, and is the father of
the Concord grapes we all eat today.
Let the monument be erected.
STRONGER THAN MEAT.
A Judge’s Opinion of Grape-Nuta.
▲ gentleman who has acquired a
Judicial turn of mind from experience
on the bench out in the 8unflower
State, writes a carefully considered
opinion aa to the value of Grape-Nuts
as food. He says:
“For the past 5 years Grape-Nuta
has been a prominent feature in our
bill of fare.
“The crisp food with the delicious,
nutty flavor has become an indispensa-
ble necessity In my family’s everyday
life.
“It has proved to be most healthful
and beneficial, and has enabled ua to
practically abolish pastry and pies
from our table, for the children prefer
Grape-Nuts and do not crave rich and
unwholesome food.
“Grape-Nuts keeps us all In perfect
physical condition—as a preventive of
disease it is beyond value. I have been
particularly impressed by the benefi-
cial effects of Grape-Nuta when used
by ladles who are troubled with face
blemishes, akin eruptions, etc. It
clears up the complexion wonderfully.
“Aa to Its nutritive qualities, my ex-
perience Is that one small diah of
Grape-Nuts la superior to a pound of
meat for breakfast, which is an Im-
portant consideration for anyone. It
satisfies the appetite and strengthens
the power of resisting fatigue, while
Ita use Involves nope of the disagree-
able consequences that sometimes fol-
low a meat breakfast.” Name given
by Posturn Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There’s a reason.
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Everton, H. G. The Mountain Park Lance. (Mountain Park, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 14, 1905, newspaper, September 14, 1905; Mountain Park, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc853543/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.