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MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1900
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THE SHAWNEE NEWS.
(Lou s. Allard Publisher
Barry B. llalpln City Editor
NEW I'HONK
Niws Business Office, 321
Lou S. Allard's Residence, 210
City Editor's Residence, 87
Entered as second c'ass mall matter
August 1, 1905, at the postofflce of
Shawnee, Oklahoma, under the act of
Congress of March 3, 1879.
<UNT61u%-J^hp>
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POOR JIMMY.
At McComb, a hustling little town
«n the Santa Fe In this county, Is a
good population, for a new town, and
Jim Jacobs, of poor farm fame, alleges
that he publishes a paper there. \a
a matter of fact, Jim and his assistant,
-9. A. Robertson, the editor, who Is a
good one by the way, reside In Shaw-
nee and don't visit McComb except nt
Intervals. The McComb Herald Is ed-
THE GOVERNOR. had the territorial funds. Whether
Today Captain Frank Frantz was in- he knew or did not know they were
augurated governor of Oklahoma. In 1 going to do it, Is largely a matter of
many things that go to make up the his intelligence—his ability , to take
politician In a political position Gov-'care of tho territory's Interests, as an
trnor Erantz will be new and to an ' executive. A capable executive would
extent an experiment, but in those know and have the courage to act
things which go to make up the hlghert1 accordingly; r<ad an Incapable one
type of American citizenship he Is not would not know and would fall short of
new nor Is he an unknown quantity. I the performance of his duty. The
It has fallen to the lot of Capt. Erantz question of honesty In the matter <s
as to few men of his age. to be tried altogether secondary. Many a man
In the crucible where dross cannot sur-1 winks at wrong that he does not com-
vive and where only metal true and mlt himself.—Guthrie Register.
unalloyed withstands the heat, and I  
from that crucible he has come out Jini's report of the poor farm shows
astay j lire. Of him it can well be 67 chickens on hand, while the June
said ' when the emergency arose the1 report showed 200. The poor farm
in^ri appeared," and whether It was Inmates certainly did eat chicken,
who
ma, just as he will be In tho Oklahoma
end. If the white man wants prohibi-
tion, he will have it, but If he is ag-
ainst It, prohibitory laws, organic or
statutory, are useless. In Leaven-'ln ,he walks of "rlvate llfe. In the mln-! ,hou«h some of those ^tunales
1 g ctimp, ln the channels of the busl- have left the place say they uon't rec-
neRB wotld, In the service of the post ollect of any chicken. The inmates
office department or the department of got 5 to eat, and one dozen died in the
the interior, the result has been the last three months. Who got the oth-
Eame, oinl the record is absolutely ers, Jim?
worth, Topeka, Wichita, Kansas City,
Kan., and the rest of the big towns in
Kansas Intoxicants are easily obtain-
ed, and they are consumed ln nearly
as large quantity per capita as they
are ln non-prohibition states. In the
rural communities, however, tho total
abstinence Idea is pretty well enforced.
Let tho counties in the Indian Terri-
tory under the statehood organization
IS IT
Any r'fferent with a buginess? You
must admit that the house with the
reputation for being "a hustling, wide-
awake" place is the bouse that gets
the trade.
The business man who has a word
avery day, through a bright ad in the
daily paper, with the peop.e who buy,
is the man who is looking towards the
future growth and prosperity of his
business.
The day Is past when It was possi-
ble to lay back and wait for business
to come. The fellow who still har-
bors the belief that everybody knows
him and they'll come If they need any-
thing is a bac^ number. He has his
shelves full of goods that nobody
knows is there—but they know the
wide-awake, up to date advertiser has
them, because he says so, and keeps
on reminding them of the fact.
Don't let the newcomers—the town
Is full of them—think you are a dead
one. Keep to the front through an ad
In Tho Shawnee News, the people's
decide to
will or wl
I which do
have tin
, without
forced,
dealing
Indian
nix.
themselvei
not have pi
lare for it
public sentiment
which It could
This Is the corr
with tho liquor is
Territory."—Muaki
ether they
tion. Those
necessarily
n its favor,
not be en-
id way of
ine in the
igee Phoe-
clean. When a few years ago the ■
call to arms sounded he was one of Tulsa's race war was like most
the first to answer the call, and from ents of that character, principally talk'paper, and later on you wont be won-
the day ho was muktered in until tho and type. Bering why "the other fellow" has
de.t< of his discharge ho made good. |  a" "le business.
When r s a lieutenant in the thick of F°r coughs and colds no retaedy is Everybody
the VuieHt battle of the war his cap- equal to Kennedy's Laxative Honey
tain, Huck) O'Neal, fell at San Juan and Tar. It is different from ail oth-
he leaped to the front of the charge er -better, becnuse It expels all cold
aid to 1 colonel's question, "Where from th'' system by acting as a ca-
. are you going?" replied "To the top of thartic on the bowels. Affords imme-
the hill." Embodied in that answer rcIlef ln Croup, Coughs, Colds
Is the warp and woof of which ho is Whooping Cough, etc. Good for the
: mad< and fntlnre d es not often come complexion. Sold by J. E. Cockrell. •
to those determined to go "to the top  
The News— and
News Ads. Pa
of the hill." The colonel of that day
i.i the president of this, and the lieu-
tent in of yesterday bocomes the gov-
New Cashier.
If you have real estate to sell, don't
try to make special appointments with
"time and tide," which "wait for no
man," but "break into the market"
through a classified advertisement. •
Window glass, all sizes, at Wirfs
Paint & Glass Co., 9th and Broadway
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THE INDUSTRIOUS HEN.
And now, the industrious hen is to
be reformed. Up*o tills time she has ernor of today.
laid eggs In the spring and summer,
lted and published In Shawnee, and a when we do not greatly need her ef
greater part of Its type is laken boil- forts, and knocked off In the wintor
Hy from Shawnee papers, though Jim time, just when eggs are highest, Prof
<lun't think the McComb people know Jaffa, of California, is a member of the
It. State university. IIo has been con-
In his last Issue Jim attempted in ducting experiments by which he an
answer the charge of The News of nounces that he will succeed in keep-
mlsmanngi ment at the poor farm, of Ing the hen nt work all the year around
which he recently resigned the man- and not allow her to go on a strike
agement. In an attempt to belittle ln the late fall and early winter. He
the publisher of The News, he uses does (his by controlling tho moulting' especially if personal results
his usual slangy phrases and pet name ■ period, and he announc* - that he will soni<-.v'a"*t remote.
'hit like his report, he falls to explain be able to cut this interval out entirely.   
anything. Hereafter his hens will work steadily Perhaps the elasticity that will
Now, Jim, we won't call you any at the manufacture of eggs from Jan- draw to Wall street the great sums of
names, as your cognomen of Oily Jim uary 1st to December 31st, without money deposited by the sturdy and
fits you well enough. We have asked holiday or intermission j provident people of the great west
you a few questions concerning the tre- Burbank lias shown lis what can beland southwest In their local banks is
mendous expenses of that poor farm, dome with plant life, and now comes the kind of elasticity that Jake Schlff
and why according to your own report Prof. Java and reorganizes the patient wants.
Ihe expenses should he so heavy when  —_____ 
P. W. Hal (ley, formerly of tho Santa First Published in The Shawnee Ne. s
Fe, has arrived from Ft. Collins to ac-
rhat In his new post- C(,P' ,lle position of cashier at the Rock
tion he.will succeed, those who know Island freight station under Agent G.
him best assert with most conviction, ^ • M°rS8n, vice W illiana M. Copeland
and that his administration will be who has accepted the position of agent
an unqualified success every one who (*(,ary.
wants to see an asset of honor, lnteg
rity, bravery and manhood pay a div-
' eiend, will sincerely hope.
The man who works valiantly try-
ing to help those who will not help
themselves is apt to get very tired
seem
Dec. 14, 1903.
Territory of Oklahoma, Pottawatomie
County.
in the District Court in and for said
County and Territory.
The First National Bank of Shawnee,
Plaintiff, vs. A. D. Parish et al., De-
fendants.
To O. V. Ginn, Minnie Ginn, Mattie
Ginn, Jourdan Ginn, Joe Ginn, Walter
lad com-' Ginn, Andrew Ginn and Homer Ginn
j and Nannie Sumners, defendants in
above entitled action, You and
AUDITOR GENERAL
Havana Cigar—a good heavy
after-dinner cigar.
NOLL'S GUARANTEE
An extra good nickel cigar, if
you like a Porto Rican smoke.
there are no Inmates there, but you
kaven't answered them.
The News has a few affidavits from
parties who wore former residents of
your poor farm, and it may interest
you to know that some decidedly in-
teresting charges are made against
you and your management. If you can
answer our former questions, kindly
<(o so. If you can't, just admit It. At
any rate, we will have a few more to
propound, and by the time The News
pets through with Oily Jim and the
pang he represents, there will be a l:>t
of Democratic fur lost. We like the
men all right, but we hate their poll-
oies, and the manner in which they
liave compelled the taxpayers to hear
the burden of supporting a number of
chaps like Jim nt good salaries.
abstracts.
Farn and City Loans; Six Months to SiX Years
wTj. riggs.
Everything Exactly as Agreed
109 North Broadway, Shawnee, Okla.
Arrival of Bagdad.
A blaze of yellow, gold and glitter
is the most appropriate way of de-
scribing the Beautiful Bai
pany.
So much has been written regarding the
this excellent organization, so ninny fa- each of you are hereby notified that
vorable comments by the well known J. F. Hubbard, one of the defendants
people of Oklahoma Territory, the in the said action, has filed his cross
— opera house should be comfortably fill- petition in said action, asking a judg-
ed tonight | ment against the said A. D. Parish as
Over 12,000 paid admissions were administrator of the estate of the said
recorded at the several performances L R. Ginn, deceased, and O. V. Ginn,
in Austin, Texas, and one of the heart-' in the sum of $850, with interest from
lest endorsements was from the gover-' the 10th day of Nov., 1905, at the rate
nor and his party. of 10 per cent per annum, and for fore-
| At Dallas "Bagdad" played to the closure of a real estate mortgage upon
largest business ever given a musical the following described real estate, to-
' comedy in the city. | wit, the S. 1-2 of the S. W. 1-4 and
| It is reported that Klaw & Erlanger the N. W. 1-4 of the S. W. 1-4 of Sec.
will use the same ideas as originated 22, in township eight (8) north of
with Mr. Daranby, manager of Beau-J Range two (2) east, I. M., in said coun-
tiful Bagdad, and send out a company ty and territory, and asking that the
on similar lines. j said property be sold to satisfy the
| "The public wants novelty," says said indebtedness and that your claims
Mr. Darnaby, "and the unprecedented therein, if any you have, be forever
success of Bagdad Is attributed to the barred. Of all of which you will take
novel and entirely original program. J due notice and govern yourselves ac-
We do not ask the public to pay alto- cordingly, and If you fail to answer or
gether for costumes and scenery, but plead thereon on or before the 2Gth
offer good, clean comedy, bright, and day of January, A. D. 1906, judgment
clever musical numbers, high class van-1 will be rendered accordingly.
B. D. SHEAR, Clerk.
By C. A. STAUBEIt, Deputy.
By CHAS. B. CONNER,
Attorney for J. F. Hubbard. 14 4tw
PROHIBITION AND THE INDIANS.
, As Right Rev. Francis Key Brooke,
bishop of Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory, says, local option Is the cor-
rect solution of the liquor problem In
the Indian Territory. The leading
apirits of the Cherokees, the Choc-
tows and the rest of the five tribes
nrge prohibition for the Indian Terri-
tory section of the proposed state,
•ays the Globe-Democrat. "Some of
the Indian magnates wanted to have
prohibition for the whole state, Okla-
homa as well as the Indian Territory
aectlon. Most of the Okiahomans, on
the other hand, oppose prohibition 'n
my part of the state, but some of
deville, such only as can be seen In the
hen. California is indeed a land of' If the kaiser Is spoiling for a fight, big cities.
wonders. he should come to Indian Territory "We do not crowd the stage with a
  | and seek a federal appointment, in- cheap chorus, but carry voices of
Jim Jacobs, ex-manager of the poor stead of trying to start something quality and range, dancers who can
farm, can well sing, "I got mine, boys,1 with France. He could get results so dance, comedians who have made rep-
much jnore quickly. | utatlons in New York and positively
  : appear In the cast.
Ida Tarbell is watching anxiously "We have no number one or two
for the forthcoming book which An- companies.
drew Carnegie is writing about his "We offer comedy, vaudeville, good
own life. Perhaps Ida has a dlaboll- chorus and a first class orchestra."
cal suspicion that Mr. Carnegie will
not allow the whole horrible truth
to be known.
I got mine."
Maybe Jim Jacobs shippd his three
acres of peanuts. Who knows?
Mr. Harinsworth of the London Mail
lias been made a viscount, but some-
how he still prefers his original title
of editor.
Every day a bargain day for wall
paper at Wirfs Paint & Glass Co's.
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The man who says there are no pol-
itics In Indian Territory has not been
reading the Washing ton dispatches
recently.
One night, opera house, Jan. 1C.
The action of the Interior depart-
ment in abolishing tribal taxes is an-
General Orloff has unsheathed
j sword and announced that all Rus-
sians who would revolt against the
I autocrat are worthy of death. But no
I revolution has ever been suppressed
| by massacre where it had in its origin
I FOR SALE—Railroad ticket to Des
Moines, Iowa, cheap. See Kerker,
hjs Gardiner & Kerker, 110 North Union
ue. 15-3t
other step toward good government for
them are willing now to concede it to |h(, ,ml|an Tl,rrltory
the Indian Territory end of the com-  
n,unlty- I Should Secretary Bonaparte succeed
"But unless public sentiment favors ,n en(,|ng hazlnR a, AllnapollSi he wl„
frohlbltiom, an ordinance of that sort, ,mvo oarned g plaC(> alonKslde of tha|
to the constitution or in the statutes Qther Ul)naparte ln the ha„ of famc
wtll accomplish nothing. Bishop   
Brooke says he himself would like to
l the decision and
liberty.
determination for
We sometimes fail to realize espec-
ially favorable conditions until they
are gone, but the people In general
knew that 1905 was one of unusual
prosperity long before It ended. That
fact Is still more firmly Impressed up-
Thomas Lawson says that H. H.
 ee prohibition if it were enforcible, Rogera ,g th(1 treasurer for the Stand- on thelr n,1,nd8 88 re"orts of the last
but, like other level headed persons, an, 0|, se(.rets The combination to year 8 business are published,
the vault has evidently been lost.
he believes that this would be impos-
alble ln a large part of the Indian Ter-
ritory. The 90,000 persons In tho ter- Ex-Senator Blackburn of Kentucky
rltory who are constructively Indians now rPauzes jjow inexpressibly pathet-
tre confronted with 400,000 or 500,000 jc ^ |g jor a n)an the mere
whites. Majorities will rule there ris anecdotal epoch ln a once brilliant
elsewhere in this country. Though carpor
the five tribes were the original lnhab-
Last
year all records were broken in freight
traffic and every railroad in the coun-
try had constant use for all the cars
that could be secured.
Newspaper circulation of the kind
valued by advertisers, Is not built up
LOOK LIKE A MAN!
FEEL LIKE A MAN!
It's all right to be In good condition
-physical,, financial and mental. But
in a day. a week, or a year. The clr- that's not all that's necessary to play
Hants of the territory, and owned near-' pr(mje, witte Bays the czar has not culatlon of The News, which Is the the man—one must "look the part-
ly all tho lands In It at the outset, they abrogated his autocratic powers. There largest ever attained by a newspaper No use talking, clothes do have mucn
have parted with much of their lands. ls one thjng mighty certain, he Isn't Published in Shawnee, is one result to do with the making of a man-
By treaties with the government they experiencing much pleasure In holding ,n* fr0I  a stea<,y growth of years, at least In the eyes of others. We
lave accepted the Inevitable, and will on t0 them. I during which period The News has tallor-to-measure whole suits, single
on March 4, dissolve their tribal or-( —
jranizations. and mingle In the mass
been continuously published.
The price of common doors Is to bei   
«f the citizenship. j advanced ton per cent If this thing1 The easiest excuse that can possibly
"The white man will be the doml- keeps o- 'i soon be ImpoBsiblo ( be made for Governor Ferguson Is
nant factor ln the Indian Territory sec- for a i ilnary circumstances that his political friends wrecked the
tion of the projected state of Oklaho-'to build j Capital National bank, In which he
garments or overcoats stylishly from
fine fabrics at moderate cost. We want
your next order.
J. H. KREILIN j,
Phone 308. 110 N. Union Av*
Cleaning and Repairing.
• DO YOU WANT
* A Situation?
• Help, Male or Female?
♦ To Sell a Farm?
* To Sell Household Goods?
Agents?
Canvassers?
* A Husband or Wife?
• A Boy or Girl?
* A Handy Man?
* Or Anything Else? •
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TIM H
Santa Fe
u
Ifchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe Railway Co.
TIME TABLE NO. 24.
GOING NORTH
<0. 414 local freight, Departs 7:05 am
•Jo. 408passenger, Departs i:oupm
FROM NORTH
<Jo. 407 passenger, Arrives 3:20 p m
io. 413 local freight, Arrives \6:oo pm
lulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
Railway Go.
TIME TABLE NO. 5.
Effective January 22nd, 1905.
GOING SOUTH.
4o. 317, passenger, Departs 8:15 a m
Jo. 302, mixed, Departs 4:00 p m
FROM SOUTH.
Jo. 302, mixed, Arrives 11:55 am
<0. 318, passenger, Arrives 5:00 p m
No. 408, leaving Shawnee 1:00 p m,
nakes close connection at Arkansas City
vith trains for Kansas City and Chicago,
ind makes close connection at Newton
vith the fast Colorado and California
rams.
No. 317 leaving Shawnee at 8:15 a"m,
nakes close connection at Pauls Valley
vith trains for Texas. This is one of the
test trains out of here for Texas points,
nd arrives in Ft. Worth in time to make
;001 connection with all lines diverging.
All of the above trains carry passengers
ind baggage.
Tickets sold and baggage checked to
irincipal points in United States and
'anada.
Will be glad to give you any lofir
-atiom as to rates and time of trail*
-\U on or write to
GEO. P. NELSON, Agent,
Sswne«, Okla.
ROCK ISLAND TIME CARD.
Effective May 14, 1905
WEST BOUND.
<0. i ar. 4:15 a. m. departs 4 5° a.m.
Jo. 3 ar. 12:05 P- "J- departs 12:20 p. m.
Jo. 7 ar. 6:00 p. m. departs 6:15 p. m.
Jo. 59 ar . . . 4:40 pm (Local Freight)
EAST BOUND.
Jo. 2 ar. 1:45 a.m. departs 1:55 a. m.
Jo. 4 ar. 4:00 p.m. departs 4:10 p. m.
'Jo. 8 ar. 10:15 a.m. departs 10:30 a. m.
TECUMSEH,ROMULUS and ASHER BRANCH
Jo. 38 lv  7:30 atn to Asher, O. T.
Jo. 37 ar.... 11:55 am from Asher.
Jo 40 lv  4:15 pm to Tecumseh only
■Jo. 39 ar  5:30 pm from Tecumseh
G. W. Morgan, Agent.
M. K. & T. TIME TABLE.
SOUTH BOUND.
Jo. Ill, Daily Passenger.... 9:40 a. m
Jo. 563, Way Freight  9:40 a. m.
NORTH BOUND.
Jo. 112, Daily Passenger 6:25 p. m,
Jo. 564, Way Freight 4:45 p. m,
At Atoka train No. 111 connects with
•Jo. 5, "Katy Flyer," for Durant, 1. T.,
•nd principal points in Texas. Train
•Jo. 112 waits at Atoka for No. 6 "KMr
flyer' from Texas. Way freight trains
firry passengers.
J. M. Snkdaker, agent.
I WANT YOU
TO KNOW MORE
about the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Ry.—where it goes and how thoroughly
it covers Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma
Indian Territory and Texas; about the
comfort and convenience of Its passen-
ger service—about the dining stations
and the superior meals served (at the
nominal price of 50c.) to all Its pat-
rons.
If there is any information about
any prospective trip you would like,
write me. I'll gladly give you the in-
formation and If possible have my rep-
resentative call on you and pesonally
assist you In every way Think of my
offer when you next have occasion to
travel, and write me
W. S. ST. GEORGE,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
St. Louis. Mo.
Tickets on sale everywhere via
fhe Po ular Sf. Louis Lino
iix trains daily each way, between Kan-
as City and St. Louis. Observation Din-
ig Cars and Pullmau Palace Sleeping
Cars. Everything first class. V uWe
tally service betwu-n Kansas City an.
Jmaha. Ask your agent to route yon via
h«
Missouri
Pacific
Railway.
2. E, STYTES.A. O. P. A.,
E. E. BLECKLEY,
Traveling Pass. Agt.,Wifhita, K