CHEROKEE COUNTY DEMOCRAT, TAHLEQUAH OKLAHOMA
CIVIC If AGUf HOLD
REGULAR MtfTINC1-
The Civic League held their reg-
ular meeting Friday. August 2S in
the rest room of the county court
house, with an average attendance,
and one visitor.
After rvading the minutes of the
previous meeting the pres-ident
railed for reports- of \arious com-
mittees. but no chairmen being pres-
ent, the committees could not re-
port.
It was moved and seconded that
the press committee thank the <ity
council, through the medium of the
newspapers for the placing of trash
cans along Muskogee avenue, and
also for the cutting of weeds
throughout the city and various oth-
er impro\eiuent~ toward > it; sani-
tation Carried.
Following this 'notion, Mrs. K.
C Mv'Michael made a lengthy and
interesting talk on "Our City Sanita-
tion." in which she referred emphat-
ically in regard to spitting on the
sidewalks. which, she declared to be
the wor.4 notation gainst sanita-
tion. She also refarred to ticks
on cattle, declaring one tick carried
more germs and was probably the
cause of more deaths among in-
fants than any other cause. She
.i.so askel that the various news-
papers be requested to write edito-
rials emphatically declaring the ex-
pectorating nuisance must cease.
Following Mrs. McMichael, Mrs.
Couch made an interesting talk on
"What Other Cities Are Doing
Along Sanitation." In this talk she
referred t' "The Billboard Nui-
sance in ' Jlequah," and suggested
that the Civic League a whole
request the ypaprri- to write
strong editorials protesting against
these dilapitated makeshifts.
Motion made and carried that the
president appoint a committee to co-
operate with the city's committee on
streets and alleys in regards to in-
vestigating various sharks in our
city from a safety to human life
standpoint. The "president th«>rfv
with appointed Mesdames J. I.
Coursey and George McGregor.
Motion made and seconded that
the treasurer issue a warrant in the
amount of 11.50. payable to the
Southern Mercautile Company for
badges used in children's parade
during Chautauqua
A letter was read from the ei-
tt-nslou bureau of the University of
Oklahoma stating they were send-
ing us bulletins of "Municipal Af-
fairs." as per our request for same,
and which we received. These bul-
letins deal with all matters pertain-
ing to municipal, administration
from muni ipal politics down to and
Inc'.udina municipal taxation. In
n ph to th> letter sent to the uni-
veisity. they inform us these bulle-
tins w«-e being s nt to the various
city onicia'.s. and at the same time
we distributed those we received
anions th. various 'rembers present
at the nieftinj:
Motion made sit.d seconded that
wo adjourn.
.V LOl'lSK CRAFTON,
Sec
aught a glimpse of h'.s snarling
mouth in the mirror and he found
that one of his own pearly molars
  as missing. After a scant apology
he toothless one hurried on his
way.
SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY.
LVCfllM COURSE
Of THE N. f. S. N.
Prof .) \ riark. chairman ot the
committee of the Northeastern Stat*
Normal, is actively engaged in work-
ing up the Lyceum cour-^ for that
institution for the coming season,
and tickets at f'J for the our>^ are
being taken by the people of the
city generally.
The course will consist of seven
numbers, one more than last year,
one reader and one impersonator,
three lectures and three musical en-
tertainments, as follows:
September "S—Miss Saraii Wll-
mer. reader and impersonator.
October 12—Booth Lowrey. 1
turer.
October 26—Hampton Court
Singers.
November 5—Lyric Glee Club.
November 25- Dr. Southwiok lec-
turer
February 1—Avon Sketch Club.
March 1—C. C. Mitchell, lecturer.
I^ast y*«.r the money was all sub-
scribed and in the bank before the
course opened and it is the desire
to accomplish the same this season.
DIED.
< From Monday's Daily Arrow *
The infant adopted son of Mr.
anj Mrs. D. O Bailey of Fort G:b-
-'Oi died in this city yesterday at
the home of Mrs. Bailey's parests
Mr and Mrs. W. A. Baier. after a
brief illness. Funeral services were
held at the Baker home this aft-r-
nooc and interment in the citv cem-
etery.
The public schools of the city will
begin next Monday. A corps of good
teachers will be there to meet the
pupils and every child of,school age
-hould be prepared to enter at the
opening of the term.
RED CROSS INCRE \>i x
IT* COR1S. FOR El ROPE
WASHINGTON, \ug. 31—Ner
applications from Europe have
caused th« American Red Cress to
increase the corps of doctor> and
nurses who will sail b\- chartered
•teainer -oon for Northern Europe.
In addition, a Servian unit, compris-
ing three surgeone and twelve
nurst  II sail fron' New York
about September < and travel into
Ser\ is by wi-y of Plraeuj and Salon-
ika. The American contingent,
comprising ten or more unRs, will
>iil directly for por\- in Northern
Europe.
HE4L0I0N OIL FlRf
IS UNDER CONTROL
RINGLING. Okla.. Aug. 31.—Oil
men estimate the total ioss of last
week's fire in the Healdton oil rield
at 40,000 barrels of crude oil waich
with other property destroyed and
damaged will bring the total finan-
cial loss to approximately $- 00,-
000. With the exception of the
Magnolia pipe line tank farm, the
tire has about spent itself. The fifth
Magnolia 35.000-barrel steel tank
ignited Saturday night following the
explosion of a sister.
Eye witnesses declare the Haniee
leaped to a height of 1,000 feet,
making the entire country light as
day for many miles around. Ef-
forts are being made to save the
remaining two big tanks on the
Magnol'.i farm. A report says toe
Thelma Company earthen storage
has been swept away by flood v ater.
Thousands of barrels of crude oil
are still flowing down Bayou Creek
to Red River.
\\ IREHOCSE BONDS 1 SSI ED.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug. 31.—
The state has issued a bonded ware-
house certificate to the Pioneer Cot-
ton Mills of Guthrie, which is now
the only place in Oklahoma where
the storage of cotton In bale is
bonded. Under the regulations the
warehouse must receive the cotton
and issue its warehouse receipts
and on these receipts the farmers
may obtain loans from banks. The
warehouse charges are 75 cents a
bale for the first month and 15
cents for each succeeding month.
"HELLO" GIRL WAR HEROINE.
Telephone* of It«iiil<anlni<-nt Till
Shell Enter- Office.
PARIS, Vug. 31.—According to
information which has reached
Paris, the little village of Etaln,
near Longwv. France, was bom-
barded by the Germans last Monday
and Tuesday.
The second bombardment set the
town on fire. Many are said to have
perished. The telephone service of
Etain was left in the hands of a
young girl, who stuck to her post
vhile «hells were bursting all around
the office, and called up Yerdon
every fifteen minutes to give an ac-
count of what was going on.
The director of posts at Yerdon
was listening to a message being sent
by this girl when suddenly she in-
terrupted her communication to say
"A bomb has just fallen in this
office."
This ended the conversation.
STEAK PULLS HI* TOOTH
To T! *T I.1EE TEACHERS.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug. 31.—
Attorney General West has given an
o; ir.;on to State Superiut< • :.t
Wilson to the effect that the ti ' ler
of a life certificate as a  cl
teacher issued by one of the so lal
colleges may be required to ;  ke
one examination for a license to
teach ia the public schools of this
state.
BATTLE CREEK. Mich.. Aag. 31.
—A mas sauntered into a restau-
rant and ordered a small steak.
When he arose from the table he
notice that a tooth lay on the plate
Is great wrath he approached the
attendant in the 'Vhop hoase"' and
expressed hits*:; on the subject of
finding teeth ia food After be hai
discoursed for fire misutes h«
S.A.WAR VETERANS
NOLO ENCAMPMENT
LOUISVILLE. Aug. 27.—Great
interest is being shown here regard-
:ag the national encampment of the
Sr a- - War Veteraas to be t-: . i~
city August 31 to Septemb-- 3
Preparations are going forward
rapid'.y and it is expected tba' at
Vast 20,090 veterans and friends will
be here during the encampment. An
extensive program of eEterta'naesl
for the visitors has been axraaged
by the city of Louisville.
Considerable friendly rivalry has
arisen iE the ra~e lor the office of
coir. ~*ader ia chief. A number of
candidates, each proficient ia his
own department have annoanced
their intentions .
PRESENT WAR
HAS IIS COME!
Every great war in the world's
history has had its comet, and the
present titanic conflict in Europe is
no exception. Paul T. Delevan. an
astronomer, has the honor of hav-
ing his name attached to the free-
lance of the skies, which will go
down in history and science as tne
comet of the war of 1914 Al-
though when Delevan discovered his
comet from the observatory of Ma
Plata in the Argentine Republic
eight months ago. ther* ■ •£  n*, war
on the horizon and no sign of great
trouble, "the traveling body has been
steadily growing brighter, and it
will become visible to the naked
e\e very shortlj, reachiuv; its great-
est brilliancy In the course of the
present war.
Superstitious people might find
much in the beginning of the gr^.it
struggle to convince them that war
is a sin, and that its makers art-
frowned on by God. On August li".
I'ope Pius X. head of the Rom n
Catholic Church, died, the direct re-
sult of worriment over the great
slaughter. On August 21 there was
an eclipse of the snn, total over a
part or Russia and otce. European
territory where war is rasing. The
coming of a great comet might b>
the ignoraut be construed as an
omen.
When Delevan first saw tne comet
on December 17, 1913, it was 370,-
000 miles from the sun, and was
not very clear even with the tele-
scope. At present it is about 220,-
000,000 miles from the sun*, and may
be seen with opera glasses in the
northeast part of the sky, late at
night and early in the morning. Sci-
entists have said that the Delevan
comet will be visible with telescopes
for a period stretching over about
six years.
It will come nearest to the earth
in October, when it will be not more
than 147,000,000 miles from the or-
bit of this globe.
THIS IS Why THE
WAR IS AS IE IS
One of the ablest and most lucid
explanations of the causes leading to
the present complicated war in Eu-
rope is given by the Glen Elder Sen-
tinel, a paper out in Mitchell Coun-
ty, Kansas. Here is the Sentinel'.-
version of it:
As we understand it, a Servian
Socialist who was partly ^ane when
sober, got drunk and killed an Aus-
trian noble and his noble escort.
Austria, observing the'unseemly in-
cident, addressed herself sternly to
Servia. somewhat as follows: "See
here, kid, no rough stuff. 1 propose
to be a father to you. Come into
the woodshed." "Hold on," sa>?
Russia, "don't you dare lay a finger
on that kid. Austry; he's my kid,' i
says he. "and anyhow you'd make ;
a fine father for anyone—1 don't
think." he says. "Think again, you j
big slob." sa> > Austria, "if you can i
think twice in one day." he says j
"and whil > you're thinkin', think I
what l'tn telling you," he say- "j
don't like the color of \our eyes, and i
>Our nose offends me and your .e -t
hoe ' tra k b- -ides." sa>s he. "nd
1 > n lick you." he <a: "and 1 will, :
too. "Geo! bov. Ansty," --.ngs out'
! Wilhelm; "I can lick him myself: 1
ran lick anybody: why, I can lick
everybody," sa>s Wilhelm. "We'll
i iakt him on together and show him.
 ays he. So German) starts for
France and slips up. incidentally
I .anding with both feet in the middle
' of i>. :j:«m. "Get off iue stummiek."
wails Belgium, "or I'll bite your
leg off." says he. "Ouch, be patient,
IVgy," says Wilhelm. ."Beg par-
don: I'll get off when 1 have to,"
says he. "Excuse me, or I'll soak
you." he says. Now nttk me
France. "I wasn't looking, anyhow.''
says he. "Take that." says he. slip-
pirg Wilhelm a hot one. "1 hate a
right," says England, "but 1 can
"oust the jaw of any guy that slaps
my dear friend Caston, whom I don t
like at all." he sa.«.-, "but'w :ll defend
till death," he says "You don t
standing back for an opening. "Any-
how, you started it," says Wilhelm
to Nicholas. "You started it your-
self." yells everybody to everybody
 'lse. sticking out their tongues.
Then they all clinch, and the little
'eilows dane** around watching for
a f hr r.ee to get in a punch and run.
Moral: If you want to fight, all
vou have to do is to sa^ so
CHICHESTER SPILLS
DIAMOND
BRAND
"W, •//
LADIES I
and - - - -  
PI VM1>M> BUANO PII.l.H, for tw< ntv.fi to
rr .rsre - jrded a  Bff't.Safct, Al'vays Kciinble.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
EVERYWHERE
TESTKU
Low Fares
TO THE
North
and ILast
VIA
HURLED BENEATH
TRAIN: UNHURT
DENVER. Aug. 31.—I'nusual
presence of mind saved the life of
Miss Nellie Cromwell of 3017 Stuart
street, an employe of the Pullman
Company, when attempting to cross
the Union Pacific ' ards.
Miss Cromwe! I walked around the
rear of a string i f cars and failed to
see a train switching on an adjoin-
ing ti .ck. The train struck her,
hurling her beneath the trucks.
Almost unconscious from the fall,
Miss Cromwell pressed her arms to
her sides and lay parallel with the
tracks while the entire train passed
over her. with the exception of the
pilot of the engine.
Miss Cromwell was dragged from
under the locomotive. She was un-
hurt. With a smile she told the
crew that she was all right, and
walked to her work.
-Til.I. DIM l Ss COTTON
SITUATION IN ALABAMA
Let iiif know what point-
you wish to visit in the
North and East, and I will
be glad to quote fares and
arrange your Pullunan ros
ervations.
Don't forget that the
Frisco is the r.irtil Of ali
steel dining on• - in which
Fred Ha -. \ ni  il   .
>ev.> d.
\Y F.STES,
Agent.
REAL ESTATE
MONTGOMERY, Ala.. Aug. 31.—
The informal meeting of naval
stores factors of the various south-
ern states held in this city comp'eted
its labors and adjourned Saturday
evening.
After discussing the situation
brought about through the disap-
pearance of a market because of the
European war, a committee of some
twenty members was appointed with
W. F. Coxesman of Jacksonville,
Fla., as chairman, to thoroughly
consider every phase of the industry
and to organize an association to
protect the industry from obliga-
tibn. This committee will meet at
the call of the chairman.
<.I\I N TR1AI. AFTER 11 VEAllS.
WILBURTON. Okla.. Aug. 31.—
F. M. Short, former United States
deputy marshal at Tulsa, has been
tried by a jury here for the death
o' Will MoElvain. an Indian, on a
Rock Island train between Howe
and Monroe in l,e Flore County, in
September, 19"3. The jury could
not agree and was discharged. The
• .i.-r hud ne t*r come to trial before.
and Insurance
BUY md SELL
LAND
FIRE. TORNADO
HAIL and LIFE
INSURANCE
Notary in Office
John Crumpler
Over Crew Bros
Phone 226 Tahlequah Ok.
E&irmBi
Sporting Goods
Are you going fishing, or hunting? Do you ever
play base bail or lawn tennis? If you do you will
be interested in knowing that you can find any-
thing in these lines at this store.
Guns and Amunition == Fishing Rods,
HooKs, Lines and Artificial Bait = =
Tennis and Base Ball Goods
It is a pleasure to show you these goods and ex-
plain their superior qualities. Afford us this
pleasure any time by calling in at the store.
A. B. CUSAC
PHONE 216