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OKLAHOMA STATE NEWS
Mitten of Iotereat Condensed for the Benefit of Busy People.
TO WORK FOR RESUBMISSION
BEST CROP EVER GROWN
Oklahoma Germans and the Sons of
Washington Co-Operate
GUTHRIE: The Sons of Washing-
ton and the Gernian-Amerlcnn Asso-
ciation of Oklahoma have united
forces for the purpose, If possible,
of inducing the next legislature to
resubmit the prohibition question.
The two organisations have set their
mark upon a membership of 50,000.
If this con be attained before the
Enid Buyer Says Corn Crop is Good
and Price Will Hold Up
ENID: C. D. Smith, an Enid whole
sale grain dealer, returned from
ten days’ tour over the stale In an
Inspection, of the condition of the
corn crop. As a result of his trip
Mr. Smith states that Oklahoma has
the largest corn crop (his year in her
history. He stated that In the Wash
Ita valley anil In Craig, Ottawa and
convening of the next legislature they |'"u5<‘a C0Unt*,‘H especially Is the yield
will wage a strenuous campaign | unu8,islly large, exceeding by twenty
against the dispensary system and
prohibition.
The antis, through their associa-
tions, are just now centering a fight
upon the proposed amendment to the
constitution making the d.spensary
system a permanent Institution in Ok-
lahoma. If they can defeat the prop-
osition at. the polls next November
then they will center their fight upon
prohibition exclusively. The organ-
ization of lodgvs of the Sons of
Washington are being quietly effected
all over the stale. Wherever there is
a local of the Gerinan-American as
soclatlon the two will join hands. The
purpose of (his united effort is pri-
marily to use their influence In the
election of members of the legisla-
ture supporting only such candidates
as appear to be most favorable to
the cause of the anti-prohibitlonlsts.
per cent at leust, the yields of for-
mer years.
During the trip Mr. Smith pur-
chased 382,000 bushels and he states
that at no place ho found corn Bell-
ing for less than 45 cents a bushel.
The average price of corn in Okla-
homa will he 47 or 48 cents in his
opinion This Is caused by the crop
conditions through Kansas, Nebraska
and Iowa, where he sabl there was a
shortage to that of former years.
CHICKASAWS PROTEST
Vio
MUST EXCHANGE BOOKS
State Superintendent Notifies County
Officers to Report Refusals
GUTHRIE: State School Superin-
tendent Cameron has issued a circu-
lar letter to county superintendents
Informing them that exchange should
be made on all books regardless of
grade and that a proper exchange
price should be fixed for each book.
Confusion exists In many parts of
the state as a result of the conduct
of book dealers relative to exchang-
ing old hooks for new' ones. The law
allows a consideration of 50 tier cent
on exchanges. Many dealers will ac-
cept old hooks only for new books In
the same grade. This Is contrary to
i ho contracts with the book compa-
nies, according to Mr. Cameron. In
Ills letter he says:
“If any book company refuses to
comply with this circular report the
matter to this office.’’
I OKLAHOMA W. C. T. U. ELECTS
Authorities Claim State Cannot
late Government Contract
GUTHRIE: The Chickasaw legisla-
ture now in session at Tishomingo,
has taken a determined stand against
the taxation of the lands of the Choc-
taws and Chiekasaws by the new
state government, and has prepared
a memorial to be presented at. the
next session of congress asking for
the Intervention of the federal gov
ernment in their behalf.
When the session of the council
opened a few days ago, Governor
Johnston, of the Chiekasaws in his
message to the legislature designat-
ed the question of taxing Indian al- Two Departments Are Amalgamated
lotments us the most serious now | at State Meeting
confronting the Indians of his tribe OKLAHOMA CITY: Amalgamation
He declared that by the terms of the i I*16 Oklahoma ami Indian Terri-
Atoka agreement all lands allotted lH1T departments of the W. C. T. U.
to the Choctaws and Chiekasaws were was effected at (he slate meeting here
to be exempt from taxation while the und officers elected. The officers
title remained In the original allot-' "lc-cted re: President, Mrs. Cora D.
tees for a period of not to exceed 21 i Hammett, Oklahoma City; vlce-prcsl-
years from the date of patent. - dent, Josephine Dorman, Mounds;
Immediately following the removal I corresponding secretary, Mrs. Hebei
of restrictions from 11,000,000 acres1 "nK. Lamont; recording secretary,
of Indian land In Oklahoma, the state Mrs. Susie McKellop. Muskogee;
officers announced that all Indian j treasurer. Mrs. Kate McWethy, Uuth-
land from which the restrictions r'<‘- Delegates were elected to the
have been removed must be listed for national convention to be held In
taxc;' m by the county assessors and Denver. October 18-23 follows:
collected by the county treasurers in Mrs. Lila D. Lindsay, Tulsa; Mrs.
the counties where such land Is lo-1 Alible Hlllerman, Oklahoma City,
eated. The Choctaw and Chickasaw Mrs. Carrie Hopson, Hlue Jacket;
leaders have engaged attorneys to Mrs. Mamie Hill, Oklahoma City,
resist this action, declaring (hat they;
will fight the attempt to collect taxes Getting Ready for Seminole Payment
from their lands to the highest court MUSKOGEE: The Indian agent at
of the nation. Muskogee has commenced making the
- , Seminole roll for a regular annuity
Assessed by Two States ! payment of accrued interest amount-
WESTV1LLE: Roth Arkansas and Ing to about $80,000. It will take
Oklahoma will attempt to collect ! about threo months to make the
taxes on the 100 acres of disputed;10'* am' Ff’t ready to pay out the
the border of i nioney. There are 3,000 Semlnoles
territory lying along
the two states. Doth states (have
completed their assessment of the
property and the total valuation of
the strip is placed at $25,225.
None of the residents of the strip
have received patents to their land
and it Is said that they will resist
the payment of laxes. The collec-
tions of taxes may be postponed un-
til after the supreme com; Lea
passed upon the ownership of the
land.
and they will receive about $27 each.
I
GUTHRIE: A decision is expected
shortly from the corporation commis-
sion relative to the ease submitted
several weeks ago In which cotton
shippers and compress owners are vi-
tally interested. The proposed order,
if issued and put Into effect, would re-
quire the railroad company to unload
the cotton at the compress nearest
Assistant Attorney General Resigns
GUTHRIE: Fielding Lewis, an as-
sistant in the office of the attorney
general, has presented his resigna-
tion to Attorney General West. He
will leave shortly for his home in
McAlester, where he will resume his
private law practice. Mr. Lewis,
with Judge E. G. Spilman and W. S.
Reeves constitute the corps of office
assistants to the attorney general.
Married 34 Years; Wants Divorce
CHICKASHA: After 34 years of
married life, W. D. Hailey, a promi-
nent citizen living east of the city,
desires to be legally separated from
Ills wife that he may find peace in
his declining years. Both Bailey and
his wife are natives of the Choctaw
nation and own valuable allotments
the origin of the shipment. Hereto- in Ihe Chickasaw nation. They were
fore Texas compresses have been I married in 1874 and three children,
drawing the business of cotton men now grown, were born. He alleges
even from northern Oklahoma. that liis wife has been very extrava
A conference of lawyers and cot- gant and has made debts that ho has
ton men was held here and the sub-
ject was taken up at some length.
had to pay and also that she has
been negligent of her home duties.
Officials of Muskogee in a Quandary
Over Court Decision
Muskogee—Muskogee wants some
fo fill offices, and some mors men
tell just who ihe oflces belong to and
whether the ones that have a legal
right to them ean be forced to act as
city officials. Tile recent decision
of the supreme court declared the
officers now serving elected at an
illegal election, and ihnt the old offi-
cers should hold over. Now part of
the old officers want their position
back and part of them wont' have
them. Part of the present officers
want to remain In and others refuse
to do so. Result, city in a chaotic
condition and unable to transact any
business with assurance of legality.
Chas. Kimsey, chief of police, J. 11.
Campbell, police Judge and W. J. Sul-
livan. city attorney, under the old re-
gime demand their offices, pay for
all the time 'the other officers have
been serving, and declare Ihnt they
will take the offices under the old
fee system under which they were
formerly held, and paid Idg revenues,
instead of under the present salary
system. T. H. Marlin, who was for-
merly mayor, declares he will not
take the office again unless ho is
forced to. Mayor Bennett says he will
not. continue in office if he can get
out.
FROM LAKES TO OCEAN
FOREST TOWNS SURROUNDED BY
WALLS OF FIRE
SIXTEEN MILLION FELT OF LUMBER LOST
LEFT OUT SENATE BILL 189
Davis Votes School Bonds
DAVIS: For the purpose of bond-
ing the school district and voting
upon school bonds, an election was
held here, which resulted in the vot-
ing of $18,000 to erect a modern
school building. The total vote cast
for 395, with 385 In favor of the meas-
ure and 9 against It. The women
were equally as active as the men
and their vote was heavy. The con-
tract for the school building will be
let at onee.
Coal Rate Cases Postponed
GUTHRIE: The long anticipated
hearing before the corporation com-
mission in which the cost of mining
and producing coal will be Investi-
gated. was continued for 30 days at
the request of the defendant corapu
liles, several of whom had repre-
sentatives here. The attorney gen-
eral will secure additional evidence in
ihe Interim. The operators declare
they favor the investigation and ean
; prove the present schedule of the
; mines only equitable.
Pair Were Married Twice
MUSKOGEE: James (5. Mitchell, of
St. Louis, and Miss Bertha M. Ful-
ton, of Nevada, Mo., were married
here twice in two days,
ceremony was performed
First Sale of Indian Lands
MUSKOGEE: The Indian agent at
Muskogee posted the first bulletin ad-
The first i ver,*slng the sale of full blood In-
one day dlan lands as provided for under the
and when the certificate came in for law removing Ihe restrictions. The
registry the comity clerk pointed out! sale will take place 30 days from Hit
the fact that the minister had re-! date of posting the notices and will be
turned the names of ihe bride and held In Ihe office of James E. Dyche,
groom as witnesses to their own one of the 15 speclul agents. Shortly
wedding, and refused to record the I here w ill be similar advertisements
certificate. They went to a minister'of sale In each of the 15 offices. All
and were married again witth proper of the land advertised for sale r.ow
witnesses. I Is located in Jefferson county.
Some Volumes of Session Laws Omit
Medical Law
GUTHRIE: It has been discovered
that senate hill 189, creating a state
hoard of medical examiners and reg-
ulating the practice of -medicine is
not in some of the volumes of session
laws as recently printed. Representa-
tive Milton Bryan, of Shawnee, a
member of the codifying committee,
said th at the law was inserted under
the heading “Board of Medical Exam-
iners,” while John Golobie, who
printed the volume, claims that it
was not included In the schedule
turned over to him In accordance with
which the book was primed.
Hoosier Club Organized at Wanette
WANETTE: A permanent Hoosier
club has been organized here with a
membership of about 35. The call
was unique. It says:
"Ye who have wandered from 'the
banks of the Wabash,' (he vnles of
Leer Crick,' or 'the marshes of the
Kankakee,' come out and help stir up
gathering or so and let’s have a
few merry makings ere 'the frost is
on the pumpkin and the fedder's in
Ihe shock.' •"
City May Own Phone System
TULSA: A municipally owned tele-
phone system may be the outcome of
ihe fight between the city and the
Pioneer Telephone company over the
proposal of the elephone company to
raise Hs jates here. The city coun-
took up the municipal te’ephone
system and Instructed a committee
make a thorough investigation.
Five hundred dollars was anpropriat-
by the city to conduct its side of
the controversy with the telephone
company.
'Fires Are Raging From Wisconsin
to Maine—Heavy Rains Alone Can
Save Some of the Doomed Commu-
nities
ST. PAUL, MINN.: Forest fires In
the northern part of the United States
from Wisconsin to Maine, continue
to consume forests and farm proper-
ty. and destroy towns and mills.
Hagen and Woodboro, WIs., with
2,000 population each, have been wip-
ed out. Ftfleld, WIs., is burning and
the liarnes are closing in on Wau-
sau, Marshfield and Rhinelander.
Niagara, Forest City, Common-
wealth. Spread Eagle and other Mich-
igan villages are surrounded by a wall
of lire and the peope arc fleeing for
their lives. Only a heavy rain cun
avert more serious disaster.
Six million feet of logs have been
destroyed in two Pennsylvania mining
camps and the lire has broken out
afresh, in Maine, only, are the flames
partially controlled.
Four miles southwest of Ashland
every farmer near the Bayfield road,
with their families, are lighting Are,
hauling water and trying to save
their homes. Airs. Swan Hegstrom,
one of the Are fighters, lost her ivay
and had a terrible trip through smoke
and fire.
The village of Grand View on the
Omaha line, near Mason, is cut off
from communication, its fate being
problematical.
Extensive fires are starting up on
the Bad river Indian reservation and
fire ean be seen in all directions.
A special from Merrill, WIs., says
that fires almost surround that city
and are creeping closer day by day.
A large force of men are constantly
lighting against the progress of the
flames.
Satuit, a settlement, three miles east
of Rhinelander, was destroyed by fire
and now there is nothing left of the
hamlet but mounds of ashes. No loss
of life lias been reported. Rhinelan-
der is now regarded as safe.
The flies at Fifleld, Philips and
Cooledge, and the surrounding coun-
try in northern Wisconsin, while still
burning, were reported as being un-
der control.
The village of Bark River, near
Escanaba, Mich., is burning. The
fires have broken out through the
lines of the citizen tire flgnters.
Lieutenant Selfridge Receives Fata-
Injuries—Wrights' Thigh Broken
WASHINGTON: After having drawn
tile attention of the world to his aero,
plane flights at Fort Meyer, and hav-
ing established new world's records
for heavter-than-air flying machines,
Orville Wright met with a tragical
mishap while making a two-man
flight.
The aeroplanist was accompanied
by Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge of
the signal corps of the army. Lieuten-
ant Selfridge was fatally injured, and
died in a few hours. Mr. Wright was
seriously injured, but is expected tc
recover.
While the machine was encircling
the drill grounds a propeller blade
snapped off and. hitting some other
part of the intricate mechanism, it
caused it to overturn in the air and
fall to the ground, enveloping the two
occupants in the debris.
Soldiers and spectators ran across
the parade grounds to where the earo-
plane had fallen and assisted in lift-
ing Mr. Wright and Lieutenant Self-
ridge from under the tangled mass
of machinery, rods, wires and shreds
of muslin.
Lieutenant Selfridge was uncon-
scious. His head was covered with
blood, and he was choking when the
soldiers extricated him from under
the machine. When.their wounds had
been bandaged, Mr. Wright and Lieu-
tenant Selfridge were taken to the
Fort Meyer hospital at the other end
of the field.
Lieutenant Selfridge did not re-
gain consciousness. He was suffering
from a fracture at the base of the
skull, and was in a critical condition.
Mr. Wright was not dangerously in-
jured. He is suffering from a frac-
ture of his left thigh, and several ribs
on the right side are fractured. Both
men received deep cuts about the
heau.
Mr. Wright regained consciousness
at the hospital and dictated a cable-
gram to his brother at Lemans, in
France, and requested that the same
message be sent to bis sister and
father at Dayton, O., assuring them
that he was ail right.
Actual Facts.
For upwards of fifteen years Hunt's
Cure has been sold under a strict
guarantee to cure any form of Itch
ing skin troubles known. No matter
the name—less than one per cent, of
the purchasers have requested their
money back. Why? It sAuply does
the work,
More Important.
“Ah! Mrs. Newcomb," said the up-
pish Mrs. Subbubs, "my many sorfial
duties have prevented me from calling
upon you as I should; However, I will
• urcly return your visit some day—"
“Oh! that doesn’t matter much,"
replied Mrs. Newcomb promptly, "but
I do wish you'd return the groceries
you've borrowed from time to time.”—
Catholic Standard and Times.
DEEP CRACKS FROM ECZEMA
Could Lay Slate-Pencil In One—Hands
in Dreadful State—Permanent
Cure in Cutlcura.
"I had eczema on my hands for
about seven years and during that
time I had used several so-called rem
edles, together with physicians’ and
druggists' prescriptions. The disease
was so bad on my hands that I could
lay a slate-pencil in one of the cracks
and a rule placed across the hand
would not touch the pencil. I kepi
using remedy after remedy, and while
some gave partial relief, none relieved
as much as did the first box of Cut!
cura Ointment I made a purchase of
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment and rar
hands were perfectly cured after tur
boxes of Cutlcura Ointment and one
cake of Cuticura Soap were used. W.
H. Dean, Newark. Del.. Mar. 28, 1907.w
WANTS BETTER SERVICE
Appropriation to Fight 'Phone Raise
TULSA: The council appropriated
$500 to conduct Ihe city's side of the
case In the legal battle with the tele-
phone company over the raising of
rates, and citizens were instructed to
resist the advance.
Dock Rhodes Convicted of Murder
TISHOMINGO: Dock Rhodes was
convicted of ihe murder of W. S.
Teer, at Reagan, November 5, 1906.
The jury recommended a life sen-
ten<\ . Teer was shot with a shot gun
after the two men had quarreled over
farm matters. The ease has attract-
a good deal of attention through-
out this section of the state.
NOMINATED LIEUT. GOVERNOR
New York Democrats Place L. S.
Chanler at Head of State Ticket
ROCHESTER, N. Y.-. Nominating
I but one of its candidates by accla-
mation and adopting a platform which
arraigns the administration of Gov-
ernor Hughes and pledges earnest
support to Ihe Denver platform and
candidates, the democratic state con-
vention nominated as Ihe head of Its
ticket for governor the present lieu-
tenant governor of the state, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, of Duchess
county.
TRAIN BACKS INTO ANOTHER
Engineer Was Trying to Avoid Burn-
ing Oil Tank
TULSA: While backing to avoid
two burning steel tanks of oil at
Jenks, south of this city, an east-
hound Midland Valley passenger (ruin
was wrecked by a fast freight which
dashed into the rear of the train. The
crew and passengers saved themselves
by jumping. The tanks burned with
a loss of $56,000.
Railroad Commission of Kansas Make
Direct Demand on Gould
TOPEKA: The state board of rail-
road commissioners has made a de-
mand directly on George Gould, pres-
ident and E. H. Hardman, reported
to be associated with the Missouri Pa-
cific railway company, that the man-
agement of the road Immediately
take steps to improve the condition
of the track in Kansas.
The letter also stated the determin-
ation of the board to put an inspector
on the tracks and to publisu weekly
bulletins showing their condition and
to regulate the speed of the trains
accordingly.
RESTORATION SUITS FILED
Delegates to National Commission
SULPHUR: I. C. Renfro, owner or
the Renfro experimental station at
this place, has received a commis-
sion from Governor Haskell as dele-
gate to the National Agricultural con-
gress at Madison, Wis„ September 24-
30. Two other delegates will be ap-
pointed from the state, one of whom
will be from the agricultural college
at Stillwater.
TAX FERRET LAW SUIT
Effort to Have Names Replaced on
Citizenship Rolls
WASHINGTON: Robert L. Kabon,
of Madill, Okla., and Charley S. Vin-
cent, well known intermarried citi-
zens of the Choctaw nation, and Rob-
ert Burney, a Chickasaw freedman,
have filed suits in the supreme court
of the District of Columbia to com-
pel Secretary Garfield to restore their
names to Ihe rolls of the Five Civil-
ized Tribes, from which they were
stricken by Secretary Hitchcock on
the last day he held office as secre-
tary of the interior. The mandamus
suits in their behalf were filed by
Kappler & Merillat and Janies K.
Jones, of Washington, acting In con-
junction with He dy A- Franklin, of
Madill, J. F. Sharp, of Purcell, and
A. S. McKennon ,of McAlester, Okla.
Justice Gould, of the district supreme
court, issued a rule requiring Secre-
tary Garfield to show cause on or be-
fore October 5 why a writ of man-
damus should not issue compelling
him to restore these parties to the
rolls.
Secretary Garfield has decided that
each mandamus suit is a separate
proceeding and that no rnrli how
one case may be decided, no names
can be restored to the rolls withou*
action in the courts, his power with
reference to the rolls having expired
March 4, 1907.
The parties who filed suits alleged
in their petition that their names had
been stricken from the rolls without
notice, and that such action was with-
out authority of law, and that fur-
thermore vested rights had inured to
them by. reason of their enrollment
A Doctor’s Disadvantage.
“In one way,” said a collector, “It
Is easier to get money from a doctor
than anybody else who is slow pay.
It is more difficult for him to swear
that he hasn’t been able to make any
collections himself since the first of
the year. A doctor's reception room Is
open to all possible patients. A col-
lector with a grain of Ingenuity can
find a way to worm out of the men on
the waiting list information as to thee
terms of payment. After an inter-
view with three or four persons who
have paid spot cash for treatment and
who have told the collector they paid,
it takes a mighty nerve on the part of
the doctor to insist that he hasn't m
dollar to his name.”
GOOD.
Pinxit—I have just finished the late-
Mrs. Peck's portrait It's a speaking
likeness.
The Widower Peck—Would It be
too much trouble to—er—change it a-
bit in that respect?
SHE GOT HER MAN—HAPPY.
Indian Woman Not Likely to Be Left
Far Behind in Life's Baiile.
and allotment of land, of which they
Writing of the famous Dean Kaye
of Topeka, in Suburban Life, Paul A.
Lovewell, says:
“Dean Kaye has had interesting ex
periences during his soujourns in the
wilderness. Once an Indian woman
came to his cabin.
“'You marry?’ she asked.
“ 'Yes,' said the dean, 'I ean marry
folks. Have you got a man?’
“Again the woman grunted, and de-
parted. About sundown she returned,
dragging with her an apparently-
abashed and reluctant brave.
“ ‘Got him,’ she remarked, laconical-
ly, producing her marriage license.
could not be deprived by an executive
order.
' The man knew no English, but the
LESS WHEAT IN EUROPE
WEATHERFORD: J. J. Dyche, 25
years old, a student in the Southwest-
ern slate normal, was killed as the
result of injuries received in a foot-
ball game. He was struck on the
head in a tussle and died within 20
minutes after the accident. Regain-
ing his feet arter the fall, he asked
to be taken to his room. He then
staggered about for a few minutes
and then fell. Dyck ? resided In the
southern part of Washita county, 25
miles south of Weatherford and was
entering the last year of his college
course.
Logan County Property Owners Plan
To Beat the Law
GUTHRIE: To test the validity of
the tax ferret law passed by the
first legislature application for a writ
of prohibition to restrain the treas-
urer of Logan county from taking
aciion under the statute was made
in the supreme court by George An-
derson, a well known property holder
of this county. The case was set for
hearing September 28. The result
of the courts' deliberations will be
watched with state-wide Interest.
The tax ferret law has been put
into effect in this county to the open
protest of scores of real estate own-
ers, who have been served with no-
tices by County Treasurer Fred Rit-
terbnach that amounts, ranging from
a few bundled dollars to thousands
in back taxes had been assessed
against them.
The validity of Ihe law is attacked |
for numerous reasons, the most Im-
portant of which may be classed as
follows:
Because the act. which, it is al-
leged, provides for raising revenue. |
originated In the upper instead of tile]
lower house of the legislature, in vi-
olation of tile constitution.
The comity treasurer Is not quali-
fied to act In the premises.
if applied retrospectively its oper-
ation cannot he made uniform, there
having been no taxes heretofore lev-
ied in
All Crops Shorter, and Russia Faces
Third Year's Shortage
Washington—European reports to j
the superintendent of agriculture say
that the wheat harvest over Ihe I
greater part of Europe already is ;
completed. In several countries reap- |
woman prompted him when It became
necessary for him to give his assent
to the dean’s questions. When it was
over the squaw paid the minister hie
fee and led her husband away in tri-
umph."
AFRAID TO EAT.
Girl Starving on Ill-Selected Food.
"Several years ago I was actuallv
starving,” writes a Me. girl, “yet dared
Ing was hindered and the crops seri- | not eat for fear of the consequences
ously damaged by rain.
Prospects point to a smaller har-
vest than last year In ihe United
Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium,
France. Italy and Portugal. Eastward
of these countries a moderate in-
crease in the yield is expected.
Russia probably will reap a slightly
heavier crop of wheat than last year,
and a materially larger rye crop, but
there is no doubt that the results
will he below the average, even after
making liberal allowance for the re-
port of spring wheal. This will conse-
quently be ihe third year of serious
shortage.
The Oldest Aristocracy.
Talent ought to have privileges. It
is the oldest aristocracy that 1 know
of -Chateaubriand.
"I had suffered from indigestion
from overwork, irregular meals and
improper food, until at last my stom-
ach became so weak I could eat
scarcely any food without great dis-
tress.
"Many kinds of food were tried, al’
with the same discouraging effects. 1
steadily lost health and strength until
1 was but a wreck of my former self.
"Having heard of Grape-Nuts and
its great merits, I purchased a pack
age, but with little hope that It would
help me—I was so discouraged.
I found it not only nppetizing but
! that 1 could Pat it as I liked and that
- 11 satisfied the craving for food wlth-
j out causing distress, and if I may
, use the expression, ‘It filled the bill.’
For months Grape-Nuts was my
| Principal article of diet. I felt from
the very first that I had found the
plans for the new steel-concrete arch
bridge to he constructed across Rock
Creek on Platt national park, on the
avenue joining the two business cen-
ters of the city, ^his bridge will cost
about $25,000. Plans have been fin-
former Indian Territory and; ished and forwarded to the interior
if applied in support of state inslitu- department for the new foot bridge
tions the burden of taxation will fall | across Sulphur, in Central park. This
SULPHUR: Engineer H. V. Hinrk- j right way to health and happiness,
ley has practically completed the j and my anticipations were fully re-
ou old Oklahoma Instead of the
tire state.
one is to be rough stone, in model of
a feudal castle, and will cost about
$3,000.
adzed.
“With its continued use I regained
my usual heaPh and strength. To-day
I am well and can eat anything I like,
yet Grape-Nuts food forms a part of
my till of fare." "There's a Reason."
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well-
ville,” In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
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