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GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, OSTOn:: t .V t)j,
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Shoes - an l More
Tsua is our Spcck*! D-j^iac 3
Vc cio nothing i.
Irom the uuik'- '- S. r
small Profit Prices.
l«s But
nd sell
They
are
Liny fa!
liCiil to
Cf
than you get at btl
Because vasav;
Call and see t
are Beauties and t
you the
lie New
Jobberj
Fall ;
direct
ai our
ors
1 acs" Price
: olit.
les, They
PARTY OF FERFORMACE.
lUpMldlcan Orgnn'.zitl 4 -crsAll
Polieies Tending to MaVe tho
Country Great aud «
„„ •
Triaporous.
T ■ lie; ubll 'i.u U a party of
' ■ r« vks . , p . . : it I . . J
not upon > hut It iiosslbly -may do in
,t bus fot r# a efti bti g
led to make tho eouutry
 •* porous. It bus moved
•:r. It h:18 kept ubreaBt
It has ever stood CMdj
old ; • t t<  S1.1 pf a
tffi THE BUILDER
the future. ;
that haa tei
grt t and pi
Willi the peo]
of ih*. times
to modify an
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Ifis rirp^tlii It.mJ Hal Insared
Sa.ccsi o( the Mamtno^th
I'rjJod. ^
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ttit-.-d W.1--1 of I Urnlnu Laborers
8'W^mV:;- V .
I Good Cog
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by tqas
i-lty OvJor WhUo War
CccrcUry. .
of
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pleasv e to v/ear.
No Favoi'i^es here, a!l way t'-ie :
rac <• rice.
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new one when the buslne. s Interest:?
:' • ite !<<i the BMtfUlei*
thai < v the change. It lias protected
American Industries. It baa probated
Amcrlenn In'1 >r by stringent Immigra-
te l.r.vs It pr- tected the credit and
bu.-'i sii stability of the country by
pr ,a <3 larlug lu favor of u r 1
tin laird, and writing it In the ati t«
nt > When the time cam* It promt t-
ly f,( :•'.♦•ti upon the time and the op-
portunity to begin the speody construc-
tion of the great iHtbmian canal It
hns'newr Insisted to assume a re-
sponsibility. Whra tho ernclties in
<" i!>.i threatened the lrthreats of Amer-
ica t!io lti puhllcan party reaolv.d t 
put an • 1..1 to those craslttA WJjen
tru.'ts fp :ing up it ftcr.etrd u law to
curb and control thew tnista. When
comircree wn. nt t':o m T?y of .ho
rallr :<1h. it pr^\-idM for n c-isnmlrd n
to regulate them. \V!v>n ehippers were
oppressed by transportation companies
it promptly er.i "ted n rate law. It has
met every emergency in war < ;• p >:   e,
m«*t It In n wi> • ;.r;:;lent and s* " -
mar ':ke tnauner. -It Is pr  grepislvo wlion
^resslret i means ppbttfldlttt* It
i< « '! rfervativ« when coup rvat!sm
me.-i s Uie malnfvnance of pence, order
ni ' pr • r i" v 11 hi s 1 .. :i prompt
v.ii!i« ut undue haste Peace and pros-
, .i.i . .. >.
n r/1 r a
ictiU .V eli ^
rieaters
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scale-b
; p rity «t h •
I nli" ad haa
' will he Its n: >:tv
en,
h'i.< r ami rwpei-t
Is now, anil nlwi ys
—Rcpuhllcau National
CAIilPAIGN t XPENDITTJUI
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The ANTTEX is a Store which does not sell
Goods,rnot worth the nr.°.lay. The clothing we
sell is good enough for anybody and clier.p en-
nough for everybody Because no matter
how poor you are you cannot afford to buy shod-
dy trash.
Good Solidly Made, well put together Clothing is
a good investment, and we are selling it cheaper
than you have been paying for good stuff.
A big line of Sample Hats, nic; Jaunty Hats, Good
Shapes, and best of aii prices that v. ill mak0vv0u buy
if you see them
New Fall Clothing is now in. Ladies Shoes
till you cant rest.
The Annex
A. A. Thompson,'"Mgr.
* OLD WELCOME GROCER'/ ELI?
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Doriocrat-c Tir[y Cannot Claim Un
e\ ..led Virtue ai to Sourco o! Ita
P. - venues.
(From Gov. llnrhos* Toang??town
Speech.)
! ">!r. Prvan u'.s > has much to aay
" with regard to corrupt practices anl
< "u;ilWpeudlturea. I-ut he on.I'!*
' tn j:'ve <Tre credit t'> the Republican
 ' party for what It has accomplished
b with r: :;aYd to th'-se Important reforms,
' an rtvonipUi-hineiit the more notewor-
thy in tho light of Mr. Bryan's relter-
ated crltii-l^ms of contrll-v.tl'.a.s to Re-
, ul ;: ca-iipa!; 11 funds. In th-
of New York n Iiepubll',an Iy?glslature
in 1000 parsed a statuto prohibiting
corp rations from making any political
cortribn'! -ps dlrecily or indirectly, aud
providing th^t of!!eers. directors or
sV.'-'.'.iolders participating In or con-
senting to the violation of tlia law
' ' should be guilty of a criminal offense.
j And 1 know of no more drastic statuto
. In t'.its country with regard to the pub-
i ty "f campaign contributions and
.1 for the prevention of corrupt practices
than that passed In New York under
  Iiepulillean nuspl<*es. These were not
- i promises < f an opp : Itlon party seek-
ing power, but enactments by a party
' j in power securing genuine reforms.
Proper roc •/nition must, of course, he
! given to the patriotic Democrats who
i Fupp' rted these reforms, but they were
enactid by a Republican administra-
tion. Congress h:*s also legislated
a -aInst politicrl contributions by cot>
poratlons. r. -' '/ of elections and fr. e
op] i r:unity for the une rruptf 1 expros-
, si n Of the P alar will He at the foun-
t datlon of every reform and cann t be
t • >• > carefully safeguarded. And thero
i should l>e f l«ral legislation securing
; pf-o;cr publicity < f and accounting ! r
' campaign contributions in connection
wit'4 federal elections. But it must
fairly bo recognised that the skirts of
neither party have been clean. If we
fcarch Mr. Bryan's following we sh.Jl
find not a few who have sinned, ami
also those who, If we may judge from
their lo« al activities, are still unrepent-
ant The Democratic party cannot
claim unsullied virtue either with re-
gnrd to the source of Its revenues or
its readiness to receive them."
Tho Tan von P.mal I:' *no of the
greatcMt : 'vnn. nts of any Repub-
lican admin!; trollon.
As ?r rctrr.v of War. ll-n. Willi im
II Taft per ■ i y ossuuud the respon-
sibility of 1: unr ttlng the work and
? •' oijatleally t1 ping op the practical
opera ti s until a de. ree of offlclency
h: "' l -en reached that muy well as-
tonish tho notions of t* earth
.Mr. Tsff !s::s ap; t.-d #T Ik's world
proJ?vt und h n rv loaiJBtf enterprise
• i<> e • "r ?ful t i
fn! Investigation, penetrating Jndjwent
and r.'i-so'nt ly f.. 1 iling, which hive
made him so s1;.m lly successful hi the,
performance of all ti • e duties of state
which have brought him to the high
eminent? he now ocou] les as one of « ur
greatest living Americans.
Milnl Knovt rcrnot «llr.
Like the Philip; ine project and oth^r
great work laid upon him. he has
studied th; situation nt Panama nt
«lose rat'.-e and trusted to no second
hand information with which to In-
sure his sa c.-r-s. There has been about
ninety million dollars expended on the
work to date and Mr. Taft has had to
approve every dollar of this expcndl
til re. IIp has not been satisfied with
a single visit to the Isthmus, but has
made tho long Journey c^ery year so
that he might direct t^e' Work more
cconomf -ally. Tho result is t'ffrt he has
chat -m! tho situation there fro® an in*
hospitable region to a locality where
Americans can live In healthful se-
curity without the fenr of plagues or
*;cr\d of contagious diseases. The rati*
of mortality on the Isthmus is about
tho same as It Wi lu our American cltlet*.
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LAB03 13 DEMOCRATIC STATES.
Coal Ktnerc In Alabama Subjugatod
luto^riiifrirp; Dependencies.
That tlicro'ti n "rHt within t.hp lutif.
of tlii! Oompi'rs proposition to deliver
the l l,or vote of tho country to Dem-
nrrficy la b«ccui!ag more apparent.
While Mr. Itrviin and Mr. fioniiiers are
•] :'l<iug P',1; i'lal app*lllH to labor, neither
rcf :rs to the deplorable condition of
i>ber In the Democratic South. Mr.
•T.ihu P..White, for Fix years president
ihe Iowa United .Mln, Workers, mid
now • ■' of the national offleorn of the
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Stncren of <h" Work.
Work on the canal h"s pnssod
through two Htagcs, th'Pe of planning
and prepnratli.n. It la now in the third
and fi:;al st go, that of construction.
Both of the earlh r stages required the
pre: Mice of a large working force,
necessarily quart; rod In temporary and
make shift ncco;nnvodatiur>s. Because
of these conditions, inevitable nt the
outset, enrly critics < f the ent- rprlso
lal^'ook t' " I:i 11.• \ 1 ai d temporary out-
fit for permanent equipment.
Tbrocch'f J About I.Khar.
Mr. Taft's chief concern hnv l«*en tho
proper ciro of t! e laboring man on the
Isthmus. Under his patient and ap-
proved methods tho terrible scourge
of yellow fever, against which the
French struggled lu vain, the filthy and
p -yt breeding state of the principal
PauaMunlnn towns, the rough labor
cn:nps, and other pioneer hardships of
tho twy first craa. have been eliminated,
lie has acconipllshcd these things
through the activity of the Department
of Sanitation, the Department of Mu-
nicipal Engineering and the Building
Department. To-day we find yellow
f« ver driven from Ihu Isthmus, the
deadly stegoruyla mospilto thus ren-
dered Innocuous, malaria and pneu-
monia greatly reduced and a high
avcruge of health prevailing.
Kr.mmoifc Coactr?: ?tlon Prr>Jref.
President Roosevelt ajipolnted a spe-
cial commission to \ainlue the Isth-
mian situation last spring, and it re-
ported Aug. G, 1908. According to this
special report there wore at* work at
the Isthmus April SO, 1:MS. iM.HS men
for the Isthmian Canal Commission and
7,07."> at work for the Panama railroad,
a total of 38,103 men all told. Housing
this industrial army In quick time, 1
with due attention to sanitation and
hygiene, was a problem which would*
have been beyond most men. But Mr.
Taft did It successfully.
To keep the machinery and tools In
condition, three l-,r/e machine and re-
pair shops, two shipyards uad numer-
ous warehouses are niaiAi^Mft. Whm
wo recall that this i**or ^^-piunt 1.4
operated at a distance of 1.M2 miles
from Its nearest base of supply. New
Orleans, and J,07."> miles from Its main
base of supply, New York, we can es-
timate with n> re Justice and accuracy
the magnitude and complications of tho
undertaking Mr. Taft has conducted so
well.
VVorkln'-itnon Apprerlntn Tnft.
lie has succeeded In Impressing labor
on the Isthmus with his kindly inter-
• st lu Its behalf. On tills point the spe-
cial commission's rejsjrt says : "From
the outset we were strongly impressed
by the spirit of good will and loyalty
of tho employes • • * The general
Irg liberal and appreciate Increase In
the wages of various classes of work-
men, ns follows.
"All employes not native to the trop-
ics who occupy the positi on h"r> In
designated shall be granted the follow-
ing Increases In pay for length • i-
tlnuous service on the Isthmus: Fl" 
per cent of the basic or class rate f  r
the second year, with accumulative ad-
dition of three per cent of the basic
rat<4 for each subsequent year; pr>
vlded, however, that such cumulative
lncr ise aha 11 vo%. exceed a total of 'J. o
of tho bash rate."
In other words, Mr. raft made It
poss ible for every American la' ovr o'i
the Isihmun, by remaining tli re an 1
working, to Increase his wa\< s ] •,-
cent and at the same time have a P
inanent p slth n. There nvn also not
four weeks' vacation with pav. ovo;
year and Mr. Taft fav. :s 111:1 .'.ng - t
vacation six weeks with pay.
Chins? Would Do 1>! mxlron*. j
In the performance of tills work the
Culled States Is tinder the < ruthiy of
the entire world, especially of our
neighbors In Central and How:h An er-
ica, before whom we must nmk*  ;r d
our profr:*l.?u of b.lgh social and In-
dustrial Ideals, it would be a national
calamity to Jeopardise the p  ..- n lib-
era! progressive policy that is so suc-
cessfully constructing the lVr.ama <'1-
nal. Mr. Taft Is the one mail to con-
tinue this great woi>. to the t :ul.
COUimiT NEEDS A EEPUELICAN
C0N3RES3.
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A Fir; M*ro of D: icjs. Stationary r>cr
ft!ir ry. C'?,r.rs etc.
600c? ;ct
trc^ti.cnt.
pricc: courteous
Your Pa'.tora^c Solicited
Septerriti-.r 3
sicr Library,
Me Ginley
1.1 Ward
R. T. Me'Daakl
■ William Hucto,
Zaek Tyner, ■ • ■
'3 S. ICeav ea, ■ ■
C-C Gil;.:-,
Mr:'- R
U. Odea
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President Rnoaevclt Tolnta Ovit Tm- 1
portance of Electing Leglslatora
to Support Taft.
I'reshlent Itoc-f\elt. In n to
William n. McKluli'.v, chalrina-i .-f t'-
Kepubllcnn Con^r'-.-tlonal ('< inniltier,
appeals to disinterested citizens to loin
wltli the National Republican ('c.inn.U-
tee and the Congressional Comniltteo ill
a movement to elect Wlllhiio H. la:t
as I'resldent nnil a itopnhllcnn t'ongress
to support hlin, saying. In pari :
*• 11 Is urgently necessary, rr.-in tin'
standpoint of the public Interest, to
elect Mr. Tuft, and n Republican Con-
gress which will onpport him; mid they
seel,- election ou a platform which si«--
clllcally pledges the party, alike in lis
executive and legislative branches, to .limo . K') . ai'vl
continue aud devi-Iop thep.,ii< i ■ wiii. .1
have been not merely Inlrodii'-^l, but
ae'.ed tipoit dnrinjs ilu'se seven y :,rs.
Tli'so poljcles can bo su:-' essfully cur-
ried through only by the hearty co-..;„-r-
atlon of the I'l-esldent and 111 ■■ Oon?:-. i
In both Its branches, and It is thi-r -r- r.>
peculiarly Important tliat there should
obtain stK-h b.annony between them. To
fall to elect Mr. Taft would he a ra'.. 1:11-
ity to the country; and it wouid 1 >■'.
folly, while electing him, yet nt <he
same time to elect a Congress h-.s!"
to him, a Congress which uieVr til" in-
fluence of partisan leadership would be
certain to tliwart and baffle him on
every possible occasion. To elect Mr.
Tuft, ni-.d ut the same time to elect a
Congress pleflg'il to support htm, Is the
only way. In whl' b to perpetuate ti ■
p. ilcy'jif tlie giiverninent as now e*
rled on. I feel that ail the aid that <«u
he given to this policy by every good
cltlren should I* Kivi-n ; for this Is tor
more thun a merely partisan matter."
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Actual Op ration of Postal Sivhi'J
Dau.vs in Philippines.
Two Years' Experiment Xndlc
tlio Plan Is Successful.
JI.T1
Matter That !s
Thin,
Or ti:, punch.
T.rtctimcs
.j D:c.cic.
appn 't e;
Tula '.3 su
United Mine Workers' Asuclatlon, who .sentiment of iho workers was expressed
#il  WWWWt M
Invertlgated mining labor conditions In
the South. Is not so reticent. In a re-
I cent address to Local Union No. 07 of
V.. Albla, Iowa, be told of persecutions of
J--1 labor 111 Alabama where a coal miners'
r... strike was In progress. lie Is reported
| n« saying: "The miners of Alabama
nave been mbjugilted until a majority
have b-'tome er^iijii-.g deprtideneh's. Al-
most dally some of the laboring men of
tlr.t Slate vere mercilessly shot down
for daring to assert their, rights as
American cltIr.enfl. Ninety-one menihers
of the Mine Workers' Association were
thrown into jail without having eom-
•mitted any CI I*le other than becoming
members of the organization." Ala-
bama Is a State absolutely under con-
*0! of Bryan Democracy.
in the words of a mechanic, in one of
the conferences which we held with
representatives of different trades. Said
he: 'We want It understood that wo
ore American citizens and that we are
proud to have a share in this great
 .ork. We believe the government Is
The flint steamer that ever crossed
tho Atlantic took twenty-four days to
make the trip, and the early boats of
tho cm.aid lino, organised in 1840
tr.ado the transatlantic trip in four-
teen days, or in about the same time
as tho best of the clippers of the
l lack Ball and other lines. In 1860
the Balling ship Dreadnought mado
? In nine days and seven
To punch «■ r pot t ; mi h is m.1
tho most diilou ? < . 1
Tfcere is an etiquette < f p • - i a '•
it dees net al- help u man ir
when the contloc^ > «i* Ises ai 1
is forced to (U '. 3 • c n the spnr c f
mfunc.ut wi. rhf-r • ■ • " ri ; • x ■
the lie la given or c u -a probi
plthe's arc \ ■ 'aiy
ejietlc t .lie for a pa::
posed to be t; e Irre : .ci' i:
of punching. \\i;! • * ti .
no to an tan g' ihrou.'h i: r ■ 1
head, erect. B« : ..■nd ti."a : •
t:ilnir.:am a man may 't li
Ma dhnposltio'j anl his t .
i > of ills ti:-', within c . •
wi.nout vi; !atlv.£ 'he |
incurrin g d'-..app: : ' a a r
are many oi l i n.°l i • • h*
speak, on which th - v. M !■'.
approval beri h 4 ti.- < >'J
eory punches. The j.o eh <1
for Instance, t'.o- v.
knight < rrantry. in <; .
trc ■ ! malits and matron
optional but app oveJ ;.o; t.
•c.npa
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cf nf iern
of the dls
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treating us rlg.it, and « are as much tcen V,,, ,. and „ was a lrn- tlmn b •
interested to see this tiling a success for(i a El,.am, l)tal ,.;at rern„i. 1-t U
ns anyone. This spirit of loyalty ami , lw„ j.- a-les since th* live day
interest In the work was evidenced ou I f,, ,Ipon tho sc.e.ne, and ever
many occasions and should be account-
ed as an as«ot of tho highest value to
the government In the accomplishment
rf Its colossal taslt."
Tuft Rata™ Wns«a,
On Mi^* 1. ltK 7, as Secretary of War,
fir. Taft Issued a longevity order mak
since then tho record has been lower-
ed by hours rather than by days.
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tciTai^os pjDtpem sg ojs ojoqj,
•8i|iS|OOS leoipaw >|JOA
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,,'rpnoijj juo lie en- ug,. "ouoi
« , p .;t( OAVTI p'(n AV oqs UlOi
sop u inoqs jo iqSncm oqs
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, ; • n tt:u j, „ pi^s <^41 „'l
l :o ea I-•"•JJl A'ne'iUOD .
:t.; \1 .'.-j -.jr.. u r.tu l.up p o
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•sosaoq x|9
ta qonm ss jo 'spunod OOO'O o^uao.vs
uo gi'Sjom piuqdoio uMOJii linj v
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The or.Iy postal savi 1- •■!; s-
tem in operation mid< r ihe A ric.ui
ting is ihat in tho Philippine whoi •,
after 1 wo \ eai•; "i egpei lmeut, t aa
last itill ion has i . en declared a" a • it
success. In tlu rci  rt of the Philip-
pine commission, .last puMi-h 1. tho
postal saving ■ i ink ' discuss 1 brief-
ly, in part ;ir : 1 ."■..
"The i . ii savings le fck v,;s first
opened In Manila on < vt. 1,
The law provides for t!:ree clat-
with limltathms as to the anion;  
that enn be received at ny one ti t. *
in each class. Following the op-: ' ;
of the Manila ofiiee, other postal
In;:; bank olllcos were opened In \
on cities, of differ'i:t classes. ail
nt the el< of the year 235 h i ; eeit
opei ■ 1, of which 'J were first. ' were
second und 140 were third eh -
1 lllplnoM Ailoptlnu S.vs«t-s«s,
"At first the Filipinos did i t to
any great extent avail themselves o*
the opportunity of deposit ing a \. vi ai
of their retoipts in the p still ?•'. 'ng>*
bank.anda - ent bulk o'' the <1.•; ir« . a
wi re Aim ri« ana and of other nation-
alities. As ilie advaiita.' s of this sys-
tem have been dlsseaoi tied C:r- ug'i
moans of schools, govei-pn: at leren.a.
private agencies and (alters, laa pro-
portion of Flllpluoa la eoutip.aa.ily Ii •
creasii •; and gives wry P '>1 p1 • - 
that t : • Filipinos w "< 1 .sra to tras;
their money to the care of i-- via :-
ment, !. 1 wo't'oine the opp '...ity.
"The aece.mts opened t o I i the
closo of the lis nl year nurabi reU
2,n'.i". of which Ii 17 were eloaed, leav-
ing still . open. Tho deposlbf
reached the total sum of 780,3(11.Oil pe-
sos- -an average of 1 • -.21 p-s With-
drawals reached the total atno .nt eP
280,409.21 pesos, leaving a net dvp sic
of r.0t ,40;i.;u pesos at the end of tho
fiscal year—or the fir.a nine months
of the operation of the postal savings
bank—but by no means the first niao
months of operation of the" average
number of ofil < - the smaller ones
having been opened t'ram time t^ tiaio
during the yen;, so that m. y had
no4 been opened more thau a in a oe
two at the time tii.se li^nrea were
taken.
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