Muskogee Daily Phoenix (Muskogee, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 103, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 20, 1904 Page: 4 of 8
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Cbe flDuskogec Ipbocnit.
.. . BY . . .
PHOENIX PRINTING COMPANY
INCORPORATED.
CLARENCE B. DOUGLAS, Eijitor
PRANK F. MERRIAM, Business Manager
Up in Kansas they are blowing up the pipe lines.
Here in Muskogee, we blow oft the cap.
In Philadelphia, they are waging a campaign for pure
food. Here In Muskogee, we haven't yet secured pur
water.
Tulsa wishes Oklahoma City's proposed pipe line
knocked Into a pipe dream and wants Ethan Allen Hitch-
cock to do the work.
There seems to be but little distrust of the existence
of Santa Clans in Muskogee, if we may judge by the ad
vertislng the merchants of the city are doing
The Commercial Cluo is now fully organized. It has
assumed all the liabilities of the Chamber of Commerce
and has taken over all the assets. The new organization
starts out with all debts pnid and a neat sum in the
treasury.
Senator Cockrell will hardly refuse the acceptance o
the lucrative appointment tendered by President Roose
velt on the grounds that it would be a "violation of tn
proprieties of partisanship," as is insisted by some of the
Missouri editors.
How are the mighty fallen! Front a majority of 55,
000 in 1890, the Democratic majority in Arkansas ha
dwindled to 13,000 in 1904. At the rate of decrease
maintained during the last eight years, Arkansas shoul
go Republican In 190S.
There is every evidence that a Public Building bil
will be considered and passed by the present session o
congress. If such a bill is to come up at this time, Mus
kogee should lose no opportunity of presenting he
claims to consideration along that line.
Before conceding the Chickasaw nation to the Demo
cratic party hereafter, prognosticators should remembe
the rapid political changes that are taking place in th
Territory. The Alton B. Parker club at Ardmore ad-
journed the other night and Immediately organized into
a Roosevelt club.
The company which has been formed to construct a
pipe line to Oklahoma City from the near Red Fork and
Tulsa, may not be able to secure gas for piping. Already
a move is on foot to prevent the piping of gas across the
border line of the Creek nation into adjoining territory
An appeal has been prepared for presentation to th
Secretary of the Interior, asking an order to enf&rce pro-
visions of that nature.
THK JAMESTOWN KXrOHITION.
We have in no respect modified the opinion frequent!
expressed in these columns that the exposition has bee
greatly overdone. Indeed, we can recall very few durin
the past twenty years which possessed any special nig
nlflcance or represented an event or a development entl
tllng it to national patronage, if, however, there be a
anniversary in which the American people are immedi
ateljj concerned or an achievement they can all unite in
celebrating with patriotic zeal, that anniversary and tha
achievement are represented in the proposed Jamestow
Exposition of 1907.
The English colonists who landed at Jamestown i
1 <107 may be said to have laid the coner-stone of th
splendid political edifice we now eall the United State
of America. Those men were the pioneers of human lib
erty and free institutions of government. Their courage
devotion, and energy made it possible for the Puritans t
rescue New England from the wilderness. Their exam
pie attracted to these shores the Hugenots^ the Catholic
cavaliers of Lord Baltimore s following, the Scotch, Irish,
and English emigrants sent out by Oglethorpe and
Raleigh. Jamestown was the birthplace of the republic
It is to Americans what Bethlehem is to the Christ an
peoples of the world. The landing there is the mos .
important event In the history of the western hemisphere
It means more than the Declaration of Independence, o ^
the French purchase of 1803, or any other chapter in ou .
astounding history. And if we have celebrated the event
that grew out of It— mere fruits and consequences— wit'
how much more propriety can we celebrate the first cause
the initial seed, whi<;h has produced this immeasureable
this stupendous harvest?
There can be nothing local or sectional in such a cele
bratlon. Indeed, it will be more than national, for th
Jamestown colony was composed of Englishmen. Englis"
pluck, English strength, English character erected o
these shores the temples of the greatest civilization th
world has ever seen, and the Englishmen of today hav
as much right to be proud of the result as we have, Thei
forefathers furnished the Indomitable stock from whic
we are descended. It seems to us that England migh
well be glad to take equal part with us in commemorat
ing the most brilliant victory of English blood and brains
The Post has taken but a languid interest in most o
the exposition enterprises that have clamored for govern
ment recognition. In our opinion, very few of them hav
had a valid claim. But if tnere he anything in our his
tory worth celebrating at all, surely It must be the ven
ture which inaugurated the American republic.—-Wash
inglon Post.
THE DEMOCRATIC KM Ml' IN THE NATION.
The total vote for president this year falls behind tha
for 1900, which perhaps is not extraordinary; but it i
also less than the vote of 1896, which, considering an in
crease in the population of at least 8,000 000, is singula.-
The figures are: 1904, 13,533,820 (including estimate
vote in less than half a dozen counties) ; 1900, 13,901,
500; 1890, 13,923,378. President Roosevelt polled 432,
638 more votes than President McKinley in 1900; Judg
Parker's total was 1,264,042 less than Mr. Bryan's
President McKinley's plurality was 849,790; Presiden
Roosevelt's was 2,546,470. If Judge Parker had polle
as many votes as Mr. Bryan received in 1900. Presiden
Roosevelt's plurality would have been 1.282.428 or aboil
half what it was. ^ Mr. Bryan was not regarded as a stron
candidate four years ago- his defeat was a foregone cor4
elusion. Judge Parker's defeat was also assured, but a
the candidate of a united Democracy^ supported by Mr
Cleveland and Mr. Bryan and favored by the Independ*
ents, who could have forseen that he would run 1,264,'
042 votes behind William J. Bryan, the leader of th
forlorn hope of 1900? /
Judge Parker turned out to be the candidate of a dis
united reunited party. When ve come to analyze th
Democratic'vote this year and compare it with Mr,
Bryan's in 1900, we find that only in the following statfg
and In them only by a few hundreds or thousands, dl
Judge Parker's total vote exceed his predecessor's: Dela
ware, Georgia, Massachusetts, Mississippi. New York
Rhode Island, South Carolina and West Virginia. I
Iowa the Democratic vote declined from 209,176 in 1900
to 149,141 in 1904: in Kansas, from 162,601 to 84,«00
in Illinois, from 503 061 to 327,606; in Indiana, f'-or
309,584 to 274,345; in Nebraska from 114,013 to 52.920
in Ohio, from 474.S82 to 344,674; i" Michigan, fron
211,685 to 137,013"; in Minnesota, from 112,922 to
631; in Missouri, from 351,922 to 295,847; in California
from 1 24,985 to 89,404; in Washington, from 44,833 t
28,015; and in Pennsylvania, from 424,232 t 335,430
There was a Hepubllcan landslide, but there was also
Democratic landslide, which buried Judge Parker in hi
own party, both in the West and in the East. The wors
slump in the Democratic vote was, however, in thos
Western states where Mr. .Bryan's influence was strong
est The Democratic party in the East seemed to suffe
from despair; the party in the West gloated over th
situation in which there was no hope. There* were enoug
Democratic, votes cast in the East to justify the main
tenance of an organization; in the West it would no
seem to be worth while.—New York Sun.
THK COMMKRCIAI, CUB. |
llonrri of Directors Held a >l>-cting
liMot Night.
(By Associated Press.)
The board of directors of the Com
mercial club held a meeting las
night at the club's rooms in the In
dianola building. Resolutions wer
adopted Instructing the officers to
pay all the liabilities of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
Theo. W. Guack was elected sec
retary of the new organization at
salary of $100 per month, and it I
required that he devote his entir
time to the office.
TWO MOKE BADLY HURT.
Powder in u Limber Explodes and In
juris Two Soldiers.
(By Associated Press.)
Fort Riley, Kan., Dec. *19.—Whil
some of the recruits of the Twenty j
fifth field battery were being drille |
near the post todaj^ powder in on
of the limbers, upon which three me
were riding, exploded, and two of th
men were severely hurt. The Injure
were Corporal Wesly Smith, danger*
ously burned; Charles Ewing, recruit
eyes badly burned. Ewing enliste
at Oklahoma City.
DIED OK HIS WOUND.
A. J. Milburn One of tho Best Known
Men In Chickasaw Nation.
• v As&cc.jed Press.)
Ardmore, I. T., Dec. 19.—A. J
Milburn, a prominent citizen of Mil-
burn, who was shot during a quarrel,
is dead. He was one of the best
known characters of the Chickasaw
nation and was held in the highest
esteem. Shortly after the shooting
of Milburn, Charles Bunch, Mllburn'a
livery man, surrendered to the offi-
cials of Tishomingo.
O II. A1 ST.
I\< oni'OIUTKI)
Itoiid to linn From Woodward, Okla.
to Checotah, 1. T.
(By Associated Press.)
Guthrie, Okla., Dec. 19.—The Ok-
lahouiii City, Henryetta and St. Louis
THK FACTORY ADDITION.
Indications are that in the near
future Factory addition, in the north
part ot town, w.ili be keeping pace
I with other parts of the city in build-
ing activity. *
iOts have practically advanced
Hallway company was incorporated L|n.,e ,hfi flrst sale of six weeks ago
here today. j nen| Karl is building a cottage on
The road Is to run from Wood- hJg ,of |n ,hp center of the addltIon>
ward. Okla.. to Checotah, I. T.. pass-' and h,g fRth(M. recentlv from Texas
ing through Henrietta, where the ,)us p(m.hnspd gevernl lots and will
new company will obtain Its coal «up- j |MliId immediately.
® ^ I J. C. Throop has built two tempor-
The company is Incorporated for an. hoU8ea on h(s ,ots and has R rpnt_
$3,000,000 and I. is proposed to ,n (me of the ,louseK He haa
build 280 miles of track. | plowed and harrowed his ground and
The incorporators of the company wil] 1mprove lt bv fenclnK and addi
are: H \V Clezen. John H. Dibble. Mona, bullding ,n th(, near future
.1. 11. Wheeler, J. W. Pryor and John
Shartell of Oklahoma City.
It is supposed that the new road
is to be a branch of the Mexico and
Orient, which is being built througn
The planing mill company which has
signed a contract with the Commer-
cial club, will soon begin operations
apd many lot purchasers are waiting
on this enterprise that they may buy
Oklahoma to the south from Kansas ()n thp nd b(>fo,.e build_
<•'" lln*.
The new road will be a great thing; rhore ,8 „ wp„ of water nrar Mr
for Henryetta and Checotah. Ka|.] s nPW butldlnK wh|ph is flftPPn
especially the latter town which will fppt and has p,Pnty of watPr Thia
be the terminal of the eastern end of watpr ,g probably thp pHre8t ln the
city.
the road and thus one of the Import-
ant places along the route.
\ SUCCKSSKUL TRIP.
Alex Posey and Stenographer
| Scaggs of the Creek enrollment dlvls-
Suuday from Sulphur where he, wlthjion of ,ho nawps Conunl88ion. r<^
other members of a committee ap-
BIDS OPKXKD AT SULPHUK.
Maj. Jas. McLaughlin returned
pointed, opening the bids for the
property in the government reserva-
tion. There were forty buildings to
be sold, but only thirtv-seven were
turned Sunday after a two weeks'
trip in the Seminole nation. They
were very successful in securing ap-
plications for enrollment and addi-
tional evidence.
made, for the reason that the cost to
remove the building, on the other ,.„i()on(i to mU land. real estate
three lots would lie more than tin*
building* were worth. «m ehpttel mortgage*, towaehlf
The committee made out its report plat*, the official forms of all kinds of
and forwarded it to the Secretary ot | leases, deeds, and all accompanying
the Interior for his approval. j blanks, always in stock at the Phoe-
nix office. Mail orders receive prompt
See Geo. E. Prindle
shades in wall paper.
for latest
■ attention.
Tell Hill Your Troubles—He Ha
None of His Own!
Can you hustle? or, would you pre
fer someone to hustle, for you? Hil
Hustles!
Hill Hustles to sell your business
your house, your lot, your land. H
hustles to get you help, or get you a
job!
Hill gets you buyers and trades and
good tenants! He knows how to go
them and lias the facilities.
Tell Hill your troubles!
Cor. Cherokee and Broadway.
WHO'S RESPONSIBLE?
Some of the young people of Mus-
kogee are practicing for a production
of the opera "Mikado." There is a
great scramble among the young
women who want to play the part of
Yum Yum, the leading lady, who
figures largely in the kissing scene
Several young women announced
that if they could not be Yum Yum
they would take their doll rags and
go home. -K. C. Journal.
TO INCORPORATE NKW COWETA
A petition was filed with United
States Judge 0. W. Raymond yester-
day by the citizens of the new town
of Coweta, asking that the line of
incorporation of the old town be ex-
tended over the new town. Old
Coweta is a government townsite and
the new town sprung up when the
railroad reached that place.
Oklahoma City IVois-rty to Trade.
Four-room house, good well, on 1
lot, half block from street ear, 5
blocks from center of city. Rents for
$12.00. Worth $1,200.
Four-room house, close In, good
well. Worth $1,000. Will trade the
above for Muskogee property, im-
proved or unimproved. Address Box
971 Oklahoma City, O T.
Indian Laws and Treaties.
A revised edition of the "Compila
tion of Laws and Treaties Relating t J
Indian Affairs," bound in sheep, com-
piled and edited under direction ot
Congress by Charles J. Kappler, L. L.
M., chief clerk of the united States
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
has been received with the compli
ments of the compiler. This com
pilation Is embraced in two quart
volumes of 1,100 pages each, and
contains all treaties ever made with
the Indian tribes, and all laws re
lating to the various Indians, enacted
by congress together with executiv ,
orders creating reservations, procla
mations, statistics, trust funds, etc.
The revised edition includes th
signatures to the treaties, many treat
ies and documents that were hereto
fore unobtainable, and other usefu
information. Each volume is full,
indexed, making research easy. Tne
Statutes-at-large is followed in its
make-up. The compilation of Indiat
laws and treaties has been recom
mended for many years by the Secre
tary of the Interior, Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, and both Indian com
mittees of Congress.
M ANY INDIANS HERE.
Many Indian citizens are in the
city in response to letters sent out by
the Dawes Commission. Fifteen hun.
died letters were sent out recently
to Indian citizens entitled to more
land to complete their 160 acres. In
the event there is as little as a single
acre of land short on the allotment of
a citizen, the commission requires
them to come in and prepare to
file on the balance.
(lieap Farm in Choctaw Nation, j
Two hundred acres, fine prairie
farm, 2 1-2 miles east of Keota, I.
T. New town on Midland Valley
railroad. Improvements $1,100, in-
cluding new modern house. Price,
if taken within next ten days.
$2 500.00. Title absolutely guaran-
teed. For further particulars. Ad-
dress, or call on Douglas & Downing,
Stigler, I. T.
A Pleasant Afternoon.
Miss Etta Dewar, daughter of W.
P. Dewar of this city, accompanied
by perhaps twenty-five girl friends,
left Muskogee Sunday afternoon on a
special ear over the Muskogee Union
for Falls City. The young people
spent the afternoon admiring the
scenery and gathering mistletoe, and
returned home in the evening. Those
who accepted Miss Dewar's invitation
report a most delightful afternoon.
Seeboeck Piano Recital, old Pres-
byterian church, Wednesday night_
December 21st, under auspices
Ladies Saturday Music Club.
Seeboeck Piano Recital, old Pres-
byterian church. Wednesday nighty
December 21st. under auspices
Ladies Saturday Music Club.
Seeboeck Piano Recital, old Pres-
byterian church, Wednesday night_
December 21st, under auspices
Ladies Saturday Music Club.
WHERE?
The i)uestion that is paramount with everyone is where can
I get a suitable
HOLIDAY GIFT
Allow us to suggest a place
THE FAIR
Not only is our Toy, China and Novelty Department the
largest and most complete in the city, but we are showing
some elegant things in our Dry Goods and Notions Depart-
ments. /
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE MORE
SUBSTANTIAL PRESENTS
SUCH AS
Belts, Furs,
Furs and Muff Sets,
Fancy Collars,
Ladies' Hand Bags,
Ladies' Handkerchiefs,
Ladies' Gloves,
Rain Coats,
Silk Coats and Jackets,
Fascinators,
Opera Shawls,
Gents' Handkerchiefs,
Neckties,
Suspenders,
Hosiery,
Gloves,
Mufflers,
Silk Handkerchiefs,
Initial Handkerchiefs,
Novelties in Ebony and
Silver Ware.
FULL ASSORTMENT
Open until 9 p. m. during Holidays.
THE FAIR
■UNPARALLELED STOCK OF-
TO
OUR Christmas stock is
overflowing with appro-
priate and interesting
things for Holiday giving. We
are prepared to show you the
most complete line of toys in
the market, which will be sold
to you at prices much lower
than elsewhere.
H.C. COBB & CO.
116 NORTH MAIN.
A GOOD STOVE
Heater or Range, is the pride of every
housewife. Our heaters will heat and
our cooking stoves are guaranteed to
do excellent baking.
Dudding & Shaw
-WE WILL BE OPEN EVENINGS'
UNTIL AFTER THE HOLIDAYS
GRAHAM, SYKES & CO.
FARLEY UNDERTAKING GO.
SELLS FOR LESS!
PONE 436.
Cor. Okmulgee and Times Sts.
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