Muskogee Daily Phoenix (Muskogee, Oklahoma), Vol. 10, No. 238, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 27, 1911 Page: 4 of 12
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PAOE FOUR
WEDNESDAY MORNING —o— MUSKOGEE DAILY PHOENIX
SEPTEMBER TWENTY-SEVENTH
fUuHkogrr Bath]
Weekly Established in 1884. Tenth Year
as a Daily.
Published at 220 Wall Street.
Watch the smoke of the tobacco trust.
The dissolving view of the trusts Is popular.
The consumers might try a little co-operation.
The trusts seem to be trying to pool their
troubles.
War lords are prono to follow the line of least
resistance.
It looks bad for the trusts which do not know
how to be good.
Senator Bailey seems at last to have become
resigned to his fate.
In the midst of her troubles Europe will now
smoke another Turkish cigarette.
Six loaves for'fi quarter seem to make the bak-
ers' bread too salty for the grocers.
Wall street wilt no longer be allowed to hold
the prosperity of the country In trust.
Perhaps Wall street Is troubled because It can
no longer negotiate political futures.
How would It do to have a recall for the voter
who doesn't understand what he la doing?
We forget all other problems when we begin
to Investigate the condition of the beef stew.
The contributory negligence <>f citlsens is one
of the causes of disastrous accidents In politics.
It may be that the stockholders of the trusts
arc afraid to be caught with tho goods on them.
It will be an off year in politics when the peo-
ple of Oklahoma get through figuring on their
taxes.
The Kaiser Is less belligerent since the people
began to withdraw the sinews of war from the
banks.
Champ Clark Is now doped as a dark horse.
More remarka are In order about the Missouri
mule.
A crop of late vegetables In suburban gardens
might help to solve the problem of the high cost
of living.
Canada hue fenced In her trusts ana will nov
proceed to cultivate a crop of troubles for tho
future.
Verily, In the present mixed condition of poll-
tics, the race Is not to the swift nor tho battle to
the strong.
Seeing that they have no mortgage on the fu-
ture of the country, Wall street magnates persist
In looking backward.
Competition is the life of trade in the commer-
cial and Industrial affairs of Oklahoma Just now,
as well aa In state politics.
Western Oklahoma farmers are sweeping the
cobweb* out of their financial affairs with broom
corn selling at $200 per ton.
81nce Uncle Sam has declined to take short
answers from the attorneys for the trusts, the
length of their briefs is uinasing.
a way to cure divorce.
It is natural that a president on hia "swing
around tho circle" should choose for his principle
questions of discussion the greatest evils that con-
front the country and to suggest ways
of remedying them. President Taft hns
cnosen as his subjects the tariff evil and the evil
of divorce. The tariff has been thrashed out
until there is nothing left but the chaff. A reme-
dy for that Is In sight.
The divorce question hourly Is becoming moro
complex. And It is by far the greater evil of the
two. The tarlTf merely affects our pocketbooks.
Divorce affects our lives, our souls and the live*
and souls of generations to come.
In Chicago they have a court for the sole pur-
pose of, In a friendly way, straightening out mat-
rimonial difficulties. It has Just turned six
months of successful existence. Hundreds and
hundreds of cases In that time have corfie be-
fore its bench. Every couple was at the black
ehasm of divorce, fighting to keep from plung-
ing over the brink headforemost. And so It is
that In six months the Judge has come to learn
much of the causes that lead >(o unhappy mar-
riages and separation.
This Is more than a frivolous question. It !s an
almighty one. There Is no use handling it with
gloves. It has been handled with gloves too long.
That Is the great trouble.
there are other days to come In wjiich noble ac- U'lk VllOTOU CAHs iWVfc HORNS,
complements may follow the struggles or good -*fc*= Mon police are trying to
men to right grongs and keep clear the path of
the republic's destiny, to greater things, perhaps,
than have yet been dreamed of.
TAFT VS. ROOSEVF.I/P.
In our humble way, we would like to remark
that we are of the opinion that President Taft
has Editor Roosevelt "beaten to a frazzle" on
this proposition of race suicide.
Mr. Roosevelt, when he was president, cried
for more babies. It would tickle him to a finish
when Bome poor laborer produced a family of
something like sixteen little ones. Naturally, he
deplored the race suicide In the wealthy and
"fashionable" families.
Now MY. Taft, without stealing a single rumble
of Mr. Roosevelt's tflunder, has come forth advo-
cating more babies. But Mr. Taft strikes to tht.
very root of the evil. He attacks our marriage
and divorce laws. And through them he thrusts
still deeper at the very base of the reason of wn>
there are not more babies. "If divorces wer*
made more difficult," he says, "men and women
would live better lives. They would not do thoee
things which give cause for divorce."
Following this line of reasoning, which the
Phoenix thinks very good, we believe there would
be more babies; and more babies, likewise we
Here are a few of the things this learned ChU . believe, would be the greatest argument for less
The pelts of several clergymen are hanging on
Uncle Barn's fence with the wolf hides collected
In the raid on the latest big akin game.
It has been said that the packers use all the
hog except the squeal. This seems to have been
saved up for the fellows Indicted in the trust
cases.
That co-operation and competition aro alter-
nating methods of industrial and commercial ac-
tivity Is Illustrated In the uttltude of the bakers
and the grocers.
The struggle between the democrats who call
themeelvea safe and sane and the other demo-
crats who don't know what to call themselves Is
driving the party to distraction.
The Oklahoma City Times opines that the fall-
ing off In the attendance at the theatres Is due
to the fact that the highbrows who select the
plays have put on too much psychology.
Now they are suj ing that an overproduction of
gold. impairing its purchasing power, Is one of
the causes or the high cost of living. All we have
to do Is to dig up enough of It to buy necessities,
and to remember that all the gold and all the
credits in the world would not buy many things,
the (it-sire of which afflU i* the discou nted mind.
-
If there Is any class of cltUens for whom the
state of Oklahoma should have solicitude, tt Is
those old full-blood Indians who have not yet
been ablo to adjust themselves to the changed
conditions of life with which they find themselves
surrounded. Th« > should b< protected from Im-
position in every w > possible, and precautions
taken to r< c iit from becoming completely de-
pendent In tlU'lr dei lUiiug 5'««rf, The young In-
dian* Jin- belli* educated*li) Hp t vdute schools.
Their cider* not Well t«*< n care of In
t*cir i*iuth.
cago judge says:
"Couples marry on too short notice. The old-
fashioned courtship Is the best.
"The engagement should be announced long
before the ceremony. The Catholic method of
publishing the bans Is the best. And It should be
more than a formality. If any one knows why the
couple should not be united, let him declare
himself.
"There should be more 'red tape' to marriage.
Marriage, rather than divorce, should be made
more difficult."
And last, but by no means least—In fact, the
very first—there should be a physician's exam-
ination. "Ignorance," says the learned Judge, • is
the greatest curso to our marriage vows. I.et
tho doctor's blessing preceed the blessing of the
priest."
"NO GROCERS' TRUST."
There Is no grocers' trust. We have this au-
thentically from the grocers. Reliable grocers
tell us that never at a single meeting of the as-
sociation has a price been discussed. We
must accept this as true. No doubt It Is. But
tho fact remains that there 1s an ironclad asso-
ciation; that prices are the same in every store
In town, and that there Is no competition! This
may not be a trust. It may be merely "concerted
action." It certainly Is nn unsatisfactory condi-
tion. Competition Is the life of trade and by
competition In the grocery business the housewife
benefits. Whether there be a grocers' trust, or
not, in Muskogee, It Is true that In other nearby
towns competition Is strong and the prices con-
sequently are lower.
The Phoenix believes that the best editorials
on this question are those coming from the house-
wives themselves. The Phoenix therefore prints
this letter from a housewife:
"Mr. Editor:
" 'And the housewife says—'
"What do the grocers of Muskogee want? In
no city do we find groceries as high as In Mus-
kogee, and we are asked to patronize home stores.
"Now that the bakers would like to make a
little profit, the grocers rebel. In other cities
grocers all pay 4 cents a loaf for bread and are
content with the profit. Let the grocers get In
with the boosters and give the people such prices
as will enable them to make Muskogee their
home and patronize home trade.
"A HOUSEWIFE."
The Phoenix would like to hear from other
housewives. The opinion of this one may be the
exception, rather than the rule.
PATRIOTIC UNITY#
Old soldiers of the civil war are this week giv-
ing a convincing proof of the spirit of good will
which prevails among the surviving veterans of
the great conflict.
The reunion of the Blue and tne dray at Mem-
phis draws closer together those who were the
actors in the awful events of half a century ago,
whose ambition In recent years has been to ex-
emplify to another generation of Americans Ideals
of magnamlty and restore to the country harmony
of purpose which animated all Its people In the
early days of the republic.
The Stars and Bars, now emblematic of mem-
ories, arc entwined with the Stars and Stripes, anit
there are no vanquished ainopg the«e victors over
the circumstances of fate and the ravages of time
who march together In the sunset of life to tho
graves of those whose spirits call to them from
the Great Beyond. •
dn the Mississippi headlands, across the river
from the city, old men of the Choctaw and Chick-
asaw tribes will light for the last time the signal
fires which guided the Indians In their pilgrimage
to the west a century ago.
A lost cause, a vanishing race, memories pass-
ing from the minds of all except those who move
as shadow s among men. all contribute to the glory
of the Ideals In which the great republic is so rich,
and In which is the hope of the people for more
magnificent development of American Institutions
In the future.
Some one of the veterans might say as he re-
Views the phantom hosts of the long ago:
"Ah, those days are gone forever,
With their splendid fire and fever;
And their haughty scorn ( living,
And their quenchless thirst for fame."
But the spirit which marches with these man
to the brink of the grave will accompany their
fl. - endanls Into the vastneas of a destiny which Is
just beginning to dawn upon the American peo-
ple.
Tfce passing day may eeem to be afflicted with
prosaic and belittling strife jii whlrh gaunt neces-
drlvoe away the dreams of the patrigl, but
divorces.
The New York Sun, which "shines for all," tries
In vain to penetrate the gloom from which It can
now see no leader emerging from the forces of
conservatism. It says that Woodrow Wilson has
gone over to the enemy and is bewildered by the
spectacle of President Taft pursuing the even
tenor of his way in his new middle-of-the-road
among the wild progressives of the west. Per-
haps the light of the Sun Is one which has failed.
lessen the,nuisance from motor noises
at night. Has it occurred to anyone
that, had the motor car been an Eng-
lish Instead of a French Invention,
night and day would have been still
more hideous by the nerve racking
■hrleksof thousands of whistles in-
stead of the discordant toots of the
motor horn? Whistles are used for
starting trains In England, while
horns are the signal used for trains
at railway stations In France. The
use of the horn In connection with
trains was no doubt the reason why It
was adapted to motor cars.
STRONG SENTIMENT THIS.
Sneak Thief—If yer so hard up, w'y
doncher pawn yer watch chain?
Second Story Man—I don't like ter
—It belonged ter me fambly!
Sneak Thief—Fambly! O'wan!
Second Story Man—Straight; I'm
glvln' yer—swiped It frum me gran'-
pop!—From Puck.
How much Is your home worth?
See our space In Saturday night and
Sunday papers.
MUSKOGEE GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
The demand for meat Is beginning to crowd the
resources of production In this country. The
seml-arld regions of the west which made ex-
cellent cow pastures jnay revert to that use with
the advance In the price of cattle. Alfalfa farms
will continue to augment the supply of hogs in
sections where the growing of wheat and other
cereals has proven an expensive experiment. Dry
weather forage crops will also absorb a consid-
erable portion of the unoccupied land In that sec-
tion. Diversification of agriculture Is making a
new south with markets easily accessible for the
great variety of products which can be produced
there. Oklahoma shares In the advantages of all
these sections.
They are telling a good one on the
Itinerant preacher In McLain town-
Bhip and the Joke has now involved
so many persons that the preacher
himself Is enjoying many a hearty
laugh over It, so really there can be
no harm In telling It.
As is the case In many respectable
American townships, there are sev-
eral bad boys In McLain and this
preacher concelved-the Idea of con-
verting them. So laet Sunday he
rode down to McLain on his mule,
tied the animal outside, and opened
the church.
Now In the meantime, by such
means as a bad boy always learns
such things, thesj, in particular,
learned the object of the precher's
meeting that day. And so they
stayed away from church. That Is,
from the Inside of the church.
One of them secured pa's razor
and while the congregation was re-
solving that the boys were very bad
WOULD YOU
Speak French? If o, the Berlitz or
Conversation System Is the latest
and most practical Having just re-
turned to Muskogee I respectfully
Invite my former pupils and all new
ones to call.
MISS HOPKINS,
Illinois Building.
A suspension bridge of curious novelty has
lately been built over the Oder river, Breslau,
Germany. It is a highway suspension bridge
of 416 feet span. The supporting chains con-
sist of four flat bands, each made up of twelve
thicknesses of plate riveted together. The floor
lead, taken* up by the suspended Is distributed
between the four bands of each cable by a com-
plicated Bystem of equalizer bars and links. The
Germans are nothing if they are not theoretical,
ond so we learn from Engineering News that
"the adoption of bands for the suspension cables
was due to the desire to secure maximum flexi-
bility In a vertical direction In order to minim-
ize the secondary stresses near the towers aris-
ing from temperate changes."
Odd News In Oklahoma
ROYAL
BAKING POWDER
Absolutely Pure
The only Baking Powder made
from Royal Crape Cream ofTartar
NO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE
t
boys Indeed, they proceeded to clean-
ly shave the hair from the mule's
tall. After which, they cut the
mule's bridle Into bits and let the
critter roam. Then they "beat It."
When the meeting convened, In-
stead of despairing, "the minister
promptly reopened his church and
took up a collection, sufficient In size
to allow him to buy another bridle.
Then the mule was caught and as
the real nature of the damage be-
came apparent, the preacher squared
his Jawe and several of hia flock gave
way to unseemly laughter.
Then the preacher ordered the ar-
A1
i
at if
Th
rest of the bad boys, but after ii
hours of deliberate thinking, th« Mc.
I,aln constable was not able to d<-
lermlne what to charge the boys
wltfc. Se he came to MuskoKeu^^jj
where it Is said you can get any-
thing charged.
In Muskogee he was Informed that
It would perhaps be proper to charge
the boys with 'malicious mischief and
so last night the constable departed1
to perform his mission. He declares
that all McLain township is boiling
over the affair but the chief sore
Joint seems to be that the preachtr
took up an extra collection.
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Gold Crowns (the best)........gS.BO
Bridge work (the best 93.00
Gold fillings $1.00
Silver fillings 50c
Teeth cleaned 60c
Painless extraction Oo
AU work first class and positively
guaranteed—fifteen years' experience.
Just Across fro in Pegram's
FOR WHITES ONLY PR. FARRAR
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"Maine wet by two dozen," is the way
Osage Journal puts It.
The pardons came so thick and fast while
Lieutenant Governor McAlester sat In the gov-
ernor's chair that the McAlester News-Capital
failed to Include In its published list the names
of a few who had been handed pardons.
"The marriage bug Is busy at Kiefer," says the
Searchlight.
While over in Tulsa county, the bug did lots of
work that will have to be undone.
While not rubbing It Into Lieutenant Governor
McAlester too hard, It is amusing to note that
Ben Hughes, who profited by the acting govern-
or's clemency, and who was convicted of robbing
a store over In Custer county, is so glad to es-
cape the penitentiary that he Is going to file suit
against the merchant who claimed his store was
robbed. Hughes sets out that It is his belief that
the store was never robbed.
Tho Tulsa World hae It. BUI Murray might as
well have lived In Iceland as In Tishomingo. The
newspaper correspondents were so slow down
there that they didn't think It worth while to
send out a story every time "Alfalfa Bill" had a
fresh Inspiration. Over In Tulsa, where they have
some live ones, the world will know In a minute
how Bill stands on International arbitration, the
tariff, currency reform and so forth.
There's no such word aa "give up" In William
Bell's dictionary. William lives In Broken Arrow,
and so does Miss Sevllla Tlllls, William and Miss
Sevllla went to Tulsa the other day to get mar-
ried. When William began to dig for the neces-
sary IS. he found he was four bits shy. The clerk
of the county court took the 92.50 and William
left his coat In hock with the court for the bal-
ance due on one marriage license.
Charles Goff o4 Tulsa Is threatened with the
severest kind of punishment for getting away with
g load of confiscated whiskey and later disposing
of It. It Is said he "disposed of the load."
In keeping with the eplrlt of the times, the
demjMstlc party In Tulsa Is divided Into two fac-
tions, U e "Insurgents" and the "progressives," of
course. However, there le talk of organising a
democratic club, ™ *v
DR. Win. FLAMM, DENTV8T.
916 E. Broadway. Phhno 2336.
36 years' practice In New York and
Gt. Louts.
Set of Teeth 95.00
Gold Crowns .,, 93.50
Gold Fillings 9100
Silver Fillings 50c
Extraction and all work done pain-
less. Crown, and Bridge Work a
Specialty.
All work guaranteed Fifteen Years.
FURNITURE REPAIRS
and Special Orders
Cabinet Repairs. Upholstering,
Mirror Silvering, Piano Finishing.
The only fully equipped plant In
the ntate. All work guaranteed.
Muskogee Fornitore
Factory
Nn. lit K. K St. Phone 1555
Spotless Cleaners
Muskogee's leading cleaners
and dyers. All work eaUcd for
and delivered. Our work guar-
anteed.
706 W. Broadway Phone 2083
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Wait for the Hour Sale
-AT THE-
FALL OPENING SALE
BEGINS THURSDAY, SEPT. 28, 8 A.M.
See MAd" Thursday'^ Phoenix telling you all about it.
222 West Okmulgee
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of each month a General I.et ter on
Trade Conditions throughout the
United States and a forecast of th-3
natural trend of Important business
events for the Immediate future.
Business men of this city may re-
ceive this review each month with-
out charge or obligation by making
a request either In person, by tele-
phone or by mall. This service Is
furnished liy us in tho belief thnt it
will materially assist in the upbuild-
ing of the business of our commun-
ity.
Our friends win recognize this
move as In line with our policy of
" doing everything possible for this
- d city and its Interests.
Respectfully yours,
THE MUSKOGEE NATIONAL BANK
An Open
Letter to the
Business-
Men of
Muskogee
Oldcxt Hank In Slate. r>e>lKim<<-il Hrserve Agent for IViiUoihiI nail Slale nimkn
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
At the Close of Business, September 1, 1911, as Rendered to
the Comptroller of the Currency
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts $1,413,763.64
Warrants 2S.fl06.82
Overdrafts 32,621.18
U. S. Bonds 825,000.00
Cash and Sight Ex-
change 046,073.58
(2,441,265.22
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Commercial National Bank
A Character Builder
A Bank Account has often
proved to be a builder of char-
acter, as well as a builder of
financial strength. An ac-
count with the Commercial
National Bank, added to each
week, will be a great help to
your welfare.
\% Interest Paid on Savings Accounts
A Bank for All the People
LIABILITIES
Capital 260,000.00
Surplus and Profits. .. 129,061.64
Circulation 260,000.00
Deposits 1,812,313.98
$2,441,266.22
The Above Statement is Correct.
E. W. DUNCAN, Cashier.
Attest: F. C. HVBBARD, Chairman of the Board.
U. n. OGDEN, President..
ASA E. RAMSAY, Vice President.
From the above statement It will be seen that this Bank has re-
sources which qualify it to invite the accounts of Merchants, Corpora-
tions and Individuals doing business In Oklahoma. Every accommoda-
tion consistent with modern and careful banking.
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