Muskogee Daily Phoenix (Muskogee, Oklahoma), Vol. 10, No. 228, Ed. 1 Friday, September 15, 1911 Page: 4 of 10
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FAUE FOUR
FRIDAY MORNING
MUSKOGEE DAILY PHOENIX
SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH
UHuHkogw
n A I I, T A N O W R R K L r
Weekly. 1884. EXabllnhed Dally. 1#01.
Published by
THE PHOENIX PRINTING COMPANY
Phoenix Building. 118-20 Wall St
MUSKOGEE. OKLAHOMA
Only Eautern Oklahoma newspaper
with full Associated Preas leased wire
report. '
Entered at tha Postal Department
for transmission through the mailt at
••cond-clasB rates August I7. 1801.
T E 1. E l H O !* E 8 I
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Sartment, Subscription Department and
ob Department, call P. B. X. 214.
For Editorial Room, call 1800.
SUBSCRIPTION RATER
Dally, by mall, payable in navanre:
One Yenr $4.00 Six Month". . $2."0
Three Month*.. 1.00 One Month.. .40
By Carrier—In Muskogee:
By the week J#
By the month 46
Yearly In advance $5.49
MUSKOGEE WEEKLY PHOENIX.
(Published Thursdays)
Per Year, by mall $1-00
The rivals of Harmon would like to
have the Judgo readied.
The campaign Joke Will Boon begin
to hit the center of gravity.
The state highway may prove a
hard road for the politician to travel.
It gives Gene Debbs the blues to
•ee Champ Clark running In the red.
Folk lore has been abandoned by
Missouri politicians for up-to-date
reading.
The Cotton Growers' association
taw the Farmers' union and raised
them one.
The notes of the coming political
campaign will not be discounted In
Wall street.
The sensational writers are now rid-
ing Pony Starr In the race for pre-
mlershlp in bad tales of Oklahoma.
This Oklahoma democratic machine
ti flying high but Is loaded to its ca-
pacity with a light- headed crew.
Between Emperor BliU's antics and
a possible panic, the Berlin bankers
ftre convinced that the devil is to pay.
The country will await the re-
vision of states' rights in the confer-
ence of the governors after which the
doctrine.
There will beno peace In Mexico as
long as any of the revolutionist lead-
ers are left out In the distribution erf
offices.
It Is now in order for some scien-
tist to prove that contftcdt with rub-
ber tires gives man an elastic con-
science.
Oklahoma City cannot supply an
office to each of the democrats who
wants one, and Bellamy Insists on
Holding two.
A* long as Emperor William In-
sists en trying to run the politics of
the world, he will be regarded as a
standing menace.
About the only problem confronting
the farmer In the short grass coun-
try now Is how many hogs can fatten
•n an acre of alfalfa.
Again, the report comes from the
country that men who might be useful
In the cotton patch are losing time
running for congress.
Gaby Deslys has sailed and the
anxiety of New York to see the dancer
who kicked the crown off the king of
Portugal Is growing dally.
The eruption of Mount Aetna Is
nothing compared with that of the
French and German prens when all
the smouldering fires therein break
loose.
Members of the state board of ag:l-
culturo In good standing in the demo-
' cratlc party are having a hard time
! trying In show Campbell Russell the
way out.
That the way of the transgressor
Is hard Is often proven by the fate of
the reformer who strays from the path
of social progress In following uncer-
tain lights.
It grows more and mors apparent
that the majority of the people of
Oklahoma are not much Interested In
the subject of the special session of
the legislature.
The railroad and packing house
j_ managers will at least have a cooling
^ time between now and the first of
1'^ January when a decision is promised
If" on the questions raised at the Okla-
i '
There seems to be some danger that
the resolution of the state national
bank to retire from politics will put
the municipal admlnlstartlon of Ok-
lahoma City out of business.
H«£s the editor of the Oklahoma
City Times also taken to mint Julep
of the kind which prevents him from
seeing that there Is more than one
place on the map?
Senator Gore Is said to be looking
for an affinity for Woodroy Wilson as
democratic candidate for vice-presl-
Je.nt no one else having seen his way
clear to taking a leap in the dark.
Oklahoma City will be on the high-
way to prosperity when she gets more
direct communication with Muskogee,
"and other good towns," and begins
to learn that she Is not the only one
on the map of Oklahoma,
The reply of the members of the
state board of agriculture to Camp*
bell Russell's suggestions might be
summarised thus: "Thanking you for
your suggestions, we beg to remain."
If we should speak the words of
truth and Boberness concerning the
results of the prohibition election in
Maine, we would say that the fellows
who handled the returns must have
got their drinks mixed.
The way Moroccan affairs are being
discussed by the powers might make
the sultan fe?l like one of the poten-
tates if he were not occasinoally ad-
monished by a gun pinted in his direc-
tion that sui h dreams are vain.
Alfalfa Bill will attempt to hold up
his side of the argument on the re-
call of the state board of agriculture
In the southwestern part itf the state,
a considerable distance from the home
of Campbell Russell and the scene of
the greatest disturbance.
Nancy is the charming name of
that little city on the frontier where
the French and German troops may
como together first so that the public
may be assured that anything they
read under that date line will be
something rather unlovely.
Mr. Crane, the iron-monger, whose
hard-headed criticisms of the classi-
cal students leave no room to doubt
his prejudice and bias, has failed to
observe that much good In now being
done by scholarly men In cutting out
the work of specialists. In the steel
trust for instance.
When the Southern Methodist min-
isters of St. Louis in their weekly
meeting proceeded, after the manner
of the Egyptians, to Judge the deed
by passing on the fate of Mark
Twain, the ghost of the departed hu-
morist appeared to them in various
forms but none of them should under-
take to locate his present abiding
place. In fact, the discourse was some-
what like that of Mark at the tomb
of Adam,
The mean average temperature of
Oklahoma for August was 79.6 de-
grees. The meanest was at Healdton,
111. But this town, in Carter county,
also got the limit In rain, the pre-
cipitation there for the month being
10.05 inches. Carter county is close
to Red river, where the Oklahoma
bootleggers first meet travelers from
Texas. There Is frequent alternation
ofsunshlne and showers, hot times
and dull, but the oldest Inhabitant
does not want to remember when the
country was dry.
FARMKRM WHO CAN HOLD COT-
TON.
The farmers of the southeastern
states can hold their cotton for almost
any old price as long as they can
raise garden truck all winter and com-
pete with New Kngland In the dairy
and poultry business more of which
would be manifestly of advantage to
the farmers of this section, to say
nothing of the exceptional opportuni-
ties for making money In stock-rais-
ing, and in various branches of diver-
sified agriculture which are possible
here. The abundance of cheap land,
the inexhaustible fertility of the soil
In the valleys and on the prairies, the
vast expanse of Woods pasturage In
the Jillls where mast and water and
nutritious grasses furnish sustenance
for cattle and hogs all the year round,
and a variety of productions surpass-
ing that of almost any other section
of the country, bll ot these Induce-
ments ought to be sufficient to lead
the farmers of Etui tern Oklahoma to
diversify their crops In such manner
that they shall, like those of the old-
er states, who have learned by bitter
experience, have the advantage of
other things to fall back on at the end
of the season, when the tug of war
comes in the effort to wrest from a
stubborn mercantile world something
like the full value of their main money
crop. ..
CHANCES OF THE COTTON
PICHER.
Commenting on the observation of
an exchange that a Job as cotton pick-
er may open the way to other things,
the Dallas News says:
"Cotton picking Is a good business
for good cotton pickers. The man
who can Jerk out three hundred
pounds of the fleecy per diem has for-
tune in his grasp. In one cotton pick-
ing season he can earn and save
enough money to keep him in school
h^Jf a term. A few half terms fol-
lowed by a few whole terms will en-
able lilm to acquire an education that
will fit him for a Job In a bank. A
few years In the'bank will fit him for
being a banker, and when he is fit
for banking he will not And it difficult
to become a banker. The world, which
means capital, Is looking for good
bankers. Also It is looking for good
merchants, good railroad men, good
hotel keepers, good lawyers and good
doctors. Literally thousands of good
cotton pickers have become good bus-
iness men, and thousands more will
folow the old trail to success and dis-
tinction. It Is a fine road. It is not
rosy all the way, but It never loses
th se who follow It In honest pur-
pose. It builds character, builds health
and builds morals. It is a good road."
IA>ST ITS BEARINGS.
When the Times first spoke of the
east and west state road we suggested
that It should run through Muskogee
and Okluhoma City. Now that the
Muskogee Phoenix has a disposition
to make a similar suggestion It says:
"Through Muskogee and other good
towns;" and there Is a reason, too.
We also suggested that there should
be a branch through Tulsa.—Oklaho-
ma City Times.
A road running east and west
through lhe center of the state would
pass close to Muskogee, Chandler nnd
El Reno, where ltr would cross the
route of the famous Chlsholm trail,
.•oncernlng wlhch there Is not much
being said In the Oklahoma City pa-
pers. The east and west line through
the center of the state passes between
Guthrie and Oklahoma City, the lat-
ter place being the center of the dis-
turbance coercing proposed routes,
rather than the hub of available
routes, as seems to be imagined by the
citizens of that burg. The sandy na-
ture of the country In the vicinity of
Oklahoma City would, however, make
the direct route a difficult one. A de-
tour by way of Shawnee might there-
fore be advantageous, especially since
a good start has been made In road
bulldihg In the country southeast of
here. The filling of a few gaps would
make Muskogee the center of one of
the best road systems In the country.
PASSING OF THE REFORMER.
Quoting Herbert Spencer, to the
effect that "No teaching or policy can
advance th-^ work of social develop-
ment beyond a certain normal rate,
while it is quite possible to perturb
or retard or disorder the process." the
Memphis Commercial Appeal produces
an array of arguments to show that
the day of the reformer as the main
factor In social evollullon is passing.
While conceding the best of motives
to the reformer, the Appeal says:
"Social progress is to be wrought
out by gradual development. The pro-
posed manufacture of morals is not
logical. Spasms of philanthropy and
sudden outbreaks of reform accom-
plish little good. A great portion of
our existing evils Is due to denevo-
lent Interference for their removal. In
this world a large part of the business
of the wise Is to counteract the efforts
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For Ladies and Gentlemen
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A la Carte Lunch
212 Wes! Okmulgee Avenue.
of the good. Those who can saARy
and servlceably encounter social gVfls,
who can both watch and, In Came
measure, Imitate God's mode of deal-
ing with them, will be of greatest ser-
vice to society. It has been aptly
said that the coldest tempers are gen-
erally, in matters of philanthropy, the
soundest thinkers and the safest
guides. A tender-hearted statesman
Is sometimes more to be feared than
an adventurer. To be worthy coadju-
tors and ministers of God , In the
arena of the world, men must be able
to borrow some of the sublime, impas-
sive calm with which, age after age,
he has looked down upon the slow
progress and lingering miseries of his
children."
After referring to spasmodic efforts
at reform which accomplish little
good, the article concludes as follows:
"The reformer, since he has entered
politics,Is to be regarded ks represent-
ing ft type no longer needed. He is
destined to soon disappear under the
law of the survival of the fittest. Like
the mastodon, the dodo and other cre-
ations of the past, he will some day
become extinct and we shall patiently
and placidly look on w'hile social evo-
lution does the workman's fanaticism,
earnestly but crudely applied, failed
to accomplish.
"The world Is not as bad as It once
was. Evil Is not so flagrant. Accounts
of the debaucheries of Rome can not
be printed. They defy description.
When we understand what they were
we congratulate ourselves on what has
so far been accmpllshed in our Chris-
tian age.
"It must be admitted that much
yet remains to be done, but it can only
be accomplished by thoughtful pa-
tience. Spasmodic reforms simply
mean further delay. ,
"The end can be accomplished. Ex-
isting evils can be removed, but not
with the methods of our modern re-
former. Some day society will recog-
nize this, and when it does it will
mean the passing of the reformer and
the dawn of a better dispensation."
o
THE OPTIMISM OF OKLAHOMA.
In days of dark despair of a cer-
tain sort Hope turns to Oklahoma,
where head and shoulders above the
tallest corn is an humble hired man
pugilietically Inclined tfho in some de-
gree holds up to the white race what
Abraham Lincoln did to the dark. Ob
Friday night In the east he engages In
a preliminary to try to qualify for the
decisive task and title of great eman-
cipator.
The bright outlook measures about
9 feet through the b$am, and would
seem proof against anything but bat-
tering ram or locomotive; his sides
have the texture of armor plate and
he appears to hold deliverance in
either hand. There has been no such
huge embodiment of sanguine expec
tatlons since the leader of the Phllls
tines emerged from the embattled
hosts.
Is It a thing of brawn and brain or
is It beef and buncombe? Will It pres
ently be able to stand up under the
White Man's Burden? If it does not
fail us Friday It will be within hailing
distance of the big event, and the
white man will begin knocking loudly
on the Door of Hope.
If Oklahoma can open that door
site will be to us what Kansas has
been historically to the other side
of the Issue.—St. Louis Republic.
Ask your Grocer for Lilly Butter.
Made in Muskogee. (adv)
Some Little Bits
Of Foolishness
Anent this special session talk, the
Dally Oklahoman remarks as fol-
lows: "The Muskogee Phoenix Is be-
coming exercised over the question of
whether there will be enough mint jul-
ep to go around, in case a special ses-
sion of the legislature is called. All
depends on how large a corps of staff
correspondents arrives."
If that's the case our correspond
ent wants to register now.
Just as the sun was sinking behind
the western hills, nnd with the engine
of their motor car playing the wed-
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Gold Crowns (the best),$S.60
Bridge work (the best 93.00
Gold fillings $1.00
Silver fillings 50o
Teeth cleaned 60c
Painless extraction Mo
All work first class nnd positively
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NEVER
Put off having your teeth at-
tended to, when each day's de-
lay causes more pain, as well as
adds to the cost. "A stitch in
time," etc., applies to the teeth
as well as other matters.
McCALLISTER DENTAL PARLORS
112 H North Main Street,
Is the place to go to get the best
at the lowest rates, consistent
with guaranteed work, and we
do no other kind.
"Pleasing Our Patrons" Is our
liobhy.
McGallister Dental Parlors
Phone 617 112 1-2 N. Main
IT IS rDRBl
Every one knows that distilled water
is absolutely pure and free from
germs. Costs less and tastes better.
Five Gallon Bottle 40c.
Can rou afford to take chances ot
disease by drinking Impure waterT
For pure water phrue 2841
SOUTHWESTERN DISTILLED
WATER COMPANY
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01 ti E. Broadway. Pliono 2336.
36 years' practice in New York and
St. Louis.
Set of Teeth $5.00
Gold Crowns $3.50
Gold Fillings $1.00
Silver Fillings 50c
Extraction and an 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 fulTy equipped plant In
the Mate. All work guaranteed.
Muskogee Furniture
Factory
No. 121 K. K St. Phone 1R5S
DETECTIVES 1
Confidential and Reliable
If you wast evidence, information,
or detective work of any kind, you
want men of experience and ability.
Offices In two cities—301-302 Equity
Bldg., Muskogee, Okla.; 205-207
Unity Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind.
SOUTHWESTERN DETECTIVE
AGENCY
J. C. JORDAN
Contractor antl Builder
Anything in woodwork—Countess,
shelving; Mission Oak work, office
fixtures, store fronts, screening and
repair work—-Oldest shop In the eltjr.
132 s«aitli Main St.—Phone 578
Sellers Hotel
EUFAULA, OKLAHOMA.
Under new management and newly
furnished from top to bottom.
COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS
HEADqUAHTF.Kfl
Rates $2.00 aud up—Near Depot
American Plan
Depot Livery <ft Transfer
MATT DOUGLASS, PROP.
IJvery, Sale, Fred and
Hoarding Stable
810 N. MAIN ST. PHONE S0A2
1U
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Spotless Cleaners
Muskogee's leading cleaners
and dyers. All work called for
and delivered. Our work guar-
anteed.
700 W. Broadway Phone 208]
I. HA If 5, The llatter
Cleans aa« Hiwki Haia
No anxiety on
Baking-Jay if you use
DRPRICES
CREAM
Baking Powder
Insures ligh-t, sweei,
wholesome -food
A pure,Cream of Tartar
Powder
ding march. Mir.s Louisa Mammond of
oklahoma City and R. E. Smith of
Bristow were married at Oklahoma
City the other day. The ceremony
was performed in the automobile In
front of a minister's home. Accord-
ing to newspaper accounts, the auto
was directly In front of the minister's
house. Whether the bride and groom
remained seated during the ceremony
was not stated.
Five trustees of the colored Metho-
dist church at Okmulgee were arrest-
ed the other day charged with ma-
licious mischief. The mischief con-
sisted of tearing down "Aunt" Dinah
Bruner's garden fence because they
thought it was on,church property.
The jury decided the property be-
longed to the church.
If Mrs. Jacob Walters of Meridian
hadn't tried to sell a parcel of her
land, she \vould never have known
she has more than one husband. Be-
fore she married the second time, she
said she had put the matter of a
divorce from her first husband up to
her lawyers and supposed they had
attended to It for her.
Among the defedants who recently
appeared for trial in the district court
at Tahlequah are Leach Hair and
Arch Youngplg.
Several thousand Cheyenne and
Arapaho Indians are marching on
Watonga. They're not planning to
capture the town, but are simply there
to take part In the Indian fair which
is going on in connection with the
Blaine county fair.
H. L. Sheldon, superintendent of the
Oklahoma Anti-Saloon league, says
that if Maine has gone wet, it sim-
ply means that "the law has not been
enforced like it is being enforced In
Oklahoma City," which must be the
case since a man who moved to Port-
land about two years ago, lived in the
city six months before he knew Maine
was a prohibition state. And didn't
the mayor of Bangor order all the
saloons closed after the big fire at
Bangor recently T
Frank Edwards, who is to be
hanged at Ada October 21 for the
murder of William Gray, has writ-
ten a letter to a friend at Temple,
asking him to get the band out on
the day that his (Edwards') body is
shipped there for burial. He has
asked the band to play marches es-
pecially.
Statement of the Condition of
THE MUSKOGEE
NATIONAL BANK
of Muskogee, Okla.,
At the close of business, September
1, 1911
RESOURCES
Loans and Discount*-..$470,234.07
Iowa Building 50,000.00
United States Bonds at
Par
Other BondB
Real Estate..
Overdrafts
Cash and Sight Ex-
change
25,000.00
1.500.00
11,466.12
1,618.09
172,541.14
(732,859.42
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock 1100,000.00
Surplus Earned 50,000.00
Undivided Profits 8,744.35
Circulation 25,000.00
Deposits 548,615.07
$732,369.42
The above statement Is correct.
A. C. TRUMBO, Cashier
THE ABILITY to furnish
a satisfactory Banking
Service on the one hand,
and n desire on the part of
the Officers of this Bank to
furnish to its depositors
more than a limited money-
handling service on the
other—
Make this Bank a De-
sirable Depository.
OUR GROWTH
January 1, 1903, first
statement . ...,
January 1, 1904
March 14, 1905
April 6, 1906
March 22, 1907
September 23, 1908..
February B, 1909
January 81, 1910
March 7, 19-11
September 1, Itll...
.$ 24,456.56
. 105,078.05
. 253.434.54
. 818,600.21
. 365,135.11
.. 371,339.68
. 406,407.49
. 476,126.63
. 635,815.48
. 548,615.07
Official Statement of the Condition of the
COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA
At the Close of Business Friday, September 1,1911
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts $1,492,
Overdrafts - «,
Stocks and Securities 116.
Bonds and Premiums ISO,
Real Estate, Furniture
and Fixtures 14,
Cash and Exchange.. 6 ,
884.14
759.96
779.16
176.00
,800.00
,201.6#
$2,609,748.94
LIABILITIES
Capital $ 200.000.00
Surplus and Profits... 60,700.92
Circulation 200,000.00
Deposits 1,140,049.09
$1,609,749.94
The Above Statement Is Correct.
D. N. FINK. President.
E. D. SWEENEY, Cashier.
O. T. THOMPSON, JR., Ass't Cashier.
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