Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee, I.T., Thursday, December 21, 1905. HAVE YOU REALIZED THAT Christmas Will be here in just a few days. Its quite a task to select presents for those who are near and dear as well as those of your friends whom you care to remember. We are endeavoring to assist our many customers to intelligently select a present suitable for Mother, Father, Sister or Brother, by placing on display many useful articles, where they can look and study which would be the appropriated as well as appreciated gift. GRAHAM, SYKES & COMPANY. ONE PRICE Illinois Building, Muskogee, SPOT@ASH WHAT CAN I GIVE A GENTLEMAN? This question will times in the new look and the que display you will A handsome line Cases. These are A line of muff every day use. appreciates the g A nice line of and Strings. No g Nice Silk Umbre one and are in no Nice pair house foot and bring s Nice line men' and initial. The them. GRA ONE PRICE This question will be asked thousands of times in the next six days. Come take a look and the question will answer itself. On display you will find A handsome line of Grips, Bags and Suits. These are always appreciated. A line of mufflers suitable for full dress every day use. Every man wants one and appreciates the gift. A nice line of Ties in Tecks. Four-in-hand and Strings. No gentleman ever has too many Nice Silk Umbrella. Most men have loose and are in need of the gift. Nice pair house Slippers to rest the tire foot and bring sweet memories of the give. Nice line men's Handkerchiefs, both plain and initial. The gentlemen can't do without them. GRAHAM, SYDNEY ONE PRICE Illinois Bu N, I. T. This question will be asked thousands of times in the next six days. Come take a look and the question will answer itself. On display you will find A handsome line of Grips, Bags and Suit Cases. These are always appreciated. A line of mufflers suitable for full dress or every day use. Every man wants one and appreciates the gift. A nice line of Ties in Tecks. Four-in-hands and Strings. No gentleman ever has too many Nice Silk Umbrella. Most men have lost one and are in need of the gift. Nice pair house Slippers to rest the tired foot and bring sweet memories of the giver. Nice line men's Handkerchiefs, both plain and initial. The gentlemen can't do without them. BOYNTON. I. T. Rev. Wm. H. Buchanan of Ash Creek, preached at Allen Chapel last Sunday night. It was an able sermon. Mt. Zion Baptist Church has called Rev. W. B. Morrow of Beggs, I. T. Rev. Strothers has accepted the call of the Baptist church at Haskell. John Rentie has received his traction engine of 19 horse power and is preparing to run a thresh next season. Misses Edith and Lizzie and brother Frank left Tuesday for the industrial school at Quindario, Kan. Mr. Chas. Ezell has purchased a $500 piano to adorn her beautiful home on First street. Jno. Cochran has leased the Campbell hotel. The work on the Methodist Church is being pushed, and the ladies furnish big dinners daily. It is earnestly hoped that the house will be ready for occupancy by Christmas. The Howard Hardware Company has moved into its new home, the McLouen house, corner First and Kenefick Ave. --- Vol 7 [Name not visible in the image] WHAT CAN I GIVE A LADY? We wonder why the question is asked when we have so many beautiful as well as useful gifts. Let us show you. A beautiful line of Silk Muffers for evening wear. There being a doubt in the minds of some as to when the next payment on town lots is due, the writer telephoned to the Indian Agent at Muskogee, who replied: "The sixteen per cent payment is due six months from time of service or four months from the time the ten per cent payment was due. Ben Rich of Taft, I. T., was in town Tuesday. He says that town is a black man's town and is growing rapidly. "Pretty soon, said he, "we will elect a mayor, as the whites are so few in number we will elect a Negro; in fact we shall elect all Negroes." T. C. Cleveland, a practical miner, has opened a coal mine, the first in this vicinity. The mine is on the Harrison Estate about two miles south of town. Attorney A. J. Merriweather put his brother Paul in charge of the mill, and he is now giving his attention to his practice. Mrs. Joe Cleveland is out again after several days' illness. Mrs. Ella J. Sims of Muskogee has returned home after, spending two weeks here with her daughter, Mrs. R. H. Caffey Mrs. Sims has come to take her mother's place as sick nurse. Mother and daughter are doing well. No 10 Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE. - - IND. TER. NEW STATE NEWS. One hundred cases to determine the possessory rights to Indian lands were up before the intruders' court at Ardmore last week. A Knights of Pythias lodge, with more than forty members, was instituted at Wewoka last week. Congressman Murphy of Missouri has introduced a bill providing for the erection of a $250,000 public building at Muskogee. The Chickasaw legislature has adjourned until January 29, when the Choctaw council also convenes. The two bodies have a number of important matters in common that must be disposed of before tribal relations cease. It is expected that a settlement of these affairs will be effected at the forthcoming session. A bill has been introduced in congress establishing an additional recording district at Wilburton. Notice of a general reduction in fire insurance in Indian Territory, to take effect in January, has been sent out from the office of the insurance rating bureau. W. B. Johnson has resigned the position of United States district attorney for the southern district of Indian Territory. He has held the position for eight years. Tulsa is making an effort to secure a wireless telegraph station in that city. The resolutions of the national council of the Osage nation requesting that if Oklahoma is granted statehood that the Osage nation be made a county, with Pawhuska as the county seat, has been forwarded to Senator Beveridge at Washington. What is said to be the largest gas well yet discovered in the Indian Territory was brought in one mile west of Okmulgee last week. Gas was struck at a depth of 1,350 feet, and the estimated flow is between seven and nine million cubic feet. Dr. U. L. Russell of Oklahoma City has completed his studies in Europe and will return to America about the first of January. John Mooney, a clerk in Kennedy Bros. dry goods store at Oklahoma City, has just fallen heir to $75,000, left him by an uncle, who recently died in Ireland. Fred Hagen, an Oklahoma City detective, has begun suit against G. W. Garrison, sheriff of Oklahoma county, for damages in the sum of $6,000. The complaint alleges that the sheriff accused the detective of standing in with a bunch of crooks. Fire destroyed the Crossfield & Dorn business buildings at Carmen last week, entailing a loss of $10,000. The Stillwell hotel and Carmen National Bank buildings were saved by hard work upon the part of the firemen. The Oklahoma and Indian Territory division of the Texas Cotton Seed Crushers' association was organized in Oklahoma City last week. George Dashner of Ardmore was elected president and P. A. Morris of Ada, secretary. TELL OF LIGHTNING MEN WHO KNOW REPORT QUEER PRANKS OF ELECTRIC FLUID. Will Get Its Man at Many Miles Distance if Good Connection Is Made It Pays to Keep Away from Barbed Wire Fence During Storm. Freaks of electricity were the subject of the discourse last evening among a number of the members of "the bunch," says the Anaconda Standard. One of the boys asserted that he had worked in a placer mine on Wisconsin creek, near Sheridan, a few years ago. In company with another man he was winding a rope around a "rubber neck" which made connection between the steel pipe and the canvas hose which fed the hydraulic nozzle. All around him the sky was serene and the sun was shining. Suddenly he felt a shock which paralyzed both legs, which were astride the big steel pipe, and it was fully an hour before he could restore the circulation and again be able to move about. Investigation showed afterward that there had been a thunderstorm further up the creek at the head of the big ditch and a big bolt of lightning had dropped into the reservoir. Seeking an outlet, the electric fluid traveled down the ditch until it found a good conductor in the steel pipe, which it followed until the miner's legs made a good connection. Then it gave a passing shock. "Speaking of electricity and its strange freaks," spoke up another member of the bunch, "reminds me of a time when I was working on a ranch which sported many piles of barbed wire fencing. The boss and I went out one day to fix a considerable amount of fencing which had been broken by a band of wild cattle the day before. We had worked pretty industrially for a few hours and the repairs were nearly all finished, the top wire alone remaining to be strung to complete the job. In the meantime a storm came up a few miles away and the lightning was dropping along the river bank, four miles away by the way the crow flies, but three times that distance by the way the fence ran. "I suggested to the boss that it would be a good idea for us to go into the ranch and get a bite to eat; that it was dangerous to monkey with a barbed wire fence when the lightning king was out. But he was obdurate and laughed at all of my suggestions. Finally he told me that if I was such an old woman as to be scared of a little thunderstorm I could go home and go to sleep in the hay—he would finish the job alone. With that he walked across to the last wire just as a terrific clap of thunder came. The next thing I knew he was wrapped in a sheet of blue flame and was thrown half a hundred feet into a ditch the other side of the fence, where he lay unconscious. With the greatest difficulty he was loaded into a wagon and taken to the ranch, where medical assistance was secured. After twenty-four hours he came to and wondered what it all meant. He said that he had heard a fusillade which sounded like a Chinese New Year at close quarters and then his soul went floating through the air with a vision of blue flames pursuing it. Finally he came back to earth again, but from that day to this, if he is working along a wire fence when even the slightest cloud appears, he will forsake everything else and get as far as possible away from the fence before the cloud has time to do any damage. At the time he was hurt lightning had struck the extreme end of the fence fully ten miles away, but the distance did not lessen the effect of the shock in the least." Don't name a girl Violet, when her disposition may be that of a tiger lily. Made No Reference To Preference Rights---Indemnity Fund is Doubled. Guthrie, O. T.—The speculation as to the conditions under which Oklahoma will get statehood this winter, if either of the bills now before the house should be passed, makes it of interest to compare the prominent features of bus bill passed by the last congress, but ultimately defeated on account of the Gallagher amendment. Of course both the Hamilton bills united the fortunes Arizona and New Mexico with Oklahoma and Indian territory, but in the Oklahoma part there are radical differences between the various bills. In the matter of capital location the first Hamilton bill placed the capital at Guthrie until 1910, the present Hamilton bill until 1915, giving the legislature power to provide for its location thereafter.; the McGuire bill until 1910, with provision that its location thereafter shall be decided by a majority vote of the people. A clause for the restriction of the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Indian country for ten years appeared in the first Hamilton bill. This clause was not, however, a part of the original bill, but was inserted as an amendment as was the Gallagher amendment, providing for prohibition for twenty-one years. The McGuire bill provides for the cession to the federal government of the power to control the sale of liquor to Indians. The new Hamilton bill makes no mention of the liquor question. To Preserve Indian Music. Washington,—The neccessity for preserving Indian music, the establishment of an Indian reform school and the erection of a sanitarium for tubercular Indians are new features of the annual report of the commissioner of Indian affairs, Francis E. Leupp. The ommissioner says that in pursuance of the general idea of saving instead of crushing what is generally characteristec in the Indian, steps have been taken by him for the preservation thru the schools of what is best in Indian music. Seminole Council Has Meeting. Wewoka, I. T. The Seminole council which met here for the purpose of taking action against joint statehood, adjourned without undertaking any business. The council was called to meet by Chief John R. Brown, for the purpose of adopting a resolution protesting to Congress against admission to statehood with Oklahoma. When the council met it was discovered that both the chief and the second chief were absent and an adjournment was taken until such time as the chief might be present. Wanted At Durant. Salt Lake City, Utah,—Robert Folsom alias "Bob Davis," wanted at Durant, I. T., under a charge of murder, was arrested here. Folsom forfeited a $8,000 bail and went from Durant to Arizona. Since then he has been tracked all over the West, being captured here, where he was working with a construction outfit. May Set Aside Old Sale. Perry, O. T.—W. W. Faulds, a leading hardware merchant of this city, is one of the seven heirs of John Faulds, who are involved in a lawsuit at Danville, Ills., over the title to coal lands valued at $2,000,000,000. CHILD DRINKS CARBOLIC ACID. Little Girl's Mother By Mistake Gives The Fatal Dose. Muskogee, I. T.—Addie Lee Anderson, aged two years and seven months, the daughter of Sam V. Anderson and wife, died Sunday afternoon as a result of swallowing a teaspoooful os carbolic acid. The child was convalescing from a case of diptheria and Mrs Anderson was giving it a throat wash She supposed she was giving it a wash when in reality it was carbolic acid. The child died in a short time. The father of the child conducts a shop on the east side and resides at 328 Chero-Street. The body was taken to Wagoner for burial. SEGREGATED LAND. Ways and Means of Getting Favorable Legislation are Connidered. South McAlester I. T.—Representatives from a number of the towns and cities in the segregated coal land belt met in the committee room of the Bushby pursuant to call issued by Major Chapman and afterward joined in by several mayors of nearby cities. The object of the meeting was to consider ways and means of procuring legislation which would make it possible to sell the segregated coal lands to bona fide settlers in small tracts so that the country immediately surrounding the towns might be occupied by farmers instead of lying idle because it is suspected to conceal coal beneath the surface. Boone Williams, president of the Lehigh Commercial club was elected chairman and and U. S. Russel was chosen secretary. The subject was discussed at some length, developing considerable diversity of opinion on some of the points involved. There are nearly half a million acres of land in the segregation, 199,900 of which is under lease to coal operators, the balance lying idle, except what is occupied by squatters. These latter, of whom there are a large number have been given notice to vacate January 1st. At Chickasaw recently a bloody axe was found in a wood near that town. The officials scented a murder mystery and began to search a nearby stream for the victim. It developed that the axe was used in decapitating a Thanksgiving turkey. Clayton Summoned To Capitol. South McAlester, I. T.—Judge William H. H. Clayton last night received a telegram from Attorney General Moody, summoning him to Washington at once. The telegram stated that the president wished to talk with Judge Clayton or territorial matters as soon as possible. In view of the fact that the fight for the district attorneyship is growing warmer and warmer and the candidates, J. H. Wilkins and James Gresham, of this city and B. T. Latham of Antlers, are at Washington and it has been thought that Clayton has been called on by the president for the purpose of getting more light upon the situation, and it is the general opinion that the fight will be settled in a few days after Clayton's arrival. --- SEVEN YEARS AGO. A Rochester Chemist Found a Singularly Effective Medicine. William A. Franklin, of the Franklin & Palmer Chemical Co., Rochester, N. Y., writes: "Seven years ago I was suffering very much through the failure of the kidneys to eliminate the uric acid from my system. My back was very lame "Seven years ago I was suffering very much through the failure of the kidneys to eliminate the uric acid from my system. My back was very lame and ached if I overexerted myself in the least degree. At times I was weighed down with a feeling of languor and depression and suffered continually from annoying irregularities of the kidney secretions. I procured a box of Doan's Kidney Pills and began using them. I found prompt relief from the aching and lamenes in my back, and by the time I had taken three boxes I was cured of all irregularities." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Cc., Buffalo, N. Y. Please Don't Tell Before going to church one Sunday evening Abraham cut a large slice of plum cake and, putting it under his coat, started off. That evening the minister took for his sermon the following text: "Abraham, Abraham, what has thou got in thy bosom?" Abraham, thinking the minister was addressing him, slowly put his hand under his coat, and drawing forth the piece of cake, held it up, saying, much to the amusement of the congregation: "Please sir, it's only a bit of plum cake; but don't tell my mother!" What Pa Puts on Them The teacher of a village school was asking her class one or two questions. One of them was: "Can any boy in the class tell me what harness is?" Not a single boy knew. "Well," continued the teacher, "is there any boy in the class whose father works among horses?" "Please, teacher, mine does." "Well, what is it that your father puts on horse every day?" "Please, teacher, every dollar he's got." Words of Wisdom. Westfield, Ill., Dec. 18th (Special) All who are suffering with Bright's Disease, should read carefully the following letter from the Rev. G. L. Good of this place. He says:— "I feel it is my duty to tell you of the wonderful benefit I have received from the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills. I am a Minister of the Gospel, and in my work, I am frequently exposed to all weathers. Six years ago, I was laid up sick. I doctored with a number of physicians, and finally consulted a specialist, but without success. They all told me I had Bright's Disease. I was in a bad way and almost helpless when, thank God, I heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills. They saved my life. I took sixteen boxes and now I am cured. The first day I took them I felt relief. When I began I weighed only one hundred and five pounds, now I weigh one hundred and sixty-five and I am the picture of health. I recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills to all my friends who have Kidney Trouble and I pray to God that other sufferers will read these words and be helped by them." In some South American tribes the women draw the front teeth, esteeming as an ornament the black gap thus made. Dealers say that as soon as a customer tries Defiance Starch it is impossible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. A milliner is always a trim creature. When a man discovers he's a fool it's generally too late to do any good. TAKE TIME TO SMILE THESE JOKES ALL MADE FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT. Sample of the Beauties of the Language—Bobby Was of an Observing Mind—Why Farmer Corntossel Was Not Altogether Displeased. Frank Acknowledgment. "Do you approve of your son's engagement in football?" "Well," answered Farmer Corntosel, "I don't exactly approve of it. But I don't feel nigh as annoyed as I would be if I thought he wasn't able to hold his own in the scrimmage."—Washington Star. Why He "Scattered" Them. A Georgia darky, charged with bigamy, said to the judge: "Hit's true I got mo' than one wife, suh, but dey's scattered." "Scattered?" "Yes, suh; some's. in Alabama, some's in Tennessee, en only one in Georgia—whar I live at. De only way ter have peace, jedge, wuz to make a scatteration!" — Atlanta Constitution An Inference. The inquisitive visitor to the studio of the famous but crochety artist propounds the query: "What do you mix your colors with?" "With brains, sir," replies the painter in dignified tones. "Ah!" comments the visitor. "So you paint miniatures?"—Judge. Up Against It. "No letter for me yet?" the nervous man inquired for the seventh or eighth time. "No," replied the general delivery clerk. "You seem anxious to get that letter." "No, I'm anxious not to get it. I'm traveling for Hustle & Co. and I'm expecting to be fired." Not Late. Employer—You look this morning as if you had been late, very late, getting into bed last night. Sleepy Clerk—I wasn't, but I would have been. Employer—How do you mean you would have been? Sleepy Clerk—If I hadn't decided not to go to bed at all. Our Perplexing English. A boy stands next to a water pump, with a bucket in front of him. A woman looks out of a window behind him. Irate Mother—All right, my boy, I'll hide you when I find you.—New York Telegram. "Do you think you will live in history?" asked the somewhat sardonic friend. "I don't know about that," answered Senator Sorghum, "but I'll live in the best hotels while I'm here."—Washington Star. A Literary Note. "I don't think the editor read a line of my story." "Neither do I; I notice that his magazine comes out as usual!" FOR WOMEN Amigo $2.50 A Shoe Which is the STYLISH WOMAN'S Favorite. It Must Be Worn to Be Appreciated. INSIST UPON HAVING IT. IT'S A MONEY SAVER. IT'S AN "ALWAYS JUST CORRECT" CLOVER BRAND SHOE. Werthheimer-Swarts Shoe Co. LARGEST FINE SHOE EXCLUSIVISTS ST. LOUIS, U. S. A. PRICE, 25 Cts. TO CURE THE GRIP IN ONE DAY ANTI-GRIPINE HAS NO EQUAL FOR HEADACHE ANTI-GRIPINE IS GUARANTEED TO CURE GRIP, BAD COLD, HEADACHE AND NEURALGIA. I won't sell Anti-Gripine to a dealer who won't Guarantee It. Call for your MONEY BACK IF IT DON'T CURE. F. W. Diemer, M. D., Manufacturer, Springfield, Mo. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. DEFIANCE Cold Water Starch makes laundry work a pleasure. 16 oz. pkg. 10c. It isn't always lucky to trust people who trust to luck. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.—JOHN F. BOYER. Trinity Springs. nd., Feb. 15, 1000. Those who yield to temptation are generally looking for a chance. Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullen is Nature's great remedy—Cures Coughs, Colds, Croup and Consumption, and all throat and lung troubles. At druggists, 25c., 50c. and $1.00 per bottle. If a woman can conceal the fact that she has false teeth she cares not who knows her faults. Don't you know that Defiance Starch besides being absolutely superior to any other, is put up 16 ounces in package and sells at same price as 12-ounce packages of other kinds? Ever notice how helpless it makes you feel when somebody puts themselves out to wait on you? FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's great Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. DR. R. H. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Heaven won't be nearly exclusive enough to suit a lot of people. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. A man may keep his hands from getting callous, but not his conscience. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Drug-gists refund money if it falls to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature is on each box. 25c. The right ear is usually better than the left. Trials of Winter. Do not permit yourself to be a victim to a cold or cough. They lead to pneumonia, consumption and elsewhere. Be wise; use Simmons' Cough Syrup. It cures coughs, heals lungs and will keep you right here to enjoy the beauties of spring. A prize fight is a striking affair, and a cashier's business is a paying one. Lewis' Single Binder straight 50. You pay 10c for cigars not so good. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Most men do what they do because they think at the time it is proper thing to do. FOR WOMEN TUMORS CONQUERED SERIOUS OPERATIONS AVOIDED SERIOUS OPERATIONS AVOIDED Unqualified Success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in the Case of Mrs. Fannie D. Fox. One of the greatest triumphs of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the conquering of woman's dread enemy, Tumor. The growth of a tumor is so sly that frequently its presence is not suspected until it is far advanced. Mrs. Fannie D. Fox So-called "wandering pains" may come from its early stages, or the presence of danger may be made a manifest by profuse menstruation, accompanied by unusual pain, from the ovaries down the groin and thighs. If you have mysterious pains, if there are indications of inflammation or displacement, don't wait for time to confirm your fears and go through the horrors of a hospital operation; secure Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound right away and begin its use. Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., will give you her advice free of all charge if you will write her about yourself. Your letter will be seen by women only. Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "I take the liberty to congratulate you on the success I have had with your wonderful medicine. Eighteen months ago my monthlies stopped. Shortly after I felt so badly that I submitted to a thorough examination by a physician and was told that I had a tumor on the uterus and would have to undergo an operation. "Soon after I read one of your advertisements and decided to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. After trying five bottles as directed the tumor is entirely gone. I have been examined by a physician and he says I have no signs of a tumor now. It has also brought my monthlies around once more, and I am entirely well."—Fannie D. Fox, 7 Chestnut Street, Bradford. Pa. THE @IMETER. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO. ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOGEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER W. H. TWINE - - - Editor. R. WOOD, - - - Ass't Editor. J. T. TRIMBLE - - Gen'l Solicitor E D. NICKENS, Advertising Manager. We will get out a special or Chirstmas edition next issue. It will be a hummer. Subscribe now and be sure and get a copy. We have been requested to re-publish the artic'e headed as "The New Political Firm." Space wont permit it this week. Hon. Byrd McGuire. the congressman from Oklahoma, is doing some mighty good things for the Indian Territory, and we won't forget him. Nearly all of the colored property owners on South Second street, have paved the street in front of their lots. This is well let others do likewise. J. Milton Turner of St. Louis. Mo., who for eight years was United States Minister to Liberia, was in the city yesterday, the guest of Louis T. Brown, his former private secretary. There is a plan on foot to use a Negro Independent weekly paper for the spring campaign, we don't know whether the union labor fellows are behind this or not, but they had a number at work on the school election. Suspended members from Eureka Lodge, F. and A. M., Vinita, Indian Territory, are Rev. A. H. Hawkins; Claude Allen, and Will Allen; suspended for non-payment of dues.* These suspended from Trinity Lodge No.14, and other Lodges will appear next week. Capt. Ayers and Douglass have taken a stand that only Republicans should be appointed to places under republicans. This is the proper stuff and we hoe it will bear fruit. We believe to the victorious belong the offices. In fact the democrats and also our party except down here. Dec. 10th was the birthday of Wm. Lloyd Garrison, and the Negroes all over the union held services that day in commemoration of the great and good patriot Garrison. The movent started in Boston and spread like wildfire all over the country and even way down here in the Indian Territory, the day and the man were not forgotten. The Negroes of America owe a great debt of gratitude to Wm. Loyd Garrison. It is not proper any time for a principal of a school to make pets of any of the subordinate teachers anyhow. It generally raises Cain at last. If you have charges to file against any teacher or teachers, file them with the Board of Education and not at public meetings. The Board will give you a "square deal." Judges Lawrence, Townsend and Clayton have been confirmed. It seems that the other judge, for some reason has so far fallen outside the breastworks. However, Dr. Soper and Dr. Gibson are still in good health and may be able to relieve the patient. The Cimeter has been throwing such hot shot at the opposition that they now threaten to have us arrested(we suppose as soon as Parker is confirmed). We shall keep up the lick, and as soon as we are out(if we get in) we shall continue business at the old stand. It is said that Judge Lawrence will appoint Mr. Benedict Master in Chancery. No better appointment could be made and should our able superintendent accept, then we hope Prof. Fallow will be appointed superintendent to succeed Benedict, as he is an able man and well qualified to fill the place. The school election went right. The old board was reelected, but had it not been for the strenuous fight of E. D. Nickens and others, it might have been lost, as our side was not aware of any fight being made. However, Bonnell and Dr. DeGraffenreid got there in good shape and votes to spare. This will forever keep the people on their guard and also keep politics out of the school board. No, we are not able to employ any one to write articles for this paper, and when they are not signed by others, the old man does it all. The fellows who got their tail feathers scorched (we mean the statesmen from Washington) are now charged that we can not write our own editorials. We are a little conceited on this point and we want all the honor for scoring the cusses as we shall have to suffer (in jail) they say for writing it. "Lay on McDuff and demand he be who first cries Hold Enough!" We do Job Printing A REPUBLICAN CITY. The Republicans have a chance to win in the spring election if they will organize and commence a Camphaign in January instead of April. The Democrats have started already and the fight inside party lines is waxing hot. The Union Labor Party will be in the ring for everything in sight. They began their Campaign last Saturday when they tried to steal a march in the school election. And they TAKING THE STUMP To tell about our lumber. It is put forward to win the approval of the lumber users of this section and when its good points are appreciated it will certainly do so. We see no satisfaction or profit in handling low grade stock. Neither will consumers when they learn that the finest lumber does not piece by the foot but by the inches. will have to be watched closely or h— will be the play. And now they say the editor of this paper will be indicted for article published recently under the heading of "A New Political Firm, in which Soper and Gibson, a Republican and Democrat joined hands in the selecting of a judge that, was not appointed as judge of the Western District. Well the fellows think they can throttle honest opinions by resorting to any old trick, but in this instance we stand "pat." shr (continued from last issue) these were his stepping stones he used in ascending to the position of undisputed leadership. Not only in statehood affairs or political arena, but as a defender of his race he has few equals. Prussia boasted of her Bismark who weighed the probabilities of a thousand future years with great accuracy and with a small hand full of men and a head full of wisdom, placed the seal of Prussian authority upon the throne of Germany. England may boast of her Gladstone who, when he had been crowned with the highest honors that his country could bestow upon him, reached his benevolent head from the loftiest peaks of fame down to the lowest, humblest and meekest citizen in England and blessed them with the sublime right of suffrage; put a golden wreath of royalty upon their once forsakenhdads and thus exalted England, himself and all the christian world. The colonies may boast of their Otis who sounded the trumpet of the revolution to which music all Americans danced; or, of their Patrick Henry, who called for liberty or death and thus created a torch of war-like spirit in the bosom of every one who was breathing the air of England's oppression; but we are none the less proud of our Twine who has the courage to face the devil and tell him he is a devil. Every country, every nation, every race, every people that have journeyed from the savageous slums of slavery into the realms of freedom's intelligence, has chosen for himself a leader to pilot their ship. The broad sea between ignorsnce and intelligence, between burbarism and civilization, has countless stony peaks beneath it's surface. Against these stony peaks many ships are fatally wrecked even when pilotte by the wisest and the shrewdest. The life of a race, like a man, has many obstacles to overcome; many odds to make even, many errors to correct. To build a reputation, to make a character, and to make a mark in life worth being proud of takes a life-time sacrifice; to destroy these only requires one minute. When a man is once mistrusted or his honesty doubted by the public, his chances are slim for regaining confidence or making friends So it is with a race of people: When once denounced, rejected and debarred from public trust and infamously branded with insufficiency, takes time, labor, patience and a great sacrifice to place it back into the confidential eye of the pubic. Many leaders faint by the way, become discouraged, impatient, and give way to the raging storms of exhaustless prejudice. When a race once deceiued, forsaken, and deserted by a lead- er it falls into the bottomless abyss of lost confidence and mistrust. Then farther and farther from the light, deeper and deeper into chaos they must necessarily go until they again make for themselves a confidential leader as a lost of confidence is a leek that will sink any vessel that sails the merciless sea of life. The Negroes of the west have a grave duty confronting them. A dark cloud of prejudice over-shadows our pathway; we are now entering the stormiest period of our lives; but in Twine we have a wise, confidential, brave and impetuous leader. He knows no stop, unacquainted with surrender, never compromises only with justice. To defend the right is the height of his ambition. The loftiest peaks of fame is the same to him as the lowest ditch of despondency; he looks upon kings as he looks upon paupers. He knows a man is no more of a man when sitting upon the throne, no less than a man when living in a hut. He condemns the wrongs of the noblest, defends the rights of the weakest. To him, the forged dignity of the wealthy is a trifle, and yet he worships the honesty of the poverty stricken and the unfor tunate. Wealth, royalty nor official honors can raise a man above his association. Neither can poverty place a man below his appreciation. He never bows to greac men, nor exalts himself above insignificant men. Ae goes wherever his duty calls him whether in the palace or in the asylum. He speaks and writes whatever he thinks matters not whether it enrages the arlistocrats or sublimates the meek. We are glad to know that we have the sublime privilege of calling this zealous man a member of our race and a defender of our cause. He stills writes and every word he speaks, every breath he breaths and every sentence he writes is in defense of his people, his country and his God. He is blind as a bat to everything but right, poison to everything but justice and a dagger to everything but the truth. The library of every Negro in the west should be enriched with biography and their walls adorned with his portrait. He is the Moses of his people, the Bismark of his time, the Solomon of all ages. He was born in the huge laps of famine and nursed at the bosom of poverty, though he never drew one drop of cowardice nor inhaled one breath of deceit. He has a just claim on the respect of every man that lives. He has made his race proud; his race should not make him shame. F. E. INGRAM, Tullahassee, Ind. Ter. We do Job Printing Offers Better Sick, Accident and Death Benefit Policies than any company in the Territory. Reliable agents wanted. Good pay. Call on J H Ellis, Supt., Room 10 Jones Building MUSKOGEE, I. T. Or write C. B. King, Gen'l Man., O. G. Miller, Gen l Supt. J. H. McCohico, Ass t Sec y, 500 Center St., Little Rock, Ark. Sadler Hardware Co Has just received a New Stock of HARNESS and has a PRACTICAL HARNESS REPAIRER In their store. Bring your work and have it done both NEAT AND CHEAP. 218 WEST OKMULGEE AVENUE DURFEY HARDWARE COMPANY. INCORPORATED Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, and Celebrated Monarc Ranges. Every one Guaranteed. Builders' Tools, etc. All kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. HARDING MEMORIAL CEMETERY Best Improved Rural Property in the Indian Territory. Family lots in this beautiful cemetery, 20 by 20 feet, at Ten (10) Dollars each, for the next thirty days. Warrantee deeds. See or write either the Creek or Home Undertaking Co. CREEK : GROCERY On Okmulgee Avenue IS THE PLACE to buy your groceries. They can duplicate any price of their competitors and they also give you the very best goods. They carry everything in the grocery line. And can be found— In The Estes Building on Okmulgee Avenue Near the M. K. and T. R. R. AS LONG AS THEY LAST We will positively sell at cost. All of our Musical Instruments, Solid Gold Rings, Watches, and Jewelry. Don't Wait. Come now. BEN ESTES. @or Main & Okmug ee. Pioneer Abstract Co. IOWA BUILDING This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T. BIG EAST SIDE LUMBER YARD. GEO. D. HOPE LUMBER COMPANY DEALER IN Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Lime. Cement, Etc. EAST OKMULGEE AVE. First Aid Brown had been attending a firstaid class and was eager for an opportunity of displaying his knowledge. One day an old gentleman fell down in the street and seemed to be unable to arise. Brown was on the spot in an instant. "It's a broken leg, sir, I can tell by the way you fell. Just allow me." Brown snapped his walking stick in two, tore up his pocket handkerchief, and proceeded to tie on the improvised splints, only to be stopped by a smack in the chest from the old gent. "What the dickens are you doing?" stormed the old man; "there's nothing the matter with me. Can't you tell a wooden leg when you see one? Kindly remove these things and assist me to rise. Tickets. Please "Tickets, please, gentlemen," said the collector, and they were all shown save that of a poor, feeble old gentleman who searched all his pockets in vain for the brief, and the fellow-passengers growled exceedingly. "Train is waiting for you, sir," went on the collector. "Why, there it is in your mouth, sir, all the time! Right away!" And the train moved on. "Do you suffer much from absence of mind?" asked a satiracal passenger. "Absence of mind be hanged!" returned the poor feeble old gentleman. "I was sucking the date off a last week's ticket!" A Man of Business Barber—Poor Jim has been to an insane asylum through broodin' over dull business. He and me has worked side by side for years. We both brooded a good deal. No money in our business now. Victim—What's the matter with it? Barber—Prices too low. Unless a customer takes a shampoo or something, it doesn't pay to shave or haircut. Poor Jim! I caught him trying to cut a customer's throat because he refused a shampoo, and so I had to have the poor fellow locked up. Makes me very melancholy. Sometimes I feel sorry I didn't let him slash all he wanted to. It might have saved his reason. Shampoo, sir? Alarmed Patient—Y-e-s. Stands Head. 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Lewis' Single Binder costs more than other 5c cigars. Smokers know why Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. The strength of a lost love is hard to estimate by the sorrow shown over it. The path of duty is through the custom house. TO DEVELOP MINES. The United States Promoting and Manufacturing Company Active In Gwendale Vicinity. Gwendale, I. T.,—The long hoped for development of the iron mines at this point, on the Wolf place, has reached a crisis at last. For nearly two years the interior department held back or delayed the approval of the leases made to Wr. C. H. Hallett, and when the Government was ready to treat with Mr. Hallett some difficulty arose and the delay was continued until the present. But now it is highly probable that the United States promoting company will take hold of the proposition and push it to a successfull issue. The company is capitalized at $1,000,000,000 and will erect its smelters and steel structural works at Tulsa, where they have been offered gas at one cent and a half per thousand feet for fuel purposes. The manufacture of steel will be pursued on original lines, no coke or limestone being required in smelting operations. This new process is an invention owned by the company and means the production of steel at a minimum cost. The company is independent of the trust and will remain so. Also they will manufacture a new steel rail patent that combines in itself advantages far surpassing the old steel rail. They have orders far ahead for the new rail and will begin operations as regards mining as soon as the necessary approval of leases can be obtained from the secretary of the interior. It is intended to take out about 1,000 tons of raw ore daily from the Gwendale mines. WHISLEY CAUSES TERRIBLE CRIME. Girl may Die. Ada, I. T.—In the little town of Center, ten miles west of here, little 13 year old orphaned Thedie Jones lies in a dying condition with a gaping bullet wound through her chest. Young Walter Copeland of that community is is in the Ada jail charged with the atrocious shooting. He is twenty years old. The story as told by a number of eye witnessess is one of unutterable cruelty and wantonness; the awful act seems more like the inexplicible savagery of a mad man than that of a sane person. It seems that Copeland with two companions had returned from the "Corner"—the rendezvous of the convivially inclined—with a liberal supply of whiskey, however, they were not in an intoxicated condition. He proceeded to terroize the town by riding the main street on the quiet Sabbath afternoon and discharged at random his Colt's forty five. As he neared the Jones home a horse hitched at the gate became excited at the din and Miss Thedie caught hold of the animal As Copeland was passing the ladies of the house cried to him not to shoot any more, wherepon he fired one shot in the air and then another at the crouching form of the child, taking effect as above stated. A benighted citizen of Hobart, who should visit Perry and see the court house square, parked by W. T. Little, is bitterly opposed to fencing and planting to trees the courthouse square at Hobart. He says that it should be left for a public hitching ground and market place. ONE MAN DELAYS INDIAN PAYMENT. Indian Agent Kelsey Trying To Locate A Missing Muskogee, I. T.—The per capita payment to the Delaware Indians which was ordered several months ago, has been delayed for two months by the failure of those who are proving the roll to locate two citizens of the tribe who should share in the payment. One of these was found a few weeks ago, and now the forces of the Indian agency are exerting every effort to learn something of the only man who stands between the Delawares and their money. Indian Agent Kelsey has as yet been unable to learn whether the missing Indian is dead or alive and if alive, where he is residing. However, Mr. Kelsey believes that the man will be found within the next few days and then payment will begin. About 1,500 Delaware Indians are entitled to a share in the payment, and it is neccessary to make up an approved list of every one of them before the payment can begin. Any member of the Delaware tribe alive in October, 1904 when the Delaware council agreed to the act of congress granting the payment, is entitled to share equally in the disbursement. The task of who was alive and who was dead at that date, and the location of all eligible Delawares has proved a stupendous one and the payment has been delayed several months. LOOKING FOR SALOON SITE. Brewery Agents Busy In Indian Muskogee, I. T.—An agent of the Anheuser Busch Brewing Company is in Muskogee and it is said that he is looking after the interests of his company with the intentions of getting options on good business properties where saloons or wholesale liquor houses might be located in case the new state is admitted without a prohibition clause. Within the fast few weeks agents of different brewing companies have been visiting the newer towns of the territory and securing options on lots where saloon buildings may be located. It is understood that several buildings have been erected in Muskogee for the sole purpose of using them for the liquor business and that one man at least has the agency of a large brewing company and is holding it in the event of prohibition being being defeated. A number of corner rooms which are now being used for other classes of business, ore said to be held in reserve for other brewing companies. There seems to be a general impression among the brewing interests that prohibition will be defeated in the new state. If this proves true the liquor interests will reap a harvest in the section of the state now embraced in the Indian Territory, on account of the very rigid laws against introducing and selling liquor which have been in force in the territory for years. $25,000 Church for Muskugee. Muskogee, I. T.—The Catholics of this city are arranging to build a handsome new church building to cost near $25,000. Nothing comes to him who is too tired to make an effort to get something. Storekeepers report that the extra quantity, together with the superior quality of Defiance Starch makes it next to impossible to sell any other brand. The most important needle work in the world has been done by the mariner's compass. If you don't get the biggest and best it's your own fault. Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it in quality or quantity. 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CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O Sold by Druggists, price 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Most of us are dissatisfied, some with what we have and some with what we haven't got. No matter how important you may feel, there is always some one to give out a contrary thought. Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity and superior quality of Defiance Starch is fast taking place of all other brands. Others say they cannot sell any other starch. MAYOR WATTS IS ACCUITTED. Wagoner, I. T.—Mayor Charles G. Watts was acquitted in the United States Court hese at 8 o'clock tonight of the charge of embezzling $39 from a fort Smith Firm. The jury was out just one minute, the time to take a vote. Mayor Watts was indicted in Muskogee last summer he had been doing some collecting for a queensware firm, the evidence today showed that he had more money due him from the company than the company had against him. There was much interest in the trial. It began at one o'clock, and the court room was crowded all afternoon. Character witnessess were introduced, showing the standing of the defendant in the community in which he lived. The attorneys for the defense were S. M. Rutherford, DeRoos Bailey and L. B. Fant. The prosecuting attorney was E. E Kistler. A sensation was created in the court soom this afternoon when one of the attorneys for the defense asked one of the jurors whether or not he would have pursued the same course of Mr. Watts had he been in his place. The juror answerad "Yes" in tones that could be heard in all parts of the court room. Mayor Watts is very popular in this city and there is much satisfaction expressed at the verdict. $5,000,000 TO CHICKASAWS. Government Mus Pay for Lands Allotted to Freedmen. Ardmore, I. T.—In the Chickasaw legislature an important memorial is is pending asking congress to make drovision for the enrollment of new born babes since the closing of the tribal rolls. A qill is dending droiving for payment for lands allotted to the freedmen It is remembered that the supreme court held that the freedmen were not citizens of the Chickasaw nation, and the payment for their land will fell on on the federal government. Therefore an immediate settlement is asked The amount is estimated at about $5,000,000 The memorial praying for the abolishment of the five seminaries in the Chickasaw nation is being opposed on the ground that the contract for the full term has been let. A memorial is pending asking congress to reimburse the Chickasaws for land known as the Western leased district. Congress will be asked to sell the public buildings belonging to the but will ask that an appraised value be placed upon them. Negro Killed At Luther. Luther, O. T.—George Wilburs, a negro, was killed near the scene or a dance here. He was going to a saloon to buy whiskey for a sick wife. A silver dollar was found in his hand. S. A. Allen, Oscar Neal and Oscar Harmon were arrested and brought to the jail here. They deny any knowledge of the crime. Mrs. Berry Taken to Kansas City. Tulsa, I. T—Mrs. Berry, the insane woman who barricaded herself in a Frisco car at Girard, Kansa,s was taken to Kansas City where she will be dlaced in a private sanitarium for tseatment. Mrs. Berry still insists she is pursued by some one who wants to take her life. PROHIBITIONISTS FIGHT FOR TEMPERANCE. Washington,The call for a Republican conference to be held in the house at the conclusion of the session was issued today by Mr. Hepburn. The conference is called to consider the question of statehood for the territories. The committee devoted several hours to a hearing on the proposed prohibition amendment to any statehood bill admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory to the Union. Members of the statehood delegation from the two territories and the representatives of the various religious and temperance organizations were present. E. C. Dinviddie legislative agent of the anti-saloon league declared that the league and allied organizations would insist on a prohibition clause in the bill and would be satisfied with an amendment to the Gallagher-Stone amendment which prevents the sale and manufacture of of liquor in the proposed state for twenty one years and after that time only by the adoption of an amendment to the state constitution. He said, however, that he would be willing to accept a modification of the amendment which would permit the sale of liquor and alcohol for medicinal and industria purposes. Stillwell H. Russel, of Ardmore, and several others from Oklahoma and Indian Territory made pleas for the admission of the two territories as a state without any restsictions and urged that the people of the proposed state may be relied upon to care for the liquor traffic in the proper manner. Intruder's Court At Ardmore. Ardmore, I. T.-The United States intruder's court, with Judge W. W. Bennet, of Muskogee, presiding, is in session here to determine cases involving the posessory right to Indian lands. There are more than 100 of these cases, and the court will be in session the entire week, taking testimony in connection with them. Marshal of Maud Arrested. Shawnee, O. T.—Tom Dencer, town marshal at Maud, a small place twelve miles south of here, is under arrest, together with Ben Baker and Jim Honey cutt. The men fought with the officer during a trial at Maud, beating him over the head with his own gun and Dencer retaliated with a bowie knife, carving the other two seriously. Big Gasser Near Okmulgee. Okmulgee, I. T.—The Skeleton Oil Company has brought in what promises to be one of the biggest gas wells ever discovered in Indian territory, on its lease near this city. The company has ordered a pipeline by telegraph and will supply Okmulgee with natural gas at a lower rate per thousand than the Kansas towns are getting. Tom Jordon In Jail at Vinita. Vinita, I. T.—Tom Jordon who robbed the bank at Collinsville was brought from old Mexico and lodged in jail here. Jordon claimed that the bank owed him some money which it would not pay so one day he called on the cashier at the noon hour and at the point of a pistol forced him to give up a large sum of money. The only thing sinful people worry about is being found out. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. A man with horse sense doesn't bet on races. AGONY OF SORE HANDS. "My hands cracked and peeled, and were so sore it was impossible for me to do my housework. If I put them in water I was in agony for hours; and if I tried to cook, the heat caused intense pain. I consulted two doctors, but their prescriptions were utterly useless. And now after using one cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment my hands are entirely well, and I am very grateful. 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Is Disease a Crime? Not very long ago, a popular magazine published an editorial article in which the writer asserted, in substance, that all disease should be regarded as criminal. Certain it is, that much of the sickness and suffering of mankind is due to the violation of certain of Nature's laws. But to say that all sickness should be regarded as criminal, must appeal to every reasonable individual as radically wrong. It would be harsh, unsympathetic, cruel, yes criminal, to condemn the poor, weak, over-worked housewife who sinks under the heavy load of household cares and burdens, and suffers from weaknesses, various displacements of pelvic organs and other derangements peculiar to her sex. Frequent bearing of children, with its exact demands upon the system, coupled with the care, worry and labor of rearing a large family, is often the cause of weaknesses, derangements and debility which are aggravated by the many household cares, and the hard, and never-ending work which the mother is called upon to perform. Dr. Pierce, the maker of that world-famed remedy for woman's peculiar weaknesses andills—Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription—says that one of the greatest obstacles to the cure of this class of maladies is the fact that the poor, over-worked housewife can not get the needed rest from her many household cares and labor to enable her to secure from the use of his "Prescription" its full benefits. It is a matter of frequent experience, he says, in his extensive practice in these cases, to meet with those in which his treatment fails by reason of the patient's inability to abstain from hard work long enough to be cured. With those suffering from prolapse, antetversion and retroversion of the uterus or other displacement of the womanly organs, it is very necessary that, in addition to taking his "Favorite Prescription" they abstain from being very much, or for long periods, on their feet. All heavy lifting or straining of any kind should also be avoided. As much out-door air as possible, with moderate, light exercise is also very important. Let the patient observe these rules and the "Favorite Prescription" will do the rest. Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of maffing only. Send to Dr. R.V. Pierce, Buffalo, N.Y., 21 one-cent stamps for paper-covered, or 31 stamps for cloth-bound. If sick consult the Doctor, free of charge by letter. All such communications are held sacredly confidential. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invigorate and regulate stomach, liver and bowels. Many a married man talks in his sleep because that's his only chance he ever gets. It Will Stay There. "In my family medicine chest no remedy is permitted to remain unless it proves beyond doubt the best to be obtained for its particular purpose. "For treating all manner of skin troubles, such as Eczema, Tetter, Ringworm, etc., Hunt's Cure has held its place for many years. I have failed to find a surer remedy. It cures itching instantly. It is up to you to win the prize; let others explain how they lost it. THE MAN BEHIND THE SAW kins. Has easy work if it's an Atkins. The keen, clean cutting edge and perfect taper of the blade make it run easily without buckling. No "humping" to do with the Perfec- tion Handle. But there are other men behind the Atkins Saw. The originator of SILVER STEEL, the finest crucible steel made, was a good deal of a man. The discoverer of the Atkins secret tempering process was likewi brains and genius. M And there are high-class workmen behind this saw, masters of their craft, whose skill and pride of workmanship have helped to make the Atkans Trade Mark an assurance of quality as reliable as the Government assay stamp. We make all types and sizes of Saws, but only one grade—the best. Atkins Saws, Corn Knives, Perfection Floor Scrapers, etc., are sold by all good hardware dealers. Catalogue on request. E. C. ATHINS @ CO., Inc. Largest Saw Manufacturers in the World. SOLD BY GOOD DEALERS EVERYWHERE COJNCIL HILL is a new town, but a few months old, located on the M. O. & G. railroad, 25 miles from Muskogee. It is surrounded by a vast area of the best agricultural land in the Creek Nation. A brick railroad station with cement platforms, a two-story modern school house, 12-foot grantold sidewalks with curbing through the business section are but a few of the substantial improvements. Never has there been such an opportunity for a business location or a profitable investment. For particuliers address Union Townsite Company, Muskogee, Indian Territory. PENSION JOHN W. MOKRIS Washington, D.C. Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Principal Examiner U.S. Pension Bureau. 3 yrs in civil war, 15 adjudicating claims, atty since. WANTED FOR UNITED STATES ARMY; able-bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 35; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For information apply to Recruiting Officer, Post-Office Building Oklahoma, Guthrie. Shawnee, Enid, O. T., or Tulsa. I. T. 60 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Means a productive capacity in dollars of over $16 per acre. This on land which has cost the farmer nothing but the price of tilting it, tells its own story. The Canadian Government gives absolutely free to every settler 160 acres of such land. Lands adjoining can be purchased at from $6 to $10 per acre from railroad and other corporations. Already 175,000 farmers from the United States have made their homes in Canada. For pamphlet "Twentieth Century Canada" and all information apply to Supt. of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to following authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri (Mention this paper.). W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 51, 1905 PISO S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION .. American National .. INSURANCE COMPANY. [Incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas.] Sur Ius to Policy Holders $120,000.00 W. L. Moody, President. I. M. Kemper, Vice President. Jas. E. Quin, Secretary. DIRECTORS W. L. Moody, Jr., of W. L. Moody & Co., Bankers and Cotton Factors, Galveston, Texas; Vice President Galveston Cotton Compress and Warehouse Company, Galveston, Texas; Vice President F. Cannon Commission Company, Galveston, Texas. I. H. Kempner, of H. Kempner, Galveston, Texas; President Texas Bank and Trust Company, Galveston, Texas; President Merchants National Bank, Houston, Texas; Commissioner Finance and Revenue, City of Galveston. M. O. Koppel, Capitalist and Attorney at Law, Galveston, Texas. Hon T. H. Ball, Ex-Congressman; Member firm Andrews, Ball & Streetman, Houston, Texas; Attorney for Receivers Kirby Lumber Company. C. G. Pillot, of Henke&Pillot, Houston, Texas; Vice President Artesian Ice and Refrigerating Company, Houston, Texas, Secretary Pastoriza Printing and Lithographing Company, Houston, Texas. M. Lasker, of Lasker Real state Association; President Texas Star Flour Mills, Galveston, Texas. Fred. W. Catterall, Cashier W. L. Moody & Co., Bankers, Galveston, Texas. MUTUAL BENEFIT AND ADVANTAGE In patronizing now, and in giving their preference to the American National Insurance Company, the people of the Southwest are lending a helping hand in the upbuilding of a great home financial institution. The funds of the American National Insurance Company are being invested in the Southwest, for the mutual benefit and advantage of the people of the Southwest. SOUNDNESS AND STABILITY The rates of the American National Insurance compare favorably with the rates of any insurance company in the field. The policies are up-to-date in every respect. The fact that the American National is operating under the very stringent and particular laws of the state of Texas is one of the best rec ommendations as to its soundness and stability. PRESTIGE AND STRENGTH The high financial standing of the personnel of the officers and directors of the Company lends it additional prestige and strength. INSURE WITH THE AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE CO, Your home company and help developc and upbuild your territory. J W. WESTBROOK, Supt. 401 Iowa Building, Muskogee. COLBERT. Calbert, I. T. 12-11, 1905. Dear Editor:Calbert is in line. Sunday school was fine Sunday. Professor D. J. Counter and wife were in Calbert Saturday and left Sunday for Mead, I. T. where Prof. Calbert is at work. Prof. C. D. Hall and Rev. J. Lowin were in town Sunday. All were glad to see them. We hope they will come again The rally Sunday, conducted by Rev. S. C. Cain was a grand success. All enjoyed the meeting. School is all right; Rev. Counter is principal. Calbent is a growing town. We hope to put the Cimeter into every home here. A Republican City This is a Republican town. A majority of the voters are Republicans. At one time we elected seven Republican members of the City Council and yet elected a Democratic Mayor. Now, why is this? There is only one answer, and that is that a few Republicans vote for the Democrats. We can elect a Republican ticket in this town next spring if the Republicans will take charge of the machinery and run a Campaign. But we can't do it when men high up in the councils of the party will secretly support the head of the opposing ticket; and this has been done every time a Democrat has been elected Mayor of the City. It is impossible to keep the rank and file in line when the Lieutenants, Captains, Colonels and Generals are making terms of surrender with the enemy. It is poor consolation to us fellows in the trenches for our leaders after they have made their unholy deals and after we have done the fighting, to say to us, "We made the h—l of a fight and came near winning." The time is now ripe for a close organization and by a united effort we win, every man on the ticket. Let our party nominate a ticket composed of men, real men, Republicans, and we can JEWELRY! JEWELRY! drive the opposition to the wall. Just think of it; we are nearing statehood and it behooves us to line up and at once. The fellow who has been stradling the fence all these years will have to get down; the fences are now made of barbed wire and there is danger of getting your "breeches torn." We believe we can suggest the kind of a ticket that will win in a gallop and later on will give our views to the public but say here and now that the candidates must be men, not cowards or traitors; but real live earnest patriotic men, Republicans. Human Targets. As we go to press, news comes to our office of the killing of two women at Patsey McIntosh's house by a man named Killingsworth. One of the women was ois wife and the other the friend of the wife who had persuaded her to leave home, still another woman, an innocent bystander, was shot in the foot The man is eaid to be crazy over family affairs. Truly the way of the transgressor is hard. Reporter. Wilburton, I. T., Dec. 19, 1905. The annual meeting of the Indian Territory Teachers' Association to be held at South McAlester, Dec. 28-30, 1905, will be the largest ever held in the Indian Territory. President A. C. Scott, of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, Stillwater, Okla., and Dr. Wm. L. Burdick, of the University of Kansas Law School, will deliver evening lectures, and a reception will be given at the Bushby Hotel. Railway tickets on the certificate plan; buy full fare going ticket and take certificate. Programs have been held up two weeks in Dallas but will be out in a few days. A card to me at South McAlester will bring you a prog.am. J. G. MASTERS, President Ass'n. 5000 different designs, all new the kind that send our cu than manufacturesr' cost put off you visit. Come want for XMAS at less I say sale I mean anyt ep. I have 700 gold rings else in watches and jewelry li ness by doing exactly what I s FRAUD There has been established a pretended Masonic Lodge in the north part of town. This pretense is not in any sense a Masonic lodge and no Grand lodge on earth can or will recognize them as Masons. A few honest men have been beguild and fooled into joining this misfit organization. A number of the members are exconvicts, felons and some were even recently convicted of stealing coal from Katy R. R.. others are expelled Masens and still others suspended, while some broke into the Territory for reasons best known to themselves without taking time to get a demit if one could have been gotten. The whole thing is a monstrous farce and good men who are ignorant efthe tenet of masonry should investigate before they take a step that in all probabilty will damn them for all time to come More anon WARNING ORDER. In the United States Court for Western District Indian Territory at Muskogee. Earnest Battle. plaintifflff, vs. Lucile Battle, Defendant, No. 6267, Equity. Divorce. The defendant Lucile Battle is hereby warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff Earnest Battle. Witnes the Honorable Charles W. Raymond, Judge of said Court and seal thereof at Muskogee, Indian Territory, this the 13th day of November. 1905. R. P. Harrison, clerk. By Chas. F. Runyan A. S. McRea, Att'y for plaintiff A. E. Patterson, Att'y for non resident defendant. (1st publication Nov. 16.) MRS. A. G. STEELE, Medium and Specialist. Cures Female Troubles, Diarrohea, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Nervousness and Painful Menstruation. Call or write MRS. A. G. STEELE, P. O. Box 75. Checotah, I. T. modern, absolutely reliable goods away satisfied. Going at less until January 1, 1906. Don't able you can pick just what you NUFACTURERS' COST. When rock is yours for just a little mon you to select from; and everything ne. I have established a great busisay. Call and be convinced.