Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Vol 7 BOYNTON That Boynton is a good business point is evidenced by the way colored men are spreading themselves. Thomas Aarrison, a native has purchased the building occupied by a white firm, The Boynton Hardware Co. about the center of the business part of Seamon St. In the same block, Bob Manuel, another native has bought an interest in another hardware house, white, one block north, same street, Chas. Ezell, R. E. L. Mitchell and George McCuen have come in possession of a business lot each. It was the intention of the whites to keep Negroes off Seamon, and confine their business to Kenefick Ave. Alex Rogers has leased the livery barn of J. W. Cherry. Dr. A. C. Brisco. of Muskogee, has engaged quarters with our Dr. Alston, to spend a day weekly in our town doing dental work. Dr. Brisco is a Walden University man, having graduated from the dental department. The personal estate of the late Jno. Rogers was sold at public outcry on Monday. Capt. Geo. T. Robinson, was the auctioneer Mr. Pretree have moved here from Langston to keep house for herson, Jimmie Petree, the young blacksmith. Miss Carrie E. Burnett, the milliner, has gone to spend a few weeks in Oklahoma. Mrs. Mary Rich was in Muskogee this week. J. S. Brown is in Henrietta this week looking after addition to that town. Lawyer R. Emmett Stewart, of Muskogee, was out last week looking after business interests. The Ladies Aid Circle of Allen Chapel was entertained this week by Mrs. Laurena Ezell. Will Acorn, the baker, wants a partner, the trade is heavy for one man. MASONIC. Red Bird Lodge. A. F. & A. M. met in its regular meeting night and transacted some very important business and when they got through with the boys, what few were left, had a good time and hope to continue as it takes good material and good workers and nothing else will do for the A. F. & A. M. boys. All of the dead timber has been cut out as follows: E. L. Barber. B. J. Jackson, Sam An- Muskogee, I.T., Thursday, February 8, 1906. drews, C. H. Parker, E. D. George and Abe Prince, all for nonpayment of dues. D. R. Allen was expelled for 99 years. J. F. O'Neal, W. M. MODEL CiTY INDEMNITY ASSOCIATION BRANCH OFFICE We are to Assist each other the strong the weak the rich the poor, the learned the ignorant. Read the Policies You hold carefully. Who are You patronizing? Are you Insured? Do you hol a Policy for sickness accidental or Deth? in the same company of your own race? If not Why not. Which is the successful race or people. Those who support their own Institutions or those of who support Institutions of others I find their Agents saying to our people that if they will insure with then in ten or twenty years they get there money back and an additional sum of Five Hundred or more Dollars. [Name] GEO. P. CRAIG. Ph. G. Graduate of Mahara College at Nashville, Tennessee, and while on a visit in Kentucky last summer, took examination before the State board and passed He holds position as pharmacist in Hughes-Simmons drug store Such Statements, are false and untrue, there is only one door open to the colored Insurance man, unless you stop and think who you are supporting. How can we reach, the desired standard? Only by your help. We are looking to you. Patronize your own Companies when they offer you the same. There is a number of Policies in this town some have Carried fifteen or tweenty years now ED A. ESTES For your Drugs, School Books and STATIONERY. 106 Main Street. AS LONG ASTHEY LAST. We will postively sell at cost all of our Musical Instruments, Solid Gold Rings, Watches, and Jewelry. Don't wait come now. Corner Main and Okmulgee. you need to transfer them, we are here to do straight forward business, and solicit your patronage. Our home office is Armiston Ala. Business backed by reliable men. When our agents call on you allow them to explain our work. We desire to show you how we do business. L. G. WILSON. Supt 315 Emporia St., Phone 773 CHECOTAH The Home Mission sisters of the First Baptist church gave an entertainment for the benefit of the Mission last Saturday night which was an enjoyable affair. Mr. Robert Malvern has purchased a residence on the east side. Lon Malvern got his head badly hurt in a runaway last Thursday. Mrs. Eli West went to Muskogee to visit relatives on the 7th There was a dance in rag town last Saturday night which ended in a fight. As usual those Saturday night dances are starting points of fights. There should be symphathy extended to those that give dances on Saturday night. Mrs. A. Williams anticipates building a house on her lot on the east side. Mr. W. Chandler was in town Saturday and called on the Cimetar Agent to take out an acci- No 21 dent policy in the North America Accident Insurance Co. Mr. J. J. Hemmett still holds his job with the Cecotah Cotton oil Co. Mr. Hemmett in a great worker and is well liked by the Co. Mr T. R. butler has accepted a position with the Bible and Testament Pub Co. of Chicago. Ill. The Cimeter wishes Mr. Buttler A success. Mr. Albert Sears spent a few days in the city on business for the Cherokee nation. Mrs. Polly Boyd of Muskogee ts visiting her daughter Miss. Stella Thompson. Mr J. W. Scott the tonsoridits is expecting his better half in a few days that will hold him for a while. Lots for Sale in Grayson, Ind. Ter. Lots 25 feet front by 140 feet deep for $25.00, half cash, balance in six months' time. 320 acres of land for lease, five years at $1.00 per acre per year. For bargains in lots, call or write RALPH PHILLIPS, Box G, Muskogee, Ind. Ter. Medium and Specialist. Cures Female Troubles, Diarrobe, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Nervousness and Painful Menstruation. Call or write MRS. A. G. STEELE, P. O. Box 75. Checotah, I. T. Dr.R. H Waterfoodii visiting his mother in Memphis Tenn. The Dr is expected home on the 15th ESTES School Books and ONERY. in Street. EY LAST. at cost all of our Musical In- rings, Watches, and Jewelry. Corner Main and Okmulgee. BEN ESTES The Canadian Valley Trust Company Has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses. Owners of three, four, five and six room houses can secure desirable tenants by listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE. IND. TER. INDIAN TERRITORY NEWS. Elijah E. Norvall has been appointed postmaster at Wynnewood. George D. Roderick has been appointed postmaster at Holdenville. The M., O. & G. railroad has closed a contract with the town of Afton to extend its road to that place. J. F. Wisdom has purchased a half interest in the Daily Ardmore-lite at Ardmore. W. W. Hastings of Tahlequah has been appointed national attorney or the Cherokees. Vinita is making a hard fight to get in the statehood bill as a court town. Mr. Baeggs of Columbus, Neb., is looking over Indian Territory for a location for a Swiss colony. South McAlester, Atoka and Muskogee Republican clubs have decided to celebrate Lincoln's birthday Feb. 12. The ministers of Muskogee are making arrangements for down-town meetings every evening during the summer. A burglar was caught at Grove with stamps, money and other valuables, taken from the postoffice at Southwest City, Mo. He would not give his name. Archie Querry, a well known lawyer of Tulsa, I. T., died of tuberculosis. He was recently chairman of the Indian Territory Republican central committee. The three-year-old daughter of Henry Woods of Zena strolled away from home a week ago, and although diligent search has been made, not a trace of her can be found. Five hundred quarts of nitro-glycerine exploded in the plant of the Shooler's Torpedo company, five miles from Tulsa, I. T. No one was killed. The shock was felt for 30 miles away. Loss $10,000. Jeffries and Price, two business men of Inola, have been arrested for refusing to pay the Cherokee tax. This is a test case, and if the Indian police win, other business men of the same place will be arrested. United States Marshal Pritchard received a telegram to the effect that burglars had robbed the First National bank of Talihina of $3,000 and had made their escape. A posse was organized and left for the scene. Frank A. Ashton, territorial oil inspector, reports considerable oil being shipped in along the northern border that is away below the required test. Much of it is shipped in and disposed of before the inspector can possibly get to test it. Tribal Tax Collector James T. Burns and assistants commenced the collection of the Chickasaw tribal taxes in Ardmore. The tax is 1 per cent of the valuation of the stock and fixtures and is for a period of two months. This will be the last tribute money exacted. --- The "Beggars of the Sea" were those who, during the war for Dutch independence, fought Philip of Spain at sea, as their brother "beggars" strove against his power on land. The way in which the term "beggar" came to be that by which the Dutch patriots were distinguished was this: A deputation of the confederate nobles of the low countries, headed by Count Louis of Nassau, presented to Margaret, duchess of Parma, the representative of Philip II in the Netherlands, a remonstrance, called the "compromise," against the inquisition. Somewhat unnerved by their bold front, she was inclined to yield to their demands, when the count of Barliamont, one of her council, whispered to her that she "need not be afraid of these gatherings of beggars." In a moment of savage irony, those to whom this contemptuous epithet was applied, accepted the title, and "Long live the Beggars!" was the watchword which was heard during that prolonged and bitter struggle, which lasted over fifty years and ended in the release of Holland from the Spanish yoke. BABY COVERED WITH SORES. Would Scratch and Tear the Flesh Unless Hands Were Tied—"Would Have Died But for Cuticura." "My little son, when about a year and a half old, began to have sores come out on his face. I had a physician treat him, but the sores grew worse. Then they began to come on his arms, then on other parts of his body, and then one came on his chest, worse than the others. Then I called another physician. Still he grew worse. At the end of about a year and a half of suffering he grew so bad I had to tie his hands in cloths at night to keep him from scratching the sores and tearing the flesh. He got to be a mere skeleton, and was hardly able to walk. My aunt advised me to try Cuticura Soap and Ointment. I sent to the drug store and got a cake of the Soap and a box of the Ointment, and at the end of about two months the sores were all well. He has never had any sores of any kind since. He is now strong and healthy, and I can sincerely say that only for your most wonderful remedies my precious child would have died from those terrible sores. Mrs. Egbert Sheldon, R. F. D. No. 1, Woodville, Conn., April 22, 1905." USED PATIENT AS INCUBATOR. Farmer's Wife Pays Doctor's Bill by Novel Arrangement. A farmer's wife who had heard the adage of "imperial Caesar turned to clay stopping a hole to keep the wind away," thought of making practical use of her husband who was helplessly ill with typhoid fever. The old man was "having persistently high temperature, and she considered that as his degree of temperature, was just the same as that generated by a sitting hen it presented a favorable opportunity to hatch out some fertile eggs which lacked the requisite maternal attention. Accordingly she packed severa. dozens of eggs around the body of the patient, who, at the termination of the time usually taken by the hens, hatched out a numerous progeny of stalwart chicks, whose monetary value went to pay the bill presented by the attending physician. The Pace That Kills. Work is good. But when it reaches the point where the worker is conscious of its strenuosity it becomes the pace that kills. In no country are there so many nervous wrecks both among men and women as in this hustling, get-rich-quick America. It is here that we need less strenuousness, more repose of soul and body.—Chicago News. Unlocked Boxes at Muskogee and South McAlester Rifled. Muskogee, I. T.—The Muskogee postoffice was robbed of valuable letters by someone who rifled every box that was left unlocked or upon which he could work the combination. It is thought that many valuable papers and some money have been taken. Zevely & Givens, a law firm of this city, discovered a trail of letters addressed to them scattered about the street, and the postoffice inspector was notified. It is said that $1,000 worth of promissory notes and drafts have been picked up at various places where they were dropped by the thieves. Postmistress Alice Robertson has changed the combinations upon boxes unlocked, so that they will be reminded hereafter of the rules, which require that all boxes be kept locked. Inspector Emmons is making every effort to locate the thieves. The South McAlester postoffice was also robbed of letters and valuables worth $5,000. Patrons of the office have been in the habit of leaving their boxes unlocked. The thieves took advantage of this and rifled every box that they found unlocked. Paul Carey, Muskogee negro, has been arrested here and has confessed to robbing both post-offices. GENERAL NEWS. Ex-Governor Reinhold Sadler is dead at Reno, Nevada. Kansas is making calculations to celebrate its semi-centennial at Topeka in 1911. Lynching statistics show that there were less cases last year than in the past ten years. Swift & Co. are making preparations to build a packing plant at Portland, Ore., to cost a million dollars. Several hundred horses have died in Reno and adjoining counties in Kansas from a disease caused by cornstalk worms. The Cuban house of representatives at Havana have appropriated $25,000 as a wedding present for Miss Alice Roosevelt. Rev. George W. Ware of Omaha has been found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the government by means of fraudulent land entries in Nebraska. Demogest of France broke the auto record when he drove his car two miles in 58 4-5 seconds at Ormonde Beach, Fla. That is more than two miles an hour. Prof. Wolfe of Salt Lake City has gone to Washington to testify against Reed Smoot. Wolfe has been of the Mormon faith himself but has recanted and says polygamy is openly practiced all over Utah and Arizona. Forty-second Anniversary. Muskogee, I. T.—February 19 is the forty-second anniversary of the organization of the Knights of Pythias lodge. The local members of that organization will celebrate the event by joining with the other lodges of the Creek and Cherokee nations in holding a district convention at Fort Gibson. The program under preparation will arrange for a meeting and banquet in the afternoon and a meeting in the evening. Calumet Baking Powder complies with the pure food laws of all states. Food prepared with it is free from Rochelle Salts, Lime, Alum and Ammonia. The Trust wants you to pay 45 or 50 cents a pound for their baking powder which leaves large quantities of Rochelle Sals in the food. Rochelle Salts is a dangerous cathartic drug. Clerk's Reminder. Some years ago, in the days when the psalms were read in the church of England, a service was being held in a country parish in South Devon. The parish clerk was slightly deaf. From the reading desk the rector could see into an orchard adjoining the churchyard. He had come to the end of one of the psalms, when, instead of saying, "Glory be to the Father," etc., he spoke as follows: "Farmer Thompson, I think it is only right to let you know that there are boys in your orchard stealing the apples." Wherupon the clerk: "As it was in the beginning, so it will be evermore, world without end. Amen."—London Tattler. Thrifty Habits Wise parents will ever strive to impress upon their children the necessity of forming prudent habits; of spending money to advantage, so that some article of utility or value is always obtained for it; the duty of exercising systematic and judicious charity, and that the purest happiness which can be experienced upon earth springs from the practice of benevolence.—Exchange. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURES RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACKACHE discontinued the use of our medicine or imitations. The public may rely des- tentionally. Sold only in denesst W. N. U., MUSKOGEE, No. 6, 1906. WINTER WEAKNESS WINTER WEAKNESS Dr. Williams' Pink Pills the Tonic That Most People Need for Blood and Nerves. In winter the air of the close rooms in which we spend so much of the time does not furnish enough oxygen to the lungs to burn out the foul matter in the blood. In the cold season we do not exercise as much and the skin and kidneys do not throw off the waste matter as freely as usual. The system becomes overloaded with poisonous matter, and too feeble to throw it off. Relief can be had only through the use of a remedy that will promptly and thoroughly purify and strengthen the blood, and the one best adapted for this purpose is the great blood tonic known as Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. "They acted like magic in my case," said Mrs. Clara L. Wilde, of No. 377 Farnsworth avenue, Detroit, Mich. "I was weak and thin and could not sleep. My stomach and nerves were out of order. I can't describe how miserable I really was. I dragged through six months of feebleness, growing weaker all the time until I finally hadn't strength enough to leave my bed. "Then a glad day came, the day when I began to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They made me feel strong right away. My appetite came back, I took on flesh and the color returned to my cheeks. People wondered that these pills did for me what the doctors couldn't do. I took only six boxes and then I was perfectly well. If I had not found this wonderful remedy I surely think that I must have wasted to death. Believing firmly that these pills saved my life by the strength which they gave me at a critical moment, I unhesitatingly recommend them to others." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain no stimulant but give strength that lasts. They may be obtained at any drug store. Cutting Glass Under Water. Ordinary thin window glass can be cut with large scissors if the glass, shears, and hands are held under water. It cannot be clean cut however, but can be roughly shaped by this means. The shears are ruined by this process. Cures Blood, Skin Troubles, Cancer, Blood Poison. Greatest Blood Purifier Free. If your blood is impure, thin, diseased, hot or full of humors, if you have blood poison, cancer, carbuncles, eating sores, scrofula, eczema, itching, risings and lumps, scabby, plimply skin, bone pains, catarrh, rheumatism, or any blood or skin disease, take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) according to directions. Soon all sores heal, aches and pains stop, the blood is made pure and rich, leaving the skin free from every eruption, and giving the rich glow of perfect health to the skin. At the same time B. B. B. improves the digestion, cures dyspepsia, strengthens weak kidneys. Just the medicine for old people, as it gives them new, vigorous blood. Druggists, $1 per large bottle, with directions for home cure. Sample free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and special free medical advice also sent in sealed letter. B. B. B. is especially advised for chronic, deep-seated cases of impure blood and skin disease, and cures after all else fails. Deaf-Mute Reunion. A meeting or reunion of the graduin a western city, recently, and an account of the proceedings was sent out to newspapers by a local scribe. This account contained a careful "list of speakers." Where Others Failed. "Each spring for five or six years I broke out with a kind of Eczema, which nothing seemed to relieve permanently. Finally I tried a box of Hunt's Cure, which promptly cured me. Two years have passed by, but the trouble has not returned." Mrs. Kate Howard, Little Rock, Ark. Don't marry until you have saved some money, and if you wish to keep it saved, why, don't marry. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.—JOHN F. BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. Dollars and sense should always go together. EUROPE PRESERVED BY TRIFLE. Vanity of Musa Kept Him From Leading Moslems at Tours. The most striking case in history of the importance of trifles is furnished by the story of Musa, the leader of the Moslem host which won from Christendom in three and a half years dominions which it took the soldiers of the cross twenty generations to win back. He had a red beard; this was a trifle. Musa, though a very great general, was a very vain man, and he dyed his beard black. This was another trifle. One of his captains chaffed him on the subject and Musa forthwith had him stripped and scourged. For this, at the very height of his conquering career, he was recalled by the caliph and disgraced. This made it impossible for him to command the Moslem army at the battle of Tours on the issue of which, as all historians agree, the destinies of Europe and perhaps of the whole human race depended. It is almost certain that, if the genius of Musa had replaced the incompetence of the half-dozen tribal leaders, whose dissensions made victory possible, the forces of Islam would have joined hands from the west to the east and inclosed Europe in their grasp.—Stray Stories. Oldest Indian Is Dead. Quilack, the oldest Indian in the Northwest, died recently at his home on Satsop river, Chehalis county, Washington. He was at least 120 years old, as he was old and gray-haired when the oldest settlers came to Gray's Harbor, fifty years ago. 5 Tons Grass Hay Free. Everybody loves lots and lots of fodder for hogs, cows, sheep and swine. The enormous crops of our Northern Grown Pedigree Seeds on our seed farms the past year compel us to issue a special catalogue called SALZER'S BARGAIN SEED BOOK. This is brim full of bargain seeds at bargain prices. SEND THIS NOTICE TO-DAY. and receive free sufficient seed to grow 5 tons of grass on your lot or farm this summer and our great Bargain Seed Book with its wonderful surprises and great bargains in seeds at bargain prices. John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lock Drawer W., La Crosse, Wis. Californian's Strange Suit. Because a revolver which he had purchased to kill himself missed fire, Paul Schlardum of San Bernardino, brought suit against the hardware company for the price of the weapon. FROM PLANT TO CIGAR. Frank P. Lewis has recently returned from a trip through the best tobacco sections, looking over the growing fields. He noted the best crops and engaged them, and will go later to watch the curing and packing of same. He also, while there, examined some of his large holdings of old tobacco and found this to be growing richer in quality every day. The Lewis Single Binder factory probably controls more fancy graded tobacco than any other cigar factory in the United States. Smokers of Single Binders have evidently learned this fact which accounts for the ever increasing demand. In spite of the fact that the factory sends out no traveling salesman to boom its good quality to the trade, the Single Binder Sales reached seven million last year and will exceed eight million in 1905. The Single Binder sells itself. For twenty-three months this factory has been behind in its orders.—Herald-Transcript. Good Farming. "Good farming," says Lockhardt, "consists in taking large crops from the soil, while at the same time you leave the soil in better condition for succeeding crops." Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. A dollar in hand is worth two loaned to a friend. CAUGHT BY THE GRIP-- RELEASED BY PE-RU-NA Pneumonia Followed La Grippe Pe-ru-na the Remedy That Brought Relief. Mr. T. Barnecott, West Aylmer, Ontario, Can., writes: "Last winter I was ill with pneumonia after having la grippe. I took Peruna for two months, when I became quite well, and I can say that any one can be cured by it in a reasonable time and at little expense." Systemic Catarrh, the Result of La Grippe. Pe-ru-na Receives Credit for Present Good Health. Mrs. Jennie W. Gillmore, Box 44, White Oak, Ind. Ter., writes: "Six years ago I had la grippe, which was followed by systemic catarrh. The only thing I used was Peruna and Manalin, and I have been in better health the last three years than for years before. I give Peruna all the credit for my good health." Pe-ru-na—A. Tonic After La Grippe. Mrs. Chas. E. Wells, Sr., Delaware, Ohio, writes: "After a severe attack of la grippe, I took Peruna and found it a very good tonic." "Most Effective Medicine Ever Tried for La Grippe." Robt. L. Madison, A. M., Principal of Cullowhee High School, Painter, N. C., is chairman of the Jackson County Board of Education. Mr. Madison says: "I am hardly ever without Peruna in my home. It is the most effective medicine that I have ever tried for la gripe." EY TILL CURED·SEND FOR FREE ISSUES. TREATISE ON ELECTAL DERACAS WITH NAMES OF PROMINENT NEW CURED & MINOR·1031 OAK ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. (BRANCH OFFICE AT ST. LOUIS.) ANTI-GRIPINE PILES: NO MONEY TILL CURED. SEND FOR FREE ILLUS. TREATISE ON BRITAL DISKASES. WITH NAMES OF PROMINENT NER CURED DRS. THORNTON & MINOR. 1031 OAK ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. (BRANCH OF FICE AT ST. LOUIS.) 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. NTS • WANTED it can be carried in pocket Mrs. Jane Gift, Athens, C., writes: "I had la grippe very bad. My husband bought Peruna for me. In a very short time I saw improvement and was soon able to do my work." RIP Suffered Twelve Years From After Effects of La Grippe. Mr. Victor Patneaude, 328 Madison St., Topeka, Kas., member of Knights and Ladies of Security, writes: "Twelve years ago I had a severe attack of la grippe and I never really recovered my health and strength—but grew weaker every year until I was unable to work. "Two years ago I began using Peruna and it built up my strength so that in a couple of months I was able to go to work again. "This winter I had another attack of la grippe, but Peruna soon drove it out of my system. "My wife and I consider Peruna a household remedy." Ba cm CHECOTAH NEWS Mrs. Lilliam Pannell went to Texas to visit zeiatives on the 4 Inst. Mr. Israal Isabel is on the sick list this week. Mr. Jim Cherry took a flying trip to Lehigh, 1. T. to see his family. Mr. Wiley Bugg will have his house insured in the Rising Sun Insurance Co. in a few days. Mrs. J. G. Toliver is on the sick list this week. 5 Mr L. Buer is still at his little shoe shop on front street and still repearing the externel port of the low extreamitiers of his castoms and they all seem to be pleased with his sho» work. You cant tell when tife Cim- eter re) ter is looking at you he is|isble to write you up a- bout your doings and the world will know what you are doing If you want to subscribe for the Cimetar see Temple he will put in line. - Cheap Rates to California and Mexico. _ From February 15th to Apri cs elias pr cacepedwially W.S —. : W sht Bidg.. St. Louis R. Wood has been reappointed as guard at the U.S. Jail we ap- nreaciate the confidence that Marshall Bennett nas shown tn the old Roman. Sadler Hardware ©? Has just received a New Stock of and has a PRACTICAL HARNESS REPAIRER in their store. Bring your work and have it done both NEAT AND CHEAP. om. 218 WEST OKMULGEE AVENUE —— DURFEY HARDWARE COMPANY. Shelf and Heavy Hardware. Tinware, and Celebrated Monar Ra ges. Every one Guaranteed. Builders’ All kinds of Tia Work and Plumbing. Refrigerators snd ice Coolers. Why buy Vour __. LUMBER =: & = BUILDING - MATERIAL Muskogee Lumber Company. waist. Pioneer Abstraet Co IOWA BUILDING Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T. hielianiesiai RIAN aagage a aera GLOYD LUMBER COMPANY New orleans, “Mobile Pensaeola |RocK mean) SYSTEM One fare plus $2.00 ior the Round Trip. Tickets, Feb. 21 to 25 inclusive GEO, H. LEE, Gen. Pass. Agt,, Little Rock, Ark, J, S. McNALLY, Division Pass, Agt. Oklahoma City, 0, T. 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 poitits are ap- preciated it will certainly do so. We see no satisfaction or oF fit 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. Be Fe oy ees fy TA er | i et A B 17a : oo ig ye ‘ ww i 4 A: SAYS > <9, ee ae Ge Pee T'ME TABLE a ee ee ee On the schedule iain No. north bound will leave Musko- gee at 8: a.m. and arrive at Wagoner 8:50 a.m. Train No. 6 north bound will leave Muskogee at 6:00 p. m. arrive at Wagoner 6:50 p.m. Train No. 1 will arrive from Wagoner at 9:45 a, m. Train No. 5 will arrive from Wagoner at 7:50 p,m. Train No, 3) south bound leaves Muskogee at 9:50 a.m. arrives at Dustin 12:40 p. im. Train No. 4 leaves Dustin 2:30 p.m., arrives Muskogee 5:20 p.m. O. M. SEWELL, General Superintendent GUUS in ctssiscntes LAW», etal Ger ees MOTI SrozszSorcerrontenoe Send the blank below to our address and receive one of the best magazines on the market today. The Cimeter and Adams Magazine $1.00 per year. Please send me Adams Maga- zine for ove vear, PORWR Se ete Gan cae e tees Pont Office 22555 oe sec e OU E a oesc ae ois ee ne PRAM Sri secy ots hias acct eae Cn HAFFNER CO ae eae 60 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE TrRape Marks Desicns CopvricHts &c. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our « free whether an invention 1s probably patentable Communica. tons strictly conBdential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Uidest cgency for securing paienta, Pateuts taken through Munu & Co. receive special ientific charge, in the A handsomely illustrated weekly. largest cir culation of any scientific journal, Terms, $3 © year: four months, $1. Sold by all newedealera MUNN & Coss "2-0. New York Branch Ofce 5 F St, Washington, D.C. 31 Boxes of Gold 300 Boxes of Greenbacks For the most words made up from these letters Y - I - O - Grape-Nuts 331 people will earn these prizes Sympathetic. Among our circle of friends there was a very warm supporter of the S. P. C. A., who, though earnest and sincere, sometimes bored by overzeal. We set traps to lead her into an admission of the evil in animal nature, but she always managed to make out a good case for her dumb friends. One day we felt that we at least had a case in which she could have no possible sympathy for the animal. It was a dreadful story, published in a newspaper of a baby who had been literally eaten alive by a large and ferocious cat. We gave her the clipping and watched with satisfaction the tears gather in her eyes as she read. "We've got her now!" we murmured triumphantly. Finally she looked up, and we all held our breath to listen to her comment. She spoke in heart broken tones. "Think!" she said, "how hungry the poor cat must have been!"—Harper's Weekly. 31 Boxes 300 Boxes o For the most up from these Y - I - O - 331 people will Around the fireside or about the well-lighted family reading table during the winter evenings the children and grown-ups can play with their wits and see how many words can be made. 20 people making the greatest number of words will each receive a little box containing a $10.00 gold piece. 10 people will each win one box containing a $5.00 gold piece. 300 people will each win a box containing $1.00 in paper money and one person who makes the highest number of words over all contestants will receive a box containing $100.00 in gold. It is really a most fascinating bit of fun to take up the list evening after evening and see how many words can be added. A few rules are necessary for absolute fair play. Any word authorized by Webster's dictionary will be counted, but no name of person. Both the singular and plural can be used, as for instance "grape" and "grapes." The letters in "Y-I-O-Grape-Nuts" may be repeated in the same word. Geographical names authorized by Webster will be counted. Arrange the words in alphabetical classes, all those beginning with A together and those beginning with E to come under E, etc. When you are writing down the words leave some spaces, in the A, E, and other columns, to fill in later as new words come to you, for they will spring into mind every evening. It is almost certain that some contestants will tie with others. In such cases a prize identical in value and character with that offered in that class shall be awarded to each. Each one will be requested to send with the list of words a plainly written letter describing the advantages of Grape-Nuts, but the contestant is not required to purchase a pkg. These letters are not to contain poetry, or fancy flourishes, but simple, truthful statements of fact. For illustration: A person may have experienced some incipient or chronic ails traceable to unwise selection of food that failed to give the body and brain the energy, health and power desired. Seeking better conditions a change in food is made and Grape-Nuts and cream used in place of the former diet. Suppose one quits the meat, fried potatoes, starchy, sticky messes of half-cooked oats or wheat and cuts out the coffee. Try, say, for breakfast a bit of fruit, a dish of Grape-Nuts and cream, two soft-boiled eggs, a slice of hard toast and a cup of Postum Food Coffee. Some amateur says: "A man would faint away on that," but, my dear friend, we will put dollars to your pen- --- No Hope for Him There. The "old man" addressed the following letter to his son, who was about to stand a civil-service examination for a government position: "Dear Bill: It ain't a bit o' use o' you goin' up agin that civil-service business, in my opinion, it's a one-sided affair altogether. Why, they'll turn you down if you don't know 'rithmatic, an' they'll even rule you out if you're a leetle shcrt on g'ography an' spellin'! Take my advice an' stick to your trade of lawyer before a jury of yer peers, an' when that fails you kin go to teachin' school."—Atlanta Constitution. Beginning to Doubt. "Sometimes," said Uncle Jerry Peebles, "when I see these stories about graftin' in high places I begin to think, by gun, that there ain't any such thing as honor, even among thieves." s of Gold of Greenbacks t words made se letters Grape-Nuts earn these prizes nies that the noon hour will find a man on our breakfast huskier and with a stronger heart-beat and clearer working brain than he ever had on the old diet. Suppose, if you have never really made a move for absolutely clean health that pushes you along each day with a spring in your step and a reserve vigor in muscle and brain that makes the doing of things a pleasure, you join the army of "plain old common sense" and start in now. Then after you have been 2 or 3 weeks on the Grape-Nuts training you write a statement of how you used to be and how you are now. The simple facts will interest others and surprise yourself. We never publish names except on permission, but we often tell the facts in the, newspapers, and when requested give the names by private letter. There is plenty of time to get personal experience with Grape-Nuts and write a sensible, truthful letter to be sent in with the list of words, as the contest does not close until April 30th, 1906. So start in as soon as you like to building words, and start in using Grape-Nuts. Cut this statement out and keep the letters Y-I-O-Grape-Nuts before you and when you write your letter you will have some reason to write on the subject, "Why I Owe Grape-Nuts." Remember 331 persons will win prizes, which will be awarded in an exact and just manner as soon as the list can be counted after April 30th, 1906. Every contestant will be sent a printed list of names and addresses of winners on application, in order to have proof that the prizes are sent as agreed. The company is well known all over the world for absolute fidelity to its agreements and every single one of the 331 winners may depend on receiving the prize won. Many persons might feel it useless to contest, but when one remembers the great number of prizes—(331) the curiosity of seeing how many words can really be made up evening after evening and the good, natural fun and education in the competition, it seems worth the trial; there is no cost, nothing to lose and a fine opportunity to win one of the many boxes of gold or greenbacks. We make the prediction that some who win a prize of gold or greenbacks will also win back health and strength worth more to them than a wagon full of money prizes. There are no preliminaries, cut out this statement and go at it, and send in the list and letter before April 30th, 1906, to Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich., and let your name and address be plainly written. WILL STOP SALE OF BOOZ DRINKS WILL STOP SALE OF BOOZ DRINKS Efforts to Oust "Uno" from the Indian Territory. TEST CASE NOW BEFORE COURT Officers Back Their Position on Similar Cases Tried Before Ex-Judge Raymond Muskogee, I. T.—It is becoming more apparent each day that the question of whether "Uno" shall be sold in the Western district of the Indian Territory is to cause trouble. Many complicated situations are arising, and the chances are that a departmental or congressional investigation will be ordered to show why the sale of "Uno" is allowed in the Northern and Southern districts and prohibited in the Western district. One of the complications that arises is found in the civil suit brought by Soper, Owen & Huckleberry for Mickey McFarland against District Attorney Mellette, Marshal Bennett and "Bud" Ledbetter. Soper is an assistant district attorney under Mellette for special service. Yet he must in this case prosecute the principal attorney for the government in the prosecution of the "Uno" cases. It looks as if the determined stand of the federal officers in this district is going to stop the sale of "Uno." At least they have closed up the places where it was sold and there has been no effort to open them. District Attorney Mellette and Marshal Bennett point to the decisions of ex-Judge Raymond and to the convictions that were secured under his administration. These decisions stand as the law so far. If this is the law in the Western district it is quife probable that the department of justice, the department of the interior and possibly congress, will want to know why "Uno" is allowed sold in the other districts. This situation possibly would not have arisen had not an effort been made to force the sale of "Uno" in this district. This has brought into prominence the fact that it is being sold openly in the other districts and called attention to the fact that it cannot be sold in the Western district. There was a conference between Marshal Darrough and Marshal Bennett in this city the other day in which the former admitted that it seemed impossible to stop the sale in the Northern district. WILL RAID CARD PARTIES. Guthrie's Police Chief Is Making the Lid Unpopular. Guthrie, Okla.—To make the lid as unpopular as possible,Chief Cates announced that he would raid all card parties where he obtained evidence that there was playing for prizes. The four butchers arrested were fined $100 and costs each in police court, after which the fines were remitted on condition of good behavior. Seven councilmen are said to have joined in an agreement to depose Mayor Hixon, who issued the Sunday closing order, as president of the council. Marcus Aurelius: A man should be upright, not be kept upright. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Charles H. Flitchur. In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. City of Many Languages. Many and diverse are the languages spoken at Reval, the Russian city on the Baltic. A writer tells how he once walked along the cab rank in the square of the little town and found drowsy drivers who spoke as their native tongues Russian, Finnish, German, Swedish, Lithuanian and Yiddish. And there were but ten droskies on the stand. English in Japan. Evidences of the influence of the Anglo-Japanese treaty multiply. A Tokio journal issued a special number commemorating the war. In the advertisement of a milk dealer, under a cut representing cows assembled at the milking hour, we have: "The squeeze-out place of the milk dealers." Keyless Locks for Building. Alfred V. Falkman is having a two-story combination flat and business building erected at Grand avenue and East Taylor street that will not be provided with a single key for its many doors. Every lock will be a keyless and operated with a combination lock.—Portland Oregonian. Sciatica Result of Carelessness. According to a communication in the British Weekly, sciatica is often induced in clerks by the fact that they are accustomed to sit in the familiar position assumed by those who use high office stools. OVER SEA HABIT Difference on This Side the Water. Each attack of the drug (and that means each cup of coffee) weakens the organ a little more, and the end is almost a matter of mathematical demonstration. A lady writes from a Western state: "I am of German descent and it was natural that I should learn at a very early age to drink coffee. Until I was 23 years old I drank scarcely anything else at my meals. "A few years ago I began to be affected by a steadily increasing nervousness, which eventually developed into a distressing heart trouble that made me very weak and miserable. Then, some three years ago, was added asthma in its worst form. My sufferings from these things can be better imagined than described. "During all this time my husband realized more fully than I did that coffee was injurious to me, and made every effort to make me stop. "Finally it was decided a few months ago, to quit the use of coffee absolutely, and to adopt Postum Food Coffee as our hot table drink. I had but little idea that it would help me, but consented to try it to please my husband. I prepared it very carefully, exactly according to directions, and was delighted with its delicious flavor and refreshing qualities. "Just as soon as the poison from the coffee had time to get out of my system the nutritive properties of the Postum begin to build me up, and I am now fully recovered from all my nervousness, heart trouble and asthma. I gladly acknowledge that now, for the first time in years, I enjoy perfect health, and that I owe it all to Postum." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville" in pkgs. Postum Food Coffee contains no drugs of any description; whatsoever. --- HER HUSBAND'S BEST HELPER Vigorous Health Is the Great Source of Power to Inspire and Encourage--All Women Should Seek It. One of the most noted, successful and richest men of this century, in a recent article, has said, "Whatever I am and whatever success I have attained in this world I owe all to my wife. From the day I first knew her she has been an inspiration, and the greatest helpmate of my life." Mrs. Bessie Ainsley To be such a successful wife, to retain the love and admiration of her husband, to inspire him to make the most of himself, should be a woman's constant study. If a woman finds that her energies are flagging, that she gets easily tired, dark shadows appear under her eyes, she has backache, headaches, bearing-down pains, nervousness, irregularities or the blues, she should start at once to build up her system by a tonic with specific powers, such as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Following we publish by request a letter from a young wife: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: "Ever since my child was born I have suffered, as I hope few women ever have, with inflammation, female weakness, bearing-down pains, backache and wretched headaches. It affected my stomach so I could not enjoy my meals, and half my time was spent in bed. "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made me a well woman, and I feel so grateful that I am glad to write and tell you of my marvelous recovery. It brought me health, new life and vitality."—Mrs. Bessie Ainsley, 611 South 10th Street, Tacoma, Wash. What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did for Mrs. Ainsley it will do for every sick and ailing woman. If you have symptoms you don't understand write to Mrs. Pinkham, daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free and always helpful. TWENTY-FIVE BUSHELS OF WHEAT TO THE ACRE Means a productive capacity in dollars of over $16 per acre. 160 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 tilling 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) COUNCIL HILL, IND. TER. The most Promising town in the Creek Nation, 25 miles from Muskogee and surrounded by the best agricultural land in the Territory. It has a brick R. R. station with cement platform, 12 ft. granitoid walks on business street, modern two-story school house and many other features which help to make a first-class modern town. Main Office Muskogee, I. T. Union Townsite Co. INSURE Spent $1,750 to Recover a Penny. A Scottish farmer brought an action against our customs to recover a penny which he alleged they had wrongly levied. He won his case, but it cost the county $1,750 before a jury brought in a verdict entitling him to the disputed penny. They Should. "My honest conviction, based upon my own experience and that of my friends, is that 'Hunt's Cure' will cure a larger per cent of skin troubles, especially of an itching variety, than any other remedy. Certainly those afflicted with any form of itch should try it." Paradise of Women Students. Switzerland is the paradise of women students at universities, so far as Europe is concerned. There are at present about 5,000 of them, making 23.7 per cent of the total number of students. There is more Catarrch in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven Catarrch to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hail's Catarrch Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only Constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. Hacts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 756. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The worst of it is that a rich man cannot say "Good morning" to a pretty girl without facing a breach of promise suit. A Household Necessity. I would almost as soon think of running my farm without implements as without Hunt's Lightning Oil. Of all the liniments I have ever used, for both man and beast, it is the quickest in action and richest in results. For burns and fresh cuts it is absolutely wonderful. I regard it as a household necessity. Yours truly, S. Harrison, Kosciusko, Miss. If women knew the arsenic in some cosmetics they would understand the meaning of "the fatal gift of beauty." Many Children are Sickly. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, cure Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders, Break up Colds and Destroy Worms. At all Druggists',25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. There's a reason why poets make "money" rhyme with such delightful things as "sunny" and "honey." Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures painful, smarting, nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Trial package FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. The love of a mother is the least expensive and most priceless affection on this sordid sphere. 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. When a millionaire's son turns out a useful citizen the world gasps in amazement. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES. Itching. Blind. Bleeding. Protruding Piles. Drugs are authorized to refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure in 6 to 14 days 50c. Ingersoll: In the sight of death, hope sees a star and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. Defiance Starch is guaranteed biggest and best or money refunded. 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now. Muloch: It takes a heroine to be economical. --- HE ATTENDS TO BUSINESS who goes straight to work to cure Hurts, Sprains, Bruises by the use of St. Jacobs Oil and saves time, money and gets out of misery quickly. It Acts Like Magic. Price, 25c. and 50c. Pithy and Eloquent. Here is the pithiest sermon ever preached: "Our ingress into life is naked and bare, our progress through life is trouble and care, our egress out of it we know not where but doing American Railway Traffic. Our railroads carry twice as much merchandise every year as is carried by all the other railways of all the other nations on earth collectively.—Harper's Weekly. Save Your Lungs. Don't neglect that cough. One pair of lungs is all you'll ever have—treat them well. Simmons' Cough Syrup will soothe and strengthen them, stop the cough and give you a chance to sleep in peace. It is hard enough at best to be a St. Louis woman without a Jack the Stabber who has wounded fourteen women in two days. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets Drugs refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE's signature is on each box. 25c. Never sign a promissory note or gushing love letter. THE BEST Antiseptic Remedy For Family and Farm SLOAN'S LINIMENT KILLS PAIN. Dr. EARL S. SLOAN, 615 Albany Street, Boston, Mass. Good Teeth @ Good Temper Are characteristic of the Atkins Saws always. That is because they are made of the best steel in the world — Silver Steel — by men that know how. Atkins Saws, Corn Knives, Perfection Floor Scrapers, etc., are sold by all good hardware dealers. Catalogue on request. E. C. ATKINS @ CO. Inc. Largest Saw Manufacturers in the World Factory and Executive Offices, Indianapolis BRANCHES—New York, Chicago, Minneapolis Portland (Oregon), Seattle, San Francisco Memphis, Atlanta and Toronto (Canada) Accept no substitute—Insist on the Atkins Brand SOLD BY GOOD DEALERS EVERYWHERE PENSIONS NEW LAW SENT FREE Write Nathan Bickford, 914 F St., Washington, D. C. Pithy and Eloquent. Here is the pithiest sermon ever preached: "Our ingress into life is naked and bare, our progress through life is trouble and care, our egress out of it we know not where, but doing well here we shall do well there; I could not tell more by preaching a year."—London Tit-Bits. WESTERN CANADA'S MARVELOUS CROP RETURNS The increase in the crop returns of the Canadian West, in the past seven years has approached the marvelous, and there is no reason to believe that a corresponding increase will not result for many years to come. The increase has been particularly noticeable in what was formerly known as the Northwest Territories, but which, on September 1st, 1905, became the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. From the official returns we find the following results in the acreage sown to wheat, oats and barley, in the years mentioned, and a more favorable showing cannot be pointed to in any other country during a like period. Barley 17,092 14,276 17,044 24,702 36,445 68,974 98,154 Oats. 105,077 134,938 175,439 229,439 310,367 440,662 523,634 The yield has been uniformly good every year except 1900, when there appears to have been a slump all along the line. This, however, was more than compensated for in the following year, when the bumper crop in wheat, oats and barley put the returns of all previous years completely in the shade and gave an impetus to settlement in the west which has prevailed to the present, as the following table by bushels will show: Barley. 449,512 337,521 353,216 795,100 970,417 1,842,824 2,205,434 Oats. 3,040,307 4,686,036 4,226,152 11,113,066 10,661,295 14,179,705 16,332,551 Wheat. 1898 .. 5,542,478 1899 .. 6,915,623 1900 .. 4,028,294 1901 .. 12,808,447 1902 .. 13,956,850 1903 .. 16,029,149 1904 .. 16,875,537 It will be seen that the number of acres sown to wheat, oats and barley in 1898 was 429,749, and that this had increased in 1904 to 1,587,337. The total crop in the cereals mentioned was 9,033,297 bushels in 1898, and in 1904 it had grown to the magnificent total of 35,413,522. In the year just closed the "forward movement" in the agriculture of the west has been the wonder and envy of the world. New sections of the country have been placed under tribute to the plow and harrow, and the grain area has been largely increased. This is particularly the case where it has been demonstrated that "Alberta Red" winter wheat may be successfully grown, and along the lines of the new railways towards the centre of the country, where mixed farming prevails. The future of the Canadian West is assured, and for years to come it is bound to be the land of promise to the agriculturist of every nation and of every crime, and the land of opportunity to every settler within its bounds. Fullest information can be secured from any Canadian Government Agent. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOEE, I T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MAT TER W H. TWINE . . . Editor. R WOOD. . . . Ass't Editor. J. T. TRIMBLE . . Gen'l Solicitor E D. NICKENS, Advertising Manager. Things at Washington still look favorable for statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory Wonder where the deed was recorded in the case wherein Jumping Jack Jones bought a whole town for $4000.00. Another political grand stand play. Eh? If you want to be banqueted. just beat an old ignorant Creek out of 120 acres of land and then Affidavit Taylor will present you with a gold headed cane (If you buy it yourself.) The Democrats are anxious for a campaign in which they can yell "nigger" as they did last year. They will get a surprise that will not be a pleasant one. The republicans will have perfect harmony during the Spring campaign, the small bickerings that heretofore existed have been eliminated, we have a united party and will present a solid front to the enemy. The Times and Greer are praying for the Negroes to make some mistakes this year that they may get into power again but the handwriting on the wall gives the democrats warning that their days are few and full of trouble. The street corner politician is a blatant demagogue who ought to be suppressed no matter whether he be white or black. The police should stop them from blocking the side walks and compelling ladies to get into the streets to pass. Make them move on or hire a hall in which to emit their harangues. The Masonic fraud, the pretended G. M. Carroll, was arrested recently at Wagoner where it was shown on trial that oe had no authority whatever to make masons and that he was guilty of setting up spurious lodges. The jury was not satisfied as to his getting any money for his word as he and two preachers swore that no money passed that he was ignorant and that his work was done for charity sake. The poor dupes of this fraud are still wondttring why he plead ignorant to save his hide. DR. JESSIE C. DICKERSON, Special attention to diseases of women and children. Suite 17, Jones Building OFFICE HOURS 9 to 10 a. m. PHONE 747 2 to 4 p. m. 7 to 9 p. m. TIME TABLE Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway. On the schedule train No. north bound will leave Muskogee at 8: a. m. and arrive at Wagoner 8:50 a. m. Train No. 6 north bound will leave Muskogee at 6:00 p. m. arrive at Wagoner 6:50 p. m. Train No. 1 will arrive from Wagoner at 9:45 a. m. Train No. 5 will arrive from Wagoner at 7:50 p. m. Train No. 3 south bound leaves Muskogee at 9:50 a.m. arrives at Dustin 12:40 p.m. Train No. 4 leaves Dustin 2:30 p.m., arrives Muskogee 5:20 p.m. O. M. SEWELL, General Superintendent Send the blank below to our address and receive one of the best magazines on the market today. The Cimeter and Adams Magazine $1.00 per year. Please send me Adams Magazine for one year. Name ... Post Office ... County ... State ..... FRISCO SYSTEM COMPLETELY AND COMFORTABLY SERVE WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TO THE PRINCIPAL CITIES EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH. PULLMAN SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CARS. TRAINS LIGHTED AND VENTILATED BY ELECTRICITY. The Direct Route to the "WORLD'S FAIR CITY" SAINT LOUIS For detailed information, call on nearest representative FRISCO SYSTEM, or address L. W. PRICE, Division Passenger Agent. JOPLIN, MO. --- WEST EAST No. 53 Leaves 7:45 a.m. No. 52 Leaves 11:25 a.m. No. 51 " 1:10 p.m. No. 56 " 7:45 a.m. No. 57 " 2:00 p.m. No. 54 Arrives 7:45 a.m. No. 55 Arrives 7:00 p.m. No. 58 " 10:00 a.m. No. 55 & 56 Local Accomodations Daily Except Sunday between Fayetteville and Muskogee and Nos. 58 and 57 Local except Sunday between Okmulgee and Muskogee. No. 51 will connect at Okmulgee for north and south. No. 52 will connect ar Fayetteville for St. Louis and all intermediate points; Eureka Springs line and west from Monett and to Memphis, Birmingham and Bryand to Springfield. The Territorial Audit Company at Your Service. Our bank examining department is under the supervision of an able bank accountant of many years' experience; we are prepared to furnish officers, director and stock-holders, who are otherwise unable to obtain fame, a true statement of the bank they are interested in. If you are contemplating Investing in Real Estate improved or unimproved, we will give you a true report of the Title and Value and probability for advancement, thus placing you in a posi-position to know whether it will be profitable as an investment. Our engineering department enables us to report on the construction and architecture of any building or plant. If you are contemplating Investing or Buying a business we will furnish you expert opinions of its management, value and condition. We will examine and report the true condition, financially and otherwise, of any corporation or business you are interested in. If you want to incorporate your business under the laws of the Indian Territory, we will advise you how to proceed and perfect the organization in every detail. If you want to know the value of any stock of a corporation, we will investigate and report. Alexander Richmond, President and Attorney, Rooms 102, 103 and 104 Old Homestead Bldg. Muskogee, I. T. "Not the Cheapest but the Best" All the Latest Styles in Photographic Art. "Cloudy Days" as Good as Sunshine. Lace, Drapery and Flowers. Lady in Attendance. Studio open Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 125 SOUTH 3RD STREET. FRISCO SYSTEM WEST No. 53 Leaves 7:45 a. m. No. No. 51 " 1:10 p. m. No. No. 57 " 2:00 p. m. No, No. 55 Arrives 7:00 p. m. No. No. 55 & 56 Local Accomodations between Fayetteville and Muskogee are accept Sunday between Okmulgee and No. 51 will connect at Okmulgee for will connect ar Fayetteville for St. I points; Eureka Springs line and west phis, Birmingham and Bryand to Spr PHONE 302 The Territorial Audit C Service If you wish to establish a system of keeping your accounts or improve on the present, call on us. AUDITS Our bank examining department is an able bank accountant of many years prepared to furnish officers, director and otherwise unable to obtain fame, a true are interested in. If you are contemplating Investing unimproved, we will give you a true value and probability for advancement, a position to know whether it will be possible. Our engineering department enables construction and architecture of any building. If you are contemplating Investing, will furnish you expert opinions of the condition. We will examine and report the true otherwise, of any corporation or business. If you want to incorporate your business Indian Territory, we will advise you the organization in every detail. If you want to know the value of a we will investigate and report. THE TERRITORIAL AU Alexander Richmond, Press Rooms 102, 103 and 104 Old Homestead .. KIRSHEE GENTS FURNISHED OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS Shirts, Hats, Underwear W. E. McC Knox Agency, English Block. Muskogee PHOTOGRAPHY AT GREEN'S “Not the Cheapest but All the Latest Styles in “Cloudy Days” as Go Lace, Drapery and Flowers. Studio open Sunday from 125 SOUTH 3R William Lloyd Garrison, delivered in Faneinl hall, Boston, December 11, 1905, at Citizens' Cantenary Celebration. Issued in pamphlet form for 10 cents per copy, with cut of Garrison. A great oration on a great man at a great occasion. Send money or stamps to --- H. E. HARKRIDER, Ag't. at Company at Your ice. We will make regular audits of your books thus assuring you of an unbiased and unprejudiced knowl. edge of the true condition of your business. is under the supervision of years' experience; we are pre- and stock-holders, who are oth- rue statement of the bank they ing in Real Estate improved or true report of the Title and Val- ent, thus placing you in a posi- be profitable as an investment. ables us to report on the con- building or plant. ting or Buying a business we of its management, value and the true condition, financially and business you are interested in. or business under the laws of the you how to proceed and perfect of any stock of a corporation, AUDIT COMPANY President and Attorney. Westead Bldg. Muskogee, I. T. BAUM .. FASHING GOODS IPTIONS. Perwear, Suit Cases CCLURE, I.T. GRAPHS S STUDIO but the Best" in Photographic Art. Good as Sunshine. Lady in Attendance. from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. BRD STREET. BOSTON SUFFRAGE LEAGUE. 3 Tremont Row, Room 19, Boston. Mention this paper. When answering this ad. say you saw it in the Cimeter. The oration should be in every negroes' home. ED. ```markdown ``` IN WOMAN'S REALM CHAT ON MATTERS FASHIONABLE AND CULINARY. Design for Satisfactory Everyday Winter Hat-Bonnet of Black Chiffon With Red Roses-New in Lingerie Old-Fashioned Suet Bread. Midwinter Designs. Black cloth costumes relieved with trimmings of bright velvet, outlined with black braid, are among the newest midwinter designs, and the hats are made to match the gowns; black with trimmings of the bright velvet, with ostrich tips or small wings of the same color. Most becoming and effective was one such costume, whose skirt hung full and gracefully about the feet. The train was quite long, while just around the hem of the skirt, three inches from the ground, was a band of reble fur, the only bit of fur on the costume. The waist was made with a small, round transparent lace yoke, below which fell almost to the waist line a deep lace bertha. The transparent lace sleeves were large, and shirred down the centre beneath narrow strips of cloth. Valenciennes lace, with a bit of Irish appliqué, was used for the bodice. A New Lingerle. Among the newest things in corset covers are the boned taffeta and fine jersey waists, tight-fitting, and taking the place of the corset for many thin people when wearing loose frocks, and also being worn by those of full figure as corset covers. Many of these are laced in the back and on one shoulder. They are admirable in concealing the break at the corset top and in giving the smooth-line effects so desirable. As usual in lingerie, much of it coming from Paris and beautifully worked, is in palest blues, lavenders, pinks and buffs or deep cream. Often their white garments are embroidered in colors, and some of the fine linen underwear has tiny flowers in blue, lavender, pink or even red on the white gown. Old-Fashioned Suet Bread. One pound of granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 6 cups flour, $ \frac{1}{2} $ pound lard, 1 quart milk, 2 yeastcakes, 2 wellbeaten eggs and $ \frac{1}{2} $ pound each of currants and raisins; rub lard and flour together with tips of fingers, add sugar, salt, raisins and currants (currants should be well cleaned and perfectly dry); add eggs to milk that has been scalded and left to get just lukewarm, and lastly, add the yeastcakes that have been dissolved in a little warm milk; set to raise over night, in the morning treat just the same as plain white bread, knead, form into loaves, let raise until light (about one hour), bake about one hour in moderate oven. Everyday Hat for Winter. Of brown beaver, bound with brown taffeta, with two shaded feathers caught by a cluster of roses. For Small Girls. Many people dress small girls entirely in white muslin the year round and dressy gowns mean no more than a little finer material and more elab- orate workmanship. The sheerest of materials has underslips of India silk, sometimes in pale colors, sometimes in white. A luxurious little gown for a girl of 10 was composed of flounces of hand-embroidered mull or batiste, the embroidery a combination of English eyelet and French stitches. Two flounces formed the skirt, while a third was arranged as a bertha on the low-necked blouse. The blouse itself was plain save for a group of ten fine, hand-run tucks down the front and similar groups in the back where the blouse closed. The sleeves were two small puffs finished above the elbow with a short ruffle of the embroidery. A soft sash of palest pink messaline with deeply fringed ends was worn and an underslip of pale pink silk gave the gown a warmer appearance than it might otherwise have had. A Gay Little Bonnet Of black chiffon, with red roses and an aigrette. Secret of Wavy Hair. A girl whose hair is only slightly wavy naturally is increasing the effect by her arrangement of it at night. Dampness makes the wave. Before going to bed she brushes her hair thoroughly, and then braids it loosely. With a damp, soft, wide nail brush, reserved for the purpose, she lightly brushes over the whole head, and then raises the braid from her neck to remove the weight of it from the roots. With her fingers she then pats the waves into place and with three pins holds the braid at the back of the head. The braid itself is still down, but instead of hanging from her neck it is at the back of her head. In the morning her hair is in deep waves that brush out as she is doing it up, but reappear when dampened. After her hair is entirely dressed she ties over it a thin veil for fifteen minutes, and when that is removed her hair looks as though it were just from the hands of a hair dresser, only far prettier. Fashionable Skating Costumes. Many fashionable skating costumes are made with boleros of fur or astrakhan or velvet with trimmings of fur. One is a gray cloth bolero, and the skirt trimming is made of gray astrakhan and ermine tails held in place by green velvet buttons, on which gold Empire crowns are placed. It has a roll collar and an insertion of green velvet covered with Irish lace. The waistcoat is of velvet, fastening with a single row of buttons of gold. Tulle lace volants trim the sleeves. The Princess skirt has an attached stay. Flounces Are Popular. Floundes still have their day as leaders in decoration. Circular ones have come back with the circular skirt and full floundes of lace and sheer stuffs are the delight of partygoers. Little frilly rufles make a pretty trimming at all times, and when these are finished with an edge of ruching or ribbon along the hem the effect is dainty indeed. Washing Fluid Is made by mixing ammonia and turpentine. Two tablespoonfuls of this put into a copper in which clothes are being boiled has an excellent result. AMAZIAH REAL MAD SHOCKED IN HIS FEELINGS AND HIS PERSON. Consequently the Historic Town of Bingville Is Defendant in a Big Damage Suit—Some Criticisms of Methods of Presiding Judge. Last Monday morning while Amaziah Gookins was walking down Main street on his way to the P. O. to see if there was any mail for him being as he wasn't expecting any, his feet slipped out from under him on the ice while he was passing in front of Ranse Hillyer's residence and Amaziah fell, striking on his shoulder blades. He broke his cane in two, which he has carried for the past 15 years and which was a present to him from his son Jed, who is now married and lives at the Co. seat. Amzi also broke two of his front teeth, being as his false set flew out and fell with a dull, sickening thud on STAR the ice with the above named result. As soon as Amaziah could collect his self and his cane and his teeth he got up and started on and when he went to cross the street in front of the P. O. where there was more ice great was his surprise when his feet slipt out from under him again and went into the air and Amaziah come down hard right on the seat of his pants with such violence that it like to of drove his spinal collum clean up through the top of his head. Amzi went on to the P. O. and there was no mail for him so he limped home. The more Amaziah thought over what had happened to him the madder he got and the more he become convinced that he had been injured internally or perhaps fatally. He then sent for Amos Hillyer, our talented legal light, and laid the facts before Ame, who, being as work in his line has been very dull this winter, advised Amaziah to bring suit against Ranse and also against the town for damages to his person, character and feelings. Amaziah thought this would be a good idea so he told Ame to go ahead and so Ame he notified Ranse Hillyer that he was sued for $10,000 damages to Amaziah because he had fell on his ice and also the town selectmen that Bingville also had a damage suit on its hands because Amaziah had fell while crossing the street and that the damage asked for was $5,000. Ame told the defendants that the case would come up for trial before him the next day at 9 o'clock at his office and for them to get their witnesses and be on hand. News of the damage suit spread like wildfire and the next day when court opened in Ame's office all of the town who could crowd into the room was present. Justice Hillyer asked Ranse what he had to say for hisself. Ranse testified that in his opinion Amaziah had fell down on purpose just so as he could go to law and collect damages. He swore that he didn't believe Amaziah was injured any to speak of being as he had saw him on the same evening of the day he fell chopping wood in his back yard. Cy. Hoskins, town selectman, next testified. Cy said it was his opinion that the damages asked from the town was too high. He said if the town of Bingville had to pay over to Amaziah the sum of $5,000 it would be a long time recovering from the blow, being as the town treasury only had $1.50 on its hands at present and he for one would be in favor of giving Amaziah half of this amount for damages, al- though he didn't think he was entitled to more than 15 cts. by rights. Cy further testified that there might be $5,000 in the world, although he didn't believe it. Cy said he would be willing to fall fifteen times as hard as Amaziah fell for $5,000, and would consider it a good investment. Bill Hepburn and Deacon Butterworth, the two remaining town selectmen, also testified to about the same as Cy. These was all the witnesses examined. Justice Hillver has been severely criticised in a roundabout way because Amaziah was the client and because he advised Amaziah to bring suit and then tried the case hisself. Of course, people have been pretty careful not to say anything to Ame hisself less he will jerk them up for contempt of court. How the case will come out nobody can tell. If Ame gives Amaziah damages against Ranse for $10,000 we feel sorry for Ranse because he already has a mortgage on his property for $150 and it will be a awful sad blow to him if he has to pay $10,000 damages in addition.—“Bingville Bugle” Items in Boston Post. FATES AGAINST HIS WEDDING. Sexton's First Choice Eloped and He Hated to Waste the License. The four Spence sisters, daughters of Rev. Allen Spence, an elder of the "Holiness" religious sect of Mocres Ferry, Ky., evidently think there is better fish in the matrimonial sea than Lewis Sexton, a young farm hand, and have each jilted him in turn. Sexton, a few days ago, secured a marriage license to take Miss Clarinda Spence as a wife. Sexton had with him the written consent of the girl, and secured the license without trouble. He did not go after his promised bride at once, but concluded to wait until the next day, as he thought his license would keep without ice. Next morning Sexton put on his "Sunday best" and went to the Spence residence, where he was informed that Clarinda, believing that as Sexton had not appeared the night before he had concluded to desert her, and that Edgar Highly, a former suitor, having appeared on the scene, she had eloped to Ohio with him and been married. Sexton was inconsolable for an hour or so, but at last said that he supposed as the license contained the name of Spence it would make no difference to him which one of the Spence girls he married, and he alternately proposed to each of his former sweetheart's three sisters, but was rejected by each. His pleadings of the wasted license availed nothing, and he was forced to return home without a wife. —New York World. Gallows Tree. A In front of the ruins of Doune castle, in Scotland, still stands the old gallows tree formerly used for capital punishment. Proclamations Not Always Law. A Vermont case, the trial day of which fell on Thanksgiving day, called for a legal opinion of the effect of the proclamations of the President and governor. A motion to dismiss was denied on the ground that the proclamations are not law unless supplemented by the statutes Water Works and Other Public Utilities to Be Completed. Washington, D. C.—The senate committee on the judiciary has reported favorably the bills providing for the establishment of recording districts at Bartlesville and Wilburton, I. T. In the house the Miller bill was favorably reported to consolidate the city of South McAlester with the town of McAlester. The house territories committee reported favorably the McGuire bill directing the secretary of the interior to expend out of the proceeds of the sale of town lots in the town of Lawton, Comanche county, Oklahoma, for the completion of the water works system, and furnishing an adequate supply of water, and for such municipal improvements in said town of Lawson as may be advisable and advantageous to the inha! , the sum of $75,000 in addition to the $150,000 provided for by act of congress approved June 30, 1902. New Banks to Start. Washington, D. C.—Applications to organize national banks approved: The National Bank of Ness City, Kas., with a capital of $25,000, by Mary C. Bennett, A. S. Foulks, John Shepperd, O. H. Laraway, J. W. Clouston and Howard Floyd; the Farmers' National bank of Fort Gibson, I. T., with a capital of $25,000, by Sid Garrott, I. K. Nakidemon, F. C. Hubbard, J. L. Dabbs and Connell Ragers. Railway mail carriers appointed: Charles A. Bahler, Oregon; John S. Campbell, Slater; Harry E. Nelson' Canton; Otto H. Baehm, Springfield; Oscar L. Boss, Lamar, Mo.; D. E. Davis, Princeton; Charles O. Devore, Greenwich, Kas.; George W. Naylor, Marlow; H. I. Wilson, Muskogee; Ed S. Engle, Wetumka, I. T.; M. B. Dixon, Alva Ringo, Lawton; A. H. Kipp, Apache, O. T. TERRITORIAL TOPICS. Several wealthy St. Louisians want 100,000 acres in Indian Territory for a game preserve. They ask for land not fit for agricultural or grazing purposes. Delegate McGuire has introduced a bill to appropriate $500,000 for a site and public building at Oklahoma City. George F. Corwin, claim agent for the Denver, Enid & Gulf, has resigned to accept the position of assistant claim agent of the Frisco, with headquarters in Enid, effective Feb. 1. The secretary of the interior has ordered the leasing of 341,000 acres of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache lands in Oklahoma for agricultural purposes. The lands will be leased in quarter section tracts for a period of four years from January 1, 1907. This will furnish homes for more than two thousand families. Department Commander G. M. Parks announces that the next annual encampment of the G. A. R. of the territory will be held at Oklahoma City, May 16 to 18. National Commander Corporal Tanner of Illinois and "Fighting Parson" Barnard Kelley of Ottawa, Kan., will be present and deliver addresses. LOST 72 POUNDS. Was Fast Drifting Into the Fatal Stages of Kidney Sickness. Dr. Melvin M. Page, Page Optical Co., Erie, Pa., writes: "Taking too many iced drinks in New York in 1895 sent me home with a terrible attack of kidney trouble. I had acute congestion, sharp pain in the back, headaches and attacks of dizziness. My eyes gave out, and with the languor and sleeplessness of the disease upon me I wasted from 194 to 122 pounds. At the time I started us- congestion, sharp pain in the back, headaches and attacks of dizziness. My eyes gave out, and with the languor and sleeplessness of the disease upon me I wasted from 194 to 122 pounds. At the time I started using Doan's Kidney Pills an abscess was forming on my right kidney. The trouble was quickly checked, however, and the treatment cured me, so that I have been well since 1896 and weigh 188 pounds." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Marston on Judge Doe's Law. Gen. Gilman Marston of Exeter, N. H., who has been the subject of many stories, had no very exalted opinion of the law as it was sometimes expounded by the court. The late Chief Justice Charles Doe once ruled adversely upon a point that the general had made, and Gen. Marston retaliated as follows: "Your honor's law reminds me of the definition of law given by an old darky. He said: 'De law, my frens. am like a ground glass window. It may afford a little light to guide us trew de dark and uncertain ways of dis life, but de very devil hisself couldn't see trew it.'" Imitations Close to Nature. Imitation soap, looking exactly like the real article, but made of clay, grease, scent and a little pink dye, is of Chinese origin, and the native clerks in China and India carry their pencils behind their ears in imitation of their Caucasion bosses, yet the pencils contain no lead, since they are carried only for ornament, the brush being used for all actual work. FACTS IN NATURE. Not Only Do We Get Inspiration From Nature. But Health as Well. For people who are run-down and nervous, who suffer from indigestion or dyspepsia, headache, billiousness, or torpid liver, coated tongue with bitter taste in the morning and poor appetite, it becomes necessary to turn to some tonic or strengthener which will assist Nature and help them to get on their feet and put the body into its proper condition. It is becoming more and more apparent that Nature's most valuable health-giving agents are to be found in forest plants and roots. Nearly forty years ago, Dr. R. V. Pierce, now consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y., discovered that by scientifically extracting and combining certain medicinal principles from native roots, taken from our American forests, he could produce a medicine which was marvelously efficient in curing cases of blood disorder and liver and stomach trouble as well as many other chronic, or lingering ailments. This concentrated extract of Nature's vitality he named "Golden Medical Discovery." It purifies the blood by putting the stomach and liver into healthy condition, thereby helping the digestion and assimilation of food which feeds the blood. Thereby it cures weak stomach, indigestion, torpid liver, or billiousness, and kindred derangements. If you have coated tongue, with bitter or bad taste in the morning, frequent headaches, feel weak, easily tired, stitches or pain in side, back gives out easily and aches, belching of gas, constipation, or irregular bowels, feel flashes of heat alternating with chilly sensations or kindred symptoms, they point to derangement of your stomach, liver and kidneys, which the "Golden Medical Discovery" will correct more speedily and permanently than any other known agent. Contains no alcohol or habit-forming drugs. All its ingredients printed in plain English on wrapper. The sole motive for substitution is to permit the dealer to make a little more profit. He gains; you lose. Accept no substitute for "Golden Medical Discovery." Constipation causes and aggravates many serious diseases. It is thoroughly cured by Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One a laxative; two or three are cathartic. COSTS FORTY MILLION YEARLY Efforts to be Made to Eradicate the Terrible Texas Fever THE DEPARTMENT ISSUES BOOK The Fever Quarantine Went Into Effect February 1--Dead Line Established Washington, D. C.—A statement issued by the bureau of animal industry of the agricultural department says that a "publication will soon be issued by the United States department of agriculture on the ject of Texas fever, a disease which has been a serious obstacle to the development and prosperity of the cattle industry of this country, and especially in the south." It is stated that the infested territory has been carefully studied and a quarantine line established which extends across the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Continuing, the statement recites: "It is estimated that there are in the quarantined area 4,500,000 cattle east of the Mississippi and 11,000,000 west of that river, which, at a reduction of $1.50 per head, will give the enormous shrinkage in value of $23,250,000 directly chargeable to the cattle tick. This should be regarded as an unnecessary reduction in the assets of the infected country. "The above figures do not include the decrease in flesh and the lack of development of the infested animals, nor the expense to the federal, state and local governments for enforcing the quarantine regulations. The shrinkage in the milk production of cattle harboring any ticks will average one quart per day, and the loss occasioned, at 3 cents per quart for the 875,000 ticky dairy cattle out of more than 4,000,000 dairy cattle below the quarantine line would amount to $7,875,000 annually. Approximately 387,500 animals die each year of Texas fever at an estimated loss of $5,812,500 per annum. "With these losses, Texas fever is responsible for a loss of about $40,000,000 annually to the stockmen of this country. These appalling losses and annual sacrifices of the cattle raisers, it is believed, can be entirely effaced, in time, by methods outlined by the department and at a small proportionate cost. "The department of agriculture has issued the annual regulations for the prevention of the spread of Texas fever, effective February 1. On and after that date cattle are not allowed to be moved from the quarantine area to other parts of the country except by rail for immediate slaughter, and under certain conditions prescribed in the regulations. The quarantined area comprises Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina and Florida, the Indian Territory, all of Georgia except a few northern counties, the southern half of California, the southeastern half of Oklahoma, the eastern half of Texas, the southern half of Tennessee, a few counties in southeastern Kentucky, the eastern three-fourths of North Carolina and the southeastern part of Virginia. THEY ARE PART OF THE TRUST The Big Packers Control the Little Packing Houses STOCK IS OWNED BY NATIONAL Armour, Morris and Swift Bought it and Turned it Over to the National Packing Co. Chicago, Ill.—Jesse P. Lyman of Boston, former president of the National Packers' Company, was on the stand and testified after about the same manner as former witnesses. The attorneys objected to his testimony being given, claiming he was not a party to the suit, but Judge Humphrey finally permitted Mr. Lyman to relate the conversation with Commissioner Garfield. He said: "Garfield told us we would be protected by the law and the administration, and that he was the direct representative of the president. He said that while he remained at the head of the bureau of corporations he would not be used to aid the secret service, or the department of justice, and that the investigation would be carried on in a dignified way." Mr. Lyman said that he had taken the advice of counsel relative to allowing the request of Commissioner Garfield for information, and that he had followed the advice he had received. After some questions relating to Mr. Lyman's examination before the grand jury, the cross-examination by District Attorney Morrison commenced. The district attorney at first went into the subject of the grand jury episode, and then asked: "What kind of a concern is the National Packing Company?" "It does a packing business through the constituent companies." "What do you mean by that?" "It does its business through the Fowler Bros., Continental Packing Company, St. Louis Beef corporation and some others." "Is it not true that the National Packing Company never slaughtered one animal?" A volley of objections from the attorneys for the packers greeted this question. The court finally held that the question was permissible and Mr. Lyman replied that the National Packing Company slaughters no animals and makes no sales. "Isn't it true that the National Packing Company owns six or eight companies,the Omaha Packing Company, Fowler Bros., St. Louis Dressed Beef Company, and some more?" "Yes, it owns them." "How does it own them?" This question was objected to by the lawyers for the other side, but the court finally allowed the witness to answer. "If it owns them, it purchased the capital stock of the companies," said Mr. Lyman. "Who purchased the stock?" "The National Company got the stock from the individuals who first bought it." "Well, who bought it first?" "J. Ogden Armour, Edward Morris and the late G. F. Swift." Mr. Lyman said that the National Company is a holding company. The remainder of the cross-examination was unimportant. Learning lessons every day— So the story's told. Some are youthful lads and gay— Some are scholars old. Though the locks o' them be gray, Learning lessons every day! Learning lessons sad and sweet— So the story's told; Winnowing the chaff from wheat— Gathering the gold. Lessons long, of calm and strife— Lessons ended but with life! —Atlanta Constitution. The PRIVATE SECRETARY BY EDGAR WHITE (Copyright, 1905, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) They bestowed the title out of courtesy. For five years she had really been the underpaid drudge for old Caleb Hartung, the grizzled senior member of the law firm. If she hadn't been akin to angels she would never have put up with him half the time. She put his erratic bawlings—he called it dictation—into grammatical shape, entertained or dismissed callers, looked up decisions and kept run of his cases and papers. For this assumption of responsibility she was called upon to take with it the blame for every letter and paper the old man himself misplaced. That she did all this cheerfully awakened scant appreciation in his toil-calloused heart. After running up the balances for a bad year, and concluding that retrenchment was necessary, he thought of the "private secretary" as first among the unnecessary appendages. "Let's try cutting it somewhere else," suggested Robert Chamers, a thoughtful-looking man of 30, who constituted the lesser part of the firm. "Suppose we shut off a few of the newspapers, reduce our cigar bill and—" "You are talking wild, Bob," said Hartung, patronizingly; "those things are life's essentials. But we can do her work and never miss her. We'll be thirty to the good per month." "A sum which leaves her about 25 cents a week after paying board bill, carfare and for lunch," remarked Chamers, musingly. "I wouldn't won- Y. M. "But we can do her work and never miss her." der if she is a bit attached to the old place." "What of it? She'll get over it in two days and be glad of a change." "When are you going to tell her?" "Why—er—I thought I'd let you do that," said the old man, a trifle uneasily. "No, thank you; this is your scheme, and you'd better engineer it." "I say, Bob," remarked Hartung, smiling maliciously, "there isn't anything of a—er—a personal nature between you and—" "Not at all! Certainly not!" said Chamers, flushing. ```markdown ``` SECRETARY BY EDGAR WHITE Daily Story Pub. Co.) "Excuse me. I thought that was why you objected to telling her." "If that's what you thought, I'll show you," said Chamers. "You'll tell her yourself?" "Good boy! You know how to do it better, and tell her the old man appreciates all she's done for the firm and all that, but we really must economize." "On everything but newspapers, cigars and highballs?" "Don't be a fool, Robert; I'm interested in your pocket-book as well as my own." It was three days after this conversation before Bob Chamers mustered up courage to deliver the decree of banishment. The light-haired girl looked up from her busy desk with a pleasant smile as he entered her sanctum. "From the gravity of your face, Mr. Chamers, I judge the last jury was woefully dense," she said, banteringly. For years they had been good friends, and their close association had made them feel free with each other. "It isn't the jury, Miss Susie," said Chamers, slowly seating himself near her. "I wish it was." A cloud swept over the pretty face and she turned in her chair toward him. "The old man—that is, we have been thinking that maybe we could—I mean the business has been so awful bad that he—we thought we'd have to let you go, Miss Susie," said the junior partner, finishing desperately. "You mean you are going to discharge me?" she asked, in a strangely calm voice. "I wouldn't put it that way," he said, soothingly; "you see, he—I mean we, of course—think we can't afford the expense of a private secretary any longer," he went on hurriedly, determined to get over it as quick as possible, and wondering why the matter agitated him so. "But don't you mind now. I've been over to see Lawson & Grubbs, the big law firm in the Continental building, and it just happened by rare good luck they were in need of somebody, and I spoke for the job for you. And think, Susie—Miss Susie, I mean—you'll get $12 a week!" If the news caused any exultation the pale features did not show it. The girl toyed with the papers on her desk and gazed vacantly at her ink wells. "Twelve dollars a week," she repeated, mechanically. Then, after a dreary pause, "When do I quit here?" "Oh, there's no hurry. You could stay till the first of the month, only those people are waiting for you. You'll find them very pleasant." There was another interval of silence. Chamers nervously picked up his hat and arose. "You've been a good girl, Miss Susie," he said, "and we've appreciated you immensely. I know I have, and so has the old man, only he don't show it much. I'll—that is, we will miss you like everything!" "I thank you very much," was all she said, still looking dumbly at the ```markdown ``` deer heads on her bronze inkstand. He started to the door, hesitated, looked back, then boldly turned and went out. As he descended in the elevator the troubled face was before him, and he wondered why his action had seemed to reprehensible. He had tried to state the case as gently as possible, and yet from some quarter an insistent little voice was telling him he had made an awful botch of it. He left the elevator and walked to the exit. Then it occurred to him that he had always intended, when she left, that he would give her a certain painting she had admired, and which was hanging in her office. She might be gone when he returned, so it was best to do it now. "If you've forgotten anything upstairs," said the elevator boy, who was accommodating beyond his kind, "I can get it for you." "Thank you, Billy," said Chamers, "but this is something I'll have to attend to myself." He stepped to the door of the private office and softly opened it. Susie's head was on her desk, and her arms were around it. The heaving bosom told the story of grief. Chamers hesitated an instant; then walked over and gently touched the girl on the TOMESON She raised up, startled. shoulder. She raised up, startled. The hastily used handkerchief was ineffectual to remove the traces of tears. "See here, my girl," said Chamers, this time speaking with quiet decision; "there's another place I want to tell you about, and which would make me very happy if you would accept. In the last few minutes I've discovered a thing that has existed a long time—that I care more for Susie than anything in the world, and want you to take a place in the little home I will—" "Ting-a-ling-ling." Chamers frowned and went over to the 'phone. After listening a few seconds, he turned to Susie and said: "Colonel Lawson of Lawson & Grubbs wants to know when 'that young lady will be ready to go to work.'" On delivering the message, he stood at the instrument, regarding her anxiously. The girl got up and, walking over to him, with eyes that glowed through the tears, whispered: "Tell him I have since had the offer of a better place, which I have accepted." Historical Precedent. Frances is the 4-year-old daughter of a great architect. One bright spring morning she was possessed with a wild desire to lean far out of the nursery window. Her mother told her several times what a dangerous proceeding this was, but Frances paid little heed. Finally she added: "Frances, it isn't considered proper to lean out of the window. No one who is at all nice ever does?" "Why, mother!" said Frances, with marked disapproval and astonishment, "Barbara Frietchie did!"—Lippincott's. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE. . . IND. TER. Thursday, February 8, 1906. They're talking now of making Maine a winter resort. For Esquimaux? It is only after a millionaire dies that one learns how many and what relations he had. A sign a thin woman is popular: If her friends call her "fragile" instead of "skinny." Whenever we see a man who says he is henpecked, we rather suspect that it's coming to him. When two young people embark on the sea of matrimony one of them is pretty sure to rock the boat. There are people in Russia whose sole object in life is to think up new kinds of trouble for the czar. The name of the new chief of the Osages is Skink-kah-ha-he-he. And you can hardly say it for laughing. No sooner is one report denied that King Leopold is losing his mind than it is announced that he has got married. A California woman has adopted a district messenger boy, who will, no doubt, remind her of time—he's so different. If the czar succeeds in raising that $500,000,000 his next great problem will be to hide it where the grand dukes cannot get at it. Gen. Ramon Caceres will now provide for Santo Domingo a permanent and stable government, lasting for at least several weeks. It is unnecessary to add that the Chicago attorney who wants to regulate marriage has no intention of getting married himself. In London society they are discussing the question: "What is propriety pink?" What does London society know about propriety? In France the assembly elects the president. This saves the necessity of candidates' buying cigars for the common, everyday voters. Chicago announces that she is going to have the biggest hotel in the world. There are people who are compelled to stay in Chicago over night. It is a mistake to give your wife a million dollars to be good to you. When she has got the million she doesn't have to be good to you. Secretary Taft has succeeded in reducing his weight twenty-nine pounds by vigorous horseback riding. The condition of the horse is not reported. President Hadley of Yale says that there are too many teachers in this country, and that they get too little pay. It's the same with newspaper men. Pittsburg millionaires are now charged with bribery and corruption. Evidently the chorus girls haven't kept them so busy as has been supposed. Somebody has asked for a receiver for the Interstate Telephone company of New Jersey. Sometimes it must be a good deal of fun to be a telephone receiver. A Pittsburg doctor has fasted for thirty-seven days. If the air of Pittsburg were as full of nourishment as it is of soot, he could live forever without eating. SHOWING THE WORLDS PROGRESS Perpetual motion “almost for noth- ing” has just been patented by a Chli- cago man. Carl August Sahlenberg received from Commissioner of Pat: ents F. I. Allen last week the grant of his patent, which bears the date of Jan. 2, 1906, and the num- ber 808,688, Tho particular scheme by which Sahlberg thinks he can secure per- petual motion is a wave motor. It consists, as shown in the accompany: ing picture, principally. of a pier with a paddle wheel at the end, It is the duty of the waves to beat against this paddle wheel and make it paddle, In order to prevent the waves from shirking that duty, the wily inventor has fixed the paddle wheel on sliding supports so that it can be raised or lowered to meet any whim of the tide. The pier can also be turned in any direction so that the waves cannot successfully execute a flank move. ment on the paddle wheel and by such a simple subterfuge escape “per- petrating” perpetual motion. “One has the lashing of waves on every coast more than one needs, and e—..'f 1 ER bi Sr a a - Gree ee gh Wave Motor Patented to “Perpetrate” Perpetual Motion. in that way one gets perpetual motion almost for nothing,” is the way In- ventor Sahlberg describes the child of his genius. “When one has motion, one can transform that to electricity, heat and light in the regular way. The invention can probably also be at- tached to ships and put to useful ac- count. It is unnecessary to call atten- tion to the great importance of such an invention that makes it possible for mankind to take into service the millions of horse powers buried in the waves of the ocean.”—Chicago News. Medals for Inventors. Italy proposes to gold medalize the life saver as he appears in the guise of an inventor of safety appliances, At the Milan exhibition next year a gold medal plus anywhere from $100 to $1,500 is offered for each of the fol- lowing appliances, An apparatus for automatically stopping cars which are moving upon an inclined plane and in case the traction cable should break there is a device which will suppress the danger to life arising from con- tact between the primary and second- ary circuits of an electric transform- er; a crane, or hoist, with provision against the rotation of the cranks on the descent of the load; a device for exhausting and collecting dust formed during the sorting and cutting of rags by hand; a contrivance for localized exhaust and successive elimination of dust produced during the cordage ot flax, tow, hemp, jute, ete,; a machine to prevent the diffusion of dust in places where the preparation of lime and cement is proceeding. None for Him, “So poor Henpéck is dead. I sup- pose his last words were——” “Didn't I tell you his wife was at his bedside?” FOR STABLE AND ROOT HOUSE. Cheap and Effective Plans of Con- etruaetian Given. Siructon wiven, I am putting a stone stable under a barn 30x50 feet, with walls nine feet high. I have small stones for the bottom of the trenches. Would it be advisable to use these in the trenches or as fillers for the con: crete? The trenches will be in clay How can I build a root cellar under the driveway to the barn floor? It would be better to make a con: crete footing, using the small stones in the botton of the trench. Water is Hable to lie in a trench among loose stone and cause the frost to heave and crack the wall, For drainage, lay tile on the outside of the footing course a little below the bottom of the trench, having them drain to an out: let; this will carry off all water. If you have no fall or place to drain to, build concrete on the top of the ground, then start the stonework if desired. To build a concrete root house un- der the driveway, build it all at the SS 4 ; 8 ae - eae Cross Section of Root House Under | . Vneer Way. same time as the stone wall under the barn, bonding these walls together. When the root house walls are up 5 feet at the bank side and 6 feet 4 inches or 6 inches at barn side, then put in centers and lagging, supported by uprights ard plate, giving the centers a rise of at least one inch in the foot, that is for a root house 12 feet wide. Have a 12 inch rise in the arch centers or ribs; a little more rise is better. The reason of having the arch one foot four inches higher at the barn side of the roothouse is to allow for a door 6 feet high from the basement into the root house. Now carry up the end wall to the shape and height of the centers. Put in three-quarter inch rods from 3 to 5 feet apart, at the spring of the arch having a large washer and nut on each end of each rod, so as to be able to tighten them up after the cov- ering is set, and before taking out the center mould. These rods run through both walls across the roothouse to keep the arch from spreading the walls, (See plan.) A manhole can be built at the top of the arch at one end by putting in a large tile or by building a curb for filling with roots; this serves as a ventilator as well. Also put in a small window at each end wall below the arch to furnish light. On each end of the roothouse on top of the arch a coping wall can be built to retain the earth, as from 12 to 18 inches of earth should be on top of the arch to keep out the frost as well as protect the arch from re- ceiving injury from heavy loads. For the arch use five parts gravel to one part Portland cement. For walls use eight parts gravel to one part Port- land cement. Stone fillers may be used in the arch and the side walls. A Farm Filter Outfit. A very good filter for surface wa- ter can be made of any suitable re- ceptacle such as a tank or water-butt, on the bottom of which should be laid fairly large pebbles or broken stones to a depth of six inches, then, over this, a six-inch layer of coarse gravel; over this, nine inches of fine gravel, and finally, a layer of clean sharp sand to a depth of ten or twelve inches. A top layer of about three inches of fresh sand added from time to time will keep the filter in good working order throughout the season; but it should be thoroughly cleansed and fresh material provided at least once a year. The water for use should be run off from the bot- tom of the filter by means of a draw tap or syphon into another vessel kept for service purposes. FROM ACROSS THE SEA FOUND GREAT SALT LAKE IN AN AFRICAN FOREST JUST A LITTLE WHILE A new Ashanti war is inevitable in Africa, according to a German provin- cial paper, the Chemnitzer Aligemeine Zeitung, which publishes the follow- ing communication, dating from Tark- va, near Sekondi, on the British Gold Coast: “The Ashantis have long been possessors of a massive gol- den throne of great value and ac- counted a sacred and national relic. According to the tradition of the tribe the kingdom of “Ashanti would remain in existence as long as the throne remained intact. The British have for many years been attempt- ing to gain possession of the throne, but have hitherto been unsuccess- ful. Several years ago a certain Ash- anti placed himself in communication with the British government and offered to obtain possession of the throne for the English on con- dition that he himself was nominated king of the Ashantis. The British government agreed to the proposal and appointed the traitor as chief- tain. The Ashantis, however, suc: Jim Bridger stands forth as the most conspicuous figure in the brief but glorious reign of the trapper and trailmaker in the far west, The greatest fur hunter and the greatest pathfinder of them ail, and possess- ing the most intimate knowledge of the Indian nature ever vouchsafed a white man, Bridger will grow in stat- ure as time goes op and accurate history is written. No part of the great Rocky Moun- tain country held a secret from Jim Bridger. He was the first white man, after John Colter, to view the won- ders of Yellowstone Park, and the first to look on Great Salt Lake. Seemingly bearing a charmed life, he wandered through the lands of many Indian tribes, sometimes fighting the red men, but more often living their life and finding the solace of true brotherhood at the lodge fire. Every mountain Jim Bridger climbed, every stream he crossed, and every game An explorer describes a Central Africa forest: “Ten miles west of the lake begins the only piece of real virgin forest met with, It is through- out a dense virgin forest, and almost impenetrable. It consists of very large trees of many varieties. The upper parts are festooned with a light grayish-green moss, hanging in long streamers, and giving to the forest a very fantastic appearance. When these long streamers are agitated by a storm they make the whole forest seen from one of the hills near, look like a rough sea. Again, when the suneis vertical the whole forest ap- pears dark, but when the sun is low the general effect on the sunny side is curiously light. “All the trees are bound together with innumerable lianas and creeping A little while the hands shall rest, Awhile the eyes shall close, ‘The stillness of the wearied breast Shall mark the heart's repose— A little while, and slumber's night A _roseate dawn shall bring— O, Grave, where is thy victory, 'O, Death, where is thy sting? A little while the Deseking heart Shall etruggie with its pain, . Awhile the burdened limbs shall smart Beneath their galling chain, And then!—Above the ashes-waste The phoenix-soul shall sing, O, Grave, where is thy victory, 'O, Death, where is thy sting? A little while the helpless back Shall bend beneath its cross, Awhile the Sobing fear shall rack The soul that heards its dross, And then!—This carnal chrysalis Shall break by force of wing— O, Grave, where is thy victory, O, Death, where is thy sting? ceeded in placing the throne In a safe hiding place and now they demand from the British government the de- thronement of .this chieftain. The British government, in order to pre- serve its own prestige, refuses to con- cede the demand of the natives, so that a new Ashanti war is inevitable.” Andrew Lang writes of the Aus- tralian. natives: “Between tribe and tribe war for purposes of territorial aggrandizement is unknown. They may fight about women, or in the blood feud, for, as nobody is sup- posed to die a natural death, every death is thought to be caused by hos- tile magic. Fights are not now reso lutely waged, but merely to draw first blood, as a rule; and, as there are no conquests, there are no siaves and very little material progress. There are no hereditary chiefs, though among some socially advanced tribes a kind of magistracy, or a ‘moder- atorship’ of local groups in the tribal general assembly, is hereditary in the male line.” trail he followed, was written down in the most marvelous memory ey- er granted a plainsman. As a result, years later, when the white men, bold but blundering, sought the eas- lest paths over the mountains, Jim Bridger showed them the best trails for their wagons and, when the chief engineer of the Union Pacific had well-nigh given up hope of get- ting shis rails across the Divide, it was Jim Bridger who showed an available pass which he had trav- ersed years before in his trapping days, and the existence of which no other white man knew. A few months ago, this chief engineer, Gen. Gran- ville M. Dodge, showed his gratitude by rescuing Jim Bridger’s body from a neglected grave and interring it at Kansas City, under an appropriate monument—probably the first act of gratitude ever performed for the man who had put the whole empire of the west in his debt.—Arthur Chapman, in Outing Magazine. plants. Between the stems is a dense tangled mass of lesser vegetation. The forest stands to a great extent in the water and mud of the swamp. A singular feature of it is the abrupt- ness with which it begins and ceases on the plain. The grassy swamp or open country reaches to the mighty wall of trees, which continue in the same density from one’ side to the other, forming a transition from the open plain to the forest. “Inside, the silence and gloom are accentuated by the apparent absence of animal or bird life. There are some herds of buffaloes that make it a headquarters, elephants visit it oc- casionally, monkeys and parrots are sometimes seen, and a harnessed an- telope now and then appears at the edge; but the general impression left is one of lifelessness.” A little while the storms shall beat Upon the shores of strife, And then!—the silence, soft ‘and sweet, Engults our earthly’ life: Within the starless midnight void 1 hear the night-bird sing— 0, Grave, where is thy victory, ; ©, Death, where is ‘thy sting? A jittle while the din and dirge — } Resound upon the ear, Awhile the sea of life shall surge ° In tides of hope and fear— A little while!—Alas, why thus hy To life's poor Wreckage cling? O, Grave, where is thy victory, y O, Death, where is ‘thy sting? A little While—perchanee to-night The soul shall wend its way Beyond the waste of winter's blight ‘To summer's endless day: Perchance—yet, no! I will not yield That hope to which I cling! O, Grave, thou hast no victory, O, Death, thou hast no sting! —T, Shelley Sutton, in Los Angele, Times, LESTER PIANOS Just arrived at the BOLLINGER MUSIC HOUSE, it will will pay you to see them before buying. We have a fine variety of other makes. Terms to suit the customer. Remember the place:— BOLINGER MUSIC HOUSE. WALTER I DUARCE COPYRIGHT 1880 LOCAL & PERSONAL. Mr. G. W. Walker and wife Nellie of St Joseph Mo. who are relatives of W. H. Twine are visiting in Muskogee as Guests of Mr. and Mrs Twine. Mr. A. Hicklin. Plasterea and Contractor of St Joseph Mo. is in the city taking in the sights of Muskogee and the B. I. T. J C Johnson Atty of Wewoka I. T was in the city this week on legal business. R. Wood has been reappointed as guard at the U.S. Jail we appreciate the confidence that Marshall Bennett nas shown tm the old Roman. THE WILLIAMSON HAFFNER CO OUR CUTS TALK ENGRAVERS-PRINTERS DENVER 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. 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TIME TABLE Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway. On the schedule train No. north bound will leave Muskogee at 8: a. m. and arrive at Wagoner 8:50 a. m. Train No. 6 north bound will leave Muskogee at 6:00 p. m. arrive at Wagoner 6:50 p. m. Train No. 1 will arrive from Wagoner at 9:45 a. m. Train No. 5 will arrive from Wagoner at 7:50 p. m. Train No, 3 south bound leaves Muskogee at 9:50 a. m. arrives at Dustin 12:40 p. m. Train No. 4 leaves Dustin 2:30 p. m., arrives Muskogee 5:20 p. m. O. M. SEWELL, General Superintendent DO LOTS FOR SALE RNARD ADDIT made the blocks larger than usual, we t persons purchasing a home this distance at least three or four acres : : We made the blocks larger than usual, we believe most persons purchasing a home this distance would want at least three or four acres : : : : To the City of Muskogee. 120 acres platted into town lots==West Muskogee. North of Okmulgee Road. Fiftee minutes walk to street ear line. The first street running north and south, is 30th St. The first street running east and west, is Okmulgee. Then Broadway, etc. This is handsome property for residence. WARRANTEE DEED—TITLE PERFECT. For further information, call on, or write THE KANDY KITCHEN 221 SOUTH SECOND STREET For all kinds of Fancy Homemade Candies; all kinds of Fruits, Cigars and Nuts; and in fact whatever you need in the way of confectionaries, THIS IS THE OLDEST and BEST CANDY MAKER in the City When you want COAL and WOOD CALL OR PHONE TO MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Loans a Specialty 120 acres p kogee Fiftee min The first s The first s Then Brod This is ha WAR For further info Muskogee, I. T. will will pay you to her makes. Terms HOUSE, 307 W. Broadway FOR SALE! ADDITION er than usual, we believe home this distance would acres : : : : DOWN lots==West Musc- Okmulgee Road. to street ear line. nth and south, is 30th St. t and west, is Okmulgee. Property for residence. —TITLE PERFECT. for write BLOCH, Real Estate and Notary Public, KITCHEN BOND STREET Candies; all kinds of Fruits, forever you need in the way of CANDY MAKER in the City The Condition of the Station'l Bank, an Territory, LIABILITIES capital $200,000 00 surplus and Profit 21,572 39 circulation 150,000 00 deposits 759,530 25 $1,141,152 64 D N FINK, Cashier, GOAL and WOOD Dale's WOOD YARD. PHONE 866 of the city. & TRUST CO. BANKING SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Specialty 4 MUSKOGEE, IND. TEB.