Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. ONLY TWO WEEKS MORE Of The Great Bankrupt Sale at the Boston Store. It is an undisputed Fact that we are Selling goods much Lower than other Merchants Can buy them. While we don't claim to have the Biggest Line of Easter goods in town, We do claim to Sell the More Staple, and Much more Neccessary goods at Prices That Mean Much to the Purchaser. If when in town Shopping, you will only give us a call before buying, we will convince you of the fact, that we offer Better Bargains than we Advertise, as we can not mention every thing in the papers, But you will find every thing marked in plain figures, one price to all. G, BERKOWITZ, PROPRIETOR. The Bar Association Held Rousing Meeting The Muskogee Bar association held a rousing meeting at the court house Monday evening with Charles A. Cook as charman and W. A. Green, secretary, of the gathering. W. G. Robertson, W. T. Hutchings, Ben. Martin, Z. T. Walrond and Thos. H. Owen were selected as a committee to nominate a committee of nine to conduct the examinations for admission to the bar for the ensuing year. The committee is composed of Attorneys Cnas. A. Cook, R. P. de Graffenreid, Ezra Brainard, S. V. O'Hare, W. F. Schuermeyer, DeRoos Bailey, John H. King, Chris M. Bradley, and Grant Foreman. The committee on the setting of dockets is as follows: S. E. Gidney, Geo. A. Murphy N. A. Gibson, E. A. DeMeulles, P. C. West, W: H. Twine, W. F. Rampendahl, M. G. Bailey and W. J. Sullivan. The nominations were referred to Judge W. R. Lawrence for favorable action. The bar in regard to the disposition of divorce suits presented a resolution that the judge be requested to try all divorce matters in open court in accordance with the Arkansas statutes now in force in the Indian Territory. The first and third Saturdays of each month during Vol 7 Muskogee, I.T., Thursday, April 12, 1906. the term of court were designated as days upon which divorce proceedings should be heard. A committee consisting of E. A. DeMeulles, S. M. Rutherford and Percival Adams were chosen to present a report of the meeting to Hon. W. C. Lawrence. A resolution was offered and unanimously adopted praising the court as follows: Be it Resolved, By the members of the Muskogee Bar in meeting assembled, that the thanks of the Bar be extended to the Honorable William R. Lawrence, judge of the United States court, for the confidence reposed in them, and for the courtesies extended. Ben White takes his own life. Ben White, an old colored barber who has lived in Muskogee for years, and is well known by all the old timers, committed suicide Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock by severing his juglar vein with a razor. Mr. White has been in ill health for some time and was canfined to his bed. He sent to Will Thompson, another barber to come to his home, and shve him. While Thompson was making preparations, White asked his wife to let him see the razor. The old man calmly felt the blade and then cut his throat from ear to ear. White was a prominent colored man and a member of maney colored societies. He was 53 years old. DUNBAR SCHOOL Principal Johnson Gives orders JANITOR INFLICTS CORPORAL PUNISHMENT What do you think of a Janitor being appointed by the Principal of a school to inflict corporal punishment upon a pupil and a girl pupil? We are informed that such is the condition at Dunbar School and that the daughter of Wm. Ragsdale was severely punished by the Janitor for some small infraction of the rules. Now this is getting beyond all rules of common decency and a Principal who has no more courage or ability than exhibited by Johnson in this case should not only go but go instantly. His resignation should have been sənt in when he delegated his authority as Chief dispensor of the birch to the janitor, whose sole duty is to keep the building clean and the room comfortable. We interviewed Mr. Ragsdale and learned of the barbarious treatment to his little girl. This and the many other doings of the excuse for Principal are sufficient to let him out of the position and at once. Prof. Alex Mike. Among the bright young progressive young colored men of the B. I. T. is Prof A. H. Mike, Supt., of Creek Orphans Home School. Prof. Mike has been in charge of the Orphans Home for several years and has kept the school up to the high standard attained by his predecessors. He is one of the most able men of the Creek Nation and being a member of the Creek Tribe a Freedman he inherits his proportionate share of the lands and money of the Nation just the same as an Indian, by blood. This young man is leading his people to a higher degree in the march of progress and is teaching them how to take on the broader citizenship of United State Citizens when their tribal goverment shall cease. The positions of honor and No 29 trust that he has held, shows that he stands in the front rank among the leaders of the Nation. As we enter statehood it is to such men as he whom we may expect to point out the right road for his people to go. We have known this young man and watched his course every since our advent into the B. I. T. and we can say of him that we have always found him battling for the right, that he is an honest upright christian gentle man and as true as steel to his friends and just and fair to his enemies (the lattee are few indeed) He has the confidence and respect of the best of people of this great and magnificent country, regardless of race, color, creed or political affiliations. It is to such men as he that the race must look for its future prosperity and advancement. Like all good men there may be envious beings who will snap at his heels and attempt assassination of his standing in the community but like Gold tried by the fire he comes out brighter for the trial. We propheysy a grand and brilliant future in the new state for Prof. A. H. Mike and others young men of his integrity, honesty and industrys. We pray for more such men. Cheap Rates to NEW ORLEANS for the U. C.V. REUNION On April 22d, 23d and 24th round trip ticket will be sold to New Orleans at exceptionally low rates. Oklahoma City $13,90 South McAlester 12,55 Muskogee 13,80 Tulsa 15,20 Sedalia 17,75 Nevada 16,30 Tickets good until May 7th April is a delightful month in New Orleans. It is a city of unique and picturesque interest. The low rates enable you to make the trip at a very small outlay. If you're thinking of going to New Orleans see the nearest M. K. & T. R'y agent for full particulars. W. S. St. George, Gen'l Pass & Ticket Agent St. Louis, Mo. RAILROADS IN CONTEST. Three Groups of Lines at War over Homeseekers’ Rates Omaha, Neb —The three groups of railroads representing the Northwest the Southeast and the Sou*hwest are engaged in a three cornered fight over homeseekers’ excursions. Fuel was added to the flame yester- day by a proposition which the Rock Island submitted to make homeseek- ers’ rates effective in the Southwest territory every Tuesday of the month. If the plan is negatived in the Western Passenger association lines, independent action will be tak- en by the Rock Island. John Se- bastian, speaking for the latter road yesterday said: “The Rock Island, the Frisco sys- tems stand flat!y for the development of the Southwest into which terri- tory a heavy immigration has been induced by spending a large amount of money and by a liberality which has immense results in the way of colonizing. We believe the location of settlers is vastly more important than the loss of a few dollars through the manipulation of cheap rate tick- ets. The lines I represent have no objection to any basis of homeseek- ers’ rates which may be inaugurated into other territories, but so far as the Southwest is concerned we shall insist upon protecting that territory be as liberal inducements as are offer- er by the lines in any other territory. Trouble of Long Standing. The trouble which has ~rown ser- ious, had its origin several years ago when the Rock Island and other lines began to put in low rates in the in- terest of developing the Southwest. For years the western roads had ac- cepted tenders of low rates made by the southeastern roads with a view of colonizing the South and South- east. When the western roads ten- dered low rates in the mterest of their territory the southeastern roads de- murred and have ever since been calling for a conference, Such a conference was held in St. Louis last week, at which the south- eastern interests asked the south- western roads to take out their low rates applying from Memphis terri- tory. Objection was especially made to the round-trip rate of 75 per cent of the one way fare which is put into effect during the fall_ months. All roads except the Rock Island express- ed a willingness to raise the rates. In the meantime the northwestern lines had given notice that they would run homeseekers’ excursions every Tuesday in the month instead of ev- ery third Tuesday, and the Rock-Is- land declared it would not permit the southwest to be sivetracked for any other territory. It is rumored the Rock Island's next move will be to extend its cheap rates to the Bir- minvham territory, which it has re- frained from doing hitherto in con- sideration of the southeastern situa tion.—Omaha World-Herald, BLACK AND RED HAIR ARE AKIN, Idea to the Contrary, Long Held, Is Wrona. The color of the hair, says the Grand Magazine, {s usually transmit- ted from parents to child. This ts especially true when both parents have the same complexion. Instances, however, are not uncommon where children have hair black as ebony, while the hair of both parents is a burning red. Instead of disproving the theory that a child takes after its parents so far as the color of the hatr {8 concerned, this fact, {t has now been ascertained, {s all in favor of the doctrine. Red hair, in fact, is by its structure and composition much nearer to black hair than to blond. Very often, if the hair of a very dark complexioned person be exam- ined attentively, a few quite red hairs will be detected in the mass, On the other hand, it would be time wasted to seek for black hair in the locks of a falr person, Similarly it is not in- frequent to notice children whose hair, red at birth, becomes as they erow older quite dark, When, too, after some serious illness, the produc. tion of the coloring pigment of the hair falls off, black hair becomes not blond, but red, Fair hair, which to a casual eye appears to have much more affinity to red hair than to black, is, on the contrary, quite dis- tinct, ee My experience in threshing has not been varied. It has been the same thing over and over again and that has been very expensive to the farmers in this part of the state, in as much as the machines do Rot save the grain. 1 have lived in this ring seven years. We have had five different machines in that time and there has been no choice. We have employed two-men machines and they did no better work than the old hand feed which we used two years. The machines thresh the grain all right, but do not separate it from the straw, and enough oats go into the straw stack to doubly pay the threshing bill. Such work does not pay very well. Some of the farmers say the oats are in the stack, they are light, and so forth, but I would rather have them all taken out of the straw. Then I can do as I choose with them. I would prefer feeding them rather than have them wasted in the straw and rot in the chaff, which they gen- erally do, All the inventors in the country are wracking their brains to get a three- kernel drop to a planter. There are but very few threshing machines ex- hibited at fairs, and where there are they attract very little attention, for the fact that they fail to present the vital point to the farmers, that of saving or separating the grain from the straw. Perhaps there are ma- chines that will do that. Then that game machine will blow lots of the oats into the stack. Any old cylinder and concave will do the shelling all right, but it ts the taking care of the cats and getting them out of the separ- ator before the fan blows them into the stack to be wasted. I would like to hear from others on this subject.— J. C. Mahoney, Kane Co., Ill. The American Sheep. *he American sheep is coming to be more and more a matter of interest to the American farmer. It is doubt- ful if in this generation we shall again see the small interest in sheep | that has been shown during the past fifteen years. This lack of interest was due to the fact that the sheep with which the farmer found himself fifteen years ago was largely a wool- producing sheep, and wool was then declining at a rapid rate, The de mand for mutton was much less then than now. In the fifteen years there has been a great change in the char- acter of American sheep. They are more largely suited for the production of mutton than they were then, and, moreover, the price of wool is again high enough to encourage the sheep owner to produce it. The city people are demanding a sheep of higher quality than formerly and can hardly be satisfied with a sheep that has been brought up on weeds and brush. The sheep that is well fed from birth to the block is the only one that produces meat that brings a good price in the city mar- kets, The sheep that have been grown on poor feed and then fattened quickly sell for a smaller price on the city market, as their meat is known to be not of the best quality. The Amer- ican sheep may be a pasture cleaner, but it must have good grass also if it is to be profitable. / Winter Apples. In the selection of winter apples be sure and note in what catalogue the apples are described. What is a winter apple in one locality is sometimes a summer apple in other localities. Should a man _ take the Wealthy he will have a winter apple if he lives in Minnesota, but a summer or fall apple if he lives in the southern part of Inois. KEPT UNLIGHTED CIGAR WHOLE. Stout Man Had Found Novel Use for RObber Bande. The stout man stood puffing at an unlighted cir-r, bandaged tightly with a series of rubber bands. Wrapped in this manner, the cigar gave the ap: pearance of a fractured limb fresh from the hands of a surgeon. “I see you getting ready to ask the question,” said the stout man. “You want to know what I have my cigar done up in these rubber bands for Well, I'll tell you. It is a Iittle trick of my own invention. I was a cigar fiend for several years, but I have now broken off the habit—haven't smoked one for several years. { am now trying to break myself of the chewing habit. This cigar, you see gives me a dry smoke and an imita tion chew at the same time. If some thing does not happen to it this cigar will last me two weeks. Those rub- ber bands keep it from falling to pieces.” Vegetable Animals of Great Beauty. The car jelly fish, an habitue ot! the northern shores of Europe, has four lips, veined and curled like fern fronds, surrounding the veiled mouth The root mouth jelly fish is so called because, instead of one central mouth it has a host of little mouths placed at the end of its eight large lips. This often swims in immense shoals gleaming blue, pink, or yellow on thc sunlit sea surfaces. Piazzi Smyth, an astronomer, once sailed through a shoal forty miles broad near the Ca- nary islands. He estimated that the superficial layer alone had a popula- tion of 225,000,000. At night they glow with a yellow green phosphores- cent light. Foibles of Dr. Johnson. All great people have had their fol- Nes, which is another way of saying that all have their weak points. Dr. Johnson, with all his philosophy, was not without a superstition. He was very careful not to enter a room with his left foot foremost. If by any chance he did so he would immediate- ly step back and re-entc with his right foot foremost. He was terribly afraid of death, and would not syffer it to be mentioned in his presence, DECAYED STARCH. A Food Problem. An Asheville man tells how right too did that which medicines had failed to accomplish “For more than 15 years,” he says, “I was afflicted with stomach trouble and intestinal indigestion, gas form- ing in stomach and bowels and giving me great distress. These conditions were undoubtedly due to the starchy food I ate, white bread, potatoes, etc., and didn’t digest. I grew worse with time, till, 2 years ago, I had an attack which the doctor diagnosed as appen- dicitis, When the surgeon operated on me, however, it was found that my trouble was ulcer of the pancreas, in- stead of appendicitis. . “Since that time I have had several such attacks, suffering death, almost. The last attack was about 3 months ago, and I endured untold agonies. “The doctor then said that I would have to eat less starchy stuff, so I began the use of Grape-Nuts food for I knew it to be pre-digested, and have continued same with most gratifying results, It has built me up wonder- fully. I gained 10 pounds in the first 8 weeks that I used Grape-Nuts, my general health is better than ever before, my brain is clearer and my nerves stronger, “For breakfast and dinner, each, | take 4 teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts with cream, a small slice of dry toast, an egg soft boiled and a cup of Post- um; and I make tke evening meal on Grape-Nuts and cream alone—this gives me a good night’s rest and | am well again.” Name given by Post- um Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book, “The Road to Wellvillc,” in pkgs. EX-MAYOR CRUMBO RECOMMENDS PE-RU-NA, £ ipa i nts £ ES ties 2 Se: Ee a tig «gees ee RGR ee wee: pets “FREES : : bi Wiggs, ie Zi ps rt ee oe: ae hy hee aie ih ee ec y i ee Re pot og SRA Fee eR i a Ree es EE $e & os ae Sa Pet oe u Bes : a ge ! “My Endorsement of Pe-ru-na is Based On Its Merits.” —Ed. Crumbo. EE. CRUMBO, Ex-Mayor of New 4 Albany, Ind., writes from 511 BE. Oak street: “‘My endorsement of Peruna is based on its merits, “If a man is sick he looks anxiously for something which will cure him, and Peruna will do the work. “I know that it wili cure catarrh of the head or stomach, indigestion, head- ache and any weary or sick feeling. “It is bound to help anyone, if used according to directions. “T also know dozens of men who speak in the highest terms of Peruna and have yet to hear of anyone being disappointed in it.” * Mr. Crumbo, in a later letter, dated Aug. 25, 1904, says: “My health is good, at present, bnt if Ishould have to take any more medi eine I will fall back on Peruna.” The World’s Standard DE LAVAL »@ CREAM hy SEPARATORS Uae 700,000 In Use. gee \ Al Olen Conhined o 4 ih sare sig rer cow AY HL SE Every Year of Use i 4 over all Gravity Sod 4 cissprew at, ee A Bend for new 1906 Catalogue THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. Canal & Randolph Sts. | ‘74 Cortlandt Street orbit oo SO seus ann wottEW, YORK ’ Don’t Get Wet! TOWER'’S SLICKERS will keep you dry as nothing else will, because they are the product of the best materials and seventy years’ experi- ence in manufacturing, SOWERS A. J. TOWER CO. | jelGex] Dome; U.S.A. WER CANADIAN 00., Lea. 1 ASH BRAND — toronto, can oa ————— ee W. N. U., Muskogee, No, 15, 1906, ee When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper, ES DEFIANCE STARCH ssles.to ore rim ana HIGH CLASS DRUGGISTS AND OTHERS. The better class of druggists, everywhere, are men of scientific attainments and high integrity, who devote their lives to the welfare of their fellow men in supplying the best of remedies and purest medicinal agents of known value, in accordance with physicians' prescriptions and scientific formula. Druggists of the better class manufacture many excellent remedies, but always under original or officinal names and they never sell false brands, or imitation medicines. They are the men to deal with when in need of anything in their line, which usually includes all standard remedies and corresponding adjuncts of a first-class pharmacy and the finest and best of toilet articles and preparations and many useful accessories and remedial appliances. The earning of a fair living, with the satisfaction which arises from a knowledge of the benefits conferred upon their patrons and assistance to the medical profession, is usually their greatest reward for long years of study and many hours of daily toil. They all know that Syrup of Figs is an excellent laxative remedy and that it gives universal satisfaction, and therefore they are selling many millions of bottles annually to the well informed purchasers of the choicest remedies, and they always take pleasure in handing out the genuine article bearing the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of every package. They know that in cases of colds and headaches attended by biliousness and constipation and of weakness or torpidity of the liver and bowels, arising from irregular habits, indigestion, or over-eating, that there is no other remedy so pleasant, prompt and beneficial in its effects as Syrup of Figs, and they are glad to sell it because it gives universal satisfaction. Owing to the excellence of Syrup of Figs, the universal satisfaction which it gives and the immense demand for it, imitations have been made, tried and condemned, but there are individual druggists to be found, here and there, who do not maintain the dignity and principles of the profession and whose greed gets the better of their judgment, and who do not hesitate to recommend and try to sell the imitations in order to make a larger profit. Such preparations sometimes have the name—"Syrup of Figs"—or "Fig Syrup" and of some piratical concern, or fictitious fig syrup company, printed on the package, but they never have the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of the package. The imitations should be rejected because they are injurious to the system. In order to sell the imitations they find it necessary to resort to misrepresentation or deception, and whenever a dealer passes off on a customer a preparation under the name of "Syrup of Figs" or "Fig Syrup," which does not bear the full name of the California Fig Syrup Co. printed on the front of the package, he is attempting to deceive and mislead the patron who has been so unfortunate as to enter his establishment, whether it be large or small. for if the dealer resorts to misrepresentation and and deception in one case he will do so with other medicinal agents, and in the filling of physicians' prescriptions, and should be avoided by every one who values health and happiness. Knowing that the great majority of druggists are reliable, we supply the immense demand for our excellent remedy entirely through the druggists, of whom it may be purchased everywhere, in original packages only, at the regular price of fifty cents per bottle, but as exceptions exist it is necessary to inform the public of the facts, in order that all may decline or return any imitation which may be sold to them. If it does not bear the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of every package, do not hesitate to return the article and to demand the return of your money, and in future go to one of the better class of druggists who will sell you what you wish and the best of everything in his line at reasonable prices. MANY WHO FORMERLY SMOKED IO¢ CIGARS NOW SMOKE LEWIS' SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5¢ CIGAR "LaCreole' Will Restore those Gray Hairs "LaCreole' Hair Restorer is a Perfect Dressing and Restorer. 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It is particularly active in promptly relieving and permanently curing all forms of itching known. Eczema, Tetter, Ringworm and all similar troubles are relieved by one application; cured by one box. Fire Precaution in France. With the exception of the larger towns the precautions against fire in France are remarkably inadequate. Many towns of from 500 to 3,000 people have no water supply other than ordinary wells, operated generally by bucket draws instead of pumps, and no fire apparatus except occasionally a hand force pump, such as is used by contractors. Spanish Philosophy. Enjoy to-day, grasp the present hour, and leave affairs and worry till to-morrow—such is the leisured Spaniard's philosophy of life. Spain is the country of enjoyment a land of aristocrats. If the warning harbor lights spoil the firework display on a night of fete, then the lights must not be seen.—World's Work Influence of Music. It was Roger Bacon who wrote: "Instrumental music and song brings power and vigor, stirs up nature and helps her in all her motions," and the man who takes a daily dose of music will not only live longer, but better, more satisfactorily to himself and those about him, than one who does not.—Exchange. Never Fails. There is one remedy, and only one I have ever found, to cure without fail such troubles in my family as Eczema, Ringworm and all others of an itching character. That remedy is Hunt's Cure. We always use it and it never fails. W. M. Christian, Rutherford, Tenn. e' Will Restor cole Hair Restorer is a Perfect Dr Thous suffer every month in silenc pair. The ailments peculiar should receive prompt treat irregular functions, falling fee follow the example of thousands of women who have been relieved or cured, and take Wine of Cardui. Sold by all Druggists C7 The cynic is an individual whose self-esteem is in direct reverse ratio to his intrinsic excellence. How to get it. 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THE MK AND T MISSISSippi Kansas & Texas Railway Cheap Rates to NEW ORLEANS for the U. C.V. REUNION On April 22d, 23d and 24th round trip ticket will be sold to New Orleans at exceptionally low rates. Oklahoma City $13.90 South McAlester 12.55 Muskogee 13.80 Tulsa 15.20 Sedalia 17.75 Nevada 16.30 Tickets good until May 7th April is a delightful month in New Orleans. It is a city of unique and picturesque interest. The low rates enable you to make the trip at a very small outlay. If you're thinking of going to New Orleans see the nearest M. K. & T. R'y agent for full particulars. W. S. St. George, Gen'l Pass & Ticket Agent St. Louis, Mo. Good Meals for Traveless. Our dinning stations are owned and operated by the Company. This assures uniform quality and service. The meals are nominal in price (50c) and a little better than you ever for the money. They have satisfied others—we know they will satisfy you. If there is any information you would like, about a prospective trip write me I'll gladly give you the information and if possible have my representative call on you and personally assist you in every way. Think of my offer when you next have occasion to travel Address W. S. St. GEORGE. Gen'l Pass. & Ticket Agent, Wainwright Bldg., St. Louis. THE WILLIAMSON HAFFNER CO OUR CUTS TALK ENGRAVERS-PRINTERS DENVER AGENTS WANTED We want energetic hustling agents for this paper and will pay liberly for good work. I you want to make money, write at once to—W. H. Twine. 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. THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL. 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Terms, 63 a year; four months, $1. Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co. 361 Broadway, New York Branch Office 625 F St., Washington, D. C. 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. Go to CREEK LIVERY BARN, Go to Now located at new quarters No. 512 South 3rd Street Phone 70 Opposite Gill Sanders Whelessale Mouse. GEE TITLE & TRU GENERAL BANKING TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and Farm Loans a Specialty Broadway. MUS HY HARDWARE CO. INCORPORATED All Heavy Hardware, Tinware, and C Ranges. Every one Guaranteed. c. Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice CIMETER JOB PRINTING QUICK MAIL ORDER H ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Loans a Specialty Second and Broadway. MUSKOGEE, IND. TEB. DURFEY HARDWARE COMPANY. INCORPORATED Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, and Celebrated Monarc Ranges. Every one Guaranteed. Builders' Tools, etc. All kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. THE CIMETER JOB PRINTING CO. THE QUICK MAIL ORDER HOUSE ¶We do business by fair competition and conservative methods :: :: :: ¶Reasonable rates made consistent with first-class printing :: :: :: ¶Try us once and you will always send us your work :: :: :: :: South Second St., Muskogee, IA BUILDING (IN THE REAR) ON FIRST Peer Abstract IOWA BUILDING this Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee New Time Effective January WEST Leaves 7:45 a. m. No. 52 Leave 1:10 p. m. No. 56 “ 2:00 p. m. No. 54 Arrive ives 7:00 p. m. No. 58 “ Local Accomodations Daily Excuse ville and Muskogee and Nos. 58 and between Okmulgee and Muskogee. connect at Okmulgee for north and Fayetteville for St. Louis and a a Springs line and west from Mon ham and Bryand to Springfield. 203 South Second St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. JONES BUILDING (IN THE REAR) ON FIRST FLOOR Pioneer Abstract Co. IOWA BUILDING This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. 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. --- FRISCO SYSTEM FROM HERE TO THERE. WEST No. 53 Leaves No. 51 “ No. 57 “ No. 55 Arrives No. 55 & 56 Locat tween Fayetteville cept Sunday betwe No. 51 will conne will connect ar Fay points; Eureka Spi phis, Birmingham PHONE 302 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. TLE & TRUST CO. REAL BANKING ICE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Trans a Specialty MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. DWARE COMPANY. CORPORATED Ware, Tinware, and Celebrated by one Guaranteed. Builders' ing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. JOB PRINTING CO. AIL ORDER HOUSE St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. THE REAR) ON FIRST FLOOR Abstract Co. BUILDING makes absolutely correct e. Go there for correct Muskogee, I. T. v TimeCard reative January 17th EAST m. No. 52 Leaves 11:25 a.m, m. No. 56 “ 7:45 a. m. m. No. 54 Arrives 7:45 a. m. m. No. 58 “ 10:00 a. m. odations Daily Except Sunday beskogee and Nos. 58 and 57 Local ex- egee and Muskogee. ulgee for north and south. No. 52 For St. Louis and all intermediate and west from Monett and to Mem- nd to Springfield. New TimeCard H. E. HARKRIDER, Ag't. A LIVING DEATH, Vividly Described By a Citizen of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Andrew Johnson, 411 West Twelfth St., Sioux Falls, S. D., says: “Doan’s Kidney Pills saved san my life. My doctor, [3 from a careful an- ; \ alysis of the urine f} OE and a diagnosis of ‘b: x my case, had told (ae) me I could not live x six weeks. I was ‘i D struck down tn the INI E street with kidney eke ba) trouble, and for a MeV Nie whole year could HSS Vi elt not leave the house Alaney Frills saved Faas my life. My doctor, [3 from a careful an: ; \ alysis of the urine , OE and a diagnosis of ‘b: ae my case, had told RF = me I could not live x six weeks. I was NS §,. struck down in the NW" Baa street with kidney Hee J 2a) trouble, and for a Hahn MATE whole year could HSE ahi not leave the house I lost flesh, my eyes failed me, 1 bloated at times, my back hurt and | suffered a living death. There seemed ho hope until 1 began using Doan’s Kidney Pills. Then I began to im- prove. The pain left gradually, the swellings subsided, | gained appetite and weight, and to make a long story short, | got well!” Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. When a man fs “generous to a fault” you generally find the fault is one of his own. SAVED BABY LYON’S LIFE. Awful sight From That Dreadful Com. plaint, Infantile Eczema—Mother Praises Cuticura Remediec. FIST VUES Mee wIee. “Our baby had that dreadful com plaint, Infantile Eczema, which affiict- ed him for several months, commen- cing at the top of his head, and at last covering his whole body. His suffer- ings were untold and constant misery, in fact, there was nothing we would not have done to have given him re- lief. We finally procured a full set of the Cuticura Remedies, and in about three or four days he began to show a brighter spirit and really laughed, for the first time in a year. In about ninety days he was fully recovered. Praise for the Cuticura Remedies has always been our greatest pleasure, and there is nothing too good that we could say in their favor, for they cer- tainly saved our baby's life, for he was the most awful sight that I ever beheld, prior to the treatment of the Cuticura Remedies. Mrs. Maebelle Lyon, 1826 Appleton Ave., Parsons, Kan., July 18, 1906." Sympathy is the golden key tha meters the door to the heart of hu manity, Beware of Ointments for Catarrk: that Contain Mercury, fa mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell aud complotely derange the whole syste when catering It through the mucous surfaces, Buch articles should never be used eee on prescrip: Mons from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do ts ten fold to the good you can possibly d= rive from them, Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., coutaina no mer cury, and fs taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall'a Catarrh Cure be sure you get the Baste It ts taken Sprarnayy and made in Toledo, io, by F. J Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Bold ty Drugyiate.” Price, 7c, per bottle, ‘Take Hall's Famtiy Pills for constipation. Muloch: It takes a heroine to be economical, It’s a Jarer. If you smash or bruise your finger, do not ery, If you sprain a joint or muscle, just try Rubbing a little of it on, and the pain will soon be gone. It performs while others promise, “they will cure you bye and bye.” Hunt's Lightning Oil is the great- est instantaneous performer in the circus of life. Any ache or pain it will not jar loose is a fixture. 80 few men are competent to en: Joy competency, Garfield Tea, Mild Laxative, Regulates the Liver, Kidneys, Stom-. ach and Bowels, cures Constipation and Sick Headache. Send this notice with your naw and address to the Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., tor free sample package. Sold at all drug stores. Send us the name of your druggist, Muskogee Cimeter. w. i, SWINE, Batted, MUSKOGEE, Be ee IND. TER. “INDIAN TERRITORY NEWS Se. eis ML a. oe Ok a i SR ae ee a new church to cost $2,500. Hickory, I. T., is to have a new pa- per which will be issued under the name of the “Hickory Advaace.” Standing candidates mav now lay their halftone rortraits away until an- other election, when they will look fierce as ever, The tailroad Y. M. C._A., at Sa- pulpa, will build a swimming pool at a cost of $400 which will be ready for use by May Ist. A letter received from White Oak States that the prospective well near that piace being dug by Vinita people struck gas and oil, The Guarantee Abstract company which has recently been organized at Pauls Valley, “and incorporated with a capital oh $6,000, The Farmers Union gin at Indiano- la was totally destroyed by fire. Loss about $7,000, covered by insurance to an extent of $5,000, The Church of the Redeemer, Con- gregation, at Shelsea, have purchased a site and will build a house of wor- ship at a cost of $2,000. Renders, Scrue~s & Kahoe of Nor- man, have secured the contract to build two new school houses at Pauls Valley to cost about $25,000. Capt. G. S. White of Vinita, is ar- ranging to go into the squab business, His “farm” is ready and he will re- ceive a shipment of birds in a few days. Harry H. Little, in the acounting division of the Indian agency, has been appointed clerk on the inter- state commerce commission and will leave for the east at once. It is claimed the burning of the gas well near Caney so long was a bene- fit to it. When it was struck by light- ning February 23 it only gauged 38,- 000,000 cubic feet, now it is 61,000,000, The Oklahoma and Indian Terri- tory Funeral Directors’ association, comprising the undertakers of the two territories, will hold a conven- tion at Shawnee, on April 22, A pro- gram will be rendered, An effort is being made to locate a brick plant at Davis, I. T. Califor- nia capital has agreed to take a large block of the stock and the city has purchased land near the city limits to donate to the establi#iment. The St. Louis Storage company, one of the largest in the west, has se- cured grounds at Muskogee alongside the railroad tracks for a three story building 50x400 feet. They will be prepared to store goods in car lots, Dirt has been broken and work commenced for the preparation of building the new gin at Vian. When completed it will be one of the best gins in the territory, being equipped with all the latest and improved ma- chinery. At Coalgate, A, O. Archer and his associates, through W, E. Groomer, ‘deposited with the city authorities a certified check for $500 as a forfeit, conditioned on commencing work on the new électric light plant within sixty days and completing its install- ment within six months, Two new oil companies have been organized in Bartlesville recently. The officers of the Mohawk Oil com- pany are George F, Pratt, president; Percy McConnell, secretary; J. A. Veasey, vice president. The officers el tha Ransate fall anmatame nen Pas, Women in Our Hospitals Appalling Increases tn the Number of Operations erformed Each Year—How Women May Avoid Them. Mh SS OF ‘8 a > E> WW CH] mies \Y aetna fe We es ( i é | Ree ‘ a. — ae ie | ia ie % ied, ; VAN i EXO Nea : Ras B Vu R SONORA / SS eee Si S\ - LA ON 4 | c— = ; TA/ Miss Ruby Mushrush ‘Mrs. Al iceBerr: hill | ee through the hospitals in our large cities one is surprised to find such | glarge proportion of the ee ae on those snow-white beds women | and girls, who are either awaiting or recovering from serions operations. _ Why should this be the case? Sim- ply because they have neglected them- selves. Female troubles are certainly on the increase among the women of this country—they creep upon them unawares, but every one of those patients in the hospital beds had Plenty of warning in that bearing-down feel- ing, pain atleftorrightof theabdomen, nervous exhaustion, pain in the small of the back, dizziness, flatulency, dis- pee of the organs or irregular- ities. Allof these symptoms are indi- cations of an unhealthy condition of the female ~ ns, and if not heeded the penal » be paid by a danger- ous oper ‘1en these symptoms manifes‘ -s, do not drag along until you vbliged to go to the hos- piel and s “t to_an operation— ut rememl at Lydia BE. Pink- ham's Vegeti smpound has saved tiousands of women from surgical operations, When women are troubled with ir- regular, suppressed or painful periods, weakness, displacement or ulceration of the organs, that bearing-down feel- ing, inflammation, backache, bloating (or flatulency), general debility, indi- ces and nervous prostration, or are set with such symptoms as dizziness, lassitude, excitability, irritability, ner- vousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, “‘all-gono” and * want-to-be-left- alone” feelings they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Ptnkham’s Vegetable Com The Government of Canada ya S IN Gives absolutely Ds RN FREE to every FA TERA! settler one “hun eo Ad A deed and sixty wean RE acres of land in F Western Canada. Land adjoining this can be purchased from railway and land companies at from $6 to $10 per acre, On this land this year has been produced upwards of twenty-five bushels of wheat to the acre. It is also the best of grazing land and for mixed farming it has no superior on the continent. . Splendid climate, low taxes, railways ecuvenient, schools and churches close at hand. Write for “Twentieth Century Canada” and low railway rates to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada; or to authorized Canadian Government Agent— J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. (Mention this paper.) i ICE GREARA 7: rveriat tec Sees Cream Co., of Mus- kogee, I. T., have the largest and best equipped plant in the Two Territories fer the manufacture of Staple and Fancy Ice Creams, Ices, ete. Correspond with us, Address IMPERIAL ICE CREAM Co., Box 244, MUSKOGEE, I. T. $$ ENSION JOHN W. MORRIS Washington, D. ©, Successfully Prosecutes Claima. Late Principal Examiner U. 8. Pension Bureau, [8 yre.in civil War; 15 adjudicating claims; atty.since Ceo Se When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. The following letters cannot fall to bring hope to despairing women. Miss Ruby Mushrush, of East Chicago, Ind., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— “Thave been Ua peeled racers periods and female trouble, and about: months ago the doctor, after using the X-Ray on me, said I had an abcess and would have to have an_ operation, ay mother wanted me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a8 a last resort, and it not only saved 106 from an operation but made me en- tirely well.” Mrs. Alice Berryhill, of 818 Boyce Street, Chattanooga, Tenn., writes: Dear Mrz. Pinkham:— “Three years ago life looked dark toma T had ulceration and inflammation of the female organs and was in a serious condition, “ My health was pomaieraly broken down and the doctor told me that if I was not op» erated upon I woufd die within six months, I told him I would have no operation but would try ete) E. Pinkham's Vegetable eneais e tried to influence.me against it but I sent for the medicine that same day and began to use it faithfulry, Within five days I felt relief but was not entirely cured until I used it for some time. “ Your medicine is certainly fine, I have Induced several friends and nelzhbors to take it and I know more than a dozen who had female troubles and who to-day are as well and strong as I am from using your Vege. table Compound.” Lydia E, Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound. at once removes such troubles, efuse to buy any other medicine, for you need the best, Mrs, Pinkham, daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham, invites all sick woe men to write her for advice, Her advice and medicine have restored thousands tohealth. Address, Lynn, Mass, + ound Succeeds Where Others Fall. PP ae ; W.L. Doucias . Fi *322&*3:°°o SHOES, W.L. Douglas $4.00 Gilt Edge Line cannot be equalled at any price, DOUG; * Snore SL) V a ALL picts es cS Ns e cy Y re Ne REY f -AD (? | a Hy >) » od : [ |) baprge f vA f hay 4p ff Le0b a ATS Fag = STAR) = ES eS SS Il) arses ot Pas CAPITAL #2,500,00d w. 4, DOUGLAa JIAKES & SELLS MEN'S $3.50 SHOES THAN ANY AER MANUFACTURER IN Fae WORLD. $10 0G) "WARD to anyone who can fi disprove this statement. 11 could take you into my three lar; fe factories at Brockton, Mass., and show you the lnihetts care with which every pair of shoes Is made, you would realize why W.L, Dougias $3.80 shoes cost more to make, why they hold thelr shape, fit better, wear jonger, and are of grea W,L. Douolae array sigs 8, S,ihos. fh. ai ade Mon, $2:50, $2.00" Bove? Gress Shoos, $2.50, $2, $1, 78,94. CAU HON. —Insist upon having W:l-Douge lag shoes. ‘Tuko no substitute, None ‘genuiite without hia name and price stamped on Lottery Fast Color Eyelets used ; they will not wear brasay. Write for Hlustrated Catalog. Wek. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. HYDE PARK AT MUSKOGEE IND TER. TO .CREATE DAY .OUT .OF NIGHT descent and one hundred are lights, which are now being installed by the Muskogee Ice and Power Co. To the residents of Muskogee, this marvelous electric city will act as a constant beacon light and guide, sug gesting the fun and jollity to be found within this beautiful amusement re- sort, and that sordid surroundings in crowded localities can be quickly ex- changed for the beauty and limitless pesiee to be found at HYDE ARK. On entering the main archway, now being erected by the street railway company the visitor becomes a guest of HYDE PARK, with the implied promise that he or she shall not want lor entertainment and amusement so long as the visit continued. The first impression is of dazzling brilliancy, because of the thousands of flashing irridescents gleaming radi- ating from the countless incandescent lights which outline all the buildings and create day out of night* As the magnificence of the scene dawns upon the visitor after the first burst of splendor, and the sounds of laughter and merriment comes to the ear, a feeling of undefinable pleasur+ and gratification takes the place of Startled wonder. With a liberality which has never been equalled in the history of amusements in this part of the coun- try the management has arranged to give the people of Muskogee and vis- itors more for their money than has ever before been offered under any circumstances. Four months pre- vious to the opening date part of the site at present covered by this great amusement resort presents a scene of bucolic rest and pastoral simplicity A gang of workmen drove a peacefut flock of sheep out of the cornfield, which had flourished there for many yore put up the fence and HYDE ARK began to grow like magic. Now, the acme of enterprise, the superlative of amusement, and onthe piteade of prosperity stands beauti- ul HYDE PARK COLLEGE INN. where every facility for catering to the visitor has been supplied. In this structure can be found every delicacy desired by the rich, and also a full meal for those whose purses are limited. After walking about the grounds and indulging in the sports to be found there, hunger asserts itself and the crowds naturally turn to COL. LEGE INN. The automatic vaudeville where the spectator may obtain a full evening's entertainment, for a few pennies There are more than two hundred devices for the entertainment of young and old, housed in this beauti- ful structure, which is located on the east side of the grounds, just south of the skating rink. The ball room which has the fines: dancing floor in this part of the coun try is located on the north side o' the grounds opposite of the gypsy camp. The miniature railway mav bi found on the west side of the Midway across the broad walk from the bil liard parlor. A large and spacious swimming naf atorium is now being erected on th extreme north end of the Park over looking the Arkansas and Granc rivers, What is expected to be one of th most popular and best patronized attractions at HYDE PARK is th toboegan. It is impossible to give : detailed description which would b of interest of this unique and hilari ous method of ‘enjoyment, becaus there is no elaborate apparatus, ni grand scenic effects, and no regulate: Program but there is always musi during the operation of this feature— the music of happy laughter and joy ous voices tuneful with the accent of merriment, The beautiful theatre which is un dergoing extensive repairs, will hay for its opening attraction which i Ratnedae tiaht? Beult. dead” bhae fe » i) RIPPLES OF MIRTH MERRY JESTS GUARANTEED TO CAUSE A LAUGH. Poor Old Robinson Crusoe Feared a Hoodoo—Elucidation of Old Me: chanical Phrase—Fashionable In. valid Up to Date. Just Like a Girl, “Yes, a gentleman will always de- stroy a lady’s love letters when there has been a quarrel between them.” “Of course, Jeanette, and so will a ‘ady destroy those received from a zentleman. I hope you tore up that batch you received from Jack.” “Indeed I did. I tore them up in he tiniest pieces imaginable.” “And were you very angry, dear?” “Angry? Why, it took me_ two whole days to paste them together again.” Sensitive, The ancient repc as interview- ‘ng Mrs. Methusele reference to her husband's age. “Suppose I put bh at 800?” ventured the repor “Please don’t,” ha che vone: able lady. “Say he ts over £19 at least. He is very sensitive about his age.” “Sensitive?” “Yes, he is afraid people will doubt his claim of being the ‘oldest inhabi- tant.” The Real Question. “What did you think of my remarks on ‘The Divorce Question’” asks the lecturer of his friend who has been in the audience. “They were quite eloquent, and well phrased, but why didn’t you tell what the divorce question is?” “Why, man, I covered the ground thoroughly.” “No. The true divorce question is: ‘How much alimony does she get?’” Must Be Fresh. “See here,” exclaimed the husband of the fashionable invalid, “what's the idea of the doctor coming here again to-day?” “My gracious!” she exclaimed petu- lantly, “he has come to leave my fresh medicine. You don’t suppose I'd use yesterday's, do you?"—Catholic Standard and Times. A Traveling Crane. Qi Need APs % oe ey Vas + Ke ea Hicks—There’s nothing I hate so much as a lazy man. Wicks—Well, I> wish there were more of them. Hicks—You do? Wicks—Sure. The more lazy men there are the less competition we'd have in business, Pessimistic. “Paw, can an honest man play poker?” “Yes, Tommy; but he can’t win any- thing.” RHEUMATISM CURED My caaareliee, eats Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills cure rheama- tism because they supply the necessary elements to the vitiated blood and en- able nature to cast out the impurities and effectacure. Mrs, A. Baker, of No. 119 Fitch street, Syracuse, N. Y., will furnish living evidence of the truth of this statement. “There has been rheu- matism in my family ever since I can re- member,’ she says. ‘* My grandmother was & great sufferer from muscular rheumatism and my mother also had the ‘disease in a mild form, About a year ago IT had a hard cold and rhewnatism caught me in my left knee. There were sharp pains, confined to the neighbor- hood of the knee and they seemed to go right into the bone. The pain suffered was intense and I also had dizzy spells. “The doctors called my trouble uriatic and sciatic rheumatism. When I didn’t get better under their treat- ment my brother-in-law suggested that I try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. I bought three boxes, and, by the time I had taken them, the pain and dizziness had entirely left me. _ I wanted to make sure of a care so I bought three more boxes, but I didn’t take quite all of them as I found that I was entirely cured. “ Before L took the pills the pain was 'eo severe that I had to cry at ‘mes and when I was cured Iwas so thaukful and grateful and I am glad to recommend them to every one who suffers with theumatism.’” Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills have cured severe cases of anwmia, sciatica, nervous. otf tasters paralysis, locomotor ataxia and St. Vitus’ dance that have not re- sponded to other modes of treatment. All druggists sell Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills or they will be sent by mail, poste fete on receipt of price, 50 cents per ox, Six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Wil: liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. Heaven is reserved for the relig- ious in compensation for the many good times they miss on earth. Test Its Value. Simmons’ Liver Purifier is the most valuable remedy I ever tried for con- stipation and disordered liver. It does its work thoroughly, but does not gripe like most remedies of its char- acter. I certainly recommend it whenever the opportunity occurs. M. M. Tomlinson, Oswege, Kansas. Most upright pianos are down- right nuisances, Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORTA, A eafe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the signinre ot Char SV TLlednk In Use For Over 30 Years, The Kind You Have Always Bought, Where there's a will there's a feas In a Pinch, Use ALLEN’S FOOT EASE. _ A powder, It cures painful, smart- ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails, It’s the greatest comfort discover of the age. Makes new shoes easy, A certain cure for sweating feet, ~ Sold by all druggists, 25c, Trial package FREE, Address A, $, Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y. Dr, Wiley uncovers a great truth when he says bottled whisky is the only kind that is safe. It becomes dangerous only when you unbottle it. Now that King Alfonso has officially acknowledged his engagement to the Princess Ena, the other ambitious young ladies might as well give up. Something has been found to startle Paris. It is a play by Sardou called “Spiritualism,” not the Castellane scandal, Can a man live on water? asks @ contemporary. In this age of stock watering extraordinary the question is a strange one. Sones tieesiealie Mrs. W'usiow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces tn- flammation, allays pain, cures wind colle.’ 5c a bottle, The Best Guaranty of Merit Is Open Publicity. Every bottle of Dr. Pierce's world- famed ‘medicines leaving the great labo- ratory at Buffelo, N. Y., has printed upon its De age all the bs oe entering into its composition. This fact alone places Dr. Pierce's Family Medi- cines in a class all by themselves. They cannot be classed with patent or secret medicines because they are neither. This is aa so many unprejudiced Pres eee be them and recommend them to heir patients. They know what they are composed of, and that the ingredients are those endorsed by the most eminent medical authorities. The further fact that_ neither Dr. Pierce's Golden Medival Discovery, tho great stomach tonic, liver invigorator, jeart regulator and blood Poca nor his “Favorite Prescription” for weak, over- worked, broken-down, nervous women, contains mit alcohol, also entitles them to a place all by themselves. Many years ago, Dr. Pierce discovered that chemically pure glycerine, of proper strength, is a better solvent and presery- ative of the medicinal principles resid- ing im our indigenous, or native, medi- cinal plants than is alcohol; and, further- more, that it possesses valuable medicinal properties of its own, being demulcent, nutritive, antiseptic, and a most efficient antiferment. Neither of the above medicines con- tains alcohol, or any harmful, habit- forming drug, as will be seen from a glance at the formula printed on each ttle wrapper. They are safe to use and potent to cure. Not only do physicians prescribe the above, non-secret medicines largely, but the most intelligent people empioy them -people who would not think of using the ordinary patent, or secret medicines. Every ingredient entering into the com- position of Dr. Pierce's medicines has he strongest kind of an endorsement from leading medical writers of the several schools of practice. No other medicines put up for like purposes has bo professional endorsement. . Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con- stipation. Constipation is the cause of many diseases. Cure the cause and you cure the disease. One “Pellet” is a gentle laxative, and two a mild cathartic, Drug- gists sell them, and nothing is “just as good.” Easy to take as candy. As to Clippings. Some wise men go about with dim- Inutive scissors in their vest pockets. Such may be used for ripping cloth when a customer wants a yard or two, or for clipping good things out of the newspapers. “Old Hickory” wants everybody to know that a clipping can be cut from a paper much better with the point of a common pin than with anything else. I believe him For many years he has carried in his waistcoat pocket a large bank pin Some men use the point of a knife blade, but not one man in 100 car- ries a sharp knife. The pin’s the thing. Ask your banker for one— about 2% Inches long. Just scratch the paper with it and the clipping wil) fall out.—Exchange. Chocolate In Spain. The Spaniard’s usual breakfast Is a cup (as small as an afterdinner cup) of chocolate, a small roll, and a roll- shaped piece of sweet, white sub- stance like the outside of a meringue. The nourishment is in the cup of checolate, which is so thick that it is eaten instead of sipped from a spoon. To the one cup goes an ounce of sweetened and cinnamon-flayored chocolate melted over the fire, with just enough water to stir it smooth. Tf folks would tell only what they know, the world would soon be pop: ulated with mutes. KSSH) a flow: Cea fog VU) 1) De) / i) \— Wg Ae APPA Be Bes eds Nor 14 NU at Sara ay we , Aes = a oe PS°e ks a PEFIANCE Cold Water Starch makes laundry work a pleasure. 10 04 pky 1c, PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOBEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER W H. TWINE . . . . Editor. R. WOOD, . . . Ass't Editor. E D. NICKENS, Advertising Manager. The blue mark on your paper means subscription out and paper starts at once. It is over and all parties can now join hands for the upbuilding of our town. The Democrats should get over their spell of dumps and get a smile on the face and eat Crow and say its good. The Republican officials just elected will give Muskogee a clean administration and one that all the people regardless of politices can be proud of. Appointment for teachers in the public schools of Muskogee will take place May 11th and we hope to see none but the very best mentally as well as morally appointed. The street corner loafer is much in evidence and we think the police force should make them get scarce, no matter what their color, creed, or religeon may be. Let them clean the streets instead of loafing. The action of the Principal of Dunbar school has caused a condition that is not enviable. There is no harmony among the teachers except among the pets and of course that is worse still. What we want is a principal that will not have pets in school work. We would rather have no representation at all; than have a worthless Negro appointed to office. Give our very best men the places if any there be, or give us nothing. The race demands that only decent men be given preference. If the Goverment would use a part of that $10000. that is appropriated to catch whisky peddlers, to catch the theives who stole the Creek rolls, the people would be benefited and the theives caught. It now seeme certain that both the Statehood Bill and the Curtis Bill will become law be fore this Congress adjourns, this means a strenuous life for the citizens of the B. I. T., for the ensuing year and we hope to be able to meet the emergency. Douglass apologized as soon as the election was over. We have not heard of the Democrats --- making any apology for anything they had done. We admire the fellow who makes his fight to the bitter end and when he looses, don't fawn before the victor. The immoral teacher and immoral preacher must go. Their days of misrule in this community are numbered. The good people white and black will not permit them to longer disgrace the fair name of our City. The Democrats had a Negro policeman on the force when they were in power but they kept him hid as much as possible. They took his star from him on election day, evidently he stunk some on that day. His name is Carroll and he lives in the 4th Ward. It seems to us that the Demies have resorted to every known scheme to keep the Republicans out of the victory they won, the delay in turning over is evidently a wait for the Curtis Bill to pass and cause complications but the victors will take care that they shall not win by strategy and double-dealing what they failed to win on a fair and open field of battle. As we said before the campaign, it was a case of "steel met steel" and the same thing is true now. We call the attention of the police force to the many women of lewd character who parade the streets day and night especially at late hours in the nighttime. These women should be confined to houses if they must stay here and not be allowed to run at large. South second street is getting bad again These birds of passage and their male consorts are getting very bold, they have taken charge of the Midland Vally R. R. and Frisce R. R. between second and fourth streets and if they are not squelched at once some innocent person may meet a violent death any dark night at the places above named. We call on you Mr. Kimsey as Chief and your subordinates to rid onr City of these pests by making the vamoose or get out of sight in doors. THE WILLIAMSON HAFFNER CO OUR CUTS TALK ENGRAVERS-PRINTERS DENVER At special rates. 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JONES BUILDING (IN THE REAR) ON FIRST FLOOR reer NE i ad 8 AG | : ro “Forbidden Oe On the pale gold— That in the unripe harvest keeps the rare, The elusive touch of Dawn's white fing- ers cold— T will not look: it is too like her hair. On the coy Moon— That scarcely will disrobe her maiden grace In the dim bower of the night's deep noon— I will not look: it is too like her face, On the bright sea— wmipurp ied by the change of summer skies, And _ flashing, one live, sapphire, cease- lessly— 1 will not look: it is too Ike her eyes, —Pall Mall Gazette, ~ ah. % a ee ae i. a Se ae = N | — | S | s : Story Pub. : site: by Da A (Copyright, Dollie Milburn was the cutest and happiest and cosiest little bride in all Millville. She was so very young and 80 very innocent, so very inex- perienced, and altogether so saucy and dancing and childishly irrespon- sible, that the older girls still un- married agreed that it was really a shame that such a chit of a child should be allowed to marry and real- ly {t must be a great trial to Harry. Harry, however, managed to strug- gle along very nicely under the load of his child wife. In fact, shocking as it may seem to appear, he seemed positively to like it. The truth is, Cupid himself had taken possession of the Milburn home and the young couple were living one long dream of bliss. Of course Harry was com- pelled to spend long hours down town doing foolish things in order that the home could be maintained. But that was only incidental and to be put up with in order that the de- lightful little doll’s house could exist and have its being. So Harry went whistling to his work among the musty law books and Dollie sang away the day serene in the assurance that he would soon return. One bright morning when nature it- self seemed in the ecstatic mood of the young couple, Dollie stood on the little front porch, watching for Har- ry's last salute at the corner, whose © a. = i i Ni 1 ie ai \lq | 1 \ Sf, = a] ase “s = SS A letter dropped from one of the pockets, turn lost*him to view, she noticed with the searching eye of love that he had changed his clothes and wore the gray tweed instead of the blue serge he had been wearing of late. Afterward in clearing up their bedroom, sure enough, she found the discarded blue serge suit piled helter- skelter on a chair and left with. the carelessness characteristic of the sons of Adam. He WAS THOR (Het INS Breer tragedy of her life happened. As she was picking up the coat preparatory to hanging it neatly upon a frame, as was her loving custom, a_ letter dropped from one of the pockets,—a dainty little sq ire envelope such as women use, and carrying the odor of delicate perfume. It fell addressed side up, and the superscription lay there on the bed so close before her eyes that she could not help seeing it. The address was written in a delicate feminine hand: “Harry Mil- burn, Esq., Room 930, Security Build- ing, City,” and down in the corner was the word, “Personal.” The incident gave her a distinct shock. She stopped her merry whistling in the middle of a bar ani looked at the bit of paper with an expression of annoyance growing on her face. What woman was this, writing scented notes to Harry? And why was it marked personal, and why had he not told her about it? She leaned forward and examined the date stamped on the envelope. It was four days old. And he had not said a word to her about it. Good heavens! was he deceiving her? Was there another woman? Was he un true? She gave a little shriek at the very thought. ‘Then she laughed. It was all most ridiculous. She was nervous or some thing and was making a mountain out of a moie-hill. Surely a lawyer has to receive communications from clients and witnesses and—and all sorts of people. Harry was a man of affairs and not simply a plaything to have about the house. She started to whistle again, when the word “per. sonal” caught her eye. She stopped again in the middle of a bar and he: face again commenced to wrinkle with perplexity. “I will read the letter and find out,” she said. Then she blushed and drew back. The very thought of suct a thing filled her with shame, She determined to put the whole matter out of her mind and went or about her work. But the green-eyed monster had slipped one little tenta cle into her young heart and some how she could not whistle or sing as she worked, and her rebellious mind would forever turn to that bi! of paper lying on the bed, for sh¢ had not had the courage to touch it Late in the afternoon she made uy her mind to give Harry a good frigh' anyway. Then he would explain anc they would make up in the most love ly manner. And she smiled an blushed softly at the thought of th making up. So when Harry arrived at earl; dusk he found no outstretched arm: to greet him on the little front porch, Bounding inside in disappoint ment and alarm, he found Dollie or her knees beside the bed, with he head in her arms, sobbing. “Dollie,” he exclaimed, “what 11 itr “It found .the letter,” she sobbed “Oh, Harry, how could you?” He was strangely silent and when he did not come down beside her she glanced quickly up. A great fear en- tered her soul as she saw his white face and troubled eyes—a fear beside which the worryings of the day were as nothing, “Dollie,” he said, slowly, “I hoped you would not find it. I knew I left it and worried all day lest you should happen to find it. Oh, Dollie, Dollie, I was a blind fool, and the woman got me before I knew what happened, but [ hoped to get through it without causing you any worry.” A pall as of the grave settled upon her. She could not have moved if she wanted to. ~ “Dollie,” he said, “cheer up and we will get through this all right.” He laid his hand on her head. She shrank from him and cried fiercely, “Don't touch me. Don't dare to touch me.” He walked silently from the room and the house. She never moved. She did not know how long it was but after a time he returned and threw h'mself down beside her. “It surely ‘s not so serious as al that, Dollie,” he said. “I am al most sure I can get the money ir such a way that it will not make u: pinch very hard. What hurts me most is to have been so gullible a: to be fooled by a common adven turess—and the insolent note is the last straw. But you see, Dollie, ¢ man caunot always be wise and we learn some things only from experi ence. It is a common thing, you know, for a lawyer to go on a client's bond, and I had no suspicion she would run away, with all her socia connections here. Dollie looked up with a bewildere¢ stare, “What are you talking about?” sh¢ asked, “Why I went on the bond of that Mrs. Talson who was arrested fo stealing the furs at the Blakemar A he <f, \ fe WW be (| eS i Hs | Kal © I REN ' Poa To Md v A» “Dolly,” he said slowly, “I hoped you would not find it.” house during the reception. And now she has run away and leaves me this insolent note saying that I can pay the money and add it to my bill for feos, and then frame the bill. I don’t care so much for the money——” “Money!” shrieked Dollie, spring- ing to her feet. “Money! Is all this about money—only money?” “Why—what else?” asked Harry, now bewildered himself. And a minute later it would have taken a very close analysis to tell which was Dollie and which Harry. Enough Said. Baby Dorothy having finished her breakfast and taken her dish and spoon to the kitchen, was feeding the cat. Presently hes mother noticed her eating from the spoon out of which the kitten was breakfasting. “O, baby,” she said, “you mustn’t eat from the spoon that kitty had.” “Me had it first,” she said, smiling and considering the matter settled — J ippincott’s Magazine, THE DAYS OF GRAVE ROBBERY. Scoundrelly Sexton Nearly Victim of Indianant Citizens. In my boyhood an aged ductor toid me many grewsome stories of the days when as much as £20 was some- times given by lecturers on anatomy for a single stolen corpse. In his life of the great surgeon, Sir Astley Cooper, Mr. Bransby Cooper says that two resurreciionists, by bribing the grave digger of a _ private burial ground near Holywell Mount, secured six bodies a night until two rival body snatchers threatened to expose this sexton unless he admitted them also to a share in the spoils. The sexton denounced them as body snatchers to some laborers in a neighboring public house, who rushed after the resurrectionists to tear them in pieces. They, however, gained the refuge of the police office, and there in turn denounced the sextion as hav- ing sold every body which had re- cently been interred in Holywell Mount graveyard. The laborers, thus diverted, rushed to the burial ground, broke open the gates, dug up the recent graves, and, finding all the coffins empty, they seized the sexton and proceeded to bury him alive, He was rescued with difficulty by the police, but his house was wrecked and his wife and chil- dren were dragged through the streets and soused and nearly drown in a cesspool.—T. P. O'Connor in M, A. P. MRS. MULQUEEN GOT A BARGAIN. And the Grocer’s Comments Can Not Be Printed. At Thanksgiving time Lucius Hill, a leading grocer of Augusta, Me., found himself somewhat overstocked with turkeys, On the evening before Thanksgiving, as he was going home to supper, he pointed to a particular bird that was somewhat below the oth- ers in size and appearance, and said to one of his clerks, Fred K.: “You may sell that one for 15 cents,” mean. ing, of course, 15 cents a pound. When Mr. Hill returned from sup- per he saw that the turkey referred to was missing, and he inquired who had bought it. Fred informed him that he had sold it to Mrs. Mulqueen, See pS Say Is = Y mar |p Se] | > # | “24 <a 2 > ~ Cerne & | REA as A ponte a Ne ; ef a” e The Grocer a Looser, and she was much pleased to get even 8o poor a turkey for 15 cents. He had sold the whole turkey for 15 cents. Irish Moss as a Medicine. Trish moss. is used as a foundation for many desserts In the dietary kitch- ens where especial dishes are pre- pared for invalids. An authority on the question of seaweeds states that scurvy, the dread of sailors, caused by the absence of potash In the salt meat which forms a part of every ships provisions, would be ameliorat- ed by the liberal use of the seamoss jelly, whith {ts rich in potash. Irish moss has always a place in the medi- cine chest of the old-fashioned house- wife, who pins her faith to its healing properties for colds, sore throats, etc, —Leslie’s Weekly. CLAIM SUCCESSFUL AEROPLANE A biplane flying over a rural landscape. The Wright Brothers of Dayton, whose partially successful experiments with aeroplanes have been chronicled from time to time, made a statement to the Aero Club of this city, which seems to indicate that the problem of "flying" has been at last solved, says the New York World. The public has known that Orville and Wilbur Wright sold the rights of what appeared to be a practicable airship to the French government, but the practice flights have been held in private and no full statement of the success of the machine has been made until now. The communication says that in 1905 the Wright aeroplane, propelled by a gasolene engine and carrying a man, made a half dozen successful flights, varying in length from ten to twenty-five miles. In their statement the inventors say: Though America, through the labors of Prof. Langley, Mr. Chanute and others, had acquired not less than ten years ago the recognized leadership in that branch of aeronautics which pertains to bird-like flight, it has not heretofore been possible for American workers to present a summary of each year's experiments to society of their own country devoted exclusively to the promotion of aeronautical studies and sports. It is with great pleasure, therefore, that we now find ourselves able to make a report of such a society. "Previous to the year 1905, we had experimented at Kittyhawk, N. C., with man-carrying gliding machines in the years 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1903; and with a man-carrying motor flyer, which, on the 17th day of December, 1903, sustained itself in the air for 59 seconds advancing against a twenty mile wind for 352 feet. "Flights to the number of more than 100 had also been made at Dayton, Ohio, in 1904, with a second motor flyer. Of these flights, a complete circle made for the first time of three miles, each made on the 9th of November and the 1st of December, respectively, were the more notable performances. "The object of the 1905 experiments was to determine the cause and discover remedies for several obscure and somewhat rare difficulties which had been encountered in some of the 1904 flights, and which it was necessary to overcome, before it would be safe to employ flyers for practical purposes. The experiments were made in a swampy meadow about eight miles east of Dayton, Ohio, and continued from June until the early days of October, when the impossibility of WHERE INDIAN PEACE TREATY WAS SIGNED THE MEMORIAL MARKER IS A SOLID Boulder, HAVING A STONE INSERTED WITH A PLAIN OF TEXT. THE Boulder IS CIRCULARLY FENCED WITH A WIRE. Columbus (O.) chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, has erected this monument to mark the spot where Gen. W. H. Harrison made his famous peace treaty with the Ohio tribes of Indians in 1813. WRIGHT BROS AEROSTAT. on, wriven a his the ist tile of wriven out in longer maintaining privacy necessitated their discontinuance. "In the past three years a total of 160 flights have been made with our motor-driven flyers, and a total distance of almost exactly 160 miles covered, an average of a mile to each flight, but until the machine had received its final improvements the flights were mostly short, as is evidenced by the fact that the flight of Oct. 5 was longer than the 105 flights of the year 1904 together. "The lengths of the flights were measured by a Richard anemometer, which was attached to the machine. The records were found to agree closely with the distances measured over the ground when the flights were made in calm air over a straight course; but when the flights were made in circles a close comparison was impossible because it was not practicable to accurately trace the course over the ground. In the flight of October 5th a total of 29.7 circuits of the field was made. The times were taken with stop-watches. In operating the machine it has been our custom for many years to alternate in making flights, and such cars has been observed that neither of us has suffered any serious injury, thought at the earlier flights our ignorance and the inadequacy of the means of control made the work exceedingly dangerous." Not Extravagant Praise. "What did the editor say about your story?" asked the young man's friend. "I don't believe he liked it very well." "Well, there are differences in the appreciative faculty as well as in the ability to create. The same man's taste will vary according to circumstances." "I suggested that, and he agreed with me. He said that if a man found himself on a desert island with nothing to hear except my story and a back number city directory, he might read my story."—Stray Stories. Empress' Fifth Husband. The Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia is the Empress' fifth husband. No. 1 was a general under King Theodore, who put him in prison, where he disappeared; No. 2 got a divorce; No. 3 was also imprisoned by Menelik's predecessor; No. 4 was in possession when the lady took Menelik's fancy, but when "all obstacles had been removed," Menelik married her. WOULD HAVE SATISFIED JURY. Circumstantial Evidence that Surely Was Most Conclusive. An extraordinary story is told concerning a Leicester lady's recent adventure with a supposed burglar and its surprising sequel. Two married couples, occupying adjoining houses, were on very friendly terms, and one lady informed the other that she and her husband were to spend the evening at the opera house. The lady delayed her departure to meet her husband, and put the poker in the fire to make it burn brighter. Just as she withdrew it, red-hot, she heard someone trying to open the front door. Going down noiselessly she saw a man's hand through the letterbox aperture, with an ingeniously contrived piece of wire, with which the person was trying to pull back the spring catch of the lock. In an instant she applied the red-hot poker to the man's hand, rubbing it all over. The hand was withdrawn with an agonizing cry of pain. The lady greatly frightened by the incident, rushed into her friend's house next door for assistance. Then she was more astonished than ever to find her friend anointing the terribly burned hand of her husband.—London Mail. "Ed" Bickford's Fire Alarm. Ed Bickford of North Gray, Vermont, is quite a wag. One hot summer day, several years ago, he was driving by a farmhouse in Jay, when he noticed the roof was ablaze. He gesticulated and called out to the farmer's wife, who stood in the doorway: "Your house is afire!" "What did you say?" she called. What did you say? she called. "Your house is afire,' he cried louder. "What did you say? Im a little deaf. A man on a horse throws a fireball at a house. A woman stands in the doorway. She Was a Little Deaf. "Your house is afire, still louder. "Is that all? "It is all I can think of now. Bear Has Two Teeth Pulled. A performing bear traveling with a vaudeville company playing here this week was the patient in a case of dental surgery to-day. The bear has been out of humor for some time on account of toothache and the two troublesome teeth were removed by a local veterinary. The animal was strapped on his back to the floor and the trainer and veterinary set to work. The tusks were so firm that the job took an hour and a half. The animal performed as usual that evening. There is no similar case on the records of dental surgery.—Pottstown correspondence Pittsburg Press. Strangest Street in the World. aii ee CHECOTAH ITEMS Checotah is quiet now; every thing is looking for Easter and every thing seem to be over joyed to see spring time. I guess Cheotah has more fishmen than any other town of its size, there are six days in the week that you can fish. Ina future day there will be a produce house and a new ele- vator built by a home company with a capital stock of $25,000, also a new brick building on one of the business corners, the fu ture looks very bright for the town anil the Republican. The RB. Y. P. U. services last Monday night was grand. the subject for discussion; Resolve The Negroes of Checotah should organize a mercantile company. ‘The subject was well discust on both sides, The points were as followers: nine for the aftirmi- tive and seven for the engetive. Miss, Maud Earnest read a good paper, Civitizition which was very interesting, Emma Collins the president is doing a good work, We are glad to say that we are not living in the state of Georgie, Texas, nor Arkansas where you are made to do things when you dont want. to, On last Saturday, down in Deep Fork bottom a white lady ask a colored lady to do her washing the colored lady asked her what doos she pay for washing and Ironing, the white lady said 50 ets., the colored lady said she can’t do the washing and iron- ing for that, the white lady said Tam going to make you do it any how; sothe white lady lit into her and very quickly found the colored lady to much for her, she gets her gun and starts to shoot the colored lady and she (colored) slaped her down and takes the gun away from her, so her husband arrested the colored lady and brings her to town, but she did not go to jail, This white lady is from Georgia but know now that she is in a dfference country, Mr, L. Bun has gone out. of the shoe business for the sum- mer, Mr, M, C, Perry was on Elk Creek Monday. Rev, Prince was with us last Sunday. Don’t forget to see the Cime- ter man, he wants your name for the Cimeter roll, Temple will be glad to send in yow name, AGENTS WANTED We want energetic hustling agents for this paper and wil pay liberly for good work, If you want to make money, write at once to—W. H. Twine. TIME TABLE Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway. SR ee) ee a aes a ee eee On the schedule train 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. m. Train No, 4 leaves Dustin 2:30 p.m., arrives Muskogee 5:20 p.m. O. M. SEWELL, General Superintendent — vu —E: baled = S a a 3. oO YQ = So fF: Ss a. a5 > ae kes <= ° > 5 = ca . £2. Zi 5 = oS =~ om a ® zz yo & :* o % sc © 3s eu ii = & o = £ = 30 to CREEK VERY BARN Now located at new quarters No. 512 South 8rd Street hone 70 recite, OM Senden Pioneer Abstraet Co. IOWA BUILDING This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Gothere for correct information, Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. 1. For your Drugs, School Books and STATIONERY. + 106 Main Street. + = IN FO RCE 7 THE ROYAL BENEFIT SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON D. C. A Leading Fraternal Beneficiary Society. Incorporated under the Laws of the United States, Passed by act of Congress. Insure women as well as men. Pays to Its members from $2.00 to $10.00 Per week in case of sickness. From $2,50 to $12.50 Per week in case of of an accident. Pay $100.00 to $1.000,00 to your HEIRS at death All honest clames are Paid Promptly and in full, GOOD Agents are wanted to whom Liberal tearms are offered. Write--James W. Brown, Depty Genl’ Organizer for Ind, Ter. Office 3044 South 2nd St. Phone 594 Dr, Boston Hill’s office and Room 311 Towa Building. e New TimeCard : Effeetive January 17th FROM HEE TO THERE. WEST | KAST No. 53 Leaves 7:45 a, m.| No, 52 Leaves 11;25 a.m, No. 51 “ 1:10 p, m.| No. 56 os 7:45 a. m. No, 57 2 2:00 p.m.) No, 54 Arrives _7:45 a.m. No. 55 Arrives 7:00 p.m. | No, 58 af 10;00 a. m, No, 55. & 56 Local Accomodations Daily Except Sunday be- tween Fayetteville and Muskogee and Nos. 58 and 57 Local ex- cept Sunday between Okmulgee and Muskogee. No. 51 will connect at Okmulgee for north and south. No. 52 will connect ar Fayetteville tor St. Louis and all intermediate points; Eureka Springs line and west from Monett and to Mem- phis, Birmingham and Bryand to Springfield, PHONE 302 H. E. HARKRIDER, Ag’t. | Creek Groeery Co. | Is located on South 2nd St. in their own building. They can fill your order for anything you wantin the Grocery line at prices that can’t be duplicated. Number 304 SOUTH 2nd ST. PHONE 912. The Pushogee WEEKLY $1.00 Phoenix @he official paper of the Inter- _ ior Department for the Territory. Publishes the official lists of lands offered for sale. The list of lands. sold each week. All department rules, regulations, congressional legislation and court decisions affecting Territory affairs, Indian allottees and land. All the news that is news when it is news. The PHOENIX is a paper your little girl can read Your postmaster is our agent. Clarence B, Douglas, Editor.