Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee, I.T., Thursday, September, 6, 1906. Benedict grows stronger every day; and the governor-ship is almost in his grasp. He is the logical candidate for the place; and ought to have the nomination at the hands of our party. The boys in the trenches in both territories, are for him. The Indian territory should be well represented in the inter-territorial league, that convenes in Oklahoma-City September 10th. Hon.J.C. Johnson of Wewoka Indian Territory and Hon. L.A. Bell of Wagoner were both in the city this week on business; and both will take a large delegation to Oklahoma City on September 10th. The executive committees, of the republican party, from the two territories, will meet in Oklahoma City next Tuesday; and will amalgamate. We hope our committee will add at least two of the Black Phalanx to the committee, before the amalgamation just to give "a little color" to the occasion. A reading of the old Arkansas statues recently saved a territory Negro from having a charge of larceny preferred against him The Negro had picked up a mule, belonging to a white man, and the latter had him arrested. The few lines, which secured his release, were to the effect that any animal over a year old, without any mark or brand, is a maverick. Fortunately for the Negro the mule waa "smooth." Ex. Score one for Arkansas, even some good can come from the regions desribed so vividly in Dante's description of hell. Those Georgia Bourbons living in the Indian Territory, who object to living in a state where Colored men are allowed to vote, can go back to their home. Since Hoke Smith has been nominated for the governorship on a platform, the principal plank of which calls for Negro disfranchisement. —Cherokee replican. Every Negro should read the above article. And as it comes from a white paper; we should ponder and think. Can we afford to help the snake out here. Knowing how he spreads his venomen in Georgia and the other departments of h-l. Boys Haskell is a good fellow, a smooth one,an able one, but he is a democrat: and will have to enter the democratic caucus at Guthrie: and be bound by the actions of the caucus, dont be fooled by that smooth oily way, he has of putting things. A vote for Haskell is not a vote for the man Haskell but a vote for our old enemy' the burbon democrat. A democrat said to a Negro; we will give you equal accommodation in your seperate coach if we dont; you can sue the rail-road company. It would be like sueing the Devil and trying the case in hell. The high sheriff of the plutonian regions would never get service on the Devil. The Negro, who goes in to help the democrats, directly or indirectly, deserves to be crucified: and will be: and won't be on a cross of gold: but probably will be on a cross of thornr and every spike will have barbed wire all over it. The Negroes of this country are loyal to their party: they have not tried to dominate or rule; but have only assisted in putting the very best white men in control. Captain Ayers Mr. Holden, and Mr. Caraway are examples. Query—how long does a Bourbon have to live in the centre of a colored community, before he becomes accustomed to the scent which he claims to detect on the public street so readily? Cherokee republic. Just long enough to give a banquet and set at the same table, and practice social equality, as was done by some democrat leaders in Muskogee, a few years ago. And then you know the Bourbons cannot detect any scent, from the feminine gender; as is evidenced by the light colored people; who are Negroes. A grand Barbecue. On August 16th and 17, Hon. J. Coody Johnson gave a grand barbecue at his home to over twelve hundred citizens; and they all report an enjoyable, time. The participants were white, black and red. And there was a considerable amount of medicine made on this occasion. A LIE NAILED RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $712,003 95 Overdrafts, cotton, 25,989 61 Bonds and Preuiums, 206,080 49 Furniture and Fixtures 7,985 11 Cash and Exchange 189,093 48 LIABILITIES Capital $200,000 00 Surplus and Profit 21,572 39 Circulation 150,000 00 Deposits 759,530 25 $1,141,152 64 $1,141,152 64 The above statement correct D N FINK. Cashier, The story about a Negro committing criminal assault, last Wednesday, is a lie; made of whole cloth. The facts are; that a Negro was passing through the Blaylock place; and the children began to stone him; and set a vicious dog to run him. The Negro struck the dog, and kept from being bitten. The children ran and told their father; who got a gun or revolver and shot at the man twice. The poor fellow became frighten and ran. Then it was, that the whole police and marshal force (having been telephoned for) assisted by the blood-hounds; began the chase. The fellow was captured in the Arkansas bottom; and brought to the city; and then it was discovered, that no crime had been committed. And the culprit was discharged. The evening democrat prints a lot of rot about the affair, leading the people to believe a Negro had committed a great crime; and that there was a reward for him. Had this thing occured in the South, the poor fellow would have been lynched before the truth was known. It is an awful shame; that a human being has such a small chance for his life and liberty in this "Land of the free & home of the brave." Such imposition as this should remind every Negro of what will happen if we through blind ambition, cut our own throats in the ensuing electon. There are men among us; who would d—the race for a little personal preferment, that they might run for offic and get beaten We mean Official Statement of Commercial Muskogee. Ind. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $712,003 95 Overdrafts, cotton, 25,989 61 Bonds and Preuiums, 206'080 49 Furniture and Fixtures 7,985 11 Cash and Exchange 189,093 48 $1,141,152 64 The above statement correct Mr. Johnson is one of the most able citizens of this territory; and has the confidence and respect of the entire people of the community; in which he lives. And he deserves well at the hands of his people and the re- 906. No 51 NAILED here in Muskogee. It is well known, that the democrat and independant party men are encouraging certain Negro tools to run for office; in order that they (the democrats)may elect their candidate: and then bring about those damnable and hellish legislation and laws of Texas and Arkansas. It would be better that no Negro from Muskogee be a candidate for office, than to have the seperate coach and the qualified ballot forced upon us. This is the time that every man, that loves his children, should make every sacrifice necessary, that the rights of his posterty should be protected in the future. We have more at stake than any class of people in the New State and we can and must defeat our old arch enemy, the Democrats at any cost. We have two foes to fight, the democrats and that sneaking ungrate ful treacherous traitorous foe in our own camp, the lily white Republican. Every Negro from the South should lay all ambition aside and do battle for the success of the Republican party which means a chance for him to stay in this fair land. The Grip Sack cuss should understand that he shall not ruin our hope in this country as he has done elsewhere. The race loving patriot, loyal Negroes will not stand for this kind of cattle to ruin them in this New State. We must stand together as a unit for "Equal rights to all men and exclusive priviliges to none." the Condition of the Nation'l Bank, ian 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, publican party. He is one of the best lawyers in the territory. And the finest interpreter in the South-West. He absolutely refused to be a candidate to the constitutional conventotion; when he could have had the unanimous nomination. It is usually a great shock to a woman to discover later in the game that her husband knew exactly what he was talking about. Beit's Deed of Generosity. One of the many persons whom the late Alfred Beit had befriended repaid him with ingratitude and abuse. Later the ingrate fell on evil times. Though down in the gutter, he still had a little shame left and would not ask Mr. Beit for help. The South African diamond magnate sent for one of the unlucky one's friends and said: "Go and see So-and-So, ask if he wants any help, and give it to him, but don't let him think it is from me. I have had a difference with him and perhaps it would annoy him!" FORCE ALL IDLERS TO WORK. Scarcity of Labor in the Harvest Fields of the Northwest. Idlers in southern Washington must either enter the harvest field or go to jail. The old blue law of New England that "he who will not work shall not eat" has been revived throughout the wheat belt of this state and northern Oregon at the instance of farmers whose chagrin upon having an offer of $3 a day and board rejected by loafers must be appeased Accordingly the town councils of Pullman, Colfax, Garfield, Pomeroy, Palouse and a half dozen other towns have rendered it possible to inflict double penalty for vagrancy, a fine and jail sentence of thirty days being imposed, and the prisoner being required to work on a specially provided rock pile in the broiling sun. The definition of the term "vagrancy" has been enlarged in its application in the wheat belt until it practically devolves upon the accused to show that he has some means of support involving some physical effort on his part, for if it is not "visible" to the police magistrate, the prisoner will surely be held for vagrancy. The demand for help is almost a tragedy in some localities. Farmers, realizing that their crop will be practically ruined should it not be harvested within a brief time, make frantic appeals to any man or woman capable of wielding a pitchfork. They offer from $2 to $3 per day and board, and stipulate readily that the quality of the board shall rival that at Delmonico's, and the hired man can have the best bed in the house for the asking.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. GOOD AND HARD. Results of Excessive Coffee Drinking It is remarkable what suffering some persons put up with just to satisfy an appetite for something. A Mich. woman says: "I had beer using coffee since I was old enough to have a cup of my own at the table and from it I have suffered agony hundreds of times in the years past. "My trouble first began in the form of billious colic, coming on every few weeks and almost ending my life. At every attack for 8 years I suffered in this way. I used to pray for death to relieve me from my suffering. I had also attacks of sick headache, and began to suffer from catarrh of the stomach, and of course awful dyspepsia. "For about a year I lived on crackers and water. Believing that coffee was the cause of all this suffering, I finally quit it and began to use Postum Food Coffee. It agreed with my stomach, my troubles have left me and I am fast gaining my health under its use. "No wonder I condemn coffee and tea. No one could be in a much more critical condition than I was from the use of coffee. Some doctors pronounced it cancer, others ulceration but none gave me any relief. But since I stopped coffee and began Postum I am getting well so fast I can heartily recommend it for all who suffer as I did." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, "The Road to Well ville." "There's a reason." Muskogee Cimeter W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE. IND. TER. When a Girl Is Not? A woman is a girl until she is 35 according to the board of managers of the Philadelphia Young Woman's Christian association. On her thirty-fifth birthday she cuts off the giddiness of girlhood and becomes a woman. That is, she does if she looks it. If she is able with the aid of a switch and perodide, rouge and the eyebrow pencil, to look or think she looks less than 35, then she is a girl so long as she is able to look or think she looks so. For her still the chocolate carmel and the marshmallow, the American beauty and the matinee ticket, also the French heel and the straight front. As not many unmarried women ever arrive at the age when they do not look or think they look 35, it follows therefore that a woman is a girl as long as she wants to be, in spite of all the boards of lady managers in existence. Which is as it should be. or age is not, after all, a matter of wrinkles and agility is as it should be. For age is not, after of the spirit within. If we are immortal souls, it were preposterous to say that 35 years taken out of eternity can have any effect upon us; nor 70 years, for that matter, nor a hundred. If a woman's heart be pure "age cannot wither her," says the Chicago Journal. She is good, and goodness grows not old. She is tender, and tenderness knows no date. She is loving, and love is immortally young. Her hair may be white and scanty, her limbs feeble, her eyes dimmed, her once rosy cheek pale and sunken, but so long as the flame of life remains within her breast her husband and her children know that time has not altered her pure affection, which burns as bright as ever and is young eternally. The Flood of Immigrants. The official returns of immigration show that out of more than a million aliens who arrived in this country during the last fiscal year 935,915 came by way of New York. Ellis island continues to be the great immigrant gateway to the United States. Of the New York arrivals 697,006 were males, who naturally predominate in such a movement. Only 38,296 of the immigrants were more than 40 years of age. Italy produced the largest quota, having sent 254,236 immigrants; Russia coming next with 163,316; Hungary contributed 128,247; Austria, 96,625; Great Britain and Ireland, 71,000; Germany, 30,808, and Scandinavia 33,000. Most of the new arrivals located in New York and Pennsylvania. Notwithstanding the strenuous efforts of the southern states, a number of which have official agencies seeking recruits of this kind and have held out special inducements, very few of the newcomers went in that direction. Arkansas received seven, Georgia 63, Mississippi 24, North Carolina and South Carolina each 23 and Texas 856. A considerable number have recently gone to West Virginia, where mining furnishes employment. But other sections of the south, notwithstanding the genial climate and the inviting opportunities offered, are strangely neglected by the new arrivals. That Pennsylvania baby that stopped growing at 18 months and is still a baby at nine years may have feared that he would grow up to be a Pittsburg millionaire and do something disgraceful. UNHAPPY MR. BLANK PEDESTAL OF RIGHT DOING HIS BUT FOR A MOMENT. Then Manifold Iniquities of His Forgetfulness Dawned With Telling Force Upon His Bet- ter Half. Mrs. Blank gave her husband four letters to mail for her the other day. She is not without knowledge of the usual way of a man with a letter, but like every dutiful wife, she thinks her better half is a little different from everyone's else, and that all rules fail in his case, so she gave him these epistles without a doubt that they would ultimately reach their destination. Four days later Mrs. Blank came to Mr. Blank in the most dreadful agitation. "Isn't it perfectly awful?" she said. "I wrote inviting Sadie to come to us for next Saturday and Sunday, and here this very morning in my mail there's a letter from Alice saying that she is coming, that she feels she knows me so well she doesn't have to wait for an invitation, and, besides, she will be in this neighborhood, and she cannot go home without seeing us." "Well?" queried Mr. Blank, patiently. "Well, if it is well—Alice and Sadie do not speak to each other, and it would be perfectly impossible to have them here at the same time. You know how they quarreled about McHenry, and, while I've never heard the details of the affair, I'm quite sure they were each wrong—but they loathe and despise each other, just like they were in a vendetta, or one of those unpleasant Italian Black Hand things." "What I admire about you," said Mr. Blank, slowly, "is the absolute temperateness of your language. So they loathe and despise each other, do they? What's the matter writing to Sadie and asking her to defer her visit for another week?" "For Alice," asked Mrs. Blank, "never. She would be hurt to death, and quite right, too. Whatever shall I do?" Mrs. Blank leaned her forehead on her hand in despair and Mr. Blank watched her in an amused silence. Suddenly he had a thought. "Stay," he said softly to himself, and began to search his pockets. Mrs. Blank looked wide-eyed. From the inside pocket of his coat presently Mr. Blank brought forth a number of letters, more than a woman would have thought one small pocket would hold. He sorted these slowly, while his wife quivered with impatience, and finally he selected one from the bunch and held it out between his thumb and finger. "Is this the epistle you wrote Sadie?" he asked. "John!" crled Mrs. Blank, falling on his neck. "You didn't mail it, did you?" "I forgot all about it," returned Mr. Blank. Mr. Blank smiled a self-congratulatory smile, and seemed to grow in stature. Ten minutes later Mrs. Blank had a thought. "John Blank," she said, "let me see the rest of the letters in that pocket." Mr. Blank complied slowly, and he looked nervous as his wife sorted them on her own account. There was an ominous silence for several minutes, and then the woman in the case broke forth: "One here for mother that should have been mailed a week ago; one for my dressmaker, very important, and explains probably why I did not get my gown Saturday; one ordering the new matting—John, I'll never trust you with another letter as long as I live; I think you are the meanest thing!" "Which," said Mr. Blank later to himself, "mixes a man in his mind considerably." Geezips might be appropriately te. nied misfortune tellers. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, sortens the gums, reduces inflammation allays pain, curses wind colic. 25c a bottle. Deadly New Rifle. Bullets from the new 30-caliber rifles of the United States army whirl with great rapidity. The rifling gives one revolution of the bullet about its axis in ten inches. At the muzzle the velocity of the bullet is 2,300 feet a second, which means 2,760 turns a second, assuming that the bullet does not strip in the rifling. The circumference of the bullet is .942 of an inch, which gives a peripheral velocity of 2,600 inches each second, or 13,000 feet a minute. GAINED 34 POUNDS Persistent Anaemia Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills After Other Remedies Had Failed. "When I began taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills," says Mrs. Nathaniel Field, of St. Albans, Somerset county, Maine, "I was the palest, most bloodless person you could imagine. My tongue and gums were colorless and my fingers and ears were like wax. I had two doctors and they pronounced my trouble anæmia. I had spells of vomiting, could not eat, in fact, did not dare to, I had such distress after eating. My stomach was filled with gas which caused me awful agony. The backache I suffered was at times almost unbearable and the least exertion made my heart beat so fast that I could hardly breathe. But the worst of all was the splitting neuralgia headache which never left me for seven weeks. About this time I had had several numb spells. My limbs would be cold and without any feeling and the most deathly sensations would come over me. "Nothing had helped me until I began taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, in fact, I had grown worse every day. After I had taken the pills a short time I could see that they were benefiting me and one morning I awoke entirely free from pain. The distress after eating disappeared and in three weeks I could eat anything I wanted and suffer no inconvenience. I also slept soundly. I have taken several boxes of the pills and have gained in weight from 120 to 154 pounds and am perfectly well now." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure anaemia because they actually make new blood. For rheumatism, indigestion, nervous headaches and many forms of weakness they are recommended even if ordinary medicines have failed. They are sold by all druggists, or will be sent postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. that women suffer every month, can be relieved by taking opiates and other dangerous drugs, but the only safe way is to cure the disease that causes the pain, which can be done by taking WINE OF CARDUI WOMAN'S RELIEF "I would nearly die every month," writes Mrs. Nellie French, of Batavia, O., "with pains in head and back, but Cardui eased all pain. I cannot recommend it too highly." WRITE for Free Advice, stating age and describing your symptoms, to Ladies Advisory Dept., Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. WAS AN AUTOCRAT. COUNTRY DOCTOR RULED WITH ROD OF IRON. Disobedience to His Orders Met with Sharp and Decisive Action Had Curative Methods All A party of men were discussing the passing of the old-time country doctor before the advance of modern science, and one of them told some stories of a practitioner of this type who was the terror of his boyhood days. "He was a curious old autocrat, with curative methods all his own," said the gentleman. "I remember once a boy chum of mine became afflicted with a large swelling or abscess in his throat, which was growing rapidly and threatening to make breathing impossible. "Dr. X— was called in. After examining the patient, he turned to the mother with the command to bring him a red-hot poker. As he was never questioned or disobeyed, the woman hastened to heat one in the kitchen fire. "When she brought it to the sick room the doctor grabbed it and advanced to the bedside with the gleaming point leveled at the boy's head. "'Open your mouth, sir,' he commanded. "The boy did open his mouth to emit a terrified shriek—which broke the abscess and saved his life. "I have said that Dr. X—was never disobeyed, but I recollect now one occasion on which a family attempted to set his orders at defiance. You see, he was really more intelligent than the run of way out country doctors of those days. He went to Holland for a year of study when he was young and brought back some advanced ideas, one of which was the efficacy of fresh air. "You know how country people close the windows of a sick room tight. On the occasion in question the patient was down with fever. Entering the room Dr. X—raised both windows, ordering that they be left so. "The women who were nursing made no objection at the time, but no sooner had the doctor departed than they hastened to close the windows. Some distance away Dr. X—happened to look around and beheld what they had done. "He turned his horse, drove back to the house, entered the front door, neither knocking nor ringing, mounted the stairs, walked into the sick room, lifted the thick knobbed cane which he always carried, and deliberately smashed one pane of glass after another, until all were demolished. Then, without a word, or so much as a look to right or left, he strode from the room and drove away. "The patient recovered." Just a Little. "None of you members had a railroad pass this session, I understand," he said to a state senator just after the adjournment of the legislature this spring. "No, sir. Not a single one was issued," was the reply. "Some of the members must have hated to pay cash fares?" "Well, perhaps." "Do you think it made any difference in their feelings toward the railroads? How was it in your own case, for instance?" "Well, there was just a little feeling—just a little." "But, of course, you didn't betray it?" "Oh, no. When I rose up and stated that the railroads of this country injured 119 people and killed 87 to every one in any country of Europe, and that the presidents of four roads had more power in Washington than the whole presidential cabinet put together, I was careful not to show any personal animus. No, I can't say there was much feeling—only just a little—just a shade."—Baltimore American. WILD WITH ITCHING HUMOR. Eruption Broke Out in Spots All Over Body—Cured at Expense of Only $1.25—Thanks Cuticura. "The Cuticura Remedies cured me of my skin disease, and I am very thankful to you. My trouble was eruption of the skin, which broke out in spots all over my body, and caused a continual itching which nearly drove me wild at times. I got medicine of a doctor, but it did not cure me, and when I saw in a paper your ad, I sent to you for the Cuticura book and I studied my case in it. I then went to the drug store and bought one cake of Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura Ointment and one vial of Cuticura Pills. From the first application I received relief. I used the first set and two extra cakes of Cuticura Soap, and was completely cured. I had suffered for two years, and I again thank Cuticura for my cure. Claude N. Johnson, Maple Grove Farm, R. F. D. 2, Walnut, Kan., June 15, 1905." Cruising for Derelicts. The excellent work in destroying a dangerous derelict last week, begun by the Tacoma and completed by the Columbia, gives renewed point to the suggestion hitherto made in these columns that vessels of the navies of the world might with peculiar profit be employed in tracking and destroying the abandoned hulks which dot the seas and which present one of the one of the most serious dangers to navigation, says the New York Tribune. Of the need that derelicts shall be destroyed as speedily as possible there can be no question. Many known accidents and disasters have been due to them, and there is reason for supposing that many, perhaps most, of the mysterious disappearances of vessels might truly be explained on the ground that they had come into collision with those wandering destroyers. Carrying no lights, making no noise, giving no signal of any kind, often lying so low in the water as to be scarcely perceptible, and heavy and solid almost against which a vessel can scarcely be guarded in the dark and collision with which is always serious and often disastrous. All Chemically Pure. The mistaken idea of a few years ago, about Alum in Baking Powders being injurious, no longer prevails, or scarcely exists. It is a well established fact by chemical analysis that Cream of Tartar being less volatile than Alum, when exposed to heat, is not entirely vaporized as is the case with Alum, but leaves a residue in the bread, which is injurious. Alum, on the contrary, is entirely evaporated while performing its function during process of baking, leaving no atom of injurious residuous substance. The words "Chemically Pure" erroneously used to designate Cream of Tartar from Alum baking powder is a misnomer. Baking Powder made of pure Alum is as chemically pure as made from pure cream of tartar. These words mean nothing more nor less than pure chemicals, and in no way can they imply that one baking powder is Alum and another Cream of Tartar. Alum has been declared to be wholesome; an established fact. Every large water system in the cities along the Missouri river use Alum in large quantities to purify the water before pumping it into their water mains for consumption. Cream of Tartar baking powder is perhaps good enough for any one; Alum baking powder is better, and very much cheaper. European Nations in Africa. Of Africa's area of 11,500,000 square miles, Great Britain owns 2,700,000 and France 3,800,000, including Madagascar. Lewis' Single Binder Cigar has a rich taste. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Although the rolling stone gathers no moss the high roller scatters a lot of it. It is best for all who are troubled with disorders of digestion to adopt a simple, nutritious diet, ignoring those foods which induce irritable conditions, and strictly adhering to the policy of moderation. can be regularly eaten by persons with the most dyspeptic and rebellious stomachs. It is made from the whole grain of the wheat containing no indigestible matter;—regulates the bowels. Dr. Price, the famous food expert, the creator of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder, Delicious Flavoring Extracts, Ice Cream Sugar and Jelly Desserts, has never been compelled, notwithstanding strenuous Food laws, to change any of his products. They have always conformed to their requirements. This is an absolute guarantee of their quality and purity. A woman willingly promises to obey a man at the altar, but she's apt to forget to deliver the goods. Smokers have to call for Lewis' Single Binder cigar to get it. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. A poor man isn't necessarily a cheap man. Help for Women Passing Through Change of Life Providence has allotted us each at least seventy years in which to fulfill our mission in life, and it is generally our own fault if we die prematurely. Mrs. Mary Koehne Nervous exhaustion invites disease. This statement is the positive truth. When everything becomes a burden and you cannot walk a few blocks without excessive fatigue, and you break out into perspiration easily, and your face flushes, and you grow excited and shaky at the least provocation, and you cannot bear to be crossed in anything, you are in danger; your nerves have given out; you need building up at once! To build up woman's nervous system and during the period of change of life we know of no better medicine than Lydia E. 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STOMACHS fed with disorders of digestion to noring those foods which induce dering to the policy of moderation. RICE'S THE @IMETER. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO. ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSK-KOGEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER W H. TWINE . . . . Editor. R. WOOD, . . . . Ass't Editor. E D. NICKENS, Advertising Manager. For Govenor of the State of Oklahoma. Hon. John D. Benedict, of Muskogee. I. T. The Negro who wants Jim Crow Cars should go back to Texas and the other hells and not force them on us. The Indian Territory will be represented at Colorado Springs attending the colored Press Association and we think the boys will know they were there. You don't hear of any democrats in the Texas end of the Territory howling for an Independent ticket, they use that kind of political trickery in the Republican end only and for the purpose of fooling the Negro and helping the Lily Whites. The thousands of Black Voters of the republican party are entitled to representation on the Territory Committee. How are you going to know the wants of this important factor without having some of their number to tell you? The only issue the Democrats have is the Negro and Secretary Hitchcock and on these two issues they expect to win, If the Republicans will nominate a Republican in District 76 They can win and have votes to spare. Down in 75 a republican will be nominated by the republican party and will be elected. Ex-Chief Perryman's friends are grooming him for Congress We don't know the Chief personally but his friends say he is an able campaigner and can carry the Indian vote in a storm and this alone makes him a most formidable candidate and one who will make the other fellows get up and hustle. Soper appears on the scene again. So reports come from Washington. And this time he has thrown down Judge Gill for Parker. Well, it is nothing new for Soper to forget his friends. He threw down the Negro at, Claremore, who had always been loyal to him. Retribution has commenced and P.L. will never regain what he lost. ```markdown ``` It is said that the lilys will ditch the doings of both conventions in 75 and 76, and are laughing over the fun they are going to have. Well, of course, White and the others are entitled to a laugh occasionally. We know how to take bitter medicine.And all we ask; is, that, the other fellow takes his when it is due. Some of the politicians think the Negro wont Register; and that they will thereby control the conventions. Again they will register to a man. IT is said, the lilly whites propose to pad the rolls with democrats in order to get big representation in the convention: and get the go themselves. They say they must win at any cost. The republicans, at Old Agency and the other country districts; that belong to district 75; are holding meetings each week and getting in shape for the registration. Let every republican in distric 75 be ready when the word is given to register. The democrats, independants and anarchist have joined hands and are making the Negro the objective point, in their campaign; for the election of members to the constitutional convention. And the Negro must train all of his political guns against this devilish outfit. Some fellows are running for office and are campaigning outside of their district. Learn the lines of your district; before you start a vigorous campaign. Is our advice to the future statesmen and legislators. A united effort is being made by the democrats and independants:to fool the Negro and get his support: to elect a democrat to office. But they will loose out as usual in such cases. The fellows will take their money; and make a few grandstand plays; and then come home in time to vote the republican ticket straight. It is said, that, new rules were made by the executive committee at the request of Thomas Sanson; in order that the lilly whites might have a chance to run things in Muskogee. We think. The executive committee is doing a blamed poor job in building up the party by using such coarse tactics. We gave Grant Victor credit for being a better politician than to be led off by the Muskogee soreheads, lily whites and independent party men. But even the territorial committee can not steal the votes of the stalwart republican. And give them to lily whites. The rank and file made the territorial committee, and soon they will make a state committee. And will improve on the present article which seems unable to make rules, that can stand 24 hours. At Batesville they promulgated rules, that were token up and followed out with some success. The chairman called the meeting at South-Mc-Alester: and the rules were changed.Now why was this? As we see it the reason was ;the recent convention held in Muskogee; at which the lilly whites got h—beat out of them. And they rushed to Victor and the committee for relief. There are some good men on our territorial committee;who mean well and believe in the square deal. But there are a few; who try to run things; who are as dangerous to the success of the party and it's progress as h—to a magazine of powder. We were glad to see the resolution pass the convention,favoring amalgamation with the Oklahoma committee. As they cannot possibly do worse than our fellows are doing now. We hope, that our state convention will profit from the errors made and now being made by the dying territorial committee. What Are You Going to Do This Summer? You are living in a business age Why try to go though it without a business training Prepare yourself for the business world. It is today holding out greater inducements to our young people than ever before. Venture out, get up and hustle. Do something for yourself. Be somebody. A postal card addressed to the Capital City Business College, Guthrie, Okla. will bring, by return mail, free of charge. a large illustrated catalogue explaining in detail the advantages of its extensively equipped department of Telegrapy, its professional penmanship department, its exclusive control of the Famous Bryne Simplified Shorthand and Practical Bookkeeping and Business Training. Don't put off writing untill tomorrow, do it now. The sooner you equip yourself with a practical education, the sooner you will be drawing the increased salary it will bring. Phone No. 6 for the Best Henrietta Coal, $4. per ton. Gaither Wood and Coal office. Cor, 4th and Elgin Sts. NOTICE. Let me build you a house on small installments, thereby saving your rent money, and living in your own house all the time. See Rev. J. M. Dade, Miner London, Susie London, Fannie Tucker and Nancy Lynch, as to the way I treat my customers. Will loan money for 5-7 &10 years on Farm lands and City propety, in any amount where it is well secured. Make short loans also. No. one English Block, Muskogee, I. T. W. P. Fields. THE MKT AND MISSOURI KANSAS & TEXAS HOLLYWOOD Are you going? The exceptionally low rates for this occasion will enable you to take a delightful vacation trip to cool, sunshiny Colorado at a minimum expense. Tickets will be sold to Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo July 10th to 16th, inclusive, good until August. A month in Colorado at this time of year will tone you up. The air, the the mountain scenery and the thousand and one points of interest will amply repay you for the trip. Ask any M. K. & T. agent for particulars, or write General Passenger Agent, M. K. & T. R'y St.Louis Missouri MOTHER'S LOVE TOWARD HER CHILDEN. —Oh! the trouble we,all, have to bear; as we travel the eventful pathway from childhood to maturity. And Oh! the seriousness of our afflictions. by far more miserable would life appear, were it not for a mother to share in our burdens.How easy do our boys give away to imaginary insults or abuses. Frequently miscoloring of words brings serious trouble. Mothers never fail to sooth their children, when they have thus fallen, with words of sympathy. Some will even invoke the protection of the laws to shield their children from the world's wrath. Subscriber If you'll tell us the number and kind of live stock your papa will ship this year, you'll get a nice set of dominoes. Rice Brothers Commission Merchants. Kansas City Stock Yards." P S—Give papa's name in full. A scheme is said to be on foot among the Bourbons to bring out a colored man, give him a weakhearted support until election day and then throw him, their intention, of course, being to deflect as many colored votes as possible from the Republican nominee. But the scheme will not work—no colored man will give assistance to the enemy in any such a nefarious scheme. The colored man will get his recognition through legitimate Republican channels, and without the aid of Bourbon Chicaury. Zack Foreman, whom the Bourbons are trying to get to make an independent race, is too thorough a Republican, and too influential a citizen to become a party to such a piece of nafarious work, and he will never allow his name to be juggled with by the enemies of his party and his race, of which he is a notable example in both instances. —Cherokee Rep. Right you are brother. They are trying to pley the same game here but the Negroes won't be fooled by the Democrats nor their stool pigeons, the Negro Democrats and the other tools of Democrats.—Ed. Stung Again, "A more damnable thing than the district No. eighty four, in which Salisaw and Mnldrow are situated, was never conceived outside of hell. A district where in the Negroes will dominate unless the white people stand together. We did not believe Gill, Clayton and Bixby would stoop to such conduct, but alas our faith in them is completely shattered. A more wanton or outrageous gerrymander could not have been arranged by thieves or cut throats. The intention is to rob the people of the new state, which they know is nominally democratic, by several thousand votes. [We will show them, by the eternal Heavens!]—Salisaw Gazette. Poor democrat cuss; he has been so used to cussing Negroes that, he forgot and cussed our district board. We are proud of them. They are past master in the art of defeating the democrats. —Editor. When travling and have accation to stop over at Atoka, I. T. Call on Mrs. Fannie Lynch for good meals and clean beds. Tarvlers Home. THE ALCORN HOTEL Meals at all hours, cool dinning room and Pool hall. Call to see when you are in Boynton, I. T. Meals 15 and 25 cts. Wm. Alcarn, Prop. ANNOUNCEMENT. I hereby announce myself as the farmers candidate for nomination from Muskogee and vicinity for delegate to the constitutional convention at Guthrie this fall, subject to the action of the republican party. I stand for a square deal and equal rights to all. Your support is respectfully solicited. James A. Norman. FOR SALE. Bargains-if taken at once Four fifty foot front lots in the city Muskogee, for $150.00 each. One lot 115 ft. front by 200 ft. deep. A corner lot for 400.00 SUMMER TOURS. Low Round Trip Rates FRISCO SYSTEM Via Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington and the northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, New England, Wisconsin, Ontario and Quebec Resorts. All summer resorts in the Southeast. Also to St. Louis and Chicago. Liberal return limit. Write nearest Frisco Agent, or L. W. Price, Division Pass. Agent Joplin 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 peronally 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. AGENTS WANTED We want energetic hustling agents for this paper and will pay liberly for good work. If you want to make money, write at once to—W. H. Twine. WEST EAST No. 53 Leaves 7:45 a. m. No. 51 " 1:10 p. m. No. 57 " 2:00 p. m. No. 55 Arrives 7:00 p. m. No. 52 Leaves 11:25 a.m. No. 56 " 7:45 a.m. No. 54 Arrives 5:35 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. PHONE 302 F. A. STEBBINS. Ag't. Bide-a-Wee Trips and All Season Tours Via Rock Island To Mineapolis Very low rates account G. A. R. Encampment. Tickets on sale August 10, 11 and 12. To Milwaukee Very low rates account annual meeting F. O. E. Tickets on sale August 11, 12 and I3. To Colorado Low rates all summer. Special reductions September 23 to 29 inclusive. To California Low rates all summer. Special reductions September 3 to 14 inclusive. To Mexico Fare and one fifth for the round trip all summer. To the Great Lakes Very low rates all season. To the Atlantic Coast Very low rates all season. Ask for Rock Island literature and rrte quotations before completing your vacation plans. GEO H. LEE, J. S. McNALLY, Gen. Pass. Agt. Div. Pass. Agt. Little Rock, Aak. 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CALL FOR OXIDINE Read the following analysis made by the state chemist who analyzed three bottles of Oxidine sent to him by the Secretary of the State Pharmaceutical Association (The Texas Retail Druggists Association): A Wonderful Restoration Caused a Sensation in a Pennsylvania Town. Mrs. Charles N. Preston, of Elkland, Pa., says: "Three years ago I found that my housework was becoming a burden. I tired easily, had no ambition and was fading fast. My complexion got yellow, and I lost over 50 pounds. My thirst was terrible, and there was sugar in the kidney secre- was becoming a burden. I tired easily, had no ambition and was fading fast. My complexion got yellow, and I lost over 50 pounds. My thirst was terrible, and there was sugar in the kidney secretions. My doctor kept me on a strict diet, but as his medicine was not helping me, I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. They helped me at once, and soon all traces of sugar disappeared. I have regained my former weight and am perfectly well." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y. DONKEYS TURN UP TOES. Don't Know Enough to Get In Out of the Rain. The war department has learned through experience that the American donkey has not sense enough to live in the Philippines. Some time ago, more in the nature of an experiment than for any other reason, the bureau of insular affairs sent a dozen American donkeys, commonly known as "burros," to Manila for use among the Spanish-speaking people. The natives did not take kindly to the new species, however, but rather looked at them from afar off. Seven died. Such was the news received at the bureau recently. When the torrential rains set in the little animals were caught out in the open, and not knowing how to shelter themselves like the native beast of burden, seven docile, dumb beasts turned up their toes. "They ought to die," said a war department official who has a deep interest in everything pertaining to the Philippines; "they ought to die if they don't know enough to get in out of the rain." Eugenie's Mission to Austria. The Paris papers still insist that Empress Eugenie went to Ischl on a match-making errand. She wishes, it is said, the hand of a granddaughter of Francis Joseph for Princess Louis Napoleon. W. L. DOUGLAS *3.50 & *3.00 Shoes BEST IN THE WORLD W.L.Douglas $4 Gilt Edge line cannot be equalled at any price To Shoe Dealers: W. L. Douglas' Job- bing House is the most complete in this country Send for Catalog SHOES ESTABLISHED 1876 CAPITAL $2,500,000 SHOES FOR EVERYBODY AT ALL PRICES SHOES FOR EVERYBODY AT ALL PRICES Men's Shoes, $5 to $1.50. Boys' Shoes, $3 to $1.25. Women's Shoes, $4.00 to $1.50. Misses' & Children's Shoes, $2.25 to $1.00. Try W. L. Douglas Women's, Misses and Children's shoes; for style, fit and wear they excel other makes. If I could take you into my large factories at Brockton, Mass., and show you how carefully W. L. Douglas shoes are made, you would then understand why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater value than any other make. Wherever you live, you can obtain W. L. Douglas shoes. His name and price is stamped on the bottom, which protects you against high prices and inferior shoes. Take no substitute. Ask your dealer for W. L. Douglas shoes and insist upon having them. Fast Color Eyelids used; they will not wear brassy. Write for illustrated Catalog of Fall Styles. W. L. DOUGLAS, Dept. 12, Brockton, Mass. When Bachelors Were Taxed. There is nothing revolutionary in modern proposals to tax bachelors. Two centuries ago every celibate in England was paying tribute to the exchequer "for neglecting his duty to support another man's daughter." Have you Chills of any variety, or any other malarial trouble? If so, use a bottle of Cheatham's Chill Tonic. It's guaranteed. It's not an experiment of one season, but an established twenty-year-old remedy that has never been excelled. What a miserable crowd of pessimists we would be if we could see ourselves as others see us. This Is Wh Catches Me 16oz.—One-Third More St No p more other hot o equal PILES: NO MONEY TILL DRS. THORNTON & MINOR TIVE P the BEST CHILL TO that others are trying to FIRST OF ITS KIND—BRAND NEW. NOW YOU WHEN THEY DO THIS, THEY ADMIT THAT IF PERFECTION. By this they acknowledge that get it at the same price. CALL FOR IDI C THAT CURES CH e by the state chemist who analyzed three Association (The Texas Retail Druggists Ass atories cal Houst C Analysis and Valuation Waters, Soils, Oil POSITIVE That OXIDINE is the BEST is the fact that other OXIDINE GAME INTO THE FIELD THE FIRST OF ITS KIND THEY CLAIM ARE "JUST AS GOOD," WHEN THEY DO THE OXIDINE, THEY WOULD HAVE REACHED PERFECTION. By alone. STICK TO THE ORIGINAL. You get it at the same p OXI THE CHILL TONIC THAT Read the following analysis made by the state ch Secretary of the State Pharmaceutical Association (The T Houston Laboratories Chemical and Biological Analysis and Valuation of Cotton Seed and Rice Products a Specialty Waters, Soils, Oils, Ores, Etc., Carefully Examined and Reported Upon. Reports Made on Economic Geology. Analysis and Valuation of Cotton Seed and Rice Products a Specialty. Waters, Soils, Oils, Ores, Etc., Carefully Examined and Reported Upon. Reports Made on Economic Geology. P. S. TiLSON, Director, Analytical and Consulting Chemist 215 1-2 MAIN STREET HOUSTON, TEXAS, June 27, 1906. Mr. R. H. Walker, Secretary Texas State Pharmaceutical Association, Gonzales, Texas. DEAR SIR: Herewith I beg to hand you certificate of analysis of the Oxidine you submitted a few days since. I trust this will be duly received and found entirely satisfactory. have kept you waiting for a little while, but I appreciate the responsibility which you have seen fit to place upon me; for that reason I have taken my time to be certain and accurate about my results. If I can serve you in the future please advise me. Thanking you, I be to remain, Yours very truly, P. S. TILSON, Chemist OXIDINE, THE CHILL C TEXAS, June 27, 1906. Pharmaceutical Association, recipitate of analysis of the entirely satisfactory. I associate the responsibility that reason I have taken its. e. Thanking you, I beg F. S. TILSON, Chemist. CENT Of Three Bottles of C Texas, Se I find this Oxidine drugs or chemicals and or Strychnine; nor, in f watever. CHILL CURE THAT I trust this will be duly received and found entirely satisfactory. I have kept you waiting for a little while, but I appreciate the responsibility which you have seen fit to place upon me; for that reason I have taken my time to be certain and accurate about my results. If I can serve you in the future please advise me. Thanking you, I beg to remain, Yours very truly. S. TILSON, Chemist Fear for Cologne Cathedral. Serious damage to the magnificent central portal of Cologne cathedral is feared. Several large pieces of carved stone have fallen and numerous other portions show signs of loosening. The cathedral, begun in 1248, was not completed until 1880. It is generally regarded as the finest piece of Gothic architecture in the world. The Old Man Did. Wife—Say, old man, what makes you scratch so all night long? Old Man—Well, wife, I guess I got that new disease I hear them talking so much about; they call it eczema, or something like that. Wife—Eczema the mischief, it's the old-fashioned itch you got, and nothing else. Go right now and get a box of Hunt's Cure, it will cure you in a day or two. It never fails. A Real Celebrity. The local pride of the natives of Cape Elizabeth, Me., is so intense that it takes the attitude of pity for all who have the misfortune to dwell elsewhere. This is known to regular summer visitors, and by most of them respected. One rainy day a newcomer, who had joined the gathering at the store, composed of fishermen and summer visitors, ventured to enumerate some of the distinguished men who had come from Maine. "There's Longfellow," he said, "and Hannibal Hamlin, and James G. Blaine, William Pitt Fessenden, Thomas B. Reed, and—" Here an old fisherman looked up from his work of splicing grass blades, and broke in: "Smart? Those fellows smart?" he questioned. "You just come down an' see Josh Pillsbury skin fish!"—Lewiston Journal. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURES RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACKACHE This packaging discontinued the use of our product package. The public may rely on our care of imitations. Sold only in boxed stock. HOUSTON, TEXAS, June 27, 1906. I find this Oxidine to contain abscess, no poisonous or injurious drugs or chemicals and not a trace of Arsenic, Cobalt, Magnesium, Morphine, Bucine or strychnine; nor, in fact, anything that would produce a harmful effect whatever. Respectfully submitted. Established. When you buy WET WEATHER CLOTHING you want complete protection and long service. These and many other good points are combined in TOWER'S FISH BRAND OILED CLOTHING You can't afford to buy any other TOWER'S FISH BRAND AJ TOWER CO BOSTON USA. TOWER CANADIAN CO LTD. TORONTO CAN. 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As the plants which are combined with the figs in the manufacture of Syrup of Figs are known to physicians to act most beneficially upon the system, the remedy has met with their general approval as a family laxative, a fact well worth considering in making purchases. It is because of the fact that SYRUP OF FIGS is a remedy of known quality and excellence, and approved by physicians that has led to its use by so many millions of well informed people, who would not use any remedy of uncertain quality or inferior reputation. Every family should have a bottle of the genuine on hand at all times, to use when a laxative remedy is required. Please to remember that the genuine Syrup of Figs is for sale in bottles of one size only, by all reputable druggists, and that full name of the company—California Fig Syrup Co., is plainly printed on the front of every package. Regular price, 50c per bottle. Plantation Chill Cure is Guaranteed To Cure, or Money Refunded by Your Merchant. So. Why Not Try IT? Price, 50c, Retail. North Dakota Solves the Adulteration Problem. North Dakota seems to have found the key to the question, "How shall we protect the people from frauds in manufactured products?" A new law has recently gone into effect designed to make it impossible to deceive people into buying inferior and adulterated paint under the impression that they are getting real paint, viz.: pure white lead and linseed oil. The North Dakota lawmakers did not attempt to absolutely prohibit the inferior pigments, or mixtures of pigments. They adopted the slogan, "Let the label tell," and then left to the people to buy whichever they wished. Under this plan, if any one wishes to buy a mixture of rock-dust, ground quartz and other cheap elements which are found in many paints and so-called "white leads," no one can object; for they do it with their eyes open. But if they prefer genuine white lead and linseed oil, they can be sure of getting it, for none but the genuine article can bear a label which says "pure white lead." In all other States mixtures are often sold as pure white lead which contain little—sometimes no—real white lead. It would seem that were this same principle applied to food, beverages and all other prepared articles, where deception is practiced upon the buyer, the question would be solved. It would leave us free to buy what we pleased, but would protect us from unwittingly buying what we did not want. Troubles of an Author. Robert Louis Stevenson's mother wrote in one of her letters from Samoa: "The people here are now discovering that Louis writes, as 'The Bottle-Imp' is coming out in the native paper, having been translated by Mr. C. It is much appreciated, but leads to some curious results. 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Because of the fact that SYRUP of known quality and excellence, and that has led to its use by so many people, who would not use any remedy inferior reputation. Every family of the genuine on hand at all times, the remedy is required. Please to remove Syrup of Figs is for sale in bottles, all reputable druggists, and that full — California Fig Syrup Co., is plain of every package. Regular price, 50 CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP San Francisco, Cal. Cure is Gu chant. So. Why Not Try IT? Price, SALESMEN WANTED. We want a live, active and thoroughly experienced salesman in this locality with sufficient money to buy outright his first month's supply of our Simplicity Low Pressure Hollow Wire Gasoline Lights. A utility needed in every store and house and fully complying with insurance rules. To such a man we will give exclusive sales rights and to refund money if goods not sold in 60 days. Further particulars on request. The Standard-Gillett Light Co., 980 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Ill. PORTRAITS from FRAMES from 40c up 6c up 30 days credit to all agents. Catalogues and samples free. N. M. FRIEDMAN & CO., Box 82, Martinsburg, Mo. BUILDERS MATERIAL We manufacture all kinds of mill work, sash, doors, mouldings and hardwood finish. Write us for prices. MUSKOGEE SASH & DOOR CO. MUSKOGEE SASH & DOOR CO. Muskogee, Indian Territory. Buchan's CRESYLIC Ointment is a positive necessity to every cattleman, will quickly heal wounds and sores on all animals, won first premium at Texas State Fair and for 40 years has been the standard remedy for SCREW WORMS AND FOOT ROT Put up in 4 oz. bottles and 4 oz., 6 lb., 1 lb., 2 lb. and 5 lb. serew-top cans. Insist on Buchan's (creative Ointment). Sold by druggists and grocers or write CARBOLIC SOAP CO., NEW YORK CITY. 60 Bus. Winter Wheat Per Acre That's the yield of Salzer's Red Cross Hybrid Winter Wheat. Send 2c in stamps for free of same, as also catalogue of Winter Wheat, Rye, Barley, Clovers, Timothy, Grasses, Bulbs, Trees, etc. for fall planting SALZER SEED CO., Box W.K.L.La Crosse, Wis. If afflicted with { sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water W. N. U., MUSKOGEE, NO. 36, 1906. --- Pickens Addition To The City of Muskogee. AUSTIN ST. LOUIS AVE. REEVES AVE. MISSOURI AVE. PICKENS AVE. FRANCES ST. AUGUSTUS ST. Pickens Realty Offers these desirable building lots at these low prices. We also make a specialty of buying and selling all kinds of city property & farm lands. Rooms 5 & 6 Jones Bldg. PHONE 682. LOCATION Pickens Addition to the City of Muskogee is located due north of the business center of Muskogee; West of the M. K. and T. and Muskogee Union Railroads; and nearer the business center than 10 per cent of the lots inside the city limits. Near the Muskogee Vitrified Brick Co's plant, where the best of building brick can be secured and just north of the largest MILLS lumber yards and Plaining Mills in Muskogee, also the site of the proposed Oil Refinery The Standard Oil Tank fann, the Structural Iron Works; Gulf Compress Co.; Star Mattress Factory; The Henderson Tent and Awning Co., and numerous other factories and industries. WATER Pickens Addition lies near the City Water Works Stand Pipe. A good quality of water may be obtained by drilling from 30 to 50 feet deep. RAILROADS The M. K. & T., Muskogee Union and Frisco railroads lie just east of the Pickens Addition. An industrial line connecting a part of the Addition with the roads named will soon be constructed, thus offering trackage facilities to desirable manufactories. TAXATION Under the most extraordinary laws now in effect in Indian Territory, Real Estate lying without the limits of cities is not taxable, hence there are no taxes on property in Pickens Addition. FACTORY SITES Numerous sites of adequate size, each to be connected with the railroads named, and thereby with Muskogee's entire railway system, are available by manufactories operating industries of unobjectionable character and possessing financial strength. With such the owners of Pickens Addition will be pleased to negotiate. HOME SITES The entire tract is gently sloping, and possesses a fertility not excelled by any land in the United States. The soil is peculiarly adopted to raising garden truck and small fruits. The Addition is sufficiently distant from railroads and factories, as to afford escape from the noise and other annoyances, yet sufficiently near for mechanics, clerks, laborers, etc. employed at the places named to walk from their homes to their work in two to five minutes. The land lies high, commanding a view of the entire city, is well drained and healthful, and altogeather a most desirable site for a home. TITLE A warranty deed and ABSTRACT of TITLE will be furnished each purchaser. Blocks 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, Reserved. Prices subject to change without notice. COMPARATIVE PRICES The price of lots inside the city limits similarly situated to the Pickens Addition lots, range in price from two to four times higher.