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The Muskogee Cimeter. Vol 8 Judge Raymond's Great Speech AND DECLARATION OF REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES. The Speech of Judge Raymond at Henrietta is so full of good things and is so near to what every good citizen must desire for our new state, that we print it for our readers; "These are strenuous days in this new land. The founding of a state is a serious, heroic duty. It is no day for the laggard, no time for the loafer. "To draft a constitution in our great era for the guidance of a million and a half of people, with conflicting interests and aspirations, is the work of manly men; men who think, men who act, men of honor fall and of courage ripe, men who cannot be bullied or bribed or bought or sold, men of high grade and who do things. "It will be a contest between the men of pure purpose and the tools of those who seek to weaken the constitutional provisions for private greed and gain. "Do not say as you go about your homely duties, any man will do for a delegate to the constitutional convention. Your best men will be those too good or too brave to prepare our first state paper." "The man who is afraid to say before the election how he will stand between corporate and private interests or between public good and private graft, will not be the man to be trusted after the election it won. "I do not mean by this that the man who is against every corporate interest is always right, nor do I mean to be understood that every man who is for every imaginable personal interest is always wrong. "Corporations are in our land to stay. They have become inseparable from our business and industria llife. They touch every phase of citizenship and every shade of public and private life. Publicity of management and finance is better than public control. Their powers and rights should be watched and guarded. They should be taxed as personal interests should be guarded and taxed. By reason of powers conferred upon them their books and affairs should be open to inspection by faithful and competent commissioners either to be elected by the people or appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate as the best judgment of the convention may determine whenever their interests and operations are or may become hurtful to the individual citizen. "A policy of anti-corporations as shricked by the demagogue should not be fostered, nor should the great corporation interests be permitted to dictate the men who will frame a paper that will be the foundation of our future success. "It should be a manly paper; a brave declaration; a conservative writing in helping the strong; an progressive statement in protecting the weak and preserving the equal rights of all. "A square deal for every man and for every interest; special privileges to no man and to no interest; equal Muskogee, I. T., Friday, October, 26 1906. power to every man and every interest; a right rule in every paragraph as evolved through the intelligence and experience of the one hundred and thirty years of our national life should be the guide of every delegate to that convention. "The railroads necessary to our development and civilizations should be carriers and not competitors in industrial life. They must give equal rate and privilege to every citizen and every interest. The problem alone of transportation must be theirs. To mine, manufacture and produce must be the part of others. They must bear their equal share of public burden and have their fair share of commercial thrift. The good citizen will want no more. They must be satisfied with nothing less. But the rights of persons are higher rights than the rights of things. Every man should be made safe in his equal civil and political rights before the law; in the right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience, and all rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness should be most carefully stated and guarded. "No duty imposed will be more serious than those establishing the rights of the electors in choosing the servants of the state. Every man should have an equal right to cast his ballot and to have it honestly counted as he cast it. "The highest and most sacred right of an American is to exercise his sovereign power in the selection of the official. If he sell or offer for sale this sovereign power, he should forever forfeit it, and the man who buys it should be branded as a felon and be henceforth barred from public place. "To fix and guard all these various and intricate rights will require the best mind and judgment of the best citizen and the high or careless grade of that body will fix the reputation of this new Daughter of the Republic for the next quarter of a century. "The men who go and stand four square with the rights of the people in that convention can be of more real benefit and ro more real good for the people of the new state than a man with a term in the senate or congress of the United States. "In the great work to do there are honors enough for all. Be brave. Be true. Under such a policy your chances of success are best. The weakling will soon be sifted through the screen of practical politics and the unworthy detected by the men who desire to build right and the good common people here in every avenue of life from every state in the Union will soon learn to whom rewards should go. "It is to be hoped that the spirit of the public righteousness which is pervading the land may teach the public men of our new state that honesty in public life is the forerunner of party and personal success. "That to be a good Oklahoman you must be an honest and decent American. "That to win public favor you must stand for public good. "At this hour our country does not need more money to make it more happy. "More power to make it more contented. "More brains to make it more stable. "More genius to make it more brilliant. "More statesmanship to make it more powerful. "But more men of good character and sterling honesty. "More men whose lives are a guaranty for good government. "Men who will not trade their conscience for cash, nor swap their sacred honor for official or social place. "Men who, with a sublime and stubborn courage will fight the majority if they advocate the wrong and who are brave enough to stand up and be counted with those of the minority if they stand on the side of right. "Men who put decency above dollars. "Men to whom the bribe giver will never go. "Men who cannot be swerved from the line of right by friend or foe. "More men who have a genius for patriotism like George Washington, one of the founders of our country and a genius for goodness like Abraham Lincoln, the savior of it. "The man who thinks politics is nothing but trickery, who thinks the only sin of stealing public funds is in being caught, who imagines smartness consists in violating the law and by trickery avoiding its punishment, who advises his client to swear to a lie in order to win a lawsiut, who has no scruples in bribing a juror or a member of the city council, cannot win in the politics of the new state." —Clipped from Ft. Gibson Post. Six Shooters. Section 38 of the election laws as compiled by the districting board reads: "No person acting as Judge or a clerk of election or as a watcher, or other person, shall carry any fire arms or other weapons into the room where the election is held; and any person violating this provision of law shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine in any sum not more than $500, or by imprisonment in jail not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Are you for Tillman and Douglass and the six shooter? If so, we don't blame you for abusing every Republican who wants a square deal and believes the majority should control. Tillman-Douglas and six shooters! What an aggregation! Who would have thought of this combination in Republican politics? Well, politics does make strange bed fellows. We expect to see Tillman a candidate for president some day and Douglas on the same ticket for some office, God knows what, with the six shooter as their party device. Did you hear Tillman? Well, if you didn't, you ought to have done so. He endorsed Douglas' platform from beginning to end. He said he and Douglas agreed exactly. Is Tillman a Republican or Douglass a Democrat? The question in this campaign is, whether the American man or the American six shooter shall run this country. No 6 The election is Tuesday, Nov. 6. Polls are open at 6 o'clock in the morning. Vote early. You must not use a pencil in marking your ballot. Nothing must be used but the rubber stamp that the poll clerk gives to you. Put the rubber stamp mark in the circle under the star only. The election is Tuesday, Nov. 6. Polls are open at 6 o'clock in the morning. Vote early. Judge Raymond's name will be under the star. Put the mark in the circle under the star and your vote will be counted for him. Remember, we are putting a new star in the flag and the star will win in every voting precinct. The election is Tuesday, Nov. 6. are open at 6 o'clock in the morning. Vote early. ONE CHALLENGER AND ONE POLL BOOK HOLD- Section 37 of the law in force here says: "Each side shall be entitled to have one challenger and one poll book holder stand near the challenge window during the whole of the election." STEALING ELECTION STAMP. Section 46 of the election laws says: "Whoever removes or steals any stamp or election supplies from the polling place, or has the same in his possession outside the polling booth shall be sent to the penitentiary for five years. ELECTION CLERK GOES TO "PEN." Five Years in the "Pen" for Deceiving the Voter. Section 44 of the election laws in force here now, says: "When any voter cannot read or is unable to mark his ballot, the poll clerks shall, at his request, mark the ballot for him; and if any such poll clerk deceives the voter and marks the ballot in a different way than the voter indicated, he shall be sent to the penitentiary for five years." ```markdown ``` INDICTMENT HELD GOOD. Demurrer Overruled in Creek Roll Cases. Muskogee I. T.—A demurrer to the indictment brought by the grand jury of the present term of court, charging W. T. Matin, Jr., with being implicated in the theft of the Creek roll, has been overruled by Judge Lawrence of the federal court. The demurrer was based on a technicality of law, which makes it a felon for any public officer of the government to use an Indian roll for his own personal benefit, or steal the same. It was stated in presenting the demurrer that Martin was only a clerk of the government and not an official. A demurrer in the case of Dunleavy, also indicted charged with implication in the Creek roll theft, was also overruled. Good Cotton Weather. Chickasha, I. T.—Fair weather has again set in for this locality. The past two days have been warm and clear, and the cotton pickers are again busy. Every day of fine weather now means thousands of dollars to this locality as the cotton crop is now depending on good weather. Ardmore Paving. Ardmore, I. T.—Employes of the McQuarters Plumbing and Manufacturing company to whom was awarded the contract for paving, state that as soon as the machinery, which is on the road, reaches here that work will begin and be pushed to a speedy completion. Ask Electric Franchise. Chickasha, I. T.—The Chickasha Gas company yesterday went before the city council and asked for an electric light franchise for the city of Chickasha. The matter was referred to the proper committee with the request that they make a report at the next meeting. Train Kills Section Foreman. Vinita, I. T.—A Frisco freight train struck a handcar on the track near here tonight and instantly killed the section foreman, Alonzo Crabtree. All the other section men jumped from the car and were not hurt. Change Mission's Name. Tulsa, I. T.—The name Indian Territory Mission of the M. E. church was today officially changed to that of East Oklahoma mission by the annual conference in session here. While a mission in name, the organization hereafter will have full conference jurisdiction. Muskogee was selected as the place for holding the next annual meeting of the conference. Board of Pharmacy Officers. Muskogee, I. T.—At the close of the meeting of the Indian Territory Board of Pharacy in this city, the following officers were elected: W. O. Strouters, of Nowata, president; H. C. Cobb, of Muskogee, treasurer; H. D. Knisely, Checotah, secretary. L. Matthews, of Miami, was elected to membership, Frank C. Savage, of Hartshorn, was president last year, retiring. Muskogee was chosen as the place of meeting next January. PAYING THE INDIANS. Choctaw-Chicasaw Party Touring the Nation. Mill Creek, I. T.—The Choctaw-Chickasaw townsite payment party arrived in town yesterday morning and immediately commenced paying the $35 per capita to the Indians at the opera house. As a consequence the town is full of people and the merchants all report good business. The commission left here for Sulphur, Roff and Ada. Headquarters at Tulsa. Tulsa, I. T.—The Guffey Petroleum company, of Beaumont, Texas, which is arranging to take considerable oil from the Tulsa field, has established western headquarters in this city, having rented a suite of rooms in the First National Bank building. H. Y. Arnold is the manager Most men are forgotten shortly after they die and a great many of them are forgotten before the undertaker gets them. They Should. 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As a matter of fact, and aside from considerations of peach advertising, the animus of the agitation undoubtedly is the restiveness of the Connecticut smooth bore, which rusts on the wall, waiting for a snack of venison. Undoubtedly there will be introduced into the legislature of Connecticut this fall bills looking toward the opening of the deer season before 1911. The Connecticut farmer (backed by those city folks who are making use of him to further their own ends) would rather get a shot at the deer than to continue to get from the state in damages a better price than he could ever get for his peaches in the market. The lady bug is generally at home when the kissing bug calls. A FOOD CONVERT. Good Food the True Road to Health. The pernicious habit some persons still have of relying on nauseous drugs to relieve dyspepsia, keeps up the patent medicine business and helps keep up the army of dyspeptics. Indigestion — dyspepsia — is caused by what is put into the stomach in the way of improper food, the kind that so taxes the strength of the digestive organs they are actually crippled. When this state is reached, to resort to stimulants is like whipping a tired horse with a big load. Every additional effort he makes under the lash increases his loss of power to move the load. Try helping the stomach by leaving off heavy, greasy, indigestible food and take on Grape-Nuts—light, easily digested, full of strength for nerves and brain, in every grain of it. There's no waste of time nor energy when Grape-Nuts is the food. "I am an enthusiastic user of Grape-Nuts and consider it an ideal food," writes a Maine man: "I had nervous dyspepsia and was all run down and my food seemed to do me but little good. From reading an adv. I tried Grape-Nuts food, and after a few weeks' steady use of it, felt greatly improved. 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Those we'll informed, while indignant are trusting to President Roosevelt's moral courage and influence to nip a further growth of the unfortunate agitation and not to allow anything to endanger the traditional good will between the two countries. ALASKA GOLD MINING. The Annual Output Has Increased From $2,400,000 in 1895 to $15,000,000 in 1905. Washington, D. C. — No romance is of keener interest than the story of the development of the mining industry in Alaska during the last decare. It is attested roughly by the increase in the value of its annual output from $2,400,000 in 1895 to more than $15,000,000 in 1905. The gold production of 1905, according to reports of the United States geological survey increased probably sixty per cent over 1904. An important fact in the advancement of Alaska's mineral industry during the last decade says the report, is the great reduction in mining cost that has taken place during this period. The pioneer miners of the Yukon could not afford to handle gravel averaging less than $10 or $15 to the cubic yard. In the same district good wages can now be made, even by crude' methods, in extracting gold from pay streak averaging less than $5 to the cubic yard. MORE TIME FOR AGGIE MYERS. Justice Brewer Calls for More Complete Record Before Making Decision on Her Application. Washington, D. C. — Justice Brewer of the supreme court of the United States Thursday declined to either grant or deny the application for a writ of error presented by Attorneys Fowler and Rough of Missouri in the case of Mrs. Aggie Myers, who is under sentence of death on the charge of murdering her husband in Kansas City in 1904. The justice said it would be necessary to have a more complete record of the case before passing upon it. This decision will have the effect of giving the woman a respite of at least two or three months. She was to have been hanged on the 26 instant. Cannot Enjoin Smith. Salt Lake City, Utah.—Joseph H. Smith, president of the Mormon church, cannot be enjoined from using the funds of the Mormon church in commercial enterprises nor can he be compelled to render an accounting of the tithing fund in his care as trustee of the church. Decision to this effect was rendered Tuesday by Judge Morse, of the state district court, when he sustained the demurrier filed in behalf of President Smith in the case brought by Don Carlos Musser and Charles A. Shurthwaite, former members of the church. 1697 13 101 75150 STANDARD OIL IS GUILTY After 32 Consecutive Hours Deliberation a Jury so Decides. Was Charged with Conspiracy in Restraint of Trade—Trial Marked New Method of Procedure. Findlay, Ohio. — By the verdict of a jury the Standard Oil company of Ohio is guilty of conspiracy against trade in violation of the Valentine anti-trust law of Ohio. The penalty is a fine of from $50 to $5,000 which may be repeated for each day of the offense or imprisonment off from six to 12 months. The Standard Oil company of Ohio has given notice that it will file a motion for a new trial. Under the practice of the court the defendant has three days to put this motion in form. The next step will be for the court to impose the penalty. The defense will then take their bill of exceptions to such rulings of Judge Banker as they have objected to the circuit court of the state. The appeal from this court is to the supreme court of the state by which tribunal there is no doubt the issue will ultimately be decided. To the state, the suit, the verdict and the ultimate appeal is important because it initiates an entirely new method of proceeding against alleged trade monopolies—that is, by information and affidavit instead of by grand jury indictment. Washington, D. C. — The following official dispatch was received at the war department late Friday afternoon: "Ivana, Oct. 19.—Secretary of war. Washington. "Terrific hurricane swept over Havana and vicinity at midnight, lasting several hours. Wind officially reported 80 miles an hour. Telegraph and telephone wires all down. Trees blown down in all parts. Two schooners ashore. Loss city and country heavy. Fear considerable loss of life. Eight deaths reported in city of Havana. Have called upon governors of provinces to report local conditions. Ocean-going shipping in Havana harbor unharmed. Number of launches and lighters adrift and sunk. New York Central Fined $108,000. New York. — Judge Holt in the United States circuit court Friday imposed a fine of $108,000 on the New York Central & Hudson river railroad company for granting rebates to Lowell M. Palmer, who has charge of transportation for the American Sugar Refining company. There were six counts and fine of $17,000 was imposed in each. Frederick L. Pomeroy, assistant traffic manager of the New York Central was fined $1,000 on each count, a total of $6,000. Judge Holt criticised the practices of the railroad. TO EXTEND TERRITORY RAILROAD. Muskogee, I. T. — Vice President M. P. Dewar of the Missouri, Oklahoma and Gul, which has a road already built from Wagoner, I. T., to Dustin, I. T., announced Tuesday that work would begin at once in laying the extension to Denison, Tex. Dewar denies that the Harriman interest will control. He says that the road will remain an independent company. Fire at Syracuse, Kan. Topeka, Kansas.—The business section of Syracuse, Kan., was badly damaged by fire early Friday morning. A number of stores, a hotel, a rooming house and two restaurants were destroyed. The town was crowded with landseekers at the time of the fire and a number of persons were badly burned but no lives were lost. Loss $35,000; insurance $5,000. The Pope and Spain TROUBLE SAID TO BE BREWING BETWEEN THE TWO. Unless Reduction in Clerical Budget Is Obtained from Vatican Rupture Is Likely to Take Place. The struggle which the vatican has been carrying on with France has resulted in many of the exiled orders taking refuge in Spain and this has created a condition of affairs there that has brought the question of the relations of the vatican to the church in Spain to a climax, so that there seems to be no doubt that, unless the present government of Spain can succeed in inducing the vatican to accept a reduction of some $200,000 in the clerical budget and acknowledge the regularity of the civil marriage, a rupture will take place between Madrid and Rome which may even lead to the denunciation of the Concordat of 1851. In the meantime, the cardinal primate A Monsignor Sancha, Cardinal Primate of Spain. of Spain, Mgr. Sancha, archbishop of Toledo, is doing his best to effect an understanding by reminding the government of the obligations for moral support both monarchy and dynasty are under, and seeking to impress upon the Roman curia the necessity of making certain concessions toward the liberal movement in Spain. The problem to be solved is really more of a financial and a social than a religious one. The financial side is aggravated from three sources. The money which the government pays outright to the clergy, the expense to the country at large of the thousands BUGS OF UNTOLD AGES AGO. Fossils from Colorado Exactly Like the Insect of To-Day. In all the world the greatest depository of fossil insects is at Florissant, Colo. Dr. W. M. Wheeler of the American Museum of Natural History spent his vacation there and has just brought back some 2,000 specimens. The layman commonly thinks that fossil insects are found only in amber, which affords a protecting medium for the preservation of their delicate bodies. There are two or three places in the world, however, where peculiar conditions have preserved fossil insects in stone. One of them is Radapoj, in Bohemia, another Oeningen, in Bavaria. But by far the richest depository is at Florissant, 30 miles west of Colorado Springs. Samuel Scudder partially explored the region in 1890, since when no one touched it till Dr. Wheeler went there this summer. He was accompanied by Prof. and Mrs. Cockerell of the University of Colorado. The place they explored was an old of monks and friars who have established themselves after being driven out of France, and founded schools and colleges for both sexes; and the immense amount of treasure which the vatican annually takes out of the country—however high may be the exchange from paper money into gold, in gold the vatican is paid, and the tithes which it gathers from all sources in Spain are said to represent annually some $9,000,000. The state spends annually for the church some 41,000,000 pesetas, or $8,200,000. According to the latest statistics, the total number of religious communities throughout the country is 3,115, containing 50,933 members. Of these, 2,586 communities are for women, with 40,188 members, and 529 for men, with 10,745 members. The number of those which sought and obtained registration by the government was 2,611, the registration being of a permanent and definite character in the case of 1,201, and of a provisional kind for 1,410. Registration was temporarily withheld in the case of 150, pending further examination of their titles and description. Of the 354 which remain, the greater part are orders of the Concordat and exempt from registration. Of the 41,000,000 pesetas paid by the state to the church, about $6,000,000 is devoted to the payment of income; $750,000 to building, maintenance, and repair of churches; $225,000 is destined for religious seminaries; and some $25,000 is allotted to religious congregations, cloistered nuns, and others. The sum of a little over $1,000,000 is divided among the higher clergy, leaving less than $1,000,000 for the ordinary priesthood. As the latter must number considerably over 20,000, the average income of the secular priest cannot be more than $50. Nor does there seem to be much more margin for economy in the salaries paid to the superior clergy. There are nine archbishops, whose incomes range from $8,000 to $5,500; there are 51 bishops who receive from $5,500 to $2,000; there are 50 deans and 500 canons, whose average yearly income is less than $1,500. But even out of this poverty the Spanish church contrived to donate to the government last year $750,000. Meanwhile, the native orders and their French guests barely make a living; the village curate starves; the towers of Cuenta Cathedral crumble and fall for the want of timely repairs; and the country, which has so long regarded such matters with indifference, is beginning, especially the liberal, progressive part of it, to be disgusted with the whole question of religious dominance. lake bottom ten miles long. Some hundreds of thousands of years ago a tranquil, shallow lake lay there, steaming in a bed of dense vegetation, for the climate was then like that of Louisiana. All round great volcanoes smoked and spit, and their ashes sifted down into this lake. The ashes caught and held the insects, and later discharges bedded the fossils in rock. This rock now protrudes all over the old lake bed, masses of shale which can be split into sheets with ease. In between the leaves of shale are found the fossil insects, and they show that the insect tribe has been the most changeless of all types. Bees, beetles, spiders, flies, and ants which lived before man appeared on earth can all be instantly recognized, and even their family told. Many ants are found, all of which must have fallen into the lake in the marriage flight, since the ant is a land insect and the workers are wingless. Many specimens are so well preserved that they show even the hairs on the insect's body. The lake is full of fossilized sequoia also and fossil leaves and cones. THE @1METER. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOGEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER W H. TWINE Editor. R. WOOD. Ass't Editor. E D. NICKFNS. Advertising Manager. For Governor of the State of Oklahoma, Hon. John D. Benedict. of Muskogee, I. T. Muskogee I. T. Oct. 17 '06. Be it resolved by the Executive Committee of the 75th constitutional Delegate District in the 10th Recording District of Indian Territory that: Whereas we recognize that C. W. Raymond received 46 votes out of 52 at the recent Republican convention, to nominate a candidate to the Constitutional Convention and that he carried all of the Precincts in said Districts at the Republican caucuses except two. Therefore, we recognize him as the regular Republican nominee and pledge him the support of said committee and we urge all Republicans to support him and this committee at the poll Nov. 6th. 1906. Morgan Caraway. Chairman J. E. Crane, Sec'y. L. F. Fue Member of com. We are last ditch fighters, and we mean by that, that we fight to the last ditch and then DIE IN THE DITCH. Is that plain enough for the opposition? If Sango and Reed, the policeman, deliver the goods, then we say that the Negroes of the 75th district have sold their birthright for a "mess of pottage." Stewart. Brown and McRea will find that three kings and a six shooter don't beat four aces, at least that's what we are told. The Republidans of the 75th district know better who the nominee of the party is than either, Gill, Bixby or Clayton. They will stand by the nominee as made by the Republican convention—to wit. Raymond. The only way the opposition can win is by stealing the votes after they have been cast, and it is said that some people will be bold enough to attempt to carry the steal game through. We guess Brown and Stewart are in the game, according to the original plan, but the Negroes of the 75th district are not with them and won't be as long as they stand for the fellows who favor Jim Crow cars and Jim Crow waiting rooms for the colored people. R Emmett Stewart and his partner. Brown, as well as the new lawyer, Scott Brown, and A. S. McRea are the main cusses to deliver the Negroes into the Hopkins camp. It is the purpose of the non-partisan outfit to mislead the Negro and deliver them into Jim Crow cars. If you want that condition, then follow these fellows. The Democrats in the new state are praying: "Good Lord, good devil." They don't know whose hands they will fall into. The boys in the trenches are standing Pat and it does not matter what the surroundings or conditions may be at this stage of the game. The only hope for our people is to say to the scoundrels who are against a "square deal" is DEPART! Again, we repeat. We are not a leader and we have neither in clination or desire to lead. All we ask is that the boys in the trenches have a square deal. We are willing for our leaders to hold the offices from Liftum Dungi and Knight of Green Cloth up, but we insist that our boys and girls shall not be compelled to carry the load that these scoundrels are willing to place upon them and upon posterity. Stewart and Brown, who, in our opinion, ruined things for the Negro in Guthrie shall not dictate and ruin things in B., I. T., no matter how eloquent their appeals may be and no matter how strenuously their supporters may pray. The loyal women who believe in a square deal are against Jim Crow cars for our boys and girls; they ask nothing more and will be satisfied with nothing less. To the Negro, we say: Find out who Rutherford will support and then vote for the other man. Stewart roasted out Rutherford the other night and we guess he was right, but we are of the opinion that he had not learned his lesson well, as the opposition knows that Rutherford and Pete West are their friends. Well, McRea is a huge joke; he don't know whether he is a foot or horse back. Poor Old Mc, we pity him and wonder whether he is made of common, ordinary clay or just mud. Scott Brown just got to town yesterday and now assumes the responsibility of advising the people what they should do. THE AGREEMENT The agreement among the lilly whites is settled. Tom Samson is to run for Circuit Judge in the county elections. Tom has turned to a pure lilly white! Alex Richmon will be a candidate on the lilly white ticket for county clerk. Gus Lubbes will be a candidate for sheriff and J. N. Allen will be a lilly white candidate for Probate Judge. J. Carter Cook, who still holds his place on the County Central Committee in Alabama and refuses to resign, claiming a residence in Alabama, will be thrown down by the machine—so will White, Disney and Davis. Then the six shooters will clash and go out to win the convention with the guns and U. S. Marshals. The device on the lilly white ticket will be a six shooter. The campaign will be between the people and the six shooter. THE LAW SO SAYS Section 1 of the election laws, 1903, in force in the coming election. says: "Whoever sells or offers to sell his vote shall be disfranchised for not less than ten years or more than twenty years." Section 2 says: "Whoever buys or offers to buy any vote shall be disfranchised for not less than ten yrs. or more than twenty years.." [This is a good law. Men who will encourage the six shooter at a caucus or convention will seek to buy votes. But whoever does will be arrested, and some of our lilly white brethren who are thinking of becoming candidates for county offices may be in the same predicament as an ex convict.] FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR FINE. Every Employer Must Give Voter Four Hours to Vote. Section 40 of the election laws in force here says, that every corporation, manufacturing and mercantile establishment shall give every voter four hours, after the polls are first opened in which to vote, and if any corporation, owner, superintendent, overseer or boss or foreman does not give his men this four hours in which to vote, he shall be fined $500. The election is Tuesday. Nov. 6. Polls are open at 6 o'clock in the morning. Vote early. Recorder Campbell says. he wants no colored man to vote for him for Recorder next spring. If you sell your vote, you will be disfranchised for ten years. The pastor of the A. M. E. church has raised within the last few days $125 Dollar Money, $50 pastor's salary and $15 presiding elder's salarr. This is a good showing for the church at this point. Tillman in his speech at this place advised the Negroes to vote for the non-partisan candidate, meaning Hopkins, of course, and the Negroes, of course, will do the opposite to what Tillman and Douglas advise, as both of them are against the Negro as are the men who standon their platform. TO REPUBLICANS: We are anxious to have every Republican in close touch, and working in harmony with the Republican National Congressional Committee in favor of the election of a Republican Congress. The Congressional campaign must be based on the administrative and legislative record of the party, and, that being so, Theodore Roosevelt's personality must be a central figure and his achievements a central thought in the campaign. We desire to maintain the work of this campaign with popular subscriptions of One Dollar each from Republicans. To each subscriber we will send the Republican National Campaign Text Book and all documents issued by the Committee. Help us achieve a great victory. JAMES S. SHERMAN, Chairman. P O. Box 2063, New York. 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. 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 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. Cimeter for $1. year --- Republican Campaign Speech Delivered by Mrs. E. A. Clarksville, I. T., Never before in the history of these United States have the pressing claims of a political campaign called for the political aspiration of our women that represent the comfort of our homes and the happiness of our families than at this present time. Why do I say this? Because, if the Rock of Gibraltar, the supposed State of Oklahoma, which is the only part of the United States, is the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, passes into tyroneied hands, our hopes are sealed forever and woe be unto our damnation. I am not representing a Mollie Pitcher, but I want to ask our women and our daughters, are all the Mollie Pitchers dead? Are there any Mollie Pitchers here tonight? Then while our men and the honorable, self respecting white Republicans, who believe in equal rights to all and special privileges to none, wield the political gattling gun, let us as women furnish the political ammunition of aspiration. When I look on the head of our most worthy and honorable nominee, Mr. P. B J. Hudson, of District No. 70, whose hair is becoming silver-woven and whose face has been scorched by the powder from the political camp for 16 years, who has never been known to falter or retreat, then I appeal to you who are men and who have honest conscience, void of offense, in his behalf. Great God from an upper world! Dear husbands and sons, wake up! Why lay ye here slumbering and idle all your days, when the hands of the enemy are pressing so hard? Dear husbands and sons, are you going to let this hero, Mr. P. B. J. Hudson, who is our honorable nominee of District No. 70, who is backed up and supported by the strong brains of our wisest m and approved by the hands of our generous and uncompromising white brethren, go down in the coming election, Nov. 6? God forbid that such a man be permitted to live to see the 6th of November come, who will cast his vote against his brother. Dear friends, allow me to appeal to your honest convictions. The war is on and the color line is strongly being drawn, but I say to the colored men, stand up like the men of other races and bravely face the conflict with the true white Resublicans on our side. Our motto is, succeed. And by the eternal vengeance, we are going to land P. B. J. Hudson in the Constitutional Convention at Guthrie, Okla. The black phalanx are stalwart Republicans and will support the Republican ticket, but they will not permit lilly whites and bolters to say who is the neminee of the party. We regret very much that our teachers could not, or would not, permit the children to come down town and see the VicePresident. The white children came, but of this, we will speak in the future. FOR SALE. Lot three (3) in block Ninety three, to the city of Muskogee, Indian Territory. size 100x145. Also one of the finest business lots in the town of Panama, Indian Territory, one block from depot. size 25x140. Abstract shows these two pieces of property to be all O. K. and a perfect chain of tiile. Address S. M. Twine. 218 1-2 State St. Pine Bluff, Ark. 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. DOMINOES FREE TO Boys and Girls. 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. 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, Mission Passenger Agent. JOPLIN, MO. 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. Pioneer Abstract Co. IOWA BUILDING This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T. 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 5:35 p. 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. PHONE 302 F. A. STEBBINS, Ag't. Bide-a-Wee Trips and All Season Tours Via Rock Island FRI6CO SYSTEM NewTimeCard ROCK ISLAND. CAN The Canadian Vall Company The Canadian Valley Trust Company Has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses. Owners of three, four, five and six room houses can secure desirable tenants by listing their property with us. Muskogee Cimeter. Secret of the Pyramids. A Brooklyn engineer of note, who spent several years in Egyptian exploration, is of opinion that the mystery of the pyramids has been solved. The most extraordinary pictures showing 200,000 men hauling on a rope to raise a 200,000 pound stone into its proper niche near the pinnacle of old Cheops is familiar to all of us. Theories as to the mode of construction are legion. But all the engineering logic and experience of to-day and for the last 100 years has failed to cast more than a shadow over the mystery. Piazzi Smith thought he knew all about it, but nothing of a practical nature has come of his researches. It is singular that our wise man did not think of examining with critical eye the tools found in the catacombs. The old saw—a workman is known by his chips—is no better than a workman is known by his tools. Our Brooklynite says that the tools are not those of rock masons, nor mere plasterers' implements for filling the cracks between stones, but are plainly the crude Egyptian plant of operatives engaged in mixing and laying their cement. Cement is the comtheir cement. Cement is the coming building material, says the New York Press. Railroads are renewing their steel, iron and stone piers, abutments, culverts, etc., with it, and it is expected to last forever. No great skill is required in manipulating it. There is no chiseling, hammering, doweling, no heavy lifting with derricks, no misfits. The industry already has grown to enormous proportions. Drop a sack of dry cement to the bottom of a river and in a few minutes you have a solid stone that never will wear away. Drop 1,000 sacks on top of it and round it and presently you will have a foundation that will sustain for all time a million ton bridge. What Is Realism? Probably the simplest definition explains realism as the attempt to see and depict the world as it is. Unfortunately, this is meaningless. Every man sees his own world, and if he depicts it as it is there is little likelihood of its being the same as the world of anybody else. We shall be on safer ground if we say that realism is the attempt to depict the world as the ordinary man sees it, the average, commonplace man. Although not a novelist, says Gamaliel Bradford, Jr., in The Reader, the typical realist of literature is Pepys. The Homer of the commonplace, he expresses the emotions and experiences of the average man with a naturalness, a fidelity possible only to one who is an average man himself—and nothing else. But the artist is, by definition, not the average, commonplace man, and when he tries to be a thoroughgoing realist, his artist's genius is perpetually getting between his legs and tripping him up. Miss Elizabeth Bolt started a factory at Wakefield, Mass., on a small scale a few years ago and now employs more than 400 men and women, who turn out about 600 dozen pairs of stockings daily. Miss Bolt understands her work thoroughly, having been a mill girl herself. The New York newspaper man who is to marry a rich girl may be a poor reporter without being a poor reporter.. NEWS OF THE WEEK Most Important Happenings of the Past Seven Days. Interesting Items Gathered from All parts of the World Condensed Into Small Space for the Benefit of Our Readers. Personal. Sam Jones, the evangelist, died on board a train near Little Rock, Ark., while going from Oklahoma City, Ok., to Memphis, Tenn. It was not known that he was ill until his body was found in a berth in the sleeping car. District Attorney John B. Moran has formally accepted the nomination for governor tendered him by the Massachusetts democrats. It is reported that Gen. Funston is to be given command of the Southwest division with headquarters at Oklahoma City. Mrs. Clinton B. Fiske, of New York, has been re-elected president of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the M. E. church. Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the president of the Confederacy, died at New York recently of pneumonia at the age of 80 years. She had been ill only a week. R. P. Murdock, for 25 years business manager of the Wichita, Kan., Dafly Eagle died recently in Chicago where he had gone for treatment. Secretary Taft's party have arrived in Washington from Havana, Cuba. The funeral services of the late Sam P. Jones, the evangelist, were held in the tabernacle bearing his name at Cartersville, Ga., before a large congregation. Bishop Galloway, of Mississippi, presided. Charles A. Barnes, of Jacksonville, Ill., has been elected supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias at the session of the supreme lodge at New Orleans. William Scully, popularly known as "Lord" Scully, who owned thousands of acres of land in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, died recently in London, Eng. Miscellaneous. It has been decided to appoint a governor for the canal zone as well as a minister to Panama to succeed Gov. Magoon, who held both positions. During the term between September 1, 1904 and September 1, 1906, there were 156 banks organized in Kansas with a combined capital of $2,-094,800. The final step in the demobilization of Russia's great Manchurian army was taken recently when an order was published disbanding the staff of the army of the Far East. Fire at Birmingham, Ala., destroyed two six story buildings and caused a loss of more than $300,000. The inquiry by the Interstate Commerce commission into the alleged grain trust has been adjourned at Chicago to be continued at Kansas City, Omaha and other western cities. Justice Brewer of the federal supreme court has granted a stay of execution to Mrs. Aggie Myers, condemned to hang in Missouri on October 26 until he can examine the full record in the case. A tropical hurricane which swept over Cuba, doing considerable damage at Havana reached the eastern coast of Florida and caused destruction at Miami and vicinity. The president is considering the advisability of appointing a fiscal agent to take charge of the revenues of the Cuban government in order that the United States may be reimbursed for the expense of intervention in the recent insurrection in the island. An explosion of natural gas wrecked the home of E. C. Vaught, in St. Joseph, recently, injuring Mr. Vaught's daughter and two workmen. The director of the mint has purchased 150,000 ounces of silver at 70.13 cents per fine ounce. The supreme court of the United States has denied the petition of Former United States Senator Burton, of Kansas, for a rehearing in the case in which he is under sentence of imprisonment and fine and it is expected he will begin serving the six months sentence at once. The Spanish ministry has announced that the war budget has been increased by $2,160,000. The general manager of the Iowa Central railway has announced an increase in the pay of the telegraph operators of the system beginning November 1. A negro has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Iowa for assault. The Southern Steel company has purchased the properties of the Georgia Coal & Iron company, the consideration being in the neighborhood of $2,000,000. The Chicago club of the American baseball league defeated the pennant winners of the National league in the sixth championship game by a score of 8 to 3 and in doing so won the championship of the world. An examination of the Cuban treasury shows more than $12,000,000 on hand, mostly in American gold. The books balanced. Fire destroyed six stores and shops in the town of Sentinel, Ok., recently. Suit has been commenced in the district court of Shawnee county, Kansas, under the anti-trust laws of the state against the International Harvester company of America on 50 counts alleging combination for the purpose of preventing competition in the sale of agricultural machinery. It is reported in territory oil circles that the Texas Oil company and the Standard Oil company have combined to construct a pipe line from the Midcontinent field to the gulf. At a meeting of the board of regents of the university of Kansas a proposition presented by Chancellor Strong to ask Andrew Carnegie for money, with which to build a new fine arts building, was voted down. The reports of a fresh outbreak of the volcano of Mount Pelee on the island of Martinique is denied on the authority of the French cable company. The statement of receipts and expenditures of the postoffice department for the year ending June 30, 1906, show a reduction in the annual deficit from $14,572,584 in 1905 to $10,516,996 in 1906. A disagreement among the stockholders of Watson's Magazine has led to the resignation of Thomas E. Watson, who founded the magazine about 18 months ago, and has been its editor-in-chief. Charles Michaels, a band master, dropped dead in Newport, Ky., while playing a dirge for his friend whose sudden death occurred while the marriage ceremony of his son was being performed. The Ohio supreme court has decided that the Drake investigating committee created by the legislature last winter to investigate affairs in Cincinnati and Hamilton county was illegal. The American Bankers' association held its 32d annual session in St. Louis recently. Delegates from every state and territory and the dependencies of the United States to the number of 4,000 were present. The Railway Signal association comprising more than 800 members from practically all countries of the world held their tenth annual convention in Washington recently. In the terminal case at St. Louis Judge Adams in the federal court of appeals, decided that Special Commissioner Rombauer had no power to commit a witness to jail. All the blooded stock on the Thomas W. Lawson farm at Dreamwold is to be sold at auction in New York in November. The only reservation will be Boralma, the famous trotter. Removal of Restrictions. The restrictions have been removed from the following citizens of the Fve Tribes: Cherokees. Nancy Taylor, Woodley. Green Ketcher, Flint. Martha Sinter, Pryor Creek. Almon A. Guinn, Tahlequah. Robert Sanders, Vian. Charles M. Rose, Tahlequah. James K. Landrum, Echo. Cora Hightower, Maple. Ruth Nettles, Ft. Smith, Ark. Lizzie Lacey, Warner. Cynthia Peters, Briartown. Charles J. Severs, Muskogee. Henry C. Holderman, Spavinew. Helena Scott, Vinita. John E. Mabry, Fort Sill. Col. J. Harris, Jr., Greenbriar. Nannie E. Lansford, Warner. George H. Johnson, Afton. George Taylor, Nowata. Minnie E. Temmons, Campbell. Charles D. Kennedy, Vinita. Mary E. Wilson, Muskogee. Ivan Long, Afton. James W. Barnett, Siloam Springs Lettie Williams, Vinita. Robert Dozely, Wainwright. Mary A. Martin, Siloam Springs. John Brassfield, Enfaula. Rachel Candy, Braggs. Autitla Smith, Keefeton. John W. Ferguson, Whitmore. James Lovett, Braggs. Chickasaws. Edmon P. Love, Newburg. Creek. C. O. Finnegan, Summitt. Choctaw. Lillie Vick, South McAlester. Kizzie Martin, Stigler. Juanita Spradlin, Durant. Samuel Monkus, Soper. Melinda Mays, Milburn. William Burns, Drake. Effie Cunningham, Wayne. James E. Moran, Comanche. Binger Bank Stock Transferred. RACING FOR TERRITORY. Muskogee, I. T.—Colonel R. C. Pate and his legal representative, Thomas Morris, of St. Louis, closed a contract here today for an eighty-acre tract of land, one mile southwest of this city, and have announced that they will build a one-mile racing course with stables, etc., to cost $50,000. It is believed the company behind them is the one which a few years ago operated large tracks at St. Louis, Hot Springs and Kansas City. The news that Colonel Pate had bought land in the territory for racing grounds was received in Kansas City last night without surprise by those interested in track racing. Since the blows to race tracks in Kansas City, St. Louis and Hot Springs it has been rumored that other places would be chosen for sporting centers. Hot Springs, Ark., is in the hands of reformers who have practically put a stop to horse racing, and this with the opposition in Missouri has perhaps led to the move for establishing tracks and stables near Muskogee. THIEVES BURN A STORE. Set Fire to Building After Looting It of Contents. Shawnee, O. T.—The grocery store of Harvey and McCune was robbed of a large amount of goods early today and then set on fire. The stock was totally destroyed and the building sustained a loss of $1,000. The stock was insured for $1,000, building uninsured. James Hardin and John Lynch, farmers, weer asleep in a rooming house over the store and were taken out of the window by the firemen. There is no clue to the thieves. 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At a recent inquest in a Pennsyl- vania town, one of the jurors, after the usual swearing in, arose and with much dignity protested against serv- ice, alleging |t he was the general manager of an important concern and was wasting valuable time by sitting as a juror at an inquest. The coroner, turning to his clerk, said: “Mr. Moican, Kindly hand me ‘Jervis’ (the authority on juries).” Then, after consulting the book, the coroner observed to the unwilling juror: “Upon reference to ‘Jervis,’ I find, sir, that no persons are exempt from service as jurors except idiots, imbe- ciles and lunatics. Now, under which heading do you claim exemption?” — Success Magazine. No man imagines he is as homely as he is. Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces In. Hammation ailays pelt, cures wind colle, 2c a botte, Did you ever hear of a man falling in love with a woman's intellect? Two Grateful Letters from Women Who Avoided Serious Operations.—Many Women Suffering from Like Conditions Will Be interested. — ee aN MIL nnn NN i STi. Lay wire So She) iy Era ean) \ iy And NW Oar te MD) [Ro Gee cde OAC er Nae ED ine Mra { to hoa) a7 ‘ ie ie Wray) ye. iN PN e eo Vien rw... \3 iy = a NSO w eN Qj ergrile Ryon CPA omer Hetln When a physician tellsa woman, suf- fering from female trouble, that an operation is necessary it, of course, frightens her. The very thought of the operating table and the knife strikes terrer to her heart. As one women expressed it, when told by her physician that she must undergo an operation, she felt that her death knell had sounded. Our hospitals are full of women who are there for just such operations! It is quite true that these troubles may reach a stage where an operation is the only resource, but such cases are much rarer than is generally supposed, because a great many women have been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after the doctors had said an operation must be per- formed. In fact, up to the point where the knife must be used to secure instant relief, this medicine is certain to help. The strongest and most grateful statements possible to make come from women who, by taking Lydia B. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound, have escaped serious operations. Margrite Ryan, Treasurer of St. Andrew's Society, Indianapolis, Ind., writes of her cure as follows: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— “T cannot find words to express my thanks for the good Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound did'me. The doctor said f could not get well unless I had aa penn tor the tronble from which I suffered. I knew [ could not stand the strain of an operation and made up my mind | would be an invalid for life. Beatin how Lydia E. Pinkham’s Ask Mrs. Pinkham’s Advice—A Won PATENT ATTORNEYS, PAT E N T S Trade Marks, De- signs, Copyrights and Labels procured. NATHAN BickronD, 94 B dt. Washington, D. 0. fH Hisceucancous ELECTROTYPES b EtieilAeinbiarsde, ta Wacom nb Caeage DEFIANCE STARCH st's..r rim aoa RLY SMOKED 10¢ C STRAIGHT £ We manufacture all kinds of mill work, sash, doors, mouldings and hardwood finish, Write us for prices. MUSKOGEE SASH & DOOR CO,, Muskogee, Indian Territory, Vegetal,!e Compound had saved other women from serious operations I decided to ay it, and in less than four months [ was entirely cured; aud words fail to express my thank- fulness.” Miss Margret Merkley, of 275 34 Street, Milwaukee, ‘Wis., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— “Loss of strength, extreme nervousness, severe shooting pains through the pelvic organs, cramps, bearing-down pains, and an irritable disposition compelled me’ to seek tiedical advice, ‘The doctor, after making an examination, said that I had a serious female troubleand ulceration, and advised an operation as may only hope. TothisI strongly objected—and 1 decided as a last resurt to Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com ‘ “To my surprise the ulceration healed, all the bad symptoms disappeared, and I amonce more strong, Vigorous and well; and I can- not express my thanks for what it has done for me.” Serious feminine troubles are steadi- ly on the increase among women—and before submitiing to an operation every woman should try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and write Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. for advice, For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been curing the worst forms of female complaints, all functional troubles, inflammation, ulceration, falling and Sie pirement, weakness, irregularities, indigestion and nervous prostration. Any woman who could read the many grateful letters on file in Mrs. Pinkham’'s office would be convinced of the efficiency of her advice and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. aes Ghasdh Ota totetse en oo Caen DH ENSION (2nnr sone Washington, D. ©. Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Principal Fxaminer V. 8, Pension Bureau. $25 oO ) FOR AGENTS, Pleasant $25, 000 -00 GTork, aumoug your friends, went suies, large comniienonse ab tf forall” Address Dupe. 10-1) Weduth Bes Nee Choe GF gee you wantto make Money send for my Illustrated Catalogue. Free to you. Bargain House of Chas. ubrecht. P.0.80x 1164, N.Y. City, W. N. U., MUSKOGEE, NO. 43, 1906. ; Ointment Buchan’s ntmen is a positive necessity to every cattleman, will quickly heal wounds and sores ou all animals, wou first premium at Texas State Fair and for 49 years has been the standard remedy fot SCREW WORMS AND FOOT ROT Put up in 602, bottiew and 40, 4 1b,.1 1b, 91D, and bib. gerew-tor cans. Tnsist on Buchan‘s ‘Cresy- e : ruggists an Fs OF write CAMHOLIC BOAR COn NEW TORE CLET, Good Meals for Traveless. Our dinning — stations are owned and operated by the Company. This assures uni- form quality and service, The meals are nominal in price (50c) and a little better than you ever for the money. They have sat- isfied others—we know they will satisfy you, If there is any information you would like, about a prospective trip write me Vl gladly give you the information and it possible have my representative call on you and peronally assist you in every way, Think of my ofler when you next have occasion to travel Address. W.S. Sr. GEORGE, Gen'l Pass. & Ticket Agent, Wainwright Bldg., St. Louis. Let me Suid you a house on sinall installments, — thereby, saving your rent money, and living in your own house all the time. See Rey. J. M. Dade, Miner London, Susie London, Fannie Tucker and Naney Lynch, as to the way 1 treat my customors, Will loan money for 5—7 &19 years on Farm lands and City” propety, in any a mount where if is well secured, Make short loans also. No. one English Block, ‘ Muskogee, I. T. W. DP. Fields, SUMMERTOU RS, Low Round Trip Rates Via Hai hg to FROKM. HERE TO THERE. Colorado, — California, Oregon, Washington and the northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, New En gland, Wisconsin, Ontario and (Qacbec Resorts, All summer resorts in the South wast, Also to St, Louis and Chicago. Liberal return lint. Write hearest Frisco Agent, or L. W. Price, Division Pass. Agent Joplin Mo. STUDY THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL, Inatruc- tion by mail adapted to everyone. Recognized by courts and educators, cmemnmmemmens fF eperieniced aid competent instruct Ors. Takes spare tue only, Thiee sottrees - Preparatory, Business, Col LAW lege. I'repares for practice, Will better your condition and prospects ome — ini bunifvess, Students and graduates everywhere. Full particulars and spestal offer AT FREE, — THE SPRACUE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL UF LAW, H S44 Masestic Buse, cee BETROIT, MICH. ~ FOR SALE. Bargains—if taken at once Pour 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 When travling and have ac cation to stop over .at Atoka, 1. 'T. Call on Mes. Fannie Lynch for good meals and clean’ beds, Yarvlers Home. MKT Ave you going? ~The excep tionally low rates for this occa- sion will enable you to take a delightful vacation trip to cool, sunshiny Colorado at a minim. um expense, Tickets will be sold to Denver, Colorado Springs or Pucblo July 10th to 16th, inclusive, good until August. 4 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. Askany M. K. & Tragent for particulars, or write W.S.ST. George General Passenger Agent, M. K. &T. Ry St.Louis, Missouri The blue mark on your pa per means subscription out and paper stops at once, 2:2 <i = 235 = — =*% 3 TO REPUBLICANS: We are anxious to have every Republican in close touch, and work- ing in harmony with the Republican National Congressional Committee in favor of the election of a Republican Congress, The Congressional campaign must be bascd on the administrative and legislative record of the party, and, that being so, Theodore Roosevelt's personality must be a central figure and his achievements a central thought in the campaign. We desire to maintain the work of this campaign with popular subscrip- tions of One Dollareach from Repub- licans. To each subscriber we will send the Republican National Cam- paign Text Book and all documents issued by the Committee, Help us achicve a great victory. James S. SureeMan, Chairman. P O. Box 2063, New York. Phone No. 6 for the Best: Hearietta Coal, $4. per ton. Gaither Wood and Coal office. Cor, 4th and Elgin Sts. 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