Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Vol 8 The following named gentlemen voted for Douglass as a candidate to the convention thereby approving his resolutions: A. G. W. Sango, R. Fimmett Stewart, W. Scott Brown, H. N. Johnson and all the delegations from Taft except T. W. Driver. Political Platform of C. B. Douglas, Editor Muskogee Phoenix. Clipped from Phoenix of September 25, 1906. The Resolutions Were Written by C. B. Douglas, Himself and Presented to 11 Other Editors Who Voted FOR Them. We, the members of the republican Press Association of the Third Congressional District declare as follows: Whereas there is an apparent misunderstanding existing among the voters of the district as to the position of the party on the so-called race question, and. Whereas, the republican party has DISCHARGED its OBLIGATIONS to the NEGRO in that it gives him full civil rights, equal with every other citizen and still stands for that policy. Therefore, be it resolved by this association that the republican party of the Third Congressional District is OPPOSED to NEGRO DOMINATION in any sense. That it stands for separate schools, SEPARATE COACHES and SEPARATE WAITING ROOMS for NEGROES which shall have equal facilities and comforts of those furnished other races. That it is opposed and WILL USE EVERY MEANS at its command to PREVENT the nomination of negroes on any elective ticket, seeking the suffrage of the other races. On this declaration of principle all classes and all nationalities of citizenship are earnestly invited to allign themselves with the party of progress and prosperity. C. B. DOUGLAS, Muskogee Phoenix S. S. COBB, Wagoner, THOS. A. LATTA, Bartlesville, MATT TELIN, Afton, W. E. Dixon, Dewey, B. W. Barnes, Haskell, W. O. Kennedy, Muskogee, A. S. STERLING, Holdenville, CLARK SMITH, Claremore, W. F. HEAD, Webbers Falls, R. B. HUFFMAN, Checotah. The pothouse politician is now in his seventh heaven of ethereal bliss. He delights in attending conventions and yelling "I can speak too; by g—sah! The slate makers have made a ticket and all that now is necessary is that the convention ratify their work and then of course the people will elect them without a single dissenting vote. Who was it that gave his vote in exchange for a school? Doug has ordered a county convention on the seventh of August at which time, it is presumed, candidates will be nominated to run on the Doug platform. Danger Ahead If C. B. Douglass and his henchmen proceed to nominate a county ticket without calling a convention and electing delegates, there will be a DOUBLE HEADER because the common people will not stand for a repetition of the outrages of a few days ago. Perhaps some of the fellows may have a cinch on some of the delegates who attended the last convention and who cannot be elected as delegates again. The country people are aware of the deals which are being made to suppress the common people and prevent their participation in the nomination of a Republican ticket. The Republican party cannot win victories in the county unless right is made the basis for its future actions. For many years the Democrats have elected their tickets in this Republican city because the Republican party was always dealing with the enemy and fighting among themselves. The very fact that for two years our party has been in power in this city, shows that the men who have been slated for assassination by the Douglass crew have stood by the party. These are strenuous times for the Republican party and unless wise and cool heads shape its policy there remains nothing head except crushing defeat. The Douglass crew flushed with imaginary victory is making threats as to what is in the future for those who refuse to support them. It is foolish to take such a course yet it may be better in time, to let these of the exagerated ego have rope enough to hang themselves; and you may bet that they will make a good job of it.—Rep. Wonder how many have been promised immunity by the city authorities. We would like to know before the next convention in order that we may steer clear of them. A general who goes into battle with half of his soldiers refusing to fight can look for but one result—DEFEAT. Doug has apologized for his . part in the infamous Resolutions now lets hear from the other traitors. Soliloquy of the Black Bull Goose. I's de black bull goose of Muskogee and I's got 'munity from prosecntion, I kin ca'y my cannon and no one kin make me fear'd. I's king ober de lan'an' sea an' I kin ca'y 100 roun's ob cottages an' call fer sdas an' git 'fused den I ki buy a ten cent cigyr an' sntsr out singin' "whah de big bull goose leads de hins foller. Jes watch mah antics at de state convention fer whin de bossess fiddles I does de dancin' cause yer see I's got 'munity fom ev'y body all time. I's got'er' sanch on mah job spite ob de Patson Comp'ny, Jus' gaze on mah pow'ful fo'm, aint I it. 'Hold de Black Bull Goose! The Best. The amusement-loving public of this city will no doubt be pleased to leaan that A. G. Allen's United Minstrel Shows is billed to appear here August 1. We have no hesitancy in stating that this is the largest and most complete show of its kind in the the country today. A good many years have passed since this show visited this city the first time. Those who were children then are now grown and many of them prosperous business men. It has been an almost annual visitor since its first time, and coming each year with new features, new ideas, and at all times making good every promise; always clean, moral, in every aespect. The road is strewn with other other so called minrtrel shows. But this one has stood the test for years and the criticisms of a hard-to-please public, and has met their approval everywhere and their efforts to please have been crowned with success stamped with the seal of public approval. It has the most complete canvass theatre ever erected being an exact counterpart of an upto date city theatre and has a seating capacity for 2,000 people. The show carrins its own No 43 specially constructed lighting plant, turning the blackest night into the fairest day. Show Ground 4th and Okmulgee streets. Muskogee, I. T., July 24 '07—The extra setting of the Home Mission Board met at Oak Ridge near Gatesville, Iudian Territory, Jnly 19, 20, 21. The members highly entertained us. Sunday School was conducted by Mrs, Wiley Jones. Money raised $139.47. N. A. Smith, Pres. P. A. Vann, Sec. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS- Announcements published under this head are paid for at regular advertising rates. The Cimeter is authorized to announce the candidacy of the following named gentlemen for the respective offices named. COUNTY OFFICES. For Sheriff of Muskogee Co. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for nomination for sheriff of Muskogee county subject to the Republican primaries I stand for business, equal rights, protection and fair play for all. Your support is respectfully solicited. JAMES A. NORMAN. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of sheriff of Muskogee county, subject to the action of the Republican primaries. FRED MOORE. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Register of deeds for Muskogee county subject to the action of the Muskogee county nominating convention and in the event the Republican party decides to put a ticket in the field. WALTER A. DOWNING. I hereby announce my candidacy for the nomination for the office of county judge subject to the action of the Muskogee nominating convention in the event the Republican party decides to put a ticket in the field. ALEXANDER RICHMOND. Muskogee Cimeter. w. ih: eWistls, Raiden MUSKOGEE, Cay IND. TER. SS ae Oe Scarcely an important case comes: to trial which does not show the dif-) ficulty of securing for the defendant! what is justly regarded as one of the most precious of civil liberties, “a. jury of his peers” to judge him. The; difficulty leads to constant criticism! of “the jury system,” as if the thing itself, which the people with so much’ trouble compelled King John to guar- antee to them, were fundamentally at fault. Less is said about the innumer- able flimsy excuses offered by tales- men to escape service, and ubout the almost universal unwillingness of the average citizen to do jury duty, says Youth's Companion. Men whose word in business matters would be taken anywhere, “who are attendants at church and members of religious as- sociations, will sémetimes go into court and lie with cheerful equanimity about the condition of their health or the state of their business, in order to escape doing what has become in- corporated in the very body of Eng- sh speech as “jury duty.” The “jury” part of the phrase is what is noticed, The “duty” part is forgotten. One of the orators at the recent Memorial day exercises quoted that excellent definition which describes ‘patriotism as the desire to give one's country the kind of service it needs, at the time when it needs it. The patriotism of the men of '61 was dis- played in military service, because that was the service the country most needed at that time. To-day the need jis of another sort—a loyalty to every duty which makes life and property safer and the country stronger and more secure in happiness and prosper- ity. The serving on a jury, the cheer- ful paying of just taxes without at- tempt to “swear them off,” the accept- ance of responsibility in city, state or nation—these are just as much duties as observing the rules of the board of health or being honest in business. No man can afford to shirk them, for if he does his own self-respect suffers, as well as the general well-being of his community. Plea for American Art. In no other part of the world does there exist so little appreciation of the home product of Its painters as in the United States, declares F. Hopkin- son Smith in Leslie's Weekly. The art of England, France, Germany; Italy, Spain, and even Japan, is not. dependent for its support upon any- thing else than the loyalty and appre- elation and pride their people take in their own native art. With us, except in rare instances—largely a matter of price and approval (quite a different matter from appreciation)—-we ignore to a great extent the canvases of our best men, and fill our galleries and homes with the work of foreigners. Only when one dies and the output of that particular painter is ended and the dealer corrals what is left, and, having thus cornered the market on that particular brush, doubles and quadruples the price, only then is their work appreciated. That the dealer, perhaps, had kept this particu: lar canvas in cold storage for years, having paid but a few hundred dollars for it, in order to reap the many thousands later on, never seems to appeal to the buyer, It would be interesting to find out just what kind of a douma would please the czar, THE DAY OF THE FARMER, Occupation Properly Recognized as One of the Professions, The farmer who is not an amateur is a really increasing factor in to- day’s life. In fact, farming is rapidly becoming one of the professions. We have our agricultural schools, just as we have our law schools. lt is getting to be a business as well. Farmers have their trusts, like other manufacturers. It is a far cry from the New Eng- land farmer, trying to arrange an ex- ploded granite quarry into a stone wall that he may have room in which to plant his crop, and that master of capital, science, and black earth ten feet deep who plows with a traction engine and reaps with a ten horse team. And between these two types of farmers the drift is steadily toward the latter. The comic paper does not laugh at the “granger” as frequently as it used to laugh. It wants his subscription. The capitalist does not foreclose mortgages on the prairie farm now. He borrows money of its owner. And, what is vastly more impor- tant, the entire country looks with a respect bordering upon apprehension on this new type of American who has decided views on railroads, trusts, and, in fact, on every subject, from the “green bug” to the lecturer at his Chautauqua. This rise of the farmer into national significance is welcome in view of the inundation of great cities by immigrants who have sig- nificance only en masse. The farm is the nursery of individ- uallsm. If you are a cliff dweller in the city send your boy there this sum- mer and let him see what it means to create wealth, with the help of nature rather than with the ticker. You will help make him a better American.— The World To-day Magazine. LIFE INSURANCE ACTIVITY, The New York Life’s Business Nearly Up to the Legal Limit. The New York Life Insurance Com- pany announces that its new paid business during the half year just end- ed was over seventy million dollars, As the new law allows no life com- pany to wrile over one hundred and fifty millions per year, it would ap- pear that this company is working nearly up to the limit. The New York Life gained such headway be- fore the law was passed and suffered 80 little, comparatively, from the Arm- strong investigation, that the question with its management has been how to keep business down to the limit, rath- er than how to reach it. No other company is writing nearly as much as the law allows. The New York Life has evidently become a pre ferred company. The company's payments to policy holders during the six months end- ing June 30 were $21,660,761. It is interesting to note that’ this amount was almost equally divided between payments under policies maturing by death and payments made to living policy holders, Thus, while death- claims were $11,180,626, the amount paid for matured endowments, annu- ities, trust fund installments, for pur- chased policies and for dividends was $10,480,135. Modern life insurance, as practiced by the best companies, em- braces a wide fleld, and covers many contingencies, It is money saved for the aged, as well as money provided for the families of those who die pre maturely. Generous Mr. Kraft. “Mr. Kraft, the merchant,” said the college president, “has offered to do- nate $5,000 for a new building to be known as ‘Kraft hall.’” “But,” sald the dean of the facul- ty, $°$5,000 won't pay for the build- ing we want.” “Oh! no. You see, Mr. Kraft'’s gen- erous offer is contingent upon our 8& curing donations of $10,000 each from ten other public-spirited citizens,"— Philadelpa'a Press, , NEWS OF THE WEEK Lost Important Happenings of the Past Seven Days. Interesting Items Gathered From all Parts of the World Condensed into Small Space tor the Ben- efit of Our Readers. Personal. Representative Towne, of New York, have arived in Manila, on a tour of the Philippines. All hope for the recovery of Francis Murphy, the aged temperance advo- cate, who is ill in Log Angeles, has been abandoned. Mrs, Katherine Felske, aged 104, said to have been the oldest person in Nebraska, died recently at her home in Grand Island. President Jesse, of the University of. Missourl, hag decided to tempor- arily withdraw from the institution in an effort to regain his health. W. J. Bryan made a political speech at Tulsa, I. T., in which he referred to the constitution framed as the best ever drafted. Mrs. Bradley, under indictment for the murder of Former Senator Brown of Utah, has been admitted to bail in the sum of $15,000. ’ Frank A. Leach has accepted the ap- pointment as director of the mint at Washington. The Alabama legislature has elect- ed Congressman John H. Bankhead to the United States senate to succeed the late Senator Morgan. The Japanese admiral, Yamamoto, sent a large quantity of flowers to the victims of the explosion on the bat- tleship Georgia, Tchun, a member of the Korean mission to the peace conference sud- denly died and was buried at ‘Tne Hague. A. W. Lee, president of the Lee syndicate of newspapers in lowa, died recently in Nottingham, England. The reported death of Count Tol- stoi Is officially denied from St, Pet- ersburg. Dr, Edward B. Taylor, physician and lawyer, dean of a law college and of the University of California, has been elect#@ mayor of San Fran- cisco by the board of supervisors to succeed Eugene BE. Schmitz, removed. Senator Platt of New York has celebrated his 74th birthday and took advantage of the occasion to again announce that he has no intention of resigning, | After being in the service of the United States for 60 years, James Delaney, sald to be the oldest letter carrier in the country, has retired from service at New York. _ Theodore Chartran, a French paint- | er who made portraits of Mrs. Rovse- -yelt and Miss Allce Roosevelt, 18 Nena in Paris, | President Roosevelt has presented a set of his books, beautifully bound and bearing his autograph, to tue University of Berlin, Eugene Rene Poubella, once ambas- sador of France to the Vatican, 1 dead in Paris, Prof. Heilprin, the noted scientist lof Yale, is dead in New York. | William A. Paxton, pioneer and millionaire business man of Omaha dropped dead at his home in that city The Italian minister of public in struction has sent a large contribu tion to Ouida, the authores’, who 1: penniless in that country. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson {s in the Northwest inspecting the gov ernment forest reserves, President Diaz of Mexico has or dered that United States Ministe Thompson's Decoration day addres: be read in all the public schools o the country. 4 trial of the Standard Oil company on a charge of violating the state anti trust law disagreed end. were dis- charged. Judge Landis, in the federal court at Chicago, has refused the request of the attorneys for John D, Rocke feller for the withdrawal of the sub: poena recently issued for their client. Judge Chytraus, of Chicago, has de clared the law passed by the last legislature prohibiting the sale of cigarettes in Illinois invaled. The Wisconsin assembly, by a vote of 69 to 40 passed the senate resolu- tion favoring the election of United States senators by direct vote. For the six months ending June 30, 1,064,667 persons are reported dead from the plague. The United States government has filed 15 suits at Tulsa, I. T., alleging fraud on the part of prominent citi- zens in acquiring town lots. The prop- erty in question is valued at $1,000,000. Chester B. Runyan paying teller, of the Windsor Trust company of New York, has disappeared with $96,315 of the company’s funds. The directors made good the loss, The pension depariment will urge congress at its next session to equal- ize the pensions of soldiers’ widows on a basis of $12. A Russo-Italian commercial treaty has been signed at St. Petersburg. A Japanese has been arrested at Fort Rosecrans, Cal., while in the act of making drawings of the fort. Emile J. Zimmer, vice president of the Pacific States Telephone company refused to testify in the case against Glass in San Francisco and Judge Dunne sent him to jail for five days for contempt, Members of the Interstate Com- merce commission are authority for the statement that the government is to b.ing suit to break the Union Pacific's control of the Southern Pa- cific. Gov. Hoch has issued a proclama- tion against the shipment of cattle from 28 western Kansas counties un- Jess first examined by live stock in- spectors. Mange and Texas fever is the trouble, Accused of having struck a negro roustabout senseless and then throw- ing him in the water where he drowned, the captain and mates of a river steamboat were arrested in St. Louis. A washout coused a break in the gas line which supplies natural gas to St. Joseph and the city was left in darkness and nearly all homes without light or fuel. The government has commenced suit against the Utah Fuel company to recover valuable coal land in Gun- nison county Colorado, which it 1s alleged was secured by fraud. By the explosion of a case of pow- der on the battleship Georgla eight men were killed and 13 injured. How the powder became ignited is not known. All immierction records in the his- tory of the country were broken dur- ing the year ending June 30, The number of alien immigrants landed in America during the term was 1,285,- 349. The revenue cutter Manning has seized two Japanese fishing shoon- ers in Alaskan waters, where they were engaged in catching seals, A North Carolina passenger agent and a ticket agent have been sen- tenced to the chain gang at Asheville You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray haire. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. PRICE, $1.00, retail. 900 DROPS CASTORIA ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion. Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium. Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed Alc. 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The rank and file have been heard from and they condemn in the most severe terms the acts of Sango and Company in the recent convention. The common people do not believe in elimination through the assassination route. The U. S. Marshall at Guthrie got busy and two of the scoundrels who participated in the mobbing of the Negro at Osage Junction have been arrested and landed in the U. S. jail at Guthrie. The constitution after having been doctored is still unfit, even for Texas. We oppose it as bitterly as we ever opposed the original constitution made by Polecat Bill and his associates. Every Republicen should vote against the misfit. Raphendolph killed his chances for county attorney when the three hack loads of non-resident voters made the attempt to steal the eight precinct in district 76. When with Huck's assistance they succeeded, it simply solidified that precinct against the political touves who want to rule. What has become of the race pride of the cusses who have shown through their action that they are willing to sell their birth right for a mess of potage. If being the superintendent of a Mission school gives one the right to wear a six shooter and one hundred rounds the job will be axiously sought. Mr. Robinett will not forget that when a six shooter is drawn on him on a business street in Muskogee by a school official that it is alright as no one can arrest the offender if he happens to have the buldozing propensities of Sango and at the same time a permit to become a walking arsenal. The Dunbar school in the 4th ward is very much in need of a play ground. When the school site was purchased a larger plat of ground could have been secured for a very small sum but it will cost much more now. There is absolutely no place at all where the children who attend the school may engage in any of the heathful sports, recreations and pastimes which are so necessary to a well ordered school life and which can not be dispensed with unless the aim for which the school was established be defeated. We ask the council to look into this matter at once and secure additional grounds for the school. It is needed in order to prevent the children from trespassing on the surrounding property. There is a vacant tract of land just across the street from the school that should be secured now if possible. We trust the city will interest itself and obtain this piece of ground for the youth that attend Dunbar school. Which is the worst, the rebel constitution or the Douglass constitution? Answers will be published next week. The Doug resolutions Negro slaves have said that the Cimeter man must leave town etc., but they are wrong again. 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When the foundation is rotten the house built udon it will not be worth a d—n. If the lily whites are to control and rule the party then we might as well begin now to see the finish. The Negroes who are with the lily whites are traitors to the party and traitors to the race. The stealing of the 2nd precinct in District 76 means one hundred votes against the men responsible for the steal and it also means that many votes against any party that approves those methods used. It was real comical to hear Doug deny the paternity of the Doug resolutions. "Its a wise child that knows its own daddy." The Doug resolutions know their dad because for more than six months they have claimed him without denial on his part and now it is too late for him to yell bastard—illegitimate child. It is understood that none of the police offerd to arrest Sango for carrying a gun at the Republican county convention, yet white men are arrested and convicted too.—Dem, 7-22, 1907. But then you know the exchief of liftum dungi held a commission to carry a gun and unfortunately it is a perpetual concern that will last until "the memory of man will not run to the contrary." "It's a pity 'tis true; it's true 'tis a pity." The big bluffer was not the only one on that side who had a gun out. A little two by four diciple of Blackstone had one in his hand and others whom we shall name. A side walk around Douglass school would be the proper thing at this time, and we most respectfully call the attention of the School Board to it now before the rainy season begins and conditions change. $2 TO $5 PER DAY. Taylor's Hair Grower and Dandruff Cure (yomade) cures dandruff, scall- ness, dryness and every eruptive scalp affection. Stimulates the hair tollicles, thereby causing harsh, short, thin, stubborn hair to grow long, thick, beautiful, soft. glossy, better and pliable. Improvement wonderful in a short time. Stops falling hair allays itching. 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Rooney, his wife, of Musko- gee, Indian Territory, did make, exe- cute and deliver to the Commercial National Bank of Muskogee, Indian Territory, their certain mortgage deed to secure the payment of a promisory note in the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars, dated February 15th, 1905, and due six months after date, with interest at the rate of eight per centum per an num after maturity until paid, which said mortgage is recorded in the of. fice of the clerk of the United States court for the Western District of the Indian Territory and ex-officio record: er at Muskogee, Indian Territory, in record book No. 33, page 340, and, Whereas, the said mortgagors by their said mortgage deed, conveyed unto the said The Commercial Na- tional Bank of Muskogee, mortgagee, the following described real estate and premises, situate in the city of Muskogee, in the Creek Nation, Western District of the Indian Ter ritory, towit: Lots No. two and three (2 and3) in block No. three hundred eighty- eight (388), city of Muskogee, In- dian Yerritory, according to the of- ficial plat thereof, and Whereas, the said mortgage deed recites that the said mortgage, or its assigns, in case of non-payment of said debt in the manner prescribed in said mortgage, shall have power to sell the above described property at public sale and convey an abso- lute title thereto; and, Whereas the said indebtedness ev- idenced by said note is now past due ayd remains unpaid and the said The Commercial National Bank of Muskogee, Indian Territory, is the owner and holder of said note, now; Therefore, under and by virtue of the power vested in the said The Commercial National Bank of Mus- kogee, mortgagee, which said powers are more fully set out therein, the undersigned, The Commercial Nation- al Bank of Muskogee, will on the 1th day of August, 1907, offer for sale the above described property and will sell the same to the high- est and best bidder for cash at the front door of the building now used as a United States court house in the city of Muskogee, Western District Indian Territory, at the hour of two o'clock p. m. for the purpose of satisfying said debt, interest, collee- tion fees and all costs incurred in executing the conditions of said mortgage. COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK, By D. N. FINK, Vice President. ‘pated this the 3rd day of July, 1907. Full line of HIGH CLASS ARTICLES and Latest Design at low prices. If our every-day prices seem too high, you should visit our every Monday Special Sales, R. A. Givens 228 North Secend Street, MUSKOGEKR, INDIAN TER, Opposite Court House. Diseases of Women and Children a Specialty, MANY TERRITORY REFINERIES. Two in Operation and a Number of Others Building. Tulsa, I. T.—Indian Territory and Oklahoma have caught the refinery craze. The Chelsea refinery, built by Pennsylvania operators in the shallow pool, started operations a few days ago and is running full time with a capacity of 800 barrels a day. The Oklahoma City refinery is running full time on 600 barrels a day. Ground is being broken for a refinery here of 150 barrels initial capacity and Sapulpa has closed a deal with Corsicana refiners to erect a plant there with an initial capacity of 1,500 barrels a day. The Uncle Sam plant is complete, but not running. It never has been operated. The Muskogee refinery is to be shortly doubled in capacity and will take some of the oil from the Morris pool. Proper Pronunciation of Picturesque Indian Names. Muskogee, I. T.—Did you ever try to pronounce an Indian name and then wonder whether you had come anywhere near the correct pronunciation? Try this rule. Place a dash after each vowel in the word and then pronounce each syllable slowly. Note the smooth flowing sound produced, and tehn gradually pronounce the syllables faster until you get the entire word grouped. You will be surprised both at the ease with which you get the word and the effect in pronunciation. The most difficult Indian name is readily pronounced in this manner. Nearly all Indian names of towns and rivers have some particular significance. The names that have been given towns in Indian Territory will perpetuate Indian history for untold centuries. Only yesterday a new town was named Neha. This is a Creek word and means oil town. It was given to a siding put in on the railroad a few miles south of Muskogee in the new oil field. We in Creek means water. It is found in many names in the territory and the significance attaches to the remainder of the word. For instance here are a few: Weleetka means running water and Wetumka mean bounding water. Both are towns on the Frisco railroad. Weleetka, the home of the Creek chief, means falling water. Wecharta means red water. Okmulgee which is the Creek national capital means in Creek, head of power," and the name was given the town of Okmulgee because it was the national capital. Tallahassee conveys to the Creek mind the same impression that deserted village does to the English. It was the name of a town in the eastern home of the Creeks and also a town of that name, or what was a town, is located in Indian Territory. There is an Indian school there. Pekantullahassee means a grove of native plums and the name is applied to a place in the Creek nation that in the early days grew wild plums in great profusion, but the thicket has since been destroyed. Oktaha is the name of a small town south of Muskogee. It is a Creek name and means sandy land. To the Creeks the Arkansas river was Wecharty, because the water is red and Deep Fork was Hutchety Soofka, because it is deep, and the Virdigris was Wascre Hutchety, because the Osages came down that river and the Creeks called it Osage stream. The North Canadian was called Oklahutchey because it was full of sand. The village of Choska was so called because Choska means postoak, and around Choska postoaks grow in great profusion. BELIEVE THERE IS OIL THERE. 4 Well to be Drilled Near an Abandoned Well at Fort Gibson. Muskogee, I. T.—A local company has commenced to drill an oil well on the townsite of Fort Gibson. 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Her advice is free and always helpful. nch for Sale Most Fertile Part of South in the Market. Pretty Legend Current Among North American Indians. The North American Indians of the western coast have a tradition that roses were created without thorns. So tall and fair they grew that all creatures were attracted by their beauty and grace. Animals that browse upon grass and green herbage soon discover the tender sweetness of the roses' abundant foliage, and then every rose tree holding its flowers aloft but attracted attention and drew destruction to itself. Every part of the earth had been given its glory of roses, but in every place there were animals which sought the bushes to devour them, and and tribes of roses were in danger of becoming extinct. In their extremity they held a council, for in that faraway morning of the world plants as well as animals had power to speak. To the council all the roses came, and each had a tale to tell of suffering and disaster. At length it was decided to send for help to the godman of the tribes—the Hiawatha of the west. Delegates were chosen from among those who were malmed and torn and had suffered most. Others also were sent who were tall and fair and graceful. Wisely this council discerned that should justice be denied the tribes, beauty might prevail in their cause. The conference was long and grave. At its close an armory of thorns was given to every rose, and thus were the tribes of roses delivered from the enemies.—Circle Magazine. AWFUL EFFECT OF ECZEMA. Covered with Yellow Sores—Grew Worse—Parents Discouraged—Cutlcura Drove Sores Away. "Our little girl, one year and a half old, was taken with eczema or that was what the doctor called it. We took her to three doctors but by this time she was nothing but a yellow, greenish sore. One morning we discovered a little yellow pimple on one of her eyes. Doctor No. 3 said that we had better take her to some eye specialist, since it was an ulcer. 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Abernathy, the United States marshal, and two deputies, John Freeman and Wiley Haines, are on the ground in charge of the investigation and with instructions to arrest any and all parties who were concerned in the mob. Judge John Embry, United States district attorney, has sent two of his assistants, Isaac Taylor of Pawhuska and John W. Scothorn of Guthrie, to Osage to collect and compile evidence, and it is the intention to sift the entire matter thoroughly at the present time, looking toward indictments by the federal grand jury at Pawnee in October. Any persons arrested will be arraigned before the United States commissioner at Pawhuska and then bound over to the federal jail in Guthrie, in cases where bond cannot be furnished. On the rejuest of Judge Embry, Coroner George W. Wheeler of Pawnee county, conducted an inquest at Osage. According to all reports quite a number of young boys participated in the mob's work, while others were near and witnessed the hanging of Bailey. Six arrests have been made by United States Marshal Abernathy. No names have yet been revealed by the officers. The risoners will be arraigned before Ed Gray, United States commissioner at Pawnee. G. A. R. OFFICIALS ARE UP IN ARMS SAY THAT THERE HAS BEEN DISCRIMINATION ON PART OF RAILROADS Officials of the Grand Army of the Republic in the department of Oklahoma are protesting against what they call "radical discrimination" against their organization. It is claimed that the railroads are not offering as low rates to the union veterans as they did to the confederate veterans a month ago. The national encamment of the G. A. R. will be held in Saratoga Springs, N. Y., and, so far, no extraordinary low rates have been announced from the southwest. This fact is bewailed by the department of Oklahoma in a circular letter received in Oklahoma City from William H. Hornaday, department commander at Lawton, and M. M. Duncan, assistant adjutant general. "Some quick and effective work must be done by the railroad officials if they expect a very large attendance from Oklahoma and the southwest," the letter reads. "It is surprising that these officials could be so presumptious as to suppose that the G. A. R. comrades would quietly stand for such a radical discrimination as these proposed rates show as compared with the Richmond rates of a few weeks ago. If there are any favors shown they should be to those who preserved, rather than those who tried to destroy the union. These headquarters hope to be able to make an early announcement of more reasonable rates and more practical concessions as to stopover privileges on the return trip." According to Colonel John Fields of the Oklahoma Farm Journal, cotton will be the permanent king in Oklahoma. CROP CONDITIONS IN WESTERN CANADA Lateness of Spring Overcome by Excellent Growing Summer Season. Once more the farmers of Western Canada rest at ease and grow rich while they slumber. Their season of anxiety is over. For a time it looked as though a backward season was for once going to prevent the western country from maintaining its preeminent position as leader of the grain growing countries of the world. The unusual lateness of the spring coupled with the rapid advance in the price of food-stuffs gave the pessimists some reason for their gloomy forebodings, and among even the optimistic Westerners imbued as they usually are with a spirit of buoyancy and hope, there commenced to glimmer a fear that perhaps this year their sanguine expectations were not to be realized. On May day when a large proportion of wheat had usually been sown there was this year very little seeding done. Finally, however, winter which had tarried so late in the lap of spring in all parts of the Continent vanished before the vertical rays of the sun, and the hurry and bustle of spring work commenced on the western prairies. By the 20th of May 85% of the spring wheat was sown and the fall wheat in the districts devoted to its cultivation was covering the fields with a mantle of green. Wheat sowing finished on May 30 and by June 10 the coarser grains were also in the ground. The heavy snowfall during the winter left the ground in excellent shape when once seeding operations commenced and from the time weather conditions permitted the commencement of work until planting was completed, the farmers were a busy class. The area in wheat is not much larger than last year, but oats, barley and flax are much in excess of past records, the farmers deeming it wiser on account of the lateness of the season to put in a heavier proportion of the coarser grains. From the most reliable reports to hand it appears that the acreage as compared with 1906 will show an increase of 12% in oats, 19% in barley and 13% in flax. Around Akotoks, High River, Nanton, Claresholm and other winter wheat centers, if the present weather conditions continue, the winter wheat will be in head by the middle of July. The backward weather in the early part of May allowed the newly sown grain to get a firm root in the ground, and now with an abundance of moisture and warm weather the growth is remarkable. All danger of injury from droughts is practically over as the green crop covers the ground retaining the moisture required for its growth and preventing the too rapid evaporation which might otherwise take place. Crops in Western Canada mature in one hundred days of good weather, and as the weather conditions have been ideal since seeding, and with spring wheat now from 14 to 18 inches above the ground, a full average crop is confidently expected. In addition to the cheering prospects of this year's yield the farmers are to be congratulated on the fact that they still have in their possession five million bushels of wheat from last year's crop which they are now disposing of at high prices. The splendid yield of 90,000,000 bushels of wheat raised in 1906 in the three provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, together with the almost certain assurance that this year will see a considerable increase, is, as in the past, calling the attention of the world of the "Last Best West," and thousands from the United States and the agricultural districts of Europe are each month securing free grant lands or purchasing farms in the land which has proved itself peerless among the grain growing countries of the world. A FRANK STATEMENT. From a Prominent Fraternal Man of Rolla, Missouri. Justice of the Peace A. M. 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