Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee. JIM CROW Legislation Scored by Chairman of Peoples Party. F. W. Jacobs, chairman of the Peoples Party hands the Democracy a lenion in an article published recently in the State Capital. Among other things the following appeared: But we do believe that all distinction should be based where the individual or class can within habits and industry make a remedy, and whether white, red or black. We know sovereign citizens here in this state whom none could by observation call Negroes. The sins of the white man bring in under this legislation characters more miserable than slavery ever held. And think of an educated Negro girl whose white face indicates heart and brain, being excluded from a car in which rides an old, stinking, gut eating Apache Indian, and our constitution calls him white. Republicans who get into office by reason of the Negro vote and then join in and help to pass class legislation are a blamed sight worse than the most rabid, fire eating democrat that ever hunted "pine rooters" in Arkansas. There are five such cusses in the present legislaud when they come before the people again for election our boys should scratch them from h-1 to breakfast. Negroes of the new state are making strenuous efforts to raise the means to fight jim crowisms. Every loyal race man should contribute all he can to help carry on this battle that means so much to our people in this state. Vol 9 The knockers are not succeeding in getting people to hearken to their stand against fighting jim crow. It is reported that the County Attorney says the houses of illfame must go and names several white resorts in the north part of town and a number of Negro resorts. Well there is a white resort on South Side boulevard near the colored school that should be included. It is true however, that some people living and owning property in that vicinity are too cowardly or have too much cupidity and too little religion and not enough good citizenship to kick against this immoral hang out. Officers are not to blamed for not closing it up when the neighbors shield them by silence. Grayson and Rentiesville are are receiving additions to their populations daily as are also Boley and Taft. The colored men of the South have their eyes turned toward Oklahoma and they are coming here and buying homes. The National Republican Convention will nominate the next president of the United States and it matters not of the many candidates, who gets the plum. The principles of the Peoples Party as enunciated by the calhrman will secure voters for that party from a class never thought of before. The future will have many surprises for the party that is at present dominant in Oklahoma. The news items from Porter and Cowett on the Wagoner county site fight came in too late for publication. Our correspondents must get their matter in by Wednesday of each week. The city will have the market square completed within a few weeks then all farmers will have a place to market their produce and South Main and South Second Streets will become the Mecca for farmers. In the Third Congressional District a convenience will soon be held in which two delegates will be elected to the national convention. A resident elector also will be nominated and possibly a congressman. It is time to get busy. Gibson Station, Wagoner Co. Oklahoma, Jan. 23 1908. Boys keep out of county site fights. We can have the district court, the county court, and the commissioners court hold alternate sesions at Wagoner, Porter and Coweta, thereby giving each town its proper proportion of court business and also accommodating the people in the vicinity of those cities. It is best for our county and and for each aspirant for county site honors to adopt this plan. In no instance will a person be discriminated against by using this plan. Mr. Ediior please publish the above and you shall have other itemr from this place. The man who wants the Republican nomination for congress must get busy now. There is no doubt about this being a republican district and if the proper fight is put up, we can win with a good safe majority. The prohibition bill is sleeping the sleep that knows no waking. Demecrats have given some sleeping powders and only the Deity knows when it will awaken. Tne Brook bill is certian to become a law and we are just as certain to have an election in this city as the sun is to rise. Now who shall the men be to lead us to victory. The city has taken in all of the addittions surrovndibg. and ad- No 16 jacent to it we are now a city of 30000 iuhabiliants and grwing rapidly, we are destined to reach the 100000 marrk soon. We understand that the Republican convention candidates dismissed their suits or contests for the offices. We know nothin of the grouds for suit but shall investigate and givee our readers the benefit of our conclusion next week. The leetter from Rentiville and Grayson on the mcIntosh couty situation got in to late for publication. Our correspondents must get thir mstter in of or before Wednesday of each week if they desire the matter to appear. The recent charges agrist policeman Butler comes as a surprise to those those who have known him for years. We knew him in Gnrthie when he was on the police force he was a good officer and hab the same reputation here after all it may be conspiracy. The recent oil dicoveries in the Creek Nation has made rich many colored men and women. we hope to see these people put teeir wealth to a good use and help the race to a highplain of intelligence. SPIRITUALIST MEDIUM MADAM MARIE The only true born medium ever in your town. at Pacific Hotel, 425 N. Main St. FREE TEST FOR ALL ```markdown ``` Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor OKLA MUSKOGEE. OKLAHOMA STATE NEWS Beginning May 1 Tulsa will have free mail delivery. The women's club of Chickasha have started a movement to build a charity hospital. The Oklahoma State bank of Muskogee began business last week with a capital stock of $60,000. The Security State bank has been organized in Lexington and in a few days will open up for business. The annual meeting of the Oklahoma Improved Breeders' association will be held at Enid February 24 to 29. After recovering from a long spell of sickness, Mrs. J. Roderick, of Tulsa, aged 65 years, committed suicide by drinking an ounce of carbolic acid. Frank Ford, negro, of Manitou, who murdered his wife several months ago, has been transferred to Tillman county for hearing by District Judge J. T. Johnson. A Good Templars' lodge was recently organized at Fort Gibson after a series of temperance lectures by T. M. Skinner, national deputy. As a result of a revival just closed at Durant S1 additions have been made to one church and a large number of others will affiliate with other denominations. It is reported that the land offices at Woodward and Alva are to be consolidated. The Alva office will, in all probability, be abolished, because of its small receipts. The county commissioners of Okmulgee county have decided to ask the state for a loan of $30,000. Until this money can be secured no script will be issued, but when it is received the board will issue warrants. The thirteenth annual session of the Central Oklahoma Medical association met in Enid last week and elected Dr. J. H. Barnes of Enid president and Dr. E. D. Ebright of Carmen secretary and treasurer. The First National bank of Muskogee has taken over the entire deposits and assets of the City National bank of that place. By this transaction the First National becomes one of the strongest banks in the southwest. James Bigheart, 66 years old, a full blood Indian and an influential member of the Osage tribe, died of paralysis near Bigheart Friday. He had an excellent education and for many years was chief adviser of the tribe. He has often represented his tribe at Washington. Charged with selling adulterated butter, Louis Weaver and Ike Parnell, who claim to represent a Dallas commission house, were arrested by United States Revenue Officer Irving on complaint furnished by retail grocers. They were placed under bonds of $500 each in United States commissioners' court at Ardmore. The time of holding the examination for admission to practice in the supreme court of Oklahoma has been changed from the third Tuesday in January to the third Tuesday in February. All United States cases pending in the supreme court have been set for hearing the first Tuesday in February. According to government officials in touch with the allotment of lands in the five civilized tribes, the proposed bill endorsed by the administration and supported by the Oklahoma delegation in congress, will make 9,000,000 acres of land taxable in the forty counties that were Indian Territory. --- OKLAHOMA WILL HAVE A MOST DRASTIC LIQUOR LAW ONE OF SEVEREST LAWS EVER ENAGTE Every Phase of Violation of Liquor Selling or Handling Is Touched Upon—Landlords Are Made Liable—Penalty of Non-Informants The senate Friday recommended for passage the bill providing for a board of agriculture and another legalizing and validating acts of certain cities and towns of Indian Territory. The former measure appropriates $102,000 for maintaining the board until July 1, 1909, defining duties of the members and employees and fixes their salaries. The prohibition enforcement bill provides for an appropriation of $150,000 or less. It is estimated that at least $72,000 will be needed for salaries and $68,000 for purchase of liquors. The state agency superintendent and special enforcement attorney will draw $1,800 a year. Violations are misdemeanors. Officers failing to do their duty may be removed upon petition of 25 voters. Fines from $50 to $500 and terms of imprisonment of from 30 days to six months are imposed. Officers are appointed by the governor. Dispensaries are to be located in county seats and towns of over $2,000 and in charge of local agents. The governor as the chief enforcement officer is allowed two traveling inspectors at salaries of $1,200 and expenses. Liquors are to be purchased by the superintendent of the state agency at wholesale and must be tested and analyzed and sent in sealed vessels to local agencies. Liquors can be sold only upon prescriptions given by reputable physicians. Salaries of local agents range from $200 to $800 a year. County officers must enforce the provisions of the law and special duties for obtaining evidence are imposed upon the county attorney. The fight over the last sections of the bill was the hottest of the week and came near breaking in a physical encounter between Speaker Murray and C. G. Jones of Oklahoma City After the vote had been taken the speaker announced his intention of appointing a committee of four to bear the reported bill to the engrossing room to see "that nothing was put in the bill that did not belong there." Jones arose to resent the insinuation upon the character of members of the house and was told to take his seat. Jones remained standing in defiance of the speaker and the latter ordered the sergeants-at-arms to seat him. When the officers approached, Jones stood in defiance and commanded them not to touch him. General confusion ensued, members rising from their seats and edging toward the seat of war. The speaker sounded his gavel upon the desk laboriously and at length restored order by making a statement that would effect harmony. The statement was reconciliatory and Jones took his seat, amid applause. Messrs. Branson and Bryan, who have fought Murray all the way through the consideration of the bill, refused to serve on the committee suggested by the speaker. Tillotson, Manus and Allen of Sequoyah in their turn refused to serve because of the alleged insinuation of the speaker that he wanted two members of the committee from the opposing side. Rainey volunteered to serve and he was appointed along with Sasteel, Murdock and Anthony. The presence of Mr. Dinwiddie in the house chamber was the subject of another round of lobby discussion. Mr. Williams of Comanche, having in mind lobbyists in general, moved that such persons be ejected from the chamber. The motion was declared out of order in committee of the whole after a heated discussion during which Smith of Custer intimated that he had been assailed outside the chamber railings by a person interested in the bill, maligned and had dishonest motives impugned to him. NEW SAVINGS BANK LAW Representative Japp introduced a bill in the house providing for the organization and operation of savings banks. It provides that five persons may secure a charter that shall show a paid up capital of not less than $10,000 in towns having a population of more than 2,000. No bank shall receive on deposit more than ten times the amount of its capital stock. Sixty days written notice is required before a deposit may be withdrawn by a depositor. Provision is made whereby savings banks now in operation may be re-chartered under this act. Under this act savings banks located in towns of 3,000 inhabitants shall keep on hand a cash reserve of 20 per cent of its commercial deposits and eight per cent of its savings deposits, and in towns having a population of 3,000 and over they shall keep on hand in cash 30 per cent and eight per cent respectively. A committee of chiropractic physicians, headed by Dr. William Carver, president of the Carver-Denny Chiropractic college at Oklahoma City, was before judiciary committee No. 1 of the senate at the Ione hotel Saturday. Members of the profession want legislation that will permit them to practice with equal rights to those granted other medical practitioners and the demand that a separate bill defining their rights shall be prepared and adopted. Several studentts of the college and some patients who had been cured by the chiropractic treatment testified before the committee. Bills that have become laws since the holidays are those extending for 30 days, the time in which the state superintendent of public instruction may make his first semi-annual apportionment of school funds to counties; amending the anti-holiday bill of Franklin and Brook relating to the removal of court causes from territorial and United States courts to state courts so as to correct typographical error of the original bill; remitting the state taxes for the year 1907; extending until March 1, 1908, all county taxes due for the year 1907; extending until March 1, 1908, all county taxes due December 15, 1907; providing for the collection of taxes and transferring tax rolls in counties that were divided by the constitution. Governor Haskell's joint resolution, calling a convention of states to petition congress to amend the constitution so as to effect the election of United States senators by direct vote, was passed by both houses and signed by the governor. Nearly 500 bills have been introduced to date. These cover nearly the entire range of subjects treated in the Oklahoma statutes now in force and many propose entirely new legislation. Emergency legislation will be heard of but little in the future. A ban practically has been placed upon it in the senate and the sentiment is prevalent against it in the house. It is difficult to forecast events relating to the prohibition measure. There are those who doubt that the champions of the bill recommended for passage by the house committee of the whole can muster the necessary two-thirds majority vote in order gain its passage as an emergency measure. A strong sentiment against the dispensary sections is entertained in the senate, and some of those who originally opposed the enforcement feature are ready to oppose the plan of enforcement proposed in the amended bill. From practically every county in the state have come communications, memorials, petitions and resolutions asking the immediate passage of an enforcement law. Letters and telegrams come daily to the governor and the legislators. Flagrant violations are reported in many places. Conditions have been the cause of several special messages from the governor urging the passage of a law that will permit him to effectively enforce the constitutional prohibitory law. The first real laborious committee work of the session has been done since the holidays. Practically every bill that has been introduced is now in the hands of a committee or has been reported out by the committee. Among the important measures that are ready for action by the houses in open session! DAKAN GOES FREE Pleaded "Unwritten Law" and Cleared by Jury in Ten Minutes SULPHUR: Upholding the "unwritten law" a jury in the district court cleared Dr. E. Dakan of Hickory, charged with the murder of John Mitchell on December 1 after being absent from the court room only ten minutes. Dakan pleaded the "unwritten law" as cause for killing Mitchell. He claimed that he heard his wife scream while standing in the road in front of their drug store and, hurrying to the rear of the store, where they lived, he found her struggling with Mitchell, who was uttering oaths and attempting to assault her. Mitchell was armed with a shot gun. Dakan attacked him with a knife and literally cut his throat in to shreds, LAW BEING VIOLATED One Railroad Is Reported as Charging Three Cents Per Mile GUTHRIE: The corporation commission's order reducing grain and grain products rates about 45 per cent throughout the state has been published and the hearing was set for March 3. The new rate will be on a part with that obtaining in Texa3 and some other adjoining states. Commissioner Watson wrote General Passenger Agent McNally of the Rock Island warning him that if the road did not comply with the two-cent fare rule of the commission that the commission would issue an order providing for state line depots. "I am informed," said Colonel Watson, "that at Weatherford tickets are being sold to Arkansas points for three cents a mile and similar violations have been reported from other western Oklahoma towns." Orders were issued for the construction of depots at Amber and Goodwin. BECAUSE HE CAN'T SELL GAS Cousin of Senator Owen Goes to Washington for Relief WASHINGTON: Charles Owen, a cousin of Senator Owen of Oklahoma, has arrived in Washington and is seeking redress for the action of the new state of Oklahoma in stopping him and his company from delivering gas and oil outside the borders of the state by pipe line. An injunction has been granted and enforced against Mr. Owen which prevents him from serving customers who have been taking natural gas in southern Kansas. He based his claim for redress from the federal government upon the fact that he operated his pipe lines under federal permit and complied with the rules and regulations imposed by the interior department before Oklahoma became a state. ROBBERS LOOT BANK Assistant Cashier of Texola Bank Is Bound, Gagged and Beaten TEXOLA: After a hand to hand battle with Assistant Cashier Jones, two masked men robbed the First National bank of Texola of about $4,000 in currency at 7 o'clock Saturday evening. Jones was found an hour later bound and gagged and insensible from a blow on the head. "Hands up," in true western fashion, were the words that greeted Jones as he was working on his books. Jones raised his hands, but when one of the bandits turned to dump the loose change on the counter in a sack the assistant cashier attacked the other. The two men struggled on the floor until the robber hit Jones on the head with his gun. A posse started after the bandits as soon as Jones recovered and could give a definite description of the men. It is thought that they are headed for the Texas Panhandle. University Insurance Loss to Be Paid GUTHRIE: Satisfactory proofs of loss having been submitted to the companies holding insurance policies written of the main building of Oklahoma university, which was recently destroyed by fire, and these proofs having been approved by the insurance companies, the board of state university regents announced that it will receive $67,500 from the companies within a few days. You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. PRICE, $1.00, retail. TO CURE A COUGH OR COLD. Doctor's Prescription Checks an Acute Cold in a Day and Cures Chronic Coughs. 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Published Every Week in the Interest of the Negro by Cimeter Publishing Co ‘Entered at the Post Office at Muskoyee, Okla, a8 Second Class Mail Matter, There are a great many petty thieves avonnd town, Almost every night some barn is visited by these theives and corn and hay stolen the guilty parties Hould be hunted down and punished med : The Anti jim crow club held aomeecting at the Ist baptist church Tuesday night and adopted thei constitution and bylaws. the people are interest ed and ave doing their duty in rasing funds to fightelass legis lation. Tiove are some Democrats Who refuse te bow down and worship at the shrine of Cockle burr Bill and hence there is something besides harmony in the camp of the unwashed, The prohibs will be as hot as hd from the regions of Plate taless they are able to get their “emergeney 7 bill through, What has become of the refer endumé ds it dead doond and ind delivered ¢ The report that each delegate tothe national convention must stand or put up S400 to defray past indebtness of the party, is all BOSEE Tt is made for the purpose of searing Negro as pirants bat the bluff wont work, See! The republican organization of eity and) county needs its Wheels greased and) prt into shape for the next battle and then it will be possible te accom. plish something, — Democrats are veady now and hawe a work ig organization, One hundred Negroes who live in Muskogee have pledged Themselves to give 80.00 on de moand, to fight old) jim crow, Others ave paying in from 82,00 1085.00, OF ves, the fight is woing on, ; » Insurance Money to Loan : = — H. P. SHOWALTER GENERAL INSURANCE. Assots Milwaukee Mechanies Fire Tusurance Co, sseeeeeeee ceee 8 2,759,179,00 Norrhwestern National Insurance Co. 66. cece cece eeee 4,365,095.00 Michigan Commercial Insurance ©o.....6. 0 ceeeee cece es 843,835.00 Cofembla Enauratee Coy.ssecesevs voted s edsveee esnee 756,028,00 Cosmopositan Fire of New York. os ces ceceee ceeeee ceeees 783,830,00 Onto German Tostirahee Co.sic ss cesses seccncae sevens 628,311 ,00 Merchants & Planters Insurance C0, 6... ceeeee cence ees Home Co. Lloyds Plate Glass Insurance Co. 66.60. cesses ceeeeees 1,000,000 00 Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Muryland ....0. ceeeee coeeee 6,188,569,00 Northwestern Nutual Life Insurance Co. ......eeeee see ee — 220,000,000.00 Pacific Mutual Accident Co. cee. cece ee cece eee cee eee 10,803,203,00 Official Statement of the Condition of the ' Some Negro from the Third congressional dirtrict, must go to the national convention as delegate or there will be h—1_ to play. The Repupublicans have always paid the Negro off by sending him as an alternate but that kind of business don’t go now. A real delegate must go and then an alternate, Miss. Lucy Holmes of Cliy Center. Kansas, will give a musical recital at Klks hall on Thursday night, January 30, Mrs, Holmes is) a musical prodigy and is blind, ‘Phe pub- lic will miss a rare treat if it fails to attond. CREEK UNDERTAKERS BILLINGS AND CULLUM Caskets and Funeral Regalai Always on Hand IN OFFICE DAY & NIGHT. PHONES 986 & 481 If you can’t get us on one phone, try the oiher, 200 S, 2nd.St. Muskogee, I, ‘T. Kufahiy, Okla. January 21, 1908 Mr. Ebitor: Please publish the folloing news as if as of intrest to teachers, C 1am = 3s “ys For your D.. 9 Sus. ks and STAT UNERY. SHERMAN BUILDING Normal Conductors and Instructors SECURE CERTIFICATES FROM DECEMBER EXAMINATIONS. A REVELATION IN HARNESS _ MAKING The State Board of Exam. iners, by reason of the recent examination in Muskogee and Tidsa, have atuorized the fol- lowing persons (and oa few others whose names we have hot) to conduct and instruct. in SUPE normal institutes: CL W. Reynolds, Muskegee: J. UL A. Brazleton, Oklahoma City: A. Harrison, Ardmore; G, W. Carry, Guthrie; A. J. Seals, Guthrie; Mrs, ‘Todd, Muskogee ©. C. Butrram, Eufaula; W. Ub Henderson, - -; and Perry of Guthrie, 1 have recently purchased a LANDIS wax thread, lock- stitch, harness machine, This machine uses hard wax and does work far superior to hand work, pulls the stitches in tighter and makes more stitches to the inch than hand work, It is abso- lutely guaranteed that harness sewed on this machine will wear longer than the best hand work. 1 will continue to use the best number one oak tanned leather, but will reduce the price of harness because the machine will do the work of ten men and therefore greatly reduce the cost of making harness, . A farmer who cradles his wheat cannot afford to sell his grain as cheap as the farmer who uses a self-binder, This is a machinery age and the same rule applies to the harness business. Of course there is a vast difference between ‘factory’? made harness and harness made on a Tandis machine in my shop ‘because the factory uses poor material, as wellas cheap labor, ' whereas Luse the best of leather and thread, and construct the bork myself. Mail orders promptly filled. Send for prices. | Address all letters to a : (209 East Broadway Phone 210. _——— ed it 5 se a 'MUSKOGEE TITLE: & TRUST CO. | GENERAL BANKING ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS ond (REAL ESTATE | ' Verm Leene e Specialty Sacond ond Breadw-y. . . . WUSKOGEE, IND. TER. an MILLER LONN BHWON KE te ‘ Loans on all Articles of | Value, 105 South Main Street MUSKOGER, IND, ‘TER, Every business man, both: Colored and white ‘should pat | vonize the Afro: American Ba kery, Tt is the best in town, Let ome pay off your mort- gage, build, or sell you a home for §8,00 to $12.00 per month, Wy. PL FIELDS, aE Po Our Colored Friends Fhroughout the United States, We Send Vou Greeting : “Phe Indian Te rritory and Oklahoma are now a new State. Thousands of our native people are land holders, and have thou sands of Acres of Rich Lands to rent and to Lease. We prefer to rent and to leaseour lands to Colored People, Our terms will be found reasonable. GOOD LAND, GOOD WATER, GOOD SCTIOOL ON FOQE, BERT CLIMATE IN THE WORLD. You are invited to come cand share and enjoy our lands andeus prosperity inthe New State of Oklahoma, . é ” The land of the free and the home of the brave Kor further particulars write either of the following: D. BARROWS, Tuskalionm FE 1T., REV. E,W. SMITHS (Pas tonA. Mok. Chachat Talihing and Tuskahoma) Tatihina, 17, HENRY WHOLIS. Talihina. Fee COPIA WHO a y Y Good Goods When Phey See fFhem And appreciate bargains when they need them ean be found day by day attending our great reduced price sale YOU SHOULD CALL AND LOOK THROUGH OUR LINE Our stock is heavy and must be turned inse cash. To take advantage of this opportunity of getting vour loli day gifts, will be equal te finding: money. Our Combs, A Bracelets, Rings, Lockets and other Jewelry is as staple as Wheat, We have a dine of Christmas Toys that for quality and price can not be equaled in) Musikagee, Tf you by your children’s Christinas presents here vou not only buy something that is sure to please Them: but somerhing that Will last. Yotalso save your yourself money, Muskogee Jewelry & Novelty Co. 1285S. 22ND ST. R.A. GIVENS, Moar. THE GIMETER JOB PRINTING CO. THE QUICK MAIL ORDER HOUSE {We do business by fair competition and conservative methods i: t: 0: {Reasonable rates made consistent with first-class printing :: 3:0: : t iy ‘us once and you.will always send us your Work 3: tt: to ~-% South Second St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. . Nickens & Nickens, Prps. ) Excursions | } VIA J Frisco \ « ne - —_7Z Two Cents per ‘ Mile = 0 ST. LOUIS S$ 8.600 KANSAS CITY 61S 2 MEMPHIS 7.60 CHICAGO 14.25 WINTER TRIPS ro Florida and Sonthern Texas ROUND TRIP RATES. Tp eGialveston Tex, $21.80 To San Antonio, Tex. 20.75 To Jacksonville, Fla, 42.15 New Orleans, La. 20.20 Jo Tampa, Fla. 54.75 To Havana, Cuba 72.20 Rates to Other Points May be had on Application. Tickets on sale after Nov. Ith, Final limit June Ist, 1908. Call or Phone 302 F. A. Stubbins, Freight-Pass, Agent H. H. Carter, Ticket Agent Vaden i SYSTEM Fess — COMPLETELY AND COMFORTABLY | SERVE WESTERN MiSSOUR: AND EASTERN KANSAS TO THE PRINCIPAL CITIES FAST, ? WEST, i NORTH, SOUTH. PULLMAN SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CARS. TRAINS LIGHTED AND VENTILATED BY ELECTRICITY. The Direct Route to the “WORLD'S FAIR crry” SAINT LOUIS ba Renralt tapresentative Srisee SYSTEM, or address LW. PRICE, Git lsORlalNAL BenoOL, DO rounded in abe. Secon! La i Literal Terme Uy ccicicgue Free. HOME Sprague Correspsndence Seheol ef Law, WHY PAY RENT? We sell you a house and lot for $10 to $200 cash. Balance like rent We also sell lots on payments Get our prices MARTIN & QUARLES, Phone 1230. 312 West Okmulgee Street C@ommeoreial Nation 1 qank, ~~ A —__ —~, Muskogee, lidian Ferritory, At the Close of Business, Thursday August 22, 1907, RESOURCES Loans and Discount 1,098.363,06 Overdralts 5 AAG.62 Bonds and Premiums 262.000,00 Real Estate, Furniture and Bixtures 10,975.08 Cashand Exchange. SLOTL3.79 SL.OST7, LO 45 LIABILITIES Capital $ 209,000.00 Surplus and) Protits 52.946, 54 Circulation 200,000.00 Deposits 1,234,252.91 ; S1,787, 199.45 The above Statement is Correct Kh. D. SWEENEY, CasHter ALB AR tee SA INMEAYOS DMS OI Se | AY REMINDED HIM OF HOME, New Yorker Saw Beauty in Sign, Where Maiden Lady Could Not. A party of tourists was being shown around Ciudad Juarez, the little Mexi- can town just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. Every one was delighted with its picturesqueness, and in particular a maiden lady, who went into raptures about each new eight. “It is all so quaint,” she sald. “These adobe houses, the old church, the nar- row streets, the little plaza, those dreadful-looking men wearing som breros; everything breathes the spir it of an old-world civilization. It ia 60 different from our United States.’ “That's so," assented a New York man who had been listening. “For instance, where in all the world could you find anything so antique, so ful) of inherent beauty, so charged, as it were, with the essence of pure joy, ag that sign over there.” He pointed toward a whitewashed mud house on whose exterior was painted: “BIGGEST BEER IN TOWN, 5c.” The woman eagerly turned to look. Then she froze the horrid man with a@ glance and did not speak to him again during the whole trip. Ring Watches Popular, Swiss watchmakers are reported to be busy filling English and American orders for finger ring watches. The ring watch, though little seen, is no novelty, The manager of an old Lon- don watch-making firm says that he saw them more than 14 years ago, Queen Victoria had three or four, The simplest ones—a plain gold ring with the watch inserted—cost about $100, but with diamonds or other stones, $5,000 to $10,000 may be paid. In Luck, Dennis—Hinnisy is the luckiest divil that iver walked. Patrick—How's that? Dennis—Faith, an’ he promised to pay me the five dollars he borrowed next week—an' he up an’ died yester- day.—Smith's Magazine. sIf you had the abilities of all the great men, past and present, you could do nothing well without sin- cerely meaning it, and setting about it.—Dickens, BANISHED Coffee Finally-Had to Go, The way some persons cling to cof- fee even after they know it is doing them harm, is a puzzler. But it is an easy matter to give it up for good, when Postum Food Coffee is properly made and used instead, A girl writes: “Mother had been suffering with nervous headaches for sevon weary years, but kept drinking coffee, “One day I asked her why she did not give up coffee as a cousin of mine had done who had taken to Postum, But Mother was such a slave to coffee she thought it would be terrible to give it up. “Finally, one day, she made the change to Postum, and quickly her headaches disappeared. One morning while she was drinking Postum so freely and with such relish I asked for @ taste. “That started me on Postum and I now drink it more freely than I did coffee, which never comes into our house now, “A girl friend of mine, one day, saw me drinking Postum and asked if it was coffee. 1 told her it was Postum and gave her some to take home, but forgot to tell her how to make it. “The next day she said she did not see how I could drink Postum, I found she had made {ft like ordinary coffee, So I told her how to make it right and gave her a cupful | made, after boiling it fifteen minutes, She said she never drank any coffee that tasted as good, and now coffee is banished from both our homes.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Michigan. Read the little book “The Road to Wellville” in pkgs. “There's a Reason.” 8KIM MILK FOR HENS, REV. TROUTMAN SENDS | e | - BEST WISHES FOR PE-RU-NA | ot RE Ts ’ Rev. George A. E. 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Vie) || would be greatly interfered with, I q \ m | li. would be obliged to gasp for breath. | Ae D 2% “1 finally concluded that it was some i A AGN ees} = catarrhal affection which probably ex- c| DW vane | We Fae cited the spasm. It interfered with my 1 ‘a WE) GRAZE. vocation as a preacher, attacking me WY otras |) \\ ai ive occasionally in the pulpit. | SON Et fy). had heard so much about Peruna . KN BPO) asacatarrh remedy that I determined t hy H J Fi ee to try it. After taking two bottles, my f a7 em ‘me MEGS) trouble has disappeared. 1 fee) sure —_— st} an. Ag Wee \ that Perunahas greatly benefitted me.” 5 Wg ANY \S \ Rev. P. E. Swanstrom, Swedish Bap- al 7” Ng tist Pastor, Box 228, Grantsburg, Wis., a Say oP writes that from the use of Peruna he —— fe? PIRES is perfectly well, entirely cured of YG a Se rfect } UO” 23 yh. 2 chronic diarrhea and catarrh. { was cured of a bad case of catarrh Peruna in Tablet Form. | when nothing else that I tried had any | For two years Dr. Hartman and his effect. My wife was cured from a | assistants have incessantly labored to | severe case of la grippe, und we feel | create Peruna in tablet form, and their that the least we ean do is to gratefully | strenuous labors have just been crowned acknowledge the merit of Peruna. with success. People who object to My wife joins me in sending best | jiquid medicines can now secure Peruna wishes for your success.” Tablets, which represent the medicinal Throat Trouble. ingredients of Peruua. Each tablet is Rev. H. W. Tate, 920 Lincoln Avenue, |equivalent to one average dose of Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio, writes: | Peruna. | Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna Almanac for 1908. High Percentage of Eggs Shown by Hens on This Diet. Concerning the value of skim milk for hens the American Poultry Advo- cate has the following to say: The West Virginia experiment sta- tion has recently made some syste: matic tests to prove the value of skim milk for laying hens. The first test covered 122 days. The 22 hens fed skim milk laid 1,244 eggs, as compared with 996 eggs laid by the 22 hens fed mash wet with water, In another test, 60 hens fed the skim-milk ration laid 862 eggs in 37 days, as compared with 632 eggs laid by a similar lot fed no skim milk. Other tests gave about the same comparative results. The conductors of these experiments estimate that under the prevailing conditions, and with eggs selling for 20 or 25 cents a dozen, the skim milk used for moistening the mash had a feeding value of from 1% to 2 cents per quart. That milk is one of the best general foods for almost all stock, and human beings, too, is recognized by everybody, and needs no special proof. That it should have better re sults in nutrition than just plain water is really self-evident. When I feed skim milk to my fowls, I expect to get some benefit from it. But it is a satisfaction to kpow that it is worth, for feeding purposés, the comparatively high figure of 1% to 2 cents a quart, The exceedingly high prices of corn will cut out any profit from the pig feeding at present prices of pork. Shelled corn is worth at wholesale about 60 cents a bushel of 56 pounds in Chicago. It takes 56 pounds to make 10 pounds of pork. The corn is worth 60 cents and the pork at 6% cents a hundred live weight is worth 65 cents. Not much profit in that. FEEDING TROUGH FOR POULTRY. One Which Will Prevent the Mussing of the Feed. A correspondent of the Prairie farmer has hit upon an idea for mak- ing a poultry trough for the poultry AM MP PPP! a Lim. = an | TT | » Ae | Ying | a IAL ANT | CAMA AWOL A) A. 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It is now our practice to wax the wires in place after imbedding them into the sheet of foundation. This in- Fig.1 Fig.2 Fig.3 Brush and Spoon Waxer. sures that they will stay imbedded, whether used this year or next; aids in preventing sagging along the wires, making that line (usually the weakest) the strongest place in the sheet of foundation. Frames with sheets of foundation so prepared are especially good for hauling to outyards and over bad roads. Our older methods of waxing the wires in place were faulty. With a brush the brush would not carry enough wax; with a sharpnosed tin spoon with a small notch in the end it was difficult to follow the wire and to regulate the flow of wax. During the spring of 1906, writes E. F. Atwater in Bee Culture, Mr. H. E. Crowther and myself originated the plan of combining the spoon and brush, as illustrated herewith. The sheet of foundation, with wires imbedded, should be supported on a slant, then with the combined spoon and brush it is an easy matter to wax the wires in place; easy to follow the wires; easy to regulate the flow of wax, and the spoon easily carries enough wax to finish one or more wires without stopping to dip again. Don't imagine that an exceedingly light coating of wax is required, neither should it be used lavishly. This little tool is easily made, and should be on the list of supplies. Perhaps the brush can be combined with waxtube, though we prefer the pointed spoon as shown. Fig. 1 shows the complete spoon and brush combined, ready for use. Fig 2 shows the parts—the brush and the spoon. The spoon without the brush is the simplest tool to use when we want to attach either starters or full sheets of foundation to plain top-bars. It is the "Onderdonk spoon," as described in the American Bee Journal years ago. It is also perhaps the best tool to use when we fill sections with foundation fastened on three or four sides—a plan that I discarded after years of trial and experiment. Keep the best grain for seed. Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg by selling the best. W.L.DOGLAS SHOES $300 $350 SHOES AT ALL PRICES, FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, MEN, BOYS, WOMEN, MISSES AND CHILDREN. W. L. Douglas makes and sells more men's $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 shoes than any other manufacturer in the world, because they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater value than any other shoes in the world to-day. W. L. Douglas $4 and $5 Gilt Edge Shoes Cannot Be Equalled At Any Price CAUTION. W. L. Douglas name and price is stamped on bottom. Take No Substitute. Sold by the best shoe dealers everywhere. Shoes mailed from factory to any part of the world. Illustrated Catalog free to any address. W. L. DOGLAS, Brockton, Mass. NO BLESSING FOR HER. Disappointed Youngster Discriminated in His Prayer. For several weeks, little Ralph had enjoyed the use of a Shetland pony, the property of a horse dealer who was a friend of the family. But much to Ralph's sorrow, there came a day recently when the pony was sold, and the delightful horseback rides came to a sudden end. The purchaser, as Ralph found out by inquiry, was a little girl of about his own mature age of five. Ever since his acquaintance with the pony began, Ralph had included him in his bedtime prayer, and "God bless the pony," was an earnest nightly petition. The first evening after the sale of the pony, Ralph hesitated when he reached his pet's place in the prayer. Then, after a moment's thought, he continued: "Please, God, bless the pony just the same; but, God, don't you bless the little girl what's got the pony." An Ancient Instance. Belshazzar was giving his great feast and the wine flowed like water. least and the wine howed like water." 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