Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee, Notice To Our Subscribers. WE GIVE ALL A FAIR WARNING TO PAY WHAT THEY OWE AND SAVE BEING EXPOSED. We take this means to give all our subscribers in Muskogee and elsewhere a fair warning that under the new Uninted States law which went into effect January 1, 1908, we are for bidden to carry the name of any person on our subscription list and send them our paper through the mail who owes us for one year,s subscription or more. It is not our desire to be harsh or unreasonable with anyone—but we must comply with the law. So we have arrangements with a National Newspaper Collecting Agency, and after giving all who are in arrears ample time to pay what they owe we will give their name to this agency to collect the amount due and we will then be forced to publish the names of all those who still owe us on the "newspaper dead beat" list. We do not wish to turn anyone's name over to this Agency or publish anyone's name in the "dead beat" list—but we must have our money and that at once. If you do not know how much you owe, come to our office or write us and we will gladly tell you. W. H. Twine, Editor. Governor C. N. Haskell has proclaimed May 7, 1908 as a Legal Holiday throughout the state. The people are requested to assemble and adopt resolutions demanding our Congressmen and Senators to support Five Amendments to the Constitution of the Uninted States. Amendments: 1. Elect Uni ted States Senators by direct vote 2. Legalize an income tax. 3. Make Constitutional and Employer's liability law. 4. Cease to interrupt the states in regulation of carrying charges with in the state and the prohibition of merging of competing common carriers. 5. Leave to every state the right of its own people to enforce morality and protection to honest labor without federal aid being given the enemy of both. The Sango Majestic Theater Vol 9 opened up on Monday night. The place was crowded, not even standing room was left. The show is a good one and worth many times the price of admission. Our people should give them the entire patronage of the show going people. You get the best of treatment and can enjoy the very best show in the city as they have the very best talent. Go and see and you will be convinced. Hon. J. Coody Johnson and Hon. Ellis Childress left last week for Washington where they go to finish up the work they began for the Creek Citizens. They will remain in Washington until their work is completed or until Congress ad journs. These gentlemen have our best wishes and prayers for their ultimate success. "All Bosh" Says Hunter. Reports being sent out from Muskogee to the effect that an "indignation meeting of promiNegroes" had been held in that city, sounds good to democrats but foolish to republicans. According to report, forty thousand Negroes were represented at this convention, says A. S. McRae, and the intention of the Negroes to elect delegates to the national convention at Chicago, for the reason that as the report says, they were ignored by the republicans in the selecetion of delegates to Chicago at their recent state and district conventions. Chairman Hunter says there has always been a bunch of disgruntled white republicans in the vicinity of the Arkansas river town, and the move to him looks like a white man's deal to embarass the organization. Mr. Hunter claims that Messrs Douglass, Huckleberry and Soper composa a trio that has been sore for some time and that if they had turned their hands over they could have put a quietus upon the disgrunt led Negro meeting, and that he, as chairman of the state com Friday, mittee will hold these gentlemen responsible for the revolt of Negroes in the state, if the proposition emanated from Muskogee. "It is absurd for the Negro repupublicans or any other class of republicans, to think of electing delegates to the national convention," says Mr. Hunter. "They gan get together and decide to put out an independent set of delegates and endorse whom they select, be it Foraker or any other man. A half dozen men could do that for that matter. The report that it is ah anti Taft move or an anti Hunter move is all bosh. The Negroes of Muskogee and all over the state have been satisfied with the state committee and with the endorsement of Mr. Taft. The Muskogee meeting will burst in a bubble. It is a white man's proposition carried out at the schemers' bidding by misled and ill informed Negro republicans," said Mr. Hunter.—Oklahoma City Times Okla., THE SEASON'S GOODS ARE NOW IN DEMAND Hunter, like most politicians, makes the mistake of giving some white man the credit for No 29 work performed by Negroes. The fact is, the Negroes are tired of being handed over to the enemy by the lily white end of the party and they now propose to break the game and put and end to this selling out of the party. FOR SALE. Lot 100 feet front, two houses on the lot one four room house and one two room house. Houses rent $18 per month. Good location high and level Lot in block 235 Muskogee price $3000. See or write W. H. Twine, Jr. Box G Muskogee Oklahoma. St. Luke's Pharmacy A. E. Johnson, Proprietor. Corner Court and Second St. Opposite Federal Court House. Phone 172 FOR SALE. 3-room house and 50 ft. lot close in, $650.00. Two-room house and lot for $450.00. Lot in Factory Addition, $75.00. Lot in Lincoln Park, $50.00. Write W. H. TURNE, Box G, Muskogee, Okla. Muskogee Cimeter. Wm. WINE, EAtton MUSKOGEER, ayes OKLA. A new precedent in insanity casea has been set by William H. Holmes of Omaha, on trial for the embezziement of $700, Although insanity is his sole defense, no alienists have been called, no one has testified to hereditary taints, and no mention has been made of brainstorm or exaggerated ego. The witnesses have all been ordinary citl- rens who have met him in’ everyday life, Sam Hoff, ex-sheriff and member of the legislature, testifles that he be- Heves Holmes insane, because he wants a bath every day and is serupu- lous about his dress, George Stryker, another ex-sheriff, says that Holmes would have “a roaring toothache eve- nings, but would be all) right = morn- ings,” which, coupled with the — fact that he turned out his gas tn jail at 8 p. m. and went to sleep, though the rules allowed him to have tt going till 9, proved madness conclusively. The only departure from the home-made brand of evidence was when Holmes’ attorney argued that, as all the mas- ters of muste, art, litreature and poll: tics had been more or less crazy, Holmes must undoubtedly be so. One telling argument was adduced—the prisoner ate” breakfast foods! How: ever, remarks the New York Post, no one thought to point out the most conclusive proof of all, namely, that, if he had not been insane, Holmes never would have embezzled merely $700. The Man We Envy. In one of his plays, Bernard Shaw remarks that “the man with the tooth- ache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound, and the poverty- stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.” So tt is with most things. One always feels that the thing one does not possess, or the thing one cannot do, is the one thing essential to happiness. The unsuc- cessful think the successful must be happy. The invalids think if they had health nothing else would matter, The laboring man thinks if he only had leisure he would be content. But, for- tunately, happiness is not the preroga- tive of any class of people or station in life. No doubt some are gifted with & happier and more cheerful tempera ment than others, says the New York Weekly, but one’s point of view. ts really largely a matter of habit, and the thing to do is to try and get Into @ habit of letting one's thoughts dwell on the pleasant things of life as much as possible and forget its worrles as goon as may be, “A nobleman who becomes the hus- band of an American heiress enters into the marriage with a proper” re spect for his bride, He does not crave the alliance because of the financial reasons, but because he {s dominated by the overwhelming beauty and fair- ness of the American girl. He is car- ried away by her philosophy, her logie, her irresistible and fascinating mien,” gays an Austro-Hungarlan visitor in Washington, Be-oo-tiful! But) why, asks the Baltimore American, {sit that only girls with the largest sort of fortunes have the peculiar brand of philosophy, logic and trresistible and fascinating mien ot appeal to the for- eign aspirants for American wives? Mr. Whitaker is modest, The Eng- lish fortune he seeks amounts to only $600,000,000, Few people attempting to collect a mythical chancery estate would give up @ penny of their claims for such a sum, ene / EFFORTS TO PREVENT MONEY LEAVING HOME COMMUNITIES, MAIL-ORDER SYSTEM BAD Many Concerns in Small Towns Im- poverished for the Benefit of the Few in Business in Larger Cities. Bright minds of the different trade associations have for some years been working devising means of preventing the growth of the mati order business. Various plans have been projected. Nearly all that have been tried have met with failure, The catalogue sys- tem of business continues to advance, Some small houses have dropped out of sight, but the big ones are grow- ing bigger, The mail order problem is a trouble. some one. One of the reasons why it is so 1s because of the methods that the houses pursue, their wide adver- tising, and the presentation of their side of the question by the hundreds and thousands of farm, religious, 80- clety, fashion and mail order papers that go to the homes of the masses, and which are mainly supported by the advertising of the mail order con- cerns, Each locality has its peculiar local conditions, Merchants in some towns, and these towns are many, are not the aggressive and enterprising class that are capable of competing with the mail order concerns, The agricultural classes are among the most Intelligent, are readers and think- ers, but there are channels along | which their thoughts flow, Close study demonstrates that as a general rule farmers labor under the impression that a low estimate is placed upon them by the people of the towns. The eity folk dress better, the children of the merchants move in a different class from the children of the farmer, and even the merchants’ wives per- haps dress a little more expensively ‘than do the wives of the farmers. All these things have their reflection in business matters, Then, owing to the impressions that are the result of con- tinual reading of the advertisements of the catalogue houses, the farmer is led to believe that he unnecessarily pays higher prices for what goods he requires when he purchases them of _the home merchant than he should. | He believes that he is made a victim | and that the profits that go to the merchant should not be so great. It is evident that the farmer's educa. tion along econonile lines is defective. | He has to a great extent developed a | warped idea of business and commer. cial values, If the catalogue house | proposition be ameliorated it 1s evi | dent that the consumers of every class | be made to realize that they are in | error, In fact, a course of education | along right lines is necessary, It is | not good business policy for the pa pers that draw support from mall or | der concerns to combat a business | publish anything that is likely to tn jure the income’ from advertising Thue little help can be expected from the papers that have their column: filled with mail order advertising Then there remains only the country press as the medium through whict the people may be enlightened. Bu here {s another problem, The aver | age country editor is not by training equipped to carry on an intelligen campaign, He is likely to injure the cause by creating prejudices, by hi: too blunt attacks on the catalogue , house system, and on their patrons | Any effort that he may make is lookec _ upon by the farmer as emanating fron | the business interests of the town, anc | published solely with a selfish mo tive. Thus are excellent argument: deadened, and shafts that should bi effective, act as a boomerang. | It has been the inclination of th merchants’ associations to discuss th | mail order house behind closed doors ' Ju his small knowledge of associatlo: WOrk tH0 farmer © Moet key WwW think that when business men of @ town organize it is for the purpose of raising prices and working againat the interests of the farmers in gen eral, The way the associations have been conducted in many towns almost justified this belief on the part of the farmer, It must be understood by the merchants that any matter that affects the interests of merchants and farmers and laborers alike should be discussed openly. There is no reason why a lecturer on business economy should caution his hearers that only merchants should be present to hear him. If his proposition will not stand the criticisms of all whom {it should interest, it is a poor one. Farmers and laborers have their own organizations. These are all of the protective class, It is the aim of the average farmers’ organization to combat the machinations of the trusts that dictate to them the prices that they shall receive for thelr prod. ucts, It is the object of the laborers’ associations to combat the inclination of the capitalistic classes to lower wages, and raise prices of commodt. ties. On close investigation it will be found that the farmer who is the most active worker against the trusts, and the laborer who cries loudest against the oppression of the employ. ers, are the ones who by thetr short sighted policy give the very systems that they complain about the greatest support. The evils of trade and com merce to-day are the offspring of cap ital concentration, For years vast sums have been diverted from all sec tions of the union to the great metro politan centers. Billions of dollars have been drawn by the great insur ance companies; country banks have made in the aggregate many million: of dollars’ deposits in the big city banks. The trust companies are load ed down with trust money from al sections of the land. These vas sums must be employed in a way tha wil pay interest. Financiers devis means for investment. A dozen con cerns are amalgamated, combined int one mammoth concern, and the mone} for the purpose is the money of th people of the country at large wh send It to the large cities through dif ferent channels. Here we find a trus bullt up that works to the detrimen of the farmer and the masses of th land, and operated by the dollars tha were supplied by the very people of pressed by it. There 1s one cure, and one cur only for capital concentration, Tha is a strict adherence to simple hom trade principles. Keep in each com munity to the greatest extent all th earnings of the people of that commu nity. The withdrawal of capital fror a section impoverishes {t just so muck It takes away the means of establish ing new industries for the employmen of the people. Thus are towns r tarded in their upbuilding, and reg |estate values are kept from advan ing. The home market for the farn ers’ products is destroyed, and ever | interest and every person in the con munity suffers from the effects, Thus it can be seen how vital it | ‘| to the masses to understand that an _| system of business that draws from community the surplus earnings of th | people and takes away the legitimat || profits that should go to its trade | men, is a system worthy of condemn tion, Cannot these questions be di || cussed openly before the farmers an _| the other laborers? Is there any arg .|ment that cannot be well sustained -|Is there an intelligent farmer wh | would not do some substantial thin! |} ing when it is shown to him that b Fastidious Cabman. An old lady about to hire a cab in London asked the cabman if he could take her to Trafalgar square, The cabman replied: “No, mum I can’t and I wouldn't if I could, and the next time you want to eat onions bile ‘em!” ut iting! mistipation May bepermanently onercome by proper personal efforts with the bree oad of the one truly beneficial laxative remedy, Syrup ofkigs and BisirdSem which enables one to form ve er e ts bird $0 hve somes de ne ure may be gradually di wi when nc lender needed asthe bestef remedies, when required, areto assit nature and not to supplant the natur. al functions, which must depend ulti- mately upon proper nourishment, proper efforts,and right liv ink generally. 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Sold by Paint, Drug, Hardware and General Stores in carefully sealed and properly labeled packages, at B0c the package for white and BSc the package for tints, See that the name ' Alabastine” fs om ! each package before it is opened } ither by yourself or the workmen, | The Alabastine Company | Grand Rapids, Mich. { Bastern Ottice, 105 Water Street, New York City, THE MAN WHO SWEARS BY THE FISH BRAND SLICKER xy ss ve : \ 1s the man who MWe \\\\ has tried to get 7 Rv -y4) the same service ant \\ U\eAg out of some " 6) <* othermake A OVER *\N pipe | \WW ee Sloan Light Durable and Sad Every at $300 ee ear cisee “ cad sont SESE SOLAN Soe Great Closing Out Sale! Farm Wagons sold at less than manufactur- ing cost. Address, or inquire of OLDS WAGON WORKS ¥T. WAYNE, INDIANA GENERAL NEWS NOTES A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE NEWS OF THE WEEK Thursday afternoon a tornado destroyed the eastern portion of Deport, Texas, a town 20 miles southeast of Paris, killing W. R. Isbell, a druggist, and wounding several others. Governor Hughes has filed with the secretary of state a proclamation convening the legislature of New York in extraordinary session on Monday, May 11. The proclamation does not specify any subject which the governor will recommend for consideration at the extra session. George McLaughlin, a saldon- keeper of Cleveland, Ohio, shot and fatally wounded his wife who died a few hours later at a hospital. The tragedy was the culmination of two years of domestic strife in the McLaughlin home. When arrested McLaughlin begged the officers to shoot him. Four men were killed, three seriously injured and 100 others had a narrow escape from death when an explosion occurred in Mine No. 1 of the Ellsworth Collieries Company, at Ellsworth, Pa., Washington county. The dead are foreigners. Their bodies were mangled and badly burned. Two million, five hundred thousand people in Illinois, now living in prohibition districts would have been put back in saloon territory but for the decision of the supreme court in the McBride case, declaring constitutional the new local option law as passed last year. W N U SAT. 4|25 SMITH -2- The Ohio senate has passed a bill prohibiting secret societies among pupils of high schools. The law provides expulsion for violation of the law shall continue only so long as the pupils continue to violate it. Chas. Barnes, state insurance commissioner of Kansas, has held that death from swallowing a toothpick entitles the heirs of an accident insurance policy to the insurance. H. S. Myers, of Arkansas City, swallowed a toothpick, it lacerated his throat and blood poisoning set up, causing his death. John T. Dooling, president of the board of elections of New York City, testified in the proceedings brought to oust Mayor McClellan from the office of mayor, that he found in a loft ballots of the last mayoralty election thirty ballot boxes, none of which appeared to have been sealed. He declared that he saw ballots, stubs and unused ballots scattered about the floor. Many of them were marked in either the republican or democratic column, but none of those so found were Independencee League ballots. Mrs. George W. Stipp, of Wellington, Kan., was the first soldier's widow to be pensioned under the widow's pension bill. C ngressman Murdock received word to this effect from the pension bureau. She gets $12 a month, the amount all widows will receive after this. Through efforts of Dr. W. T. Vernon, registrar of the treasury, the war department has been induced to send about 100 rifles and accessories to the Quindaro negro university in Kansas. Dr. Vernon is chancellor of that institution, but is on an indefinite leave of absence to fill the federal job at Washington. He hopes to build up a military branch at his school and the war department will aid him. "We Have Many Similar." The following is an extract from a letter received from Mr. H. H. Meyers of Stutgart, Ark.: "You would greatly oblige me if you would introduce Hunt's Lightning Oil at Milledgeville, Ill., as I have many friends and relatives there, in whom I am much concerned, and I understand the Oil is not kept there. I can recommend it as the best medicine I ever had in my house. It cured me of a bad case of the Bloody Flux in less than one-half hour, and it cured my grand-daughter of a bad case of Cholera Morbus in a very short time." New Dinner Card Idea. From Paris comes a decorated cardrack with a trail of artificial flowers that may be changed to suit the dinner colors and makes a pretty addition to the table. These racks are to hold a plain card upon which the guest's name is written and they may be used for a good many dinners, thus obviating the expense of the decorated dinner card every time one entertains. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous membranes of the eye, and protecting the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO. 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Bold by the best shoe dealers everywhere. Shoes mailed from factory to any part of the world. Illus. United Catalog free to any address. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED SEND FOR FREE ILLUS. TREATISE ON ELECTRICAL DURASKAS. WITH NAMES OF PROMINENT NEW CURRENDRS. THORNTON & MINOR. 1080 OAK ST. KARSA SITY, MO. ALCOHOL-3 PER CENT AVegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS CHILDREN The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Chat. H. Hutchens. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE CIMETER W H. TWINE . . . Editor Published Every Week in the Interest of the Negro by Cimeter Publishing Co Entered at the Post Office at Muskogee, Okla., as Second Class Mail Matter. Taylor White, a colored man together with a number of white and colored men were arrested recently and placed in the city jail on a charge of drunkenness according to White's report. A number of them were found guilty and a fine placed upon each of them and none of whom being able to pay their fines the Negroes were put to work on the streets and those Negroes who refused to work were put in dungeons on bread and water, not so with the whites. Is that a square deal? Is that the policy of the officers? Are they playing jim crow prisoners? Is a white loafer, drunkard, hobo and outlaw any better than a black one? We are informed that one Jas. Moses made a statement in a harrangue that he or some one had a signed proposition from the editor of this paper to support Porter. All of which we brand as a falsehood. Present this signed paper or stand convicted. The advertising proposition made by our advertising manager still stands good if the parties desire it, but our position is a different thing as we have always stood for the old county site town, Wagoner. In the near future the Republican party will select a candidate for Governor of Oklahoma. Our choice for leader in the next campaign is honorable James Harris of Wagoner. The county site campaign goes merrily on in Wagoner County and as the date set for election comes nearer, it is not out of place to advise the voters to vote early and avoid the possibility of loosing a vote on account of challenge that will be resorted to by the enemies of Wagoner who will do this to prevent the colored vote being counted: The inspectors who will be in charge of the election will all be non-residents and its not possible that all of them would attempt to fraudulently take the election. It must be remembered by the voters that the sentiment of the three towns toward the colored voters will cut quite a figure with the colored people. The white people of Wagoner, who are largely under the control of Hon. James Harris and his followers are and have always been in favor of the colored man having the right to vote and have that vote counted as cast. The history of each of the other towns is to the exact contrary and for that reason alone the solid vote of the colored people of the county should and will be cast for Wagoner. Many persons are asking the question: Is Supervisor Walter Falwell using his influence a gainst Wagoner? They say that Six Shooter Sango, Supt. of Tullahasse Mission, Prof. Whaley the son in law of P. B. Hudson, who is a teacher and E. L. Barber, Past Master in Hoodooism and dispenser of school patronage at Red Bird, Prof. Van Allen and other teachers, all being opposed to Wagoner, looks like the fine Italian hand of Falwell being played against Wagoner. The action of the white Republicans of Coweta sometimes ago when they assisted in the nomination of Prof. Hudson for member of the Constitutional Convention and then entered into a deal to nominate A. D. Orcut, styled as an Indian Republican, and later switched and supported the Democrat Hosimer and defeated Hudson, should be sufficient to convince Hudson and all colored men that the white republicans in Coweta and Porter voted for the Democrat and they should now be paid for their treachery. Hudson was later elected one of the county Commissioner for Wagoner County. He was assisted financially by Wagoner Republicans and when elected it was Wagoner men both republicans and democrats who made his bond. The wealth of the bondsmen aggregates $1,000,000. Has Hudson forgotten this? Does two daughters and a son in law outweigh all? Was the Falwell whip used? The Coweta County site gang at Red Bird composed of the Ministerial Quartette, Barber. Drakes, Ellis and Craven, failed to get Prof. McGowan indicted. The Hoodoo failed to work, the charm had no effect upon the Grand Jury. —Reporter. FOR SALE. Lot 100 feet front, two houses on the lot one four room house and one two room house. Houses rent $18 per month. Good location high and level Lot in block 235 Muskogee price $3000. See or write W. H. Twine, Jr. Box G Muskogee Oklahoma. E. A. Estes For your Drugs, Shool B00ks and STATIONERY. SHERMAN BUILDING This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T. THE DULUTH GAS FRAUD. The Results of the Economies and Enterprise of a Private Company Claimed by the Municipal Management of the Gas Plant of Duluth, Minn. To those unfamiliar with the facts the reports assiduously circulated about the gas department of Duluth would give the impression that the profits reported are the result of municipal operation. This is, however, far from the truth, for in 1904 the city shut down the generating plant which it had purchased only six years before, and since that date it has been merely a distributer of the gas made by a private company. During the five complete years (1899-1903) that the city made its own gas the average cost per thousand feet was $1.20 and the receipts $1.17. In these cost figures there is no allowance for depreciation, lost taxes, accidents, legal services, etc. A very moderate allowance for these would greatly increase the loss per thousand, and if private enterprise had not come to its relief the gas plant would have ultimately proved a grievous burden, although so far as possible it had been removed from political influences. The reductions in price of gas made by the city while it was operating the plant were due largely to the great increase in demand resulting from the rapid increase in the use of gas for fuel purposes as well as to improvements in the art of manufacture, but in no case were they warranted, for the real cost was always in excess of the net price. The reduction in price since the city abandoned the manufacture of gas is due to the private enterprise of the coking plant which supplies gas as a byproduct to the city and which has spent many thousands of dollars in exploiting the gas to increase its sales. As a gas expert who has no interest in this company writes: "Of course this is very fine for the citizens of Duluth, but it is not municipal ownership, as the city is freed from the two factors which ordinarily are the worst features of municipal plants—to wit, lack of proper handling of the manufacturing end of the business and lack of push in exploiting the commercial side. In short, the city of Duluth simply distributes the gas and collects the bills." CITIZENS AS STOCKHOLDERS. A Point of View That Ought to Be More General if Our Cities Are to Be Properly Managed. The Saginaw (Mich.) Courier-Herald has this to say of the municipal waterworks: "Will any one deny that if the plant had been owned by private capital it would not have been bankrupt long ago? And what would have resulted to a franchise owning corporation running the system? It would years ago have been driven out of the town or have been compelled to furnish a water service the best that could be obtained. "A live, progressive water commission two years ago tried to induce the taxpayers—the stockholders—to vote money to improve the operating plant, to put it into good condition and equipment, to make possible a service to consumers of a water supply for all purposes adequate to modern uses and needs. Their efforts went for naught; the attempt was an utter failure. The owners—the taxpayers—absolutely refused to improve the plant, although it was clearly shown that the improvements would actually pay for themselves in increased business in a reasonable time. "Had the system been owned by a private corporation it would have been compelled by the very voters who refused aid to their own rundown concern to get the money somehow, somewhere, put the entire plant into modern condition or get out of the business altogether, no matter what financial loss might fall upon it." Strange Bedfellows. Except in the case of a Minnesota city, which refused licenses to saloons unless they would become patrons of the municipal light plant, there has never seemed to be a direct connection between municipal ownership and the grog shop. That such a connection exists has suddenly been made apparent by the adoption of prohibition in various states and sections. In several localities well developed movements for municipal ownership have been abandoned because the loss of income from licenses made the city fathers look askance on an investment that was likely to reduce rather than to increase the city's income. In one southern city as soon as the prohibitory law had gone into effect the council advertised the lighting plant for sale, frankly admitting that its very existence had depended upon the receipts from the saloons. A league for mutual support between the advocates of municipal ownership and the liquor interests is now in order. The Usual Way. First County Councilor—Here's a fine looking street. Second Ditto - You're right there. What's best to be done with it? "Let's have it dug up for a sewer." "But wouldn't it be proper to pave it first?" "Of course. I supposed you understood that. Then, after it is paved and a sewer put in, we'll have it repaved." "All in readiness to be dug up again for the gas pipe? I see you understand the principles of municipal economy. And after we have had it repaved for the second time, then what?" "Well, then it will be in order for widening. There's nothing I admire so much as system in the care and improvement of our roadways."—London Exchange. Muskogee Jewelry and Novelay Co. WITH R. A. GIVENS, WATCHMAKER & JEWELER Make the only first class Colored Jewelers in Oklahoma. We carry everything in Jewels, China, Glass ware, Notions and Novelties. We assure you we can't be undersold, as good goods and under selling others is the only key that keeps us busy. Muskogee Jewelry & Novelty Co. 128 S. 2ND ST. R. A. GIVENS, MGR IN OFFICE DAY & NIGHT. PHONES 986 & 481 If you can't get us on one phone, try the oiher. 20 S. 2nd. St. Muskogee, I.T. Milwaukee Mechanics Fire Insurance Co. $ 2,759,179.00 Norrhwestern National Insurance Co. $ 4,365,095.00 Michigan Commercial Insurance Co. $ 843,835.00 Columbia Insurance Co. $ 756,028.00 Cosmopositan Fire of New York $ 733,830.00 Ohio German Insurance Co. $ 628,311.00 Merchants & Planters Insurance Co. Home Co. Lloyds Plate Glass Insurance Co. $ 1,000,000.00 Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland $ 6,188,569.00 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. $ 220,000,000.00 Pacific Mutual Accident Co. $ 10,803,293.00 DR. HENDERSON REASONS FOR FAILURE. Some of the Municipal Lighting Experiments That Have Failed—The Causes and the Losses. Modesto, Cal., purchased its electric plant in 1899, but has since shut down its generating plant and leased the distributing plant. A well informed citizen says: "The city was able to buy power cheaper than it could generate it. Moreover, new boilers were needed, the city had provided no renewal fund and the people disliked the idea of bonding. The waterworks also were leased to private parties." The mayor of Pittsfield, Ill., assigns the following reason for the sale of the electric plant formerly owned by that city: "Cheaper to pay the Pittsfield Electric company than to do it ourselves. We ran it ourselves for several years and have had it run by contract at least five years, saving money by contracting it to outsiders." The people of East Chicago, Ind., thought that they could save money by running the electric plant themselves. They bought it in 1900, but by 1903 it was in the hands of a receiver, and as the city was unable to redeem the plant it was sold in 1907, together with a twenty-five year franchise. The town of Lowell, Ind., purchased in 1901 for $6,500 the electric light plant which had been installed two years before. In 1907 the plant was sold for $2,730, the difference between this and the purchase price representing a depreciation of 10 per cent a year. The purchaser installed a new plant, as the old one was worth only about $1,500 as junk. The reasons assigned for the sale are that the plant was being run at a loss and was in very bad condition, while the town was so heavily bonded that it could not install a new plant. A twenty-five year franchise went with the plant. According to the mayor, the electric plant at Mentone, Ind., was purchased in 1899 from a private company for $2,000 and was sold in 1903 for $600 because it was a "losing proposition." Another correspondent assigns "poor service and lack of management" as the reason for the return to private ownership. The electric plant of Lyons, Ia., installed in 1889 at a cost of $13,000, was sold for $5,000 in 1902 when Lyons was annexed to Clinton because better service could be obtained from a company. The municipal electric plant of Somerset, Ky., installed in 1903 at a cost of $18,000, was sold or leased to a private company after being in operation about two years. In 1903 the city of Langdon, N. D., purchased the electric plant from its owners and spent $10,000 in improving it. As it could not be made to pay it was sold in 1906 for $9,000, entailing a loss of $8,500 in three years, not including the loss in operating, which D. N. FINK, VICE PERSIDEFT. Muskogee and Novel WITH R. WATCHMAKER Make the only first class We carry everything in Jewel and Novelties. We assure you goods and under selling others is Muskogee Jewel 128 S. 2ND ST. R CREEK UNI BILLINGS A @askets and I Always IN OFFICE DAY & NIGHT If you can't get us on 20 S. 2nd. St. N EDERSON OUT ST., KAHSAS CITY, MO. Oldest in age and longest located. A leine. Over 33 Years' special practice— city. ESTABLISHED 1867. Ac, Nervous and Special Diseases. All medicines furnished ready for use — no retention from business. Patients at distance everywhere, free from gaze or breakage e and experience are important. State your and confidential, personally or by letter. Insurance H. P. SHG GENERAL A Milwaukee Mechanics Fire Insurance Co Norrhwestern National Insurance Co. Michigan Commercial Insurance Co. BOOK for both sexes--96 pages, 27 pictures, with full description of above diseases, the effects and cure, sent sealed in plain wrapper—free. Read this Book for the 1 formation it contains. FREE MUSEUM OF ANATOMY FOR MEN. amounted to about $2,000 a year. The borough of Emaus, Pa., installed an electric plant in 1890 and sold it five years later at about one-third of its cost. The borough clerk states that the reason for abandoning the plant was chiefly its heavy expense, the lights costing considerably more than the borough could get them from a private company. Some years ago the city of Dayton, Tenn., purchased or leased an electric plant, but was compelled to retire from the business because the expense of running it was about three times the cost of contracting for lights from a company. Kent, Wash., purchased its electric plant from a private company in 1892 and sold it ten years later for about half what it paid for it. The mayor assigns as the reason for selling, "Could not make it pay." INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE. How It Provided a Great Need In a Big Public Department. Congressman Bennett, who learned at a meeting of the welfare department of the National Civic federation of the emergency hospitals installed in many factories, introduced a resolution of inquiry in the house of representatives with reference to facilities in government buildings in the city of Washington for administering first aid to employees. President Roosevelt immediately asked for reports from the various departments, and it was found that such provision was made in only one. An employee of the government, a compositor in the department of public printing, whose sympathy was stirred by the sight of employees lying on the floor waiting the arrival of an ambulance for the purpose of carrying them to a hospital, had fitted up a small room in which to care for such employees. As there was no appropriation for supplies, he personally paid for drugs, surgical dressings, bandages and other necessities. The public printer reported to President Roosevelt that the arrangement had been very beneficial to the employees, as some of the cases were very urgent and need immediate attention, that 1,250 cases have been treated since this emergency room has been installed and that previously it was necessary to send out for a physician, and if he were not at home the employee was left lying on the floor of the workroom or toilet room suffering until one could be located.National Civic Federation Review. Municipal Electricity a Burden. In 1903 the village of Hampshire, Ill., installed dynamos and a distributing system at a cost of $5,000. This has just been sold for $3,600. In the ordinance providing for the sale it is set forth that the plant "has become unprofitable to and a burden upon said village." Hydrocele and Permanently cured in a few days without pain or danger. Book free. Phimosis Varlcocele Enlarged veins in the serotum-causing nervous debility, weakness of the sexual system, etc., permanently cured without pain. Syphilis, That terrible disease, in all its forms and stages, cured for life. Blood poisoning and all private diseases permanently cured. Muskogee, Indian Territory. At the Close of Business, Thursday August 22, 1907. Loans and Discount 1,098,363.96 Overdrafts 5,146,62 Bonds and Premiums 262,000,00 Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 10,975,08 Cash and Exchange 310,713.79 $1,687,199.45 Ikogee Jewel and Novelay Co WITH R. A. GIVEN BATCHMAKER & JEWEL the only first class Colored Jewelers everything in Jewels, China, Glass We assure you we can't be un er selling others is the only key tha "WATCH OUR WINDOWS" $ 200,000.00 52,946.54 200,000.00 1,234,252.91 $1,787,199.45 SWEENEY, C welers by Co VENS. EWELE welers in Ok Glass ware, be undersold, ey that keeps Novelty VENS. Are the Source of Most of Women's Sickness. Mrs. Rebecca Mock, 1795 E. 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Wife—Only one, and I am resolved to make a clean breast of it. Husband (hoarsely)—Go on! Wife—For several days I have had a secret—a secret longing for a new dress, with hat to match, for my birthday. That fetched him.—Tatler. Easy Victory for Pat. An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotchman were one day arguing as to which of the three countries possessed the fastest trains. "I've seen the milestones appear like tombstones," said the Scot. "Be jabers," said Pat, "I was one day in a train in my country and we passed a field of carrots, a field of turnips, a field of parsley, one of onions and then a pond of water, and we were going so fast that I thought it was broth: BUILT RIGHT. Brain and Nerves Restored by Grape Nuts Food. The number of persons whose alliments were such that no other food could be retained at all, is large and reports are on the increase. "For 12 years I suffered from dyspepsia, finding no food that did not distress me," writes a Wis. lady. "I was reduced from 145 to 90 lbs., gradually growing weaker until I could leave my bed only a short while at a time, and became unable to speak aloud. "Three years ago I was attracted by an article on Grape-Nuts and decided to try it. "My stomach was so weak I could not take cream, but I used Grape-Nuts with milk and lime water. It helped me from the first, building up my system in a manner most astonishing to the friends who had thought my recovery impossible. "Soon I was able to take Grape-Nuts and cream for breakfast, and lunch at night, with an egg and Grape-Nuts for dinner. "I am now able to eat fruit, meat and nearly all vegetables for dinner, but fondly continue Grape-Nuts for breakfast and supper." "At the time of beginning Grape-Nuts I could scarcely speak a sentence without changing words around or 'talking crooked' in some way, but my brain and nerves have become so strengthened that I no longer have that trouble." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. UTENSILS FOR THE KITCHEN. New Contrivances That Simplify Work Cook Has to Do. Among the new contrivances for the kitchen is a knife for paring potatoes and cutting them into fluted strips.. Compared with the complicated utensil that has been constructed for this purpose the knife seems wonderfully simple. It slices and flutes with one stroke, the action being the same as when using an ordinary straightbladed knife. The grooves in the blade of this fluter make the ornamental lines in the slices, giving a dainty appearance to the potato. Grape fruit has become popular since doctors began to recommend it as one of the articles of diet conducive to longevity. It is a difficult task to remove the seeds from a grape fruit without spoiling the appearance of the fruit. A new knife especially designed for this purpose is being shown. It has a long, curved, thin blade. This blade is inserted into the heart of the grape fruit, and with a skillful twist the superfluous part can be removed without damaging the contour of the fruit. Several new styles of funnels are provided with strainers. One shows the funnel with strainer attached and also some that can be used apart. One of the best of the latter style is a strainer that fits into the outlet of the funnel. It is a bulb-shaped contrivance about the size of a five-cent piece, and it fits snugly into the bottom of the funnel. It can be left there or taken out if desired. A bit more elaborate is the strainer attached to the funnel, and it has the advantage over the other of being always in place. The strainer can be lifted back when not needed. When straining is desirable it is dropped over the top of the funnel and held there by a catch. STIFFEN LOWER PART ONLY. Mistake to Iron Bodice Part of Any Under Garment. The lower part only of a petticoat is stiffened, as the softer the bodice part of any undergarment the more comfortable it is to the wearer. But two-thirds of the skirt should be stiffened. The degree of starch used depends on the quality of the material, but as these skirts are frequently made of fairly strong muslin they require less stiffening than thin material. They may be stiffened in equal parts of starch and water, or at least two- of starch to one-third of water, unless they are desired very stiff, when they must be dipped in full starch. They should then be dried and damped and they are ready for ironing. To iron a petticoat, being with the tapes, straps and then the bodice. The skirt may then be ironed on a board. The skirt should be folded into a strip, arranging it, to begin with, by the back seam; then double the strip into two, or fold in three according to the length of the skirt. Hoarhound Candy. Soak one ounce dried hoarhound in a pint of boiling water for an hour. Strain, and to every cup of the liquid add a pound of sugar. Boil until it spins a brittle thread when tested, then pour on to buttered sheets of tin. When nearly cold work into inch squares, and when quite cold break into separate candies. If too bitter to suit the taste reduce the amount of hoarhound. Grape Consomme. One basket grapes, one pound seeded raisins, three pounds sugar; separate the pulp of the grapes from the skins; heat and put through colander; chop oranges, using yellow portion of skin; add the orange to the grape skins with one cup of water and cook until tender. When cooked sufficiently, add the rest of the ingredients and cook 25 minutes. HAD CATARRH THIRTY YEARS. Congressman Meekison Gives Praise To Pe-ru-na For His Relief From Catarrh. "I have used several bottles of Peruna and I feel greatly benefited thereby from my catarrh of the head. I feel encouraged to believe that if I use it a short time longer I will be fully able to eradicate the disease of thirty years' standing."—David Meekison. OTHER REMARKABLE CURES. Mr. Jacob L. Davis, Galena, Stone county health for thirty-seven years, and after taking cured." Mr. C. N. Peterson, 132 South Main cannot tell you how much good Peruna has do store began to tell on my health, and I felt that tried several remedies, but obtained no permane better immediately, and five bottles restored me Galena, Stone county, Mo., write years, and after taking twelve bottle person, 132 South Main St., Counseil, which good Peruna has done me. Cony health, and I felt that I was graat obtained no permanent relief unive bottles restored me to complete Mr. Jacob L. Davis, Galena, Stone county, Mo., writes: "I have been in bad health for thirty-seven years, and after taking twelve bottles of your Peruna I am cured." Mr. C. N. 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We need settlers and that bad. These lots cost you from $35 to $200 each; 25x140, sold one fourth down and balance on easy monthly yayments. Good titles to any and all lots. We have 400 residents, a postoffice, several stores, all run by colored men. Come now while there are many inducements to good farmers. Plenty land to sell, lease or rent. Call or write, W. L. JACKSNN, Townsite Manager and Owner. Clearview, Okla. 1. St. Luke's Pharmacy A. E. Johnson, Proprietor. Corner Court and Second St. Opposite Federal Court House. Phone 172 AGENTS WANTED—16x20 crayon portraits 40 cents. Frames 10 cents and up, sheet pictures one cent each. You can make 400 per cent profit or $36 per week. Catalogue and samples free. FRANK W. WILLIAMS COMPANY. 1208 W. Taylor St. Chicago, Ill. FOR SALE. 3-room house and 50 ft. lot close in, $650.00. Two-room house and lot for $450.00. Lot in Factory Addition, $75.00. Lot in Lincoln Park, $50.00. Write W. H. TURNE, Box G, Muskogee, Okla. 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