Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Vol 9 MUSKOGEE NEEDS YOU!! Muskogee needs the vote of every colored property owner to help to unanimously carry the bond issues which will be voted upon next Thursday, and as the Negro never fails to stand up for his country and his home, so will he be found on election day voting YES on the bond propositions which mean a greater and a better Muskogee. But you must register with the city clerk before the close of next Tuesday—and you ought to go to the city hall AT ONCE and give your name and residence to the clerk and receive your registration certificate. The clerk will have his office open from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. Saturday and Monday and Tuesday, and every voter should not overlook this important duty. More water and better water and more sewers and more paved streets and all other public enterprises mean a bigger Muskogee and a better town to live in, a better town to school our children, a better town to find labor, a better town for business. Help Muskogee to grow by voting for the bond issues. It is easy to know just how to vote at this election—simply vote YES on all bond propositions on next Thursday. But do not fail to register by Tuesday—better register to day. Vote YES on the bond issues next Thursday and record another record breaking union of Muskogee voters for the building of our city. Register with the city clerk AT ONCE. Next Thursday go to the polls and vote for Muskogee—vote YES on all bond issues. Vote YES on the bond issues and help build Muskogee. Register and Vote. Have you thought of the special bond issue election to be held in this city on July 16th—next Thursday? Do you know that you must register with the city clerk by next Tuesday if you expect to vote? Boys, come to the front and get busy. Go to the city hall and register AT ONCE—DO IT NOW. While you are there call at the mayor's office and examine the maps of the proposed improvements and extensions of the water system and the maps of the proposed storm sewers, and get a petition and have it signed by your neighbors so you can have water mains to protect your property and your homes. On next Thursday go to the polls and cast your ballots YES on all the bond issue propositions. Our state constitution limits the voters in this election to those who are property tax paying voters—that is, those who pay taxes on either real estate or personal property, because these are the people who must build a city. Hundreds of NEGRO voters in Muskogee have property and pay their taxes and are entitled to vote in this election—but you must first register with the city clerk. You simply give the clerk your name, occupation and street number, and he will give you a certificate of registration. Boys, do this today. But don't forget to call on the mayor for blank petitions for water mains and then get busy with your neighbors for signatures so you can get the water when the bond issues have carried. Tell your neighbors to register and to vote also, and tell them to vote right—VOTE FOR THE BONDS—VOTE YES. Vote so that it will be known at the close of election day that the NEGRO voters are always for public improvements, better awter, and more of it; better schools, and more of them; better sewerage, and for every enterprise which goes to the building of a great city. Boys, stand by Muskogee and vote YES for water and sewer bonds. "The Colored troops fought nobly" went resounding over the wires from San Juan Hill, and all America rejoiced to know that the Negro soldiers were in the front because this meant victory for our country. There is need today in our city for the boys in the trenches to rally and get into the fight for a greater and a better Muskogee. The colored citizens of Muskogee are large property owners and tax payers, and we are as much interested as our white friends in the progress and upbuilding of the city. "Our mayor," whom we colored voters helped to place in office by the largest majority ever given in our city, is calling upon the voters to register and to vote for bond issues which will be used to give us more water and better water, and used to give us storm sewers to drain our city; and to generally improve our condition. We want to say to Mayor Bennett that the colored voters of Muskogee will be at the polls on election day and help to carry this election for the good of the city. When it was being said last spring that it was useless for republicans to make nominations because our friends the enemy would not let our candidates take the office if elected, when it was openly boasted that by browbeating and intimidation colored voters would be kept from the polls, our boys called for their leader a man in whom we had faith would personally see that all voters enjoyed the blessed privilege of the ballot, and who would take the office if the majority of votes cast were in his favor—we nominated Bennett as our candidate for mayor. Colored men know what happened in the Madden precinct of the Fourth Ward; how deputy sheriffs and bullies tried to annoy and intimidate the voters, and to give us every possible trouble; and we know how on that election day Bennett came to our rescue and made good in personally seeing that our boys were allowed to vote. And we "made good" too on that day in rallying our votes. The Negro voters will again join with the white voters to make the bond election unanimous and on the 16th day of July we will be there to a man and vote for the growth and upbuilding of Muskogee. Boys, stand by our mayor and vote for the bonds, and then watch Muskogee grow as never before. The colored voter will register today and on next Thursday will vote YES on the bond issue and thereby help to build the city. The colored vote will be solidly with you Mayor Bennett and members of the council on the bond issues, and we will vote YES and help you to build our city. The Negro is loyal to Muskogee and loves to see its push and progress along right lines, and he will be with you in your efforts to give us more water and better water. He will also be with you in providing drainage for our city to protect our property and the health of our people. Register at once with the city clerk so you can vote YES on next Thursday at the bond issue election. All property taxpaying voters should register today and vote YES on next Thursday. When you go to register ask Mayor Bennett to explain the maps of the proposed improvements. If you want water main extensions ask the mayor for a petition and get busy with your neighbors and request the laying of a water pipe into your vicinity. Then vote YES on next Thursday and the mayor and councilmen will get the water for you. Hurrah for Muskogee! Our boat is boosting the town and we will soon celebrate her arrival at the Hyde Park landing. We will also soon enter upon our Jubilee Week Celebration of the removal of restrictions. Our joy will not be complete without a vote for the bond issues for water and sewer. The Negro voters of Muskogee will vote YES for both issues because they want Muskogee to grow and prosper. We need more water and we need better water and we need better drainage and we will all vote YES on the bond issues and prove that we are always with Muskogee in all upbuilding enterprises. JIM CROW CARS MUST GO. Editor Brotherhood: Dear Sir:—I am indeed happy in informing you that in the case of Reid vs. Pullman Company, I made a motion for judgment against the Pullman Company on the pleadings that is, that admitting all they set up in their answer, and all they claim, that still there was no defense that they were not protected in refusing to allow the plaintiff accommodation in a Pullman car because the law of the state of Tennessee prohibited railroad companies and common carriers from carrying Colored and white persons in the same coach. Further, that it was no defense that the common law rule has been abolished by the statute of Tennessee, which rule gives a proprietor the right to separate his guest, provided he furnished other and equal accommodations. That on the law and authority, the Pullman Company had no right to establish a rule separating white and Colored passengers, and this whether the plaintiff was an interstate passenger or was an intrastate passenger. When the motion was called for hearing, counsel representing the Pullman Company arose and stated to the court that they consent that the motion be granted, for the reason that they were satisfied that I was right on the law. Thus you will see the matter is disposed of, and we win a complete victory. There is but one question remaining, that is, will the people of our race take advantage of this and follow it up often enough to compel the company to yield the point and maintain the law, which they thus confess, everywhere in this broad land and common country of ours? I do not know whether you published my former letter or not. If you have not, I wish you would be kind enough to formulate such mention in your paper as you feel that you can, so as to give publicity to the fact of what the outcome of the case has been. We want that people should know what their rights are, and I beg to say that if you do fail to make mention of the fact that this case was handled by the Niagara Movement, which I sincerely hope you will, we shall be satisfied with simply giving the information concerning the case. Very truly yours. FREDERICK L. McGHEE Wow! Wow! The republicans of Oklahoma ought to tar an dfeather Charles Hunter, chairman of the republican staet cen No 39 1908. tral committee. The Journal has contended all along that Hunter was nothing but a junk politician and not the man to head the republicans of this state. His failure to inform the chairmen of the county central committees as to their duties under the primary election law puts the republicans in the humiliating position of being without republican candidates for nomination for the legislature. Hamon disorganized the republican party by building up a personal machine for the common herd to smash, and Hunter has done still worse because the rank and file republicans refuse to be led around by the ears. Before the republican party of Oklahoma can make any onward progress it will have to rid itself of bosses, and selfish persons who have been using the party as a back upon which to ride into political honor, or rather like they did in Muskogee during the constitutional convention campaign. The writer of this article paid $70 for the experience he received as chairman of a committee during that campaign, and also assisted in the collection of campaign funds which were turned over to a bunch of political grafters who are charged with turning a portion of said funds over to the Haskell campaign in Muskogee. Of course this is foreign to Hunter, but it is alluded to in order to make it plain that the republicans have been in the hands of their enemies all the time, while the manipulators, except Hamon, have been holding fat offices. They have gone square back on their freinds who assisted them into office and have appointed carpetbaggers to office in the face of the "home rule" instructions. Republicans, you will have to get raedy to do some "weeding out" and it is too bad you cannot commence on Hunter. He is going to resign on the sixth of next month. He really ought to be impeached before that time.—Vinita Journal. --- OKFUSKEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA A Strictly Colored Man's Town. 500—LOTS FOR SALE—500 This town is situated 25 miles east from Boley, the largest and best Negro town in the world, and is on the Ft. Smith and Western railroad. Plenty farmers made from one to two bales of cotton to the acre in the past year. Good water, plenty hay, and good amount of forest. Any thrifty man can come and make a good honest living free from the many set backs found in the southern country. 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 payments. 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. JACKSON, Townsite Manager and Owner Clearview, Okla. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Edison MUSKOGEE. OKLA OKLAHOMA STATE NOTES William E. Stanley, a painter of Duncan, 27 years old, fell from the city standpipe, a distance of 100 feet and received fatal injuries. Because of his inability to curb his appetite for liquor, a resident of Bixby attempted suicide with a small pocket knife, but failed in the attempt. The United Bretnren church of Oklahoma will hold its annual camp meeting near Crescent City beginning July 9. July 30 the citizens of Lehigh will be given a chance to say whether or not they desire that place to be a city of the first class or not. Five hundred union men of Oklahoma are expected to attend the state federation of labor meeting in Ardmore, July 27. The war departmenthas donated an old-time army cannon to Norman, which the citizens will mount in one of their parks. The general merchandise store of Covey Bros., at Ceres, was destroyed by fire entailing a loss of $6,000. Beginning July 14 the Oklahoma corporation commission will hold a regular term of hearings. Ninety cases are on the docket for the first term. A statement issued by the postmaster at McAlester shows the receipts at that office have increased $7,000 during the past twelve months. Five clerks have recently received a salary raise of $100 per annum each and another clerk will shortly be added to the force. Holdenville has been proclaimed a city of the first class. Tulsa's city council has decided to install a clarifying system for the water plant on the plan in use at St. Louis. Three settling basins will be used and the water will be purified by chemical process. The system will cost $25,000, and it will cost approximately $3 a day to operate it. It is announced that army horses will begin to arrive at Fort Reno within the next 30 days and that before the end of the year the reservation will be the grazing ground for 2,000 horses. The reservation is to be fenced and gates established at convenient places for the use of the public. The secretary of the board of agriculture for Oklahoma predicts the corn crop will yield 75 per cent of an average crop, while cotton will go about 70 per cent. Owing to improved conditions of the past few days growing crops of all kinds have shown a gain. The office of the general claim agent of the Rock Island has been located at El Reno with A. Brady, of Little Rock in charge. The jurisdiction of the office will be over Oklahoma and Texas. Judge R. F. Loofburrow of the judicial district including Beaver county, has been assigned to Tulsa county to preside over the July session of the district court beginning on July 13. During part of the term District Judge Poe will hear a number of cases, thus giving Tulsa two courts in operation at the same time. NEWS OF THE WEEK Most Important Happenings of the Past Seven Days. Interesting Items Gathered From all Parts of the World Condensed Into Small Space for the Benefit of Our Readers. Miscellaneous. Joseph P. Thomason, a Kansas City wood turner who had been married but three days, committed suicide by shooting at his home there. While testing his aeroplane in Temans, France, Wilbur Wright, the American inventor, was seriously scalded by the bursting of a hot water tube. Five persons were dangerously injured by the collapse of a bleacher at the baseball park in New Bedford, Mass. One boy dead, one mortally wounded and 75 persons injured was the Fourth of July record in St. Louis this year. Six persons were killed and 30 others injured in a collision at a railroad crossing in Oakland, Cal. Another negro has been arrested, this time at Schenecktady, N. Y., on suspicion of having stolen the $50,000 registered mail pouch at Kansas City. The aeronauts in the balloon race at Chicago had many narrmow escapes from drowning in the great lakes but all managed to land safely. The Fielding won the race, reaching West Shefford, Quebec, a distance of 800 miles from the starting point. An electric car near Los Angeles, Cal., struck a carriage containing 11 persons. Four of the occupants, all children, were killed. S. S. Starr, a cousin of Henry Starr, the bank robber, is under arrest at Muskogee, Ok., charged with the murder of a farmer. Owing to a dispute between the two leading clubs the Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas Baseball league has decided to quit. W. C. Guild, a photographer and dentist of Marionville, Mo., has confessed to issuing many counterfeit $5 bills and flooding the southwest portion of the state with them. In a head-on collision between two fast passenger trains on the Missouri Pacific railroad at Knobnoster, Mo., nine persons were killed and upwards of 59 injured. The accident was due either to disregard of train orders or failure to receive them. All the dead and most of the injured were on the eastbound train. Last month was the wettest June in 41 years in Kansas, according to Dr. Snow's records. The negro arrested at Monroe, Mich., suspected of stealing a mail pouch containing $50,000 at Kansas City, proves to be the wrong man. It has been finally decided to have the notification of Mr. Taft's nomination take place at Cincinnati on July 28. A negro giving the name of Charles Stevens has been arrested in Monroe, Wis., charged with stealing the $50,000 registered mail pouch at Kansas City. He was identified by photographs. An airship flight that lasted all day was made recently by Count Zeppelin starting from Lake Constance, Switzerland, in the morning and returning there in the evening. A. J. Bliss of White Cloud, Kan., has been arrested on a charge of perury for making false returns to the tax assessor. He listed $400 when he had $9,000 on deposit in a bank. The new Lehigh viaduct in Buffalo, N. Y., was badly damaged by the explosion of two heavy charges of dynamite. One man has been arrested on suspicion. The Missouri Pacific has opened the freight car works in the new shops at Sedalia, Mo. Two hundred miners met death by an explosion of gas in a mine at Yuvoso, European Russia. Seventythree men were rescued alive but ten of them died after being taken out of the shaft. Sylvanus E. Johnson, for many years Washington correspondent for the Cincinnati Enquirer and other papers and a former president of the Gridiron club, is dead. Six persons, five women and a fiveyear-old boy, are dead and a score of others injured as the result of an explosion of fireworks in a five and ten cent store in Cleveland, O. A panic among the hundreds of customers and employes followed the explosion and many were injured in jumping from the windows of the upper floors. A slight earthquake shock shook San Francisco and Los Angeles the other day but did no damage. Frank Coy, a wealthy farmer and a United States mail carrier of Taney county, Mo., was shot from ambush and dangerously wounded while on his route recently. Grant Ferguson, a negro credited with having saved 12 persons from drowning at Des Moines, Ia., has been presented with a gold medal by the Commercial club of that city. The public debt increased $1,793,794 during June. The United States mints coined during the last fiscal year $215,714,862. The receipts of the government for the fiscal year just closed were $599,895,763 and the expenditures were $659,552,124, leaving a deficit of $59,656,361. F. C. Brockhauser, a Chicago man who swindled working girls out of $8,000 by selling them fake mortgages has been returned to Chicago from Oklahoma where he was captured. The railroads of the middle west have decided to restore the old rates on package freight. The movement means a saving of thousands of dollars to shippers. The certificates of the official list of candidates to be voted on at the primary election in Kansas has been sent to the county clerks. The list is five feet long and six newspaper columns wide. Secretary Cortelyou has issued a statement saying that the deficit of $60,000,000 shown by the treasury statement is more apparent than real because of the antiquated system of bookkeeping in vogue. Personal Capt. Edward F. Reilly, a pioneer and veteran of the Civil war, is dead at his home in Leavenworth, Kan. Former United States Senator J. R. Burton of Kansas announced in Denver that he would support the nominee of the Democratic convention. Rev. Simpson Ely, a prominent evangelist of the Christian church, is dead as the result of a fall from a street car in Joplin. He was on the way to preach at one of the churches. A temporary restraining order has been issued against the Prairie Oil & Gas company, restraining them from further work on the oil pipe line from Caney, Kan., into Oklahoma. Five persons were killed, 40 injured and many rendered homeless by a tornado at Fort Summers, N. M. Sunday theaters are illegal in Kansas under a recent decision of the supreme court. The entire Japanese cabinet has tendered its resignation to the emperor. Prominent publishers have offered Mr. Roosevelt $1 per word for the story of his impression of Africa after his coming hunting trip. Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas U. S. N., retired, who was second in command of the Atlantic battleship fleet on its voyage to the Pacific, died suddenly at Del Monte, Cal., of heart failure. Joel Chandler Harris, familiarly known as "Uncle Remus," and an author of note, is dead at his home in a suburb of Atlanta. Ga. 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Another Stringency. "Yes," said the first tramp, "times are certainly bad with our profession." "In what respect?" asked the second tramp. "There's a great stringency of ham sandwiches and cold mutton bones."—Detroit Free Press. A Deadly Brigade. "So your son is now a soldier, hey, Uncle Ben?" "Yes, sah; he's done jined de mali elous corpse, sah." TOWNSHIP SUPPLIES FOR SALE. The Leader Printing Company, Guthrie, Oklahoma, has a complete line of Township and School District blanks and books for sale. Before ordering elsewhere, try the Leader. Their blanks and books conform absolutely to the requirements of the new law. All new stuff. Records for Township Treasurer, Township Clerk, Township Trustee, and the latest Account Book for the Road Overseer. These records are complete in every detail. Send for their price list. Up to His Tricks. 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DEFIANCE STARCH—15 ounces to the package—other starches only 12 ounces—same price and "DEFIANCE" IS SUPERIOR QUALITY. THER @Ci1mcPER, WoH. TWINE - + + « Editor. Published Every Week in the Interest of the Negro by Cimeter Publishing Co. Entered at the Post Office at Muskogee. Okla., a8 Second Class Mail Matter. FOR PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT. FOR VICE PRESIDENT JAMES S. SHERMAN. Among the Republicans of Muskogee County who pledge their support to H. KB. P. Stan ford according to an Okmulgee paper are: C. B. Douglas, Ed. Phoenix, Thos, A. Sanson, Ex, Probate Com., Ro Py Harrison, Ex, Clerk U.S. Court, J. B. Cambell, x. City Recorder, J. Blair Schuentelt, Ex. Indian Agent, L. G. Disney, Ex, Can- didate for Congress 4th District Alexander Richmond, Ex. 0. 8S. Commisioner, and last but hot least Dr. Leo KE. Bennett, Iix. U.S, Marshal. And among those who do not and will not give him their support are the thousands of Republican voters the Backbone and sinew of the Republican party inthis county, The last diteh fighters will fight his nomination till the region of Pluto is congealed as ice and then some, Phe iajority of the present county officials ave) Democrats: butas aimatter of fact the mas jovity of them: are as courteous and obliging as any set of offi cers anywhere, tn the main Muskogee County is blest with a gentlemanly set of officers re gardless of their political learn+ ings. ‘They seen: to recognize the fact that they are the offi- cers of ALL the people and that isthe MUSKOGEE WAY you know, Dr Bennett did not say what the Democrat reported hineas saying against the Negro, It isa habit the Democrat has of having fits of Negro phobia when anything bad is done and a single Negro isconnected with it. Register at once and you can vote on the th, for water works bonds otherwise you cant, Hfon, A, V. Jones is certainly entitled to be elected State Com: mitteman from this County. He possesses all of the necessary qualifications for the place and his past work forthe party de- serves this promotion, He ought to be selected by a unan imous vote, Is it possible that Dr. Ben- nett made the remark touching the Negroas reported in Wed hesday’s Democrat? We cant believe it because the Negroes have always been friendly to Dr. Bennett and he owes much of bis advancement along polit- ical lines to their unwavering support, Crazy Snake and his) Indian followers with a few Negro ad- herents are holding their an nuual meeting at Hickory Ground, Noone has been hurt except afew fellows who have “pipe? dreams, The Snake uprising near Hen- rietta is causing some damp- hool tovush into print and put the blame on the Negro because there are afew Black Snakes, The truth is the Negro is a fol- lowers of the Indian and not as the Race Riot Review {The Dem. | would have it, The Masonic Grand Lodge convenes at Wagoner, Oklaho ma Aug. 3. Primarieson Aug. 4, Negro celebrations all over the old Tndian ‘Per, Aug. 4th, Vote before you go to the cele brations., Vote before you go to the Grand Lodge. Tt is im portant that you do even if you get to Grand Lodge late, We think that the very. esti- mable gentlemen who have tak en up the fight in this County for Stanford have a right to their views but bless your soul Doug. yourand hizoner and the balance ave ina woeful minori- ty. The steam roller will sure get vou chile. Nhe advertisement Oklahoma is getting at’ Denver and along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers isa good thing for the Stat» and may offset some of the fool things done by the late unla mented Legislature, Every advertiser in this paper isan honest business man and deserves the trade of our read ers. Read the advertisements and patronize the advertiser, You will get) your money’s worth. And Charley Hunter still holds on as State Chairman, Wonder if the organization means business or play? We can and must do business in the 3rd. Congressional District. LOCALS. Kinchion W. Hardy, B.D., President of the Afro American Business College of Dallas, Tex, is inthe city and will opena school here on S, 2ud. Street in the MeCulloch-Sims Building. The informal party given by Miss Belzora) Malverin at the residence of Mroand Mrs. W. H. ‘Twine on S. 5th. St., Mon- day night, was well attended by the young people and each one present vied with the other to make the evening pleasant and success crowned their ef- forts, A more happy and ami- able gathering of young people could not be found, The opening of the MeCatloch eSims Building Tuesday night Was a success inevery particus lar. The crowd was an orderly one and composed of the best people of the city. The Bishopof the A.M. EE, Church (The newly elected one | will preach here Sunday. A large audience is expected, The new pastor at the C. M. I, Church has created so much enthusiasm and interest in church work that the present building is too small and a lar ger edifice will be erected at once, Sango's Majestic Theater is being crowded each night. This isvight, Stay away from the jim crow theaters, ‘They give a good show at Sange’s and you get equal rights, Register at once, only a few days left. Goto the City Hall and register ov you cant vote on the bond question, a large number of colored men from Mississippi were in town Monday. They came to buy homes in the new state. Dr. Brown, the capitalist who owns the Brown Building and other valuable property on S. 2nd, St., isin the city this week looking after his.property inter- ests, Other visitors from Mis sissippi are with him, eNNSUNGEMENT. To the Republicans of the Third Dis- trict: I hereby offer myself as a candi date for the republican congression- al nomination for the Third District, to be made by primary election, Aug- ust 4. If nominated, I pledge an ac tive, energetic, clean campaign, and if elected, faithful and energetic ser- vice. Any support will be fully ap- preciated, Cc. BE. CREAGER, Muskogee, Ok. WANTED—To sell standard sew- ing machines on $3 per month pay- ments. J. A. WALCOTT, General Agent, 1093 K. Broadway, Muskogee, Okla. FOR SALE. 60 acres of good land $20 per acre; 40 acres of good land $15 per acre; 20 acres of good land $15 per acre, 4 stand cotton gin for $4,500. Will trade for farm lands or city property in Muskogee, 4 stand cotton gin for $3,500, Write to W. H. TWINE, Jr., Box G, Muskogee, Okla. I. Milde re LOAN BROKER Loans on all Articles of Value, 105 South Main Street MUSKOGER, IND. TIER, 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, Kk, 'T. Martin, & Co, 403 W, Oklamulgee Ave. 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 Mus- kogee price $3,000. See or write W. H. Twine, Jr, Box G, Muskogee, Oklahoma, THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL. Instrne- ton by mail adapted to everyone. | Recognized by courte and educaters. | ee Ki xperienced and competent instrwot | ers. Takes spare ime only. Thee courses l’reparatory, Business, Cel- LAW egos Prepares for practice, Will better your condition and prospects ——— im business. Students and graduates | everywhere, Full particulars and | special offer | FREE. | — TWE SPRAGUE | CORRESPONDENCE | scHeet OF LAW, | 044 Mascari Bins. | Laos BETROIT, MICH, ae a a ae et ee aa ee eT ee a eT eee a eT eS TT CREEK UNDERTAKERS IN OFFICE DAY & NIGHT. PHONES 986 & 481 If you can't get us on one phone, try the oiher. 227 S. 2nd. St. Muskogee, I.T. The Creek Hardware Co. Capital $5,000 EALERS IN STOVES, RANGES, GUNS, AMMUNITION, LOCKS. FARM SUPPLIES ETC. J. B. Wilson, Manager. MUSKOGEE OKAHOMA THE GREAT QUESTION. THE GREAT QUESTION. Are Our Municipalities to Become Business Corporations? Judge Lockwood of the Circuit Court of Michigan Puts This Problem Squarely Before the American People. He Shows the Dangers Which Are Often Overlooked by Superficial Thinkers. No one can give even a cursory glance at the history of municipal government in the United States for the past thirty-five years without noticing two conditions: First.-The municipalities have been very inefficient in the performance of governmental duties. Second.—They have steadily exercised more and more the business powers originally possessed by individuals or private corporations. They are rapidly becoming great business corporations. The inefficiency and corruption of municipal governments have been so thoroughly exposed and discussed before the people for the past few years that nothing need be said in way of proof of the condition. In fact, it may be true that we have become so conversant with this condition that it fails to excite surprise or to demand attention and has come to be regarded as normal or at least unavoidable. How Does It Affect the People? But what of this second tendency? How is it affecting our people? To what end is it leading? Is the first condition a natural and necessary result of the second? Municipalities have only such powers as are expressly or impliedly granted by the state through its legislature, as is shown by the following quotation from Cooley's "Constitutional Limitations:" "The creation of municipal corporations and the conferring upon them of certain powers and subjecting them to corresponding duties do not deprive the legislature of the state of that general control over their citizens which was before possessed. It still has authority to amend their charters, enlarge or diminish their powers, extend or limit their boundaries, consolidate two or more into one, overrule their legislative action whenever it is deemed unwise, impolitic or unjust and even abolish them altogether in the legislative discretion. The rights and franchises of such a corporation, being granted for the purpose of the government, can never become such vested rights as against the state that they cannot be taken away, nor does the charter constitute a contract in the sense of the constitutional provision which prohibits the obligation of contracts being violated." Increased Business Activities. Notwithstanding this is the law, these corporations have steadily and rapidly increased their activities in the direction of conducting many and diverse businesses, and we hear loud demands for freer local self government to engage in all kinds of business which may at any time seem desirable to a majority of their inhabitants. Without seemingly being aware of it, we are drifting toward municipal ownership, control and operation of many lines of production, and the next step is state socialism. This tendency is the antithesis of individualism, which is and has been the very foundation of Anglo-Saxon progress. Individual initiative, responsibility and accomplishment have been the distinguishing marks of the American and of his English ancestors. The liberty of the individual is just as certainly invaded by the entry of government into competition with him in business as it is by any other oppressive and unnecessary interference with him by the government. The Anglo-Saxon Ideal. The distinction between the Anglo- Saxon ideal and the Latin ideal is very apparent to one who goes from this country to Europe. In France one is constantly shown great buildings, great undertakings carried to successful completion, great churches, great opera houses, all the result of the government's activity. Everything dole beyond the simplest business of life is tinctured by governmental assistance. The whole tendency is communistic. On the other hand, when one crosses the narrow channel that separates England from the continent he is impressed with the fact that the individual counts for much more. It is individualism, personal effort, the liberty to do, to accomplish and to reap reward—the prize that is held out before the individual to be attained by his own effort—that has made England's people great. The American Ideal. And coming from England to America one finds this principle still more freely in operation, for here all artificial class distinctions are wiped out McCall PATTERNS 10 15 HOME MIGNON McCall'S MAGAZINE 50 YEAR INCLUDING A FREE PATTERN There are more McCall Patterns sold in the United States than of any other make of patterns. This is an account of their style, accuracy and simplicity. 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Regular College Law Course and Business Law Course. Liberal Torms Specialization. Tottenauer College. and each man stands for himself with equal opportunity and with unrestrained liberty to put forth his own effort in his own way and to reap the reward thereof so long as he does not violate the law. This distinction was very clearly perceived by that careful observer and masterful mind, Carl Schurz. The same impression was made upon his mind on coming to America that is made upon the minds of Americans who go to Europe. Very soon after coming to this land he wrote in a letter to a friend: "What there is here of great institutions of learning, of churches, of great commercial institutions, lines of communications, etc., almost always owes its existence not to official authority, but to the spontaneous co-operation of private citizens. Here you witness the productiveness of freedom. You see a magnincent church—a voluntary association of private persons has founded it; an orphan asylum built of marble—a wealthy citizen has erected it; a university—some rich men have left a large bequest for educational purposes, which serves as a capital stock, and the university then lives, so to speak, almost on subscriptions, and so on without end. We learn here how superfluous is the action of governments concerning a multitude of things in which in Europe it is deemed absolutely indispensable and how the freedom to do something awakens the desire to do it." Antagonistic to Progress. So it seems to me that in a broad way this tendency is antagonistic to the very fundamental cause of our progress as a race and as a nation. There can be no competition between a business conducted by an individual or a private corporation and a business supported by taxation upon its competitors. In the very nature of the case the municipality will soon have a monopoly of the business in which it engages in the territory over which the operations of this business extend, and the right of the individual to engage in that business is lost in that territory, in so far as the opportunity of the individual to select his occupation, or business and to conduct it for the purpose of reward, for his own support or even for the benefit of the public, is denied him. It is socialism pure and simple. One of the definitions of socialism given by a prominent expounder is that— "Socialism consists in the extension of national and the extinction of pri- vate ownership of the land, the streets, the houses, the shops, the ships, the railways, the mines and all other materials for the production and the distribution of wealth. Socialism would abolish competition and private enterprise and would substitute co-operation and public control." A Wasteful Method. The system of municipal ownership and municipal conduct of business not only interferes with the liberty of the individual, but it is a wasteful method of accomplishing the purposes. As at present organized our municipalities are wholly unfitted for wise and prudent conduct of such undertakings. It seems strange that, in the face of the admitted inefficiency of our municipal organizations to exercise successfully the very limited governmental powers intrusted to them because of lack of honesty or lack of sufficient patriotism or ability, some of our people desire to thrust upon them the exercise of much more complex and difficult duties. Can it be expected that this inefficient organization, which has failed in the simpler field, will succeed in the more difficult? When to be a municipal legislator has become a reproach, can we expect to enlist and receive the undivided and patriotic effort of competent men, so that the conduct of business generally by a city can be wisely and economically managed? Our limited experience in municipal ownership and operation, it seems to me, has demonstrated beyond a question the wastefulness of this method of production. It is true that in many of our cities and villages the official who depends on the salary received in connection with the operation of the municipal property has figured out great saving and profit to the people, but if a fair investigation is made it will disclose that the cost to taxpayers in nearly every instance is greater than would be charged for the service by private individuals or private corporations. Fair Figures Show Sad Results. If the cities that have embarked upon municipal ownership and operation will make a statement of the total amount of money taken from the taxpayers and applied to the business and add to this the debts owing by the city on account of the business and then make a fair inventory and appraisal of the property owned by the city in connection with the business and deduct this from the sum of the former two, the actual cost will be found to exceed what it would have cost to buy the product from private individuals or private corporations. In the last thirty years, during which time municipal ownership has grown to its present proportions, the indebtedness of our municipalities has greatly increased. Our observation teaches all of us that the municipality as an employer gets less for its money than does any other employer. Because some of our citizens may make a profit in furnishing to our villages and cities and their inhabitants certain things or certain services it does not follow that the municipal government should furnish these things or perform these services. If so, where is the limit of municipal business? Private Enterprise Not an Offense. The conduct of a profitable business by an individual or a private corporation ought not to be considered an offense nor a misfortune to the community. There is no economic reason that can be given in favor of a wasteful method of production, and such is clearly the conduct of business by our municipalities. H. I. WALKER, Attorney and Counsellor at Law Room 19, Brown Bldg. Phone 1169. MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA ST. LUKE'S PHARMACY, A. E. Johnson, Proprietor. Corner Court and Second Street Opposite Federal Court House Phone 172. Save the Babies. INFANT MORTALITY is something frightful. We can hardly realize that of all the children born in civilized countries, twentytwo per cent., or nearly one-quarter, die before they reach one year; thirtyseven per cent., or more than one-third, before they are five, and one-half before they are fifteen! We do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Castoria would save a majority of these precious lives. Neither do we hesitate to say that many of these infantile deaths are occasioned by the use of narcotic preparations. Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups sold for children's complaints contain more or less opium, or morphine. They are, in considerable quantities, deadly poisons. In any quantity they stupefy, retard circulation and lead to congestions, sickness, death. Castoria operates exactly the reverse, but you must see that it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher. Castoria causes the blood to circulate properly, opens the pores of the skin and allays fever. Nursing Mothers and Malaria The Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC, drives out Malaria and builds up the system. You know what you are taking. The formula is plainly printed on every bottle, showing it is simply Quinine and Iron in a tasteless, and the most effectual form. For adults and children. 50c. WHY CULTIVATE AN ORCHARD? Because It Will Make the Trees More Fruitful. For the same reason that we cultivate a hill of corn. We plant apple trees 30 feet apart, while we plant corn three and a half feet apart, for the reason that the foliage of an apple tree bears the same relation to 30 feet that the foliage of a hill of corn bears to three and a half feet. Also, that the roots of the tree occupy the entire 30 feet of space as well as the roots of corn occupy the $3\frac{1}{2}$ feet feet of space. Cultivation is as absolutely necessary for the one as for the other. Cultivation will give thrift to either and unthrift without it. To produce a good crop of corn, break the ground eight inches deep and pulverize a fine seed bed. In cultivating the orchard we break three inches deep only, on account of roots, and make the same finely pulverized surface. This bed contains moisture to the very surface in a dry season. By this kind of preparation and a fine, level cultivation, we retain moisture to the tree-tops during a drought, and consequently thrift to trees and large, smooth apples, fit, indeed, for any market. A hill of corn half cultivated, set in pasture, for the same reason, produces fruit hardly fit for worms. The downfall of thousands of orchards declares Green's Fruit Grower, commences when their foolish owners sow them to grass and turn their stock in, and if possible tramp them still harder than they were before. A bed of grass around a tree is about as fatal as a rope around a criminal's neck, especially if it be timothy, the great robber of moisture. RAMBLER ROSE TRELLIS. Handy Contrivance for the Garden Out of Three Wagon Tires. Set a post in the ground so that it will be five feet above the ground. Take three wagon tires, cut them once; then bend the ends down and drill so as to fasten to post with wood screws, bolting the tires together at the top so that they will be Wagon Tire Rose Trellis. equal distances from each other. Now take wire and run around the ball so formed from rivet hole to rivet hole in the tires. This will give something to tie to, explains the Rural New Yorker. Train a cane to each half or section of tire and one cane between each section. For quick results I used five bushes, each equally distant from the other, and trained and fastened to post. Roots of Apple Trees. The roots of the apple trees should be carefully protected, especially in the orchard where crops are being grown. A notion exists that roots form themselves so quickly that if they are cut off the tree will be able to redevelop the roots in a comparatively short time. Roots grow slowly just as other parts of an apple tree grow slowly. The tree is dependent on its roots for the aggregate amount of moisture and plant food it receives. Therefore a tree that has made a good start in the development of its rooting system should not have its roots pared. Many times trees are injured by ignorant persons who are intrusted with the delicate task of cultivating the orchard. Cement Walks. Why not more cement walks, porch approaches, etc., on farms? The farmer can put them down himself as cheap or cheaper than he can use lumber for the same purpose, and when once down they are there to stay. 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 Dew MILK TURKEY Pumpkin Seed - Alc. Senaa + Rochelle Salts + Anise Seed + Peppermint - Lil Carbonate Soda + Worm Seed - Clorified Sugar - Wintergreen Flavor Aperfect Remedy for Constipation. Sour Stomach. Dlarrhoca Worms. Convulsions. Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Cha H. Witcher NEW YORK. At 6 months old 35 DOSES - 35 CENTS Guaranteed under the Food an Rivals in Fame. "They are making a great stir about the pianist." "Yes. The advertisements make almost as much fuss over him as they do over the name of the piano he plays." Smokers have to call for Lewis' Single Binder cigar to get it. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Success often depends upon utilizing the mistakes of others. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gurus, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. No man on earth is rich enough to enjoy paying taxes. Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. Dr. A. F. Peeler, of St. Louis, Mo., says: "I have prescribed your Castoria in many cases and have always found it an efficient and speedy remedy." Dr. E. Down, of Philadelphia, Pa., says: "I have prescribed your Castoria in my practice for many years with great satisfaction to myself and benefit to my patients." Dr. Edward Parrish, of Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I have used your Castoria in my own household with good results, and have advised several patients to use it for its mild laxative effect and freedom from harm." Dr. J. B. Elliott, of New York City, says: "Having during the past six years prescribed your Castoria for infantile stomach disorders, I most heartily commend its use. The formula contains nothing deleterious to the most delicate of children." Dr. C. G. Sprague, of Omaha, Neb., says: "Your Castoria is an ideal medicine for children, and I frequently prescribe it. While I do not advocate the indiscriminate use of proprietary medicines, yet Castoria is an exception for conditions which arise in the care of children." Dr. J. A. Parker, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "Your Castoria holds the esteem of the medical profession in a manner held by no other proprietary preparation. It is a sure and reliable medicine for infants and children. In fact, it is the universal household remedy for infantile ailments." Dr. H. F. Merrill, of Augusta, Me., says: "Castoria is one of the very finest and most remarkable remedies for infants and children. In my opinion your Castoria has saved thousands from an early grave. I can furnish hundreds of testimonials from this locality as to its efficiency and merits." Dr. Norman M. Geer, of Cleveland, Ohio, says: "During the last twelve years I have frequently recommended your Castoria as one of the best preparations of the kind, being safe in the hands of parents and very effective in relieving children's disorders, while the ease with which such a pleasant preparation can be administered is a great advantage." GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of Charles H. Hutchin. The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. LIVE STOCK AND ELECTROTYPES MISCELLANEOUS In great variety for sale at the lowest prices by WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION, Kansas City, Missouri PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED SEND FOR FREE ILLUS. TREATLISK OR BETAL DISCASES. WITH NAMES OF PROPRIENT NEW CURED DRS. THORNTON & MINOR 1030 OAK ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. é A Cold Lunch. The pupils of a distinguished pro- fessor of zoology, a man well known for his eccentricities, noted one day two tidy parcels lying on their in- structor’s desk as they passed cut at the noon hour. On their return to the laboratory for the afternoon lec- ture they saw but one. This the pro- fessor took carefully up in his hand as he opened his lecture. “In the study of vertebrata we have taken the frog as a type. Let us now examine the gastrocnemius muscle of this dessected specimen.” So saying the professor untied the string of his neat parcel and disclosed to view a ham sandwich and a boiled egE. “But I have eaten my lunch,” said the learned man _ bewilderedly.—Lip- pincott's. His Death Due to Freak Hat. A Merry Widow hat has caused (tne | tragic death of an innocent man in | Paris. He was sitting opposite the hat, which was worn by a lady going to the ' Bois de Boulogne. As he gazed at the amazing construction it annoyed him more and more, and as he gazed he grew red in the face. Finally, he could stand it no longer and ventured to re mark to the lady on the size of her head covering. The lady resented the criticism, and at her retort the man fell in a fit and a few minutes later was dead. Apoplexy had carried him where it is to be hoped Merry Widows cease from troubling. Why He Wanted to Know. “Auntie, were you ever married?” “No, my child. Why do you ask such a question?” “Ma said one day that somewhere in the world there was some fool of a man that the homeliest woman could get if she wanted him.” 1 WIFE WON Husband Finally Convinced, - Some men are wise enough to try. new foods and beverages and then gen- erous enough to give others the bene- fit of their experience. A very “conservative” Ills, man, however, let his good wife find out for herself what a blessing Postum is to ‘those who are distressed in many ‘ways, by drinking coffee. The wife ‘writes: “No slave in chains, it seemed to me, was more helpless than I, a coffee captive. Yet there were innumerable warnings—waking from a_ troubled sleep with a feeling of suffocation, at times dizzy and out of breath, at- tacks of palpitation of the heart that frightened me, “Common sense, reason, and my better judgment told me that coffee drinking was the trouble, At last my nervous system was so disarranged that my physician ordered ‘no more coffee.’ “He knew he was right and he knew I knew it, too, I capitulated, Prior to this our family had tried Postum, but disliked it, because, as we learned later, it was not made right. “Determined this time to give Post- um a fair trial, I prepared it accord- ing to directions on the pkg.—that is, boiled it 15 minutes after boiling com- menced, obtaining a dark brown liquid with a rich snappy flavor similar to coffee, When cream and sugar were added, it was not only good but de: licious. “Noting its beneficial effects in me the rest of the family adopted it—all except my husband, who would not ad mit that coffee hurt him, Several weeks elapsed during which I drank Postum two or three times a day when, to my surprise, my husban¢ said: ‘i have decided to drink Postum Your improvement is so apparent—yot have such fine color—that I propos¢ to give credit where credit is due.’ Anc now we are coffee-slaves no longer.’ Name given by Postum Co., Battl Creek, Mich, Read “The Road to Well ville,” in pkgs. “There's a Reason.” Everreadthe above letter? A nev one appears from time to time. The: are genuine, true, and full of huma interést. THIRTY MILES OF TOWELING, With 500,000 Pounds of Soap to Civi- lize the Indian. Washington, Db. C.—Hundreds of thousands of soap and approximately thirty miles of crash toweling are about to be purchased by Uncle Sam to further the cause of civilization on the Indian reservations of the West. In other words, the government has put in an order for 512,000 pounds of soap, and 53,000 yards of crash, all of which isfor use by the Indian wards, As the Indian acquires civilization, he evinces a growing fondness for soap, towels, and other articles conductive to health and comfort. In addition to the soap and towels, 2,300 dozen coarse combs and 250 dozen brushes will be distributed among the@ In- dians in the fiscal year beginning July 1. For weeks the o.icials at the In- dian o.ice have been busy opening bids for the privilege of furnishing the government with the more than $1,500,000 worth of supplies, which will be needed on Indian reservations | in the coming year. The government | furnishes the Indians with a variety | of articles, ranging from shoe strings |to grand pianos for Indian schools. | The list of purchases to be made in: cludes matches, dry goods, sugar, | coffee, all kinds of ‘groceries, syrup | cloth, clothing, farm implements, me: | chanics’ tools, ete, | Corduroy garments are bought by the thousands, and cloth, to be made |up into garments, by the thousands |of yards, Twenty thousand gallons of syrup will be distributed among the Indians in the coming. twelve months, Fourteen hundred farm wa | gons have also been ordered for thei benefit. | TO REAPPRAISE TOWNSITE, Hartshorne, Ok.’s, Three-Year Fight Finally Comes to End. McAlester, Ok—The fight that has been waged for three years over the reappraisement of the townsite of Hartshorne has ended by the ap- pointment of Charles A. Wilson of McAlester and Louis Leflore of Atoka to reappraise the same, beginning July 7. The original appraisement was made by Colonel C, O. Shepard and B. S. Smiser and was considered high by the citizens. Feeling was intense and Colonel Shepard was severely beaten up while officially visiting the town. All the power of the gov- ernment was directed to show that there had been a conspiracy to crip- ple or kill Shepard, but the alleged conspirators were acquitted by a jury. Later, two men, Wilcox and Ungles, were convicted of assault and battery and sentenced to six months in jail there. Appeals are now pending in the Eighth circuit. Shepard, who is a protege of Jas. S. Sherman, present Republican can didate for vice-president, _ bitterly fought all efforts to secure a reap praisement successfully up until now WOMAN CONVICT PAROLED. Granted Freedom Because of Family of Smail Children. Guthrie, Ok.—Governor Haskell pa roled Mrs. Ella Loudenbach, who was sentenced to three years in the pen- itentiary for killing W. L. Hall at Orlando on June 11, 1905, The parole was granted on technical grounds and also because Mrs, Loudenbach has a number of small children great- ly in need of her attention, Mrs, Loudenbach and Hall quarrel- ed because she built a pen under a mulberry tree belonging to the latter and allowed her hogs to eat his mul- berries, He protested and turned her hogs out several times. Finally ‘Hall told some carpenters to make -him a coffin, as he knew the woman was going to kill him, She awaited his return that night and when he turned the hogs out again, it is al leged, she shot him with a twenty: two caliber rifle, Bodies of Boy and Horse Sighted. Guthrie, Ok.—The body of a boy and that of a bay horse were sighted floating down the Cimarron river two miles north of this city last Tues- day evening. The Cimarron river rose ten feet on account of the heavy rains in Western Oklahoma Sunday, MASS MEETING OF INDIANS, Many In McClain County Are Tired of Waiting. Purcell, Ok.—Indian citizens of Me- Clain county are tired of waiting for the Government to wind up tribal af- fairs and pay to each individual his share of the tribal estate, as evidenc- ed by a mass meeting of citizens held anaes district court room here July 4th, The meeting was well attended, representative Indians being present from every portion of the county. Permanent organization was perfected by the selection of Don Fulsom of Lindsay chairman and W. L. Bird of Purcell secretary. It is the determination of this body of citizens to extend the organization to every county in the old Indian Territory portion of the state and de- mand of the powers that be the pas- sage of such laws as will dispose of the coal, asphalt and surplus or un- allotted lands of the tribes, parceling the proceeds thereof, together with all tribal moneys per capita at the very earliest possible date. Every member of Congress from this part of the state will be asked to commit himself on these questions and every candidate for Congress who refuses to assist in this work, which is so material to the welfare of each individual Indian, will not receive dhe support of this body of citizens. BOTTLED SODA WATER EXPLODES Young Man Living Nean Mountain View is Probably Fatally Hurt. Mountain View, Ok.—Nelson Brown, a young farmer living seven miles northwest of here, was brobably fat- ally hurt Saturday about 10 o'clock while attending a picnic. It seems that while working in a confectionary stand, handling bottled soda water, a bottle exploded, cutting him badly in the breast and body. He was brought to town and his wounds dressed, “SIGNING” RECORDS MADE, Handling of New State Bonds Results in Fast Penwork. Guthrie, Ok.—State officials have been making “signing” records since the new State bonds came up for handling. Gov, Haskell led the re- cord by signing 2,920 of them in three hours and thirty three minutes, aver- aging nearly fourteen per minute, On this record the Governor is wear- ing a new hat. Secretary of State Cross took the bonds without lower- ing the record, but Auditor Trapp is said to have bested the Governor by one minute, Someone bantered the Governor re- cently over the number of letters he could sign without redipping or chang- ing pens. He was allowed twenty- seven times as a handicap, but when it cameto making a test the Gover- nor wrote his name sixty-six times without refreshing the pen, which was an ordinary steel point, Checking the Boll Weevel. Bennington, Okla.—W, M,. Bam: berge, special agent for the depart- ment of agriculture, was in Benning- ton in company with Field Agent J. J. Ross, visited several cotton fields near the city and brought in a bottle full of boll weevils. Mr. Bamberge says the cotton in this section is full of the weevil, in fact there are more here than in any other part of his territory, which is composed of the Southern part of Oklahoma, There are three demonstration farms near Bennington and where the cotton is checked and worked according to the instructions of the department of ag- riculture the weevils are not so bad. Flag of Squirrel Rifle Brigade. Guthrie, Ok.—When Speaker W, H, Murray of Tishimingo, commander of the mythical Squirrel Rifle Brigade, left for the Denver convention he is- sued a general order placing Col, Seth K, Cordon of the First Regiment in command of the army. When Col, Cordon assumed charge he raised the squirrel rifle’s first flag. The new banner closely resembles the flag of the Texas Republic, It has a crim- son stripe running the entire length with a shorter stripe of blue running paralel, On the white field are a golden cocklebur, Commander Mur. ray’s official seal, and a fox squirrel, the army's mascot, MRS. FRANK STROEBE | Ne ” a | | | -Y ae . Remarkable Recovery. ; Mrs. Frank Stroebe, R. F. D.1, Apples, ton, Wis. writes: “I began using Peru- naafew months ago, when my health and strength were all gone, and I was nothing but a nervous wreck, could not sleep, eat or rest properly, and felt no desire to live. 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