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The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee. FIELD MARSHALL MORRISON D. C. Morrison, the manager of Creager's campaign is the "real stuff." He knows how to size up things and then get them in shape. He is a new Richmond in the field in Muskogee politics but the way he goes after and gets what he desires shows him to be a Past Master in political games. He is a good mixer and keeps the enemy jumping sideways from beginning to end. When the time for battle came he had his forces all properly arranged on the firing line and not a balk was made when a grand charged was orderen all along the line. O yes Morrison will pass any where. The primary certainly put the six shooter gang' on the bum. They did not and cannot control a single precinct. The people can now register their o est desire without being made afraid. The white Republicans should see to it that a real, live, genuine partisan Republican Daily is put on in Muskogee. One that will fight for the party as the Times Democrat does for the Democratic party. There is a big fight on in the Democatic camp among the bosses. If the Republicans are wise they may profit by the conditions and elect our ticket. A MODEST REQUEST STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. Sulphur, Okla., July 30, 1908. Dear Publisher: In the interest of the deaf children in your section of the State, will you not kindly publish in your paper, one or two issues, without charge, the following brief notice. A. A. STEWART, Supt. TO PARENTS OF DEAF CHILDREN All deaf children residing in the State of Oklahoma are entitle to an education, without charge, in the new State School for the Deaf, located at Sulphur. Vol 9 Respectfully. C. E. CREAGER, Re Congress from t The Masonic Grand Lodge, of Oklahoma, concened at Wagoner on Monday. It was the largest Grand Lodge ever held in the state. The annual due collection was over $1200. There are over $2000 in the M. B. A. The meeting was a successful one. The following are the Grand Officers: G. M., G. I. Curran, Dover; Dep. G. M., W. S. Webber, Hartshorn; G. S. W., John Veal; G. J. W., Mr. Young, Guthrie; G. Sec., F. F. Bailey, Hennesy; G. Treasurer, E. E. McDaniel, South McAlesser; Sec. and Treasurer of M. B. A., C. F. Johnson, Perry; Secretary and Treasurer of Temple Fund, H. E. Miller, Alderson. Next place of meeting, Boley, Oklahoma. For information, write at once to A. A. Stewart, Supt., Sulphur, Okla. The above was sent to us for publication but we doubt whether colored children will be admitted. Ed. JOHN B. HARRIS C. E. CREAGER, Republican Nominee for Congress from the Third District Okla., GRAND LODGE Ed. The Republicans should organize the County Committee at once and elect a chairman. We want a chairman who will accomplish things and who will direct our forces and keep the fight hot from beginning to end. Who shall it be. GRAND COMMANDARY At Wagoner all was harmony and uniting. J. C. Johnson was elected Grand Eminent Commander K. T.; J. T. Tremble, Grand Generalissimo; F. J. Gordon Grand Recorder. J. C. Johnson is the proper man to build up things. All commanderies are requested to send in their address to J. T. Tremble at Muskogee. The next meeting of the Grand Commandary will meet at Muskogee, the first Monday in October. All Commanderies are requested to have their representative present The Masonic Grand Lodge has now taken its place at the head of the procession of lodges among our people in this state. The war is over forever and the No 45 1908. past is buried forever. Grand Master Curran is to be congratulated. The Eastern Star of Oklahoma and Indian Territory united at Wagoner on the 6st. inst and N. J. C. Johnson, of Guthrie, was elected Grand Patron and M. S. H. E. Miller, of Alderson, was elected Grand Patron. The name of the organization is Queen of Sheba Grand Chapter Eastern Star of Oklahoma. BUSINESS COLLEGE FOR MUSKOGEE. Afro American Business College, Located 300 South 2nd St., in Mc Culloch & Sims Building. DEPARTMENTS: Shorthand, Typewriting, Bookkeeping, Commercial Law, Literary, Primary, Preparatory, Normal. INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT: Dressmaking, Millinary, Music, and the Kindergarten. School Night and Day. Youngmen and women who desire to prepare themselves for usefulness will do well to take a course in the Afro American Business College. Our Dressmaking Department is taught by an expert Dressmaker, who is well versed in dressmaking, and is a graduate of the French Dressmaking School. And we teach the French Tailoring System of Dressmaking—a system that learns you to Cut without refitting. Call and Investigate our courses. Afro American Business College. Address all communications to K. W. Hardy, Box 15, Muskogee, Ok. 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 Clearyview. Okla. 1. WAS TOO MUCH FOR PAPA. Childish Questions Were Becoming Entirely Too Personal. There is a member of the faculty of George Washington university, who, to use the words of a colleague, "is as rotund physically as he is profound metaphysically," says the Philadelphia Ledger. One day the professor chanced to come upon his children, of which he has a number, all of whom were, to his astonishment, engaged in an earnest discussion of the meaning of the word "absolute." "Dad," queried one of the youngsters, "can a man be absolutely good?" "No." "Dad," put in another youngster, "can a man be absolutely bad?" "No." "Papa," ventured the third child, a girl, "can a man be absolutely fat?" Whereupon the father fled incontinently. Have You Chills? It cured your Pa and your Ma of chills in the long ago and it will cure you now. It has been tested by time and its merits have been proven. We guarantee one bottle to cure any one case of Chills. If it fails your money is cheerfully refunded—and its name is Cheatham's Chill Tonic. Most Unusual. 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Tissue Corp.; USA, Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole Props, Boston Post Free Guitare Bookies on the skin. TABLE DELICACIES DISHES THAT ART WORTH ADDING TO THE DAILY MENU. Green Gooseberry Pudding.—Boll a pint of green gooseberries till soft, and sweeten to taste. When quite cold mix in thoroughly four well-beaten eggs and one ounce of butter. Butter a mold and sprinkle it thickly with equal parts of sugar and fine bread crumbs, then pour in the gooseberry puree, being careful not to disturb the casing; cover the top nearly half an inch thick with crumbs and sugar, and bake for an hour. When taken from the oven cover with a cloth, and only turn out when wanted. Serve with clotted or whipped cream. Mushrooms Stewed with Cream. This is a favorite recipe. Prepare a pound of mushrooms by paring off the ends. Clean and wash well and if very large cut in halves. Drain and place in a saucepan with three ounces of butter. Season with salt and pepper and cook five minutes. Add two tablespoonfuls of the white sauce made from a tablespoonful butter and one of flour, blended, then cooked with three-fourths cup milk to a smoooth cream. Add also a half cupful of sweet cream to the mushrooms, cook three minutes longer and serve in a hot dish with eight heart-shaped bread croutons for garnish. Sauce for Mushrooms.—Put three tablespoonfuls olive oil in a saucepan with one teaspoonful each of minced parsley and anchovies and a clove of crushed garlic. Heat five minutes, add to mushrooms that have been stewed in oil and serve. Sauce for Stewed Mushrooms.—Peel and remove the stalks from some large mushrooms, wash and cut in halves. Put two tablespoonfuls butter in a saucepan with two tablespoonfuls flour. When blended add a cup and a half hot milk and stir until smooth and thickened. Add the mushrooms, season with salt, pepper and a little powdered mace, and simmer gently until the mushrooms are tender. When cooked, turn on a hot dish, garnish with fried croutons or bread and serve. Brown Chicken Fricassee.—For a brown chicken fricassee, Creole style, cut up the chicken in the usual way and fry in equal quantities, lard and butter until nearly tender and brown. Dredge a little flour into the gravy and brown. Add a pint of boiling water, a small onion minced, a quart of potatoes and a small bunch of parsley. Simmer gently an hour or until very tender, and serve with rice. If preferred the rice may be added and cooked with the stew. Flounders in a New Way.—Flounders are good fried in the ordinary way in crumbs or in flour, and especially nice if melted butter seasoned with lemon juice and chopped parsley is passed with them; but here is quite a new way of cooking them: Wash the flounder and wipe it dry; lay it in a roasting-pan on top of two tablespoonfuls of minced onion, and sprinkle it with salt and pepper and a tablespoonful of chopped parsley; put it into a very hot oven and baste with half a cup of boiling water mixed with a tablespoonful of melted butter; when brown put the fish on a hot platter and put a teaspoonful of flour and a small half-cup of hot water into the pan, and stir and scrape over the fire till there is a nice brown gravy, adding a little kitchen bouquet to darken and season it; strain and pour this over the fish, and serve at once.—Harper's Bazar. Clothing Shop of United States. New York is now the clothing shop of the United States. Lower Fifth avenue is the center of the cloak and clothes manufacturing industry. It Keeps Them Off. They are pretty bad this year—no mistake—and they bite viciously. We refer to Mosquitoes, but a little Hunt's Lightning Oil applied to the irritated places takes the sting away. It keeps them off if used in time. Biblical. Speaking of cherry pies we are reminded of that Biblical saying, which goes something like this: "It is hard to bite against the stones." One Bottle or Less. Malaria is easy to contract in some localities, and hard to get rid of—that is, if the proper remedy is not used. Cheatham's Chill Tonic frees any one from it promptly and thoroughly. It is guaranteed to cure any kind of Chills. One bottle or less will do it. The Cold Morning Bath. The cold morning bath is recommended for those who can stand the cold bath, though countless many cannot. To prepare for it one should first sponge the body with cold water and step into a few inches of water drawn from a warm water pipe. It will not be warm or cold early in the morning. Splash the water over the body and wash hastily, letting the tub fill gradually. If the salt bath is used, do not throw the salt towel in the laundry. Let it collect the salt. In beauty bathhouses each individual has a salt towel that is used countless times, because it gets thoroughly saturated and is more beneficial. A cold bath should not last longer than five minutes. CHILDHOOD'S HAPPY DAYS. The Hunter—Ain't it a shame, Fido? It says here dat mountain lions are rapidly becoming extinct. I bet we'll never get a chanst to shoot a single one. WONDERED WHY Found the Answer Was "Coffee." Many pale, sickly persons wonder for years why they have to suffer so, and eventually discover that the drug—caffeine—in coffee is the main cause of the trouble. "I was always very fond of coffee and drank it every day. I never had much flesh and often wondered why I was always so pale, thin and weak. "About five years ago my health completely broke down and I was confined to my bed. My stomach was in such condition that I could hardly take sufficient nourishment to sustain life. "During this time I was drinking coffee, didn't think I could do without it. "After awhile I came to the conclusion that coffee was hurting me, and decided to give it up and try Postum. I didn't like the taste of it at first, but when it was made right—boiled until dark and rich—I soon became very fond of it. "In one week I began to feel better. I could eat more and sleep better. My sick headaches were less frequent, and within five months I looked and felt like a new being, headache spells entirely gone. "My health continued to improve and today I am well and strong, weigh 148 lbs. I attribute my present health to the life-giving qualities of Postum." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. 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Six months ago we purchased a set of Cuticura Remedies. The result was truly marvelous and to-day he is perfectly cured. Mrs. Lily Hedge, Camblewell Green, England, Jan. 12, 1907." After a man has moved heaven and earth to acquire a certain thing he is surprised to discover how little he cares for it. One of the Essentials of the happy homes of to-day is a vast fund of information as to the best methods of promoting health and happiness and right living and knowledge of the world's best products. Products of actual excellence and reasonable claims truthfully presented and which have attained to world-wide acceptance through the approval of the Well-Informed of the World; not of individuals only, but of the many who have the happy faculty of selecting and obtaining the best the world affords. 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Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 194 Fifth Ave., Chicago, Ill., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. This is a good sized house according to modern ideas, being 28 feet by 40 feet and 6 inches on the ground and the roof is high enough to make room for three bedrooms and a bath room on the second floor, besides all the closet room any one wants, which is making a strong statement because some women want two closets for each bedroom and an extra one in the hall for house linen. The roof on this house is different from the ordinary house roof in that it has an extra wide projection without having the cornice boxed in. We are liable to get into the habit of doing things in one certain way until we think nothing else will do, but the fact is the extra lumber nailed into the cornice adds very little to the comfort of the house. Generally speaking, it is a good pol- THE HOME OF THE MAYOR OF BROOKLYN icy not to add anything to the expense of a house that is not necessary either for health, comfort or looks. A heavy boxed cornice is not necessary either for health or comfort and PANTRY PORCH DINING ROOM 60 x 130 KITCHEN 60 x 130 HALL 83 x 67.0 PORCH LIVING RM 190 x 140 First Floor Plan there is a good chance for an argument when it comes to looks. By extending the roof boards in this manner you get a valuable protection to the building and that is the main object of a roof. The shape and design gives it an artistic effect. A BED ROOM 13'0 X 10'0' SHELF CLOSET BATH BED ROOM 14'0 X 10'0' BED ROOM 15'0 X 10'0' CLOSE CLOSE Second Floor Plan strong argument in its favor is its cheapness. A projection of this kind can be made much easier than any style of boxed in cornice and while THE HOME OF THE HUNTINGTONS it looks lighter it certainly looks neat and attractive. The design may be built of any kind or material, but it probably looks the best just as the drawing shows with clap-boards up to the gable ends and the gables covered with cement on metal lath; and as for color, a drab with pure white trimmings looks especially well. White trimmings on a house gives a suggestion of cleanliness inside just as a clean white collar and cuffs seem to say that the individual wearing them is particular about his personal cleanliness. The white trimmings have the effect of showing the clean lining turned outward just as collar and cuffs suggest a clean shirt. First impressions go a long way. If the house design is right, the color pleasing and the combination such as to impress you favorably the same as you are impressed favorably with a well dressed person you like the house and you are prepared to like the people that live there. A great deal of character is shown in the manner the house is finished up and the condition in which it is kept. Sometimes a dilapidated old house may have a pleasant interior, but generally speaking the outside and inside are in keeping. If you do not --- like the one you are not very likely to feel like getting acquainted with the other. There are several casement windows in this house but they are placed where you do not want to look out. Casement windows are all right in their proper places but unfortunately they happen to be a fad just now and some people want them in good positions where large sensible windows are needed. Windows that are wide enough to let in plenty of light and air and that are big enough and low enough to look out from when sitting in a chair are sensible and will last as long as window glass remains reasonably cheap. Sash divided into two parts and balanced with springs or weights so as to run easily either up or down is the window for general satisfaction. Sash in such windows never interfere with the curtains and you can open the sash an inch or a foot without fear of having the wind do damage to the glass. There is no objection to a sensible two-sash window, but there are many objections to casement windows when placed where you need something better. CARRIED OFF BY ELEPHANT. Noblewoman Has Narrow Escape from Being Crushed by Animal. A wild ride on the back of a runaway elephant across the burning sands of the Jaipur desert in India, ending in a narrow escape from being crushed to death by the huge monster when it fell, was the terrifying experience of Countess Clara von Moltke, a cousin of the famous Gen. von Moltke and a close friend of Queen Louise of Denmark, who was a passenger on the steamer Manchuria recently, says a San Francisco dispatch to the New York Herald. At Bombay Countess von Moltke evinced a desire to traverse a portion of the desert on elephant back. No sooner had she mounted the palanquin on the animal's back than the elephant broke from the driver's grasp and plunged across the desert. The countess managed to cling on. Another caravan from the south came into view and the elephant, hearing the tom-toms, rushed toward it. The animal emitted a great roar and crashed through the caravan. The shock threw the beast on the ground, and Countess von Moltke fell heavily on the hot sand. She was not badly hurt, however, and was well cared for until her terrified companions came up on their galloping horses. Our Mission. If we cannot, like George Elliot, write "Adam Bede," we can, like Elizabeth Frye, visit the poor and the prisoned. If we cannot, like Rosa Bonheur, paint a "Horse Fair," and receive $10,000, we can, like Mrs. Stowe and Miss Alcott, do some kind of work to lighten the burdens of parents. If poor, with Mary Lyon's persistency and noble purpose, we can accomplish almost anything. If rich, like Baronness Burdett-Coutts, we can bless the world in thousands of ways, and are untrue to God and ourselves if we fail to do it.—Sarah K. Bolton. Ingenious Dumb Creatures. A naturalist, who has been studying the constructive instinct in birds and animals, finds them almost as ingenious as man. The beaver not only burrows, but also builds a hut of sticks and plasters the structure with mud by means of its flat tail. The tail also serves as a store for fat to tide the animal over the winter. The flamingo builds a nest of mud. Harvest mice make a spherical nest of grass. Ancestry. There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard for ancestry which nourishes only a weak pride; as there is also a care for posterity, which only disguises a habitual avarice, or hides the workings of a low and groveling vanity. But there is also a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors which elevates the character and improves the heart.—Daniel Webster. M. This woman says she was saved from an operation by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Lena V. Henry, of Norristown, Ga., writes to Mrs. Pinkham: "I suffered untold misery from female troubles. My doctor said an operation was the only chance I had, and I dreaded it almost as much as death. "One day I read how other women had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and I decided to try it. Before I had taken the first bottle I was better, and now I am entirely cured. "Every woman suffering with any female trouble should take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulceration, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indigestion, dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it? Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. The Comparison. Towne—Yes, my wife is able to dress on comparatively little money. Browne—Oh, come now! Comparatively little? Towne—I mean a little compared with what she thinks she ought to have.—Philadelphia Press. TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA TO DRIVE OUT AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM. Take the Old Standard GROVES' TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. You know what you are taking. The formula is plainly printed on every bottle, showing it is simply Quinine and Iron in a testeless form, and the most effectual form. For grown people and children, 50c. The next best thing to knowing how to get a thing is knowing how to get along without it. YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNSIGHTLY. Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue. All grocers sell large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. Conviction of ignorance is the door-step to the temple of wisdom.—Spurgeon. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar is good quality all the time. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Even a drunken man doesn't care to be held up by a footpad. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES. BACKACH 1375 "Guarantee" W. N. U., MUSKOGEE, NO. 32, 1908. 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. FOR PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT. FOR VICE PRESIDENT JAMES S. SHERMAN. It is all over and is satisfactory to both victor and vanquished. The next Congressman from the 3rd Congressional District will be a Republican. That was made certain on Aug. 4th. Creager won in a walk and will do Jim Davenport up just as nicely. Republicans have their differences before nomination but afterwards they support the nominee. The Republicans in this county are in better shape and have a better organization today than at any time in the history of the county. We are ready to meet the enemy as the ranks and file are united. Ohio is a great state and the Ohio boys no matter where located are keeping up the reputation of the state. We wish more of them were in the state of Oklahoma. Doctor Mayes is an old man but a good runner as young Downing could not keep in sight on account of the dust Even Doug could not save his cousin from ignominious defeat. A. V. Jones is a good sprinter to have such short legs. He came under the wire leaps ahead of his opponent who ran well. Jones is the only colored man on the state committee. It is quite an honor and carries quite a responsibility with it. He is the sole representative of 6,000 Negro voters and as such really outranks any member of the committee. Keep posted on the ensuing campaign by reading the Cimeter. Price $1.00 per year. Your paper stops when your subscription expires without further notice. Renew now. When the boys in the trenches and the boys from the forks of the road unite their forces they are invincible as has just been shown in the recent primaries. The Negro vote of Kansas defeated Senator Long for re-election. The Negro voters have a good memory and when the time comes Senator Warner of Missouri will feel their steel. William Brewer, Inspector in precinct 4 of 2nd Ward, is a Democrat but he is in favor of giving each legal voter his rights. He was perfectly fair in fact as was all of the officers in the precinct Since Taft has made his speech of acceptance, the Negroes are beginning to decide in his favor for the presidency. By the time of the election there will not be enough Negroes in the Democratic ranks to nail a bread wagon. The Negroes are not asleep, they are watching the movements of the two parties, so they may know how to choose the one that comes out squarely and declares for him and his childrens against the one who is ashame to merely mention his name. The Democrats want the Negro vote, but will not so much as ask him for it. If the Negro vote is not worth the asking for, it is not worth having. Giving a few Negroes an office these days does not settle the question; they want legislation to protect their manhood rights. The Republicans of Oklahoma have one of the best fighting chances in the coming campaign to redeem Oklahoma back to the columns of the Republican party again, that they will have for a long time. The people are tired of this Democratic rule and bossism. They want to be free. The bosses themselves have all fallen out and are now ready to cut each other's throat. Kate Bernard is fighting Murray, Murray is fighting Haskell, Haskell is shooting at West, and West is knocking at the Supreme court chamber for entrance. Gore and Gour are screaming for help! help!! help!!! Guthrie Safe Guard. STUDY LAW AT HOME THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL. Instruction by mail adapted to everyone. Recognized by courts and educators. Experienced and competent instructors. Takes spare time only. These courses - Preparatory, Business, College. Prepares for practice. 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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 Clearyview, Okla. SEEDS BUCKBEE'S SEEDS SUCCEED! SPECIAL OFFER: Made to build New Business. 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Afro American Business College, Located 300 South 2nd St., in McCulloch & Sims Building. DEPARTMENTS: Shorthand, Typewriting, Bookkeeping, Commercial Law, Literary, Primary, Preparatory, Normal. INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT: Dressmaking, Millinary, Music, and the Kindergarten. School Night and Day. Youngmen and women who desire to prepare themselves for usefulness will do well to take a course in the Afro American Business College. Our Dressmaking Department is taught by an expert Dressmaker, who is well versed in dressmaking, and is a graduate of the French Dressmaking School. And we teach the French Tailoring System of Dressmaking—a system that learns you to Cut without refitting. Call and investigate our courses. Afro American Business College. Address all communications to K. W. Hardy, Box 15.Muskogee, Ok. 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. ST. LUKE'S PHARMACY. A. E. Johnson, Proprietor. Corner Court and Second Street Opposite Federal Court House Phone 172. Cash For 100 Homesteads. "NOTICE!" I will pay you more cash for your Lands than anybody else will. Bring your deeds and get your money, all at once. The money is here in the bank, you get all your money when you sign deed. I have more than 50 houses and lots with good water, for sale on 10 years time. My office is No. 1 English Block, Muskogee, Ok. WM. P. FIELDS. H. T. WALKER. Attorney and Counsellor at Law Room 19. Brown Bldg. Phone 1169. MUSKOGEE. OKLAHOMA. FOR SALE. 2-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. 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. Official Statement of the Condition of the Commercial Nation'l Bank, 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 CAPITAL $ 200,000.00 Surplus and Profits 52,946.54 Circulation 200,000.00 Deposits 1,234,252.91 $1,787,199.45 The above Statement is Correct. E. D. SWEENEY, CASHIER D. N. FINK, VICE PRESIDENT. OUR TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE is said by our customers to be excellent, because they were never served with any better Tea or Coffee since they began drinking either. There is a delicacy of aroma, and a peculiarly attractive flavor to our Teas and Coffees which soon makes them popular favorites in the most particular households. All we ask is that you test our claim by a trial order. We know that you will afterwards admit the justice of our claim. T L. M. Bailey Herman Fist MUSKOGEE TEA & COFFEE CO. MARKET SQUARE ```markdown ``` THE SEASON'S GOODS ARE NOW IN DEMAND Lawn Mowers, Garden Hose, Refrigerators, Fishing Tackle, Croquet Sets, all of which we have And don't forget we are the largest dealers in Muskogee in Fine Buggies, Harness and Wagons—all kinds and styles. Hooker=Hendrix Hardware Co. SUCCESSORS TO HUBER HARDWARE CO. 137 - PHONES - 78 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. (INCORPORATED) Capital $5,000 DEALERS IN STOVES, RANGES, GUNS. AMMUNITION, LOCKS. FARM SUPPLIES ETC. J.B. Wilson, Manager. MUSKOGEE OKLAHOMA DR. 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IOWA BUILDING This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T. THE GIMETER JOB PRINTING CO. THE QUICK MAIL ORDER HOUSE We do business by fair competition and conservative methods :: :: :: Reasonable rates made consistent with first-class printing :: :: :: :: Try us once and you will always send us your work :: :: :: :: South Second St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. Nickens & Nickens, Props. ```markdown ``` Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Edison OKLA MUSKOGEE. Few things which mark the modern progress of civilization have advanced so rapidly as knowledge of the nature and curability of tuberculosis. The decision of physicians that the disease is not hereditary has lifted a burden of dread from thousands of hearts, and the success of methods of treatment in the early stages of the disease has brought hope to thousands of others. But far more important than this has been, and will be, the work of bringing about an understanding of the dangers of the disease and impressing the necessity of precautions. From September 21 to October 12 the United States will be the host of the international congress on tuberculosis, which is to meet in Washington. Mr. Roosevelt has lately accepted the presidency of the congress. The occasion will undoubtedly be the most important event that has yet occurred in the fight against the dread disease. The convention will bring together the most noted experts of the world, and methods of treatment and prevention which have shown the best results will be illustrated. It will be as interesting to the layman as to the physician, for in the stamping out of consumption much of the work will have to be done by laymen-officers of state and city governments, the police, boards of health and private citizens. It is to be hoped, says the Youth's Companion, that the congress will also do something to allay the groundless fear which many persons have of anyone known to be suffering from tuberculosis—an attitude which frequently renders it impossible to secure the most desirable sites for treatment camps or hospitals, and often results in grave injustice, if not actual cruelty, to the individual. If due precaution is observed, isolation is in no way necessary. This, indeed, is the chief lesson which those most familiar with the matter are trying to impress. Freight shipped to merchants east of the Mississippi must be plainly marked with the name and address of the consignee hereafter, according to a recent decision of the railroad companies. It has been the practice of manufacturers to mark the goods with a hieroglyphic, partly to save time in shipments, and partly to prevent spies from competitors learning who their customers are. This practice has made it difficult for the railroad companies to deliver the goods. One company is said to have lost fifteen hundred thousand dollars in the last ten years, because it has had to reimburse shippers for goods lost on the road. Goods in car-load lots may go marked in cipher as heretofore, as it is not difficult to deliver a car at the point to which it is billed. Another national park is likely to be added to the domains of the United States at the next session of congress. The senate committee on public lands has reported in favor of taking the wild and beautiful glacier region of the continental divide in Montana—a tract comprising nearly a million acres. The region contains numerous peaks from 6,000 to 10,000 feet in height, and about 60 glaciers. The large number of big game animals, such as Rocky mountain white goats, bighorn, grizzly, deer, elk and moose, suggests the value of reserving the tract as a breeding-ground for the surrounding region. The name proposed is the Glacier National park. 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. Attorney General Bonaparte has decided that national banks in Oklahoma cannot take advantage of the state law under which deposits in state banks are guaranteed. The second debate between Senator Long and Joseph L. Bristow in the campaign for United States senator from Kansas occurred in Topeka the other day before an audience of 2,500 persons. Floods in the vicinity of Florence, Col., caused by a cloudburst, caused a property loss estimated at $100,000. Henry Larson, a fireman on the steamship Horda which just arrived in New York from La Guna, Mexico, was taken to the Swineburn Island hospital with a well-developed case of yellow fever. One man was killed and 25 others injured, some fatally, in a riot between Italians and Slavs at Gates, Pa. As the result of bush fires, Fernie, British Columbia, is completely wiped off the map. Five thousand persons are reported homeless and without food. The conflagration is said to be the greatest which ever visited Canada and ranks only with the San Francisco disaster. Many people have perished in the flames. A 15-year-old boy has been arrested at Carterville, Mo., and has confessed to starting many fires in southwest Missouri. At the time of his capture he was trying to set fire to a woman's clothing. The boy had served a term in the Missouri reform school and was out on parole. He is considered irresponsible. For 20 days during the month of July the jail at Macon, Mo., was without a tenant. The saloon licenses of the county expired on July 1. One man was killed and one fatally injured in a wreck on the Rock Island railway at Blake, Mo. Farmers of Douglas county, Kan., are doing their plowing at night to avoid the heat. Mayor Wells of St. Louis has refused to sign the public utilities bill passed by the city council. He gives as a reason that it was not passed legally. Suits were filed in Missouri, Kansas and Texas simultaneously in an effort to dissolve the alleged lumber trust recently formed in St. Louis. The suit was to have been filed in Oklahoma at the same time but was prevented by Gov. Haskell. The states will exchange the evidence gathered when the trial of the case comes on. J. B. Case of Abilene, Kan., its president, has issued the call for the annual session of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress to meet at San Francisco on October 7 to 10. Gen. Drain, president of the American Rifle association, was robbed in London of two medals recently won at the match at Bisley. The conference at Lenox, Mass., between Attorney General Bonaparte and leading government prosecutors resulted in the unanimous decision to push the cases against the Standard Oil company and to seek to get a revision of the decision of the circuit court of appeals at Chicago in which the fine of $29,000,000 against the oil company was reversed. An unknown man fired at an Ohio river steamer on which Judge William H. Taft was a passenger at Cincinnati. Several of the shot struck a woman passenger. Thomas Tootle, aged 89, millionaire, pioneer merchant and banker of St. Joseph, Mo., is dead. While playing with a shotgun at Renssellaer, N. Y., opposite Albany, Frank Burdock, a 15-year-old boy, shot and killed his 19-year-old sister. Kansas holders of stock and annuity certificates in the Great Western Agency company held a meeting in Topeka and adopted a plan to try and get control of the stock and assets of the company now in the hands of receivers. The valuation of all property in Kansas for assessment purposes is $2,451,766,715 according to the figures of the state tax commission. The June floods this year cut short the potato crop in the Kaw valley fully 60 per cent. Chairman Mack of the Democratic national committee has announced his various campaign committees. David R. Francis of Missouri is chairman of the advisory committee and J. G. Johnson of Kansas is secretary. Twenty-three men were entombed by a cave-in in a mine at Coal Creek, B. C. Twenty of them were later taken out alive after hard work by the rescuers. President Roosevelt held a conference at Sagamore Hill with Gen. Wright and Secretary Bishop of the canal commission on conditions in the canal zone and on the relations of zone to the Panama republic. Holland is preparing to send a battleship to Venezuela to reinforce the warship already in those waters. The members of the Irish-American team who are visiting Ireland received a hearty welcome at Dublin. A reception was held at their hotel at which Joseph Devlin, a member of parliament, delivered an address of welcome. The executive council of Iowa has issued a certificate of nomination to Congressman J. A. T. Hull, which makes him the regular nominee of the Republican party. The California limited train on the Santa Fe was recently wrecked at Wakarusa, 12 miles west of Topeka, Kan. The engineer was killed and the fireman and a woman passenger dangerously injured. State-wide prohibition was defeated in the Texas primary by a majority of upwards of 50.000 votes. Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma was defeated in his attempt to prevent Attorney General West from bringing suit to restrain the Prairie Oil & Gas Co. from laying pipe lines in public highways in the state. The Japanese privy council has passed the trademark and copyright treaty between America and Japan. The Independence party national convention at Chicago nominated Thomas L. Hisgen of Massachusetts for president and John Temple Graves of Georgia for vice president. An attempt to bring the name of William J. Bryan before the convention by a Kansas delegate nearly caused a riot, and quiet was only restored after the offender had been escorted from the hall. Personal Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore was received in audience by the pope on his arrival in Rome. Ezra Butler McCagg, a prominent citizen of Chicago since 1847, is dead aged 82 years. On the advice of his physician Lord Roberts has canceled his Canadian tour and will sail for home immediately. William J. Bryan and Gov. Sheldon have been elected honorary members of Lincoln Typographical union. Dr. Shelby L. Knox, a physician of Springfield, Mo., is dead from ptomaine poisoning. Representative James S. Sherman will be formally notified of his nomination as vice president at his home in Utica, N. Y., on August 18. Senator Burrows will make the address on behalf of the committee. John Mitchell, former president of the United Mine Workers is to devote his entire time in the future to the trade agreement department of the National Civic Federation. Read What She Says: MISS DELLA STROEBE, 710 Richmond St., Appleton, Wis., writes: "For several years I was in a run-down condition, and I could find no relief from doctors and medicines. I could not enjoy my meals, and could not sleep at night. I had heavy, dark circles about the eyes. "My friends were much alarmed. I was advised to give Peruna a trial, and to my joy I began to improve with the first bottle. After taking six bottles I felt completely cured. I cannot say too much for Peruna as a medicine for women in a run-down condition." Pe-ru-na Did Wonders. Mrs. Judge J. F. Boyer, 1421 Sherman Ave., Evanston, Ill., says that she became run down, could neither eat nor sleep well, and lost flesh and spirit. Peruna did wonders for her, and she thanks Peruna for new life and strength. Liblys Food Products Libby's Sweet Mixed Pickles That firm, crisp quality and delicious flavor is what you get when you insist on Libby's Mixed Pickles at your dealers. They are always the finest and never disappoint. It's the same with Libby's Sweet Gherkins and Sweet Midgets. Ask for them. Libby's Olives The cultivation of centuries marks the olive groves of Spain as the world's best. Libby's Olives are imported from the oldest and most famous of these groves. The result is a rare product, delightfully appetizing. Try one bottle and you'll buy more and never be without them. Libby's Preserves Pure, ripe fruit and pure sugar in equal parts, cooked just right and timed to the second, in Libby's Great White Kitchen, is the secret of the extreme superiority of Libby's Preserves. There's none as good at any price. Grocers and delicatessen stores carry all of Libby's Food Products. They are warranted the best to both you and the dealer Write for free booklet—"How to Make Good Things to Eat.": Insist on Libby's at your dealer's. Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago. $100 REWARD For any case of Chills or Fever, Swamp Fever, Dumb Ague or any ailment due to Malaria that SCHAAP'S LAXATIVE CHILL CURE fails to cure if taken according to the Directions. For sale by all druggists. Price 50 cents. Prepared only by John Schaap & Sons, Ft. Smith, Ark. --- Malaria Makes Pale Blood 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. DRINKS THAT COOL PLEASANT BEVERAGES FOR HOT SUMMER DAYS. Lime or Lemon Squash Is Most Refreshing—Iced Chocolate Palatable for Those Who Have a Sweet Tooth. Lime or lemon squash is one of the most refreshing of the easily made summer drinks. It is prepared by squeezing the juice of two limes into a glass, filling it three-quarters full of cracked ice and adding bottled soda. Sometimes sugar is used, and the only difference between lemonade and lemon squash is in the soda, which is substituted for plain water. Iced chocolate is cooling and leaves a pleasant taste in one's mouth. It is made the same as hot chocolate and well boiled, then set away to cool and served in tall glasses with cracked ice, cream and powdered sugar. It is generally considered a pleasanter and more wholesome drink than either iced tea with lemon or iced coffee with cream. To make sangaree, a favorite drink of the tropics, take one wineglass and a half of sherry, two wineglasses of water, a grating of nutmeg, some lime peel and about a dessert spoonful of sugar. Mix the sugar and the water together first, then grate the nutmeg over the top, add a strip of lime peel and stir. After which pour in the sherry and serve at once with cracked ice. For pineapple wine cut into thin slices a ripe pineapple, rind and all. Place this in a jar, cover with a quart of water and add some pounded ginger. Cover the jar and let stand for 24 hours. At the end of that time strain and add a pound of sugar, then bottle and serve the following day or not later than two days after the bottling. To make orange wine, take a quart of orange juice, a pint of fresh lime juice, a pint of brown sugar and a pint of rum. After these ingredients have been stirred together place them in a jar and let stand for three days, after which time add a half pint of fresh milk. Clear the wine with a clean egg shell. Strain and bottle. CARE IN BOILING POTATOES. Attention Required If You Would Have Them Dry and Mealy. To boil a potato well requires more attention than is usually given. They should be well washed and left standing in cold water an hour or two, to remove the black liquor with which they are impregnated, and a brackish taste they would otherwise have. They should not be pared before boiling; they lose much of the starch by so doing and are made insipid. Put them into a kettle of clear, cold water with a little salt; cover closely and boil rapidly, using no more water than will just cover them, as they produce a considerable quantity of fluid themselves while boiling, and too much water will make them heavy. As soon as just done, instantly pour off the water, set them back on the range and leave the cover off the saucepan till the steam has evaporated. They will then, if a good kind, be dry and mealy. Left-Over Eggs. Eggs that have been hard boiled and sent to the table and untouched can be sliced and dressed with mayonnaise. Fried eggs can be run through a food chopper, mixed with potatoes and cooked in potato balls. Poached eggs should be reheated and cooked done and run through a ricer to add to salads. Boiled or fried eggs if run through a ricer and mixed with finely chopped meat make good croquettes. If the yolk of an egg is used and the white is left, beat it and stir into apple sauce. A broken egg can be covered with water, placed in the refrigerator and will keep for several days. SAVED AT THE CRISIS. Delay Meant Death from Kidney Troubles. Mrs. Herman Smith, 901 Broad Street, Athens, Ga., says: "Kidney disease started with slight irregularity and weakness and developed into dangerous dropsy. I became weak and languid, and could do no housework. My back ached terribly. I had bearing down pains and my limbs disease started with slight irregularity and weakness and developed into dangerous dropsy. I became weak and languid, and could do no housework. My back ached terribly. I had bearing down pains and my limbs bloated to twice their normal size. Doctors did not help, and I was fast drifting into the hopeless stages. I used Doan's Kidney Pills at the critical moment and they really saved my life." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Her Face. Miss Hoamley—He seemed to think he knew me. I noticed him studying my face. Miss Knox—Yes, I noticed that, too. He's from New England and he probably thought— Miss Hoamley—Yes, he asked you if I was born down that way, didn't he? Miss Knox—No; he simply asked if you were "born that way." Beyond Expression. G. W. Farlowe, East Florence, Ala., writes: "For nearly seven years I was afflicted with a form of skin disease which caused an almost unbearable itching. I could neither work, rest or sleep in peace. Nothing gave me permanent relief until I tried Hunt's Cure. One application relieved me; one box cured me, and though a year has passed, I have stayed cured. I am grateful beyond expression." Hunt's Cure is a guaranteed remedy for all itching diseases of the skin. Price 50c. Just Suppose. "Just suppose," said Brother Dickey, "heaven wuz one big watermelon patch, an' it wuz de Fo'th er July de year roun!" "Go long, man," said Brother Williams, "you almos' makes me want ter go dar!"—Atlanta Constitution. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it The Kind You Have Always Bought. Waste not the remnant of thy life in those imaginings touching other folk, whereby thou contributest not to the common weal.—Marcus Aurelius. IF YOU USE BALL BLUE, Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. A man isn't necessarily a wood sawyer because he says nothing. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar made of rich, mellow tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. It isn't a secret if a woman hesitates in the telling of it. If Your Feet Ache or Burn get a 25c package of Allen's Foot-Ease. It gives quick relief. Two million packages sold yearly. A coat of arms doesn't always hide the family skeleton. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Be careful not to stumble over your own bluff. Second Annual STATE FAIR Of Oklahoma October 1st to 10th, 1908 at Oklahoma City, Okla. Fine music, liberal premiums, enlarged purses. Ten days of education and amusement, you can't afford to miss it. Over 100,000 feet of cement paving on State Fair Grounds. Plenty of good water, good shade and free seats for 8,000 people. Premium list can be obtained at the office of the County Clerk in each county, or by addressing the Secretary at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Let Me Send You a Package of Defiance Starch PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED SEND FOR FREE ILASS. TREATISE ON BETTA'S DURABLES. WITH NAME OF PROMINENT NEW CURED DR.S. THORNTON & MINOR 1030 QAK ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. WIDOWS under NEW LAW obtained PENSIONS by JOHN W. MORRIS. Washington, D. C. If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleanses and beautifies the hair. Promotes a luxurious growth. Never Fails to Restore Gray Hair to its Youthful Color. Cures scalp diseases & hair failing. 50c. and $1.00 at Druggists DEFIANCE Gold Water Starch makes laundry work a pleasure. 16 oz. pkg. 10c. ST. LOUIS LIGHTING. Civic League Committee Recommends Private Service. Thorough Investigation Shows the Dangers of Political Management of Municipal Plants-A Public Utilities Commission Furnishes the Best Method of Control. Somewhat over a year ago the executive board of the Civic league of St. Louis appointed a committee "to investigate and report upon the most desirable and economical form and method of lighting the streets and alleys of the city." The members of the committee were Professor J. L. Van Ornum, head of the civil engineering department, and Professor A. S. Langsdorf, head of the electrical engineering department, Washington university; John J. Lichter, mechanical engineer; Trescott F. Chaplin, attorney; Joseph D. Bascom, of the firm of Broderick & Bascom Rope company, and E. L. Adreon, vice president and general manager of the American Brake company, who for eight years served as comptroller of the city. The thoroughness of the investigation is shown by the following quotation from the report recently submitted by this committee: "During the investigation, begun more than as year ago, we have consulted all of the literature available on the subject, including the lighting reports from the various cities, government reports, discussions on the question of municipal ownership, magazine articles and the exhaustive report of the National Civic federation on the 'Municipal and Private Operation of Public Utilities,' which contains the most recent data on municipal lighting plants in America and English cities. We framed a list of questions which were sent to the supervisor of lighting in each of the first twenty cities in the United States, requesting accurate and detailed information on practically every phase of the problem. We have carefully reviewed the history of street lighting in St. Louis and as far as possible examined the facts relative to the rights of existing corporations and the laws, both state and municipal, controlling them." In the summary of its conclusions the committee gives briefly the reasons for rejecting competition as a permanently satisfactory method of securing adequate service at reasonable prices and for believing that these results may be best attained by "a public utilities commission composed of competent and trustworthy business and technical men." The conclusions of the committee in regard to a municipal plant are: "The total cost of operating a municipal plant, if operated in a business-like manner, would be approximately $2_{2}$ cents per kilowatt hour, or about 869 per are lamp per year and about $17 per incandescent lamp per year. "But the danger of partisan politics in the management and operation of the plant, which tends to reduce its efficiency and increase its cost, indicates the inadvisability of municipal ownership except as a last resort. "Municipal ownership in the place of public franchise grants merely transfers the danger of political mismanagement from the legislative body which grants the franchise to the administrative officials appointed by the legislative body to operate the plant. "The economy of municipal operation and control has not yet been proved in this country. Only two of the first ten cities, Chicago and Detroit, have attempted it. The experience of these two cities is not such as to warrant the statement that a municipal plant would be more economical than contract lighting. "In the opinion of the committee the conditions at the present time are unfavorable for the construction and co- eration of a municipal electric lighting plant for the lighting of the streets of the city, and it believes this function should not be undertaken by the municipality if reasonable rates and efficient service can be secured from private companies. However, the city should reserve the right to construct its own plant." Referring more at length to the Chicago and Detroit municipal plants, the report continues: "Here, again, we are confronted with the difficulty of getting at the real gross cost to these cities for the service. In spite of the fact that the annual reports from the officers in charge of these plants are supposed to state cold facts and give every detail of expense connected with the operation of the plants, a careful examination of the books and accounts by expert accountants shows that these officers are advocates of a cause rather than disinterested compilers of statistics. Fortunately, however, we are not compelled to rely upon the figures as given by these officials, but can go directly to the reports of the public accountants." In order to provide a basis for determining the real cost of lighting by a municipal plant the committee sets forth that "The chief items which should be included in any true estimate of the gross cost of supplying lights to a city are as follows: "First.—Operating Cost.—This covers not only the cost of generation, but of distribution and includes such items as fuel, water, oil, wages, salaries, rent, maintenance, repairs etc. Salaries should include a proportionate share of the expense of whatever departments of the city government are charged with any portion of the management of the plant. If the accounts are kept by the comptroller's department, then a fair proportion of the ex- pense of that office should be charged to operating expenses. If the plant occupies a part of a public building used for other purposes, then a fair proportion of the rent of that building should be charged to operating expenses. In short, whatever supplies or services the electric plant received from any other department of the city government should be included in the expense of operation. "Second. — Depreciation. — This cost must be considered on apparatus, building, lines, lamps and everything which has to do with the production and distribution of electricity, with the exception of the land on which the building is located. The question of depreciation is one on which there is always a great variety of opinions. If it were merely the question of duplicating wornout machinery the percentage of depreciation could easily be estimated, but in the electrical business it is not the simple wearing out of the machinery that causes depreciation. It is the progress of the art of electric lighting and the rapid changes which are constantly being made in electrical devices and equipment. So rapid has this progress been that what was modern equipment ten years ago is now largely scrap. Scarcely a piece of machinery ten years old but what must be discarded in favor of a more efficient and economical substitute. "Third.—Interest on the Investment. —This should be estimated on the basis of the average rate of interest paid on the bonds of the city. "Fourth. — Sinking Fund. —The portion of revenue set aside each year to retire the bonds issued to build or purchase the plant. "Fifth.—Taxes.—An amount equivalent to the sum which the city loses if it instead of the private company owns and operates the plant. "Sixth.—Insurance.—An annual premium on an amount sufficient to replace the plant were it destroyed by fire." A TYPICAL REPORT. The Bungling Bookkeeping of Austin's Water and Light Plant Scored by the City Auditor as a Mere Memorandum. The report of the auditor on the annual water and light report was read at the council meeting last night and is submitted below in full. The report contained some startling statements regarding the methods of the department, and it was heard with considerable interest by the councilmen. Auditor Morris began by saying that the report was incomplete in many respects; that he had not investigated its shortcomings further than the 1907 report, as instructed, and that in doing so he had tried to keep from being personal. He stated the following matters of which there were no mention in the report: Uncollected earnings, rebates, charity, credit balance on customers' accounts. Among the poor features of the system he mentioned the improper handling of extension advance earnings, showing how the system worked in this connection. He showed many points where the annual report differed from the department ledgers, the latter being short on water, light and power showings. He said that after he had tried to find the discrepancies there had been handed him loose leaves, with the statement that they had been found. Even then, he said, the figures did not tally, and some more loose leaves were found, and still the figures did not tally. He showed where a total of $16,910.20 was paid on payrolls that had not been approved, as required. He showed where numerous payments for damages had been charged to such expenses as "materials and repairs." He also showed the making of payments in cash before the warrants for the payments had been drawn. THE GIMETER THE QUICK M We do business by fair competition and conservative methods :: :: :: Reasonable rates made consistent with first-class printing :: :: :: Try us once and you will always send us your work :: :: :: South Second St., Muskogee, L South Second St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. Nickens & Nickens, Props. CREEK UNDERTAK BILLINGS AND CULLUM @askets and Funeral Regalai Always on Hand IN OFFICE DAY & NIGHT. PHONES 986 & 481 If you can't get us on one phone, try the oiher. 227 S. 2nd. St. Muskogee, I.T. One particularly interesting statement was that of the reduction of the debit side of the ledger to make it equal a disbursement of which there was no record. He showed further that the statement of the city treasurer did not tally with that by the department. He showed where 1907 cash payments had been posted as 1906 or 1908 payments. He showed where the penalty charge had been omitted in many cases. He criticised the lack of any check on the stock in the warehouses and, summarizing the general bookkeeping, said it was no system at all, merely a memorandum. He closed with a number of recommendations.—Austin (Tex.) Statesman. We have $60,000 invested in a municipal waterworks plants. It did not pay expenses last year by several hundred dollars, where it should have shown a large and increasing profit. The people's money is just as good as any money, and it is worth 6 per cent. This would be $3,600. The repairs and depreciation in value of the machinery is at least another 5 per cent, which would show another $3,000. If the plant was owned by private parties they would be assessed for taxation at say $25,000. At our rate this would be $750 more. So with all these figures a novice can get a good object lesson in municipal ownership. The fire protection for Ligonier cost nearly $8,000, or over three times as much as any town pays for the same service from a private plant. Taxpayers, stop and figure.—Ligonier (Ind.) Banner. The street railway system which was taken over by Belfast, Ireland, three years ago has proved a losing venture, and the service has had to be cartailed and many employees dismissed with the hope of putting it on a paying basis.-St. Louis 1times. OB PRINTING CO. IL ORDER HOUSE . Muskogee. Ind. Ter. DERTAKERS AND CULLUM