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The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee. PRESIDENT-ELECT TAFT PLEADS FOR CLOSER UNION OF NORTH AND SOUTH. In Address to New York North Carolina Society of State Mr. Taft Forecasts Policy of Administration Toward South. New York, Dec. 7.—President-Elect Taft, who came to New York today to address the North Carolina society of this city, was given a tumultuous reception tonight by the members of the organization and by prominent men from all parts of the south at the annual dinner of the North Carolinans at the Hotel Astor. Five hundred members and guests of the society filled the brilliantly decorated banquet hall. Mr. Taft, in the course of his address, which was confined entirely to the south and its problems, did not hesitate to follow up what he regards as the advantages of his trip through the south during the recent campaign. At the conclusion of practically every one of his pointed sentences, Mr. Taft was interrupted by applause and cheering. After paying tribute to North Carolina, Mr. Taft pointed out that the laws were made for the north and south and the functions of the government extends from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico; and led up to this question: "What is it that sets the south apart, and takes from the southern people the responsibilities which the members of a republic ought to share in respect to the conduct of the national government?" He continued: "Why is it that what is done at Washington seems to be the work of the north and west and not of the south? Should this state of affairs continue? Conditions Must Change. "We can answer these questions as the historian would and we can explain the situation as it is, but I don't think we can justify or excuse a continuance of it. It is of no purpose to point out that early in the history of the country the north was as responsible for bringing slaves here as the south, because we are not concerned with whose fault it was that there was slavery. Nor are we concerned with the probability that had the northerners been interested in slaves they would have viewed the institution exactly as the southerners viewed it and would have fought to defend it. It does not help in the slightest degré in the present day to stir up the members of the controversy by attempting to fix blame on one part of the country or the other in respect to an institution which has gone and happily gone, on the one hand; or in respect to the consequences of that institution which we still have with us on the other. "I am not going to rehearse the painful history of reconstruction or what followed it. I come at once to the present condition of things stated from a constitutional and political standpoint. And that is this: That in all southern states it is possible, by election laws prescribing proper qualifications for the suffrage which square with the fifteenth amendment and which shall be equally administered as between the black and white races, to prevent entirely the possibility of a denomination of southern state, county or municipal governments by an ignorant electorate, white or black. It is further true that the sooner such laws when adopted are supplied with exact equality and justice to the two races the better for the moral tone of the state and community. Negroes should Vol 10 EDUCATION FOR NEGRO be given an opportunity, equally with whites, by education and thrift, to meet the requirements of eligibility which the state legislature in their wisdom shall lay down in order to secure the safe exercise of the electoral franchise. The negro should ask nothing other than an equal chance to qualify himself for the franchise and when that is granted by law and not denied by executive discrimination, he has nothing to complain of. Progress. Not Back Biting. "The proposal to repeal the fifteenth amendment is utterly impracticable and should be regulated to the limbo of forgotten issues. What we are considering is something practical, something that means attainable progress. It seems to me to follow, therefore, that there is or ought to be a common ground on which we can all stand, in respect to the race question in the south and its political bearing, that takes away the continued solidity of the south to prevent the so-called negro domination. The fear that in some way or other a social equality between the races shall be enforced by law or brought about by political measures really has no foundation except in the imagination of those who fear such a result. The federal government has nothing to do with social equality. The war amendments do not declare in favor of social equality; all that the law or constitution attempts to secure is equality of opportunity before the law and in the pursuit of happiness and in the enjoyment of life, liberty and property. Social equality is something that grows out of voluntary concessions by the individuals forming society." Mr. Taft referred to the trials of the re-construction period which accentuated the greater trials of the past and the slow return of prosperity to the south agencies that helped to keep alive and following the civil strife, as further feeling engendered by that controversy. He spoke of the commercial growth of the south since 1890 as marvelous and gave many figures He continued: "In this marvelous growth the manufacturers of the south now exceed the agricultural products and thus a complete change has come over the character of her industries. The south has become rich and only the surface of her wealth has been scratched. Her growth has exceeded that of the rest of the country and she is now in every way sharing in its prosperity. "Again the democratic party has not preserved inviolate its traditional doctrines as to state rights and other issues and has for a time adopted new doctrines of possible doubtful economic truth and wisdom. Southern men adhering to the party and the name find themselves through influence of traditions and the fear of restoration of conditions which are now impossible, supporting a platform and candidates whose political and economic theories they distrust. Under these conditions there was in the last campaign and there is today throughout the south among many of the most intelligent citizens, an impatience, a nervousness and a restlessness in voting one ticket and in rejoicing in the success of another. "I believe that the movement away from political solidity has started and ought to be encouraged and I think one way to encourage it is to have the south understand that the attitude of the north and the republican party is not of hostility or criticism or opposition, political or otherwise; that they believe in the maintenance of the fifteenth amendment, but as already explained they Okla., do not believe that amendment to be inconsistent with the south's obtaining and maintaining what it regards a sits political safety from domination of an ignorant electorate; that the north yearns for closer relations with the south. Question of Education. "We believe that the solution of the race question in the south is largely a matter of industrial and thorough education. The negro is essential to the south in order that it may have proper labor. They have no country but this. They know no flag but ours. They wish to live under it and are willing to die for it. They are Americans. The proposition to increase the supply of labor in the south by emigration from Europe, it seems to me, instead of being inimical to the cause of the negro, will aid him. As the industries of the south continue to grow, the marvelous ratio already shown the demands for labor must increase. "Primary and industrial education for the masses, higher education for the leaders of the negro race, for their professional men, their clergymen, their physicians, their lawyers and their teachers will make up a system under which their improvement which statistics show to be noteworthy n the last forty years, will continue at the same rate. "The recent election has made it probable that I shall become more or less responsible for the policy of the negro for the next presidential administration and I am proving this opportunity to say that nothing would give me greater pride because nothethe desire of the administration to aid them in working out satisfactorily the serious problems before them and of bringing them and their northern fellow citizens closer and closer in sympathy and point of view." ing would give more claim to the gratitude of my fellow citizens if I could so direct that policy in respect to the southern states as to convince its intelligent citizens of The street car company has very flexible rules. In some cases they compel the colored passengers to ride on the rear seats going west and on the front seats going east. Why this is done is a mystery, unless they plan that in bad weather the Negroes will be exposed to the rain and snow going and coming. This is true of the Alta Vista line. We don't believe there is a fair minded white citizen in town who will say this is right. Deal honestly man to man and there will be no further friction. All the Negroes ask is fair treatment at the hands of the Street Car company. We are not outlaws and are willing to obey the law even if it is a bad law. We demand fair treatment only and will be satisfied with nothing less. Is the above less than any honest people should ask? No 9 BARGAINS! We have special bargains in real estate. Do you want a good home, business lot, or a farm we have it. A lot in Porter, Okla., in the business district at a bargain. Lots in Muskogee for $100.00; $10.00 cash down and $5.00 per month thereafter. See or write to A. J. SMITHERMAN 211 S. 2nd St., Box G, Muskogee, Okla. HE WAS SUR= PRISED, BUT PLEASANTLY SO Thursday, Dec. 10th was the birthday anniversary of many thousands of men, as is also every other day in the year. It is an event all men ought to remember, but alas! hundreds and hundreds live the day without a thought of its significant care and strife have wiped from the lives of numerous thousands the meaning of a birthday anniversary, while an equal number has never known even the day of their birth. Among the great number born on that date is..... A good many doubtless awaited the day with pleasant anticipation of the joys and luxuries to be given their friends in honor of the event, while others have barely remembered the day at all. Lawyer W. H. Twine, the editor of this paper was forty-six years old Thursday, Dec. 10th, 1908. Thursday afternoon one of his friends ask him how old was he? The editor looked at him intently as he replied: "Well sir, I am forty-six years old today and had not thought of it until you asked." Mr. Twine had not thought of it but his wife had. What is sweeter than a good wife's love? She thinks of you when you are not thinking of yourself. Husbands, love your wives! Mrs. Twine was talking to one of their friends Wednesday evening and during the conversation she mentioned the fact that the following day was her Continued on last page Muskogee Cimeter. MUSKOGEE. There is the usual cold comfort for all parties in the returns from Medicine Hat. Customs officers in New York had a big job on hand lately. They seized 10,000 kid gloves. A scientist tells us that "metals get tired." Now you know why the gold gave out before it got to you. There is one advantage in looking for the north pole. In the face of the gravest danger one can always keep cool. At a spiritualist seance in New York, we are told, a man's arm was lengthened two feet. That's stretching it some. Anybody who doubts the ability of the American Indian to be as civilized as anybody should observe him in a football game. That man who is going to cross the ocean in a balloon should pause to consider that the water in the Atlantic is still deep and wet. The inventive Yankee is still at it. During the last fiscal year the United States patent office received some 58,527 applications for mechanical patents. Kissing, declares Dr. Napoleon Boston, spreads more disease than flies. We scorn his statement because we don't like his name. Reminds us of Waterloo and Bunker Hill. A way has been found to make paper out of cornstalks. This will create a pleasant harmony for the man who likes to combine his reading with the pleasures of a corn-cob pipe. The plan of the proposed Henry Hudson memorial bridge at New York calls for a reinforced concrete span of 716 feet, and represents one of the boldest engineering projects of the time. The Highways Protection league reports 932 automobile accidents occurred in Great Britain in 1907, killing 215 persons and injuring 675. For these accidents and other motor car offenses 2,270 persons were summoned, of whom 2,046 were convicted. There are at present on duty in the main thoroughfares of Paris 21 policemen who speak English, nine who speak German, and six who speak Spanish, and their usefulness has been so clearly demonstrated that the prefect of police has decided to add to their number as opportunity may arise. Brazil has spent $15,000,000 in the effort to hold up the world's price of coffee by government purchasing and warehousing of the Brazilian production. The theory that a national government can do anything it chooses in commerce occasionally gets a very rude jolt. It is not surprising that Kaiser Wilhelm should invent an air-brake. He has done many things wisely, if not too well, and as he begins to slide down the years, turning inventor of a motor brake is a becoming climax to his other accomplishments. Whether it is a truly practical stopper remains to be proved. Horace E. Bixby, 82 years of age, still at the wheel after 60 years as a Mississippi river pilot, enjoys the distinction of having taught Mark Twain the art of navigation on the "Father of Waters." He says Mark Twain became a good pilot, having but one fault—the excessive use of tobacco. Capt. Bixby is still hale and hearty and enjoys telling of the various episodes of his eventful career upon the river. Report of Commissioner of Labor Gives Idea of Great Resources. Guthrie, Ok.—An interesting feature o f the annual report of C. L. Daugherty, State Commissioner of Labor, is that giving a partial amount of supplies and products shipped from points in Oklahoma during 1907, and while the information is only approximately half complete, it is presented as giving a fair idea of the vast resources o f the new state. The information was obtained from the railroads and express companies, one of them, however, being complete. The grand total of value of the materials returned to the department is $85,851,238.90, divided as follows: Poultry $2,429,944.88, live stock $10,239,090, mill products $4,255,482.12, forest products $999,063, elder and vinegar $17,000, farm products $6,229,956.20, cotton products $52,185,861.38, packing house products $109,528.67, vegetables $193,759.31, fruits of all kinds $373,723.89, miscellaneous products $8,479,816.45. The reports sho wwhere were nerly 12,000,000 pounds of live and dressed poultry shipped during the year, and there were over 10,000,000 dozen eggs. There were 1,528,430 lbs. of butter, 229,400 gallons of milk and cream and 35,515 pounds ow cheese that went to other states or to points within the stae. The vadue of he cattle handled, the report says, was $7,059,760, and there were hogs valued at $2,723,760 from the districts heard from. In flour there were shipped 178,274, 300 pounds, valued at over $3,000,000. Hardwood comes in for 4,600,000 ft. walnut logs 1,410,000 feet, fence and mine posts 1,238,800 and 5,240 barrels of tar, the latter representing a value of $20,960. The wine presses produced 10,000 gallons of cider and 100,970 gallons of vinegar, according to shipments made. There were shipped 7,159,600 bushels of corn, 3,997,666 bushels of wheat, 423,100 bushels of oats, 43,780 tons of hay, 60,000 pounds of clover, 600,000 pounds of millet seed, 120,000 pounds of cane seed, 13,770 tons of broom corn and 65,500 pounds of tobacco, the latter valued at $7,860. There were shipped cotton in bales 641,882,251 pounds, valued at $51,350,. 680,08; cotton seed 140,720,560 lbs., 2,850,000 pounds of seed cotton, 42, 900,000 pounds of cotton seed meal and 118,888 gallons of cotton seed oil. There were shipped 1,170,447 lbs. of garden truck, 997,500 melons, 1,448,997 pounds of canned goods, 3,760,000 tons of coal, valued at $7,896,000; $23,389 worth of brick, $51,428,25 in molasses, 33,491,845 pounds of ice, 53,440,000 pounds of cement, $10,022 worth of honey, $1,238,90 worth of nuts and 106,000 bushels of apples. Areeing with the report that this is approximately half of the products and supplies shipped during the year, the true value of the shipments would be $171,702,477.80. Move for Good Roads. Lawton, Ok.—To girdle the county with good roads, extending throughout every section of Comanche, and to spread its influence into neighboring counties and also into other parts of the state is the project which is being started by the Lawton Chamber of Commerce, which, as a result of efforts begun several weeks ago, assembled in the city representatives from practically every prominent town in the county for the purpose of organizing a permanent Good oRads Association for Comanche County and which brought from the State University a widely known authority upon roads and road material, Prof. D. W. Ohren, who delivered a lecture last night at the City Council cambers advising as to the best policy to adopt in the good roads campaign. Died on Train. Shawnee, Ok.—Chief of Police Sims is in receipt of a telegram stating that A. E. Masters of this city died on a train near Churubusco, Ind. The dead man and his father, who is a traveling salesman, came here a short time ago to enter business. Oklahoma State Officers Will Adapt New PlanThis Year. Guthrie, Okla.—The various departments of the state government are now preparing their estimates of the expenses of running the departments for the biennial period to be covered by the appropriations of the coming legislature, together with the deficiencies incurred since the last legislative session. All of these estimates are to be turned over to the state auditor, and the system quite generally in vogue in other states, of having the auditor prepare a budget, is to be followed here this year. The auditor's budget will include only the appropriations which are considered to be necessary for the conduct of the state government, and will be transmitted to the legislature by the governor in connection with his message to that body. The adoption of this system will obviate thenecessity for the various state officers continually apeparing before the appropriations committee of the two houses while the general appropriation bill is under consieneration to make sure that their departments get all that is coming to them, as was the case during the last legislature. TO SAVE STATE EXPENSES. Guthrie, Okla.—An opinion Friday by Assistant Attorney General W. C. Reeves, and concurred in by Attorney General West, suggests to the state prison board of control a way of obviating the present necessity of sending Oklahoma prisoners to the Kansas state penitentiary at Lansing, only to be transferred again to the Oklahoma state prison at McAlester, causing the double cost to the state of paying transportation charges each way. The opinion states that under the Oklahoma law, as it now exists, the courts have no other alternative than to sentence Oklahoma prisoners to the Kansas penitentiary, but suggests that the prison board may enter into negotiations with the authorities of the Kansas prisontohave prisoners, that are merely sentenced from Oklahoma to that institution, but not yet taken there, transferred to the McAlester prison in the same manner as prisoners that are already serving terms at Lansing are transferred. DIP WHEAT IN BLUE VITRIOL. Oklahoma Farmers Take Precautions to Prevent Rust and Smut. Oklahoma City, Okla.—Farmers in the northwestern part of the state, in the great wheat belt of the southwest, are taking every precaution possible to prevent smut and rust in their wheat next spring. Many of them sowed wheat very late, and before putting it in the ground dipped it in blue vitriol and formaldehyde. It is claimed that this will prevent the rust from appearing, which generally comes just as the plant blossoms. Usually when the wheat rusts the worst is following a very wet spell, just such as that of last spring, when much of the wheat was ruined by rust. Former Chief McIntosh Dead. Muskogee, Okla.—Rolly McIntosh, former chief of the Creeks, is dead at his home near Stidham. For the last ten years McIntosh has been the tribal representative at Washington. McIntosh attained the advanced age of 76 years. He was a full-blood of the old type in the councils of his people and highly esteemed by the whites. Constructing Pipe Line. Nowata, Ok.—The Nowata Pipe Line Company, recently incorporated here, has begun construction of a three inch pipe line from the Consolidated Oil Company's properties, in the Alluwe district, south of here, to the Cudahy refinery at Coffeyvill, a gross distance of thirty miles. The Cudahy refinery's capacity is 900 barrels daily. Glass mirrors were known in A. 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It is a revelation, a record of conquest by settlement that is remarkable."—Extract from correspondence of a National Editor, who visited Canada in August last. The grain crop of 1908 will net many farmers $20.00 to $25.00 per acre. Grain-raising, mixed farming and dairying are the principal industries. Climate is excellent; social conditions the best; railway advantages unequalled; schools, churches and markets close at hand. Land may also be purchased from railway and land companies. For "Last Best West" pamphlets, maps and information as to how to secure lowest railway rates, apply to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or the authorized Canadian Government Agent: J. S. CRAWFORD. No. 125 W. Ninth Street. Kansas City, Missouri. PENSIONS New Laws Sent Free Texas Volunteers, 1855-60 entitled. Write Nathan Bickford, 1425 N. Y. Ave., WASHINGTON, D. C. If afflicted with} sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water W. N. U., MUSKOGEE, NO. 50, 1908. THE CIMETER, W H. TWINE . . . Editor Published Every Week in the Interest of the Negro by Cimeter Publishing Co. Entered at the Post Office at Muskogee. Okla., as Second Class Mail Matter. Don't hunt up places in which to be jim crowed. If you want amusement go to the Pekin moving picture show on South Second street. They give the best show of its kind in the city and it's a place of equal rights to all and exclusive privileges to none. They give an instructive and interesting show each night. Nothing vulgar is ever seen or heard at the Pekin. Mothers can go and take their sons and daughters. It's a worthy show and deserves patronage. Our Christmas issue will be issued next week. Advertisers should get in on time as we shall send 5000 copies throughout the South and all over the state of Oklahoma. It is a paying proposition. C. E. Creager is up in Washington getting a tip on things so that after the 4th of March he will be able to take the plow and make good. The legislature that meets in January, we hope it will make some good laws and eliminate some of these bad ones made by the last misfit legislature. The appointment of Mr. J. L. Carver as Post Master at Taft, Okla., will satisfy all reasonable people. The fight growed so hot among the aspirants that the good of the party demanded that a new man be elected and this was done by selecting a man who was not an applicant and who had endorsed another man and who in no sense was a candidate, but who is a good citizen and a good Republican, and competent to fill the place with credit to himself, his people, the Republican party, and the appointing power. Mr. Carver has our best wishes for his success. We believe he will make good. The street car company should either put a partition in their cars separating the whites from the blacks or else get a law passed preventing the coloured from using their cars as the unequal accommodations will cause friction. All the Negroes ask is fair treatment or something in that neighborhood. The speech of President elect W. H. Taft before the North Carolina club shows where his heart is on equality before the law. We ask nothing more and will be satisfied with nothing less. Wm. H. Taft will make good as President of all America. A SHINING LESSON OF HUMAN KIND= NESS AND SYM= PATHY. "Do Unto Others As You Would Have Others Do Unto You." Wednesday evening when the streets of Muskogee were thronged with pedestrians, and the constant rumble of carriages was heard amid the clatter of horses feet and the ding dong of passing electric cars, a poor deformed white man with the aid of two sawed off crutches, drug himself along Second street from Broadway to Okmulgee. In his hand he had an old delapidated black hat which had three or four 5c pieces in it. On the corner of Okmulgee and Second street sat a little black man, who could hear the rustle of busy shoppers and the gay remarks of many passers by, but to whom the world is wrapped in darkness—he is blind. In his hand he had a small tin cup, in it was one 5c piece. Now and then he rattled the coin in his cup to attract attention. Perhaps he was growing weary, perhaps disheartened, but he lingered on patiently. When the white cripple man reached Okmulgee street he stopped with his hat in hand, silently begging for alms to support himself and perhaps a destitute family. The little black man rattled the coin in his cup. The white crippled man saw him and drug himself up close by the side of the Negro; then he took one of the coins from his hat and placed it in the black man's cup. Bravo! Bravo!! God himself must have smiled upon that act. The two men were left there talking together; one white man and one black man bound to gether by the tie of human sympathy. This is a great lesson that many of us need to learn. ATTENTION!! The facts herein contained below are things the public ought to know concerning the famous "Old Sango." Don't fail to come to Sango's Majestic Theatre==The Palace of Amusement where the seemingly impossible happens, and where the wonders of modern magic are revealed. Just think of it! Right here in our midst, we have without question, the greatest presdigitator (?) the west has ever known. A man whom we all know and have known for years. Not only does he command your attention by his mysterious and miraculous performances, but he wins your admiration as a man of physical as well as mental power. The feats of strength exhibited by this wonderful man is sufficient to brand him (and justly so) THE BLACK SAMSON of the nineteenth century. One cannot see this man per form without recalling the old scriptural story of Samson. The difference between Samson of the ancient days and the Black Samson of Muskogee, is this: The Samson of old killed five thousand Philistines with the jaw bone of an ass; and Whereas, The Samson we have in Sango's Majestic Theatre gives life to five thousand people by amusing them. Hilarity is the essence of life and happiness. If you are gloomy and the world seems sad to you, come and let Sango vanish the spell. If your brain needs rest from the cares of the day, visit Sango's Majestic Theatre. Bring your wife, whom you have already neglected too much. Bring your children; bring your sweethearts, and bring your friends. The Sango Majestic Theatre is open every evening from 8:15 o'clock to 10:15 o'clock. Special program Dec. 14th. Mr. Wamega LaHonede will serve the audience next Monday night with wine from his magic picture produced upon the stage in plain view of the entire audience from a quart of clear water. Don't fail to see this master of his art. He is a wonder. Special program Xmas week. Program changes twice each week—Monday and Thursday nights. WANTED Reliable colored woman to wash bottles and pear potatoes. Call Muskogee Tea & Coffee Co Convention Hall. South Second St. BIGGERS BUSINESS COLLEGE. In this institution a thorough course in the following subjects is taught: Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Typewriting, Commercial Law, Commercial Arithmetic, Business Orthography, Penmanship, Banking, Ad writing, Invoicing and methods of teaching. Diplomas granted, and positions secured for graduates. Trems reasonable. For particulars write for circulars or call at the college. Address C. A. Biggers, Pres., McCulloch-Sims Bldd., Muskogee, Okla. Business men, buy your carbon paper from Biggers Business College. It is durable and the best. Also have your stenographic work done, and your books straightened up by the Biggers Business College. College open day and night. H. T. WALKER, Attorney and Counsellor at Law Room 19, Brown Bldg. Phone 1169. MUSKOGEE. OKLAHOMA. FOR SALE I have 20 farms to sell on easy payments or swap for Musko gee property. I will build or sell you a house and lot with good water. Loan money at a low rate of intarest.to suit the man who gets it. Come to see me. Wm. P. Fields, Muskogee, Okla. THE BUSY MAN. By W. H. Willis. If you want to get a favor done By some obliging friend And want a promise, safe and sure On which you may depend Don't go to hi mwho always has Much leisure time to plan, But if you want your favor done Just ask the busy man. The man with leisure never has A moment he can spare He's almays "putting off" until His friends are indespair But he whose every waking hour Is crowded full of work Forgets the art of wasting time He cannot stop to shirk. So when you want a favor done And want it right away Go to the man who constantly Works twenty hours a day He'll find a moment sure, somewhere, That has no other use And fix you while the idie man Is framing an excuse. —New York Ledger. Official statement of the condition of the Commercial National Bank, Muskogee, Okla. at the close of business Friday. November 27, 1908: Resources. Loans and discounts.....$1,007,141.47 Overdrafts ..... 9,463.51 Bonds and Premiums..... 288,000.00 Real esate, Furniture and Fixtures ..... 13,725.08 Cash and Exchange..... 310,703.36 Capital ..... $ 200,000.00 Surplus and Profits ..... 62,745.40 Circulation ..... 200,000.00 Deposits ..... 1,166,288.02 $1,629,033.42 The above statement is correct. G. W. BARNES, President. D. N. Fink, Vice President. E. D. SWEENY, Cashier. ```markdown ``` General agent for this city, Lady or Gentleman—Even if you are now employed, You can earn $100.00 to $200.00 per thonth without giving up your present position— Write for full particular, y rRYE YT WwW. L. FULL Loan and Investment Company Desk “LL” Alamo Bank, Muskogee, Oklahoma. LODGE DIRECTORY. Muskogee Chapter, No. 5, Order Kastern Star; meetings, first and third Thursday of each month at 2:30 o'clock. IDA JONES, W. M. A. L. LOVE, Secy. Trinity Lodge, No. 84, A. F. and A. M.; meetings first and fourth Thursday night of each month. GARFIELD BARNETT, W. M. W. H. SWINE, Secy. FOR SALE—Onoe lot 75x140, and a two-room house for $500.00. Write A. J. Smitherman, FOR SALE. I have 20 farms to sell on easy payments or swap for Muskogee prop- erty. I will build or sell you a house and lot with god water. Loan money at a low rate of interest to suit the man who gets it. Come to see me, WM. P. FIELDS, Muskogee, Okla. FOR SALE. 3-room house and 50 ft. lot close in, $650.00, Two-room house and lot for $450.00. Lot in actory Addition, $75.00. Lot in iincoln Park, $50.00. Write W. H. TURNE, Box G, Mus kogee, 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 $26 per week. Catalogue and sam ples free. FRANK W. WILLIAMS COMPANY. 1208 W. Taylor St Chicago, ML. §T, LUKE'S PHARMACY, A, £. Johnson, Proprietor. Corner Court and Second Street Opposite Federal Court House Phone 172. —_—_—————— A, R. NORRIS' SHOE SHOP. Boots and shoes made and re paired, First) class workmanship. ‘Vry me and you will be satisfied. Call at my shop on Emporia Street, next door to Browning's store. Got to b, Richard's Barber Shop at 224 $8, 2nd street for first-class work. First-class workmen and sat- PD. RICHARDSON, Prop. Queen City Installment House buys and sells new and second hand fur: niture, stoves and all household goods. Phone 1760. No, 12t South Main street. For Sale. Lot 100 feet front, two houses on the lot one four room house and ene two room house, Houses rent $18 per month, Good location high and level, Lot in block 285 Mus: kogee price $8,000, See or write W. H. Twine, Jr. Box G, Muskogee, Oklahoma, DR. E. D. MORRISON, ——Specialist— Women and Children, and Ven- eria! Diseases, Chemic and Micro scopic Examinations. Phone 1773. 310 S. 2nd St. Muskogee, Okla. Publication Notice No. 524, Sitting at Muskogee. DONA ELLICK, Plaintiff, vs. WILL ELLICK, Defendant. The defendant, Will Ellick, is here- by notified chat he has been sued in the District Court of Muskogee Coun- ty, Slate of Oklahoma, at Muskogee, by the above named plaintiff, Dona Hilick, whose petition in said case was filed in said Court on the 26th day of October, 1908, and unless you answer said petition or appear herein on or before the 6th day of December, 1908, the allegations in said petition will be taken as ‘true and a judginent rendered ar,.inst you divoreing sand plaintif? frou you and for ether proper relief stated in said petition. DONA ELLICK, Plaintiff, A. 8. McREA, Attorney for Plaintiff Attest: —(Seal). TONY MATNEY, Clerk of the Distriet Court. 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We need settlers and that bad. These lots cost you from §35 to $200 each; 25x140, sold one fourth down and balance on easy monthly payments, Good titles to any and all lots. | We have 400 residents, a postof- fee, several stores, all run by col ored men. Come now while there are many inducements to good farm: ers, Plenty land to sell, lease of rent. Call or write, W. L. JACKSON, Townsite Manager and Owner Clearview, Okla, es a >A 2 pit es iGURE CANGER My rtld Combination Treatment {2 uaad Shy ihe patientathome. Years of success. [Hundreds of testimonials. Endorsed by FVhysicians, Ministers, Ite, 13 desiroys | caticerous vrowth, eliminates disease from | pavatem. No matter how serious rour cvse— Ei ow mny operations you havehad—do nat give up hone. Write at once for BRKE 4 B00 G—Canoer and Its Cure,” DR 0. A JOHNSON, 1223 CLAi3 AVE, ROOMS 60-67, KANZAS CITY, m0. B Or. ©. A, Jehnsems—Your home treatment ured us Cancer os ine tice, 1 recommend it vo suitor: ems. S.A. 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The Yield in Western Oklahoma Has Been Unusually Prolific. Oklahoma City, Okla.—Sixty dollars per ton for broom corn is the prevailing price for good brush in the western part of Oklahoma, where the yield has been unusually prolific this season. Evary farmer who was fortunate enough to plant brom corn last spring, has realized handsomely off his crop. Much of the best brush was contracted for by dealers in the east at good prices. The acreage next season promises to be double that of last in Oklahoma. HAS LOWEST DEATH RATE. Only Three Burial Permits Were Issued in Shawnee in November. Oklahoma City, Okla.—Shawnee boasts of the lowest death rate for one month of any city in the United States its size of 15,000 population. During the month of November only three burial permits were issued by the city clerk of that city. At the present time the health officials of that city state there are no contagious diseases of any kind, and that typhoid fever, which is the bane of many Oklahoma cities, will be unknown there. HE'S A CANNON SUPPORTER. Oklahoma Congressman-Elect is Also a Candidate for Re-election. El Reno, Okla.—Congressman-elect D. T. Morgan of the Sesocnd Oklahoma district, announces that he will support Cannon for speaker. "I conside rit my duty to support him," he said. "You may say that I will be a candidate for re-election two years hence." An Oklahoma Lincoln Committee. Guthrie, Okla.—Governor Haskell has appointed an Oklahoma Lincoln Centennial committee, consisting of five members from each congressional district, with Asociate Justice Jesse J. Dunn of the Oklahoma supreme court as chairman, to cooperate with the national committee in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth on Feb. 12, 1909. The members of the committee are: First district—W. L. Eagleton, Pawnee; Frank Hamilton, Enid; H. E. Asp, Guthrie; Roy V. Hoffman, Chandler; E. P. Balke, Blackwell. Second district—Thompson B. Ferguson, Watonga; Dr. D. H. Patton, Woodward; F. E. Gillette, Anadarko; Paul Nesbitt, Oklahoma City; W. B. Walker, Clinton. Third district—Charles J. Wrightsman, Tulsa; Joseph Butler, Vinita; O. W. Killam, Grove; Oscar Hays, Webber's Falls; Fred Pfendler, Sapulpa. Fourth district—G. W. Phillips, Caney; D. N. Robb, Aiok; A. L. Severance, Durant; J. B. Spraggins, Ardmore; Ed. McKenna, Poteau. Fifth district—J. F. Bishop, Chickasha; S. C. Massingale, Cordell; J. W. Ryder, Granite; J. O. Long, Sayer; J. H. Anderson, Snyder. .. Prominent Cattleman Killed. Ardmore, Okla.—Dennis Lawson, a prominent young cattleman of Mill Creek, died Friday afternoon at Mulkey, a few miles east of here from a gunshot wound received in the stomach Friday morning. at 1 o'clock. John Mulkey, an intermarried Chickasaw citizen, surrendered and is in jail. PROVED BY TIME. No Fear of Any Further Trouble. David Price, Corydon, Ia., says: "I was in the last stage of kidney trouble lame, weak, run down to a mere skeleton. My back was so bad I could hardly walk and the kidney secretions much disordered. A week after I began using Doan's Kidney Pills I could walk with- lame, weak, run down to a mere skeleton. My back was so bad I could hardly walk and the kidney secretions much disordered. A week after I began using Doan's Kidney Pills I could walk without a cane, and as I continued my health gradually returned. I was so grateful I made a public statement of my case, and now seven years have passed, I am still perfectly well." Sold by all dealers. 50c a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sniffles and Nerves. Keep to yourself during warm, nerve-irritating weather. It is related that an Atchison man and wife dearly love each other. She is a perfect lady, and apologizes when she says "shucks." But one night, when they were sitting on the porch, presumably enjoying the tender twilight, she suddenly picked up a stool and threw it at his head. "I am not insane," she said, calmly, when he turned a frightened gaze on her; "I am simply worn out by the manner in which you sniffle at the end of every sentence!"—Atchison Globe. Not Anxious at All. "One word of our language that is almost always misused," said the particular man, "is 'anxious.' You will hear people exclaim how anxious they are to see a certain play, or anxious to get a new hat, or anxious to take a trip to Europe, when they are not anxious at all, but eager or desirous. If anxious were used only in the right place we wouldn't hear it half so often." Rewards Constantly Paid. The rewards of great living are not external things, withheld until the crowning hour of success arrives; they come by the way—in the consciousness of growing power and worth, of duties nobly met, and work thoroughly done. Joy and peace are by the way.—Mable. Reducing Weight. Racehorse Owner—"William, you are too heavy. Can't you take something off?" Jockey—"I'm wearing my lightest suit, and haven't tasted food all day." Owner—"Then, for goodness' sake, go and get shaved."—Tit-Bits. CAUSE AND EFFECT Good Digestion Follows Right Food. Indigestion and the attendant discomforts of mind and body are certain to follow continued use of improper food. Those who are still young and robust are likely to overlook the fact that, as dropping water will wear a stone away at last, so will the use of heavy, greasy, rich food, finally cause loss of appetite and indigestion. Fortunately many are thoughtful enough to study themselves and note the principle of Cause and Effect in their daily food. A N. Y. young woman writes her experience thus: "Sometime ago I had a lot of trouble from indigestion, caused by too rich food. I got so I was unable to digest scareely anything, and medicines seemed useless. "A friend advised me to try Grape-Nuts food, praising it highly, and as a last resort I tried it. I am thankful to say that Grape-Nuts not only relieved me of my trouble, but built me up and strengthened my digestive organs so that I can now eat anything I desire. But I stick to Grape-Nuts." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. LAME BACK PRESCRIPTION The increased use of "Toris" for lame back and rheumatism is causing considerable discussion among the medical fraternity. It is an almost infallible cure when mixed with certain other ingredients and taken properly. The following formula is effective: "To one-half pint of good whiskey add one ounce of Toris Compound and one ounce Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound. Take in tablespoonful doses before each meal and before retiring." Toris compound is a product of the laboratories of the Globe Pharmaceutical Co., Chicago, but it as well as the other ingredients can be had from any good druggist. She—Pooh! What is a kiss It is nothing. He—Well you once said you could refuse me nothing, you know.—Chips. TORTURED SIX MONTHS By Terrible Itching Eczema—Baby's Suffering Was Terrible —Soon Entirely Cured by Cuticura. "Eczema appeared on my son's face. We went to a doctor who treated him for three months. Then he was so bad that his face and head were nothing but one sore and his ears looked as if they were going to fall off, so we tried another doctor for four months, the baby never getting any better. His hand and legs had big sores on them and the poor little fellow suffered so terribly that he could not sleep. After he had suffered six months we tried a set of the Cuticura Remedies and the first treatment let him sleep and rest well; in one week the sores were gone and in two months he had a clear face. Now he is two years and has never had eczema again. Mrs. Louis Leck, R. F. D. 3, San Antonio, Tex., Apr. 15, 1907." A Death Each Second. The number of deaths in the world annually is 33,333,333, or 91,954 per day, 3,730 per hour, 60 per minute, or one per second. It is estimated that the population of the earth at the present time is being increased at the rate of about 16,500,000 annually. "It Knocks the Itch" It may not cure all your ills, but it does cure one of the worst. It cures any form of itch ever known—no matter what it is called, where the sensation is "itch," it knocks it. Eczema, Ringworm and all the rest are relieved at once and cured by one box. It's guaranteed, and its name is Hunt's Cure. Worth Remembering. "How was it when the chief called you in to lecture you that he grew suddenly so bland and kind?" "I slipped my hat onto his seat, and he sat down plump upon it."—Meggendorfer Blaetter. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Castor Flitchers In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. A sick man forgives his enemies with the understanding that it doesn't hold good if he gets well. DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YELLOW? If so, use Red Cross Ball Blue. It will make them white as snow. 2 oz. package 5 cents. The blind population of Great Britain is about 40,000. - Grown-Up Children. It is not only the frivolous whom the spirit of childishness is just now leading astray. Silliness is the fashion even among the wise. Women especially affect a kind of childish shrewdness in talking of serious subjects. Like children who have the habit of romancing, they lose the sense of reality, and because they never talk exactly as they think they begin to think exactly as they talk. London Spectator. TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. You know what you are taking. The formula is phily printed on every bottle, showing it is simply Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form, and the most effectual form. For grown people and children. 50. Later on some of our street contractors may get a chance to repair some of those pavements made of good intentions. One Thing That Will Live Forever, PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, first box sold in 1807, 100 years ago, sales increase yearly. All druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. A poor appetite is a good thing—for the boarding house keeper. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM FOR BRIGHTS DISEASE DIABETES BACKACHE SR 375 "Guaranteed until" SIGK HEADACHE CARTER'S LITTLE IVER PILLS. Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the Side. TORPID LIVER They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Heavy Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. CARTER'S LITTLE IVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature Bruce Wood REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. "Liven the Liver" CURE. Liver Complaint, Constipation, Billiousness, Indigestion, Headache, etc., with SCHENCK'S Mandrake Pills Purely Vegetable, Absolutely Harmless For sale everywhere. Plain or Sugar Coated 25 cents a box, or by mail. DR. J. H. SCHENCK & SON PHILA., PA. OYSTERS $2.50 per dozen sealed cans, 30 combs, large oysters each can, direct packed outside of cans, 21 years in the oyster business. GIVENS PACKING COMPANY, Corpus Christi, Tex. PISO'S Keep It on Hand! Coughs and colds may seize any member of the family any time. Many a bad cold has been averted and much sickness and suffering has been saved by the prompt use of Piso's Cure. There is nothing like it to break up coughs and colds. There is no bronchial or lung trouble that it will not relieve. Free from opiates or harmful ingredients. Fine for children. At all druggists', 25 cts. CURE --- HEAR MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT DOCUMENT FROM CHIEF EXECUTIVE READ IN CONGRESS. URGES CHANGES IN LAWS Present Currency System Declared Imperfect-Control of Corporations the Province of the National Government-Conduct of Labor Leaders Criticised-For Postal Savings Banks. Washington.—In his message to congress, read in both houses Tuesday, President Roosevelt makes important suggestions as to what he considers necessary legislation. The president congratulates the nation on its present excellent financial standing, but calls attention to the need of remedying defects in the currency system. He says: The financial standing of the nation at the present time is excellent, and the financial management of the nation's interests by the government during the last seven years has shown the most satisfactory results. But our currency system is imperfect, and it is earnestly to be hoped that the currency commission will be able to propose a thoroughly good system which will do away with the existing defects. During the period from July 4, 1901, to September 30, 1908, there was an increase in the amount of money in circulation of $902,991,399. The increase in the per capita during this period was $7.06. Within this time there were several occasions when it was necessary for the treasury department to come to the relief of the money market by purchases or redemptions of United States bonds; by increasing deposits in national banks; by stimulating additional issues of national bank notes, and by facilitating importations from abroad of gold. Our imperfect currency system has made these proceedings necessary, and they were effective until the monetary disturbance in the fall of 1907 immensely increased the difficulty of ordinary methods of relief. By the middle of November the available working balance in the treasury had been reduced to approximately $5,000,000. Clearing house associations throughout the country had been obliged to resort to the expedient of issuing clearing house certificates, to be used as money. In this emergency it was determined to invite subscriptions for $50,000,000 Panama canal bonds, and $100,000,000 three per cent, certificates of indebtedness authorized by the act of June 13, 1898. It was proposed to redeposit in the national banks the proceeds of these issues, and to permit their use as a basis for additional circulating notes of national banks. The moral effect of this procedure was so great that it was necessary to issue only $24,631,980 of the Panama bonds and $15.-486,500 of the certificates of indebtedness. During the period from July 1, 1901, to September 30, 1908, the balance between the net ordinary receipts and the net ordinary expenses of the government showed a surplus in the four years 1902, 1908, 1906, and 1907, and a deficit in the years 1904, 1905, 1908 and a fractional part of the fiscal year 1900. The net result was a surplus of $99,283,413.54. The financial operations of the government during this period, based upon these differences between receipts and expenditures, resulted in a net reduction of the interest-bearing debt of the United States from $987,141,040 to $897,253,990, notwithstanding that there had been two sales of Panama canal bonds amounting in the aggregate to $54,631,980, and an issue of three per cent. certificates of indebtedness under the act of June 13, 1898, amounting to $15,436,500. Refunding operations of the treasury department under the act of March 14, 1900, resulted in the conversion into two per cent. consols of 1930 of $200,309,400 bonds bearing higher rates of interest. A decrease of $8,687,956 in the annual interest charge resulted from these operations. In short, during the seven years and three months there has been a net surplus of nearly one hundred millions of receipts over expenditures, a reduction of the interest-bearing debt by ninety millions, in spite of the extraordinary expense of the Panama canal, and a saving of nearly nine millions on the annual interest charge. The message reiterates the well-known views of the president that the control of great corporations, especially the railroads of the country, should be vested in the national government. He says: I believe that it is worse than folly to attempt to prohibit all combinations as is done by the Sherman anti- trust law, because such a law can be enforced only imperfectly and unequally, and its enforcement works almost as much hardship as good. I strongly advocate that instead of an unwise effort to prohibit all combinations, there shall be substituted a law which shall expressly permit combinations which are in the interest of the public, but shall at the same time give to some agency in the national government full power of control and supervision over them. The railways of the country should be put completely under the interstate commerce commission and removed from the domain of the anti-trust law. The power of the commission should be made thoroughgoing, so that it could exercise complete supervision and control over the issue of securities as well as over the raising and lowering of rates. As regards rates, at least, this power should be summary. . . . Rates must be made as low as is compatible with giving proper returns to all the employees of the railroad, from the highest to the lowest, and proper returns to the shareholders, but they must not, for instance, be reduced in such fashion as to necessitate a cut in the wages of the employees or the abolition of the proper and legitimate profits of honest shareholders. Interests of the Wageworker. Turning to conditions affecting the wageworker and the man of small means, the president says: Postal Savings banks will make it easy for the poorest to keep their savings in absolute safety. The regulation of the national highways must be such that they shall serve all people with equal justice. Corporate finances must be supervised so as to make it far safer than at present for the man of small means to invest his money in stocks. There must be prohibition of child labor, diminution of women labor, shortening of hours of all mechanical labor; stock watering should be prohibited, and stock gambling so far as is possible discouraged. There should be a progressive inheritance tax on large fortunes. Industrial education should be encouraged. As far as possible we should lighten the burden of taxation on the small man. There should no longer be any paltering with the question of taking care of the wageworkers who, under our present industrial system, become killed, crippled, or worn out as part of the regular incidents of a given business. As far as concerns those who have been worn out, I call your attention to the fact that definite steps toward providing old-age pensions have been taken in many of our private industries. These may be indefinitely extended through voluntary association and contributory schemes, or through the agency of savings banks, as under the Massachusetts plan. Urgent Need of Reform. Our present system, or rather no system, works dreadful wrong, and is of benefit to only one class of people—the lawyers. When a workman is injured what he needs is not an expensive and doubtful lawsuit, but the certainty of relief through immediate administrative action. No academic theory about "freedom of contract" or "constitutional liberty to contract" should be permitted to interfere with this and similar movements. I renew my recommendation that the principle of the eight-hour day should as rapidly and as far as practicable be extended to the entire work being carried on by the government; the present law should be amended to embrace contracts on those public works which the present wording of the act seems to exclude. I renew my recommendation made in a previous message that half-holidays be granted during summer to all wage-workers in government employ . Judges Too Poorly Paid. Coupled with a eulogy of the judiciary of the nation the president urges that, beginning with the supreme court, the judges should have their salaries doubled. As was to be expected, the attitude assumed by certain labor leaders during the recent election comes in for bitter criticism. The president asserts that demands made on congress for legislation were unjust and impractical and could but work harm to the cause of labor. While declaring that our judicial system is sound and effective at core, the president says: There are certain decisions by various courts which have been exceedingly detrimental to the rights of wage-workers. This is true of all decisions that decide that men are, by the constitution, "guaranteed their liberty" to contract to enter a dangerous occupation, or to work an undesirable or improper number of hours, or to work in unhealthy surroundings; and therefore cannot recover damages when maimed in that occupation, and cannot be forbidden to work what the legislature decides is an excessive number of hours, or to carry on the work under conditions which the legislature decides to be unhealthy. There is also, I think, ground for the belief that substantial injustice is often suffered by employees in consequence of the custom of courts issuing temporary injunctions without notices to them, and punishing them for contempt of court in instances where, as a matter of fact, they have no knowledge of any proceedings. Organized labor is chafing under the unjust restraint which comes from repeated resort to this plan of procedure. Injunction Must Remain. The power of injunction is a great equitable remedy, which should on no account be destroyed. But safeguards should be erected against its abuse. In substance, provision should be made that no injunction or temporary restraining order issue otherwise than on notice, except where irreparable injury would otherwise result; and in such case a hearing on the merits of the order should be had within a short fixed period, and, if not then continued after hearing, it should forthwith lapse. Decisions should be rendered immediately, and the chance of delay minimized in every way. Moreover, I believe that the procedure should be sharply defined, and the judge required minutely to state the particulars both of his action and of his reasons therefor, so that the congress can if it desires examine and investigate the same. Harm Worked by Law. Discussing measures necessary for the proper control of giant corporations operating in defiance of law, the president says: Real damage has been done by the manifold and conflicting interpretations on the interstate commerce law. Control over the great corporations doing interstate business can be effective only if it is vested with full power in an administrative department, a branch of the federal executive, carrying out a federal law; it can never be effective if a divided responsibility is left in both the states and the nation; it can never be effective if left in the hands of the courts to be decided by lawsuits. The courts hold a place of peculiar and deserved sanctity under our form of government. Respect for the law is essential to the permanence of our institutions; and respect for the law is largely conditioned upon respect for the courts. It is an offense against the republic to say anything which can weaken this respect, save for the gravest reason and in the most carefully guarded manner. In no other nation in the world do the courts wield such vast and far-reaching power as in the United States. All that is necessary is that the courts as a whole should exercise this power with the farsighted wisdom already shown by those judges who scan the future while they act in the present. Forest Preservation. The manifest necessity for forest preservation is pointed out as a duty the present generation owes to its descendants, and the president cites the case of China, where reckless de-forestation has resulted in creating deserts, as an object lesson. Inland Waterways. Immediate action by the present session of congress for the improvement of our inland waterways the president declares to be imperative. He recommends the creation of a permanent commission authorized to coordinate the work of all the government departments relating to waterways, and to frame and supervise the execution of a comprehensive plan. Postal Savings Banks. Urging the immediate institution of postal savings banks, the message says: I again renew my recommendation for postal savings banks, for depositing savings with the security of the government behind them. The object is to encourage thrift and economy in the wage-earner and person of moderate means. It is believed that in the aggregate vast sums of money would be brought into circulation through the instrumentality of the postal savings banks. Parcel Post. The much-discussed advisability of the establishment of a parcel post service is thus dealt with: In my last annual message I commended the postmaster-general's recommendation for an extension of the parcel post on the rural routes. The establishment of a local parcel post on rural routes would be to the mutual benefit of the farmer and the country storekeeper, and it is desirable that the routes, serving more than 15,000,000 people, should be utilized to the fullest practicable extent. Education. Dealing with the important subject of education, the president says: With the limited means hitherto provided, the bureau of education has rendered efficient service, but the congress has neglected to adequately supply the bureau with means to meet the educational growth of the country. I earnestly recommend that this unfortunate state of affairs as regards the national educational office be remedied by adequate appropriations. This recommendation is urged by the representatives of our common schools and great state universities and the leading educators, who all unite in requesting favorable consideration and action by the congress upon this subject. The president points out the necessity of better organization of the various bureaus responsible for the public health, and urges the placing of all soldiers' homes under the jurisdiction of the war department. On the question of statehood the president says: I advocate the immediate admission of New Mexico and Arizona as states. This should be done at the present session of the congress. The people of the two territories have made it evident by their votes that they will not come in as one state. The only alternative is to admit them as two, and I trust that this will be done without delay. Country's Foreign Policy. This nation's foreign policy is based on the theory that right must be done between nations precisely as between individuals, and in our actions for the last ten years we have in this matter proven our faith by our deeds. We have behaved, and are behaving, towards other nations, as in private life an honorable man would behave towards his fellows. I take this opportunity publicly to state my appreciation of the way in which in Japan, in Australia, in New Zealand, and in all the states of South America, the battle fleet has been received on its practice voyage around the world. The American government can not too strongly express its appreciation of the abounding and generous hospitality shown our ships in every port they visited. Panama Canal Being Rushed. The work on the Panama canal is being done with a speed, efficiency and entire devotion to duty, which make it a model for all work of the kind. The men on the Isthmus, from Col. Goethals and his fellow commissioners through the entire list of employees who are faithfully doing their duty, have won their right to the ungrudging respect and gratitude of the American people. I again recommend the extension of the ocean mail act of 1891 so that satisfactory American ocean mail lines to South America, Asia, the Philippines, and Australasia may be established. Should Develop Hawaii. I call particular attention to the Territory of Hawaii. The importance of those islands is apparent, and the need of improving their condition and developing their resources is urgent. Progress in the Philippines. Real progress toward self-government is being made in the Philippine islands. I trust that within a generation the time will arrive when the Filipinos can decide for themselves whether it is well for them to become independent, or to continue under the protection of a strong and disinterested power, able to guarantee to the islands order at home and protection from foreign invasion. The president urges that national parks adjacent to national forests be placed under the control of the forest service of the agricultural department; he also points out the benefits derived from pure food legislation. The National Guard. Urging continued efforts to increase the efficiency of the National Guard the president continues: Now that the organized militia, the National Guard, has been incorporated with the army as a part of the national forces, it behooves the government to do every reasonable thing in its power to perfect its efficiency. It should be assisted in its instruction and otherwise aided more liberally than heretofore. The continuous services of many well-trained regular officers will be essential in this connection. A bill is now pending before the congress creating a number of extra officers in the army, which if passed, as it ought to be, will enable more officers to be trained as instructors of National Guard and assigned to that duty. In case of war it will be of the utmost importance to have a large number of trained officers to use for turning raw levies into good troops. For More War Vessels. The navy is the last subject dealt with. In that connection the president says: I approve the recommendations of the general board for the increase of the navy, calling especial attention to the need of additional destroyers and colliers, and above all, of the four battleships. It is desirable to complete as soon as possible a squadron of eight battleships of the best existing type. I most earnestly recommend that the general board be by law turned into a general staff. There is literally no excuse whatever for continuing the present bureau organization of the navy. The navy should be treated as a purely military organization, and everything should be subordinated to the one object of securing military efficiency. A system of promotion by merit, either by selection or by exclusion, or by both processes, should be introduced. Ge oe NG es FE ator S67 COLLEGE SUITS. 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It was a short notice but with the as sistance of this friend Mrs, Pwine quietly arranged for the “surprise? About twenty of her hus band’s friends were invited, and when everything was ready Mr, ‘wine was called by phone and requested to come home at once, Imagine bis surprise when he arrived to find the sitting room crowded with lis best friends, and a wife who's face was boaming with happiness, to take his arm and say — gleefuily, “welcome home husband, this is your birthday and we are prepared for you,”? Home! Home!! Sweet Homet! All who saw the editor knew that he was happy. Just before marehing into the dining reon Mr, ‘wine made a ‘before din nev’? address, in which — he thanked his) friends for thei presence. At his side stood his wife and Mrs, ‘Tate Barnett and as he proceeded to talk lis voice trembled with emotion, He said in part: “My good friends: This i indeed a pleasant surprise t me, Loanr pleased that 1 se before me men whom L can say aremy friends. The frost which | is beginning to mestle upon my | brow are emblems of my forty | sixth (46) birthday anniversary, | All these years have not) been | spent on flowery beds of ease Mine has been a life of sunshine and shadows.” | Here he paused and turned to his wife as he continued: —"'Phis little woman who now stands at my side has come thru it all with me, and have been a material help mate in days of doubt and trouble. Then too, | L desire to express my gratitude to you my friends for your loyal- lty to me through many of these | years, without your aid and as sistance, Lnodonbt, would have | fallen by the wayside years ago.” He concluded his) masterly ovation complimentary to his wife by repeating in soft even the words of that beautifal and expressive love song, | “DREAMING.” { The menu served consisted of {Baked Chicken) with dressing, | Potato Salid, Gravery, Sweet | Pickle, Cranberry Sauce, Am |broalay Ice Cream and Cake, and Egg Nog. j ‘The guests were served with ‘cigars after dinner and all de | parted in the best spirit possible, Notice of Application for Majority Rights. State of Oklahoma,) 8.8. ‘County of Muskogee) | Notice that the undersigned Ben- nie McIntosh, will by his next friend, Joe Melntosh, file in the District Court, in and for Muskogee County, State of Oklahoma, on the 5th day of December, 1908, a petition and ap- plication praying the Court, to con- fer upon him the said Bennie Me- Intosh, a Minor, the rights of Major- ity concerning Contracts, and empow- ering him the said Bennie McIntosh, to transact business in general with the same effect as if done by a per- son above the age of majority. Dated this 17th day of November, 1908. BENNIE McINTOSH, By his next Friend. | (X) JOE McINTOSH. | PERCIVAL ADAMS, CHARLES WHEELER, Witnesses to mark of Joe McIntosh. PERCIVAL ADAMS, 255 Scales Bldg, Muskogee, Okla. Attorney for Petitioner. BARGAINS! FOR SALE—Two lots in factory addition, Muskogee; lots in Porter; farm lands in different localities. See or write A. J. Smitherman, Box G., Muskogee, Okla. 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. Call on A. T, Clark when in need of Coal, Feed and Groceries. Corner 4th and Elgin Ave. Phone 901. THe MAcic ts TWO TIMES LARGER THAN PICTURE -IT 15 91m LONG, IT THEM AGIC INE a9 | nu me LY\AGIC brite, } CT MAILED srs iis $122 Address all otters to Magic Shampoo Drier Co. Minneapolis. Minn MiSs Uontwen ro am, Wall Paper-5000 Rolls Look at this price 5-6-6}-7-74 per Roll Remnants at your own price. Must be sold in 30 DAYS to make room for our new stock Bockenheuser Painting & Decorating Co. | 133 south 3rd st. Nicolds Block. Look for the big Sign Wall Paper. pie : Values can only be determ- ined by prices. It is only when ; ag one comes to compare qualities na sy and prices that one gets a true ? By idea of where real bargains are Sp to be had, Low prices count OUR»: SS for nothing unless value be oe , <FP there, This is a point we are F sonstantly studying—striving 1 Ae Oe h to give our patrons the very aa UE cD Sed —=eee best possible for the money a Co asked. It is in this way that we have built up, and are still building up, our gigantic business MUSKOGEE TEA & COFFEE CO. | MARKET SQUARE