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Muskogee Times-Democrat from Muskogee, Oklahoma • Page 4

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POUR. MUSKOGEE TIMES-DEMOCRAT Published Dally Except Sunday by THE DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO. Corner Wall and Lombard Streets feOME V. DUN, PrtaldOlt. (DGCNC It REM, Sccrclary-Trtasaw.

Eastern Repreaentattve-E. Kate, Special Advertising Agency, 280-284 Temple Court, New York Western Repreeentatlve-B. Kata, Special Advertising Agency. 317-318 U. 8.

Expreaa Building. Chicago. and Business Of flees 474 Par Week SUBSCRIPTION RATES er Month. Three Months (by mail only) 11.00 TAHLEQUAB B. Teehee, Manager.

Matter, February 24, 1906, at the Postofflce at Muskogee, Indian Territory, under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. "Kitty Kale" is the name of a new poet who has Just struck Muskogee. He is writing for so much The csar is to give Admiral Alexloff a cabinet position, ito be the only lure way to get him killed off. Idaho, Natrada fther estern states have contributed enormously Every Una of bosineaa has unusual activity. v.

There aeemt Indeed no end to the general accumulation of riches. traits arr not so justly divided as they might be, but that la another matter. The present situation Is not without Its lesson. We must not forget the biblical story of the aeven fat nine and the seven lean ktne. The coming, though, not now visible, when the lean rears will be (iine la co felon us.

He la lentil Snot wise for 1th one hand, a wise' man who In prosperity sfves up again Nature la profuse, open-handad and lavish. But us to attempt imitation without understanding. J-l Wlhlle nature is plentiful and bountiful and generouw she is careful and prudent and economical with the other. Nature at times bathes the world in unstinted showers of rain and floods of sunlight. No single ray is wasted.

Every drop of the generous rain is gathered up agnjn into the clouds. Even the dead plants anjl the leaves of the trees nr'o utilized for and flowers, nature's open-handedness we may safely This seemi to hnve cleored THe The Katy Hotel In Muskogee Is reliably roporlnd $40,000 the past year. Find out what the taxes arc? The mouth of the A mason Is 20 miles wide. It holds the record for South hut North America has the mouth of Foraker. A Jury that William T.

Martin, assisted In removing the Creek Now the.Dawes commission coterie will probably make fun of that Jury. ''When you want, to know the time a train leaves Muskogee an any railroads. Jusf call up the agent by telephone: He wilt answer questions. 4lt la all right to boom the Improvement of the Arknaaas river, but about the atekmboit'that la to reduce the freight rates? We arejnot now, but always to be, blessed. They are addicted to the shocking habit of playing dominoes at South McAlWer.

It would be harsh to assume that this vice has become prevalent since Theodore W. Oullck took up his residence there. Another house caught fire yesterday morning ana burned a hole In the ground before the department got through with its stralgbt-away wallow. Are theso lessons severe enough to teach the economy of good 1 pavementa? 4 he "Mid-Continent," an Illustrated monthly oil magaslne, has made ppearance. It la published at Tulsa wlth.S.,N.

Francis as general agar. It clearly thM JoaiJ fldlsbJd' jrfubltcaUon in the monthly ever produced, la either Oklahoma or Indian Territory. Its plan I JOurtraflstfc and' It will no dbnbk pVore tb dfto the new state. At the.government subtreasury In St. Louis, $61,500 was missing, r.

A MI xnoney fortes ji at Dyer's father happens to be. Jthe sd States, District Attorney at St. Louis. The young man was' ar- r. tried and acquitted, but the government is short 161,600.

The conclusion to be reached is that the money was of 4 FDarrKt)3 FA1HLT. The shatoatOAitJie American failure Justly 1 the Filipinos. Two powerful and been able to prevent just tariff laws for the Islands. Because these selfish trusts have Interfered wo keep up a needless terrier against the two great money products of the Philippine Islands. This Is not only a short-sighted economic policy, but brutally selfish We shut out the Filipinos from the chance to develop their and we shut ourselves out from the bodofits.

Because we do not produce enough of either of the commodities for our own use. We tie the hands of the Flllplnog and tie our own hands. All tor the sake of two trusts. The most absurd thing on the statute books of this country Is the tariff law respecting the Philippines. This kind of weather also brings untold privation to the skate aharpeher'a guild.

Again the United States marine In making himself useful. It's time to cut out this about marines. Having raised Its salaries without ii roll call, the house can look Innocent and aver that Its Jett hand knoweth not what its right hand doetb. I'ROSPKKITY IS EMPTY WITOOVT W'hai are you' doing with your ehare of the general prosperity? Throwing It uway In high Hying? Carelessly letting it run out through your fingers In a thousand and one unnecessary little expenses? Is beltrg lost The tremendous Increase In weullh In the t'nlted Suites today Is a phenomenon that amazes the world. It Is due primarily to the fortunute succession of good crops and to the development of natural resources.

The western farmers and the southern planters have had an abundance of grain and corn nnd cotton, and the prices have been good. The mines of Montana, Colorado, Utah, the benefit Of next year's fru If we truly understand Imitate. Opon-handedncss is suicide unless by thrift. A few dollars In a savings bank or in a safe Investment or In a home is as good seed as ever was sown. Out of It grow quickened energies, firmer courage, more stalwart thought and hope, more orderly citizenship, education for the children and the Independence and self-respect that lift aimless, hopeless drudges up to true manhood and true womanhood.

Says Chancellor Day, "the wage earners get enough for what they do. and a great them get more." Who'd have any Day could be so benighted? A Pittsburg banker arrested In a theater had to go to Jail because lawyer In church. What chance has a lawyer like that In Pitts' burg? THE PROGRESS OF HUMAN LIVE. Dr. McOee, or St.

Louis, In a paper read before the American Association for the Advancement of Science last week gave -a cheerful message and added to the literature of the "race suicide" discussion. Dr. McOee says the race suicide is a false alarm He takes sides with the champions Putting his generally accepted by terras of ratio, be says the number of offspring of any type varies Inversely with the life of the type. To illustrate The eagle Is long-lived. It lives a hundred years.

It lays but few eggs. The shad, on the other hand, lives but a few Weeks and It lays millions of eggs. So, when men are long-lived nature sees to it that they have fewer children. 'In Amerla the average length of life has and therefore nature haB reduced the number of children." "leapsand bounds." He mt been wgtching some of politicians. Justice Hailaja says IMTcouWrM has not outgrown the constitution.

It seems that It has merely' outrun It should.Mr. Rockefeller take jTyloomy view of 1907 Just after rthat Onto court decided that the conviction of the Standard Oil company uwiia wrong? It will be noted by careful observers that the new schemes for "secure" life Insurance are advanced by the same gentlemen who were behind the old and discredited schem.es. fi' IfKW STATE TOPICS. Mc A tester newspapers have what they call a "sick Bortlesvllle has a new theater known as the Laugtiatoilum. Law ton negroes expect to estnb llsh a colony In Old Mexico.

The Bank of Red Fork haB been I incorporated with capital of $5 000. j. H. Lee committed suicide at Vernon. He was 63 and despond I'cnt.

Shawnee has loaned $300,000 to Eastern Hanks the past I week. The Martin Mining company will I erect a smelter In the Wichita moun 1 tains. Officers raided a notour game In the Robinson hotel at Tulsa, making Ave arrests. Laudanum end strychnine are tho drugs most used nt Tulsa by persona who commit suicide. has secured a foundry nnd machine shops that will be moved fiom Winfleld, Kas.

I A hundred years ago In thlB country the average length of life was years; now It Is 29 years. Besides, says this doctor The "yellow in human tendency tpward disease and gradually dying out Wte are growing We are healthier- hi -mind. Toj the. question which, occurs. 1 B' nWVwe WtHiggliB 1 Ifor Prof.

McOee ansswrs: g. everer I thisJismntijr jlfa Is bocbmlngi better and i NO MATTER HOW SHALL NO MATTER HOW LAWB I THE MUSKOGEE TITLE TRUST CO. mm': mm Will five It Careful Attention. Thli Appltoe to the Men and Wolnen a it no GENERAL ti AbetracU Title, rarance, Surety Bonds and Real Estate. PHONE NO.

1 Second and Broadway IIIIM. WesoUclt your bualiieW and promise prompt and treatmeat banking, Insurance, Ahstracta and Real Estate that for striving. matter. It la goocj to. that, ir for our children than It was for This, afteir all, If of the cruel, but necessary, law tlie If the -Is to bo keener than ever what of those who are not Lborn with the; Will not the weaker suffer then, more than now? In other words, iV i of the scientific improvement of the' race of men there will' never come a day on this earth when something more than science will not be needed.

There always will be scope for mercy and charity and helpfulness, as now. Else that which we call "character" would not be possible. Oklahoma Baptists hope to get a piece of Rockefeller's money with which to endow a college. Ootebo Out $100,000, worth of cotton in one day last Week. The Bhlpment consisted of 2,000 balea.

A concerted attempt: i its: being made by the people' of Caddo icoun-. ty to get the license ofi( 'the lloons" revoked. O.i'W.' has a mall i or den trmXi RpQf.tpn^, Ahat he obtained, mgtrunonial) ii; i i ,1 I Stud poker Js the, fayprite Sunday Same in Oklahoma Cify gambling houses, according, tq. lecent, police court testimony. NATiGMAL BANK Capital and Surplus $300,000.00 J.

fnas, PrcsMcat. r. WMAtD, E.E.MA1J0N, Vkc-Prcm, lODDIBtON, PraddoV i'Bi Editorial Clippings'. Largely Due to Kooze. Chlckasha's gieat race riot and lack outrage ended in the arrest for bottlegglng of witness and of most of tho negro I Journal.

FRENZIED FOOLISHNESS. J. W. Flenner. Who buys the oats? Telling It Scary.

Far out on the tossing flood watts came the cry of a dog. All eyes were turned toward the helpless creature as he borne swiftly on what appeared to be the bide of a World. not There's An It. And now they say Douglas Is to tuke editorial charge of the Oklo- Post, purchasing a large block of the "Stock. If it were not tor the purchasing proposition there might be something In this tiai tlesvllle Enterprise.

The Ov G. railway extension from southward will be com; Vieted to the Texas line before, the I end of this year. so i get away from Tulaa," I the frantic cry of de spondenta who swallow fatal doeas of laudanum or strychnine. Phllo Lockwood, of Tulsa, has a watch that weighs almost half a I pound. Dollar Ingersoll? No: Its one he got In Texas for four bits.

Officers broke up a gang of horse Aleves who had a iendezvous in the untalns near Qulnton and cap fed Lee Phillips, a member of the I band. v.im I I. BEL1ABLE DENTI Eumlnatloo WVOipg PUnlcas iL (Oe OR. O. RNEML 9xd and Brcwdwy BM K.

iSpecials fori jTHIS WEEK': 1 MIDLAND MUnlNE WORKS tiJiw I-net carrifoinltock. LathieShapera Office and Shop. ilS' N. Main St. Telepnohe K2S MUSKOGEE.

IND. TBR. MADE FROM WHEAT DR. PRICE'S WHEAT FLAKE OELERY to an tmDroved wheat food made from the entire wheat grain with celary? to render it more palatable. The foods that are the most natural are the moat healthful, if people would use the Intended by nature, Ing would be lost In rtrengtb and vitality.

If you wish to be the possessor of good, eound health, include Dr. Price's Food In your bill of fare. I I IIN IM tltn iUadyte I CMlgMrvadbat. MtoaMtiMfaralawawMtMieyfariitoN Favors Bcttrr Schools. I We have a school tax of Ave mills and a general tax of ten mills.

A real business administration wouM reverse these figures, Bu' that Is no' the worst of It. The wai rants on the general funds ran hardly find a buyer even at a heavy Ardmore Democrat. Rapid Transit to School. Professor plan for township High erhoolB and conveyances foi children bus many points to commend It. The tlpie hus gone by when our son and heli can profitably arrlvo at the district school fifteen minutes lute, after a two-mile stroll, accompanied Iby a brulsv and a tin dinner pall.

We live faster than that McAlester Capital. This Is fine buggy riding weather. Hero's to Geoffrey Randolph Boggs, Whose sane thoughts nave slipped their cogs;" Here's to Geoffrey when he writes the foolish dope. Our hand's out to Geoffrey For his stock's gone up to par, He'll continue to perform my work. I hope.

Wonder If "Kitty Katz" asked Uncle Joe Cannon If he might write a little poesy? Gone is my occupation. The muse Is on the bum; The populace Is But not from drinking rum. A feller cannot horse at all; Each poet making wight. Has caught the Inspiration, From the Wrong Mr, Wright. The Katy Is to be double-tracked across the territoiy.

Work Is lp progress from Atoka southward and the survey has been completed ward to McAlester. 1 Sentiment in favor of Sunday shows Is being manifested at Shawnee and the city council will soon be asked to enact an ordinance permitting such entertainments. John A. Clark, of Tecnmseh, offers ten acres' of land for a capltol site and 200 more to be platted and sold aB an inducement for locating the state capital near that place. 2 1 003 I bu Doz.

3 Tomatoes, 1.20 Iowa Potatoes, 5Cc 13 lbs. 1.00 If; i ft CMrokcc Ave. Phone 10. A hobo too modest to, give hia TII me saved 126 lives by flogging Frisco train near Sapulpa in time keep the train from being dashed Into a deen gorge on account of broken rail. William Austin, a blacksmith aged 60, attempted suicide at Tul- mi by drinking two ounces of laud- lit frenzled in- anum Doctors pumped him out.

and ii 6 tm la walk subacute attack of dls- or hourB A big row I In progress in the stole the cute Creek Anadarko schools. As a result of long continued friction with a cranky school board, the superintendent. High school principal and one It Who was roll? Who wai It swiped the Seminole Who was it caught. In a hole? The Jury says 'twas Martin. How the Story Over three weeks ago some nt- tro-glycerlue exploded a few miles from Bartlesvllie and the patters from that city chronicled the fact rroidlngly.

A week Mime ntmble correspondent wired H'eiwss City papers that a man had teen killed in the explosion. Two afterward an enterprising Thlsa dally published the account of the explosion and killed three ea Hi article. A few days utar ngper ndtfed to'tfaaHat of aasuauies two dead 1 The Broadway Cleaning and Dye House French Dry and Steam Geaninf Ladles' and Men's Sundries Babies' Oothini HoustnoM Goods, Ruos, Rorxs and Mats Work entrusted to ua will be handled, by the moat advanced metboda known to the 7 trade. No shrinking or changing of color. 816, 817 West Broadway VAN 0O0ZCB, Prop.

Tel. 479 EsUbllaherl 1905 Repairing, Altering and, Presamg Klttv. Kitty. Kat. Nice and warm upon the mat.

With a Job so good and tat. Scltty! Scltty! scitty! Beat! Wonder what's the purr-puss It Kitty Kstz a ThomasT the other teacher have resigned. Bob Galbreath, oil operator In the Olenn pool, has a son who was i-rbmptly christened Olenn Pool on Ms arrival iaat week. It Is alleged that the youngster could cry "oil" five minutes after he was born. Mrs.

Martha Jane Hannon. after years of wedded bliss, or blister. suing for divorce, at Tulaa. The parties concerned are among elite of Tulaa town and the World says the "action was brought 'unostentatiously In the federal court." A Tulaa student of seismic condt I Hons a terrific earthquake Judging from the meouw let up. Someone ain't kept their promise.

Bryanettes From The Commoner Mr. Guggenheim, will not Join In the demand tor aatnerease of a pel-1 In that vicinity some time aoon. Hoi IH the aenatorlal uaaea his dire prediction on'Uw fb-f try 11 .500 a year I Sir Thomaa lilpl pwoole porsaal tperau wkaWiw ol'S BRAGD0N-F0R0-RULIS0N CO. MONEY TO LOAN ON LAND Real Estate and Surety Bonds PEARSONS TAFT CstaMlsaed IB AS ALCXANDCS SMABT, 306 Iowa BuOdtad MONEY TO LOAN ON NELSON BROS w. H.

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