Muskogee Times-Democrat from Muskogee, Oklahoma • 9

JULY 22 THE MUSKOGEE TIMES-DEMOCRAT PAGE NINE CAT IN MAIL BAG CAUSES BIG ROW Pussy Secreted in Sack By Some Orignal Joker -May Lead To Federal Prosecutions Says Cook. Postoffice officials are looking for the person or persons who put a live cat in a small Sixteenth and Brondway some time last night. Dire punishment is threatened if the guilty party is found, as the act was a distinct violation of the federal statutes, according to Assistant Postmaster Cook, is investigating the case. The cat was found- -very much alive and in very much of a mess with the packages and letters- -about 9 o'clock this morning by a postman. The last previous collection had been made yesterday afternoon about o'clock, so the cat may have been in the box sixteen hours, though officials believe the animal was put in some time during the night.

The argument of the brewers is that congress has no right to define the word "intoxicating." that being one of their inalienable rights. IS YOUR BLOOD HUNGRY FOR IRON? Who Nuxated Should Iron Take Modern Methods of Cooking and Living Have Made an Alarming Increase The Eldefly in Iron Deficiency in Blood of Inactive Man ican Men and Women. NUXATED IRON Helps Make Red Blood The Kind That Puts Into the and Courage Into Veins Men. Cheeks of Women and Borer, Strength "Is your blood starving for want of iron? Iron The Tired is red blood food. If you Nervons were to KO without eat- House wife ing until you became weak, thin and emaciated, you could not do a more serious harm to yourHell than when you let your blood literally go hungry for want of iron that gives it strength and power to change food into living tissue." says.

Dr. James Francis Sullivan. for. merly physician of Bellevue Hospital (Outdoor New York. and' the Westchester County Hospital, "Modern methods of cooking and the rapid pace at which people of this country live has made such an alarm-.

ing Increase in Iron deficiency in the blood of American men and women that I have often marveled at the large number of peopie who lack iron in the who never pect the cause of their weak, nervous, run-down state. But in my opinion. you can't make strong, sturdy men and women by feeding them on metallic Iron. The old forms of metallic Iron must gO through A digestive process The Run-down to transform them into or- Business Woman canto iron- -Nuxated Ironbefore they are to be taken such products are up and assimilated by the an entirely differhuman system. Notwithstand- ent thing from Nux Ing all that has been said and ated written on this subject by It you are well.

known physicians, strong or well yr sands of people stilt insist owe it to yourself to mal in dosing with the following test: Sc metallic Iron simply, The Exhausted how long you can work suppose, because it costs Man how far you can walk Business few cents less. I strong- without becoming tired. ly advise readers in all cases to get a Next take two five-grain tablets of orphysician's prescription for organio dinary Nuxated Iron three times per day Iron--Nuxated Iron- or 1f you don't your strength again two and weeks, how Then test after meals for see much want to go to this trouble, then purchase only Nuxated Iron in its origInal packages and see that this particular name (Nuxated Iron) appears on the packages. If you have taken preparations such as Nux and Iron and other similar fron products and talled to set results, remember that you have gained. Numbers of nervous, run-down people who were ailing all the while have Increased their strength and endurance in two weeks' time while taking iron in the proper form.

Sold by Clark Drug Cardinal Drug Terminal Pharmacy and all other druggists. Men Wanted Wanted-10 men to shovel gravel in city. Pay 40c Per Hour See Supt. of Streets at City Barn, 561 Altamont, Wednesday morning at 7 o'clock ARBITERS ARGUE OVER WHO SHALL FOOT THE BILLS Must Be General Fund, Say Company Men; City Asked to Help. -Misunderstanding as to who was to foot the bill tor the arbitration proceedings in the street car strike came near causing an open disagreement at the open meeting of the board this morning.

Following the preliminary discussion over the strike issues and the decision to adjourn until 1:30 this afternoon, N. A. Gibson, attorney for the Traction company brought up the matter of paying the expenses of the arbitration proceedings. "The company stands ready to pay half Mr. Gibson said, think the matter should be settled at once so that there will be no chance for a misunderstanding." "We must be paid out of a general fund or not at all," said H.

G. Davis, who said he also spoke the mind of J. H. Mosler, the other arbiter chosen by the car company. "We want it understood that we are not being paid by the company and that we are simply helping to settle the matter as cite dzens of Muskogee -not as company men." Mr.

Mosier said that he would "rather pay to keep out of the job than be paid to stay." Later he gested that each party to the controversy put up a deposit of $250 to cover expenses, which he estimated would be about $300. It seemed the general opinion among the that they should be paid, though some said that they didn't worry about it as long as the other were paid. Carmen Are Broke.L. Q. Twinam, arbiter selected by the union, said that the car men were "broke" after seven weeks of idleness and that the Central Labor union and Building Trades council would see that the unions paid whatever was right.

Mayor Wisener, asked whether the on we mattor UL paying the arbiters, said that he had not taken the matter up with anyone. He further declared that he had found that the city could not "legully pay the arbiters." Officials of the Central Labor union later said they were to take the matter up with the mayor this afternoon and a plan would be worked out. Wants City to Pay. "I think the city should pay its share a8 well 8.8 the men and company," said a union leader. have a contingent fund and could well afford to pay their share as the third party to the controversy." Arbiters finally decided that outsiders should take up the matter of payment and that it was "too delicate a matter" to be discussed at a meeting of the arbitration board.

After the discussion R. D. Long, manager of the company, was heard to suggest that the "matter might be referred to another arbitration board for settlement." FORD EXAMINATION PASSED TO FRIENDS Mount Clemens, July of Henry Ford by Attorney Elliot G. Stevenson, for the Chicago Daily Tribune, defendant in Mr. Ford's $1,000,000 libel suit, was cluded today and interrogation passed Into the friendly hande of Alfred Lucking, Mr.

Ford's personal attorney. KING Shoulders of Strength A 23 More Strength where Strength is needed DRUTE STRENGTH is first among reasons for the longer and greater mileage of Ajax Tires. It is built into Ajax Tires by a Note theAjax Road King, shown scientific principle- -Ajax Shoul- in the picture. See how its Shoulders of Strength. Engineers em- ders of Strength buttress the tread ploy the same principle in massive and build it out so that road and tion is evenly distributed over the like.

the entire tread width. AJAX ROAD KING You Put Ajax more Tires on out your car. MORE TREAD ON THE ROAD get mileage of them, because more mileage is built into Shoulders of Strength are buttresses of rubber, them. Ajax Tires will save you that reinforce the tread. miles and money.

They add months of ser- Ajax Tires Are Guaranteed In vice and miles of wear. Writing 5000 EXCLUSIVE DEALERS Cossey Tire Supply Co. Okmulgee at 3rd Phone 295 In Muskogee Brief Interest to Everybody Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been granted to James T. Clark, 34, and Minn Roxie Barber, 20, Porum: Theodore Prather, 21, and Miss Ora Foreman, 17, Musko.

gee. Charges Desertion. Mrs. Addie Alexander has filed suit in district court for a divorce from Isaac Alexander, charging him with desertion. They vere, married October 3, 1915, and separated on January 1, 1917.

Arrive From Arkansas. P. C. 8. Wall, F.

Franey, 8. Lenine, J. F. Rutherford and H. Gregory, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, arrived this morning to spend.

several days in Muskogee on oil business. Brooks, merchant of Pershing. Okla, was in Muskogee yesterday on some legal business. J. B.

Morrison Tulsa oil operator, came over yesterday to look after his oil property in this vicinity. To Manage Melton Cafe. Mr. J. M.

Shelton of St. Louis has accepted a position as manager of the Melton cafe here. Mr. Shelton has had a number of years experience in cafe work, having had charge of large establishments, in New York, St. Louis, and Dallas, as well as dining car service.

He began his new duties yesterday morning, and will make his home here. Judge Thomas P. Holt, of Ada was in Muskogee yesterday on legal business. Late Train Causes Visitors. Muskogee received twenty-five or thirty sight-seers this morning when the Fort Worth section of M.

0. G. train No. 4 arrived here five hours late and missed all eastern connections. The passengers were held here for train No.

10 which left at 1:10 p. m. To Clean Streets. At the meeting of the city council Tuesday morning it was decided that the streets in front of the Muskogee garage would be cleaned by the city only once more. Then if the owners of that garage continue tor repair cars on the streets action against them is likely.

Couple Draws Fine. M. A. Shears and Elsie Smith were fined $5 each in the police court this morning by Judge Fred S. Zick on A charge of disorderly conduct.

They both pleaded guilty after being arrested last night at one of the hotels of the city by Officer Roy E. Starkey. Police Put Ban on Dogs. Steps will be taken by the police department to enforce the city ordinance requiring all dogs to have leashes and muzzles in public, it was reported this morning. Policemen will be instructed to keep a watch for all dogs not in compliance with this order.

There are' more stray dogs about the city this summer than ever before, policemen say. This 1s attributed largely to the fact that Charles Mehan, formerly official dog killer of the city, now in the army. han used to" kill an average of five doys a day, It was said, and made a record of 16 in one day. Mark Minter is now working in that capacity. Nine dogs were killed yesterday in various parts of the city, all of which were done at the request of civilians.

Two dogs that the police believe were mad, were killed Sunday. You Can Make Your' Complexion Soft, White and Youthful By the Use of the Popular BLACK and WHITE Beauty Treatment, Women everywhere want to look well, the savage maiden tattoes her skin, fixes rings in her nose, while the example of present day beauty in 8. civilized woman 19 velvety skin and a radiant complexion. To attain a beautiful sticky, greasy face creams, lotions, powders or rouge should not be used. Such cosmetics only serve to temporarily hide or mask the unsightly skin.

You can remove pimples, Insect bites, freckles, tan, sunburn and make your dark, sallow. muddy complexion white, smooth and soft by the use of the Black and White Beauty Treatment, which consists of Ointment and Soap. The Ointment Is used at night -washed off the next morning. It 1s different from cosmetics it takes off or removes skin blemishes does not cover or hide them. Both Black and White Ointment and be bought at all good drug.

stores for 250 a package, or the manufacturers will send them direct post-' paid on receipt of price. Free sample and literature can be had 1t you will clip and mail this to Black and White, Box 913, Memphis, Tenn. BLACK OINTMENT Cleans the complexion -take that PHOTO Post Card or Kodak film to the Art Shop -we will surprise you with a perfect likeness The Art Shop 204 South 3rd St. Coming -Old Yale--Sunday Big Vitagraph Serial "THE PERILS OF THUNDER MOUNTAIN" CLERKS MEET TO DISCUSS DEMANDS Minimum Wage and 6 o'Clock Closing Hour Up at Meeting. Demands for better hours and minimum wage for workers will be discussed at a meeting of the retall clerks' union at 8 o'clock tonight at the Moose hall.

An agreement for a minimum wage scale of $12 and A 6 o'clock closing hour will be drawn up at the meeting. it is expected, and presented to the retail employers for action. The contract was outlined at a meeting of the committee from the union last night and will be brought before the meeting for ratification. The organization of the union, which is known as Local No. 1043 of the Retail Clerks International Protective association, has been completed.

R. T. Seyfrit of Futterman'e was chosen president and W. J. Rogers of Max Davidson's, elected vice presldent.

secretary-treasurer A. J. Saul of the Keystone Tailors, while Hiram Weddell of Pure Food cery was elected guide. About 40 clerka representing most of the stores in town were present at the Sunday meeting, It said. The membership now numbers over 60 and more are expected to join at the meeting tonight.

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What others do good, bad or indifferently, we try to do best. Herein lies the success of this store-service-success that comes from the confidence and satisfaction of our patrons. Confidence and satisfaction that are the result of a broader, more enlightened, more intensified service. ALEX I. MOSES KEYSTONE CLOTHIERS 206 BROADWAY The House of Light-Weight Kuppenheimer Clothes Suits for Smart New Styles Summer Comfort $35.00 to $50.00 $12.50 to $35.00.