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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15
THAT TRIBAL TAX.


The Atoka Citizen has risen to va
iiantly defend the tribal tax, trying
to establish parallel between i and
a county and state tax County and
state taxes are supposed 10 be for
support of government which fur
nlshes some sort Of protection or
benefit. What does the tribal gov
ernment do? Does il even pretend TO
protect the white man? Is there any
ouid pro quo whstever9 Is the tax
tax or is II an exaction Of tribute?
The merchants in Incorporated
towns bought lots Of the government
They have e right TO be here and try
TO earn a living. The tribes have
sold the townsltes and got good
money out OF them, hundreds Of
times what the land would have been
worth had Il not been for the white
man. The surface OF the South Nc
Alester townslte would have been
worth about two bits an acre but for
the white man. Every material step
forward increases the value Of every
Indians allotment within a radius Of
many miles. The Indians ought TO
appreciate the fact and encourage
business instead of trying to drive
men and Industries out OF here. The
building up OF business here will be
worth vastly more to the Indians
than they could ever get out OF the
tribal tax. The tax has never been
honestly paid and could not be paid
honestly. for 1t would be confiscatory.
We do not believe that the rank
and file OF the Indians uphold the col
lection OF the royalty. The severest
things we have ever heard about the
tribal governments fell from the lips
OF Indians at the Atoka convention
last year, before the Citizen had ex-
perienced its marvellous change OF
heart.
Now as TO the method OF collecting
this tax. If II be lawful TO call 1t a
tax. Under the treaty of 1866 the
merchants were compelled to secure
a license before exposing goods for
sale. In furtherance OF this treaty,
the Choctaw council declared that he
who failed to pay for a license should
be considered an intruder. Then the
secretary of the interior could eject
him from the Territory
But last May congress passed an
act preventing the ejectment of a
non-citizen in lawful possession of a
lot in regularly plated townsite. This
removed the remedy which had hith
erto been employed. Congress by an
act in 1882 declared that there should
not be forfeiture of non-citizen's
goods in any Of the FIVE civilized
tribes. If the tax be lawful when i'm
posed on men in lawful possession OF
lots in a regular townsite mat
ter which ought to be tested in the
the courts) there Is a lawful way to
enforce it's collection. The courts
have suggested a suit as the proper
way. Certainly the high-handed at
tempt to close stores violated the
rights of non-citizens. Unless there
be a statute enacted providing fol
taking away mems property without
due process of law, the injunction
against the Indian agent will stand
South McAlester News.
The educators OF the Indian Ter
ritnrY should endeavor 10 educate III,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

What's the matter with Ardmore,
and we mean the whole town, turning
out Sunday afternoon and giving the
''Old rebels" some Of whom may be
going to their last reunion, grand
send-off. Train is scheduled to leave
at 1880 in the afternoon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

Presidential bees are now buzzing
In many gardens but who will swarm
them? Cleveland is beating indus
triously on the pan he used so ef-
fecuvely in the nineteenth century
but now he has different insect
with which to deal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

There is a general notion rife that
Hpton's new Shamrock is going TO
do up Americas Reliance. and that
he viii carry that cup back TO Eng
land. The loss will be greatly felt,
That cup is intrinsically worth about
$40 and more than ten hundred
thousand has been expended in keep.
ing II.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

willis y, Dowd attorney. tells n
a negro preacher he heard in Norti
Carolina. who prefaoed the passing
OF a collection plate with the state
ment: "salvation's free. brethren, sal
vation's free! Il don't cost noihin'!
We viii now pass aroun' the hat an
collect the freight chargesF- F-lNew
York Press.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

The New York World last Sunday
used 600 tons OF paper to get out its
anniversary edition and then the sup
ply did not meet the demand. The
edition had 1856 pages and was a
marvel in form and matter That's
some newspaper.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

Only seven publishing firms in this
country print Bibles. Last year they
met in Chicago and formed com.
bine. and now the Bible must be had
from the hands of an American trust
There's nothing too good for the
trusts.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15


THE educators OF the Indian Ter.
ritory should endeavor to educate the
various school book publishing com
panies in regard to the capitals of
the Indian country" said Tams Blk
by, chairman of the Dawes commits.
sion. Every geography published has
Tahlequah as the capital of the In
dian Territry. The maps of the Ter
ritory in these Biographies show
scarcely any other towns. But Table
quah is always placed up in heavy
black letters with the star represent.
ing the capital. II is about time that
authors of Biographies knew some
thing of the geography of the Indian
country and the educators here ought
to draw their attention to the mac
curacies of the text books on geog-
ply"
Mr.. Bixby is very correct and we
want to see the honor OF the capital
OF the Chickasaw nation go where II
belngs-to Tishomingo.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15
Millennium at Mount Pleasant.

Mount Pleasant, Texas. May IA
For the first time in nearly forty
years the county jail here is now emp
ty. The doors are standing open and
children play about through the cells
Where prisoners are usually confined.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

Beware of the attractive book
agent. Senator Clark Of Montana, a
widower with three millions a month
income, in buying a book Of a pretty
girl agent took occasion to say some
soft things to her, and now she is
going TO sue him for some Of his mil
lions for breach of promise.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

Something must be the matter with
General Miles: his latest Filipino ex-
pose is causing no more attention
than soda pop bottle that was open
ed yesterday
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

Ardmore has an electric current
supply every hour in the twenty-four'
which is a boon 10 all the people
The new plant, under its able manage
ment. is giving most thorough salts
faction.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

King Edward and his generally
liked queen are now in Scotland
where they are being given a warm
time. It's a reminder of a "hot
Scotch" as It were
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

An Ohio man has hitched his au-
tomobile to a plow. He may not
make very good time but he will give
the machine a better reputation than
81 has been earning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15
Provence.
wooomen Of the World.

Milwaukee. May 14-The Wood
men of the World today elected Off
GERS as follows:
Sovereign adviser, F. A. Falken.
burg, Denver; sovereign banker, Con
gresham Morris Shepherd, Texar.
kama, Tex; sovereign clerk, John Y
Yates, Omaha; sovereign watchman,
.B. w. Jewell, Omaha; sovereign es.
cort, II. F. simrall; sovereign sentry
Il. W. Bradshaw, Little Rock; sover.
eign physicians, DIR. Ira w. Potter and
A. ID. Cloyd, Omaha.
Sovereign Commander James c.
Root holds over for four years.
A board Of sovereign managers was
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

It's the average, everyday man
that's deserving honor. AS a rule he
bears the burden of the world and
adds to the greatness of nations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

An Omaha man has invented a ra-
zor that will cut iron nails, but what
the average man wants to know Is,
will st trim his wife's corns without
losing It's edge?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15
WOMAN PROMOTED.
Miss Gilmore Is Assistant Attorney,
General.

WITS N'"HVTe IS NssTstaht attorney
General.
Washington. May 1.-THE war de.
partment has received mail advices
from Manila that Miss Floy Gilmore
has been appointed assistant attor-
ney-general for the government in
the Philippines. She Is the first wo.
man appointed to such an important
legal position. She went to the Phil.
ippines as stenographer and gained
her present position by her good work
in the office Of the attorney-general.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15
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Marietta

The Marietta schools closed today.
Mrs. Don Wilson and children, who
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. A.
@. NJ. Lay. returned home to Gaines
VILE this morning.
AIesdames Ruth McNel,i and r. w
Choate went to Lebanon today to
relLstitute an Eastern S'a: lCAge.
Miss Mamie Duke returned home
today from a few days visit at Leb
anon.
Holder.
The school exhibition began last
right and close otnigh, Every
thing last night wss a success.
Tom Yount, formerly Of this place
has returned from Arkansas, wher,
he has been living for the past year
Garland and Jesse 2a-l "a are here
from Marietta.
DIR. f. Graham OF Pleasant Mount
is visiting his brother, DR.. s A. era
ham
Mesdames Mcneil a N Shoate are
here to organize an Eastern Star.
Quite a number Of our young peo
pie attended the closing exercises o
the Holder school last night and re
port a nice time.
M.sS Duke Of Mar'e.a is yls ms
here this week.
Homer Moss and family have re
turned from a visit to relatives al
Gilsonite.
We have had several nice showers
OF ain this week and The farmers ar,
looking pleasant.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

Good roads is the universal cry
all over the land. Ardmore would be
benefited greatly by having good
street crossings.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

The time allotted us in which to
raise the money for the Worlds Fair
fund is nearing close. Has Ard
more dono her part?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

You can help keep the city clean
by cleaning up your own premises.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15
s25 Reward.

a Stolen on the night of May 10, two
horse mules, 1914 hands high. "a
|yeals Old One a mouse color IS
fDranded S on the left shoulder. The
|ofher is bay, not branded, has sand
crack in front hoof, Both are shod
ian around. | will pay s25 for the re
turn OF the mules to me, oL
MARTIN WEBER. H
.ia.et. Dougherty, !. It.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

elected including N. b. Maxey of In.
dian Territory. F. A. Falkenburg of
Denver was unanimously elected as
vice'president of thy national frater.
nifty which convenes in this city next
August.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15
Duncan.

Some of the members of the Ma
sonic fraternity from this place at.
tended the funeral Of the late Captain
Jeanes at Comanche yesterday after
noon.
The remains Of Misses Minnie and
Cordie Biggs. who we're drowned in
Big Beaver while trying to cross that
stream on the 11'n instant, were bur.
led at Nellie, Ok, yesterday by the
A. O. u. W., they being members Of
that order at the time of their tragic
death.
A railroad mass meeting is called
to meet here this afternoon to take
some action regarding another rail.
road for Duncan.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

ArdmOre, Friday, May IS, 1908.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15
Elk.

Information reached here this
morning of the shooting Of Jack viii
liams, a whisky peddler, near Monk
yesterday morning by Deputy Leon
Brown and posse.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-05-15

Lee Nelson's 6-months-old old child
died yesterday afternoon and was
buried here today.
j. c. Pierce is preparing to have a
storm house built at his home.
G. d. Schooley went to Elk this af-
ternoon.
The residence of Jim Gamble is
nearing completion.
There will be a candy pulling at the
home Of DIR. J. ID. Wallace tonight.
Wynnewood.
The election here yesterday on the
school bond matter resulted in vote
Of 3O2 for the issuance of the bonds
and "a against
Provence.
The Arkansas and Choctaw steel
gang moved to Durant today, having
finished their work OF laying track
here.
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-03-14
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-03-14

TOWNSHIP 81 NORTH OF RANGE 80 WEST.
nS$SsfHassN...::11ss III ,sls z. 1$ ~
in lot bounded by line Of lot. by line of lot
By H. 8. Kumfelds land, W BY Keweensw bay: 49,.
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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-01-01

II IS not 20 be ryDpc;cd that a busy
l&rm". can hrS:Ow tie same aiLIul, @!
car" and a.lrnti0 on bis poultry as
;hC p3ultryman VINO depends on his
fowls for Il living. Eut nevertheless
th"rc isn't anything on the farm ih&t
pays better than y flock OF PROPERLY
housed and well cared ior fowls i'.X-
pcnsivc poultry house.: arc not nCCcS-
Sary, but thcy must be free from damp
ness and dr,,aEts. Fowls will do
much better in cold house thAt is
irv and clean than l.: one ;lot is aan.p
ana i'll smelling. i1raurr t.Cl.nL il
If lhC mos: imrrr,%Ttr. and now tnal
C"25 ar" bi"h and lt'.~lv to remain so
untli spring il will BAY any on" 10 %ivn
thi" matter t:nyc a(trntiGn. In tHr
first place. r%uCci3!l: AZ ;hi; season OF
tHc year wi,"n :hc hrrs a!C mnui,img.
there must be an ;!j;,nGancr ami vari-
city Of fccI. Whoa, is tho Er&; "g..-
producing food that can be given; rri
il doesn't nav 10 feed i, ccurumiruily
ard partly satisfy the appetite OF the
fowls. and thu; obtain only a few r::gS.
which will scarcely .ay for Che wdc&t.
lui feed ali thrv will eat and ,hc re-
suit will be an abundance of eggs that
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-01-01
American Hammers Excel.

OF the hammers made in America to-
day there Is no end, says The Ameri-
can Importer. There is the tiny lit.
tie tack hammer which weighs only
4 few ounces. and Is indispensable in
house. store. or factory. Then there
IS the twenty and thirty ton hammer
1riven by steam and used for making
immense fOrgings. The numberless
effects which are due to its remark
able force Of impact have made the
hammer a necessity in all trades. I'm
mense manufactures, employing thou
sands Of men. are grinding year in and
year out making hammers. while ten
times as many wholesale houses are
busy putting the product on the mar
ket. Tie industry has advanced to
such stage that many general hard
ware firms in the United States have
thrown out the hammer, leaving It TO
the houses that deal in tools exclu.
sively. In the South Sea Islands tree.
telling contests are Of such Importance
hat specially made axes are imported
for the wore from America. So skilled
ire these woodmen Of the South Seas
Telling timber that a dozen blows on
he trunk Of tree will show but the
one cash, as though done by single
blow Of mighty power.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-01-01
Some Rapid Travellers.

The fastest traveller known is light,
which flashes through space at the
rate Of 10000 miles a second II
covers distance equal to seven and a
balf times the circumference Of the
earth while one can count four.
Electricity ranks next in speed to
light. Under the most favorable cir
cumstances its velocity is the same
as that Of light: but in practical
biography. owing to resistance, which
1t has to overcome, 1t lags a little be.
hind light.
Comets sometimes travel pretty fast
When they are at a great distance
from the sun. toward which they are
drawn by its attraction, they Jog along
rather leisurely; but as they approach
the sun they move faster and faster,
IKE wheel which is rolling down hill,
ana II they pass very close to the sun
'hey may whisk by It at n speed Of
more than 300 miles a second.
Inc earth travels in it's orbit round
the sun at the rate Of over 18 miles a
second. Metcors sometimes plunge
into the earth's atmosphere with a
velocity OF over 40 miles q second.
and many Of the stars arc known IN bo
travelling in various directions even
more rapidly than that.
Sound travels in water 1900 feet in
one second; in air. 900 feet. A mimic
mall leaves the muZzle of the rifle with
a speed of 1900 feet a second; q can.
non ball may start on it's flight with n
speed anywhere from 700 to 1000 feet
a second, according to the size of the
gun.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-01-01

TIL" burying Of cabbagcs heads down
and roots mp is Il mistake. altholgh
the custom is an old one. Whcn the
heads are buried and the ground be-
comes frozen the cabbagcs are com
plctely scaled up and cannot be used.
Later. as the ground lhawS. the heads
begin to rot. and Il large proportion OF
proper plan is to select q high loca.
ton. open row with a OnC-hOrSe
pillow. put the cabbagcS in. roots down
and heads out. placing them close TO-
yethcr. the heads slanting so rs 10 turn
water. Next make another row.
cabbaGcs in the first row. Wncn all
the cabbaScS arc put in they will be
in Il compact mass. Place straw on the
heads and boards OIL tho straw, to
shed rain. If preferred, the cabbages
may be thus placed under a shed. and
covered with straw If the roots arc
put in the ground and the neadS out
tic cabbagcs will be alive the stalks
will give crops Of sprouts for early
greens i'll the spring, and not head
will rot. while they may be cut off
from the stalks at any time when
wanted. whether the ground is frozen
or not. by simply lifting the straw. In
fact. thcy will keep in sucA good con
dition as to begin growing in the
spring. if not disturbed, in tle effort
to produce seed.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-01-01
The Silo for the Shocp Farm.

The use Of cnsilagc for winter feed
ing Of sheep is becoming more and
more the practice among successful
shepherds, and many who have used it.
claim that it is just as valuable for
sheep as for dairy cows. 1t is in all
probability the cheapest food that we
can give to fattcning wcthers or breed
ing ewes. The one important point
about it for ewes is that it must be
absolutely free from all taint. II
spoiled in the least bit the ewes re-
tuse 1t. If properly cured and sweet
they will cat it as eagerly as they will
fresh grass. Their enjoyment Of it is
no more noticeable than their apar-
ent nourishment from its use. Some
times at first the ewes will not take
kindly to cnslage, but in a short time
they can he induced to cat it. Then
they acquire n taste for it, and there
is no further trouble.
Other food should be given to weth-
crs fattening for market, and when a
proper mixture Of ensilagc. corn fodder
and little whole sVain is fed them
daily, they do better than if kept on
grain alone One MHY arrange this
mixture a good deal aScthding ts the
amount of each on hand, but tRl zen.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-01-01

TT NBER date OF JANUARY 10, 1897. Dr.
" Hartman received the following letter:
"My wife had been suffering from Il COM
pication OF diseases Tor the past twenty
tivc years.
"ilcr case had batlicd the skill Of some
OF the most noted physcianS. One OF her
worst tro"hicS was chronic constipation OF
several years standing.
! she also WAS passing through that most
critical period in the lie Of Il woman
change ci lie. In June, lS9j. | wrote to
yon about her ease. You advised il courS"
of Pcruna aud Mpnalin. which we at once
commenced. and have TO say it comn!",".r
cured her. She firmly believes that Sn;
would have been dead only ior these Won
ucrful rrm"lIrS
about the same time | wrote YOU ahou:
my own ease of c0tarrh. which had been
OF tw,nty-tivc years standing. At times |
was almost past going. | commenced 20
use Icruna according to your instructions
and continued its use for about Il year,
and it has completely cured me.
Ionr REM cdics lo ulI tha: aou
claim j0r them. Hnd crcn more. Ca
tdrih cannot criSt uhere Pcrunn is
taken according to directions. Suc-
cess to YOm a,ti u0ur mcdirs."
John o. ftki,Sou.
Ia letter dated January |, 1860, Mr..
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-01-01
Spraying to Kill Charloclt.

In a recent experiment made i'll
England in spraying with sulphate OF
copper on q field Of II acres Of grain,
the water for spraying was Brought
nearly mile to the field. requiring
two horses and a man. The machine
required one horse. man ana boy.
Under these conditions the cost Of la
Dor was reckoned at GO cents per
acre. while the sulphatc cost eight
cents a pound. and 8 l-2 pounds were
used to ten gallons Of water, or 100
pounds. Fifty gallons were used per
acre, making the total cost of the
spraying $1.%i per acre. The field was
badly infested with charlock, some Of
which was already in flower or seed.
There were also some thistles. AS
result. 90 percent of those which had
not reached The towering stage were
destroyed. and 60 TO 20 percent of
those that were in full flower. Most
o; the thiSllcs were also destroyed
and possibly much insect life. The
application was made about two weeks
TOO late for obtaining the best re-
suits, as it should nave been done
W.lcn the charlock had made its first
rough leaves. The oats may have been
injured some. as they were so large
that they had very broad leaves. II
the work had been done two weeks
earlier this would have been avoided
and the charl0ck would nave been
more thoroughly killed. Where il
was 50 large tic spray failed to reach
some Of the lower leaves and did not
kill the whole plant.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-01-01
Productive Power Of Monoy.

The reproductive power Of money is
illustrated in the suit brought by the
descendants Of Benjamin Franklin
against the cities Of Philadelphia and
Boston to recover tho Ell 900 which
the great statesman left to each OF
those cities as fund to aid printers
and other artisans in starting bust.
ness on their own account. These dc.
scendants say that no attempt has
ever been made to carry out the pro-
visions of tho will, and lay claim to
principal and interest. The $4,000 of
the thrifty printer has now increased
to about 100000, an increment from
winch Franklin, If he were alive,
would not fail to extract a moral as
to tho potency Of small savings.