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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

That is what you are doing when
you buy your pianos elsewhere. or OF
some Cheap John House" We carry
the very best line of pianos and give
the best Of prices and If any thing
about our instruments prove to be un-
satisfactory, we are right here all of
the time to make it right with our
purchasers. We do rot rush in and
make quick sales and rush right out
again, leaving the town taking out all
the money the people have expended
with us. but we stay here and use
such in helping build our city and aid
ing our own town people
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

From Traveller. Arkansas City-One
great disappointment arose from the
fact that the "Spinister@ who intend-
ed to wear long white "nsptalettes"
cut full and gathered into a ruffle at
the ankle together with short skirt
and hoops backed down at the last
minute. All because she heard that
a bald headed row composed Of prom
inent bachelors were coming purpose
ly to "rubberneck' at her.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

The Teachers Reading Circle Will
meet Saturday, February 2. at the Of
fice of the county superintendent. All
teachers are invited to attend "Ameri-
can Folk Lore VIII be the subject OF
the lesson An effort viii be made
10 haye both a pleasant and profitable
time. Lesson 10 be conducted oy
LavIna smIlh
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

Cut this ont and take i, 10 the Eagle
drug store and get free sample o..
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. the best physio They
cleanse and inyigorate the stomach,
improve the appetite and regulate the
bowels Regular size 25c per box
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

A cheap and comfortable way to-
travel is in the personally conducted
weekly excursion tourist cars TO the
Pacific coast. Through from Mem
phis without change via Rock Island
System, Choctaw Oklahoma anu
Gulf r r., and So Pac Route and
Union Pacific Route,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

Prof Luetgurt Makeoyer with his
wonderful discovery, 'Remodoscope." "
He makes old maids over into bloom
ing brides, prima donnas, buttertiys,
long. tall or short, men. In fact any
thing an old maids heart may long
to be. Opera House Feb. 11th
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

The oklahoma City cornet band
gave a concert last evening the pro
ceeds OF which viii be- spent for the
purchase OF new uniforms
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

il was stated here today that VIII
liam Raider. who was sentenced to the
penitentary at Columbus. o., six
wears ago for completely in the rob
berry of Rock Island train near Doy-
er. has regained his liberty and is now
i'm the cigar business at Woodward
He was given three years and several
months of his sentence for good be-
havior
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

Is II a burn2 Use Dr. Thomas
Eclectric OH A cut2 Use Dr.
Thomas Electric OH. At your drug
gists.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06
LEApERHrrEs.
Local Happenings Of City and Terri.
tory Briefly Told.

Henry Starr. recently released from
the Ohio penitenuary under a pardon
from President Roosevelt. got out just
In time to claim his allotment as a
citizen of the Cherokee nation and
win go TO vinita for that purpose this
week.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

Among the many funny things in
the Old Maids Convention was an old
maid who wished to be made over
into a brunette, the professor put in
too much color and she came out a
real coon
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

The Capitol National bank has the
first worlds fair souvenir gold dollar
10 come to Oklahoma Part have N
head Of Jefferson and part Mckinley
Price. 50. Proceeds go to worlds
fair.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

To Cure a Cold in one Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
Jse This signature ISrN e.
n every box. 25e. ''''
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

Mrs Ciaud McCroy left for Guthrie
where she will remain with her hus-
band while the legislature is i'm ses-
sion- Alva Courier
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

The women of the city federation oil
women's clubs Of Chickasha are to ask
aid Of the other ladies societies of
the town TO aid them in the work of
planting shrubbery and trees and 9th
erwise heautifying the city and public
grounds
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money II It fails 10 cure e. w,
Groves signature is on each box 25c.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

The Uraed States Indian inspector
for the indian territory viii on March
4. sell at public auction the old build
ings and improvements on the mill
tary reservation at Fort Gibson, now
abandoned
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06
G. E. Dunnlea.

One hundred choice irouser par
terms bought cheap, have pair OF
pants made; come at once and get
choice. Webb Tailoring Co.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

Shawnee has happygo-lucky club
the members OF which are supposed
not 10 care what happens 20 them
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

Postmaster w NJ Mccoy has re-
ceived notice from the department
that postmasters are forbidden TO as
sist in collecting money due from post
Office employees to money loaners.
Money loaners send circulars 70 en-
ployes offering to make loans on per
sonal notes. secured by an order on
the postmaster TO pay to the holder
the face of the note out Of the em-
ployes ealary. Postofflce employees
are also forbidden to borrow money
in this, way.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

Shawnee is figuring on selling her
park to build school houses.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

Guthrie spends a good sum banquet
ing and toasting legislators-Timos-
Journal
Beaver county received only a one
one hundred and flftieth part Of the
school land money this apportion-
ment
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

= u TNITNNN0I
The Pioneer Music Man Of Oklahoma
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06
outhr : towel supply.

1uNHi OWei supply.
Uebinet, p urror comb and brush
and . clean towel each morning, sl.0O
per month.
See Walter Hammock At Star Laun.
dry.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

The first months work Of the Cher
okes land office was as follows Tick
cts Of admission issued. S9O2; total
number of tickets admitted during
the month, 6O3i total number Of i'm
lividual allotments made during The
month 1,O45.
out in Woods county they are now
eating the third crop OF potatoes with.
in a year.
A Comanche county constable has
been arrested charged with obtaining
money fraudulendy
Home talent gave a minstrel show
in Lawton Wednesday night
The Elks OF Hobart entertained their
friends Thursday night with a ball
and banquet About so enjoyed the
evenings social gathering
Oklahoma City Is said 10 be infested
with thieves, thugs crooks and an
endless variety OF slick fellows
FL Reno has another newspaper.
BLACKWELL Is 70 have a brass band.
According to the census reports insl
published az MuskoGee that town has
a population Or 5000 or an increase q
l3.s00 since 1900
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

Ada has shipped so far this season
1858 bales Of cotton aud there are
nearly 1000 more ready to be ship
ped.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06
aANn -MsNALEY .~.v-S
uFFleaAL RHEVVFW
lTAkAlNA rs CENTS
Az I56 ADAMS sLcRICAE1.
co. "A" NOTICE

co. "A" NOTICE.
All members Of Co. "A" are herea,,
ordered to meet at the Armory on
Harrison avenue over the Eagle drug
store. at 1880 o'clock Wednesday
Fight. for regular weekly dril AZ.
members must be present.
BY ordsl OF
G. = Dunnio.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

The comptroller of the currency has
approved the Mechanics National bank
OF St. Louis as a reserve agent for
the First National bank. Of Okeene'
Western National of United States
of New York, for the Western Nation
al bank. Of Temple, o. T
Oklahoma City is finishing up its lot
sale for the Katy this week.
The following Oklahoma pensions
have been granted Original, Samuel
Young, Yukon Sc. Increase reissue,
etc, Thomas RAIDER, Capron. $40; elias
worthington, Barnes, So; John F. r.
win. Kildare. $40.
A colored mems business league has
been organized at Eufaula.
sapulpa has been offered a premium
of 5O1 for her $4,000 school and
water works bonds
Teacher and pupils of the Mountain
Park schools to the number of 16l
have signed an agreement to abstain
from tho use Of tobacco the rest Of
this year
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

ng our own town people.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

A colored mems business league ha
been organized at Eufaula.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-06

Oklahoma City is finishing up its lot
sale for the Katy this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-17
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.

From the Baltimore Herald
 Already the new possessions of the United States are figuring in an inn of tropical and subtroplcal products brought into this country last year amounted to more than si0OOO0,0O0, against s17O 900. 900 in 1870, and $3OO, GOO 900 no further back than 1895. The sugar alone imported was worth $1040O0,O00, and four times the quantity was brought In as compared with the year 1870. Our tropical islands sent s5O,OOO,OOO of the $4Oo.o0O,0O0. of which Hawaii contributed over s26000,00O, Porto Rico over 1,00O, 900 and the Philippines over $11,0O0,00o.
 These figures serve to answer those critics who, since 1898. have spoken of our new possessions as burdens. The wealth in the Philippines has hardly been touched. When development Is un- der way there In earnest, say in ten years or so 1t will not be surprising if the imports from those islands alone do not surpass the total of the others Por- to Rico Is rapidly improving and will in a few years be much more valuable
 The United States has never acquired territory that has not proven to be val uable. We paid $7,5OO00O for Alaska. and it's production in gold alone is now sur prise to the world. Even Guam may in time pay for more than the cost of policing It. American energy will give a good account of itself anywhere on the globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-17
Duty of the Legislature.

The constitution of 1901 commands the legislature to pass appropriate laws providing for the examination of all banks doing business in this state, national banks alone excepted. This means all banlG that receive deposits. whether they be state or private banks. The constitution further says that all such banks shall present state ments, sworn to, of their assets and liabilities at least twice a year.
 The men who have eleven millions of deposits in the state and private banks demand that those banks shall be supervised very much as the fed eral banks are by tho general govern ment. The depositors aud the gen. eral public are entitled to the we'll tested safeguards of frequent state ments, and frequent examinations to verify those statements. Every sound conservative bank in the state is sup porting the senate recess bill, which offers such safeguards.
 These are the confessed and we'll known facts of the situation. Against the people, the constitution and the better banks Is lined up Chairman Glover and a ring of private bankers who are opposed to inspections of any sort. Which will you favor, men of the legislature? You must make a choice between sound banking and wildcat banking. It is up to you, o. senators and representatives, and you cannot shelter yourselves behind Chairman Glover of Forkland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-17
Early Action Needed.

The failure to pass a primary bill that would command the confidence of all would be a blow aimed at tho people themselves. Strange as it may seem such a blow is contemplated, says the Huntsville Mercury. There is a ring in each county which hopes, if the present valueless and inefficient primary law can be retained, to render primaries unpopular, because dishon- est, and thus the rings will be enabled to re-establish the rotten convention system.
 To put off the primary bill to tho last days of the session means that it is to be sidetracked, but the men who do it may as well get ready to be side tracked themselves.
 Outside of the court house cliques there is not a man in this state who does not desire the passage of com
 
 prehensive and adequate primary law. Not one other is known to favor return to the dickers and deals of the convention system. Why then should the legislature hesitate? Why should it not have the courage to look at the people instead of to the court house cliques-to public sentiment instead of rings?
 Action upon the all-needful primary bill should not be postponed. The election bill is good enough in it's way, but the November election is but a formality-but confirmation of the will of the people expressed at the primary Election day may be more or less neglected, but the primary never will be- and The Age-Herald therefore urges every senator and rep resentative to give a primary bill early attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-17
Prosperity to Continue.

The New York Herald recently gath cred from every section of this coun- try careful opinions as to the trade outlook. In discussing these opinions
 as a whole the Herald says: Here and there local troubles may have
 created temporary stagnation in this
 or that branch of business, as, for in- stance, in New York, where the strikes
 and the weather have halted many
 operations; in the eastern states, where the price of cotton has lessened t--o hum of industry in the mills, and so oh. And these local depressions may give lne pessimists in this or that place a chance to growl about a dis continuance of the countrys prosperity at large and to prate about "the burst ing of the boom" It is therefore well to note that while these local troubles are frankly acknowledged, the whole tenor of reports from the east west, north and south is that business is on a stable foundation, promising an abundant future in gratifying profits, the consensus of opinions being that the prosperity of today is not to lessen, but to continue or even to increase.
 There is no crop cloud-no cloud of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-17
WHEN A MAN IS DRUNK IS
 NOW JUDICIALLY SETTLED

From the Richmond Times-Dispatcb.
 1 HE average observer thinks he
 he happens to meet is drunk. The aver age man who sometimes gets drunk also is of the opinion that he can figure out with mathematical certainty when he Is lover seas" Both may be right, but the fact remains that there is great difference of opinion when we come to consider when a man is really ntox- icated.
 The stock argument of the temperance lecturer is that a man is drunk as soon as he swallows one drink; he is twice as drunk with two, and three times as drunk when three draughts of the &C., cursed beverage have found lodgment be- meath his hide A finer line than this Is sometimes drawn by those total ab- stinence advocates who recognize the fact whiskey affects different persons dif- ferently, according to mental and physi- cal conditions for the time being. This class will contend that if ten drinks will make a man drunk, then as soon as he takes one drink he Is one-tenth drunk, and by this simple mathematical table they arrive at the different degrees of drunkenness.
 These divergent views have always left the question of the time of absolute drunkenness a matter of doubt in the minds of many able thinkers and schol- ars. but here comes one Judge Wheeler. who presides over the United States court for the Vermont circuit, and he settles the question judicially once for all, or, at least, until the higher court. the Supreme court of the land' shall unsettle him and his able opinion, which it may do
 Judge Wheeler has recently been call ed upon in his judicial capacity in de- ciding a motion for new trial, to deter mine whether or not a man had been intoxicated within the meaning of life insurance policy, in the application for which the insured had stated that he had never been in that condition. We can give but a syllabus of the case, which Is a remarkable one, for the reason that it appeared the man who had secured the policy and afterwards died had been in the habit of drinking to degree that ordinary observers consider excessive.
 According to the evidence, as appears by the opinion of Judge Wheeler many witnesses testified to the young man be- ing hilarious and noisy and walking with difficulty from drinking when out with young people. They also told of his fast driving and his inability to sit up straight when driving from the same cause. But they qualified this on cross-examination
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-17

any sort in the business sky. It is fair weather for all legitimate enter prises, and the country is sound to the core. All branches are rock-bottomed, and not even a wild slump in Wall street could disturb them particle. Never was the general trade of the country so strongly fortified. Mer- chants and manufacturers have be- come forehanded. In the last five years they have made plenty of money, and they now laugh at Wall street slumps.
 The only person in the way at pres ent is the prophet ot evil, the croaker, the knocker, to use a baseball word.
 If, these pessimists could be eliminated or electrocuted, there would not be a speck in the sky prosperity is here to stay indefinitely, and far-seeing concerns are placing orders for raw material in 1904 on a like basis with those of 1903-the steel trust, for ex- onnIp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-17
UNPATRIoTlc MARTYRDoM.

From the New York Tribune.
 The spectacle of a quack medicine, candy, cooked food, soap or get-rich- quick scheme advertised on an Ameri- can flag was one which stared the Amer ican citizen in the face for years. At election time the flag was used as background for campaign mottos and | doggerel, for the portraits of candidates, and not infrequently as vehicle for the dissemination of information which was | untruthful and misleading. This desc cration of the flag, the base uses to | which the patriotic emblem was being put, aroused the indignation of citizens. | and the result of their opposition to the custom was the passing of law by the l legislature prohibiting the use of the flag for advertising purposes. It is sell dom that any restrictive legislation has met with so little opposition as did the no advertising on the American flag bill. The justice of the law was appa- rent to all right minded citizens, and it was hoped that after the first day of this month, when the law became opera
 
 practice which had become a public scandal.
 We predicted however in this column a few days ago that attempts would be made to evade the law and that the en- forcement of it's provisions would de- pend on the cooperation of the public. A case has already come to the attention of the people. A man, feeling that his rights had been tramped upon because he was denied the right to advertise his wares on the flag of his country, has submitted to arrest and has gone through | other legal formalities In order to test the validity of the act. This martyr wishes to have the law restraining the vandal and the unpatriotic advertiser declared unconstitutional in order that the prac- tice of dragging the flag in the mire and making 1t the playthng of every vender may be resumed
 The judicial authorities will decide as to the validity of the law. and, until the decision has been rendered. the legal rights of the men who insist on their privilege to advertise on the flag will remain in doubt, but in the minds of pa- triotic citizens they occupy about the same place as the thrifty tailor who sent circulars to his patrons in which he said: we mourn the loss of our father, the founder of this business but we shall continue to sell goods cheaper than any of our competitors"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-17

with the admission that they had never seen him in a condition when he was actually unable to drive. Some of the witnesses testified fo his acting as if crazy with liquor at times, and a phys- clan told of finding him in a state of acute alcoholism when examining him for com mitment to a retreat.
 Judge Wheeler then quotes from a work of medical jurisprudence, which classifes intoxication as being of three grades. The first of these Is when the ideas are un- commonly vicious, and consequently the empire of understanding over his actions is so little weakened that the individual perfectly retains the consciousness of his external condition, and, in fact may be said to be In complete possession of his senses" In the second degree he says, 'the man has still the use of his senses, though they are remarkably enfeebled, but he Is entirely beside himself, mem ory and judgment having abandoned him, and he acts as if he only lived for the present, with no idea of the consequences of his actions nor their relation to one another" As to the last degree of in- toxication he says, "a man not only loses the possession of his reason but his senses are so enfeebled that he is no lon- ger conscious of his external relations"
 The judge continues that the man who took the insurance policy in this partic- ular case has been. as the evidence show ed, many times within the description of the first degree, and perhaps within that of the second degree, but never within that of the last degree. He came to the conclusion, from the whole case, that the members of the jury were justified, in the exercise of their judgment, in deciding that this man had never been intoxicated within the meaning of his warranty to the company when the policy was issued. and that. therefore the insurance com pany should pay the money. and he al- lowed the verdict of the jury to stand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-17
Fees and County Convicts.

The session of the legislature is of limited duration, and it's calendars are crowded with bills, but it ought not to be impossible to pass a simple measure in relation to fees, justices of the peace and county convicts. A thorough reform may be out of the question, but the fee evil could at least be mitigated. A little some thing could be done to protect the poor and unfortunate against the heartless and avaricious.
 The Age-Hessfd is not ,,sking for RefarnSwfth a big R, but for reform of the simplest and most feasible na- ture. There is not a senator or rep. resentative who does not know that the weak are now the victims, the prey, of the strong, and that all sorts of deviltry is going on in this state in the name of the law.
 Why not then begin the work of reform, leaving to the, legislature of 1907 the task of adding to it, if not completing it? The reports of the convict inspectors point the way, espe- cially the report of Dr. Shirley Bragg, who is entitled to the thanks of every humane man in this state. His cour- age and intelligence have blazed the way the legislature should follow.