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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-05
THAT STATEHOOD CONVENTION.

THE LARGEST and no doubt the last statehood
convention that viii ever be held. will assemble in
Oklahoma City, june u. It is to be held under
the auspices Of the single statehood executive com
mittee.
This convention will undoubtedly voice the
sentiment Of threefourts Of the people Of both terri
tories in speaking out unequivocalIy for single state
hood. In view Of the separate state agitation about
which few people are raising mugh fuss, the
vention will serve valuable purpose in making known
to congress the wishes Of an Overwhelming majority
Of the people.
Senator Beveridge has been invited to attend
the convention. Replying to the invitation the
Senator says:
II am in receipt Of your letter inviting me to be
present at the joint statehood convention to be held
in Oklahoma City June H. should like to meet
face face the representatives Of the splendid people
who have developed these rich territories, and who
are soon to be the first citizens of one of the grandest
American commonwealths, the splendid new state Of
Oklahoma For it will be one Of the grandest
American states-grand in its noble dimensions grand
in the superb character Of its people, in the
passed richness Of its resources grand in the eminent
place it will instantly take in the sisterhood Of the
Union grand i'll the certainty Of glorious future.
Since became chairman Of the committee on terri
tories have given the subject my most serious con-
sideraton. The result Of this study was the con-
victicn that the original boundaries of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory should be restored and that these
sundered parts reunited should be brought into the
Union one great commonwealth The committee
Of which have the honor to be chairman has fought
for this ideal through two congresses. At first the
proposition not received with any enthusiasm
"But is alwavs the case with all true and just
IDEAS the proposition Of single statehood for the two
territories has grown until overwhelming majority
OF b1th branches Of the Ameican congresses now
favor il. This ideal which is that of the people of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, and for which our
committee has steadily battIed for three years. will
become reality at the coming session Of congress-.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-05
THE PAVING FEVER GROWS

! THE STREET paving fever seems to be taking
stronger hold every day on Oklahoma and IndianTer
ritory cities. Muskogee, Shawnee, Oklahoma City
Guthrie and other enterprising towns have already
done much in this line Enid has just let paving
contracr and Lawton is also taking up the matter
Chickashz will have to get hustle on her or he left
among the back-numbers.
At Oklahoma City the paving Ofresidence streets
is being actively urged and will likely be carried out
in the near future. Discussing this phase Of the
question the Times-Journal says:
There are more people talking paving for the
residence streets than at any time before. The favor
able turn toward paving is the result of education on
the requisites of good street.
People figured that with street 80 or IS feet
wide the cost would be too heavy to justify them in
in paving them The width named is none too great
for important streets leading toward the business
ton Of the city These avenues arefrequently
ed with vehicles of various kinds and should be wide
Take for example North Robinson and Broadway.
Nearly all the vehicles going and from the north
nall OF the city pass along these streets ana lhe paved
area none too wide But the streets crossing these
two streets will never be thus crowded and there IS
no occasion for making the paved area them more
than "a or 26 feet wide This would reduce the cost
to figures which all could stand In fact it is doubtful
whether any one in section which is fully occupied
an afford to do without paving. When the cost falls
inder hundred dollars lot and ten years are given
which to pay this, it is cheaper to have paving and
,e free from dust.
MANY ofthe people on thebeststreets are urging
,aving and all favor a narrow paved belt. This
makes handsome street and is fully convenient
he wider ones
All thelarge cities havestreets as narrow as ~ or
6 feet and they are perfectly satisfactory Mime
polls has miles Of streets which are not more than z6
eet wide as have Omaha StLouis and scores of other
ities.
This city needs good many miles of paving
ut the cost should be reduced to the minimum"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-05

GRAPE
JUICE

Wehave just received a ship
ment of the Famous FREE
mont Grape Juice. If you
are not feeling well and it
seems that the Spring Fever
viii get the best Of you Try
a bottle of this pure unfer-
mented Grape Juice it will
tone you up. 1t is a very
pleasant drink. Have you
noticed how much better a
great many people of Chick
asha look since they have
been trading with US? That
shows they get something to
eat. Give us a trial if you
would look we'll and hearty.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-05

ONE OF the most striking features of the Chick
asha Merchants and Manufacturers Record published
by A. Owen Jennings, is the pictures Of the Chcka-
sha newspaper men which adorn and illuminate its
pages These alone worth many times the cost of
the book and render it publication that will be Of in
estimable value to the future chronicers Of who's
who and what and why in America Cad Allard,
editor Of the Star, presents exceedingly imposing
appearance. He looks trife fierce, it is true-re-
minds one somewhat Of the late General Weyler Of
Cuban war fame and this ought to efectually bluff
any one who contemplates invading his sanctum on
trouble bent Major Granlee looks scarcely less for
midable. He might easily be mistaken for General
Whatshisnamski, if he just had his brass buttons
and plume The editor of the EXPRESS well, he is
sensitive as we'll as modest-Aard and Granlee have
right to be ugly but in this instance the picture
maker carried the matter to extremes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-05

THEBohRD of Health is to be commended for the
vigorous manner in which it is going about cleaning
up the city This work can't be done too quickly or
too thoroughly.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-08-31
BONES OF DUQUEsNE MEN.
Workmen in Pittsburg Cut Into Its
First Graveyard, Making
Interesting Find.

Pittsburg, Pa-Workmen cutting
Oliver avenue 90 feet wider found be-
hind stone wall quantities OF hui
man bones w. Il. Watson says that
his grandfather, William Eichbaum.
told him when a boy that here the
French soldiers who defended Fort
Duqucsne buried their dead. They
also inferred the Indians who lied
within the fortifications with their
own soldiers, and the first negro who
died in Pittsburg was inferred there.
The dead were carried from the tort
"by the path of the Virgin as they
were all good Catholics then. and the
alley became known as Virgin alley,
afterward being changed to oliver ave-
nue. in honor Of Harry Oliver, who
owned all the property adjoining.
There has been nothing found to
mark the rank OF the dead nor to tell
what nationality they were. No: far
from this spot Maj. Grant, who com
manded accommodating expedition
from Gen. Forbes army, was defeated
on a hill now Grant street. ana the
bodies were dumped into holes in the
graveyard. according to tradition
The British afterward used tho same
burying grounds as long as the gar.
rison was kept in Pittsburg.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-08-31
CONTEST NOTICE


Department OF the interior. L. Land
Office. Huron. $. n. July II. 1905.
\ sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by William
Ripley. contestant. against homestead
entry No. 1858. made Nov. a. 1904, for
the mel. sci, section II. township lis.
range -. by RollA \. Owen. contcstec. in
which i, is alleged that the said claimant
has failed 10 establish his residence upon
said land or To reside thereon for more
than six months next prior 10 this date
CMay l6. 1860: that said land is not resid-
cd upon and cultivated. rs required ny
law: that said abandonment and failures
are not due tn claimants employment in
the army or navy of the nitcd States dur.
ing any war, and that all such failures
exist ut this date, May l6. 1905.
Said parties are hereby notified to APP.
pear. respond and offer evidence touching
said allegation at 10 o'clock Il. IN. on Sept.
|. 1905. before the Clerk of Courts al his
office in Gettysburg :. ID. and that final
hearing will be held at :. o'clock p. nj. on
Sept sth 1905 before the Register and Re
ccivcr at the United States Land Office in
Huron :. ID.
The contestant having. in Il proper alii-
,lavil. filed July H.. 1905. set forth facts
which show that after due diligence, per-
sonal service of this notice can no, bc
made. it is hereby ordered and directed
that such notice be given by due and
proper publication I'M tire Press. published
at Forest City :. ID.
7-a7 c. A. BLAKE. Register
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-08-31
tvS. W L1,lNU iilUli
PRICES OF ALL FOOD PRODUCTS
ARE INCREASING.
Bureau of Labor Issues a Bulletin
Showing Increase in Recent
Years-Steady Climb
Since 1900.

Washington.-P of fuel, cloth
ing, and practically all food products
are constantly increasing, according to
bulletin just issued by the bureau
OF labor, covering the period from 1890
to 1904. In the early '90s prices were
very high, but in the last four years
they have been steadily increasing, un.
til now they are relatively higher than
in 1892, Just before the memorable
financial and commercial depression.
The period of lowest prices was from
1884 to 1897.
The lowest price of beef was in
April, 1896. when the best choice was
quoted at $3.50 to $425 per hundred
pounds. The highest price was the lat
ter part of August, 1902, when the price
touched $3.50 to 50 per hundred
pounds. Corn was lowest in 1856 and
highest in 1892.
In table of comparison, in which
the average price for the years 1890
to 1859 is taken as the basis, l6 articles
of farm production, including sheep
cattle. hay. hogs, hides and grains, are
enumerated. All except flax seed in
creased over the average price from
1890 TO 1899 The increase in prices ir
1904 ranges from rs per cent. on sheer
and 81 per cent. on cattle to 326 pei
cent on corn, 35.S per cent. on oats
1873 per cent. on wheat, and the tor
increase of 96.2 per cent. on New Yorl
state hops.
The average increase in 1904 in the
wholesale price of farm products ovel
the average for the years 1890 and 1S9.
is 2o.2 per cent. OF SO articles included
under the head of food it is shown
that the 1904 price of all but IA articles
was higher than the average price OF
the same from 1890 to 1899.
Seventy articles under the head OF
cloth and clothing show that the aver
age price for 1904 was 9S per cent
higher than the average from 1890 tc
1899. The table on fuel and lighting
places the average 1904 price at 32.f
per cent. higher than the 1890 to 1895
price.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-08-31
n STH Sl50 0TR
CHANCE OFA LIFETIME.

No county in the west offers better in.
ducemcnts to-day to the farmer desiring
to build home or to the capitalist look.
ing for profitable investment for bic
money than is offered in the fertile lands
OF Potter county, South Dakota, which
can b. purchased at prices which are
werely nominal when compared with less
productive lands but short distance
east. Here can be found railroads, school
houses, towns and villages ready built,
society organized and equal to that ol
the east on the one hand, and cheap fer-
tile lands on the othcr-a combination
impossible to find in q country either
older or newer than this. That this con.
dition cannot long remain is attested BY
the TACT that some OF the shrewdest inves.
tors OF the west. conversant with the
value OF such lands. are rapidly buyino
them up.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-08-31
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department. OF the Interior. Land Or
flee ut Huron. =. ID. July ~ 1905

Department. OF the Interior. Land Of
flee ut Huron. 5. ID. July 10 1905
NOTICE is hereby given that the fol.
lowing named settler has filed notice of
her intention to make final proof IN sup
port of her claim and that said proof will
be made before the Register and Receiver,
at Huron. *. ~. on August 81, 1905. viz:
Lizzie Ives, II. T.. No. 1893.
for the SW1i Section "a, I. ll9 N, Il. II W.
9TH T.. NJ.
She names the following witnesses to
prove her continuous residence upon and
cultivation OF said land. viz: Fred Dono-
van. David VanWald. Ellis Tillotson. Lyle
Samdcll all of Gettysburg 5. ID.
9'2O {. n. BLAKE. Register
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-08-31
Discharged.

A recent dispatch says: "The strong
est anti-liquor rule that has been put
into effect OH the Montana division of
the Northern Pacific has had its first
demonstration. Three engineers. two
civil engineers, eighty brakcmen and
several tiremcn and yardmasters have
been summary discharged for drink
ing" 1t ID declared the purpose of the
Northern Pacific to rid its roll Of every
man who is addicted to strong drink.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-08-31
Bars Music in Church

If an organ or musical instrument
of any kind is ever brought into the
Christian church at Hartwick. la. the
building and site will revert to the
members of the congregation who op-
ose their installation. This is accord
& TO the terms of deed to the property
sigen the church by H. B. Smith.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-08-31
One on the Old Gent

Before going to battle with the jap
anese fleet Rojestvenslly sent his pay
chest to Chefoo. where it was placed
in charge of the Russian consul. This
seems to thoroughly dispose of the
claim that Rojestyensky was taken by
surprise,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-08-31
JERSEY Not All Bad

Jersey justice scores again in the de-
cision by the supreme court of that state
that the law prohibiting live pigeon
shooting is valid. The state also scores
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-27
Other Books,

The ingenious method applied by anti
imperialists to the study Of history NAV
be studied In Prof. Henry Parker Willis's
Our Philippine Problem Henry Holt d
Co... Tho author, lately q journalist but
now . college professor, woke UP to tho
importance Of the Philippine question three
years after the war. He then made him
self familiar with the facts by writing
articles for periodicals with ultra Filipino
sympathies for couple Of years, and
having formed his theories and opinions,
next visited the islands to see things for
himself. Curiously enough, the facts he
became acquainted with fitted In with his
theories and confirmed his opinions. Per-
sons who wish to be informed about the
Philippines may prefer a more impartial
point Of view and q moro Trustworthy basis
for the facts.
An attractive popular natural history
book is Prof. Vernon l.. Kellogg's "Amer.
can Insects" Henry Holt d Coz. II IL a
general book covering the whole ground
and including butterflies, moths. wasps and
bees, There are chapters describing the gen.
eral characteristics Of insects and telling
how to collect and preserve them, and othe r.
describing each order briefly. The Ian
guage is clear and ineligible, the informa.
ton is accurate and according to the latest
discoveries, and the pictures. by Mis-, Wall.
man. nave character and are very hume rous
and illustrative An excellent hook for the
boy who Is developing interest in bugs.
An elaborate monograph on one Of the
many Philippine tribes, "The Bontoc Isorot |.
~ ~. ABORT Ernest Jsnks, b publahsd
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-27
NEW MAGNETIC CHART.
Carnegie Institution to Make . Survey OF
the North Pacific.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 25.-The department
OF international research in terrestrial mag
netism Of the Carnegie Institution has out
lined a magnetic survey Of the north Pacific
Ocean, a comparatively new fold as regards
magnetic observations. Tho expedition
has started from San Francisco and will
pursue a spiral course across the entire
north Pacific.
The object Ia to secure precise data OF
the distribution Of the magnetic force:
over the Pacific Oceln, for the purpose OF
navigation, II seems that the present
magnetic charts for this region are prac'
tic,llv made up from coast and island on
sorvations which are not altogether correc'
1t IL thought that the entire work oI on
servation and reduction can be accom-.
plished in three years at maximum Nnl
Of S25 900, The total length OF the sNna'
course will be at least 20 400 miles
The brig G .lilee has been procured Ior
the purpose. The director of the ~nrS
IL DIR. l.. A. Bauer. who j. likewise in charE'
Of the magnetic W >rk the nilei 'N.eS
Coast and Geo6e'i" S 'rver me con-,
mander OF the Gai,cc il j, T., Frl't "'
the United States az, and Geodetl' ~,
vey. With them arc DR.. j. Hobart tsnnri,'
magnetic observer. surgeon ana nd, INV ",
ist; j. p. Ault, ma ghetto observer ana v, w.
Whitney, ma ghetto observer ana ""'s"
o6Cof.
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by the Government az Vol. !. Of the "Ethno.
logical Survey Public atoms Of the De.
partment Of the Interior" manila Bureau
Of Public Printing!. II Ia illustrated Law.
ishly with photographs. as Is the way with
the scientific publications Of the Govern.
nlent nowadays. The lgorot In one form
became familiar at the time Of the St. Ioui,
exposition. He apparently wears as Sigh,
q costume at home as IN this country Mr.
.Jenks has studied him scientifically and
thoroughly asa natural history specimen
and pre- sents him in this monograph in
every approved chronological light. At
tho end he even gives few folk tales
We could have spared many photographs
for more OF these.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-27
ONEIDAS SACRED STONE.
Last Relic Of Once Powerful Tribe Now
In Q Utica Cemetery.


in Utica Cemetery.
just within the gates Of Forest Hill Come
cry at Utica, N. Y. the visitor sees curious
oval stone resting upon grass plot. A
century ago Oneida county was the reser-
walton Of the powerful tribe Of Oneida
Indians the second nation In the Con-
federation OF the Iroquois.
The first settlement Of the Oneidas, so
their history runs, was near the lake which
bears their name. q century before Co.
lumbus steered his ships into Western
seas. 1t was there that they found the stone
and adopted it as their sacrincial altar
aOnia" is the dialect word for stone and
from it comes Oneida the tribal name,
"children Of the stone.
Az the tribe increased in numbers, ven.
Grafton Of the monoiith grew until II became
the indispensable shrine Of the Oneidas,
When the nation removed from the region
Of the lake to their encampment where
now Il the town Of Stockbridge. the rock.
according, to their legend, went before
hands, and deposited itself in the center
Of q butternut grove overlooking a wide
and fertile valley.
In this wood II remained until the indux
Of the white settlers and the march Of
civilization Dispersed the tribe. In 1870,
when the Forest Hill Cemetery, at Utica,
was laid out, the trustees learned that
James Gregg Of Stockbridge, on vhoes
farm the stone rested, was DESTROYS that 1t
should be removed to some public enclosure
Its removal was thereupon secured.
At the dedication Of the Cemetery the
remnants Of the once powerful nation and
q handful Of Onondagas were present
Their head chief, Ononeogon, made an
address which was the valedictory OF the
Oneidas. Tho little group Of Indians
then sang their national songs around
the relic and surrendered It to the care OF
their white brethren. To-day the tribe
has completely lost it's identity.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-27
I v

This, in fine. is the lesson Of first hand
study OF the life in Italian and provincial
municipalities, that the greatest glory OF
the imperial administration for nearly two
centuries was the skilful and polite toler-
ance with which II reoonciled central
dsspotism With rsoaAskabls nnss az Ioosl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-27

thing NAV be said OF Terence and Phedrus.
Our author lays due stress upon the fact
that "the slaves who came from the ancient
seats OF civilization in tho East are not to be
compared with the dark, gross races that
seem to DO stamped by nature as Of any
inferior breed. The frequent mental and
moral equality of tho Roman slave with his
master had forced itself upon mon Of the
detached philoeophic class like Seneca and
upon kindly aristocrats like Pliny. 1t must
have been hard to alt long hours In library
beside cultivated slave amsnuensis, or to
discuss the management Of land, Of mines,
OF ouarries. with q shrewd, we'll informed
slave agent, or to be charmed by the grace
and wit OF some fair. fral daug hter Of
Ionia, without having some doubts raised
a. to the eternal justice OF such an institu-
ton as slavery
As a matter Of fact. slaves wore often
treated as friends, and received freedom
and liberal bequest at their masters death
Many educa slaves rose to distinction and
fortune as teachers and physicians. Trio,
the amanuensis Of Cicero, and Hyginus, the
librarian Of Augustus, were slaves. Gallon
found many Of his confreres OF the medic Al
profession in . servile condition. II was
tho field OF trade and industry, however,
which was the most open and the most
tempting. Down to tho last age Of the EN-
pire a Senator was forbidden both by law
and sentiment to increase his fortune
by commerce. The plebeian. too. as
we have said. saturated with Roman
prejudice. and looking for support to
the granaries Of the State or the dole Of
a wealthy patron. turned with disdain
from occupations which in our days are
thought innppept, II not kShorable. Juve-
nal. who himself, like Horace, was the son
Of . freedman, Expresses almost - much
soogn for the auotioneer and contractor
- BE- has for the penieE, md tzssA alness
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host Of mediating and succoring powers.
The effort was doomed to futility. 1T
ras an esoteric creed. and tina muses. re-
manned untouched by It. They longed
Tor . Divine light. clear and authorita-
tive voice from the unseen world They
sought It in ever more blind and passionate
devotion to their ancient de.tes and in
nil the curiosity Of superstition. The
voice came to them Mt last from tho regions
Of the East. II came through the worships
Of Isis and Mithra, which promised hope
Of immortality and provided a sacramental
system to soothe the sense Of guilt and
prepare the trembling soul fer the great
ordeal on the verge OF another world
How far these Eastern systems succeeded
and wherein they failed it /. one Of tho
chief purposes Of the book before us to ex-
plain. Tho writer assures US that, so far
% he knows himself. he has had no arriere
psxsSe In describing the great moral and
spiritual movement which stirred the minds
Of men In the Roman Empires second
century. As N. Boissier has pointed out,
The historian Of ths Antopine age Ia frea
10 treat paganisn apart from the growth
OF the Christian Church. THE pagan world
of that period seems to have had little COM
m,mication with the loftier faith which,
within century and half from the death
OF Marcus Aurehus, ~as destined to seize
the scepter. To Juvenal. Tacitus and
piiny, to Plutarch, Dion Chrysostom,
Lncisn and Marcus Aurelius the Church
= hardly known, or known as an Obscure
ofYShopt Of Judaism--a little sect Worship
ing 'crucified sophist' in somewhat
mlVr Ia
distinguished by simple minded charity
II p sussested that the modern theologian,
on, The other hand, can hardly be content
10 know ~ little Of the great subterrAnean
ntvsmset 10 TIL heathsn world which pre-