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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-17
IN BLACK COUNTRIES IN WHICH ~ AMERICAN


In his hasty fight the gentleman with
the valise full of greenbacks and other
negotiable evidences of wealth, might
think that Borneo Celebes, Sumatra
and New Guinea, or any of the other
of the East Indies, would be just the
place. Nay, nay. The Dutch boss
Borneo, Celebes and Sumatra, and,
with the Germans. divide up New Gui-
nea-
Africa Is pretty well divided up be-
tween France. Great Britain. Germany
and Belgium, SO expansion has been a
pretty hard blow for the man who
thinks the United States is an un-
healthy place. Cruel Argentina took
over all Patagonia, so one more place
is closed. Denmark owns Greenland
and Iceland, so even these inhospitable
ciimes turn the cold shoulder to the
weary traveller with the gold-laden
gripsack.
Japan is also shut to the fugitive.
but Corea is open China occupies a
peculiar position The Chinese won't
arrest you, Mr.. Embezzler, but under
the law any American consul may ex-
ercise the powers OF policeman, sheriff
and magistrate all In one, and throw
You into a Chinese jail--if he pays
your board-till Uncle Sam can send
somebody to bring you home.
There is no extradition treaty with
Siam. but the Siamese would be only
too glad to cast you into a dungeon
cell If Uncle Sam asked the favor. for
King Chulalongkorn is anxious to "
friends with the AmericaIs, who en-
tertained SO lavishly his two sons, the
Crown Prince Somdetch Chowfa Maha
Vailravaudh and Prince Chakrabongse.
The world to-day is small place,
and is getting smaller every year for
the man who fees arrest in the United
States. He is now limited with one
exception, to Morocco, SIAM Ecuador,
Paraguay. Uruguay, Bolivia, the little
Central American republics, Persia,
Corea and one or two semibarbarous
lands in Central Asia. In any of them,
bar Central Asia, and perhaps Moroc-
CO. the authorities might take 1t into
their heads to turn Mr.. Fugitive over
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-17
ALASKA A eREAr COUNTRY.
People Of the Rest Of TIM United States
Do Not Understand Its Extent.

People Of the Rest Of TIM United States
Do Not Understand Its Extent.
The present collector Of customs at
Sitka Alaska, Lieut. d. II. Jarvis, for
merly in the revenue cutter service,
has recently been in Washington con-
ferring with treasury officials. He
says: The only trouble with Alaska
is that the people of the United States
do not know what a country it is. A
campaign Of education in the United
States would add to the population Of
Alaska by many thousands and would
soon make it one of the great coun-
tr..s Of the wor,d. TIE possibilities
OF the territory are beyond comprehen-
sion. Leaving out mining-for every
body knows that Alaska Is rich in gold
and silver--the future Of the terri
tory will be a brilliant cne of com
merce, cattle-raising and agriculture
and fishing. There is the greatest ig-
norancc about Alaska. Why, some Of
the rich islands of the territory are
larger than several of the small states
OF the United States. There Is coast
line to Alaska OF $4,000 miles.
THE people in the States associate
Alaska with seals and icebergs, and
whenever Alaska is mentioned that
is about the first and cnly thing that
comes to the mind. unless it is some
thing remote about gold discoveries.
All winter at Sitka the thermometer
never went below degrees above
zero. believe the weather reached
that point a number Of times the last
winter in Washington. There are
2,0CO miles of coast in southern Alaska
where the temperature is never below
8 degrees above zero and where it is
as mild in the dead Of winter as in
half Of the United States. Just think
of that!
THE grass in spring and summer
grows temptingly green and cattle and
sheep grow fat and contented. AS to
vegetables, there is hardly place in
Alaska where they will not attain
splendid growth OF course the in
terrier II Alaska, far back from the
coast, is cold and the summer short,
but there are hundreds and thousands
of the mos fertile valleys in the in
terror wheys vegetables will grow cas-
lily. Sitka is no further north than
Glasgow, Edinburgh or Copenhagen,
and its climate is more temperate thar
any of them"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-17
THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY
ADVERSE DECISION BY NEW YORK
COURT or APPEALS.
Legislation Providing for Shorter
Hours Of Labor Declared Unconsti-
tutionaI-PubIlc Contract Work
Aimed at by Framers Of the Bill.

The decision Of the New York Court
Of Appeals that the eight-hour pro
vision of the penal code of that state
is unconstitutional is one of the most
important in its bearing upon labor in
terests ever rendered by that tribunal.
1t reverses the action Of the Appellate
Division Of the Supreme court, but is
in accord with decision given by the
Court Of Appeals two years ago on
the amendments to the labor law
adopted in 1899. These amendmeR.s
provided that, in each contract to
which the state or municipal corpor-
alton was party, clause must be
included providing for eight hours Of
labor only, to be paid fer at "the pre-
vailing rate OF wages. and this wheth-
er the work was done directly by the
contractor or by sEb-contractors.
The statute upon which the Court
Of Appeals has now pronounced went
further and made it rlisdemeanor
for any person or corporation, con
tracing with the state or with mu-
nicipal corporation, to require more
than eight hours work for days
labor. In the case under review, the
defendant corporation was engaged in
road building, and criminal I%oceed-
ings were instituted against it II be-
half of the people for violating the
eight-hour law. The ground on which
the court bases its decision is that the
law discriminates unjustly between
different classes of contractors and be-
tween the same contractor working for
the state and for private party. The
defendant corporation, for example,
might be building a read in the next
town for turnpike company, in which
case it could get men to work without
limit of hours, while in the case of
state or municipal work it is made a
criminal offense to exceed the eight
nour limit. This arbitrary distinction
between the state and other employ
ers the court declared to be a denial
of the essential equal protection"
guaranteed by the law to all citizens.
Hlc uCNlo4Ons ny ~
ends the eight-hour agitation in New
York, in its relation to public contract
work. The legislature of 1902 adopted,
and the legislature just adjourned re-
adopted, a joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the constitution
which is far broader in its scope than
either of the laws against which the
Court Of Appeals has pronounced. This
amendment gives the legislature power
to regulate and fix the wages or sal
aries, The hours of work and labor,
and make provision for the protection,
welfare and safety of persons en-
ployed by the state or any county,
city, town, village or other civil di-
vision of the state, or by any CON
tractor or sub-contractor performing
work, labor or services for the state
or any county. city, town." etc.
This amendment is to be voted on in
1905, and If il should be adopted there
win be practically no limit to the pow
ers of the legislature to regulate every
form of public employment and CON
tract work
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-17

At the recent convention in Fresno
of the California Creamery Operators
Association, Geo. C. Knox Of Sacra-
mento, president OF the association.
said: From the foot OF Mt. Shasta
in the north. to tho TehachapI NOM
tains in the south, Is the greatest
dairy territory under the sun, where
there is now produced annually To-
100000 pounds Of butter, while not
many years ago the same territory
purchased half this amount from out
side territory. am advised BY 1the
state dairy bureau that the production
Of butter In the state for 19Ua vin
reach well nigh 40,0oO.o00 pounds or
almost thirty pounds per capita 81 orr
population
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-17
NAE Of rAg WORLD, Showing

a comfortable steamship between
morning and evening upon smiling
seas. and with pleasant company, the
fugitive is safe.
And this haven OF refuge?
Cuba.
In this year OF grace 1908, with
Cuba before the world free country,
able to govern itself. to make its laws
and 10 enforce them, and the United
States standing in the double position
the while as sponsor and protector.
the maiciactor Is absolutely safe in
this pleasant isle.
That was q far trip which Henry
Herman, the Milwaukee promoter. is
said TO have taken the other day. when
he suddenly disappeared. owing 5000.
600. under decidedly questionable cir,
cumstances He escaped safely TO New
Orleans. and there took ship to Puerto
Cortez, Honduras, with which country
the United States has no extradition
treaty.
He might more easily have taken a
FehuDuieQ tram u fluIluA, 1uhhclcu
on to Key West. and from there board
ed the Cuba steamer and been safe for
ever. or until Uncle Sam and the Gu
bans conclude an extradition treaty.
With Canada no longer a refuge. IL
IL Cuba now, and inst as convenient
OF access. Once the steamer for Cuba
leaves the land and is three miles out
at sea the fleeing passenger is as safe
as If he were 1900 miles away and not
three.
However, the world Is gradually
closing in on escaping criminals. Year
after year finds new treaties and new
laws for the arrest Of men wanted by
Uncle Sam in foreign lands.
A treaty with Great Britain some
years ago made Canada-long the
haven Of safety for boodiers. bribe-
glvers and bribe-takers. embezzlers,
and thieving bank officials--a danger
GUS country TO flee to.
Mexico, too, was another hunt
for wealthy gentlemen who found it
desirable to live beyond the bounds
oil the Union. But the unsympathetic
dons calmly signed an extradition
treaty with the United States, and
-~@un.a-nu~r-u-.~-~ 49,,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-17
And s-G. : sAsssl

Talk about your Golcondas, yoxr
Cripple Creeks, and your Ellis county
shalesl How is this for a treasure
story from the Atchison Globe:
Visitors at the home of Miss Ab-
bic Barber, southwest of town, say
she is the most all around capable
woman of their acquaintance; that she
Is fine hohsekeeper, perfect cook,
splendid manager, and can make q
stylish dress, trim a pretty hat, and
play the piano well. besides being a.
genius in raising chickens and under
standing how to attend to cowe.".-
Kansas City Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-17
New Kind Of Iron.

Iron that will not get hot is the kind
OF metal that is wanted for rails on
railways and in other positions where
the expansion of metal in hot tenn
peratures is source of danger OF
great inconvenience.
A firm has just produced an iron
containing a proportion of an alloy
that is impervious to heat, and the
result is metal that win not sx-
pand.
An oil-containing lens, recently in
vented, enables the photographer to
take snapshot of such places as the
aters without the aid of fiashight
An out-of-door exposure of fifteen
minutes on pitch dark night will Sc
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-17
wASHINCTONS FINE NEW UNION DEPOT

will probably be taken up next win
ter and arranged so that the District
work in connection with the under
takings may go forward simultane-
ously with that OF the railroad com
panies. In the meantime there is
much work to be accomplished by
the railroads In which the District
will not be financially concerned.
The style OF construction. as shown
by the plans recently approved. is a
twin tunnel, or two single track tun-
nels, separated from but running par
allel to each other The tunnel
tracks will enter the union station
twenty feet below the level Of the
main track platform To bring trains
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-17

cure a good picture of the scenery,
while one minute will be sufficient If
the moon is shifting.
This lens is based on the well-known
fact that certain oils have very great
light-refiecting powers, and the in
ventor claims for it an immense ad-
vantage over the all-glass lens.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-17

From one side of the District OF
Columbia to the other the railroad
lines are to be rebuilt. When all the
work now planned is completed the
trackage arrangements and depot
facilities in she national capital will
be the best that the foremost engin.
eering thought and the most lavish
expenditure of money can assure to
any community.
The taxpayers OF the District Of
Columbia are to share to the extent
Of a million and a half dollars the
cost Of the railroad improvements.
The last Congress did not appropri-
ate any money for the purpose OF
meeting this expense. but the matter
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-17

on these lower tracks up to the level
OF those on the viaduct viii require
grade from the union station to
X street north.
AS these tracks for the through
trains must go over H street. accord
ing to the law and the plans, 1t is
said 1t will be necessary to cut down
that thoroughfare some eight or nine
feet. It was thought at first that the
depression Of H street would be only
few feet at the eastern end OF the
viaduct on account OF the natural rise
in grade Of the thoroughfare toward
the east.
The union station viii have a front
age equal to that Of the Capitol.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-17
seek for Best Cotton.

The British Cotton-Growing associa-
ton is sending missions to study the
growth of cotton in different soils to
secure the. best seeds. and to distrib-
ute these to colonial natives in Egypt,
the Egyptian Soudan, India, the
Oceanic islands, Uganda, East Africa,
and more particularly in West Africa
at Sierra Leone, Lagos and the lower
Mgr.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-17

If the automobilists would only con
fine their attention to brewery wagons
and sprinkling carts they might be
forgiven. But their modest coyness
keeps them aloof from anything more
weighty than a runabout or a car
riage driven by a lady.-Ohio State
Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-17

The important and increasing bust
ness of the Mexican railways is shown
by comparing their international traf-
fc during four months Of last year
with the same interval in the preced-
ing year. The increase in exports by
rail to the United States was from
s., ,2s6, 1853 to 1889, ,4S4 and Of imports
from s10,722,566 to $12,5SS, 7O7.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-17
oueen,s INC t1undred RInus.

Queen Christina Of Spain has no
fewer than 200 rings of a royal kind.
She makes point of wearing them
all in turn, changing the rings on her
fingers every time she changes her
dress, which she does four or five
times a day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-17

Edyth---Is it true that you are en-
gagged to Jack?
Mayme-Yes; but you are not 70
nentio0 It. I'm not quito sure that
Jack knows It as yet.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-17

to Uncle Sam, just for friendships
sake.
But he's perfectly safe in Cuba, nine
ty miles away.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-09-29
THE SCANDINAVIAN EX-
AMPLE.

The world will rejoice that
Norway and Sweden have reach
ed an agreement relative to the
separation Of the two countries
that is honorable to both. and
that it has come without blood
shed and the other horrors Of
war. Tt is however, nothing
more than should have been rea-
sonably expected Of two peoples
as intelligent and patriotic as
are those of the former dual
kingdom. There has been a
battle royal between them, but it
has been one of intellect rather
than bullets. 1t has been settled
by the rule of justice and right
rather than by the massing and
n,aneuvering Of armies But the
settlement is none the less de-
cisive or important because of
the means employed. How much
better it is that an array of
patriotic statesmen should fight
the battle and make the peace
than that thousands Of men
should have been left dead upon
Il score of battle fields and the
final decision have been one Of
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-09-29
RFICIAL PAPER OF TEE COUNTY AND
TIE CITY OF DEVILS LAKE, -
has THE CROP FAILED?

The. investigations made by
the Inter Ocean into the crops of
this county have proceeded far
enough to justify the announce
znent that while they will not be
a record breaking one like that
of last year, it will be a good
profit making one. The Inter
Ocean has never overdrawn the
crop conditions and is now aware
that in some parts of the county
the yield viii not be more. than
twelve bushels but 1t should be
bourn in mind that there are
other parts where the yield will
pass beyond the twenty nushel
mark. and summing all up, it
would be safe to say that the
wheat crop of the entire county
will be twenty bushels, and even
at the very low price of seventy
cents at which wheat is now
selling, the income per acre is
fourteen dollars, and this on
land that five years ago, and
even later than that, sold for
fifteen dollars an acre. The
farmers of this state have been
spoiled in the way of big crops,
and when a half section farmer
does not have enough crop to add
three thousand dollars net profit
to his bank account he counts it
almost a failure. The truth is,
however, that nine tenths of the
farmers of this county will make
three times as much clear money
on this years crop as they could
have made from the same sized
farm in any other state.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-09-29
EDUCATIONAL METHODS.

It will be gratifying to those
who believe that education is
brain building, TO learn that
many of the school room fads
that have for years diverted edu-
cation from it's true course. are
being abandoned on the intel
.iectual scrap pile. New and i'm.
proved methods of teaching are
just as important as new methods
IN farming, but some of the
teaching fads of recent years
We're as inconsistent with intel
lectual growth as farming with
out ground would be. When
ever school work is made into
play the child so taught becomes
intellectually .fiabby and weak.
1t is not the facts learned that
makes an education but the mem
tai power developed in acquiring
them. The wishy-washy methods
OF the modern school room are
largely responsible for the weak
and lnsipid men and women who
go ont into the world as educated
and whose brains are as useless
as would be a third hand. It. is
men who dig out mental power,
whether in school or out, that
nave the ability to grasp the
things of strenuous life.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-09-29
A Tisif With the Farmers
OF Ramsey County
CONT naed from iirs. page.

houses being built u lands cult.
Vated north or west of them for
several miles Now every Quarter
except the state land Is being
farmed Mi. Maurer owns nine q
quarters, has 100 acres of 2t, bush
81 wheat, and 100 acres Of as bush,
81 fax. His barley Welded 10
bushels and bis oats viii 10 5t,
bushels.
Much Of Pleasant township illu- !
strafes what the Inter lcean has
stated many times, that the hold
ing Of the state lands keeps OUT
good farmers, and leaves land
which would produce splendid
crops fl grow i p iii grass which.
has little 81 no lnarke value. The
cultivated farms ia This township
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-09-29
g. CON X ENTION
GRAND 70 RKS. II b l

The Great Northern will sell
tickets at tile rate of3one and one
third fares for the round trip on
the certificate plan, on account IF
the State Convention Of the M C.
q LI to be held at Grand Forks
sept. ~ to Oct. End. Ask your
local agent for full particlla
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-09-29
OUR BANKING SYSTEM.

The Minot National bank has
closed its doors and the comprol-
Ter of the treasury has appointed
National Bank Examiner Chap
man receiver of the defunct in
Estitution. Current reports says
the depositors will receive so
cents on the dollar. There is
nothing sensational in the story
of the failure. but the fact that
50 many national banks are clos
ing their doors would indicate
that a new system of banking
should be adopted by the govern
n1ent. National Bank Examiners
are usually men of high integrity
and able and experienced bank
ers, but it would seem that
where bank officers SO desire,
their books can be made to show
a safe condition when in fact
the bank is not able to meet its
obligations, and that this con-:
dition can be brought about be-
tween the visits of the examiner.
Nothing short of daily reports
made to the examiner would;
avoid this danger, and even that,
would be liable to show many
false entries in case such were
necessary to hide the banks
shortage. 1t is in fact, a ques.
tion of men rather than system
that make banking safe or un-
safe today.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-09-29

brute force rather than the pre-
sent one Of intelligent curnpro.
mise: The millennium has not
yet arrived when nations will
learn war no more, but the
recent events in Scandinavia
have made a great forward step
towards that end.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-09-29

The Minot Optic seems to have
cut out the sensational features
that have formerly put it in a
class not at all enviable-by
itself. Minot has been given a
reputation not deserved, by the
stories of crime and immortality
that have reached the public
through some of its local papers,
and a change for the better
should be appreciated by the
people of Minot.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-09-29

Mark Twain would like to
have seen the eastern war con-
tinued, he says. But it should
be remembered that Mark killed
all his victims with jokes not
bullets.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-09-29
ATTACKED BY Al MOB

And beaten in a labor riot until
covered with sores, Chicago
street car conductor applied Ami.
ca Salve and was soon we'll and
sound q use it Id my family, &
writes Ct. S. WEIGH OF Tekonsha,
Mich, and find ii perfect. Only
Zoe at Greene's drug store 81