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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1905-04-07
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08
Hoppiest Class
of People

/ have told you who are the unhap-
piest men and now it is my pleasant
duty to speak of the happiest state.
Solomon indicated it in his petition,
Give me neither riches nor poverty.
There is in that as iii most Of the
proverbs, both definition and descrip-
tion. Neither riches nor poverty.
need say little more. We all know
what the alternative is--that middle
state where the income safely exceeds
the expenditure, writes John Gilmer
Speed in the Woman's Home Compan-
ion. Then a man can be happy-and
he can have good temper and 70
bust digestion-it does not make much
difference what goes on around him.
He is safe and for the time being, at
least, his family is secure. The best
thing about this happiest state is that
it has within it such tremendously
large class. 1t is not only man here
and there that belongs within it; the
men are legions.
In this country it embraces all the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08
Are Mostly Those Who
Are Neither Rich
Nor Poor.

great middle class And the very
great majority of them do not even
know that theirs is the happiest state;
they do not dream how we'll they are
off. Some Of them, being wrong
headed men, envy their richer neigh
bors; some others get riches and then
are not as happy as they were before.
Let those who are in this happiest
state continue in it if they can, for the
world at large and the country at
home has great need for them. They
constitute the great conservative force
the force which prevents the demo-
cratic country from going pell-mell to
smash; they represent the solid hon.
esty which stands midway between the
madness of a too rapid social reform
and the Unsuitable greed of the un-
scrupulous who look upon the whole
world as gold mine that belongs to
them by right of Inheritance or pur-
chase. Happy should be the land
where this class is very great and il
is greater in the United States than
anywhere else in the world.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08

900, 600, an increase Of $6,0O0,00o over
1899, and within her limits there are
still almost 100000 acres of public
lands subject to entry. The $40 900 900
OF taxable valuation represents $780,
O0O. 900 of actual value Of property
The products of her farms mines and
factories in the fiscal year aggregated
$75 100000. She has 100000 children
enrolled in her public schools, with
1000 in the higher educational instl-
tutions. Her public school enrolment
is double that of this district. And
there is something marvellous in
1000 enrolment in institutions for
liberal education in a region that was
a wilderness eleven years ago. At
1159 a. m. on April %, 1889. there
was not an inhabitant in Oklahoma,
all the squatters having been expelled
by the United States troops. At sun
set of that memorable day Oklahoma
contained $4,000 inhabitants. At 2
o'clock in the afternoon Of the open
ing day bank with $50 900 capital
was established in a tent at Guthrie,
a town born a few minutes earlier.
The sowing of 100000 acres of wheat
began that day and towns by the score
were staked out before sunset. The
next day schools were established and
churches were in process Of erection
not very stately structures, but mag
nificent attestations of the spirit Of
the pioneers. On May 22. 1889, just
a month after the opening day, a con-
vention assembled in Guthrie to form
a provisional government. One year
after the opening President Harrison
signed the bill which created the terri
tory of Oklahoma. The census of 1890
showed population of $1,000. In ten
years those figures have expanded to
400 900. Who will venture to fix a
limit to the progress and prosperity
Of Oklahoma when, with the superb
lands of the Indian Territory annexed,
she takes her place in the family Of
states?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08

The cab was fitted for a rainy day
Agatha drew quick breath. Il hope"
she began.
"Yes?" he turned to her with a
nervousness that all his self-control
could not conceal.
Il hope the sun will shine out a
little while on the gates she com
pleted, lamely.
YES" he assented absently. Yes,
you like to catch the wet CLEANS on
the grotesque iron mouldings?"
It was hopeless. They were both too
overstrung to talk. Everything sound
ed trite to ears straining for words
that did not come. The inevitable ST.
lence had fallen upon them before they
reached the heart OF French-town.
What under the sun could he expect
her to say! She knew that the big
fellow was more shy than any school
girl would ever dream of being, but
this yfas too unreasonable. A little
flame OF anger leaped to the assistance
Of her perplexity. Il think"
Again he interrupted her with that
nervous interrogation. Il think 1t is
going to rain harder. Perhaps we had
better turn back at the end Of this
street"
Hall agreed. He had brought an
immense pressure to bear upon his
reticent nature in order to do and dare
all this dismal afternoon. Another
word was an impossibility. Agatha,
however, had no sooner spoken than
the dreariness awaiting her at home
loomed up with magnified dimensions.
This is very pleasant, however,
isn't it?" she remarked in a tone OF
sudden conviction.
do you find it so?" he asked i'll
frank as,onishment.
Agatha frowned "see here" she
said reproachfully, every time you
have made that remark this evening,
have agreed with YOU
Have made it often?"
only three times"
did /? Before we got blocked,
them he added innccently.
The girl struggled with a nervous
laugh Haven't you found it partic-
ularly pleasant since?" she asked un-
steadily.
Hall turned to look down into her
eyes while a glad light began to glow
in his own.
Il don't think It is going to rain any
harder" he said irreleyantly.
mo, indeed" she assented happily.
They reached the end Of the street
and drove on ana it was very late
when they returned.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08

Paper Read by Dr. A. Donaldson smith
On conntrv East NJ Timer NlIe

Paper Read by Dr. A. Donaldson smith
on Country East of Upper Nile.
At a meeting of the Geographical
Society Of Philadelphia recently. DR..
A. Donaldson Smith addressed the So
ciety on Explorations to the East Of
the Upper Nile" DR.. Smith said that
the expedition was mainly an exten-
sion Of his earlier journey in Somali-
land, which he had had in contempla-
tion for some time before being able
to put it into execution. After sur
mounting many difficulties he get un-
der way Aug /, 1899. DR.. Smith re-
counted briefly the part of his travels,
country explored in 1895, until he
reached Lake Rudolf, on Dec. 9. Here
he was surprised at the poverty which
had overtaken the Murle people, who,
when he visited them in 1895, we're
rich and well-to-do, but discovered
that the secret of their distress was
to be found in Abyssinian raids. After
crossing the Nianam he was struck
with the remarkable change that oc-
Cured in the fauna Not only were n
completely different set Of birds found
between the Nianam and the Nile, but
scarcely any of the mammalia that
they had been accustomed to see were
to be found in this western section.
The Soomerings gazelle had given
place to the larger Boran gazelle, and
this had disappeared to make place for
smaller variety without any longl-
tudinal black stripe on its side, which
Mr.. Thomas has proven to be new.
The bouncing, nervous, long-necked
Walters gazelle, which had been a
constant companion, was now no
longer to be seen. but oribi and reed
buck took its place. Speake's gazelle
was replaced by the beautiful Gazella
Thomsoni. The hartebeests had diff
sferently curved horns and went under
the name OF Bubalis lelwel, The birds
were represented by curious scarlet
breasted barbettes with enormous den
tated bills for cracking hard berries;
by curious tiny fly catchers, with
large scarlet wattles around their
eyes; and by more than a hundred
other different species. all strikingly
beautiful, belonging principally to the
West African types. Many troops Of
monkeys made the tall forest about
the rivers and ponds ring with their
chatter The most beautiful of these
was large horse tailed colobus (colo-
bus guereza poliural. which was also
found to be new. From the time they
left the Boran gallas until they reach
ed Arabic-speaking natives near the
Nile they could communicate with
none of the tribes except by signs
The natives refused to give guides,
principally because he refused TO pur-
sue any other than westward course
the doctor referred to coming upon at
one place school of hippopotami dis
porting themselves in a lake, and then
in continuation described the scenery,
mountains, soils. fora and fauna, and
natives encountered during the rest of
the journey. He reached the Nile on
March 10, and Cairo in June, Just ten
months from the time of starting from
the Somali coast
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08

"If we get into French-town without
being blocked-whoa, there! ! didn't
think we could go far in New Orleans
on holiday like this without block
or two even If it was raining pitch
forks. Some procession or other.
dare say. You don't mind 1t particu-
larly, do your"
mo, indeed"
Hall looked steadily through the
glass at his horses. ears. Don't you
think it's getting to be 800 much OF
a fad with society to go in hordesY'
"Hordes?"
Yes; everything is in parties. II
man wants to make love to a wom-
an, he has got to do it either before a
crowd or by mail | have been in love
with you for a year and this is the
first time have had the shadow OF a
chance to tell you So" Hall spoke even
ly, but when he ceased speaking his
lips twitched a little. He mechanically
drew off his left glove and put his
hand up to his mustaehe. Agatha
shrank back in her corner conscious
that he was waiting for her to speak
and also conscious that she was pow
erless to do it. After a silence that
seemed an eternity, the cart ahead of
them began to move. Hal! put on his
glove; the horses darted forward;
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08
Costliest of
LOG Houses

The costliest log house ever built
in Maine, and probably in the world,
is being constructed on Warrens is
land. Gilkey's harbor. 1t was begun
by the late w. H. Forwell Of Phila-
delphia. and is being completed by his
son, Nathan P. Forwell, to whom the
property was willed with the provision
that it should be finished according to
the plans adopted. 1t will cost nearly
$4,000. The log hut, as some of the
neighbors call it, is 1OOx1O5 feet, and
is built of unpeeled spruce timber, cut
upon the island. Fred Hunter, an ex-
pert log cabin builder from Virginia,
is experimenting the erection of the
building, and is copying the style that
prevailed in Virginia a century or
more ago.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08
paIry steers unprofitabIe.

There never will come time when
steers of the dairy breeds will be prof.
liable for the making of beef. It has
been a third Of century since condi-
tions as to prices for feed and prices
for beef were such that the dairy COW
and the dairy steer could be fattened
and sold at profit. The continual
rise in the price Of land and also in
the price Of feed that is to be made
into beef has made 1t necessary to
discard the steer of dairy conforma.
tion. The man that has a dairy bred
male calf that he is thinking about
Steering and keeping to grow IN
into beef will much better dispose
Of the young animal while a calf If
the dairy COW is to be used as the
mother of beef animal it will be
much better to breed her to a pure
bred beef bull, which will give a calf
having enough beef animal character
lstics to make it possible to mature
him in good time and thus make
some money out Of him. as a beef ami.
NAL.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08
Balanced Ratlons.

So far as possible. the fowls should
have balanced rations, and it is prob
ably best to balance the rations at
each meal. Man has come instinc.
lively to prefer balanced rations
Long before he understood the rea-
son for it, man made up each meal Of
different kinds of food. He always
wants the carbohydrate potato with
his protein lean meat. If he eats a
meal of potatoes alone he feels dis
satisfied, and if he is compelled to
put up with meat alone he feels that
he has not had the kind Of food
needed. He does not eat his potatoes
at one meal and his meat at another.
Nature seems to point to the neces-
sity for giving the different compon-
ents of balanced ration at one meal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08

Some Requisites in Sheep Breeding.
To make success of the breeding
Of sheep it is necessary to have ami
mails of good quality and keep them
always in good condition. No matter
how Aighly bred the sheep may be IT
will not be profitable if it be allowed
to get out of condition even for
short time. On the other hand,
Gheep of poor quality never seems to
be in very good condition. Its quality
is against it. The high quality may be
obtained only by breeding to prepo-
tent animals of good quality. The
condition depel.;is on the feed and
general care snyen get. Some men
buy sheep Of high quality and fail to
give them good care. They score a
failure. Other men buy sheep of poor
quality and give them good care; but
they also complain that there is no
profit in it. It takes a well-balanced
man to buy sheep Of first quality and
then give them first-class care. There
is money in this combination.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08
10 NY WIFE


BY Joseph Brennan.
Come to me, dearest. I'm lonely without
hee;
Daytime and nighttime I'm thinking
about thee;
NiGht-time and daytime in dreams be-
hold thee;
Unwelcome the waking which ceases to
Come to me. darling, my sorrows to
Come in thy beauty to bless and TO
brighten;
Come IN thy womanhood, meekly and
lowly.
Come in thy lovinsness. queenly and
holy!
Swallows win fit round the desolate
Telling Of Spring and its joyous renew
ing;
And thoughts Of thy love and its mani
fold treasure,
Are circllng my heart with a promise Of
pleasure.
oh, Spring of my spirit Oh, May Of my
bosom
Shine out on my soul till It bourgeon
and blossom;
The past Of my life has rose-root with
In 1t.
And thy fondness alone to the sunshine
can win IT.
Figure that moves like a song through
the even
Features lit UP by a reflex Of heaven;
Eyes like the sky Of poor Erin. our
mother.
Where shadow and sunshine are chasing
each other:
Smiles coming seldom, but childlike and
simple.
Opening their eyes from the heart Of a
OH thanks to the Savior. that even thy
Is left TO the exile to brighten his
dreaming.
You have been glad when you knew I
was gladdened-
Dear, are you sad now to hear ! am sad
dened?
Our hearts ever answer in tune and in
time. love.
AS octave to octave and rhyme unto
rhyme, love.
cannot weep but your tears will be
flowing
You cannot smile but my cheeks viii be
glowing:
i would not die without you at my side.
love-
You win not linger when I shall have
died, love.
Come to me. dear. ere die Of my sor-
row,
Rise on my gloom like the sun Of to-
morrow:
Strong swift and fond as the words
which / speak, love.
With song on your lip and smile on
your cheek. love
Come, for my heart in your absence Is
weary
Haste. for my spirit IS sickened and
dreary;
Come to the arms which alone should
caress thee
Come to the breast that is throbbing to
press theel
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08

At Port Said, where the West, the
far East and Africa all meet and min
gle, an Englishman has established
one of the most curious businesses i'm
aginable. He has an immense stock
of colored pictures Of all sizes repre-
senting Biblical scenes. The figures
in the pictures are Of all nationalities.
from the pig-tailed Chinaman to the
negro of Central Africa. One subject
the return OF the prodigal son-is
drawn and colored in thirty different
ways. In one picture the figures are
those of South Sea islanders, in an
other Of negroes. and so on. including
Malays. Hindoos, Samoans. Dyaks and
many other races. The missionaries
find these pictures more convincing
than the conventional ones, and buy
largely OF the dealer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08
LIVE III
/ STOCK
Money and the Grade steer.

Money and the Grade Steer
We would like to know how many
Of our readers ever made money buy
ing the cheapest feeders" on the mar
ket and putting high-priced corn and
hay into them. There may have been
a time in the past when corn was SO
low that money could be made feeding
1t to any kind of stock, but that time
has certainly not existed for num-
ber Of years. The animals that are
known as feeders" vary enormously
in their ability to put their food to
the best of uses. The cheap animals
are the low grade ones; that is, they
show but very small amount of pure
bred blood in them. Their sires may
have been grade bull having a quar-
ter Of improved blood and three-uuar-
ters Of unimproved blood, and dams
cows having no blood Of the beef
breeds in their veins.
Such animals are low grades and
generally put a large part of their
food onto their intestines. On the
other hand some of the feeders on the
Chicago market have pure-bred sires
and dams that are three-quarters pure.
This gives a very high grade and one
that will place all the fat made in
places where it will do the most good
and sell for the highest price. Then
there are all kinds Of makeups be.
tween the two grades we have indi-
Gated, with some above and below
them.
But the facts in the case are being
recognized among farmers and they
are coming more and more to select
the kind Of steers that will make the
most money out of the feed given
them. So now it happens that there
is much greater demand for the
high grades than for the more com
mon kinds, and that is why the price
of high-grade feeders has gone up so
far that the amount of profit that can
be made out of feeding them has been
greatly reduced. Since this class IS
so much in demand the men that pro-
duce feeders for themselves should en-.
deavor to produce only this class.
which is always salable at a good
price either as feeders or as finished
steers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08

Harper's Weekly: Is there any class
Of men in this country and generation
that is better worth notice than this
class or which Phil Armour was a
familiar type? For the moment, mon
ey-making, which happens just now
to be going on in this country on such
a gigantic scale, is the most interest
ing thing in sight, and some of the
princes Of trade, egregious, untiring,
seen both-the system marvellous in
man creatures now breathing. There
came to the present writer a year or
two ago description Of Armour and
his system, from some one who had
seen both-the system marvellous in
its precision and order. the man a man
who knew business. alert, warm blood
ed, tremendously hard-worked, yet an
easy-running machine. No money
could pay a man for working as Ar
mour worked for fifty years. unless the
work was his life and he would rather
do 1t than anything else. That fact
complicates the descent of a great busi-
ness from father to son, for what was
fun for the father may be terrific
drudgery for the son. and drudgery
which there is no pecuniary induce
ment to undergo But there training
comes in, and family pride, and a legit--
innate love of power. and the sense of
duty, and provided the son happens to
be a chip Of the old block these con-
siderations will be ample.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08

Harper's Bazaar; The private apart
ments Of the president and his family
in the White House are lacking in any
thing that approaches art, save as the
president supplies them from his own
belongings. Mrs. McKinley's room is
exquisite in its display Of her delicate
grace and gentle personality. The room
in which the late Mrs. Harrison died
has been done over in grewsome green,
and In the one adjoining is such riot
Of red as good souls in their senses
seldom see. This is known as the
prince Of Wales room. from having
upon a memorable occasion quartered
that illustrious gentleman. 1t con
tains some rare old mahogany pieces
-of especial note, great canopied
bed. The curtains of the bed, the car
pet, couch, chairs, window-draperies,
are red-ibright, blazing, binding red
Ito the dazzling glory of which is
added gilt-above the windowe, broad.
bulging gilt cornices, topped with a
shining shield. and crowning the red
bed-canopy is another brilliant yellow
gilt shield One who loves fireworks
might sleep peacefully in this chamber.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08
VERY RAPID GROWTH.
ROMANCE OF COMING STATE
OF OKLAHOMA.
Its History IL One OF the Marvels of
This Great Nation-AIready Equal to
Ten Nevadas-Ahead of District of
Columbia. .

The story of the coming state of
Oklahoma promises to afford an ex-
ample Of rapidity of growth unmatched
in the history of any other common
wealth in any age or country, says the
Washington Post. Hitherto, when an
instance of unparalleled progress has
been wanted by way of illustration,
the city of Chicago has been cited with
full confidence that it could not be
matched. That confidence and the
stupendous facts on which it rests will
still remain, but Oklahoma will occu-
py in the list of states the position held
by the western metropolis in the list
OF municipalities. Both are giants in
infancy, with unlimited facilities OF
growth and an assured prospect of in
creasing greatness. Just as Chicago
has grown in area by annexation of
the adjacent towns, villages and farm
ing lands, Oklahoma is destined to ex-
pand by taking in the Indian Terri
tory. Governor Barnes latest annual
report upon the condition of Oklahoma
reads more like tale from "The Ara
bian Nights" than the sober reality
which we know it to be. On June 1,
1900, the census enumerators found
$4,000 inhabitants in the territory
and the 100000 mark has been passed
since that count was made That is
about equal to ten Nevadas and more
than 80 per cent ahead of the District
of ColurSbia. The governor states
that the assessed valuation o. her prop
erty in 1900 is, in round figures, s49,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-08
Residence Being Built
on on Island at q
Cost of $4,000

The house will contain % sleeping
rooms, living hall 3Ox40 feet, a din
ing room 20x30 feet, a kitchen 20x25
feet, laundry 2Ox25 feet, and a store
room 15x25 feet. There win be six
bay windows and 100 of the ordinary
kind. Many of the windows win be
fitted with panes of glass 4x5 feet. The
roof is gabled. The large living hall
is finished with gilt molding, and from
the windows one can look across upon
the Camden mountains, famous for
their beauty. This view caused Mr.
Forwell to have placed above the i'm
mense open fireplace large marble
tablet with the inscription. How beau
tiful are the mountains, from Isaiah.
Work on the house was begun more
than year ago, and it will require
four months to finish it,