The Brinkley argus., 1906-09-14
Indtan Territory Letter.


 We can only say It continues to rain and Us hot and cIoudy-just the kind of weather to rot the cotton crop.
 The corn crop was never better and up here tis different to what lis fur ther south. there. it's cotton first. las and an the time. The hay crop here is worth considerably more than the cotton. The rule of the farmer here is corn first. hay second and cotton third; so cotton. once king of all south ern products. has been twice dethron- ed. Com crowded him off his throne and became king himself. Now hay takes precedence of the dethroned Monarch. .
 Win Bill Fix, or Lycurgus. please solve this financial problem for me: "A banker going home for his dinner saw SlO.oo bill on the sidewalk. He picked it up and took 1t home. making as memorandum of the num- bes os the bill so as to allow identifica- ton should the owner of the bill appear While at home. his wife remarked that the butcher had sent in bill amounting to 5000. The only money he had with him was this 5000 bill he had found. which he gave to her and she paid the butcher; the butcher paid it to farmer for a calf; the farmer paid to a merchant, who in turn paid # to washerwoman. and she owing the same banker note for 5000, went to the bank and paid the note. The banker recognized the bill as the one he found and which up to date had paid $5o.oo of debt. On careful investigation he discovered the bill was counterfeit. Now will you, or some of our friends. tell us what has been lost in the transaction and by whom lost9
 With the pure food law being en- forced for the year 1907. there will be many changes in prices and qualities of goods sold. To illustrate. take the one article. vinegar. It is nearly i'm possible to buy pure cider vinegar from the retail merchants. The mer- chants buy this acid vinegar for cide1 vinegar and sell 1t for such. The vinegar, the physicians claim. ha: caused more indigestion and stomach irritation than any other one thing used by the families of this southern country. We thank and congratulate Congress for the passage of the pure food law.
 How the wealth of the South is growing may be estimated from tht fact that the value of the cotton croy for the past five years exceeded. b. nearly s4oo. 900. 900. the production of gold and silver in the world durini that time. Now this was only ONE 0 the great crops of this mighty republic It is pleasing to know that the soutf has long since recovered from the devastation of the Civil war and neve was so prosperous in all its history a. right now.
 A negro was hung at Vinita las Tuesday. Sept. 4. He was a wife murderer. This negro was sent hert from Salisaw. as Vinita is one of tn, points where the government dispose. of criminals in this part of the 1 T This is the first and only person eve hung at this place.
 The High School for vinita openet the 10th of Sept. under very fiatterinl prospects. The enrolment this yea is expected 10 be larger than ever be fore in the history of the Vinita publi' high school. 2 l Willie Halsell College wilLopen t doors on Wednesday. Sept. I2th President Anderson and his brothe have left nothing undone tcsadvertiz the school and the present enrollmen is expected to be much larger thai was last year. The Anderson broth CTS are from Virginia and as fine cdu cators as are anywhere in the West This college is owned and controlle by the Missionary Board of the South