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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-03-01

i
having helped us to get to that high
place will share in. the good for
tune. Bank interest is no attrac-
ton for the smart investor. He
knows his money is worth more
than 3 per cent. You can make
your money worth more than that
by putting it into the Hamilton
Oil and Gas company.
The Hamilton Oil and Gas COM
pany is corporation under the
laws of the United States in force
in the Indian Territory, with a
capitalization of $I,ooo,ooo. This
conn any owns the south half of
the 5. w. Id of the N. E. Id, and
the n. w. IL of the N. w. Id of
the n. L. Id of Section 81. Town
Zip 2S n, Range I3 East of the
indian base of meridian, and con-
tains 80 acres. This land lies
about four miles southwest of CO.
pan. !. T.. and about twelve miles
north of Bartlesville. in the Indian
Territory, and ten miles south of
Cancy, Kansas. Wel1ave two large
oil producing wells in operation.
One boiler, two engines, one boiler
house, enough material on the
ground to drill another well, 1900
feet of casing, 1900 feet of tubing,
1900 feet OF gas pipe, which we
use in securing gas from our own
wells without any cost whatever,
and good fifteen horse power
Reid gas engine. In addition
thereto we have a receiving tank
with capacity of 100 barrelsand
two e5o-barrel storage tanks.
We arc just eight miles from
the famous gas wells that caught
OF fire sometime in February last,
which is now producing sixty-three
million cubic feet of gas a day, a
regular volcano. the largest we'll in
the world. The average depth of
an oil well in this vicinity is 1900
feet. We drill through from 20
to 100 feet of oil producing sand.
1t is not u rare occurrence for peo-
pie to bring in new we'll every
few days producing from 200 to
1000 barrels per day. AS before
stated, we have room for ten more
wells, and we propose to build
them as soon as we have sold
enough stock to raise the money.
We feel that, situated as we are,
in the greatest oil field in the
world. we have the same chance to
strike these large wells as any one.
1t is not like the search for gold,
for we have already two large pro-
ducing wells, and our property is
in well proven territory. We feel
thoroughly convinced that when
well No. 3 is completed it will
show daily production of not less
than 800 barrels per day. In the
Dewey oil field, which lies Just
south of our land, there are large
of wells with daily pro-
of 500 barrels.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-03-01

For Governor Of the State of OK.
lmhona,
Hon. John u. BENEDICT. Of Muskogrc.
I. r.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-03-01

This is not a speculative enter
prise. We own something. We
have put our money into it. 1t is
an established property that only
needs to be more thoroughly de-
.eloped to be the largest of its
kind i'll the world among our race.
We ask yon to invest all you can
i'll this stock at its present price
$6.e5 per share. 1t is certain to
20 to par, and beyond it. We are
at the point where we must spread
out. and it is for this reason we
offer YOU this stock at SOS per
share.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-03-01
THE 0IyNCPER,

eUeLisHED EVERY WEEK ~ TIE tNrER.
ssT or TIE NEeRo BY CINE TER eU6. GO
ENIE1EoAT tHs eosr oeFice Ar NOS.
TER
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-03-01

The eyes of the world are upon
the Indian Territory, Which today
is pronounced by men of highest
ability and knowledge to be the
richest district to be found any
where in the wide, wide world.
No where is known district on
any continent where the goddess of
wealth has danced with so much
glee as in the Mid-Continent Oil
-eld Of the Indian Territory with
i'll -the past few years; and the
sturehouses of wealth have hardly
been scratched as yet.
II giving you an opportunity to
buy stock with this company, we
are representing as sure and GER
tain a winner rs is possible to find
in the mining world, and we most
sincerely recommend that per
sons desiring 10 purchase shares
had better have the local agent of
this company wire the amount of
their subscription as soon as they
make UP their minds TO subscribe.
for the few shares in market will
all be taken in few days, and as
the sock is subject to advance
without notice, the price may be
$500 within the next thirty days.
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AlUskogce, |. 7.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-17
=" | cried. "The bed"

'The bed | cried. "rhe bed!
Right agreed Godfrey incisively,
d walked to the bedroom door. In
instant the inner room was ablaze
TIL light. He armed himself with
E of Tremalne's canes, and together
approached the bed.
Ready, now" he said, and with a
tiden movement stripped back the
Ters. But there was nothing under
I'm.
The pillow, perhaps" he said, and
rned 1t over.
There was a quick movement, soft
Fsing, vicious head raised itself.
o eyes OF orange fire glared ut us.
heard the swish of Godfrey's cane,
d the head fell Fe-Fe would work
more evil.
And then as I looked more closely at
coils l perceived something else
ere - something bright. iridescent,
owing.
Godfrey lifted the mangled body with
end of his cane and threw it into
middle of the bed. Then he bent
pr and picked up-the necklace.
u was sure we should find it here"
said. But look Mt it. Isn't 1t beau
|ulF"
{ was more than that-it was SUI
rb, not dead white now, but warm,
of life. Was it the salt bath. or
5 il that the cloud had been rcmov-
| forever from its owners life? AS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-17
HORSES AT SO A DOZEN.
An odd but Paying Speculation BY
an Actress,

An odd but Paying Speculation By
an Actress.
Miss Edna Wallace Hopper Is a
good Judge of horses. How good a
Judge she discovered only by chance.
at was one of the oldest experiences
in speculation" says Miss Hopper,
that ever came to me. 1t happened
several years ago when I was on my
way to the Pacific coast. 1t should
be said, too, that II was before the
Boer war had cleaned up the American
ranges Of mustangs. Horsefesh in the
northwest was hardly worth keeping
track Of. CHANGED to stop off Mt Spo-
kane, Wash, and in going about the
city was attracted by large crowd
before the courthouse. Upon invcsti-
cation found that an auction by the
sheriff's office was going on. and lot
of cayuses-as they call them out there
was about to be sold Curious. |
waited to soc the fun. The horses in n
corral near by looked mighty good to
me, and | was struck by the evident
lack of desire to bid on them. Final
ly the auctionccr managed to coax a
bid of $50 for the lot. could not be-
lieve my ears-50 cents apiece for real
live horses. Some within seized me,
and / called out raise to $40, fully
expecting, Of course, that another buy
or would go higher, but hardly were
the words out of my mouth when the
oinf innonr ct1pht1oH and Enn1ly-
ed down the lot to my bid.
81 could not get out of it, and there
was with 100 horses on my hands 5000
miles away from New York. 1t looked
for q time like the original white ele-
plant, but since l was on the trade
determined to stay in. I made arrange
ments with rancher few miles out
from Spokane to run the horses on lis
range, and l agreed to pay the OK
penses for winter feed and keen. for
which he fixed n ridcuously low fig-
ure. Then for the time being I drop
ped them from my mind. | returned
to New York. and had almost for
gotten that | was the proud possessor
of band Of horses when I received
n letter stating that an offer Of 81 1900
had been made for them by an agent
of the British government. I set the
wires hot telegraphing my rancher to
take the offer in hurry. fearful that
1t might already be too late. In the
course Of few weeks ! received a
cEcck for the full $500 from n Spo-
kane bank Counting the cost Of keep
Ing them, the cayuscs averaged In cost
81 each to me. so my profit was a clean
$1,4o0 which was not bad on an in
vestnent of such a size. bohemian
Magazine
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-17
HOW LINCOLN WON.
A Dad Looking Legal Case That Was
Saved by FranlSness.

The lawyer whose honesty is proved
| fury. A story OF Abraham Lincoln is
IN illustration. He was appointed IL
Gefend one charged with murder. The
crime was brutal one the evidence
entirely cXcumstantial, the accused Il
| stranger Feeling was high and against
the fricndless defendant. On the trial
Lincoln drcw from the witnesses full
statements of what they saw and
knew. There was no effort to confuse,
no attempt to place before the jury
the facts other than they were. In the
argument, after calling attention to the
fact that there Was no direct testimo
ny. Lincoln reviewed the circum-
stances and, after conccding that this
and that seemed to point to defend
ants guilt, closed by saying that he
had relec ted much on the case, and
while II seemed probable that defend
ant was guilty, he was not sure and
looking the jury ght in the fat @,
said. Are y0u?" The defendant was
acquitted, and afterward the real Grim.
| inal was detected ana punished How
{ different would have been the conduct
Of many lawyers Some, would have
striven to lead the judge into technical
errors with view TO an appeal to a
higher court Others would have be
como hoaysc in Gcnunciation Of wit.
nesses. decrying the lack Of positive
| testimony and the marvellous virtue Of
reasonable doubt. Tho simple,
| straigh forward way of Lincoln, back
ell by the confidence of the jury, won,
ID. j. Brewer in Atlantic
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crude belief to the perfect belief. II
you will go forth and serve God by
the light you have Christ will come to
you as he came to the young man of
the east, whose eyesight he had kin
died, and he will say: "Dost thou be-
lleve on the Son Of God? Thou hast
seen him, and 1t IL he that talketh with
thee" And he said: Lord. I believe.
And he worshiped him" Yes, II we
will only continue to serve God by the
light we have Jesus Christ will con.
tlnue more and more to reveal himself
to us in brighter and holier and a
truer light.
Thus today. whether we are old or
young, rich or poor, church members
or nonchurch members. feel that we
arc one and all standing In the light
Of some gospel truth. Are we ready to
obey that truth as much as we see it7
Are we ready to proclaim that truth
no matter what earthly power bids us
nay? Are we ready to be true to
Christ. as was Bishop Latimer when
preaching before King Henry VIII?
In the midst Of his sermon he suddenly
stopped and said: "Latimer. Latimer!
Latlmer! Remember thou art in the
presence Of thy king. Heed well what
thou sayest TO him." Then he paused
again and said: "Latimer! Latimer!
Latimer! Remember that thou art in
the presence of the King of kings. Heed
well what thou sayest 1t is more i'm.
portant to obey the King OF kings than
II is to obey any earthly potentate."
oh, my friends, are you saying this
Will you be as true to the King Of kings
as WINS Hugh Latlmer or the young
man of the east who was brave enough
to be true to Christ when he said,
whether he be sinner or not know
not, but one thing I know-that, where
as l was blind, now I seer"
copyright. 1907. by Louis Klopsch.l
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-17
Cham ion Misers of Recent Years


A few weeks ago Samuel Dunlap
died In England. He had several mil
lions and In forty years had purchased
one suit Of clothes. cheap pair Of
trousers, two overcoats, and in sixteen
years four straw hats were his only
head covering. lie would not have his
shoes backcned for fear Of wearing
them out, and his housekeeper cut his
hair.
A Russian millionaire. Solodovnikogo,
left millions for charity when he died.
He had lived alone for years, little bet
ter than a dog. He was ragged and
miserable With an income Of half a
million year, his expenditures were
not over SIS weekly.
NJ. Colasson of France was rich and
happy till his favorlte nephew was
burned to death. Then he shut him
self in a room and for twenty seven
years lived as a recluse, seeing only an
old servant He ate only eggs and
bread.
James Tyson, Australian millionaire,
boosted that during his long life he
had never entered a theater, worn
gloves, washed himself with soap nor
worn a white shirt
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-17

Some timely advice is given by the
Cri de Paris. "Frenchmen," It eX.
horts, drink only boiled water" This
advice is good. but the following is
even better, Before stepping into
train make sure that no Russian grand
duke travels In IT," Further Before
stopping at a hotel make sure that Il
does not harbor some Russian grand
duke" There ia today nothing more
dangerous than hotel In which
member of the cars family has TAX
en- quarters. A patron sits in the read
ing room or IN the dining room when,
bang! the shattered window panes fly
about and the ceiling tumbles down.
In justification of this e1hortation to
precautlon the paper calls attention
to the fact that the train between Ror.
deaux and Cette in which Russian
grand duke was travelling to Biarritz
ran off the rails. and two passengers
lost their lives; that simultaneously a
bomb exploded in the Simplon tunnel
after grand duke had passed
through.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-17

heard inc S,ciSh OF Godtrcys cane"
looked at it there seemed to he
netting unearthly in its beauty. 1t
'med TO he rejoicing.
The snake bit him probably" add
Godfrey thoughtfully. "as he thrust
necklace under the pillow. 1t was
lifting punishment"
1t was greater than he deserved" |
Dtested hoarsely. lie was not the
Il to meet a death Ike that
a man, lie was Il VAMPIRE said
{dfrey sternly. lie lived on the
es of others. Don't let your senti-
fntalism blind You, Lester"
fOh, you didn't know him." I cried.
J. hot resentment of fate was sweep
1 over me. | realized that, down at
| bottom of my heart. had never
billy believed in Trcmaine's guilt.
en- now hardly believed in it.
godfrey turned to Simmonds, who
bod contemplating the scene with
bring eyes. his lantern still open in
! hand.
FITS hard luck, Simmonds," he said.
cure not going to get the glory,
or all. But who could have fore.
Pm thing like this:"
|Eimmonds opened his mouth and
! ut it again without uttcring sound
You'd better notify the coroner"
|htinued Godfrey, and, I suppose, to
strictly regular. I'll have to turn
IS necklace over to you for the night
lard it well, Simmonds. It's worth
hundred thousand dollars"
What. sli!..!....... ....4moIds. SIS
! the -the-thc''--
|Ics, it's the Dell, Y necklace. You'll
I've to 20 with uS TO Babylon in the
bming to attend tie inquest. | fan
thcre'll he something Of 4 sensation
pen we produce tie EccI!acc there
!. Lester And he laughed a grim
tie laugh Of anticipator% triumph.
Then he glanced at his watch.
II must be going" he said. I've
! t to fire this story down to the Of
b.. What scoop it will be. Till
morrow, gentlemen"
heard his footsteps die ont along
e hall; then sudden horror of the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-17
A Chinese Duel.

A Chinaman was killed recently In
Bangkok in n duel with another Of his
race. The Chinese method of duellng
is interesting, but does not seem dead
ly. These two Bangkok Cinnamon
fought with the two foretingers Of
each hand, stabbing each other with
these In the region of the spleen and
at the same level on the other side OF
the body. The men who go in for this
kind OF contest practice every morn
ing, stabbing bags Of rice or paddy
with these fingers TIL they can use
them like piece Of iron.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-17
TIE "Man" Who Minds tho Cows

In the Basque country the children
begin to work at an early age. They
learn to tend and guide the oxen.
which are used entirely for agricultur-
al and draft work, and as If by instinct
obtain complete control over the ami
mails while barely able to reach their
heads. The sturdy urchin Of four years
is up at daybreak, and barelegged and
barehsaded he goes with the cows to
the pastures. If one should stray on to
q neighboring patch he is after 1t with
his long stick and Basque adjurations
and brings 1t scampering back, general
ly holding on to Its tail meanwhile
Strand Magazine
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-17
Protector For shirts.

When man buys dress shirt now
adays he can depend on the bosom be-
Ing absolutely spotless. since owing
to a new device that has been thought
Of the shirt is protected from the touch
of soled fingers that so often were
wont to leave their mark on the fair
surface. This new style of protection
consists Of an envelope Of transparent
paper that is large enough to hold the
shirt keep it absolutely clean and yet
enables one to see the size numbers
through IT, Without adding much to
the cost, the envelope is "A great econo-
my to the dealers and makers, since
with its use there is never any cause
for the return Of shirts to the factory
that have been soilcd in the handling
as there Is In the case Of collars and
Cuffs.-New York Press
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-17
And CheerfuIly Too,

"Nlnety per cent Of the men In this
world make fools OF themselves for
money"
Worse than that. Ninety per cont
Of them make fools of themselves for
nothing. "-Cleveland Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-17
For and Against Esperanto.

Max Nordau in an article against
Esperanto admits 1.-The absolute neces-
sity Of an international language" but
er be Esperanto" He says: at would
be impossible for an artificial language
to retain unity Of character-in other
words. 1t would invariably lapse into
dialect. producing eventually as many
Esperantos as the nations adopting
It," In answer to this argument a
writer in the Buenos Ayres Herald
says: Latin was the recognized me-
dunn of exposition by the learned of
all the nations Of Europe up to the
end Of the seventeenth century. We
have yet to learn that each country
created its own Latin dialect, French
is the language Of large part of Bel.
GUM. Switzerland, Canada, etc, and
yet it remains practically French all
the time. Latin was preserved as
Latin because there were always ac-
cessible sources Of reference and rec
tihcatlon. The same may be said Of
French, and the same may also be
said Of Esperanto"
Small Pews.
Ono feature which noticed espc
cially In a recently opened church in
the city was the large number Of
small pews-pews intended for two
persons only-was the comment of an
old New York churchgoer the other
Sunday. Now, fifty years ago the ma
jority Of the pews held six persons
comfortably and sometimes more
There may have been a few of these
two seated pews, but they were ne.
cessity because of the interference Of
a pillar, and there were never more
than six or eight Of these small pews
In an entire church. In the church
speak Of l noticed two rows of them.
extending the entire depth Of the audi
forum. couldn't help but think Of
the good old times when the entire
family went to church In body and
filed long old fashioned pew. And
I got to wondering what the new two
seated arrangement stood for. Is 1t an
outgrowth of apartment living, race
suicide and all the other evils one
hears Of, or Is II old fashioned now
for children to accompany their par.
ents to church New York Sun.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-17
SLIGHTLY AWPY.

Visitor in the Art Gallery (pointing to
the wolf sucking Romulus and RemusJ
What Is that?
Attendant-That is Romeo and Juliet
December Lippincott's,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-17
Fit and Fought.

One would have thought this an
Americansm, but find it in Garrick's
Miss In Her Teens where Tag says
to Flash; "Oh pray let me see you
hght! There We're two gentlemen fit
yesterday" etc, (act 2).-Notes and
Queries.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-17

place seized me, a deadly loathing. and
| CROPPED my way blindly from the
room.
THE END,
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The Result of His Courage.

The Result of His Courage.
And what was the result of this
young mans testimony? Though he
had the smallest conviction Of Christ,
though he could not tell who Jesus
was in the broad Christian conception.
though he could only say, "He opened
my eyes. and I see," yet that young
mans testimony was able 70 win many
disciples to the cross. Have you not
read the chapter Of my text? No soon
er had this young man told his simple
story than there was a division among
the multtudes. Some still scoffed
Mt Christ. Some will always scoff.
But some who came to scoff knelt and
prayed, for the Bible says, "Others said,
How can man that is a sinner do
such miracles?" And, my brother, you
may be a spiritual weakling, but II you
go forth earnestly and faithfully to tes-
tlfy for the Master with the light you
have you will win many souls to Christ.
Yes, you can win them to Christ now.
But cannot close without drawing
attention to the most tremendous fact
of this story. Though this young man
only had a crude conception of Christ
when his eyes were opened, yet rs
SOON as he was brave enough and true
enough to live up to the gospel light
which he had Christ revealed himself
In all the beauty of holiness to him.
Just read that chapter. 1t Is beautiful
story. I. Is only one step from the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-17

The other day l saw picture Of the
new gallery Of one of the largest audi
forums Of the west. 1t was filed with
hundreds of bags of sand ana lime.
They We're put there to test the
strength Of the gallery, as every rail-
road bridge is tested before a passen-
ger train Ia allowed to 20 over 1t.
Those sahd bags were practically say
ing. III this gallery can hold up my
weight 1t can hold up the bodies Of