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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-26

Chicago-By virtue Of his millions,
his diversified financial and CONNER
cial interests, his methods, and his
means to business ends, J. Ogden Ar
mour is one Of the accredited great
captains of industry of Chicago.
But when you seek to discover Of
his friends the social side of the man,
they are not certain even OF its exist
ence.
Ask Mr.. Armour himself and he re-
CARDS the subject as rot at all worthy
OF discussion in business hours.
And J. Odgen Armour has more
business hours in the course Of the
calendar year than has any other mil
lionaire in the western metropolis
He eats his luncheon in his private
ofice in the general Offices In La
Sale street; sends out for 1t some
where and satlfies his hunger with
the least possible loss of time. When
the days work is done he starts home
in his automobile. just within the
speed limits OF the ordinances, for a
seven o'clock dinner
Responsible for days work as the
head OF Armour & Co. with its pay
roll Of 10000 men. looking to his own
private interests IN half a dozen lines
Of investment. meeting in one way or
another the multitudinous calls that
come from a great world to the desk
Of the millionaire.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-26
sEcRETARY sTRAus, VIE.
Only Jewess Among Cabinet Ladies Is
Beautiful and Cultured Woman.

Washington The wife Of the new
secretary Of commerce and labor is
many years younger than her hus-
band Mrs. Straus was one of the
beauties OF New York Jewish circles,
and her 20 years of married life have
left her still a queenly and beautiful
woman She possesses rare culture
and shares With her husband the
genius Of diplomacy AS Miss Sarah
Lavenbnrg she was known for her
graces and charities.
For many years after her marriage.
Mrs. Straas devoted her entire aften-
tion to the care and education Of her
daughters, and it was not until Presi-
dent Cleveland sent her husband as
minister to Turkey that she found
field for her broader sense OF diplo-
macy Oscar straus and bis brother,
Nathan, fought hard for the election
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-26

Of Cleveland, and it is strange coin.
cidence that Oscar Siraus should have
accepted cabinet position under
Republican president though Dem
ocrat. while his brother declined ona
under the president they both heIped
to elect.
Washington is the most cosmopoIi.
ton city in America and Mrs. ssgaus
will not iind thorns In The path of
social success Her own frank and
open manner viii win her friends and
her fine intelligence MIL lead her ~.
erringly through he maze of dlplos
matte amenities obligations and In.
tfieacies. Ia which she Is ALREADY >
skIlItnl anA exceptional sailor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-26


That such a lesson may be worth
while is suggested in the fact that
there are about $50 Of these branch
houses throughout the country. Three
hundred and fifty manager are neces-
sary for their conduct. and 50 super
intendents and as many travelling au-
ditors overlook the business of these
houses between the Armour head and
the myriad details of buying and sell
ing.
The possibility Of 5000 loss in each
OF $50 branches is an item, even in a
business which nets s5,OO0.000 or $6.-
100000 in a year
It is only the accurate knowledge
Of Armour which saves him In these
personal rounds OF inspection. There
are managers and superintendents
and travelling auditors who are touchy
enough by instinct and by training
to resent idle inQuisitions Of the kind
There is no resenting the keen. clear
cut dnnit cth VI thC HidctNi ~ 6ANn'
business and OF It's almost iniinitesi
NAL details
There is story extant in which
just one man did resent the Armour
finding
He was the cashier Of the Bostor
branch Of the business. and he drew
one Of the big salaries on the Ar
mour rolls. One day, Unexpectedly
as usual, Armour entered the BostoE
once quarter Of an hogr ahead o
the cashier
Most men will admit that It isn'
a pleasant experience to 60 to onel
ONCE expecting 70 find an employ'
there and who for any reason has no
! yet shown up. In the height Of thl
baseball season itrequires an unusu
ally good American to accept an.
kind Of excuse for the absence
! But when a man who never had an,
time for society himself finds himsel
Ii such position Of cooling his heel
because Of an employe who has ha
entirely too much time Ter thai pal
ucular Ting
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-26

~VCffltSo dfC WaH1.
j. Ogden Armour is IA years old.
He has made enemies-bitter ones
in his time; men who have fought
him at the game and nursed defeat
in vengeance. They have fought him
fairly and unfairly.
They have called him the head and
shoulders Of the beef trust:" he
is credited-or discredited- the
leather trust" he owns $4,000 shares
In one great railroad in the centras
west. huge blocks Of stock In other
lines reaching to the Atlantic and to
the Pacific; owner OF lines OF huge
elevators lhal have strangled compe
tition: owner Of street railway stocks:
arbiter in the destinies Of almost
countless aggregations Of capital; de
fendant Of the privately owned refrig
orator lines, and pleading innocence
in the matter Of huge rebates that
have been in violation Of federal laws
Only few years ago he was sich
man, prostfated by the publicity which
came Of his aggressiveness in the
game
/ But he is millionaire many times.
He has power, which Is Compensation
in the game" Who would not have
1t # he could7 He gets up at six
O'Clock IN the morning and goes to
work at seven. He has few friends
that are intimates in the sense that
men have friends. tried and true He
has one child, who sees less OF him
/ perhaps, than most children see 81
their fathers who are day laborera.
/ Yet this Is success Who disputes
itg
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-26
WAR HEROESH0NORED

non IS mounted surrounded by loW
modern shells. The brave eoclmaAd
er was greatly beloved BY the soldiers
who fought with him il Cuba and the
Philippines. and bis character was
most highly esteemed By President
Roosevelt his comrade In Cuba, fact
that led the latter to accept the inAi.
tation to make the principal address
al the unveiling ceremonies at Indian
apoIis
The equestrian statute Of Gen.
Franz Sigel has engaged the best ef-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-26

Downfall Of Cashier
The cashier came at last. vearing
the patent feathers. the gloves. the
SIX hat. tie. and few other Of the
evidences OF a night 10 the company
81 dressy friends. He bowed to the
head Of the Armour business. who
had been filing in the time looklng
through an Office ledger.
It was a nice morning, according to
the Armour weather report. apropos
Of the cashiers silence
The cashier admitted that IN his
chiefs meteorological observation the
chief had beaten the weather bureau
BY ten degrees.
Mr.. Armour had been waiting for
some time, he said.
The cashier hadn't a doubt Of It.
The ease, and composure. and pains
taking care with which the cashier
laid aside overcoat, hat, and gloves
were a little irritating at best. Just
when the cashier was removing his
gloves, careful of the wrinkles, the
head Of Agmour's brought hand
down upon the open ledger.
Mr. Jones. that's a - bad ex-
ample Of bookkeeping, If know any
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-26

Master Of Details.
One may find stories among former
Armour employees, told not with a
view to contrast with this testimony
but with due recognition Of the mans
capacity and mastery Of the routine
Of a great business, which are IN con-
flict.
One Of these men for years had
been a travelling auditor of the bust.
nesses Of the Armour branch houses,
scattered over one Of the great sec.
tlons OF the west. In this organlza-
ton Of the. Armour business each
branch house has its own manager.
Each Of ten or u houses comes IN.
der the supervision Of 3 superintend
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-26
GRANTS OLD HOME in ST. LOUIS.
Cottage Once Occupied by Great Sol
der and Traded for Farm.

St Louis. While modern brick
dwellings have sprung up on all sides
in the vicinity Of Tenth and Barton
streets. there remains standing two
doors west of the corner an antiquated
little wooden cottage, guarded by
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-26

Home and the game" Of business,
measured by tens Of thousands OF
miles and tens OF millions Of money
would you ask more Of flesh and
blood? The game Is at once the
mans diversion and his toll; home Is
the atmosphere and the physical en-
bpdiment Of his recuperative necessi-
ties. For him there can be no social
world, writes Hollis w. Field, In the
Chicago Tribune.
Home? Why. J. Ogden Armour is
spending a million dollars on a SUM
mer home to the west Of Lake Forest
It's basement walls measuring $50 by
500 feet There are 800 acres In the
estate. costing 5000 to $500 an acre.
and for months construction gang
that would affect the eay rolls OF a
great railroad has been at work dig
ging, ditching and leyoling for the
landscape gardener
Lakes Will be formed where only
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-26

swamps existed before Five lines Of
railway, one of which Mr.. Armour is
heavily interested in, will be shut on
by great embankment rs feet In
height and half mile in length. A
driveway ten miles In length will en-
compass the estate The chief ma
terial in construction Of the house
will be marble.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-26

so. Armour considered this a detail
a mere something which had been
delegated to a Mr.. Armstrong Of the
concern.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-26

GIfSGk III t4lCotl9AtilAs
No one in the employ of Armour &
Co. ever has accused the head of the
present business of being unapproach
able. Approaching him, no emplcge
knowing him has expected warm,
smiling greeting. None ever expects
to escape the battery Of keen ques-
tionings, one question hot after the
other, straight to the point. and
stripped OF superiluous wording.
Not that all such talk Of the head
of the Armours is inquisitorial. II
would be hard to count the number OF
managers, superintendents and travel
ing auditors who in years past have
come to the general office in Chicago
to meet the chief in smiling mood.
who have been complimented in words
regarding their work. and who at the
end of the interview have been pre-
sented with an order for gold watch
and suit OF clothes. These are con
yenient, convertible orders. too. If the
man doesn't need wasoh, the order
will be cashed at the cashiers win
dow at $50; or If he has clothes suffi-
cient. the cashier redeems the clothes
order at the same figure.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-26

on which Grant built in 1854 the fam
Gus log cabin.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-26
Mr0N77cSfzEs5A HIS

thing about what a set of books
should bel"
Mr.. Armour" and the cashier
shook the desk with the force of his
clinched fist, that's a - -
creditable ledger, and know what
I'm talking about"
But knowing or not knowing the
Boston branch had new cashier
within a week or two. Which was no
surprise to the cashier, either.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-26

sui and about lhe same aaasaef Is lA
the territory ol travelling auditor
The poultry business of Armour 4
CO. IS not one oi the money mating
ventures OF the company. Armour
IN bis touring Of the country in which
his plants are located. always has an
eve TO the records Of this poultry
business Occasionally the manager
Of a particular plant oversiocks in
poultry He may buy 10000 pounds
of fowls when the market proves to
justify oniy 5000 pounds. There is a
consequent loss OF two TO fve cerfs a
pound on the stock.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-26

Manager "calied Down."
The liouse may be 500 or 1000
miles oat OF Chicago. The manager,
counting upon the distance from the
home Office and the possibility Of the
head Of a great concern scarcely
knowing Of the poultry department Of
that particular branch, receives the
personal call Of the corporations s
head in sublime optimism
Brusque but pleasant Interchange
Of conventional greetings lead up to
the business talk. The weather may
be touched upon. The health of the
manager may be inquired after. No
words are wasted. however. Sudden
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

Logic Of the Man Who FiddIed In the
Midst of a Flood

When Davy CrockIt was on his way
from his Tennessee home TO Texas to
fight for the new republic he rode over
land with some chance friends from
Little Rock to Fulton. One day they
were startled by hearing the high notes
Of distant violin playing a rollicking
air. Putting spurs TO their horses, the
men FASTENED toward the sound and
soon observed several others running
through the fields In the same direc-
ton. At last they came over the crest
Of ridge I'm view Of the river and be-
held the fiddler seated In the middle
OF the food I'm an almost submerged
buggy playing as fast as he could
shake the bow.
"IIello. there! Turn back shouted
the men who came through the field.
81 can't" replied the fiddler.
But you've missed the ford. You'll
Drown
"I'vc known that for half an hour"
"What are you going To DOR
"Sit here till you chaps come out and
turn my horse the right way"
pf NUS Nhn W lNu httilHB
his footing and seemed about TO be
swept away. One Of the men who had
been attracted by the fddling waded
out and by n precarlous way reached
the horses head and led him round TO
the ford ana back TO the bank. the pas
sengcr fiddllng all the way and wind
Ing up with merry Jig.
what do you mean by sitting out
there fddlng In the face OF deathW
demanded Crockett OF the rescued
stranger.
"Well, colonel" said the fiddler, 81
am student Of human nature. When
| found ! had missed the ford and
needed help, set out TO get 1t.
might have shouted myself hoarse and
no one out here would have paid the
slightest attention TO me- But there
Isn't man west OF the Mississippi
who wouldn't come running at the
sound Of fiddle I'm the woods"
"And he was right" said Davy, "for
there we were, the lot Of us. our horses
all Of lather, for running To satisfy
our curiosity about that squeaking fid-
die In this out OF the way place.
Youths Companion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27
SUNDOWN DOCTORS.
A Class That Is Peculiar to the Ma.
tonaI Capital.

"Sundown doctors" are an institution
peculiar TO Washington city. They are
an amlable company Of medical prac-
titioners who ply their trade only
after nightfall. Not that these gentle
men prefer darkness 10 light IL they
had their d'ruthcrs, nor are their deeds
Of questionable complexion that looks
best I'm the shade. Shutdown doctors
have no ways that are dark or tricks
that are vain. They are as open as the
day that they may not utilize. If they
practice their profession by candle
light rather than by the sunshine,
that's Uncle Sans fault, not their
own. Sundown doctors begin To get
busy only after i:30 i'm the afternoon.
From . 10 that hour, poor souls, they
are holding their noses 10 the grind
stones over the government desks,
for one must live, don't you know.
however soaring ones scientific ambi-
ton, and Uncle Sans wages do come
In mighty regular and handy. So that
I'm pigcouholc Is the story of the
origin of the struggling fraternity OF
sundown physicians at the federal
capital
There are thousands Of Instances.
Embryonic young physicians, with
their careers yet TO carve, secure clerk.
ships In some Of the governmental
departments OF Washington i'm order TO
keep the pot buhbling while they are
getting their medical education after
Office hours. Their diplomas thus la
borlously achieved. they hang out their
shingles tentatively holding fast how
ever, TO their government positions un-
I'll securely established professionally,
A job in the hand, you know, Is worth
a whole city directory full Of uncaptur.
ed patients. Never let go a sure thing
till you are sure of surer.-W Washing.
ton Cor. Louisville Courier-J Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27
mummy Dummy"

In his Highways and Byways In
Devon and Cornwall" Arthur III. Nor
way tells of a fragment of antiquity
that still Fingers In the neighborhood
of Redruth, where the country people
when they see n ghost say. Mummy
dummy" and he adds, IL leave the
riddle TO bc solved 10y any one who is
curious enough TO undertake a useful
piece of practice In unraveling the cor
ruption of language"
The phrase is probably a corruption
OF "ln nomine Dominl," the Latin for
I'm the name of the Lord" phrase SO
familiar in the devotion of the middle
ages.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27
His Commitment.

A few weeks back wedding break.
fast was given 10y a substantial farmer
blessed with five daughters, the eldest
OF whom was bride. A neighbor, a
young farmer, who was honored with
an invitation, thinking no doubt that
he ought TO say something compliment
tary upon the event, addressed the
bridegroom thus:
"Well. you have got the pick of the
batch"
The faces OF the four unmarried
ones were study.-London Graphic.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

Mothers with little children need no
longer fear Group, colds or whooping
cough. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup
tastes good. IL works off the colh
through the bowels, cuts the phlegm,
clears the head. For young and old.
Guaranteed. Secure bottle at once.
Sold by r. F. Grady, 1916 Westmin-
gter street.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27
The London Cabby,

An extreme specimen Of dandy
alighted from four wheeler and went
round TO pay the driver The poor old
bag o. bones mare turned her head to
gaze at him.
YES" said the driver confdentially
to the horse as the passenger moved
away. that's the blessed hobject
you've been drawin' ofw-London
Express.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

An instrument In writing purporting TO be
the last will and I. stament OF william u.
King, late of said Johnston, deceased,
IL presented for probate, and the same Il
received and referred 10 the sth dav OF
October a. ID. 1907, at O'Clock y. IN, at
the Probate Court room, In said John
ston, foI consideration; and 10 Is ordered
that notice thereof be published for four
teen days, once IA week, in the Olneyville
Times. -
sept 20 81 TX. LUTHER. Clerk.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

President Roosevelt's coming
western trip will include a voyage
down the Mississippi. Frs@klin
Pierce was the only one of his pre-
decessors i'm office who travelled on
this great water way.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

A Burrillville man mas come TO
the front with the plan of planting
trees along the sides Of the highways.
The idea is not a new one, but it is
one that commends itself to the way
farer, be he tramp or automobiles.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27
PRonATg CLERKS OFFICE

Scituato, X. J.. september 20, A. ID. 1907.
All pei sons interested in the cOnstdera.
tion OF petition for tho appointment of "A
guardian of the person and estate of Horace
W King adult OF saids Scituatc, are hereby
notih Il to attend "A Probate Court on Wed.
nesday, ctober ., 1907. at O'Clock p. m, at
the Probate Court Room Al said Scituate,
and be heard thereon.
BY order of said Court.
HENRY II. POTTER,
Probate Clerk
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

1t is stated that the price Of pies is
soon to be raised, as the cost OF the
various materials used in their con-
struction m ,kes it necessary. There
seems to be no good reason why pies
should not "follow suit.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27
1ouah Forecast.

"Youngllng Is going To marry the
widow Henpeck."
"Why, she's twice as old as he Is"
"Oh. we'll, he'll age fast enough after
the wedding. and Country.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

The Standard Oil Company is 10y
no means "a dead cock in the pitt,
but indications point that the com
pany has seen its palmiest days
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

An exchange inquiries if Vice Pre-.
sident Fairbanks presidential pre- s.
poets have been injured by the COCK
tail incident. We should say not,
as it is not generally considered that
he had no pres dental prospects to
iniure.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

Milk eatens to go up to 10
cents a quart in some sections and
Nine. Calve is getting $1,000 per
night for her singing. The COW ia
mily is surely having a boom.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27
TOWN OF SSITUATE
PROBATE CLERKS OFFICE

PROBATE CLkKh'S bffItf
Scituate. X. L.. september 20, ID. 1907
All persons Interested ia the consideration
OF the petition for the probate OF an instru.
ment i'm writing purpOrting 10 be the last
will and testament OF Thomas W. ID. sim.
moas, late OF said scitnate, deceased, are
hereby notihed to attend Probate Court on
"Wednesday, October Th, 1907, al o'clock p.
m. nj the Probate Court Room In said Scitu
ateand be heard thereon.
BY order OF said Court
HENRY II. POTTER.
Probate Clerk
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

Admiral Dewey is SAID to be very
strongly Of the opinion that the
United States should hold on to the
Philippines. To the casual mind it
might seem that the Admiral was a
trifle prejudiced
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER At, 1907.

Sir Thomas Upton is going to
make another try for the "America"
cup. There are great many good
Americans who so much admire hIs
courage and sand, that they would
not be very much veXed if he took
the trophy home this time.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

Ii is barely possible that III. III
Rogers may recover from his illness,
when the Standard Oil probing is
over.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27
His preference.

"Now. Patsy. IL II should come TO
real issue which would YOU rather lose.
your money or your lifeT
"Ne lolfe. begorra. Orm savln' me
money for me ould age."-Bohemian
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

About eighty people were killed
this season in the Alps, which is
rather more than usual.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

The South County Fair was ap-
parently just about normal this sea.
son. Rhode Islands only fair is
not given to being sensational.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

1t certainly looks as though the
well known George Fred Williams
of Massachusetts had talked himself
out of politics.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

The Providence base Dall team
made what the racing men call a
"Garrison finish"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

"It is long lane that has no turn"
as the Pennsylvania graiters may
now find to their sorrow.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27

How do you find things out this
wayf' asked the stranger.
by advertising for EN-" was the
prompt reply Of the native.-Detroit
Free Press.