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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-30
Entry Blanks Pou in for the Times Sealed Bonnet Contest
N GARRY A JOKE
WITH FITZGERALD
Gets Bad Beating and Is
Stopped in Eleventh
Round.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 30.-Wiuie FItz-
gerald. Of New York, gave Andy Nc
Garry. also OF New York. one OF the
worst beatings last night ever seen In
Baltimore. Referee Billy Recap stopping
the battle n the eleventh round, when
McGerry was hanging on the ropes,
while FitzreralJ sent terrific rights and
let's TO the head and stomach
It was Fitzgerald's fight all the way.
At no stage Of the milling did McGarry
have chance He was game, though,
and even when the referee stopped the
unmerciIul pounding, he kicked and
wanted the fight 10 90 on
In the very first round Fitzgerald sent
McGarry to the mat for the count OF
nine. and Il looked 20 be all over for
the moment. But Andy arose and stall
ed the round out
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McGa1y Badly Beaten.

In the seventh 8IcGarry took an aw-
full beating, Fitzgerald catching him
shortly after the bell rang. sending him
10 the canvas for the count OF eight
McGarry arose and twice more was
fioored. When the bell rang he was
webbing about the ring IN a dazed con-
ditiOn and Psicree Recap was about %
stop the fight right there, but the bell
rang.
Again IN the eighth McGarry was all
but knocked out. He vas down for the
count Of nine when again the bell saved
him. When he came out for the eleventh
and what proved 20 be the final round,
he was barely able 10 walk and the frat
upon the ropes. He was a beaten man
and the referee stepped IN md stopped
Fitz from pounding hi-z. any more.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-30

Mr. Wright. OF Baltimore, won the
Amateur Sup Oh Firebrand, riding the
Hamburg t.eiding for all he was worth.
The Tucker family. Of Philadelphia.
figured coispicuously in this race. J.
Tucker rode Simple Heron and got the
place. E Tucker had the mount on
Killochan and captured the show money.
II. Tucker was up on Beldemo and
finished among the also rams. The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-30

The program outside OF the military
race was good one. with the Southern
Steeplechase for hunters and the ANA
teur Cup as features. The Hunters
Steeplechase turned out rather tame
affair. being won with ease by Ny
Grace. My Grace looked on dope the
ieeItfnnate favorite, but inasTnuch as
Bob Taylor had the mount on Warren
ton, the wise ones fell to him, and
Ny Grace went a begging in the bet
ting.
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Mr.. Higginson, OF Boston, rode his
own horse, j. T. Morgan. in this race,
and his performance was a matter OF
considerable Inerriment to the great I'M
washed. who Iaii TO appreciate tie beau
ties of the English style. Mr.. Higgin-
son Is very English. you know
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family
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-02-13
KNOWWHATYOUBUY
You Can See Quality and
Quantity in the Local
Stores.
PAYS TO TRADE AT HOME
The Purchaser Must Take Mail.order
House Goods on Faith-keep
the Money Of the commu.
nifty at Home.

When the consumer buys merchan.
disc he Is interested in three things
quality, quantity and price. When he
goes into the store Of his local mer.
chant he sees the goods that he Is to
pay for displayol before him; he can
determine whether the quality is first
class, and whether the quantity is all
that Is claimed. These two points
settled. he should have a fair idea as
to whether the price asked is a fair
one or not.
But how Is II when he attempts to
buy Of the big mail order houses OF the
cities? The only guide he has to the
quality and quantity they are offering
is what the catalogue says. and the
catalogue is prepared with the one OBJ
ject in view of selling the goods
When the consumer buys OF his
local merchant and finds the goods he
has purchased we're not as represent.
ed he can promptly take them back
and receive his money. When he buys
OF the mail order house in the large
cities he has practically no recourse
but to take what he gets and look
pleasant at the results.
II is cheap goods and short weight
that is making mail order house
profits. They can buy but little, II
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almost the exceptional order that 10
Is conducted on the theory that 1t is
possible to take an inferior job and
foist II on a credulous people by
means Of a reduced price and the
honest reputation established by the
neritorious original which 1t shame
lessly caricatures. These methods
have been crowned with success sole
ly by reason Of the fact that mail or
der houses put more skill, energy and
money into advertising than do the
manufacturers to whom the American
people are directly indebted for the
best vehicles on the face OF the earth.
The mail order business Is the
quack doctor of commerce. II prom
ises much and guarantees nothing.
The directions are always on the In
side. and you have to buy a non-re-
turnable package before you can md
out what they are
A. G.. Enderton. OF Walter Okla,
writing to the Shawnee, Okla, Union
Signal. says:
- The mail order houses
are lUe WbIbl OutuutIh VI Aut lhiN
food law that we have to deal with.
They are the people who use short
weight tin cans and every year the
American public is cheated out OF
thousands Of dollars by this alone.
see whore some mall
order houses offer paint at about what
good oil is worth. Now, does anyone
think that a mail order house can buy
good paint stun cheaper than anyone
else?
Now suppose you ind out what
crude petroleum. like what is pumped
out Of oil wells cost. Very cheap, is
It not? That is the oil that is used
and what about the paint stun? How
about Spanish whitening. with Just
enough white lead to stick 1t together?
="
The question of prompt delivery Is
another question which mail order
house patrons should consider. 1t is
] filled promptly. The reason for this
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any, cheaper than your local merchant
can. First-quality standard merchan-
disc is manufactured on very mar
row margin Of profit but the mail
order house can win and pay big diyi-
dends on enormous capital If they can
sell to the people an inferior quality
and short weight quantity of merchan-
disc at the prices they ask Your
local merchant could do the same
thing, but you would not buy the same
goods of your local merchant that you
buy of the mail order house at an
equal price.
Here is an item clipped from the
Parma, Mich, News which shows the
nefarious system OF the mail order
concerns, and how they victimize their
patrons:
"a farmer purchased two sacks OF
binding twine Of large Chicago cata-
logue house, and upon its arrival this
morning a ball was unrolled and meas
ured with a ball of Plymouth twine
sold by local dealers, when II was
found that the Chicago article was just
306 feet short Of that sold at home.
There being ten balls in a sack, II will
be seen that the farmer lost G,l2O feet,
or over a mile of twine on two sacks
by not buying at home. Then, too.
the mail order house product was of
an inferior quality, being full OF knots,
and one farmer standing near during
'"o measuring process remarked that
would never work on binder Now
ye wish TO ask you, does It pay to
trade at home? If there is anyone
who is skeptical OF this story. Just
call and we will show you."-Parma
Mich, News,
Bankrupt stock merchandise that
reliable jobbers would not handle be
cause Of its poor quality the refuse
OF the factories made over into CHEAP
merchandise. These are the things
the patrons Of the mail order houses
are buying Here is an extract from
an article that appeared in the Sioux
Falls, S ID. Leader;
1.-THE mail order house selling vehi
/ cles by the catalogue route. is more
than a pirate, it is turkey.5uzzard
| II takes the freaks and failures that
have died for want of real merit, and
/ tries to stihe legitimate business by
| selling the embalmed remains at a re
duced price.
"The whole nefarious mail order sys
/ TEN, in SO far as It relates to vehicles
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delay IS that they do not carry the
goods in stock, and must purchase
them after your order is received. In
Chicago, for example, no mail order
house will sell to any person living
within the city limits, and the reason
for this is that these concerns pur-
chase large amount of the merchan.
disc they are selling from the retail
stores of the city, the proprietors OF
which refuse to sell them the goods
except upon the condition that they
are not to sell to the people OF the
city.
Here is the wall OF a mail order VIC
tim taken from the columns OF the
Crookston, Mimi, Journal, which ex-
plains this point:
"Sir: ] want to register my kick
right here on catalogue houses and
their misleading methods. | am
frank to acknowledge that have been
duped to perfection. The only differ
ence between me and the other vic
Tins being that | am a little deeper
in and that | am willing to acknowl-
edge the corn.
ITO begin with, last fall | with her
who Is now my wife, decided to pur-
chase some stun to furnish our new
home. Accordingly we ordered all
our furnishings of a-catalogue house
two weeks prior to our marriage,
which we thought would be plenty OF
time to get the goods around. Rut
by the Internal planets let me tell YOU
right here that all the correspondence
diplomacy, appealing and pleading has
succeeded in landing only a kitchen
table and later a mirror from Pitts.
| burg.
our honeymoon has been very
dramatic experience; cooking on an
old gas plate, eating on a dry goods
box, sleeping on the floor and borrow
| ing a few necessary utensils of friends
and neighbors. No more catalogue
goods for us, We hope to get enough
more goods by April l to celebrate
all FOOLS day in fitting manner"
"A VICTIM"
Mr.. Consumer, It is TO your advan.
tage in many ways to buy honest
goods at honest prices of your honest
local merchant See what you are
buying Get what you are paying for.
Keep the money OF the community in
which you live at home, and build up
your town instead OF tearing 1t down
for the benefit of the mail ordeS
houses of the big cities.
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Senator Clark of Wyoming, chair
man of the select committee on Ind
ian affairs. which visited the Indian
Territory last summer and inyesti-
gated conditions there, feels keonly
the action of the senate in turning
down the legislation recommended by
I his committee to alleviate the dis
tressing conditions in the Indian Ter
ritory Referring to the senate in
this condition, he said. recently:
they know not what they do, which
/ is the truth for that matter.
The defeat Of the much needed
Legislation for Indian Territory is
best explained by rather belated
appreciation of the real situation in
this territory. The country is begin
ming to learn that its Indian policy
has been stupenduous failure. The
senate, usually the slowcst legisa-
tive body in the country to respond
to public sentiment, now also appre-
ciates the situation, The question
therefore, is. shall the government
start all over again and work out a
new policy fashioned after the Mex
lean policy, which has been as great
a success as our Indian policy has
been a great failure, or continue
along the old lines regardless of the
Justice or injustice Of that policy?
Some believe that the government
has gone so far that It cannot very
we'll retrace its steps without serious,
.ly retarding the growth of the coun,
try And in this contention they are
probably right Others say that it is
never too late to mend our ways and
insist that the Indian be dealt with
as agreed by treaty stipulations or
such treaties as may hereafter be
agreed to for the mutual interest OF
the contracting parties.
II is a well known fact, or at
least generally recognized here, that
it would not take much to induce the
fun blood Indians to emigrate Ia
Mexico, provided the Mexican gov
ernment would consent to receive
them. There their money would buy
them lands, the fruits Of which they
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-02-13

wards and rs a clergyman, and was
informed that the law firm had new
Ter been authorized TO sign Mr.. God
frey's name to the charges against
Shepherd and that as far as he was
concerned, the charge in question
was the invention of the attorneys,
and that he disclaimed having any
thing to do with the accusation. lie
admitted that it was his custom to
permit this firm to present his views
on Indian matters, but that in this
instance he was imposed upon and
his name signed to a paper without
his authority.
The secretary of the interior has
asked Judge Shepherd for the pa
|pers in this matter and after an in
vestigation proposes to mete out jus
tice. Mr.. Shepherd is anxious that
| the charge against him be sifted to
the bottom and is rendering all pos
sible assistance to the secretary in
clearing up the matter. The state
ment that he and the law firm of
Mansfield. McMurray & Cornish have
buried the hatchet should he quail
fed. They have agreed to indulge in
no more personalities at this time
owing to the acute stage of Indian
Legislation at the national capitol
Mr.. Shepherd, nevertheless, does not
propose to have his good name sui
lied by charges that are not true. lie
is anxious for an investigation of the
whole matter as is Secretary Hitch
cock.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-02-13

Foley a CO., Chicago, originated
Honey and Tar as a throat and lung
remedy and on account Of the great
merit and popularity Of Foley's Honey
and Tar many limitations are offered
for the genuine These worthless i'm
itations have similar sounding names.
Beware of them. The genuine Foley's
Honey and Tar Is in a yellow pack
age Ask for 1t and refuse any sub.
stituto II is the best remedy for
coughs and colds Hoffman Drug Co..
and city Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-02-13

This ailment Is usually caused by
rheumatism Of the muscles and may
be cured by applying Chamberlain's
Pain Balm two or three times a day
and rubbing the parts vigorously at
each application. II this does not AZ.
ford relief bind on a piece of flannel
slightly dampcncd with Pain Balm,
and quick relief is almost sure to fol,
low. For sale by F. ]. Ramsey, W. Il.
Frame, Ardmore Drug CO., Bonner &
Bonner.
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FOLLOWING ls THE SPEECH OF
WIN. n. MURRAY TO THE CON.
sTITuTloNAL CONVENTION
ANENT THE QUESTION OF THE
STATE PURCHASING THE COAL
LANDS
81 want to say that the matter Of
purchasing the coal lands is one Of
the most important to every section
of ,his state than anything that can
come before this convention. II is
more important that We own the coal
lands for school purposes than any
other school legacy. because We can
sell the surface. or lease t. II We
sell It. it is taxable. and worth as
much for taxation as II the coal were
not under It. Roscrying the coal,
and from year to year during the
centuries yet TO come. the coal will
be paying royalty as 1t is mined to
this state that will give us mag
nihcent school fund far greater than
all the land set apart now.
will state. MIR. Chairman. that at
present those lands pay eight cents
royalty to the ChicTasaws and Choc-
taks which they use for school
fund. The old Atoka agreement that
set aside these lands in 1898 provided
for a fifteen cent royalty. but the
secretary Of the interior reduced It
to eight cents. Eight cents is too
low. and after we get control of those
lands-and II We will take the step
now we shall get control, and unless
we do. we never wili--wc can raise
that royalty to twenty-five cents, and
II would give us million dollars un-
der the present leases each and every
year. have no doubt In my mind
that under the red tape that has
been used In the past that there has
been a persistent effort to get the
control of those lands in the hands
OF certain syudicatcs. and II they sue
eced It will simply mean that the
people In the western part of this
state will pay a high price for coal
and the royalty will be gone forever
We can take steps now. If We want
those lands. and for one, aa | stated
before. would rather have them than
all the lands In the state that are
set aside for schools of all kinds.
Because. while we tax the surface.
the coal lies there within the earth;
nobody can steal It. and nobody can
destroy It. II Is there; 1t Is there
forever, or until dug out We have
this opportunity; the representatives
of both of those tribes are anxious
to sell those lands to the state of
Oklahoma. II has been said In con
gress that they were worth hundred
million dollars nator Clark. the
worlds creates, nIncralol 500 says
so and think they arr. be- the
tribes will be willing to take less ,n
one-sixth that amount IL they can
sell them to this state The reason
they say they are worth a hundred
million dollars is that according tt
the estimate of the coal and asphalt
trustees upon the basis of eight cents
the royalty now being paid, the yield
from the lowest acre will amount Ia
hundred and thirty dollars an acre
or an average of $3.50 per acre. You
compute that ON the immense acrcag,
of 10000 acres and YOU will begin
to understand the grciS worth In
those lands If We could get then
at fifty million dollars It would thor
be cheap but | want To say To you
that | am sure that you can get then
for less than third of that amount
and We must take the step now. a
first It was proposed that the gov
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-02-13
SECRETARY 1EALL'S RESlGNA.
TIoN CAUSED BY FAULkE.
GODFREY. Y.CORNISA LETTER
Secretary Hitchcock 70 Make lnVesti
gaticn, Shepherd May Assist
t'im-All Indian Legis-
lation Dead for Present.
Ardmoreite Special.

AIViuOItlle opeCldl'
Washington, Feb. 13.-Your cor.
respondent has been put in posses
sion Of information and documents
which indicate conclusiyely that
VIM. o. Boall. formerly secretarr 20
| the Commission TO the Five CivliI"H
Tribes. did not resign his position as
a federal officer voluntarily, but was
forced out Of the service as re-
Isult of an investigation and report
Iby William Dudley Foulke, who was
appointed by the president to inquire
into the charges that had been pre-
ferrcd against Mr. Beall.
It appears from the records that
Mr.. Beall. while chief clerk Of the
Choctaw and ChicEasaw enrolment
division in the Office Of the Five civ
ilizcd Tribes Commission. passed on
papers he helped to prepare in the
law Offices of Mansfield McMurray q
| Cornish, some time previously and
at time when he was stll an en-
Iploye Of the government Further
Iit is shown that Mr.. Bcall. although
not lawyer and never having stud
led law, all Of which he Is said to have
Iadvttcd during the investigation
while secretary to the commission,
presided over cases involving the
right OF cmollment as Choctaw and
IChickasaw citizens of persons of
mixed Indian and negro blood and
passed on the admissability Of evi.
Idence. excluding from the record
such evidence as he did not consider
competent, Notwithstanding the fact
that he had never read law and had
no knowledge Of the legal questions
involved. According to the report
he went even further in this and de
termined the legal rights of these ap
plicants under provisions of bills
then pending in congress. as appears
from his sworn testimony The pro
visions referred to were pending in
congress and had not yet become &
law.
Inspector Foulke ELECTED the infor
nation that It was by suggestions
that Beal determined cases.
Another important point developed
by the investigation was state
mcnt made by former Commissioner
Breckenridge to the effect that II
was not improper for Mr. Beall to b,
employed by Mansfield, McMurray &
Cornish, explaining that he consider
ed It proper for the reason that IN,
labors Of the commission and the la
. burs OF Mansfield, hcMurray a Cor
u nish, for the ChoCtaw and ChiCka
saw nations, were practically identi
cal in character. Later he admtte,
that it would be To the interest o
u the firm of attorneys to defeat a
j many claims OF the particular clas
I'm question. whatever might be tn,
! merits Of those claims, and that /
was the duty of the commission Il
p admit all meritorious claims. MI
II Breckenridge explained that the Law
v yers and the commission were pei
' mittcd to occupy that position by
u higher power than the commission
tt and they still occupy It,"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-02-13

Apply q little of Ramscys Witch
Hazel Balm just hctor, outofdoor
exposure and no harm can come to
the most delicate skin Delightful
To use. Guaranteed Price 5c.
10 +. j. RAMSEY. Druggist.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-17
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~ne~ ~thiuA II inasf Ia FL }sfls sfw e.
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hot morv tast W.. # without ever tnra
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well she sasl quietly. that eifi
l. f,p,l II she knew yau as we'll 50
| de she would i~s wandering how en
earth she could ever tive with yau
And that IL the opinion of the dis
eliminating few. cuts 81 whole itsg deep
er than eommon. everyday rlmpus "
New Nork Glnl>
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Fer ov"r two centuries IL was Ecner
ally accepted that ike the earth the
planet Nenfly rotated on Ifs avis in q
little less than twenty fnur hours. but
since S,ahjaparelt after long and care
ful observation Of the planet suggest
ed that the actual rotation period was
between six aud niue months astron
omcrs have devoted much attention 10
this matter In the Observatory Mr..
Dcnuing Sums mp the available eyi.
dence on the point and can only cnn-
ciude that this particular problem siill
detics solution. Life on Venus would
he very different from lie un tie earth
should the planets avial rotation be.
as SchiaparcllI asserted, identical with
the period Of It's revolution round the
sun. as Ia that case the same hcmi.
sphere would always be turned To the
sun and enjoy perpetual day. while tie
opposite hemisphere would be doomed
to eternal night