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The southern sentinel., 1907-04-05

No stockhoIder shah ever be held liable or
responsible for the faults, neglects o. conts1cts
unpaid balance dne On the shares 81 stock sub
scr1bed by him, nor shall xny mere fufcrmnl1ty
Ia the organization OF this corporation haye the
effect of rendering this charter null and void,
or Oh exposing . stDckbolder To any liability
beyond the unpaid balance due On the stock
suh4crfbed hy him.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24
Written for the Review byALITTLE BISBEE GlRL)

breakfast first, because I suppose you understand we shall have to go and hunt the gobbler," said Nan. They all agreed that this was the only thing to do and so sat down and ate bread and butter. Then Nan wrote the fol lowing little note:
 Dear mother:-Haye found the white gobbier is gone and we have all gone to hunt it. As we were not to- have dinner until , D. n. we hope to find the gobbler and bring him back in time to get aim cooked.
 Tell Aunt Annie We have gone to the woods, perhaps to stay until after noon and have taken our lunch. She will then go to church and we may get back before she returns. do not want to worry Aunt Annie.
 Your daughter, NAN"
 After this note had been written and left on the kitchen table where Mrs Gray would be sure to find it, the children set off across the field to hunt the gobbler, after an hours hard walking the children sat down to rest and consider.
 Well" said Herbert, after they had rested for some time, I am very much afraid that we aren't going to find that gobbler."
 Well. lets not give up our Thanks giving dinner yet" said Lucy, but guess we are not likely to find it un- less we move on"
 After a very tiresome walk of two miles the children came to a meadow, at least it was a meadow in the sum mer time, but now it looked rather dismal, and standing in the middle of 1t looking about was the white gob- bier. The children surrounded him quickly and caught him and it was a happy little crowd that started home ward They had been gone all morn ing and arrived home with the turkey about one o'clock.
 They just had time to hand him over to Mrs. Gray and make them selves presentable when Aunt Annie came in from church. The children said nothing about the morning chase for the turkey. except that they had been for a walk, for they knew it would only provoke Aunt Annie.
 At p. m. on the minute, they filed into the dining room and Mrs. Gray bore in the turkey. The gobbleT looked as innocent as though it had not made the children walk several miles that morning and Aunt Annie was blissfully unconscious of the chil- dren's wild chase.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24

The Gray children sat on the door step of the farmhouse viewing with eager interest the white gobbler which was strutting around in the farmyard They, Nan, Arthur and James Gray, dad raised the white gobbler and had had much trouble with him, too. For he was always getting away and some times had to be chased several miles ever rough roads before he was caught. It was the day before Thanks giving and the faint odor of pumpkin pies came from the kitchen.
 T only hope the gobbler won't take a notion to get away tonight" said Nan, flor that would be dreadful with Aunt Annie and Uncle John coming with Herbert and Lucy for Thanks giving dinner"
 oh, guess he'll stay here until tomorrow" said Arthur loftily.
 If we just had another turkey it wouldn't be so bad" said Nan fret fully, because we would just hunt the white gobbler up the day after Thanksgiving.
 Well, let's not worry until he gets away" said James, and there's mother calling supper now and father will soon be harnessing up to go to the station to meet Aunt Annie and the children"
 So they went into the house and the white gobbler and their dark fore holdings were soon forgotten in the merry meeting with their cousins.
 Aunt Annie was a fat person, Fat people are generally supposed to be jolly, but Aunt Annie was a person whom the least little thing annoyed and any delay in meals made her very angry. The children, if they found they were going to be late, did not come to meals at all but said they did not care for anything to eat, which was very good plan as she would then be kind to them think ing they were sick.
 Nan was up early next morning and everything about the house was still. She looked out of her window, it was a perfect Thanksgiving day. She de- cided she would go down and start the kitchen fire, after seeing that it was burning briskly she went out to have a look at the white gobbler, but to her horror he was gone and hole in the farmyard fence explained how he had made his escape. Hastily calling her brothers and cousins she ran back to the yard, where her brothers soon followed
 Well, I guess we will eat a little
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24

You never have to ask a Chicago man what his native soil is. You can see it all over him.
 How soon after the man gets out of your office do you tear up his card and throw it into the wastebasket?
 A man has been imprisoned in Paris for making his donkey helpIessly drunk in the streets, says an ex- change When a man makes himself drunk. the donkey frequently avoids arrest.
 No wise young woman will marry a man whose mother made the best bread in the universe. Pick out the son of a woman who bought hers at the bakery.
 "A Minnesota girl hugged her fel- low so hard, he died" says an ex- change. Well, wasn't it worth it?
 What is one woman's palace is an others bird cage.
 Courage is an element of character rather than of size
 Does the ordinance against expec- torating on sidewalks include cat splitting?
 A poet tells us to crown hope with royal diadem." Do you do 1t by putting salt on it's tail?
 That's one on mel" gasped the darky as the kicking mule left the imprint of mule-shoe on his ham.
 The evolutions of mans brain re- semble the meat of an English wal nut-and that's why we say a mans "nut+y" (Patent applied for.)
 A married mar may be freethink- CT if he likes, but if he knows when he is well of, he will say little about what he freely thinks
 It is more blessed to give than to receive. That is why the kid in our alley licked the newsboy around the corner He had to give-or take.
 Next summer said Uncle By, dry Iy, 'Td like job tanning wild flowers"
 No. Curly Locks. dyed mustache Is not necessarily owned by dead one"
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24
The Easy Way

Ever use a Gas Range for Cooking2 Or a Gas Heater for heating your houSe2 You can burn as much or as little as you like. Don't have to build a roaring fire when you only want to cook a light lunch. Always know what your ex- penSe is, No breaking your back cary ing in coal and lugging out ashes, Absolutely clean, no dirt, no smoke. no Soot; saves a lot of work and trouble for the lady of the house, Away ready, All you need is a match, Reliable. Convenient. Economical, Safe; reduces your cost of in- SuTance, Just two ways-the old and the neW Let us tell you about t.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24
Flashes.

Heaven is a place where everybody will listen ts you talk as long as you want to about your new baby or your new automobile. Hell is the place where the people have to listen to you
 Too many rich philosophers tell you that money doesn't make happiness, and then they go cut and sandbag everybody in sight for more of the filthy lucre.
 My wife always heaves a sigh of relief when she thinks it is my night down town. She doesn't have to plan dinner that day.
 Never try to influence a woman by reasoning with her. Try diplomacy, instead
 Anticipated pleasure usually arrives looking ike a pail bearer in dis gHise.
 Last night I heard a barber shop loafer explain at length how ''Tolly- ct" was played. The same man in a restaurant would order "fIlit" of beef just to show how much he knew absx French.
 Some men delight in telling how far their wives can make the expense money go and what spendthrifts they, themselves, are. Then thg let the other fellow set ep the cigars after he has paid fsr the luncheon.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24
ONCE A CUSTOMER

ALWAYS A CUSTOMER
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24
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Facetious Student Excuse me. pro lessor. but were any of these canni- bais vegetarfansf
 The Professor Probably not at that time. But if the class before me had visited these flesh eaters the latter might have speedily acouired a taste for cabbage heads and fresh greens.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24
cautlon to AutomobilIsts.

Men who think they have an ele- phant on their hands should remem- Der that an elephant when matured weighs 1000 pounds.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24

Knicker-How do you play poksr7
 Bocker-Ffrzt you sit in. then you sit out, and then you go way back and sit down--New York Sun
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24
By Byron Williams.

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Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24

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Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24
DO YOU USE GAS
Suggestions To Those Who Care To Economize
 Gas-the Cheapest Fuel For Cooking
IF NOT, WHY NOT

R@ only cheaper fuel for cooking ghan coal wood but vastly convenient and bet
  ashes dirt dust inconvenience uncertainty waiting The kitchen clean and rpose " other e) long as desired thus assuring perfect bread and pastry cook provided is of o han othe range
  a oyt every angeo o eater is leaves he invited the z.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24
ARzoNA

AA- NsN-Al Save a caPnsr ir your heart; Nr. World. Gist fer mel Save a cottage in the weed With a woman true and geedi Mir World.
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Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24
Definition.

Love Is what ails a man before he is married
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-02
MENACE TO ALL
Giant Mail Order Concerns
Are SaPping Country of
Its Wealth.
SMALLER TOWNS CRUSHED
BY Assisting in the Capitalization
Of Wealth, Patrons Of These In
stitutions Contribute to Their
Own Injury.

Copyright 1906, by Alfred c. Clark)
Every year millions upon millions Of
dollars find their way from the towns.
villages and rural districts Of the coun-
try te the Golfers of the mail order
houses in the cities, and go to the up
building Of enormous institutions in
the centers Of population. Naturally,
the sources from which the contribu-
tions are made suffer accordingly.
Figures ever tell a better story than
words. Here are figures which tell
a story so stupendous that its full sig
nificance cannot be grasped IN a mo-
ment, but the mere sight of which are
awe inspiring:
In the year 1905 two mail order
houses, located in Chicago, did bust
ness amounting in round numbers tc
ss0,00O00O. In the year 1904 these
same concerns did q business Of about
$62,OOO,OO0, a gain of $1s.OOO,OOO Of
nearly 80 per cent. in single year be
ing thus exhibited.
These figures represent the sale last
year of one dollars worth Of merchan
disc for every man. woman and Chile
in the country by two catalogue house:
alone, and those operating from the
same central point Dozens more d
varying size and importance are oper
ating all over the country from coas
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-02
ORDINANCE NO. 240

An Ordinance Dividing the City Of
Chickasha, Indian Territory, into Four
Wards, Defining the Boundaries of
Each and Repeating all Ordinances in
Conflict herewith.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
City Council Of the City Of Chickasha
Indian Territory:
Section. l. That the City Of Chick
asha is hereby divided into four wards
and the boundaries Of each shall be
as follows;
Ward No. 1, beginning on Oregon
Avenue at the point where same inter-
sects the eastern boundary Of the City
limits, thence west along said Avenue
to the west boundary Of the City lin
its, thence south along the west bound
airy of City limits to southwest corner
Of the City limits, thence east along
the south boundary Of the City limits
to the southeast corner Of the City
limits and thence north along east
boundary Of City limits to place Of be-
ginning: and al that part Of the City
included in such boundaries shall be
Ward number one.
Ward No. Beginning at a point
Iowa avenue intersects with Fifth
street thence north along Fifth street
to the north boundary Of The City linn
its, thence west along the north bound
airy of the City limits to the northwest
corner of the City limits, thence south
along the west boundary Of City limits
to Iowa Avenue and thence east along
said Avenue to point Of beginning
and all that part of the city included
in such boundaries shall be Ward num-
Der two.
Ward No. Beginning at point
where Iowa intersects with Fifth
Street, thence north along Fifth Street
to north boundary line of City limits
thence east along the north boundary
line of the City limits to northeast cor
ner of the City limits, thence soutE
along the east boundary TO where east
boundary line intersects Iowa Avenue
thence west along said Avenue to th'
point Of beginning: and all that par
of the City included in such bound
aries shall be Ward number three.
Ward No. A Beginning at poin
where Oregon Avenue intersects th'
eastern boundary Of the City limits
thence north along the east BOUNDARY
of the City limits to where the cas-
boundary line intersects Iowa Avenue
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-02
NOTICE OF ELECTION

Whereas, the law provides that on
the first Tueday Of April in each and
and every year there shall be held a
general election in the cities Of the
first class, for the election Of officers,
and
Whereas, the term Of the office Of
Mayor and Chief Of Police expire on
the seconl day Of April, 1907, and
Whereas, the law provides that one
Alderman from each ward shall be
elected at each general election as
members Of the City Council Of the
City Of Chickasha:
Now therefore, 1, John H. Venable,
mayor of the city of Chickasha, IN
dian Territory, do hereby call and
proclaim q general election to be held
in said City Of Chickasha on Tuesday
the Second of April, 1907.
There shall be elected at such cleo
tion by the qualified voters of Chick
asha Mayor and Chief Of Police who
shall hold their respective offices for
a term Of two years after their cleo
ton and qualification and until their
successors are elected and qualified.
There shall be elected by the quail
flied voters Of each ward in said City
one Alderman as a member of the City
Council, who shall hold his office fol
the term Of two years or until his
successor is elected and qualified.
The following places are hereby des
ignated as the places Of holding sale
election in the respective wards OF th'
City:
WARD No. /. Corner Of Sixth ant
Texas avenue.
WARD No. 2 At Yellow Barn.
WARD No. 3 At Council Chamber
WARD No. Corner Of Sixth 81
and Minnesota avenue
The following judges Of election ar
hereby appointed to hold and conduc
said election in their respective wards
WARD No. 7. B. Biggers, R. F
Kemp, G. G. Buchanan.
WARD No. 2 J. T. Hill, c. A. Ed
words, J. D. Bridges.
WARD No. 3 L. J. Gray, Duva
Burk, N. NJ. Williams.
WARD No. Webb Hendrix, Stev
Haskell and John 7. Brown.
Said election shall be held and cor
Quoted and the returns thereof mad
as the law provides.
Witness my hand as such mayor, I
the City Of Chiekasha, Indian Terr
tory, on this first day Of March, 1870
JOHN H. VENABLE
Mayor
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-02

thence west along Iowa TO west bound
ary Of City limits, thence south along
the west boundary Of City limits to
where Oregon avenue intersects west
boundary Of City limits, thence east
along Oregon Avenue to point Of be-
ginning: and all that part of the City
included in such boundaries shall be
Ward number four.
Section. 3. That this ordinance is
to be in full force and effect from and
after its passage, approval and pub
LEGATION.
Passed nd approved on this 21st
day Of February, 1907.
JOHN H. VENABLE
Mayor
Attest: JOE DEWS
City Clerk.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-02
CALL TO
DEMOCRATS

To the Democratic Voters Of Grady
County.
The Democratic voters of Grady
county are requested to meet in their
respective townships on Saturday,
March 9th, 1907, for the purpose Of
electing new township committeeman
in each township in Grady county.
Those elected at these meetings will
assemble at Chickasha on Monday,
March II at 2 p. m. for the purpose Of
organizing the county central com
mittee and electing a county chairman
and county secretary.
g. W. BAREFOOT,
Chairman Of Grady Co. Elk. Com.
LAWRENCE MILLS, Sec.
CAN county papers please eopy.)
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-02
HOMES FOR $50 PREACHERS
AND DELEGATES WANTED

To the Hospltable Public of Chick
sha:
Homes for the above number of
preachers and delegates who will att
tend the Methodist missionary rally
next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day must be secured. Two hundred
and fifty are expected. Homes for
only 100 have been secured.
The good people Of other churches
only need to know the situation for
an immediate and hearty response to
be made.
Dinner will be served at the church
on Wednesday and Thursday. Hosts
will be asked to provide dinner on
Tuesday only. A few of the guests
will arrive Monday afternoon.
Two delegates can occuy the same
bed.
Do not wait to be called on by the
committee. Phone the number you
will take at once. This appeal il
not to the Methodists. They have
ben canvassed.
The appeal is to the members Of
other churches.
The reputation Of Chickasha fol
hospitality must not suffer.
Respectfully,
C. H. McGHEE,
Pstor Methodist Churcn, 943 Iowi
Avenue. Phone 100.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-02


TO coast and from border 10 border,
A fact not generally known is that
hundreds OF concerns throughout the
country which now are doing business
through the regular trade channels are
awaiting only a parcels post law to
unioose literature, already prepared
In many Instances, which would pro
jecl them into the mail order field, and
this does not take into account the
hundreds and perhaps thousands Of
entirely new mail order concerns
which inevitably would spring into ex-
istence under such friendly auspices.
The two Chicago institutions re-
ferred to, already occupying immense
buildings, found themselves eramped
for room. One of them expended not
less than 81 900 900. and probably more,
Tor a new home The other lately has
secured a new location and also will
expend at least s10O0,0O0 for an i'm.
mense new building.
Anyone who will reflect even casual
" on the subject must become i'm
pressed that the influence of the mail
order business is toward the central
izatIon OF wealth, and how enormous
a part It is playing in this direction
will be understood from a second
glance at the figures which have been
given above.
II Is due to himself that every patron
Of the mail order house should inquire
honestly OF himself what the final out
come is to be If the mail order busi-
ness shall continue to make the great
strides which have marked its prog
ress during the last half decade.
It is useless to repeat the well worn
argument OF the mail order concerns
that they are selling goods enough
more eheaply than the merchants IN
the regular channels Of trade to leave
their customers more money than
ever to devote to home enterprises
and institutions. The fallacy Of this
statement has been proved over and
over again by actual and minute com
parisons Of goods. as to their quality
and prices. Te refute II finally and
indlsputabIy by a simpler and more
direct method 1t Is necessary only tc
ask the reliable business men OF any
Of the smaller communities to show
the evidence from their books and ac
counts Of the harm the mail order
habit is doing their communities
It Is a truth as old as the hills and
as certain as the rising and setting Of
the sun that no country or section o.
a country can prosper unless the peo
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-02

pie as a whole shall be prosperous
Such general prosperity as may exist
cannot be retained if the institutions
Of the already larger and weather.
communities are to continue to be
built up by contributions that should
be spent at home from the thousands
Of smaller communities.
The need Of the country, a desper-
ate need upon which the welfare Of
the individual depends, is for the
upbuilding and continued progress Of
the smaller communities, so that the
wealth Of the country may be dtstrib-
uted over the entire country, and not
congested and controlled in large
amounts in a comparative few centers
Of population.
Therefore, the man who sends away
from his own community money which
he might have spent at home and per-
mitted a fair profit to the home mer-
chant to be retained there for the
benefit of the community, is injuring
his community, and thereby the pros
poets for his own future prosperity.
In a large number Of instances he is
doing more than this. Unwittingly, or
unthinkingly, perhaps, he is violating
his own principles of right and justice,
for, at the expense Of his own COM
munity, he is needlessly contributing
profits to the capitalistic combinations
which he continuously cries out are
menacing the country.
The mail order giants direct their
energies particularly toward the peo
pie Of the smaller towns and the agri
cultural districts. In hundreds Of
thousands Of the homes Of these the
catalogue Of the mail order house is az
regularly. received as the home paper
The man on the farm last year sent
very large portion Of eighty millions
Of dollars to two Of these institutions
( in one community, alone.
In all sincerity we ask: Admitting
purely for the sake Of the argument
that the farmer or.the resident Of thu
small community can save a few dol
! lars on some Of his purchases, or ever
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-02
JOHN s. POTTS.
The Puzzle Solved.

Some time ago a merchant in Mar
blehead, Mass, was discovered in his
store at a very late hour, and in reply.
ing to inquiries, he said:
my confidential clery is missing
And what Of it2"
"Why, I'm looking over the books,
but they seem TO be all right"
Have you counted your cash?"
Yes; and it is correct to a dollar"
Looked over your bank book?"
q have, and It Is satisfactory.
That's the puzzle, YOU see. He's
skipped, and l can't make out what
for"
Been home since noon?"
No"
perhaps he's eloped with your
wife"
He hurried home, and found this to
be the case.