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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-20
American Association.
WESTERN CHESS TOURNAMENT.

mlunnupoils, MINI. Aug. IL MANY
prot Inent chess experts are gathered
at Lake Mnnetonka to cpinpeta tais
week for valuable trophies and the
championship OF the Western Chess
association. The association EN-
braces the states of Indiana Ohio,
Michigan Wisconsin, Kcntrcky, I'LL
nois, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Montana, Wyoming and Colorado, and
IN Canada the province Of Manitoba.
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INVITES BRYAN.

Lexington, KY. Aug. 19.-The Citi-
zens League OF this city has address
ed letter to William Jennings Brg-
an, inviting him to make an address
here on the subject of Good Govern
ment and Good Citizenship" at date
that will be convenient for him.
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MONTANA LABOR FEDERATION.

Helena Mont. Aug ls-Leades= Z
organized labor in Montana aTe sa'h'
erinE here in fierce % attend he n
nnal meeting Of the State Fesc-1fi.'a
Of Labor. The federation hai teen
steadily increasing "s r-~ai'ersh's'
during the past twelve Hioeias = 4
the present contentiua is e = re
largest IN poi-t - nHrshers n th-
history Of the oiEzrization-
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euRLlneroN opeRAroRs war.

Omaha. Neb. Aug. i9.-The telegra
nhers cf the Burlington railroad sys-
tenn have decided 10 await the decision
Of the national officers before leaving
their keys and tying up the line. The
operators threat,ued To strike be
cause of alleged discrimina'i~ns in
the discharge of telegraphers now on
strike from the Western Tuinn com
ranv who had obtained employment
with the road.
On Saturday the Burlington oper-
ators were on the verge of going ont,
but the more conservative members
of the order succeeded in DELAYING az
ton until the national Officers are
heard from An answer TO the strike
appeal is expected tomorrow.
The railroad telegraphers deny that
they are handling commercial tele-
grams. in accordance with the orders
OF the head of the union Telszrams
to smaller towns N the west where
only railroad operators are werkins
are not accepted by the operators
and the business is completely tel
up.
When President Small cama
through Nebraska from the West
Ioperator. al along the line stubbornly
refused to accent telegrasns. even IN
small himself The Western Union Il
oontinually having trouble with rail
road operators. who leave their KEYS
l,,,..r, AMI othr-u-f-r Interfere With III e
wires.
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ing the Johnstown food disaster, AMI.
in fact hundreds of hundreds nf
Emergency calls by officials of The
companies to their telegraphers who
answered faithfully, they gave them q
/ at on the back and Il thank you. .
but the lowering of wages kept stead.
lily on.
These conditions confronted the CT
| 4 q. A. five years ago when they ar.
ISanized for the purpose of lifting
Etheir comrades Of the commercial
cnmpaniest theY went bravciy forth
shoulder to shoulder. and today YOU
see one grand organization OF teieg
lraphers fighting for freedom and ins-
tice aud with all signs pointing To Il
Igrand and glorious victory To the
ladies' and to the men strikersi You
|are grand, noble, spiritloving. free-
born American citizens. May the
God OF men be with you as He ALWAYS
|iE with those IN the right and safely
guide tho G. T. y. A. bark Liberty into
Pert Victory,
Mr.. Horn was given a grand ovation
|at the conclusion OF his remarks Fol
lasgs ups;il ny tnsf fssnarttxn ,anfs
|resnolaand III u very happy vein S'as
especially directed her renarks Y, the
lfaffst and was enthusiastically
cbrrred nj the rnd of her address
The chair called mpon Harry ngsian.
If Typographical Union No. > In NJ.
lOgden's remarks he told about tbs
first lessen he ever bad in unionivm.
He said: II have a letter frcm that
Tutor. who Is 81 years OF age who II
now in the sunny south. and IN this
letter he told me to be sure and tell
the Cincinnati telegraphers that IN
was with them. He knows their
cause is just and that the union will
win its battle sure. Ladies and gen
tlemen. that man is my father. a
union man for over 50 years. the fir 4
president of Cincinnati Typographical
Union No. g." Mr.. Ogden was ten
dered a tremendous ovation.
The Chair then called upon Mr. Cor
bin. president of the Stationary Engi-
reers' Union. who Lnterspersed his
remarks with witticisms aud an-
plicable anecdotes which were highly
appreciated and cheered to the echo.
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BALL GAME SCORES
ington BY IS to 2--5oth ST.
Louis Teams Victorious.
National League.

MISUNDERSTANDING, Bell Ritter
aud Bergen, Ewing and Mclean.
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ADVERTISING IS NOT only pub
Iieity, but 10 force which stimulates
really creates--consumption Of pro-
duct.
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AT Philadelphia

Battcries-Corrodon and Jack.
|litsch; Kargol and Marshall
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youR ADvERrssgmGNr II ytwr'
personal card; snd your card 4 yo1tx
SELF. II 10 - essential that your ats
vertisemsnt be right = that your
character. reputation, md appearance
be correct.
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tCODcIuded on Second Psss)
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Battcries = Taylor, Lynch and
Bresnahans Lundgren and King
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scOncIuded On Second PsseJ
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-20

Batteries -Flaherty and Brown
Lever, Buggleby and Phelps
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Boats % INC HtscutF
As the people rushed to the val
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-12-07

braska, Colorado and other Louisiana
Oklahoma remained for 80 years q
wild Indian camping ground.
Passing OF the Indian.
As recently as 35 years ago the
American people generally knew of
Oklahoma only as haunt of Indians
and hunting ground for big game.
Early In the eighties white settlers,
who had overrun Kansas and the new
middle west states, began to investi.
gate Oklahoma. They found the new
territory rich and appealed to the
government for the opening Of 1t to
settlement. The government did not
readily act upon the request. and
many of these whites, becoming impa
tient, entered the reservation forcibly
and set up their homes. They were
driven out, but repeatedly renewed
their efforts, and many clashes with
soldiers occurred.
But these pioneers, then looked
upon by the government as outlaws,
finally persuaded congress to open
Oklahoma to settlement. Hence. the
names of these same outlaws" have
been immortalized in Oklahoma his
tory.
At the time of the opening all Of
Oklahoma, exceHt that portion taken
from Texas in the Greer county bound
airy dispute and the narrow strip be.
tween Kansas and Texas, extending
to the Colorado and New Mexico lines.
was included in the Indian Territory.
Oklahoma territory, which was held
by the government for the use of the
indians, but had never been assigned
to any tribe, consequently consisted
in those days of only about 2.000, 900
acres. There occurred the first great
rush for homes, which brought into
existence Oklahoma City. From time
to time the government transferred
other portions of land from the Indian
Territory to Oklahoma territory for
settlement by whites, until, when the
Oklahoma-Indian Territory statehood
bill passed, all that remained Of In
dian Territory were the reservations
of the Choctaw, Chickasaw. Chero
kee. Creek, Seminole and Quapaw
tribes.
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sERMoNErrE.

"Why speak ye not q wsrd OF
bringing the king baok?"--sad
that the king has been forced to
flee; but sadder still 10 II that
the people are slow to bring him
back.
What . picture we have here
OF the human heart and lts re-
iatIons to lts Lord and King,
Jesus Christ.
The alIurlng voice Of seIf-ln-
diligence and sin speaks In the
ear and Il steals away our
hearts from loyalty to ths true
King.
Tho next step In the down.
ward course 10 open rebellion
against the rule Of the true and
! rIahtfui King.
The king 10 driven forth. One
cannot read the chapter re-
counting David's departure from
Jerusalem without an over
wheIming sense Of the sadness
and shame Of Il all. But how
Infinitely more tragic and sad
10 Il when the King Of kings and
Lord Of lords ls forced to flee
from the rebellious heart!
And when the fires Of Sin
have burned themselves out and
the heart feels Its desolatlon
and loss, what reproach II Id
that there 10 no move to bring
J the King back and reestabllsh
{ him upon the thronei
I The King cannot come except
{ by invitation. He may not be
! far away. Nay, Scripture glveth
5 the Kings own words:
( "Behold. I stand at the door
& and knock" he says. He waits
2 on the threshold. The heart
5 must say: "come In"
( Think Of what Jerusalem was
! without lie king. The palace
Z Of cedar deserted, and the
CITY WItUOut u TuteT 70 WHoU
S they could turn for advice and
help.
Think Of the human heart
without its King. Tho temple
which God has created ~ his
own peculiar dwelling place
empty, or worse, occupied by
self, and the whole life drifting
{ without the master hand Of the
/ Pilot to steer clear Of the rocks
and the shadows upon which so
D many lives are shlpwrecked.
5 Let us 90, then, at once and
call back our King.
8 How many times daily are
2 we forced to do this very thIng7
5 Neglect, or conduct that 10
Z worse, drives forth the King,
8 and we must turn and invite
z him again to enter, In order that
5 we may sup with him and he
Z with Us.
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THE STORY.

MOT until after the news of the death
~ Of Absalom and the utter failure
Of the rebellion which had at the first
been managed so brilliantly and sue
cessfully did the people Of Israel and
Judah realize the enormity of their
wrong doing. Then they wondered
how they could have been so easily led
astray, and contention arose among
the people, each charging the other
with responsibility for the misstep.
They saw now how vain and ambitious
follow the man Absalom had been;
how little of real worth there was to
be found In him, and they saw also
as never before the sterling qualities
of their aged king, and appreciated
how much was owing to him for the
nations greatness and prosperity.
During those days of darkness, and
doubt, and uncertainty, memory was
busy, and the people recalled Davids
mighty deeds, from the first encounter
with the giant Goliath to the many
brilliant campaigns through which he
had led his armies. When had the
nation had such deliverer as David
had been? When had they ever had
such leader as David. since the time
of Moses and Joshua? Where was
there ruler in all the nations about
80 faithful to his people, and 80 loyal
to God? He had kept the nation free
from idolatrous practices of the ma
tions about. He had organized and
solidified the nation as whole as 1t
had never been before. He had made
the name of Israel to be honored and
feared among the nations about.
And with the reaction which began
In the nation following the collapse
of Absalom's rebellion the memory of
all these things swept over the minds
of the people. and the question arose
on every hand:
What shall be donef"
The king had been driven forth
What was now to be done? Shame AT
their disloyalty, and anxiety over the
consequences Of their wrong doins
gave rise to wranglings and disputings
among themselves, and added to the
confusion Of the situation. es
Some there were-perverse and re-
bellious spirits--who set themselves to
plotting further mischief. Absalom
was dead. to be sure, but the spirit
OF Absalom still was 1t work in their
hearts and far from LONGING for the re.
turn Of King David. they secretly set
themselves to further insurrsction. The
king was old. and could not bs with
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uiation 10 concerned any more tfian g
10 ~ far ~ its agricultural products
are concerned. Northerners. south
erners, easterpers and westerners
mingie harmoniously there. al grow
Ing prosperous together. Every state
in the union IL represented by at least
500 natives.
A substantial evidence OF the intel
lectual worth of Oklahomans generally
Is the number Of modern daily news
papers which they support. Further
more. they have good schools. libra
ries and churches.
Oklahoma has modern public
school system supported by the In
come from $35, 100000 public school
fund and local taxation. The "35,000.-
900 fund" consists of 3,100,875 acres
Of land, valued at $50, 100000. the in
come from the rental of which
amounts to about 100000 per year;
and $5.000,000 paid into the school
fund by Indian Territory in lieu Of
land. all Of the 3.100.875 acres being
In the former Oklahoma territory.
The original act opening Oklahoma
territory to settlement reserved In
all that section Of the territory then
thrown open sections 16 and 36 in
every township for the benefit Of the
public schools Of the future state.
Each successive act provided for simi-
lar reservations and the statehood en-
abling act made additional grants to
the higher educational institutions, re-
sulting in the big total above named.
The state will decide whether the
school lands shall be sold. All pro-
ceeds from sale Of the school lands
must be turned into the school fund
and forever remain intact.
Fine State University.
The head of the public school sys-
tenn of Oklahoma is the state univer-
sity, located at Norman. open to fe-
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male as well as male students, and
comprising q college Of arts and SCI
ences, a school of medicine. q school
of applied science, a school of pharm-
acy, a school of mines, school Of fine
arts, and preparatory school. The
campus, consisting of 60 acres, lies at
slight elevation. overlooking the
South Canadian river. University
hall was built five years ago at cost
Of $4,000. Science hall Is new
building, SO by 125 feet, Of gray
pressed brick. The university is also
provided With a library building given
by Andrew Carnegie, and gymnasi-
um, IS by 100 feet. There are four
other buildings, two of wood, devoted
to engineering work, and two devoted
to the anatomical laboratory.
The other advanced public educa.
tional institutions of Oklahoma are an
agricultural and mechanical college,
three state normal schools, q univer-
sity preparatory school, a colored
agricultural and normal university.
and q school at Chilocco. on a reser-
vation containing 5000 acres Of agri-
cultural land, for the education Of In
dian boys and girls in the higher
branches of learning.
Color Line Drawn.
The supervision of instruction is
vested in a board Of education, of
which the state superintendent of pub
lie instruction is president and the
governor, secretary Of state and at
torney general are members ex-offcio.
A color line is drawn on negroes in
Oklahoma. separate schools being pro.
vided for negro children, but with the
same accommodations as the schools
for white children. Education is com
pulsory.
The Chilocco Indian school is one
of the most interesting educational In
stitutions in Oklahoma. About 5000
of Its $500 acres are In cultivation
the rest being in meadow or pasture
land. This school has TOO to 800 stu
dents. 70 instructors, more than A
buildings, and is known as the best
institution in the Indian service for
imparting practical agricultural
knowledge to Indians. In addition tc
agriculture, stock raising. dairying
ETC., all other lines Of industry are
taught at Chilocco,
Oklahoma has more than 1,2oC
manufacturing plants. representing In
vestments aggregating 10000
and giving employment to 10000 wage
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earuers. These plants include Hour
mills. oil mills, cotton gins. broom
factories, brick and tile works. salt
works, cement factories. woodenwsre
and carriage works.
OIL FieIds Are Rich.
Some of the richest oil fields In
America are In Oklahoma. The Glenn
Pool oil district, south of Tulsa, be-
tween Red Fork and Mounds, has be-
tween 450 and 500 producing oil wells.
with q total capacity of 100000 bar.
rels day. The first Of these wells
was sunk in December, 1905. Pipe
lines have been constructed for the
transportation Of this oil to the Texas
seaboard and to the .refineries at Whit.
Ing. Ind. More than $10,000.000 has
been invested in tanks, pumping sta
tions, and pipe lines In Tulsa county.
Eastern Oklahoma, which Is not so
uniformly even as the western portion
Of the state, produces more than
3.000,0 900 tons of coal year, for
which its mines receive about $6.000.-
900. The coal field extends from the
vicinity of Tulsa on the north to the
Texas line on the south. and is more
than 100 miles broad. The state con-
tains about $50 coal mines, employing
about 10000 operators.
The principal rivers Of Oklahoma.
all of which fow toward the south
east, are, naming them from north to
south, Arkansas, Salt Fork. Cimarron.
North Canadian, South Canadian,
Wachita and Red.
The government acquired what II
now Oklahoma more than 4 century
ago under the terms of the Louisiana
Purchase. Early in the century the
government set this land apart for
the segregation Of the various Indian
tribes, then being driven west by the
advance OF white settlers. Hence
while Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Ne
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Lieutenant governor, George Bellamy,
OF Ell Reno; secretary Of state, "Bill"
Cross, OF Oklahoma City, whose
friends say he would not be recog-
nized II referred to as william
Cross" treasurer. J. B. Menefee. of
Anadarka: attorney general. Charles
West, OF Enid. and chairman of the
commissioners Of corporations. ]. j.
McAlister.
The state In primaries has selected
to represent her in the senate the first
blind man who has ever sat In that
body. He is T. P. Gore, who lost his
sight when a boy In Mississippi,
where he was born. He has served In
the territorial legislature. Robert
Lee Owen, who will be elected as the
other senator. is totally different
type. Born in Virginia, he is one
eighth Cherokee Indian, and is looked
upon as an extreme conservative. He
distinguished himself as lawyer by
earning fee of $150,O0o in a single
case. Both these men have been
chosen by the Democratic primaries,
which is equivalent to their election
by the, legislature. OF the representa-
tives Bird 8. Mcclure, for some years
territorial delegate from Oklahoma, in
congress, Is the only Republican Of
the five elected. Others are E. l.. Full
ton, brother of Senator Fulton, Of
Oregon, Second district; James s.
Davenport. Third district; Charles D..
Carter, Fourth district, and Scott
Fairns, Fifth district.
Metropolis of New State.
The largest city on the Oklahoma
side Is Oklahoma City, with a popula-
tion of 10000 and 40 miles of asphalt
pavements. Muskogee, In the Indian
Territory has population Of $4,000,
which represents growth from $500
people In 1900. The new state will
have 700 banks, of which 275 are ma
tional, the latter with deposits of $780,
600, 900; 23 cottonseed oil mills, more
than a hundred -four mills. SO daily
papers and more than 400 issued
weekly.
Oklahoma alone had In 1906 86,908
families, of which more than 10000
owned their homes. and of these 50.-
900 were free from mortgages. The
average price for Oklahoma land in
1906 was $1S.25 per acre, an increase
Of 1925 from the previous year. The
new state has thousands OF acres of
unappropriated public domain. coal
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lands of wonderful capacity, oil wells,
asphalt beds of great worth. and all
of these practically undeveloped, to
say nothing of the vastness of her op-
portunities to the tiller Of the soil.
The story of the rise of two dozen
other Oklahoma cities with popula-
tions exceeding 10000 is almost
synonymous with that of the rise Of
the metropolis. Such cities as Guth-
rie (the state capitaD, with $4,000
population; Tulsa Tin the center OF
the oil fields). with 10000 population;
Muskogee, Ardmore, Lawton. Shaw
nee, Enid, South McAlester, vinita
and Ell Reno are battling enthusiastic
cally for commercial supremacy, and
present indications are that all these
cities will grow and prosper, each
supported mainly by those farm lands
for which 1t il the, natural outlet to
market. The casual reader may won
der how 80 many large cities can be
supported by mere farms. The fact
is that Oklahoma has 250,000 farms.
most OF them worked by their owners,
for hundreds of thousands Of Ameri-
cans have invested their small savs
ings in Oklahoma land and are getting
rich with the state by tilling the soil.
Six out Of every ten farmers In okla
homa own their own homes. Most of
them live upon the land them home
steaded. Landlords are rare in Okla
homa.
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FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA.

Oklahoma larger indiana and Ohio combined
Oklahoma union point Of
Oklahoma so
papers. M FN z 49, "a
okI.homas metropolis. City forty mile. asphalt
pavsmsnts
constitution 10 the biggest In the unon being made
o sixty thousand words
prohibition provided In the constitution
the constitution
municipalities
booded indians and $3.50 indiana
Many highly cviljzsd.
raising fSooooooo bushss last
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r.esldent Of Constitutional
Convention.

house, United States quartermasters
house, stage office, and small build
ing uRed as hotel. Between noon
and sunset of that day Oklahoma sta
ltion became a town OF 5000 people.
Within a month 1,169 buildings. many
of them ugly, temporary affairs, were
erected.
And so Oklahoma City has contin-
lued to grow until 1t now claims a pop
ulation Of $4,000, modern schools edu-
eating 9,4s4 children this year, as
against 7,s75 last year; buildings I'm
cluding ten-story skyscrapers) aggre-
eating In value $15.000,000; banks
having an aggregate capital and sur
plus of $t,o60,S34, and deposits aggre-
eating $6,549, 900; post office receipts
dn 1905 aggregating $141,bOs. ana
freight tonnage into and out OF Okla
homa City in 1906, 1,22S,246,9o2 tons.
factories are springing up. Oklahoma
City this year has 2.347 factory EN-
ployes, :, gain Of 531 over last year:
ana L.17e jobbing house employees, a
gain II 23o for the year.
state 10 Democratic.
Oklahoma will probably be Demo
cratic in politics for some time TO
come. The governor-elect, G. M. Has
kell, of Muskogae. received . majority
Of $1,000 votes. The state Will cast
approximately 250.000 votes, Of which
number from 10000 to $4,000 are by
negro voters. The majority for pro-
hibition was about 10000. OF the IL
Republicans In the constitutional con-
vention six came from each side Of the
new. state.
Gov. Haskell ID one Of the newer
-pesgdents a. the stste. having gone
ttsrs from Ohio Other ofncers are: