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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-15

and bitches the commissioners will
name date for hearing and if
upon that time it shall appear that
the proposed work is practical the
commissioners shall employ an engi-
ucor and appraisers 90 appraise the
benefits and damages to the iudiHd.
nal tracts whore bitches are CON
structed Then bids are sought and a
contract Tor the work let Bonds are
ISSUED running period of % years
aud bearing per cent interest and
This ls charged against the land
benefited by the draiuacg.
The assessment against such lands
may also extend to the crops there
ON. The revenue derived shall bee
used To meet the interest aud to
provide for sinking fund for the
redemption of these bonds.
Any individual property owner is
allowed to release himself from this
obligation by paving the pro rata
assessment ia cash. Individual con.
sruction of ditchcs and drains are
allowed
From the standpoint of Pottawat.
onio county thls movement is the
most important ever made In the
direction at increasing the county
valuation The enormous area i'm the
Little river bottoms that are under
water most of the year. is consid.
cred rhe richest soil In this part of
The state Naturally the accumula-
lions from the repeated floods and
oN"rilows has brought the soil up
'o a high state Of fertility. with
the construction OF drains and
bitches am at this vast estate now
lost to the county aud its owner,
viii Dee placed upon the tax books
with the highest valued farming sec.
tious of the country.
There is much interest 'ncins
manifested hy farmer. I'm the south
part of the county Several petitions
are nov n circulation.
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LEON

Leon. Okla. Sept IA Burleigh
Johnson who has been sick for some
time is reported better.
Miss Helen Bru,ggemcycr has re-.
turned homo after few weeks visit
with friends near Marietta
j VI Rosor went to Ardmore on
business today
j sse Montgomery of Center, OK
lahoma, Is visiting his father and
mother al this place
Fred Kingston caught nice larg"
catfish In Red river, near Leon
weighing 81 pounds
Russell Arthur Is mp again after n
few DAYS Illness.
otto Brueggemeyer of Gainesville,
Texas. is visiting his brother at Leon.
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MCMILLAN.

Mcmillan. Okla Sept live haa
a fine rain last night which seems to
make everything look cooler and bet.
tier.
W n. Williams sold his gin outfit
to Mr.. Watson of Texas MIR. Watson
has moved Iu
Mrs Ida Raulston will leave in a
few days for Whitcsboro, Texas.
where she will make her home for
some few months.
W. VI. Leader has new well at
his place.
The ice cream supper AT Mrs. Me.
Millan's was well attended and everv
body reports a fine time.
Stella Winston has been visiting
In Madill for a few days
noticed last week that some ono
reported the best cotton crop in this
part OF the country, ,west OF Ard.
morel, in eight years They surely
have been having failures FOR some
time there, as the crops around mere
seem shorter than they have bech
for eight years.
Well We have little Saturday
Blade news for this week Mr.. Nose.
N living about two miles north of
this place had an old hen 20 fall In
his well she was in there % days;
80 feet underground. It managed TO
gct on little bank of earth and
kept from drowning. In cleaning out
the W,ll he drew this chicken out on
the bucket while she was littl,
worse from wear he said she got up
a scrap with the other chickens on
reaching the too OF the w,ll nut Is
still living
John Adams went to Madul last
week on business.
B $ Gardner has been sick for
some time, but is hc'ter at this time
/. b Hicks is ON the sic', list this
week. also one of his children
There Is good deal of chills i'm
the country at this time but no fatal
sickness
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MORE THAN 10000 ACRES
ALONG LITTLE RIVER.
DRAINAGE UNDER NEW LAW
VIII Be Greatest and Most Ben
ef'cial Work Attempted IN
Any Oklahoma County,


shawnee Okla. sep, o. Forty.
t'p thousand, eight hundred and
eighty acres of Pouawa,omi' county
lands, now Imcucalb Naiurlcss. viii
Dee reclaimed and drained within the
next year
Little river Eracacrous stream
that it is, will soon have mo- trrrors
lur the ullcrs a. lands iu ruuaNat
onie county. In fact farmers u Sem
mole aud Cleveland counties are
soon TO join in the movement
Pottawatomie county is first m Ok
lahoma TO take advantage of the new
drainage law enacted by the last
legislature Petitions are now being
circulated Tor ih" creation of Dis.
''I't No. j.
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DIXIE.

Dixie. OKLA. Sept. IA good ram
is falling today which was badly need
ed.
II the weather will permit some
coa'on will De picked this week
We hear of great deal of sickness
In our community at present,
j G. Byram is very sick AT present
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Collier,
a fine girl on the 18th
g. " Newman made business
"Trip 10 Alma yesterday.
Thomas Taylor and sister, Miss
Pearl, returned home Saturday from
a visit in Texas.
Rev Ridge filled his regular ap.
pointmcnt here Sunday
n. ". Chagris and wife of Chagrls
were visiting relatives here last
week
c. W Newman is having nice
barn erected
Clarence Henderson OF Roosevelt,
Oklahoma is visiting relatives here.
The young folks enjoyed thmsel.
yes at a party given Saturday night
AT the home Of Nj. and Mrs. \. r.
Henderson.
Bynum Calvery and mother have re
turned from a visit in western Okla
homa
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Cemetery Association.

THE officers and members of IA.
Ardmore Cemetery Association are
requested to meet at the Broadway
Methodist church, Wednesday after
noon al I o'clock, n is expected
the cemetery committee of the city
council viii meet with rs and make
proposition TO turn the cemetery over
To the association As many ot the
old members as can make it conve-
nlent to attend are urged to be pres.
eut This will bee an important meet.
Ing and an interested in beautitylng
the cemetery are invited.
j. W. GOLLEDGE, President.
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In the match game OF ball between
Leon and Jimtown. Leon won by a
score of Is TO :.
Quite a number OF our boys attend
ed the dance at Mr.. Skelley's Satur-
day night, They report a nice time.
Everyone seemed To enjoy themsel'
yes at the cream supper given at
Mr.. W. II. II. Keltner's Friday night.
Prof. Hunter of Hickory has come
to take charge of the school at this
place.
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FOR SALE-lrackage property close
in 81 X TOP, five room dwelling
special low price for quick sale OF
$1,000.
VERY DESlRABl.E-residence lot,
Sth Ave. and q street. \. w, one
block from car line, $3.50 cash or
$500 on any terms YOU want. This
is better than any suburban addi'
tion.
TO EXCHANGE-Fannin county,
Z Iexas farm, valued at sl75O; for
good residence in Ardmore and wh'
pay difference in cash.
II YOU want TO buy or sell sse me-
q. NJ. REDFIEI.D.
4. o. Bldg. fhohe eo''
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SHE0IFF'S DEPARTMENT

No matter will be received for this
column that does not bear the sigma
ture of a member of the Oklahoma
Sherifis' Association.
The attention OF the sheriffs and
others entitled to use this depart
ment of the Ardmoreite is called to
the fact that no notice or communi
cation calling for the arrest OF a
person or persons by name or de.
scription will be published unless
such notice or communication states
that the party whose name ~ signed
to the same holds a warrant for the
arrest against said person or persons
charged. No exception in any in
stance will be made to this rule.
Notices contained in this depart
ment are published gratuitously, and
all persons interested are notified
that the publishers do not guarantee
the accuracy of any statement In
any such notice, nor that any reward
mentioned in any such notice lwil be
paid and will not be responsible for
any inaccuracy or mistake in any
such notice however occurring either
in printing or otherwise, nor for any
failure or refusal to pay same.
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Hcaldton aud played Chagris, Hewitt
winning to 0.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs Kimbrel
died last Monday and was buried at
Hewitt
Rev. c. r. Trimble, pastor of tho
Christian church at Ardmore is con
ducting a meeting mere, assisted ny
his wife.
There IS a good deal of sickness at
present.
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HEWITT

Hewitt, Okla, Sept ll-Thc fine
rains We are having are OF great bcu
eft to the late corn and also assures
us plenty of stock water
The range is good and cattle are
loking fine
Several have be picking cotton
aud In a few days picking will b,
general
Mr.. aud Mrs. Jim Brooks also lot
their baby the past We l.,
The Hewitt base ball team w,ay to
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mo PLACE like THE FAIR

To old friends, old acquantances, make
friends enjoy the many sights join in the fun and excitement
and forget your troubles. Come early and stay late.
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New Grand Stand seating 1000 people, I25 900 feet
walks Street cars Steam railway service and asph
boulevard to State Fair Grounds Grounds Illuminated
night by electricity. New Poultry building.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-15

liquor traffic, l do not know. But, sir,
| do know and SO does every other cit
izen OF Ottumwa, that you own the
controlling interest i'll the Edgerly
Drug Co, that your sales are larger
than all other saloons combined in
Ottumwa- That you are the only firm
carrying Rectifer's License in Ottum-
wa, that you sell your goods to the
saloons and do not pay the mulct tax
as you should. That your report of
liquors sold are filed in the county
auditors office and show sill gallons,
or about 200 barrels sold in the last
four months at $3.50 per gallon,
amounting to $12,277. You buy your
whisl1ey in car loads and sell it any
old way to get the money. And, doc,
tor, you are also a member of the
school board. /. say to you as do to
Mr.. Foster that | did not attack you
in any way. You are also in the same
class as Mr.. Foster, very wealthy
and influential, and will possibly get
my scalp, but l will politely inform
you that l will be at the scalping.
Referring to the mulct tax, doctor,
why is it your firm does not pay the
$1,000 that other wholesale liquor
houses do? T. H. Picker.
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CAN'T MAXI over
The SPRING suit
THREE PIECE OUTFIT WITHOUT
HIPS is DECREE OF DRESS
MAKERS.

Toledo, o., Dec. 14.-Woe be unto
those optimistic husbands whose wives
have said even UP to only a few days
ago that a new spring suit could be
arranged from last springs, last spring
being a late spring and last springs
suit having been worn scarcely half a
dozen times and perfectly eligible TO
a making over process. For be it
Known, That the makers of woman's
styles decree that it can't be done.
It's a new deal all around. A COM
plete metamorphosis in the fashion Of
the gladstone season when young
mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts
of love and matrons' desire veers
round to millinery.
You must buy her an entirely new
outfit for spring. 1t must be a three
piece suit with a hipless effect. And
it is SO extremely imperative that
cen its color is restricted. 1t must
be either ashes of roses, green, taupe,
electric blue, reseda, stone gray, ca
tawba. cedar or wistaria. Still, that's
a rather generous list to pick from.
This edict was released for publica-
ton by the National Cloak, Suit, and
Skirt Manufacturers association in
convention in this city. Fifty dele
gates from Chicago, ST. Louis, Cincln-
natl, Cleveland and Toronto are pres
ent. Six living models are on exhibit
ton.
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THIS is
ETERNAL LIFE:
SHALL BE, BUT is, DECLARES
DR.. FRANK GUNSAULUs IN
RECENT SERMON.

Bible or no Bible, this is eternal
life: To know God and Jesus Christ
whom he sent" was the message en-
bodied in a sermon given recently IN
Kansas City by DIR. Frank Gunsaulus
of Chicago, who appeared here in DC
tober in the Y. NJ. G.. A. star course.
course.
DR.. Gunsaulus said:
Eternal life is. 1t was not. nor
never shall be, but is. Christ lives
the eternal life now as all great souls
live in the timeless, as all great
deeds partake of the ageless. And yet,
all of these truths are but the adum-
bration OF God, the divine: l am. No
goodness that never was, is not. All
permanencies and realities are. and
never We're. Does love know anything
about time?
is. is q very embarrassing word to
a religion OF the past or of the future,
We have been so mistaught that we
have the mistaken conception that
eternal life shall be. No it is. Calvary
is now
The great difficulty OF our present
lday theology is that we have failed
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EXAMINATION.

Farmington-Mr. and Mrs. John
Bennett of southern Kansas, visited
Thursday with Mr.. ana Mrs. n. ].
Haynes.
County Supt. A. L. Heminger, of
k~eosauqua, visited the Pennington
schools on Thursday afternoon.
7. w. Grimm has returned from
Chicago. where he attended the fat
stock show.
Rev. George Yule and F. G. Ottawa
of FIT. Madison and Rev. j. F. Sanders
of Keokuk, were Harrington visitors
last week.
Mrs. OFT Sherrick has gone to Moul-
ton to join her husband, who is en-
ployed in the T. W. Grimm grocery
store.
Mrs. James Slice Of lIagle Grove ar
rived Thursday for 4 visit with her
son Grant Slice and family and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Guy Sherrick and family.
Mrs. w. l.. Berkhlmer OF Kahoka,
Mo-, was called here ny the illness OF
her son. H. e. Folker. who has been
quite sick with pneumonia.
Crate Rabb has sold his pool room
and cigar stand to John Gaffney and
Gus Freed.
George Tracey Of TT. Madison came
over Wednesday for q hunting triE
with c. II. Kelley and j. G. Schee.
Mrs. Myra Hassler has been APP
pointed administrative Of the estate
OF her sister, Mrs. l. Atchison
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Ottumwa. Ia. Dec. IA. 1908,

Ottumwa. Ia, Dec. IA, 1908.
kev. w. A. Sunday.
My Dear Sir: | note in your re-
marks at the tabernacle on Friday
evening that you said among other
things, referring to the persons who
sent you the communication in refer.
ence to raising funds for charity as
follows:
Now, | understand that that gang
are going to cut the electric wires ir
here before the meetings are over and
start a fire scare. If they do they will
be shot, that's all there ia about it.
cant think OF anything more mean
than that a gang of men should pre-
cipitate a stampede, and injured wom-
en- and children by such a move, and
l have taken steps to prepare for it.
| expect nothing from them but the
worst opposition and they will get the
same"
Now Mr.. Sunday, | believe you to be
a man OF your word, and hardly think
you would be SO base as to make a
statement of this kind in public I'm.
less you thought there was some
ground for it; and being n who
signed that Communication, | make
you a proposition as follows:
That If you will furnish the least
indication of any evidence that either
of these men who signed that com.
munication %conspired. made threats
either directly or indirectly. that they
were going to cut the wires OF to be a
party in such a damnable piece CT
work in order to create a panic,
agree II you do furnish any such evi.
dence, to pay $50 which l have this
day left at the Iowa National bank
payable to your order, for that pur
pose, to assist in prosecuting the per
son for conspiracy, or any charge
which could be preferred against
them, and ! further agree to leave this
matter to be decides ~ yourself
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ELDoN.

Eldon-Mrs. Pearl -in1miger of
Trenton, Mo-, is yisitihg relatives and
friends in Eldon.
Miss Mabel Boldins returned home
from Washington. Ia. after spending
a few days with friends and relatives.
Mrs. Moore and Meredith spent Sat-
turday in Ottumwa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Weist vent to
Davenport to spend Sunday with Mr..
II Mrs. Ross Turf.
Edna Vass and Madse Weist spent
the day IT. Ottumwa Saturday.
Chas. Bruce has n to Chicago to
buy more Christmas goods.
The Congregational Mite society will
give a social at the home of w. L.
Healy Friday evening, December 10.
The ladies' Of the Christian church
will serve supper at the K. of P. hall
Tuesday evening. Dec. %.
The Congregational church choir or
sanized Dec. 11th. TIE following Of
ficers We're elected: Vim. Moore. Choir
lister; Mrs. Otto Ftshsr. assistant:
Mrs. j. A. Burdy. org3nist: Miss Ethel
Conrad, assistant; Mrs. w. L.. Healey.
manager. All members are requested
to meet each Friday evening at the
church at 7:30 for practice.
Mrs. William Grow who has been
seriously Ill for some time is reported
no better.
Eugene Harlan who was hurt in the
coal mines a few weeks ago is very
low at this time with typhoid fever.
Mrs. H. R. Baker who has been suf-
fering with the gripi s convalescent.
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BETTER BEGIN
HOLIDAY BUYING
SHOPPERS HAVE STARTED ON
THEIR ANNUAL GIFT HUNT
ING EXPEDITION.

Get busy with your Christmas pur-
| chasing if you want to make a selec-
ton. for the early bird gets the worm.
| Avoid the crush that is always ap-
parent during the days within the hol-
iday week. If YOU go early your shop
| ping is made easier, your selection is
made from a larger and fresher stock,
your treatment by the store help Will
be more agreeable and the merchant
will be better pleased to see you.
Have you begun t YETI" Is the cur
rent substitute for the all season,
How do you do?'
Translated it means Christmas
shopping. and unlike the usual salu-
tation the query demands answer
and if a negative answer, an eXplana-
ton as to why not"
The real Christmas rush has not ap-
~parently began in Ottumwa, though
the stores are ready to meet the de.
mands.. This week is expected to see
the real beginning Of real shopping,
But the early birds are around pick
ing up the choice seeds in the line of
Christmas gifts. For in Christmas
shopping, 80 the merchants all de,
clare, the early shopper is the one
who gets the real treasures.
Just as there are many kinds of
everything in the world there are, thu.
clerks tell you, many kinds of Christ
mas shoppers. First. there is the pre-
else person, who, of course, knows
exactly what she wants, the price She
wants to pay apd, what Is mo'a. sticks
20 these original intentions because
| she's never acquired the habit II
changing her mind.
Then there is the opposite type, the
| shopper who demands the inspiration
Of a crowd. The rush at the counter
awakens her feeling of competition
and she likes the scramble, first, for
the article she decides she wants, then
for the clerks attention and finally
she likes to complain OF the long wait
for packages.
Each year. however, the tendency is
toward earlier shopping and the
merchants prepare to meet the
Christmas demand early in the month.
In the eastern stores the holiday pre-
paratious are made and shopping be-
gins before Thanksgiving. The erst-
while "hig two days before Christ
mas is becoming obsolete and the
store managers are helping it on it's
way. They put everything on sac
early and the early conner has a choice
that the later purchaser cannot hope
and should not expect to find. 1t is
the early shopper who gets the choice
and the late shopper who just gets
what she can or what everyone else
seems to be buying.
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5aRgaaszssz1S
PEOPLES PULPIT s

member of the present police
force.
In order that the general public may
be correctly advised in this matter
and in justice to Judge Roberts, and
the present Ottumwa police depart
ment, We, the undersigned. acting as
a committee for the police depart
ment. called upon Judge Roberts last
night and asked him the following
question: Judge, when was it that
an Ottumwa policeman met a 13-year
old girl at the depot and escorted her
to the Baker house?" His answer was.
about five years ago." We then said
to MIN, then it did not occur under
the present Administrations" To this
he answered no" stating that he
would publish in the Courier state
ments to this effect.
Hoping that you may find space for
the above in your current issue Of to-
day, We remain.
Very respectfully.
Nels Nelson,
T. l.. Holland.
H. E. Shreeves. committee.
Ottumwa, Iowa, Dec. IA, 1908
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RREKMM85GASXiKN
Ottumwa, Ia, Dec. "A, 1908

ottunwa, Ia, Dec. IA, 1908
Rev. w. A. Sunday,
City.
Very Dear Sir: we learn through
The Courier, that you decline the sug-
gestion or proposition of the commit
lee Of citizens, hat you turn over
to charity all the proceeds of yester-
days tabernacle thank Offering Q
your expenses and $1,000. for your sal
AIRY.
We thought this a fair and reason
able suggestion and regret to see
that some Of your associate speakers
at the tabernacle recently INDUCED IN
very harsh language toward the men
who made this suggestion which was
couched in kind and respectful words.
This is the first time We ever knew
of Christian men taking offense at a
request for charity for the poor and
needy.
We read with much surprise, the
open letter of 7. D. Foster, T. P. Spill
man and others, in Saturdays Courier
the spirit of which is anything but
kindly.
Now. Brother Sunday, while We re
greet that you declined our suggestion,
believing as we do that it would have
resulted In a splendid fund for charity,
yet, we are glad that you are willing
to give five hundred dollars for local
charity.
This committee has deposited in the
Ottumwa National bank $500 to be
used for charity, on condition that
your committee. composed of Messrs.
T D. Foster, T. p. Spilman and
others do. by twelve O'Clock noon, OF
Wednesday. this week, deposit $500 in
the above named bank, and you, TO
deposit likewise by the same hour
$500, making a total of $500 to be
at once turned owe to the Ministerial
association Of this city, TO be used by
them to relieve the worthy poor and
needy citizens of our city, an account
of the objects to which this fund is
applied. to be kept and published by
the association.
The above proposition and eXplana
ton are made in the most kindly
spirit and with none other but the
highest regard for you, Mr.. Sunday
and T. D. Foster and his associate
committee members as we'll. We sin
cerely hope that in the same spirit
you will both promptly accept.
Very sincerely,
T. j. Phillips. for the committee
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to get the atmosphere of Jesus an,
his father. We look forward to /,
change which We call death when WI
should know that eternal life that is
Life in the yonder world will still b,
life, for life anywhere is what it mus,
be anywhere.
LET us not forget tonight that the
nowness of eternal life is taught in
the Bible. 1t is there because it is
true, not true because it is there"
Here the speaker picked up q
chrysanthemum, which adorned the
chancel, and asked, What is gospel
1t is good news. What would be good
news to this flower? l answer, a trus
announcement of its life. A diamond.
in spite OF its scintillation, has nc
life. It has everlasting existence, but
not eternal life. 1t knows no tragedy.
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Capt. j. G. Hutchinson and L. P. Spill

Capt. j. G. Hutchinson and 7. P. Spill
man.
desire to ask you if the thought Of
cutting the wires did not originate in
one OF the committee meetings and
then suggested that you send to the
mayor, and S for extra police which
willingly furnished you.
Now am making this proposition
to you in all fairness and ask that you
comply with my request.
Very respectfully.
T. Fl. Picker.