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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06
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To the builders of the highways that
skirt the canyons brink.
no ihe men that bind TIE roadhed tast.
go he men that grade and the men that
blast
raise MY glass ana drink
TO the builders who havc fallen. whose
graves mark ont the lines
To the blind who nevermore may see,
TO the manned and halt ia their mis-
cry
III silence drink your wine
For them no crashing volieys or roll Of
muhied drums,
Only the roar Of the great rock blast
Is their requiem song when the day -
past
And the final darkness comes.
TO the engineers, the wizards, whose
word brooks no delay
Hearing, the sleeping glens awake,
The snow-plumed hills obeisance make
And 10. the Open Way
For them no fiaring banners when 8 Bit
ter fight ig won;
No cheering thousands in the street
Their gallant heroes ever greet
Tho dauntlese deeds be done
To the builders Of the highways that skirt
the canyons brink,
TO the men that bind the roadbed fast'
To the high and low, the first and last
raise my glass and drink.
Evelyn Gum, in Canadian Magazine
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06
The scene PaIntsr.s Retsrs.

The late Theodore Thomas was re-
hearsing the Chicago orchestra on the
stage Of the Auditorium theater He
was disturbed by the whistling Of AL
bert Bnrridge, the well-known scene
painter, who was at work in the loft
above the stage A few minutes later
Mr. Thomas librarian appeared on the
bridge" where Mr.. Burridge, merrily
whistling, was at work Mr. Thorn.
as compliments" said the librarian,
and he requests me to state that If
Mr.. Burridge wishes to whistle he will
be glad to discontinue his rehearsal. I"
To which M Burridge replied,
suayely "Mr. Burridges compli-
ments to Mr. Thomas; and please in.
form Mr.. Thomas that, If Mr.. Burridge
cannct whistle with the orchestra, he
won't whistle at all."-The Argonaut
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06
Through the Mountains.

From Pittsburg TO Butler IN the
Pennsylvania mountains Is a type Of
the interurban road built through a
country presenting so many difn-
culties that # was for a long time be-
lieyed the electrics would not 90
through. There IS much heavy work
in the construction Of this new road
one bridge being 600 feet long and S5
feet above the creek 1t spans But It
is built and its success seems assured
While steam win not be displaced for
many years 10 come. It must be ad.
mitted that the electric railroad has
come to stay.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06

The navy department Is making spe
cial efforts 10 improve small arms
craftsmanship In the navy. As an Of.
fectiye way Of doing this the depart
ment is stimulating interest in target
practice az the Naval academy on the
theory that il the midshipmen are in
duced 10 take a lively interest in small
arms shooting the effect OF that inter-
est will be felt later throughout the
service For this reason the navy de-
partment has announced this year the
most extended sched1e OF rife target
matches that the midshlpmen have yet
had. Prizes win also be offered for
winners in revolver matches to be held
at the Naval academy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06
cLooK HA0E F7oM BIoYoLEs-
Really Remarkable Timepiece Put To-
eether BY Partisan Mechanic.

AIphonse Duhamel of Paris has con
struoted a tmepiece. standing 12 feet
high, which IS composed entirely Of
bicycles OF their component parts
The framework IS huge bicycle
wheel. around which are arranged ~
ordinary sized wheels, all fitted with
pneumatic tires. A rim within the
large wheel bears the figures for the
hours, the figures then selves being
constructed of crank-rods. The hands
are made Of steel tubing, which is
used for the framework Of bicycles.
The minute strokes on the dial are
small nickelplated spokes. The top
Of the clock is an arrangement Of IL
handle bars. The clock strikes the
hours and the quarters, bicycle bells,
Of course, making the chimes. The
pendulum Is made Of various parts Of
a bicycle frame 1t is said that the
clock, besides being a curiosity, is an
excellent timepiece. 1t adorns one Of
the public buildings Of Paris.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06
oonarsaatIon oy.reome by ea..

An extraordinary scene was wit
messed recently in an evangelical
church at Makranstadt, near Leipsie,
Germany During the service the en-.
tire congregation was attacked by r.
resistible faintness The minister
sank unconscious before the altar. the
oreanist fell over from his seat. and
the choir boys collapsed in a body. In
the nave OF the church the narcotic I'm
fuence was not 30 overpowering. and
fortunately sufficient persons retained
consciousness to render the necessary
assistance to those who had swooned
away. II was all caused BY the fumes
from . defective coke stove.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06
BOOK LOST

Daily Express route book Leather
backs. bolted together with printed
coupon receipts Of ten cetns each.
Finder return to Daily Express office
and receive reward.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06

I'm Duluth, down on the docks, some
days ago. some fresh-water ancient
mariners were talking Of adventures
on the raging main, began Capt o. ].
Ludlow Of Detroit at the National
Capt H., said one, it seems to me
I've heard somewhere that your vessel
was once struck by lightning while
sailing, sailing over the bounding
main?
Yep, twice, said Cant. H. Hap
pened of Point aux Barques bout IS
years ago. We were ioggin' long
when a thunderstorm overlook us, and
the very first fash Of lightning striAk
the deck amidships and bored a hole
as big as my right leg down through
the bottom Of the vessel
And she foundered, Of course?
No, sir. The water began rushing
in, and she would have foundered, but
there came a second fash and bolt
struck my foreto' gallant mast. It
was cut Off near the top turned bot
tom end up, and as 1t came down II
entered the hole and plugged it up a.
tight as a drum When we got down
to dry dock we simply sawed off either
end and left the plug in the planks.
Washington Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06
Or. Angel Money.

There are some queer names In
Australia A witness in a recent case
at Melbourne responded to the crier's
call, Lilly Fury In spite Of her
forbidding surname she seemed. &C.
cording TO the reporters. to be a very
nice and smiable young lady. For
many years the most fashionable ply
sician IN Sydney was a Dr. Angel
Money. One Of his patients the late
Sir Henry Parkes. six times prime
minister, used to say It was the name
in the world that combined the ce.
lestial and the terrestrial
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06

More duels are fought in Germany
than. in any other country, and Jena
and 0ottingen are the cities which
take The lead. II is said that a duel
takes place in Gottingen every day,
and on one occasion some years ago
~ combats took place IN the "a hours.
JenA's greatest number for the day is
"a. The German empire has about
1900 duels = year; France has about
1000 combats, which may be regarded
as such; Italy runs to about 27O per
annum. In ten years It boasted a,75s
meetings, Of which s7l originated 10
newspaper articles or public letters.
The great majority Of the duels were
fought with swords; only one with re
volYers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06
LOST AND FOUND

LOST Striped Mexican blanket,
droped from buggy on youth Hill. Fin
der please return to n. N. Williams
6-4-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06
Deaths from AnassthetIos.


A question recently put to the secre-
tary of state from the home depart
ment as to how many deaths occurred
during the year 1907 in the metropoli-
tan area and in the other parts Of
England and Wales respectively from
the effects Of the administration Of
anaesthetics ELECTED the reply that the
figures for the year 1907 we're not yet
available, but according to the YER
diets Of coroners juries and the Ger.
tificates Of medical practitioners there
were in the year 1906 64 deaths in
London and 119 in the remainder OF
England and Wales caused by anaes-
thetics administered for operations.
1t was stated that there appeared to
be some reason to doubt whether the
certificates on which these returns
were based we're In all cases complete
and that there must necessarily some
times be difficulty in determining IL
death under an anaesthetic was caused
BY the anaesthetic. It was proposed,
therefore, to make further inquiry in
to the matter-British Medical Jour.
nal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06
oE INrEREsT ID pgMocRATs

The national democratic congress
sional campaign committee has begun
active operations at its headquarters
at Washington, D. G. In addition to
its regular work. # is preparing cam
paign handbook which it hopes TO have
ready by July 1.-TWO or three months
earlier than ehertofore.
The Committee is charged with the
duty Of assisting IN every way posi-
bic the election Of a democratic con
gress. We wish the cooperation Of
every voter IN the United States who
believes with us. that the election Of
democratic congress would greatly
benefit the country. We must rely
upon the people to sustain our work
BY giving information as TO local con.
ditlons and suggestions for our guid.
anee.
Each individual can al least aid us
hy making a contribution. VIII he not
do so, and interest others in helping
Us. too?
we wish our campaign handbook
distributed as widely as possible, and
We win furnish a copy, as soon as pub
lished. to everyone who contributes to
our COMMITTEES.
Send remittanees to me at Washing
ton, D. c. JAMES T. LLOYD.
Chairman
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06
The Matrimonial Noose.

jerks (gleefullyl I've got a conrn.
drum for you, old man.
jenkins (wearily) Well, what is it?
Jenks-H a girl sues a fellow for
breach Of promise and compels him
to marry her, isn't that what you'd
call being lass-sued into matrimony?
And the only answer jenkins made
was "0h, go hang yourself."-Illus.
trated Sunday Magazine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06
BROUGHT CARLOAD OF CATS.
FeIlnes Made Music from Pacific
Coast to New York.

While we were In the yards at Chi
cago one fan a freight train pulled in,
said the cid engineer. I'VE heard most
extraordinary noises coming from one
OF the cars. It sounded as II Bedlam
was let loose. Upon inquiry We we're
told that It was a carload Of cats
shipped from the Pacific coast and
consigned to q dealer In skins In New
York. The fellnes were to be
slaughtered on reaching their destina-
tion. Concerts had been given, much
to the annoyance OF the train crew, all
along the route and had attracted uni.
versal attention. One would have sup
posed It a good deal easier and quiet.
er to have shipped the skins rather
than the live cats.
But the queerest story Of unpleas-
ant travelling companions was told me
by a railroad Inspector who had just
returned from a trip abroad.
He was travelling on a night ex-
press from Vienna to Berlin. when the
passengers were aroused from their
sleep by the shrieks Of a woman. who
insisted she was being stabbed with
sharp instruments in several places
She would not submit to an examina-
tion, and the guard was at his wits
end, because he could not quiet her A
stout man. some distance away. added
to the clamor by saying he was be-
ing cruelty pricked
AT that moment the train drew up
at station. and the man and woman
were taken out. The man was
searched and six colossal leeches were
found on his thigh The poor woman
tainted from horror and weakness as
four Of these creatures were removed
from h y
1t seems one Of the passengers had
brought an insuniciently covered far
Of leeches into the carriage. and they
had escaped. There was no more
sleep for the passengers that night"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06
MONSTER LOCOMOTIVE ON ERIE
The 4ooIiah" is Easily the Largest in
the World.

All the wheat raised in this vicinity,
If every acre in 26 square miles was
rich in grain, could be hauled away by
one engine Of the Erie road which has
just arrived from the American Loco
motive shops at Schenectady, says
Susquehanna (Pa.) correspondent
This is "Goliah," the biggest loco
motive in the world. It has just been
built and delivered to the Erie. II
can pull train load Of wheat two
miles long at a speed Of eight miles
an hour.
The top Of the cab Of this locomo
tive is just 2is times higher than the
engineer standing on the ground. In
other words, it is IL feet from the
ground to the cab roof
The boiler is nearly 35 feet in
length, twice the length Of those on
ordinary locomotives. 1t rests on two
sets Of eight wheels each. There are
two sets Of cylinders. One high pres
sure SGT uliftb luc rear WACCA3s ohu
is entirely separate from the low
pressure set in front When both
are used at once the engine becomes
a compound and the low pressure
cylinders operate on the exhaust steam
Of the rear ones.
The makers Of this monster locomo-
tive solved many important problems
in its construction. One was to make
an engine Of such length turn the
curves without tearing up the track or
becoming derailed This was solved
BY placing the front end Of the boil
er on a pivot connected with the for
ward wheel base
In spite Of the fact that the en-
gine weighs 2S6ls tons and must drive
with fearful force to pull load Of 10,
600 tons, the shock to the rails and
roadbed at the point Of impact Is said
to be less than with most engines. The
reason for this is that the weight and
driving force are distributed over II
drive wheels.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06
NOTICE or APPLICATION FOR AP.
PoINTMENT or GUARDIAN
STATE OF OKLAHOMA,
GRADY COUNTY

STATE OF OKLAHOMA,
GRADY COUNTY.
IN County Court
he State OF Oklahoma. TO n. G. Steele.
Maggie Steele. Hattie Feland and
Lucretia Feland. Scott Feland and
Thomas FeIand:
You are hereby notified that L. L,
sturdivant has filed in this court an
application for TIA appointment Of
L. l. sturdivant as guardian OF the
persons and estates Of Hattie Faland,
LucFeua Feeland, Scout Feland and
Thomas Feland. and that said appli-
cation eill be heard al the court room
OF said court In the city OF Chlckasha
IN said county Of Grady on the Sth
day Of June. 1908, at 10 o'clock, a.
m., at which time you may appear and
show cause, if any you have, why
said application should not be granted.
wiinass my hand and the seal Of
said court. at chickasba IN said coun.
~, this 2Sth day Of May, 1908.
N. NJ. WILLIAMS.
t2s-i0td County Judge
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-06

HELP WANTED

Keystone guard has an
enormous growth just operng up in
this state; and can give a good pro
ducer, gentleman or lady, AL contract
with opportunity for advancement. Ap-
ply 10 J. -. Gillispie, district man
ager, Chickasha Okla, 6-2-6t
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-11
Going to Bryan.

The Portland Oregon1an notes with expressions OF
satisfaction that the Chicago InterO Ocean, organ of
the freebooters of the financial circle is disturbed
over the prospect that from fifteen to twenty per
cent of the Roosevelt vote of 1904 will go to Mr.
Bryan in 1905 unless the Republicans put up can
didate who, if elected will carry out the Roosevelt
policies
The Oregonians own remarks are worth reading
by people outside of the Inter- Oceanic sphere of in
huence:
The how1ingest 'u1u1ation" we have heard comes
from the Chicago Inter Ocean. This is a Repubi-
paper devoted heart and soul to "the interests
1t tells us that it gets stacks of letters from Repub
cans of the Middle West who declare, and ALL
that IF the rural voters can't get candidate who
will continue Roosevets policy, they will vote for
w. j. Bryan" The Inter-Ocean remarks further
that from the number of these letters and the ex-
tent of territory from which they come the inference
safe that they represent about fifteen or twenty
per cent of those in the Middle West who voted
for Mr.. Roosevelt in 1904" This unhappy journal
declares that what these people by "Roose-
velts policy, continuation of which they so ardenty
desire, is the policy of agitation which brought on
the panic"
The Oregonian, making its own comments on the
distressfu emanations of the Chicago newspaper
says:
This truly edfying fiction that robbery, rebates,
excessive capitalization looting of banks and trust
funds, and frenzied finance generally, are natural
conditions of business that ought not to be dis
turbed, has a pretty firm hold in certain quarters
even yet evidently. He who dsturbs this beautiful
SYSTEM moreover, is panic-maker and miscellaneous
And the people who stand by him
against the trusts and brgands and his policy
continued 'have been led far astray" They are
honest, doubt, but misguided"
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-11
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

Queston-You continued to believe that plural
marriages right?
President Smith-We did | did at least. l do not
answer for anybody else. I continue to believe as
L did before
AS the president believes all the rest of the Nor
mon establishment believes including Apostle Smoot
Believing otherwise he would cease to be an apos-
tie, for the man next to God does not tolerate any
weakening in fealty
The magazine article under discussion says that
"the State of Utah and the people thereof have kept
faith with the National Government with respect to
statehood" The promise that polygamous prac-
tees would be abandoned and it was understood
that the church would to exercise political
supervision its members.
Polygamy, and DID, exists today in Idaho
and Utah and the Mormon church exercises political
supervision completely that through its alliance
with the Republican party, it is able protect itself
from penalties that would normally attach to its
misdeeds
1t has kept faith in nothing. In Idaho Mormonism
induced the people to repeal laws enacted for the
suppression of polygamy and the disfranchisement
of polygamists, asserting that had departed per-
manenty from its evil ways, and soon as danger
of punishment was removed the devotees of the
church returned to their shameful practices and have
since Haunted their sins in the face of betrayed
commonwealth and dehed constitutional law and
public sentiment.
Mr. Smoot has the floor He has been declared
pure by the United States Senate, along with the
hierarchy he represents and the followers it repre-
sents. Having been placed in position from which
he can work upon the creduty of the people of the
United States, he is naturally making the most of
his opportunity.
What he says through the pages of the North
American Review is the studied Misrepresentation of
church alliance that does not hesitate to employ
falsehood in furtherance of its iniquitous schemes
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-11

Ten thousand negroes assembled in Mobile, Ala
bama, adopted resolutions in which they declared that
Secretary Taft was exceedingly fortunate in secur-
ing the services of the First Assistant Postmaster
General as the promoter of his boom in the South,
saying that they felt much friendly interest
in the Taft candidacy than they did before The
man in charge of the pie counter can move noun
tains of opposition in the South
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-11

The people of Caldwell have agreed to raise $25 900
toward an endowment of $125OOo for the College of
Idaho, provided the other 100000 is secured 1t is
worth while to strengthen these institutions of higher
education They are a part of the inducement to
State and community growth, for the migratory peo-
pie OF the United States will place themselves out
side the realm of educational opportunities for their
children.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-11

Town Topics complains that the President of the
United States denied postery of its spectacu-
lar rights when he neglected to have himself photo
graphed in the act of Tipping of the In God
We Trust dollars in apportioning the appointments
belonging to the Senators from South Dakota. Mr..
Roosevelt has been much interfered with by out
side critics that it is small wonder that he SHES at
mention of third term.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-11

Mr. Shaw, ex-Secretary of the Treasury is visit
ing his home State, Iowa, bearing an olive branch
and preaching harmony between the irreconcab1e
factions. He says "the next Republican National
convention is likely to present a more interesting
contest than has been witnessed for years." and the
blending of the factions is something greatly to be
desired 1t is supposed that Mr. Shaw is still nurs-
ing his Presidential aspirations, which suffer
from divided party in the State of Iowa
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-11

In response to invitation extended by Phil Sher-
idan Post, of Boise, the State encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic will be held in Boise
the Gath, 25tb and Goth of June next, the local
post guaranteeing all the expenses.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-11

President Roosevelt opened the new. year auspici-
ously by turning Admiral Brownson on the spit until
he was exceedingly we'll done. All the offense the
admiral had committed to resign from the bu-
reau of navigation He may now be inclined to
take header from the mzzen mast After Brown
son had been laid away in the gravy the President
opened second assortment of invectives on class
of inconsiderate takers who have been crtcising
some of the ships of the navy The year having been
started with appropriate ceremonies Father Time can
proceed to lug it along to the next mile post
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-11

The Democratic side of the House of Represen-
tatives has introduced bill for the reduction of
the Federal army from 10000 to $4,000 officers and
men, The Republican side will see that it does not
pass
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-11

The newspaper fraternity will be pleased over the
appointment OF William Balderson to the position of
Register OF the Boise land office, which made
and confirmed on Tuesday of the current week. Mr.
Baderston has served long in the editorial harness,
and while the editor strong factor in the advance
ment OF public men, is not often that he himself
advances by the same route Mr.. Balderson will
assume his duties as his commission arrives.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-11

The question: what to do with our ex-Presidents,
is almost narrowed down to what to do with Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Mr.. Cleveland is yet living, but is
bowed down by years, while Mr. Roosevelt is likely
to continue lifes pilgrimage to a remote period If
Mr. Roosevelt given gun and turned loose
he would probably be able subsst as long as the
game lasted. Being President does not necessarily
dsqualify for the struggle for bread