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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-24

ates having the deed and the money
held ia Washington for months at a
time
For the first time provision IS
made whereby the indian. with the
recommendation OF the dictrict agent,
may sell his land taking part OF the
moncyin cash and a first mortgage se-
ciirity foi h. rest OF the money When
a restricted Indian makes application
to sell his land q notice OF the sale is
posted Va every district agents office
and 30 every court house in the Five
Civiuzed Tribes
Eaoh OF the>listrict anents viii have
clerk and stenograpner and more
assis Jana. " NECESSARY -
fle dislIlcts designated are DIS.
trict ~ i--Office az Ninita, compris.
ING Craig Mayes, Delaware and that
pal5 Ol Ottawa county within the Cher
okee nation; district No. 2, office at
Nuwata, comprising Washington, No.
wata and Rogers countless district
No. 3. office az Sapulpa, comprising
Tulsa and Creek counties. district N1
IA office az Okmulgee. comprising OK
mulgee and Okfuskee countless. dis
irict no 3. office al Chetoiah. compris
Ing Wagner Muskogee and McIn.
'tosI counties. district No 6, office al
WesfFille comprising Cherokee. Adaii
and Seaugyah counties; district No. q
office al Anters. comprising Pushmata
u0 and lefUre cOunties district No
g. office af McAlester. comprising Pitts
burg Haskell aud Latimer counties.
district Ne. 81 Office 40 holdenviile
comprising Hughes aud Seminole cOun
ties; district No. 10. cfflee at Atola
comprising portot0c. Coal and Afoka
counties: district No. H. office az
pauls Valley, comprising McClain. Gar
win ana Murray counter; district No
l2, office at Chickasha comprising thai
part Grady. Stephens ahd Jefferson
counties within the Chickasaw ma
ltion. district No 13, office at Ardmore
comprising Carter and Love counties,
district No. "a, office al TishOmingo
comprising johnst y. Marshal and
Bryan counties; district No. 3, office
at Hugo. comprising Choctaw and Nc
Curtain counties.
The district agents appointed We're
unoificially announced as follows: II
G. Cusey. a. s. & c;ndn, John Cordell
j. E Dyche. S. S Cole, Charles Knapp
David Shelby. W. n Angel William
la. Baker. 5 a. Mites. Hugh Pitzer
Frank Robb. Fred S. Cook. Thos J
Farrar j H. Cobb Victor NJ Locke
and D. Tiger. w. w. Bennett and J
Carter Cooke were MADE supervision
OF agents
The agents draw $ 500 per year an'
expenses The saner,iaors draw s2,0O'
and expenses.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-24
Grape-Ntlt:.s:::. $:
BLOOD KILLS GERMS.
Good Blood Made by Good Food,

II one can surely turn food into good red
blood Il VIII combat any and every disease
known and conquer completely more times
than the disease viii win.
ANY physician will tell YOU that good rich
blood and plenty Of It Is the best germicide
known and surely and safely cures disease
when medicines fail; the effort of the doctor
ls 20 give food that digests and quickly
makes blood.
80 food ever discovered will do this as
certainly as Grape Nuts. which rs predigest-
ed al the pure food factories where IL is
made
One Of the many Illustrations Is that Of
tuberculosis which refuses TO WELD TO med
ieine, but must give way TO good blood
man from Phlla. writes.
Il have been fighting tuberculosis for
some years and, with weak stomach, WAS
losing ground slowly every YEAR
II had tiied an kinds of food aud finally
got SO far along With The disease that my
stomach liver, kidneys bowels aud lungs
We're affected My stomach got 20 point
where 4 would retain no food, bni pepton-
ited milk and was down TO 30 lbs. la
weight
The doctors said about two years ago
tlat had hui a month on TWO more TO i've
Aboui ihat time MAS put ON GrapeNuts
and cream, II never showed the first sign
OF coming up but agreed honl the stsft
and Ia few days began 10 feel increased
strength, SO kept on, with the result that
the healthy blood has driven the disease
from every organ OF my body except the
lungs and is slowly driving Il from them
"a have gained greatly In vitality and
strength and added 20 lbs. 10 my weight
II can keep on as / haze been Il seems
clear that ! win get entirely Welt thanks
40 old Dame Nature. whose work was maie
possible By Grape Nuts food which eoa,d
digest "Theres a Reason
Name given by Postum CO., Battle Creek.
Mich.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-24
NATIONAL GATHERING
OF ELKS NEXT MONTH
Citizens Subscribe One Hundred
Thousand Dollars for Week
Of Festivities

Special 10 Daily Leader
Dallas, Tex, JuneJ2f. The city of
Dallas, Is beginning to assume the un-
usual colors OF purple and white. An
over the city the work Of decorating
on an elaborate scale has begun for
Che annual gathering OF the B. r. o.
Elks, which meet in Dallas July 10Th.
The Mexican feast will be served IN
entire week, Will be the greatest and
most expensive ever provided IN
connection with the meeting OF the
grand lodge TO cary out this elab-
orate program citizens have subscrib
ed 100000
Features entirely new aud novel 70
Elkdom have Deen arranged for.
rhere will be a series of balls, barbe
cues, dinners, garden parties. band
contests. competitive drills. fire
wo-ks, displays and other entertain
ments equally as interesting. Ar
rangements have been made for the
feeding OF 10000 visitors at the Mex
ican dinner which win be given on
luly l4th The executive committee
nf ihs grand lodge reunion claim
that this ieast will surpass anything
eyer given or heretofore attempted
rhc eXlcan feast will be served IL
the commodious Fair grounds during
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-24

The afternoon OF the second day Of
tho meeting
The dinnes arranged for the grand
lodge officers and delegates Involves
The expenditure OF large sum of
money. Nothing 50 lavish and
unique bas ever before been provid
sa ut conventions OF the kind. This
special dinner viii be served at the
State Fair grounds.
The pyrotechnic display win be
leld at Lake Clin This display viii
Ga gorgeous and very effective. Il
viii be one OF the finest ever seen
iouth Of Mason and nixons line. For
The band contests and competitive
drills the committee has set aside a
vast SUN OF money Announcement
Is made that many bands and fine
lrills will compete for the prizes.
The big parade will take place on
the morning Of the 18th It Will
eclipse IN splendor and spectacular
effect any Of the pageants ever wit
messed in North America. Twenty
thousand men viii be in the line OF
march Grand Esquire Sullivan will
be the marshal of the occasion.
The opening exercises of the grand
lodge will be impressive and beau-
iful A chorus of two hundred
voices viii render selections aug
nented by an orchestra Of fifty
pieces Tne Spokane. Wash. quar-
tette will also furnish music. Ad-
dresses will be made by Grand Tx
alted Ruler TeueE Governor T. NJ.
Campbell United States Senator Cul
berson and Chairman W. II. Atwell
Of the general reunion committee.
rhe opening exercises win be held
in the auditorium OF the fair
grounds. These exercises will mark
.he formal opening of the grand
odgo meeting
The great Court q; Honor, at the
intersectiom of Main aud Akard
streets, costing more than $4,000,
has been completed. II is strikingly
handsome and ornamental Upon the
dome OF the arch an immense Elk
viii be used ia the handsome court
the purple ana white pre,lomnating
ro prepare TO rthe big convention Of
the Elks has gequired- the long and
earnest i2oor of more than thirty
subcommittees, who have been work
ing since last September perlecting
arrangements for the coming Of the
antlered herd. The city of Dallas
has oo-operated az all times with the
various committees under the general
aairmanship OF William Il. Atwell
fhe health of the visitors viii be
ca.eii>y guarded By a corps of ply.
slclaas. Emeigenoy hospitals Will be
established for the reunion.
The arrangements for the twenty
second annual meeting have been
completed Visitors 20 Texas viii ili-
iulge ia a week OF gay festivities the
ika OF which has never been before
pro ,idei
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-24
BELIEVED TO HAVE
LIVED IN WICHITA
Emory Gordon, Kansas Ciiy
Newspaper Man, Conducts
Vain Search
Special to Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Wichita, Kan, June 24.-After ~
day among the OLD residents Of Wichita
Emory Clark Gordon Of Kansas city.
Kan. manager of the Kansas City
Globe retu-ned to Kansas city last
nigat without securing any trace of
bis wiles mother Who has been lost
for thirty-two years
There seems 20 be llttlN question but
what the mother OF Mrs. Gordon once
lived Ia Wichita and several persons
with whom MIR Gordon talked yeste
day thought they recognized the pho
tograph OF he-. but no one could give
aim a definite clue as 70 her present
Whereabouts or her real identy.
The marriage records Of the probate
court from 1850 we-e searched. bul
they did not reveal the name on Ella
3l3nkcnship which is the only name
known to the living Daughter whilb
ho- mother had.
Since the article publsled IN 10.
| cal newspaper telling of the search
being made by Mr. and AIRS. Gordon
TO locate Mrs. Gordon's mother, Mr.
Gordon has made q trip 20 Chieago
to investigate into the records Of the
hospital whore Mrs. Blankcns,Hp was
confined and where she gave birth to
female child which was later adopt
ell by Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Barnum
Mr.. and Mrs Barnum reared the child
and 1t was not until few months ago
and after her marriage that Mr.. and
| Mrs. Barnum revealed to Mrs. Gordon
the fact that she was not thei- child.
4 n fhaf - a.
missing woman was begun.
Mr., Gordon said yesterday that the
records Of the hospital in Csicago
showed that woman had entered the
hospital June 80 1875. She gave the
name of Ella Blankenship, Of Wichita.
Kansas; stated that she was a married
woman and a seamstress. September
| she gave birth 20 a female child. on
October II she was discharged and il
was supposed had returned to Wicni-
e.
When leaving the hospital she told
one Of the physicians that she desired
to place the child out and place
was found in the family Of M. and
Mrs. S A. Barnum. DR. Ella Bennett
a physician in the hospital, and Mrs.
Blankenship delivered the child to
The nome Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett.
Mr. Gordon found the note which was
left with the child, and it read as fol
lows:
Please. Mrs. Barnum. be good TO
my little Hattie. OF course. i love her
as any mother does her child can
not Keep her so | give her to YOU
She Is yours, not mine. and you VIII
not be molested as long as you both
shall live. Goodbye. Hattie"
The signature at the bottom OF the
note mas been defaced, but Mr.. Cor
Ion was able 60 note the dot "i.7 the
n and the "p," the three last let
ters IN the name Blankensbip and he
believes that sas the real name OF
his Wif0's mother
Every effort is to be made by Mr.
Gordon 10 secure some trace of Mrs.
Blankenship It is believed that
Wichita was and may now be her
home. When sac entered the hospi
tai in Chicago she gave her age as 20
years. which would make her 81 years
old now.
Mr.. Gordon, since learning that
Mr. and Mrs. Barnum are not her
parents. and that the Identity of her
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-24
DISTRICT AGENTS HAVE
GENERAL SUPERVISION
No More HGldlng Of Deeds and
Money in Washington
for Months
Special to Dauy Leader.

Special to Dany Leader.
Muskogee. June 24.--Jesse Wilson,
assistant secretary Of the Interior,
issued the new regulations under which
leases and sales Of indian lands VIII
be made and the estates OF minors
administered.
The regulations provide a complete
change OF the system now in use BY
the Indian agent
All field parties and special men in
the field win be discontinued. ln
their places VIII be district agents with
two or three counties I'M each district
These agents will travel over their dts
trlcts and assume general superFis
ion over all Indians whose lands are re
stricted giving especial attention 90
minor ailotments They VIII have an
office and remain there iwp days each
week, and spend the remainder ri their
time in the field. Once a month they
will examine the records IN the county
seat TO see IL any Indian land has been
sold or encumhered. Applications fol
removal OF restrictions will be made q
them and they win make sales OF land
where the secretary approves the re-
nloyal of restrictions and the sale viii
be made on the spot under sealed bids
the Indian turning over the deed and
the purchaser the money Ihis opNi
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-24

by restoring digestive
power and rebuilding
nerve tissue, is ideal as
a basis of food for
strengthening the in
dividuaI with a tend
ency toward tubercul-
osis."
With cream, it is
delicuous, appetiZing,
easily absorbed and
y y tiiglIly nouriShing.
NJ. Ii
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-24
The Prevention
of tuberculosis

in the lungs depends, says prominent Medical
Journal in part, upon food thoroughly munched
before it is swallowed, and upon the avoidance of
sufficient vegetables fruit and other food contain
ing cellular waste, also thoroughly munched to
maintain the muscular tone of the stomach and
intestines; for the beginning of consumption often
follows Indigestion and constipation"
1t is we'll known that if good digestion waits
on appetite all the forces of the body better
able to ward off disease.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-24
PLANS TO BENEFIT SHIPPER

Corporation Commissioner Watson
preparing am amendment TO the
reciprocal demurrage law, now in ei-
fsct by which an extension OF time for
Hnioading cars may be granted tho
shipper who lives more than three
uliles from the nearest denot The
ietals cl the proposed change have
not been settled on but the alteration
viii work great benefit 20 the farmer
whose home is not accessible 70 the
depot
Under the present law a fine can
be collected by the railroad after the
expiration of As hours, during which
the c1nsignee has failed 20 unload the
ear shipped TO him, The railroad is
required 10 furnish a car within the
same period after boiag notified
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-24
Indigestion

Stomach trouble Is but q symptom Of and not
IN itself true disease. We think Of Dyspepsia
Heartburn, and Indigestion rs real diseases. yet
they are symptoms only Of certain s'eoiho
Nerve sickncss-nothing else.
\ was this fact thst first correctly led Dr. shoon
Ia tho creation Of that now very popular stomach
Remody-Dr. shoops Restorative Guirg 6iroct
70 The stomach nerves. alone brought that success
and isyor 10 Dr.. shoop aud his Restorative. With
out that original and highly vital principle no
such lasting Accomplishments We4c cEer N be hi.c
Tor siQnach dlsiTess blqating. bihopspeSs, paq
breath and s.ilow complexion try Dr. shoop 3
Rostorasivo-Tablefs or LiQuid-and see for your.
sels what Il can and VIII do. We SAL and cheer
fully recommend
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-24

The roofs of the city school build
ings damaged by the storms are bS
ing patched and the chimneys I'd
placed The damage to Lincoln scho1
was over $4,000 The buildings werI
covered by tornado insurance and al
losses have been adjusted.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-24

A powder q swollen. tired, hot
smarting feet Sample sent FREE.
Also Free Sample Of the Foot Ease
Sanitary Corn-Pad. new invention.
Address, Allen S. Olmstead, lie Roy.
n. Y.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-24

mother is g clouded mystery has been
worrying too much over the circum-
stances of the case and every effort
will be made to clear up the mystery
said MI. Gordon.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-24

REPRESENTATIVE Leo Harris, u Ard
more, filed his nominating petition to-
day for the nomination Of representa-
ave from Carter county He had sew.
eral hundred signers. Harris made a
good legislative record and viii be
returned.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-24

7 TON. LAPS. d. MoCORD, 1926 G St.,
I 1 Washington, d. c., Ex-Adjutant
General state OF Tennessee, and States
Attorney at Nashville, is an ardent
friend OF Peruna. He does not hesitate
to give public endorsement to this very
excellent remedy.
AS tonic Peruna has no superior.
But it is as a catarrh remedy it has
achieved its worldwide notoriety and
success.
ANY catarrh remedy Co become pers
n1anently effecSual in the cure OF ca-
tarrh must contain tonic and invigorat-
ing qualities with its anti-catarrhal.
qualities. cafarrL is always IN express.
sion of nerve weakness, either focal
or general It is, therefore, important
that a catarrh remedy should possess
reliable invigoratiEg qualities in order
TO thoroughly rid the system Of eatarrh.
Pe-ru-na FOR Colds.
Hon. r. 5. Ryan, now residing in
Nome, Alaska, was formerly member
of the English House of Parliament
and Secretary 70 the late Irish patriot,
Charles Stewart Parnell. His WASH
ington address is, New Willard Hotel,
Washington, d. G. He writes;
81 have used Peruna and can recon-
mend your remedy as very effective
cure for colds and catarrhal COM
plants. "--R. S. Ryan.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-24

Don't Want 70 be Evangelist.
Arm yourself; be an evangelist
PurselI Register
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-09-17
1Nl0ht SWeats & Cough.

w. Walton, Condr. 8. P. Ry., III
y Ness st., San Antonio, Tex,
N m "Durlng the summer and fall
vI' ,ooo nv annoyance from catarrh
Oh . i that stage where it was actual
T' '..rv and developed alarming symp-
ME- me- ssueh as very deep-seated cough,
'O ,uht sweats, and pains in the head and
ps ., experimental with several So
en ,.d remedies before finally decided
take thorough course of Peruna.
~.Twoof my friends had gone SO far as
,.,orm me that the thing for me to do
W. y. 10 resign my position and seek
VIZ more congenial climate. Every
n .s thought 1 had consumption and 1
~. not expected to live very long.
W" suaving procured some Peruna, de-
- 10 give it thorough test and app
', 'od myself assiduously to the task Of
i.sinc it, as per instructions, in the,
.Tbe effects were soon apparent, all
.,.,ming symptoms disappeared and
NV general health became fully as good
ID had ever been in my life.
~ have resorted to the use Of Peruna
:, two or three occasions since that
,me to cure myself Of bad colds"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-09-17
First nDlXinu Dress"

1t is nearly century since Adolph
Siebe invented the first crude diving
dress" which, after the manner Of in.
ventions, has been greatly improved
upon since then. To-day a diver can
remain eight hours deep down under
the ocean with as much comfort as
his brother workman at the surface.
In this way the underworld of the sea
has really been opened up, and on
every hand has been compelled to
give ub its drowned gold For ships
carving enormous quantities of treas
ure-god and silver and precious
stones. jealousy stored in the bullion
room-are just as liable to misfortune
as their humber sisters.-St, Mich
olas.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-09-17
One Of the
Essentials

Of the happy homes of to-day is vast
fund of information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the worlds
best products.
Products Of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval of the
Well-Informed of the World; not of indi-
viduals only, but of the many who have
the happy faculty Of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One of the products of, that class, of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and com
mended by the Informed of the
World as a valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
w. N. w., Salt Lake City, No, ss, 1908
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-09-17
"THE PALE GIRL"
Did Not Know Coffee Was the Cause.

In cold weather some people think
4 cup of hot coffee good to help keep
warm. So 1t is-for short time but
he rug-caffeine-acts on the hefrt
% weaken the circulation and the re-
action Is to cause more chilliness.
There is a hot wholesome drink
which a Oak girl found after time,
makes the blood warm and the heart
strong.
She says:
Having lived for five years in N.
Oak., have used considerable coffee
owing to the cold climate. AS re-
suit l had a dull headache regularly,
suffered from indigestion, and had no
life in me.
Il was Known as the pale girl and
people thought l was just weakly.
After time / had heart trouble and
became very nervous, never knew
what II was to be real well. Took med
!cine but 1t never seemed to do any
good.
Since being married my husband
and both have thought coffee was
farming us and we would quit, only to
begin again, although we felt 1t was
the same as poison to us.
Then we got some Postum. Well,
the effect was really wonderful. My
complexion is clear now, headache
gone, and have a great deal Of en-
ergy had never known while drink
ing coffee.
Il haven't been troubled with indi-
gestion since using Postum, am not
nervous, and need no medicine. We
have little girl and boy who both
love Postum and thrive on it and
Grape-Nuts."
There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, The Road to Well
yille," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-09-17
The Proud Puoilist,

San Francisco is chuckling over q
story about Battling Nelson. the con
oueror of Joe Cans, the "old master
Nelson appeared in a fashionable
restaurant day or two after the fight
His presence made a sensation he
was stared at as though he had been
a pretty girl in sheath skirt.
1t happened that an Englishwomah
of title was dining in the restaurant
She expressed a desire to meet the
champion, and one of her compan'
ions quickly arranged the matter with
NeIson's second or third assistant
business manager.
Battling Nelson, Countess hAe'
Shake hands with him, countess
There amt no pride about him. lie II
let you