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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-07
BUILD UP LOCAL ENTERPRISES.
Individual Effort a Factor in the Prog
ress Of Cities and Towns.

A we'll known eastern financier, who
for some time was the president of a
large trust company, recently re-
signed, giving as his reason that a
man, according to his belief, can do
better working for himself, and that
no man can really earn a salary equal
to what he can make in business for
himself. One of the conservative
financial papers in commenting upon
the move Of the fnancier here referred
to says that in these days, when all
kinds Of business are being conyerged
into stock companies, the number Of
trades in which a man may engage in
business for himself have become SO
few that for a great bulk Of men, even
those having the mental equipment
which in other years would have been
sufficient to make them their own
masters, there is now no other opening
than that Of service for some corpora
ton. For the bulk Of the people, out
side OF those in agricultural pursuits,
it is service for the corporation or no
work at ALL This truth is becoming
more evident day by day Even the
farmers are feeling the grasp Of cor
porate methods. It Is true that mil-
lions must have the products Of his
lands and his hands, but the corpora
tions are the mediums he must work
through, and from him they exact
their fittings. It Is to the interest OF
the farmer as well as the laborer in
every walk and sphere to prevent as
far as possible further encroachment
of organized capital. and this can be
done by as far as possible keeping the
dollars that you earn in circulation in
the community where earned and thus
prevent the further concentration OF
money and of business in the great
cities.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-07

that there are 73 June YOU viii look at the annual report
d the academy YOU 100 there ~ vacancies in 1905
there we're number 1904 there 56, in 1903 the number
was ss in 81 in 1901 there but IS vacancies and
1900 there l43 vacancies
The young entering the army has good pay He rges
Sl66; This than the average Of graduates from Yale
and get their first years out Of college It enough too
for all needs army life the young fellow has good common
Or course he going graduate from the academy day and get
married the next he sets in for hard time.
rely three things for permanent army this couQt
First should have the regular army Then there should be we'll
the states say three regiments all the larger states
like York Pennsylvania and similar states These should
be part Of the National Guard but specially trained menbachor
regiments forward at the first sound Of They should
be fine and exceptionally well drilled developed under
available bachelor officers from the regular army and the National
Guard should the National Guard third element Of
strength With regular army Of at least $4,000 available and
from the Of $4,000 80 the front Of
every immediate demand any emergency would be met and meanwhile
and National Guard would be forming larger
strength make up the needed army for further operations That is
way this country will probably for all time its military necessi
ties and it the logical and sensible way.
The ws thing that has been done many has been the pro-
target ranges and regular practice for tile National
Guard rifle firing tell You that when you get understand
gun and know how fire effectively he nneenths soldier
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-07
Ahuaa nf credll-

It Is the abuse OF the credit system
that frequently causes trade to drift
from the home town to some distant
concern. Merchants extend credits to
their customers, and when the bill
reaches a large figure. the customer
avoids the store Of his benefactor and
when goods are needed sends the cash
to some distant place This ls unfair.
yet It IS too often the case.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-07

Some Comment AhordinB Thausatal
Folk Food for Reelection.

FOLK roo. TO-. fIaIiaaaIa4Ia
It s the duty Of every merchant TO
give support to his home paper
When he pays the editor dollars for
iudicious advertising he Is helping him
self helps the editor get out a better
paper, and helps the community Ia
general
Public schools are one Of the great
props Of national government The
more prosperous is a community the
higher win be the educational faeili.
ties. Good schools are a help to any
town and bring into 1t the most de
sirable classes, who seek 10 educate
their children He who assists ir
building up the business OF a town
also assists in bettering the schools.
Commercial clubs have been potent
factors in the advancement Of many
towns. To the farmer the commercial
clubs are as important as to the man
of business. There is no reason why
the farmers Of the community should
not cooperate with the business men
in every undertaking that has for its
object the benefit Of the home town.
The young man starting In life
should have certain object in view.
The seeking Of a vocation is an impor-
tant thing Too many seek lines Of
work that they are not naturally quail
fed for. The greatest success is made
by the men who follow that business
or profession for which they have
natural inclination and talent.
Thousands Of people are still on
earth who can remember the dismal
failure Of the Ruskin cooperative col
ony in the south, the falling to pieces
Of the Belamy community in CalifOr-
mia, the disintegration Of the "Agricul-
tural Wheel and the hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars lost a day-dream-
er in Missouri and Kansas in efforts
to demonstrate the practical work Of
theoretical cooperation. Still people
will bite at bats thrown out by the
alleged cooperative commercial con-
Germs, who have headquarters in large
cities and do business through the
mails.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-07

How to get a larger
proportion Of our young
men to take a serious
view Of life, give more
attention to their person
al development and take
more interest in the af-
fairs Of church and state,
instead Of becoming abb
sorbed in business or
DESTROY health and char
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-07

We think that the days
Of witchcraft are far be-
hind US in the past. There
is a sense in which it is
true and another in
which it is not. There
is a spiritual witchcraft
in full force at this very
hour.
There are men and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-07
By GEN. HENRY C. coRRIN.

have observed nothing to make me think that
American boys dc not want to go to West Point now
adays 1t can hardly follow because prosperity has
made army officers complain Of their pay as compared
with what the successful man can earn in private pur-
suits that West Point is to be deserted There are
always vacancies there as the result Of wedding out
boys who are unable to keep up with the classes The
downfall is great the first year. considerable the sec
ond year. moderate the third and practically none at
all the fourth year If there were no vacancies now at
the academy there would be SIS cadets, and assume
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
For the Hostess
Labor Day Party" That Involves Little Trouble
aDd Is Very Enjoyable Birthday S@Dti-
r7gDtS for All tbs Months.

Are you renewing your youth, my
dear?" said Nine. Merri to a hostess
noted for novel entertainments" who
was discovered In the toy department
buying all sorts of diminutive house
hold articles.
NO, am only preparing for my
luncheon to be given on Labor day.
You know 1t Is not far off"
Then | understood the selection OF
tiny brooms, dust pans, wash tubs.
coffee pots, etc. | was so interested
in the clever scheme that | begged 1t
for the department, so here it is in
detail for others to go and do like
wise.
The hostess being gifted in drawing
decorated each invitation with a young
in some act of household la
Dor. Besides this there was nothing
else but the day and date. with the
quotation: Learn to labor and to
watt" also the request to wear a
wash gown. When the guests arrive
they are given aprons all finished ex-
cept the strings, which are to be of
ribbon. This sewing done, the first
labor is accomplished. Bows to match
the apron strings are to be worn in
the hair, a long hairpin being thrust
through each to keep it in place. The
table center piece is to be a dolls
wash tub filled with ~asters; the place
cards are dust pans lettered in gold
find tn fha r,Ifa,t 90 n~E--o
the dessert each guest is to brush her
own crumbs with her broom and dust
pan. And the dessert-it is t. be the
best of all. There will be eight guests,
and four wee ice cream freezers are to
be brought to the table. Four will
freeze and four concoct the cream, put
In the ice, salt, etc. If all goes well,
the cream will be ready to eat in less
than Is minutes and ten for the coffee.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
To Use Old Skirts.

The advent of the tunic, or, as it is
called, the overskirt, has given rise
to a new economy among women. This
is using up a well-cut silk or satin
foundation skirt to give an "air, to
an overskirt and bodice of a simnle
striped material.
A woman who owned a smoke-gray
silk foundation skirt had it carefuIlv
sponged, pressed out n left I'm.
trimmed. She bought at the shops a
remnant of gray n white striped cot
ton wolfe at a small price and made
an overskirt and bodice of it.
For the latter she USED a piece of
the gray silk body lining, cutting it
low-necked, taking out the sleeves and
finishing the edges with a tiny point
of lace.
The tunic was opened up the side,
cut to points, put into a box plat at
back, and its edges were bound with a
threeinch bias fold of the material.
The bodice was simply draped over
a guimpe of lace and was drawn into
a fiye-inch empire belt of gray silk
fastened with old silver buttons at the
back
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
! TERRIBLE FIGHTING FORCE /
/ TO SUPPLANT WARSHIPS /
Il BY RUSSELL IS
81 QRTsH HISTORIAN E

will recall the session of parliament
which dealt with the last British
naval budget, the largest in the his
tory OF the nation. Emperor William
OF Germany, it vas reported at the
time, addressed a personal communi-
cation to Lord Tweedmouth, who had
charge Of the naval end of England's
welfare, asking the latter to cut his
naval budget. This story was not de-
MED, but talk of it was so avoided by
officials that the British public to-day
believe that the letter actually vas re-
ceived. 1t aroused criticism from all
Britain. 1t is said that the kaiser
realized that the two biggest nations
of the old world must keep pace with
each other in this line, and perhaps
feeling that a large expenditure by
Germany was not advisable, realized
a possibility was to see the British
budget reduced.
President Roosevelt's feelings on the
matter were amply told in the record
OF the last congress when ne tf1ed to
get that august body to appropriate
for four new warships. However, there
there were too many men of peaceful
and public buildings inclinations
among the wearers of the toga and
they dealt a solar pleXus blow to the
project. from which it only half re
cOvered-to the extent of two war
ships. Both of these vessels have
already been launched.
With Japan, the little terror of the
far east, Furnishing up its navy, the
probabilities are that the powers may
go even farther next year in eXpendi
lures for warships, and the only block
TO the great amount expended seems
to be the devising of some new mode
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

This made of Port Arthur a crave,
yard that vas eloquent but not dig
nified. In the second place, the pro.
verbal rapacity of the low class Chi.
nese does not spare the poor re-
mains of the dead. To steal a button
from a tunic, the scabbard of a sword,
If not rings, watches and other valu-
able objects, the thieves will dig up
the corpses and profane them without
the slightest conjunction. Therefore,
for convenience in guarding the
graves, as well as for the honor due
to the brave, the collective tomb was
made and dedicated in the presence
of mingled emissaries of the car and
the Japanese authorities"
Gen. Logi "a delegated by the en-
peror OF Japan to preside at the func-
ton. On his side the car sent Gen.
Gerugrao and Admiral Ma~ssevitch, as
well as Gen. Tchitchakov, command
ant of the troops of Hardin, and many
officers and privates, all ex-soldiers OF
Port Arthur. The wounds and scars
of conflict we're still to be seen CD
them.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

material sue as zephyr Or lawn. The bodice is arranged in rather wide box
pais with tucks between; this is ct beneath a yoke with deep points in the
center, three buttons being sewn in the point; the skirt is plated into the
wastband and the paits are pressed, but left to hang loose, not stitched The
collar and sleeve bands are Of embroidery insertion. Hat of white straw
trimmed With a wreath of wild flowers. Material required for the dress: Six
yards 2S inches wide
The second is in spotted washing silk, the bodice has a deep yoke in
the center made up of tucked Jap silk; lace insertion outlines the yoke and
carries nut the sam line a little further out. and is carried to the waist each
side. The skirt is ut % join the waist without fitness; it is trimmed with
lace insertion. Materials required: Six yards % inches wide about seven
yards insertion; onehalf yard plain silk.
The dress shown in the third Illustration is for a girl from tx to eight
years; it is a design that might be carried out in cottons, nuns yelling or de-.
lame. The bodice skirt are both full, the latter finished by a plating of
the material headed by insertion. The deep turnover collar il Of washing
silk, edged with plated lace, headed by insertion. Materials required: Fou
yards SO inches wide, fveeghths yard 20 inches wide for collar.
The last design is a pretty little pinafore dress of blue spotted zepbvr.
tiny tucks are made in center front, and m shoulders, and the skirt is tucked
at the foot; both are gathered intoa waistband, overw which is worn a ibbon
with flowers Materials required for the pnafore Dress: Four and onebaf
yards % inches wide IA yard lawn for blouse.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
For the BIRTHDAYS.

Tell us about birthday celebrations,
how to make the day different what
the birth stones are" etc.
Nine. Merri has received so many
letters containing the above request
that to-day the stones for each month
are given with the verse. There are
also flowers and sentiments for each
month, but it would take too much
space to put them in this week, so
they will appear next Sunday. AS a
special favor, will all those interested
please preserve these two articles for
future reference, as it will not be pos
sible to repeat them very soon. The
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

was the inventor of the biggest move
towards a high standard of efficiency
when he perfected the revolving,
armored turret.
What this invention will be one can
only guess and most of to-day's guesses
are poor. From present indications,
however, the airship is to be a factor,
and when the inventor turns out an
aeroplane which can carry men and
shells in sufficient quantity to do real
damage, then our impressive battle
ships will be melted into steel rails.
Each year the powers are putting
more money into their marine fight
ing apparatus, and Germany and Eng
land, more especially, are eying each
others naval budget in an anxious
matter. Most readers of foreign news
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
Capt. BaIdwin's Airship.

men fought from RATS. Later came
their crude canoes and then the
Vikings. Several hundred years
elapsed and big nations fought from
behind bulwarks on wooden ships. Eff
forts were then made to put speed into
the sailing vessels. The discovery
of the steam engine helped this.
Then came the eventual discarding of
wooden vessels. This was brought about
in America when the battle between
the Monitor and Merrimac was fought
and the fight in itself marked a step
in naval warfare. The Merrimac en-
bodied an idea up to that time un-
thought of in it's armor of steel rails
laid half a foot or more thick on its
sides and top. No shells of that time
were found able to pierce this arrange
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

given to the world, and by the exer-
lion OF bits of imagination here and
there naval experts declare they fore
see n of the strongest navies which
ever kicked up spray in the Pacific.
Here's the way it's being done, this
being the official announcement given
ont by the Japanese admiralty bu-
reau at Tokyo:
THE Japanese admiralty has de-
cided upon a large scheme of rearma-
nlent instead of building new ships,
the ornaments of the old will be
altered so as to bring them into line
with the most modern ideas and with
the requirements indicated by the war
with Russia. Thus vessels of the
Mikasa type which have hitherto car
ried four 12-inch guns and IA six-inch
Will ~henceforth carry four ten-inch
instead of IA six-inch, so that their
principal armament will be brought I'D
10 eight pieces of heavy caliber. In
fact, their fighting strength will be
doubled. Similarly in the case of yes
sells like the Retvisan, taken during
the war, their new arament will con-
Sist of four 12-inch and four ten-inch
pieces, the latter being substituted for
The IL six-inch which these vessels
originally carried.
When the programme is carried out
1t will have the advantage of creating
a thoroughly homogeneous fighting
force.
"First-class cruisers are to be added
to the navy. These ships will have a
displacement of 1850 tons with a
horse power of $4,000 and a speed of
rs knots. They will be $50 feet long
owe all with 80 feet beam and a draft
of Is feet. Their armor will be seven
inches and their armament will con-
sfst of ten 12-inch guns, some six
inch and ten .4.7-inch. One of these
ships is to be built at Kure.'
Every year naval efficiency is
reaching a higher plane and experts
declare it to be a physiological GER
tainty that a more powerful mode of
warfare on the water must come. That
has been the trend of events from
time memorial. One may go back into
history to the time when the Morse
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
MMT

Corals are exceedingly smart WITH
white dresses.
Young girls employ Grecian styles
in hair arrangements.
Fall costumes will almost undoubt-
eddy be of supple fabrics.
Effective belts of woven gold tissue
have leather pieces in front. which
serve as a support to the buckle.
The white linen collar is worn with
tailored waists, and beautiful hand
embroidered mes can be had for com
p~aratively little.
The little white snowfower with vel
low heart is seen on many of the best
hats.
Silk patchwork, now much in favor,
is a revival coincident with the pa
triotic renaissance.
Satin Egyptienne, q silk with a
wooden warp, is a smart material well
adapted to the directoire NODES
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
Model of Ensland's Military Airship.

of warfare which will render warships
useless.
OF course every country maintains
a land force, but all realize that the
best move against an oncoming enemy
is to beat them to the battlefield, and
as a consequence, the usual approach
being water, the navies of the world
are strengthened to their top-most
point. Russia has not yet recovered
from its set-to with the mikado's sub.
jects, but the scrap left the Japs with
a few more ~battle-ships and a splendid
plan for strengthening their navy
without expanding great sums OF
money and contracting e loans.
Going farther into the probabilities
of the new style of warfare which
seems imminent, we may have battles
of the ARA very dangerous mode OF
scrapping to the uninterested specta'
tor below. Probably that would be the
deadliest sort of combat known, for in
sinking" an airship every MAI aboard
would undoubtedly be killed by hard
compact with mother earth.
Then. on the other hand, perhaps
there will be no future wars, at least
among the large and civilized powers.
OF course the barbarians will break
out occasionally, but among h bigger
nations there are now SO many peace
bodies that one has to walk about
carefully in order not to encounter
doves of peace, minus feathers. There
are dozens of International peace and
arbitration societies whose one theme
is don't shoot" and these hold SEES
sions annually. 1t is said that they
really cement relations between coun.
tries and the time may come when
they will become so numerous that con
Aict will be impossible without Staying
brothers. The Hague tribunal is an
other medium of the big powers, al
WAYS ready to decide little disputes
which threaten to develop into inter
national complications"
AS a consequence it looks dark for
the dogs of war and just as lnky FOL
the men of peace, who would keep the
CANNES tied. But come what will,
Within a generation or two the world
is to be given some new fighting force
which will astound the nations, not in
on the secret, to such an extent that
there will either be an entire cessa.
ton of all hostilities or some two will
get together and n will be made
such a beautiful example of that the
watching nations will decide that Gen
Sherman was right about a
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28
A MEN
Japan Raises Monument to Russians
Killed at Port Arthur.

London.-The peaceful epilogue OF
a great military drama was given at
Port Arthur recently when a curious
picturesque and touching ceremony
vas performed. Through the initia-
tive of Gen. Oshima. governor OF
kwang-Tung, Japan has put up a col
lective monument to the remains OF
the Russian defenders slain in the
siege of Port Arthur. This measure
serves two purposes" says ILLUS
tration." Many of the soldiers, In the
first place, had a merely provisional
burial. They were buried where they
fell, and the place was marked by q
cross of wood or uncarved stone.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-28

birth stone Is supposed to bring goot
luck to the person who wears 1T, ant
they are always popular as gifts o.,
sentiment; besides everyone likes az
individual gift:
JANUARY.
BY her who in this month is born,
No gem save Garnets should be worn.
They will insure her constancy,
True friendship and fidelity.
FEBRUARY.
The F~ebruary-born will find
Sincerity and peace of mind,
Freedom from passion and from care
If they the Amethyst will wear.
MARCH.
Who in this world of ours their eyes
In March first open shall be wise;
In days of peril. firm and brave.
And wear a Blackstone to their grave.
APRIL.
She who from April dates her years.
Diamonds should wear. lest bitter tears
For vain repentance flow; this stone
Emblem of innocence is known.
MAY.
Who first beholds the light of day
In springs sweet fiowery month of May,
And wears an Emerald all her life,
Shall be a loved and happy wife.
JUNE.
Who comes with summer to this earth.
And owes to June her day of birth,
With ring of Agate on her hand.
Can health. wealth and long life COM
mand.
JULY.
Tho Ia-rfn p,,E1r @IA,.Il 1I0rtn
Those who in warm July are born;
Then will they be exempt and free
From loves doubts and anxiety.
AUGUST.
Wear a Sardonyx, or for thee
No congenial felicity.
The August-born without this stone.
'Tis said, must live unloved and alone.
SEPTEMBER.
a maiden born when autumn leaves
Are rustling in September's breeze.
A Sapphire on her brow should bind
Twill cure diseases of the mind.
OCTOBER.
October's child is born for woe.
And life's vicissitudes must know;
But lay an Opal on her breast,
And hope will lull those woes to rest.
NOVEMBER.
Who first comes to this world below
With drear November's fog and snow,
Should prize the Topaz, amber hue
Emblem of friends and lovers true.
DECEMBER.
If cold december gave you birth
The month of snow and ice and mirth-
Place on your land a Turquoise blue;
Success will bless whate'er you do.
TERRI