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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-13

One pound cold boiled ham, one
pound cold boiled tongue. chopped fine
Add one-half quantity fine chopped
celery, then mix thoroughly. Dressing:
Put on stove in saucepan onehalf
pint vinegar. butter size OF an egg,
beat two eggs, two tablespoons mus
tard, one tablespoon black pepper. two
tablespoons sugar. one teaspoon salt
Beat we'll together, pour IN vinegar.
took until It thickens When cool mix
thoroughly with meat and celery. Fix
day before using. Keep in cool place.
Spread the bread on each side and add
crisp lettuce leaf before folding to-
gether
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-13

A well-made potato soup Is Just the
thing for luncheon some day when you
are at a loss for something hot and
wholesome. A quart Of milk. six large
potatoes. one stick Of celery. an onion.
a tablespoonful of butter Put milk 10
boil wilh onion and celery pare the
potatoes and boil them until they are
thoroughly done; turn on The water
and mash fine add milk and butter
pepper apd salts rob through p strain
er and serve Immediately This soup
must not be allowed 10 stand
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-13

istenea through advertising 1u haVa
no bona-hds paid-in-advancs eireula-
ton.
The Daily Express and the Grady
County Express shall comply strict
ly with the postal laws If in doubt
about your subscription remit at once
and a receipt viii be mailed you.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-13

is a stage, ana BaIIard's Snow Lini.
flent plays a most prominent part. ID
as 10 superior tor Rheumatism, stiff
Joints cuts, sprams and all sorts 81
pains Buy it. try it and you win al-
ways use it. Anybody who has used
ballard's Snow Linlment is a living
proof Of what il does Buy a trial
bottle %, 5Oe and d&w
Sold by James PettyJ Jim.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-13

of living is go have good health. Use
Herbine and you win have bushels
Of ioy You need mot BE- blue. fretful
and have that bad taste In your mouth
Try bottle Of Herbine, a positive
cure for all liver complaints. e. Har-
ell Austin, Texas writes
q nave used Herbine for over a
year and find it fine regulator. /
gladly recommend it as a fine medi-
cine for Dyspepsia. d&w
Sold BY James Pettyiohn
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-13

A dish dralner which is wire bask-
Ct about e hy eight inehes with aYe
short legs. makes a splendid toaster
and holds eight slices Of bread II
placed on the top Of the stove the
bread viii toast IN three minutes.
even when not previously dried In the
aYan-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-13

TO the housewife who has trouble
with the juice or ner pies running
over into the oven. the following sug-
gestion viii prove helpful Always
place the sugar on the bottom crust
before placing the fruit into the pie.
and the trouble viii be avoided.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-13

Peel enough potatoes for the number
Of persons you desire; gate on
coarse crater and stir ia three to fivo
eggs; then add a little -four STIR wen
and fry IN hot lard.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-13
A COMING new TOWN
Just Opened

KTDED Is located decided land (Indian
AAvAAS4A4A allotment with restrictions remove1l
the Frisco Railroad SO miles southwest of Oklahoma
City, and miles northeast Of chckasha, in the
Indian Territory portion of the New State Of Oklahoma,
Frisco trunk line from ST. Louis to the Southwest
Railroad station and 1000 feet side track within the
limits of the tOwnsite Trains arrive at Amber at $3.50
a. m. and r2.I5 and $50 p m.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-13
CATARRH AND HEADACHE

Mr. 2. 70. Goforth, 2il9 Holly ST..
Kansas City writes: "After using a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-13

High moderately rolling, very fertile and very
healthy prairie country all around, on the high divide
between the Washa and Canadian rivers altitude 1900
feet. Good pure water rs to 40 feet deep.
An ideal location for residence business or health
Amber is destined become noted for its Good Water
Heathful Climate and Business Location. Other places
killing their doctors with too many patients ours
are starving for the want Of patients.
The townste is pretty a map. No pools, no
draws no hills to its surface but wel-draiued,
moderately rolling prairie, not maued LOT Ia it One
Hundred and Seventy Acres5oo Lots 400 lots yet
sold.
We have a school district 3 by miles. A school
population Of 80 and not a negro in the district
nber is surrounded BY as pretty and as good a
farming country as you ever saw Come, see and lei
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
STUDY THE NEW PLAN

page today publishes the Moines
commission plan city government organized effort
under headed by Mayor Moore adopt city
government modelled after this plan in Spokane
The existing Spokane charter conceded be of the
clumsest cosiest and unsatisfactory in the country
No better proof needed than the condition of
city finances see experts report today the delay required
getting legislation needed ordinances
of all sorts.
City government here today is little better than a WOOL
pulling affair between the various departments
Under the present system be put in Office
with hope of their accomplishing anything better.
1t under the charter that the streetcar
poraions tied the city such that there
little of building bridges except
telephone company given grip whereby
charge whatever peases impose its own conditions and
inform the fire department home is
burning. it is threatening
ndputably the who granted such rights under
of charter guilty of nhdeiy public duty but
had Spokane then but few of the safeguards proposed
this heritage of evil consequences would not have been
possible.
There are greater problems in future
solved peoples interest the time
acquire the necessary
The next city election is not too early to the
change If the matter is taken
The Des Mones plan concentrates great power in the
hands OF five men, but over these hve the people hold the
power of the initiative and referendum and the recall
they disapprove of ordinance they call upon
popular change it,
they desire particular adopted they
vote and adopt it.
There's chance to block their wishes by city hall
politics. lose corrective in the pigeonhoes
The people have string everything in the city hail.
They whether public service corporation shall be
permitted streets and bridges
Bridges sounds familiar Spokane public
could settle that issue time under the new plan
In addition to all this the people hold the officials in their
hands through the recall
all of power prove
their incapable they be yanked Of
office.
No machine politics smooth manipulation get
a simple arrangement of that sort
Study this plan in relation Spokane city affairs
An improved system devised for this city or
will increasingly cogged in all future progress.
Spokane has overleaped the limits of its present system
The people. not the politicians, must select
a a q q q a 4 a a 4 a a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
PHOTOGRAPHER
ENDS LIFE
GEORGE n. MAYER TAKES
ENOUGH POISON To KILL
SEVERAL MEN AND LEAVES
NO EXPLANATION.

Without leaving line to con-
vey information as to his relatives
or to explain his rash act, George
II. Mayer, photographer at 321
Main avenue, committed suicide
this morning by taking cyanide Of
potash.
His dead body was found soon
after by other roomers in the
place and the police were notified.
Coroner Witter was called and or
dered the remains taken to Smiths
morgue. A partly filled bottle of
the poison was on the dresser, and
after an investigation OF the mans
condition 1t was found that he had
taken enough of it to have killed
several men.
The remains will be kept at the
morgue in hopes of information
leading to the location of relatives
or friends who will advise as to
the disposition OF the body. Mayer
had been in the city several months
and conducted small street
photographing business. Before
engaging In it he had been a
stenographer, so those who knew
him told the police.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
CITY'S CASH AT MERCY OF ITS EMPL DYE
EXPERTS DISCOVER ADDITIONAL
J, SHORTAGE IN CITY HALL SEARCH

ord and adjustment be placed in
the once of the comptroller.
Az now conducted, the comp
troller NUT accept as final the rev.
enues reported as collected by the
treasurer from the several depart
ments. The comptroller has no
check ON the revenues of depart
ments and leaks Of q serious mag
nitude may occur at any time with
out hope of early detection.
The experts have worked since
May 4, and their total expense to
the city to date has been about
$1,000. Several departments have
not yet been checked, and as 1t
will take only about three months
more for them to 60 over those,
Mayor Moore is in favor Of hiring
them to do the work.
At an expense Of about $1,000
thus far, more than $4,000 il found
to be due the city, part Of which
has already been paid and the bal
ance undoubtedly will be. The
mayor says the experts have been
good investment.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21

A beautiful English woman of in
telligence, respondent on account
of her lack of success, and disdain-
ing to seek mental labor as
a means to earn money for subsist-
ence, made an unsuccessful at
tempt to commit suicide this morn
ing in the Office of J. F. Bolster, a
building contractor, at 120h Wall
street, by drinking laudanum.
The woman, who is known as
Madame Hester Merrill, has for
several months past at intervals
demonstrated facial creams in de-
partment stores. The company
she worked for is located in Port
land. OF late Madame Merrilrs
work has been unsuccessful. She
was compelled to leave her trunk
in Portland and her grip in Butte,
owing to lack of funds to take
them from hotels.
Several weeks ago Mrs. J. F.
Bolster paid Mrs. Merrill's hotel
bill at the Ridpath and sent her tC
Butte. A few days ago Mrs. Mer
rill telephoned to Mrs. Bolster, beg
ging for assistance and saying she
had eaten hardly anything for {
week. She was then deep in deb
at the Regal hotel. Mrs. Bolster
again paid the bill and took the
Respondent woman to her home OF
Moran prairie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bolster and Mrs
Merrill were down to the offic'
early this morning when the latte
drank the laudanum. The fact tina
her stomach was not in sympath.
with her intentions saved her life
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21

Ayers Knocks Bandit
Down and Reaps
Bullets.

A desperate fight in which hold
up man shot H. G. Ayers three
times occurred about midnight on
Wall street near Fourth avenue.
Ayers, who lives at SSH Wall
street, had been to the Imperial
cafe with Miss Dot Mckay, a prom.
inent young society girl, and had
taken her to her home at S319
Wall street. They were evidently
followed by the man who after
ward assaulted Ayers.
After leaving Miss Mckay Ayers
started for his home. He was with.
In a few rods of 1t when a man
stepped out from the shadows and
commanded him to hold up his
hands.
Without stopping to figure out
whether discretion was the better
part Of valor or not. Ayers let go
with his right In good American
style and bowled the holdup over
In the mud. But the force of the
blow threw Ayers of his balance
and before he could renew the at
tack the holdup began firing. Three
shots sounded in rapid success and
three bullets penetrated Ayers, one
in the left shoulder and one in
each leg.
All of the wounds were in the
fieshy part of the anatomy and al
though they bled profusely did not
stun the victim. who gathered him
self and walked to police heda-
quarters, where his wounds were
dressed in the emergency hospital.
The police at first suspected a
case of jealousy might be worked
up. but Ayers assured them that
the dress of his assailant and his
every action was that of high
wayman. Ayers had little of value
about his person and is sorry lnow
that he did not submit to the Mold.
up and save himself his wounds.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21

received Mr.. Eggleston's explana-
ton. which is entirely to my salts
faction and legal in every particu-
lar"
The account in question is $9S.S0
interest on county warrants. These
warrants were paid by the county
for water rent to the city, and the
treasurer, who desired to keep the
business on cash basis. turned
the cash in to the department and
took the warrants himself This,
according to the corporation coun-
sci, Eggleston had every legal and
moral right to do.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
VALLEY FLOOD
SUFFERERS SUE THE CITY
= These things don't happen .
. under the Des Moines plan. .
q 80 . . q y q . 80 90

With their residence filled with
gravel, sand and mud. windows
broken, foundations destroyed, gar
den ruined, and the yard cut into
gullies by torrents from an over
flowed sewer which drove them
from their beds at night to seek a
resting place elsewhere, Ernest
Hess and wife have brought suit
against the city of Spokane for
$4,000 damages.
The plaintiffs are 10 and II years
of age, respectively. and live In
Peaceful valley at the intersection
of Riverside avenue and Oak street,
their four lots situated ON the
sloping hill on the lower side OF
Riverside.
On July %, during heavy rain.
the sewer drain of both Oak street
and Riverside avenue blocked in
the street Immediately in front OF
the plaintiffs house. and the water
overlooked the curb, washing
through his property.
The plaintiff states that his
house was almost filled to the cell
ing with debris and that 1t Is per-
manently ruined. He says he has
contracted sickness from the ex-
posture In leaving the house the
night of the flood. Mr.. Hess states
that his claim for damages filed
with the city was disallowed.
This is the ancient complaint The
Press called attention to time and
again. The city street department
always promised relief and did
nothing.
1t is difficult to see what defense
the city can have In this case. The
people of Peaceful valley were de-
liberately left exposed to an made
quate sewer of which city officials
had full knowledge.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
NOTHING LEFT
BUT SUICIDE
Despondent Woman Yields to Fatal Impulse
but Is Saved.

Weak and deathly sick from tho
effects Of the deadly drug, she in
formed Mrs. Bolster OF what she
had done and the police were mott
fed.
"Oh, / am so respondent. ! see
no use in living from hand to
mouth. There seems nothing left
for me but to die. fought against
the desire to take poison long
time. All yesterday l sat sewing
and thinking about 1t. 1t seemed
that something kept calling on me
to go buy the drug and take 1t. !
fought against it with all my
strength, but something kept drag
ging me to my feet Finally could
resist no longer and / bought the
laudunum last night"
Her story was told to the officers
and Nurse Andrews, who hurried
to the place as soon as notified.
There was little for the medical
| attendant to do, for nature had
relieved Mrs. Merrilfs stomach Of
the drug. The woman was so far
/ recovered in few minutes that
she walked unassisted to car.
riage and was taken to the Deacon
ess hospital, where medical attend
ance has been provided by Mr.. and
Mrs. Bolster
She will be given careful atten-
ton, as it is feared that her mind
has become temporarily deranged
from her troubles. The unfortunate
woman is about 40 years old and
was born and raised In England
She talks little of her antecedents,
but is evidently woman OF cul.
ture.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
100000 DEAL
PENDING

A deal for the sale of the corner
OF Sprague and Monroe, occupied
by Cohn Bros. furniture store,
owned by Mrs. Frances e. r. Lin
field, is being negotiated by the
Ross Investment Co. for local capt.
talists.
The required consideration is
100000. The property Is a block
from the proposed new Davenport
hotel
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
EGG[EST0N
ABS0[vEO

There will be no further prosecu-
lions as the result of shortages in
city finances uncovered by LeMas-
ter & Cannon's late report today,
according to Corporation Counsel
Hamblen. Mr., Hamblen this after
noon said:
with relation to the amounts
which the report shows Treasurer
Eggleston has not accounted for.
will say have investigated and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
TWO BOISE WRECK
VICTIMS ARE DEAD

BOISE. Oct. 21.-Daniel Lawler
and Martin Black died today of In
juries received yesterday in a
wreck in the Oregon Short Line
yards here, caused by collision
between an engine Of regular
train and rear of a special return
ing from the fair grounds.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
HAS SLIM CHANCE

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21.--Left
unconscious ON sandlot over night
with his head and face beaten al
most to pulp and throat cut from
ear to ear. Frederick Kaufman. an
employee of the Oakland Gas Co.,
today has little chance to survive.
Robbers attacked him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
FIREBUCS BURN
HUGE ELEVATOR

DENVER, Oct. 21.--The grain
elevator of the Hungarian -four
mills was destroyed by an ineen-
diary fire today. The loss is half
a million. Police are looking for
three men who were seen around
the engine room a few minutes
before the fire was discovered.
Four hundred thousand bushels
of wheat were destroyed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
Arraign Loose Methods by Which $3.50
Has Slipped Out Of Sight.

gard to this Judge Hinkle In q
communication to the mayor says
that presuming the experts work
was impartial and In the main cor.
rect, he will not attempt to evade
responsibility. as he is legally as
well as morally bound to correct
discrepancies found in his depart
ment.
He says that during the six
years he was municipal Judge be
employed q number Of clerks and
believes that not one OF them
would appropriate a single cent.
They kept the books Of the de.
partment. but were not skilled
bookkeepers. During his term in
ONCE 100000 passed through his
hands, and he congratulates him
self that so few errors occurred.
In the earlier years Of his In
cumbency, he kept no check on his
clerks, but when 8. A. Mann, pres
ent justice, went into the office
they arranged a checking system,
SO the discrepancies, he feels GER
tain, occurred before that time.
The experts report are both for
and against Judge Hinkle. In one
instance the report shows he paid
the city treasurer $110 more one
month than he should. He paid the
treasurer from the report his
clerks submitted to him. He will
take the earliest opportunity to
meet with the finance committee
of the city and offers to pay the
discrepancy when the finance COM
mittee has gone fully over the re-
port.
The charge is made that four in
terest bearing warrants we're In
the possession of the city treas
urer as part Of his cash balance
on May I, 1908. They were sub
sequently disposed of and the rec
ords of the Office do not show that
the city received the benefit Of the
accrued interest at the time of
their sale.
The experts recommend that the
treasurer be required to account
for the interest accruing upon
these warrants while In his pos
session. This interests amounts to
$9S.S4.
In conclusion the experts make
recommendations of general
changes in the system of keeping
accounts in every city department,
and that methods should be put
upon a basis commensurate with
those of modern commercial cor
porations doing business of similar
magnitude.
A complete inventory of all city
property. classified as to depart.
ments and uses is recommended.
1t Is useful particularly in identi-
flying values destroyed In case of
fire and serves as a check against
improper disposition OF the city's
property.
A stores department is suggest.
ed which shall take care of all
supplies and materials of what
ever nature. At the head Of the
department should be an officer
under bond who would be GUS
todian Of the city's property.
Under present conditions the
city Is classed in a position similar
to that of a man who puts tens
of thousands OF dollars in his cash
drawer and makes 1t convenient
for those who want to help them
selves but not not acquire an ac-
counting for its use.
The city should be put upon the
basis of revenue and expense, In
stead of upon the basis of cash
receipts and disbursements as
now.
Present systems in vogue are
characterized as good, bad and In
different, and IL is recommended
that these disjointed systems be
made uniform in so far as possible,
and that the Capitalization of rec
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21
10000 MILES FOR
MAN SHE LOVES

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21.-Start-
ing a journey of 10000 miles for
the man she loves, Miss Blanche
Donnell today departed for the east
on her way to Africa. where she
will become the bride of c. Il.
Knocht, mining engineer. She is
sister of Horace John Donnell,
tennis champion. %
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-21


DENVER, Oct. 21.-The story OF
a tragedy typical of wild and adj
venturuu,, frontier life comes from
the Cripple Creek district. and goes
to snow that the spirit Of the old
west still lives. It is as picturesque
in It's setting and as bloody In It's
finish as the liveliest Calamity Jane
thriller that ever crept into the
pages of the yellowbacks or held
spellbound the galleries in eastern
playhouses.
II presents the mountain belle,
lone and seemingly defenseless. be-
set by gang of bad men from the
mining camp. They are the rough
fellows with the makeup of the min
ing camp OF romance-big boots,
red shirts, huge revolvers at belt.
But the belle is of type Of the
hardy and Independent western
woman who asks no odds OF the
world and is inclined to give none.
when she feels that she is being
imposed upon and when her safety
is endangered. Instead of scream
ing and crying out for man to com.
to her assistance when danger
threatens, she takes up her trusty
Winchester, which she knows from
trigger to pinion, and blazes away
at the source of danger.
Miss Annie Coplen lives with her
widowed mother away up in the
hills In little mountain hamlet
called Gilett. in the famous Cripple
Creek mining district. Deprived o.
the protection of the male member
OF the family-her father is dead
she took IL upon herself to protect
her home. How well she has exc
cuted her trust is shown by the
fact that few days ago their cabin
was invaded by a crowd of drunken
rowdies, who heaped indignities on
the gray hairs of the mother and
offered insult to this young western
woman.
There were six of the suffians, in
Guiding a deputy sheriff, all the
worse for liquor. But this did not
deter Miss Coplen in her purpose to
clear her little home of the invad-
ers. The men were all armed, as
are most of the men of the district.
and drew their guns when Miss
Coplen showed resistance.
This was the signal for action
Darling into her room. she quickly
reappeared with her rifle.
One of the men got in the first
shot, which grazed the girls cheek
Without cry or sign of fear she
began working the automatic gun,
and when she had ceased firing one
of the men lay mortally wounded NJ
her feet, and the sheriff had been
shot through the abdomen. The
first man died a few hours later,
and for a time it was thought her
second victim would succumb 10
her deadly aim. The rest Of the
drunken ruffians fled in terror
when they saw they had a veritable
lioness at bay.
Miss Coplen was arrested and
taken to Cripple Creek. but men
are men In this country when they
are not insane with liquor, and the
prosecuting attorney refused to act
against her, saying he believed the
shooting was justiflable and that
II he did prosecute Miss Coplen
there was not jury within miles Of
the great divide that would not dis
charge her on the first ballot.