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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-21
Will OPEN
AIRDOME
LaWtOn Men Secure Site
and Start New Play
House at Once

Chickasha is to have new amuse-
ment place.
Martin & Mech, of Lawton, have
leased lots from D. D. Sayer at Fifth
and Chickasha and are beginning the
erection of an airdome, which they
expect to rush to completion. They
we're here one day last week and com
pleted all arrangements for the new
enterprise.
The Lawton Constitution-Democrat
Of last Saturday says:
Martin & Mech, Lawton's progress
sive showmen, are spreading out and
now have arrangements made to open
and manage airdomes in chickasha, El
Reno and Oklahoma City. They will
continue to operate the roof garden
in Lawton. It might be said to the
credit Of these gentlemen that the
show now owned and managed by
them in this city is the only roof
garden in the new state, and has nC
superiors as an outdoor amusement
place in the great Southwest.
"The consolidation Of the two loea
shows caused the Airdome formerly
conducted by Mr. Mech to be closes
and today that show house is beinI
moved to Chickasha, where the mex
Airdome will open up in that city Sep
2S with the Beggar 2rince Opera con
pany
"These two splendid showmen wi
have personal supervision of the All
dome here and the one at Chickashi
One of these men will be in Lawto
and the other in Chickasha, changin
places with each other whenever the
! desire. 1t matters not to the peopl
Of Chickasha which one OF these gel
tlemen stays in their city, they wi
: have a real live wire, one who know
It how to manage a show. Mech is Il
t big man of the company and Martin
Z the ladies' man. They are not on
q showmen, but they are gentleme
and Chickasha may well be proud tn
Martin & Mech are opening an al
dome in that city"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-21

Scott Jones, street railway and in
terurban promoter, returned yesterday
afternoon from New York, where he
has been for the past three weeks for
the purpose of completing the financ-
ing of his propositions.
When interviewed as to the success
of his mission he said, Il don't care
to enter into details at this time, but
you can say that I have contract
with one Of the largest banking syndi-
Gates in the country, who guaranteed
to handle the deal, if all terms at this
end Of the line are complied with. Mr.
J. P. Hornady, one Of the best known
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-21
.OLD OFFICIALS TAKE
BACK THEIR OFFICES

Muskogee, Okla, Sept. 20.-Follow-
ing a conference between the present
city officials and those who were in
office before them, it was agreed that
all of the present officers should retire
and return the city to the hands Of
those who were in office before the
last election. Last night a meeting Of
the council was called, all business
closed up and the city offices turned
over to the old officers. This action
was taken to comply with a decision
Of the supreme court to the effect that
the election of last spring was not le-
gal. No review Of the opinion was
asked for, as it was feared such ac-
tion would delay all municipal i'm
provements. T. H. Martin becomes
mayor, succeeding Lee E. Bennett, and
Charles Kimsey succeeds Bud Ledbet
ter as chief Of police. All the city de
partments will be reorganized. All ol
the council members who go in are Re
Ipublicans, a majority Of those goinf
out are Democrats.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-21
BISHOPS ADDRESS TO THE
VETERANS BRYAN CLUB

Soldiers Of the Blue and those who
wore the Gray composed the member
ship Of the Bryan Democratic club,
organized in this city Saturday after
noon. ]. f. Bishop the president, is
an old Union soldier. In his address,
Mr.. Bishop said in part:
Comrades: I greatly appreciate
your action here today in electing me
for your presiding officer. l esteem
It the greatest honor ever bestowed
upon me, coming as It deos from a
class Of my fellow-citizens Of Chicka-
sha and Grady county whose frosted
locks and wavering steps point to val
liant service rendered in the past.
Our minds today revert back al,
most half a century, and we can hear
the call to arms, the drum beat and
the fifes shrill note, and we can yet
feel the warm patriotic blood rush
through our young aid vigorous
frames.
Then we were foes. seeking each
others life blood with a vengeance
that caused hate, and bitter tears to
flow like rain. Today we are friends
The lessons you have taught are Of
greater moment than those Of any
ever presented to nation Of the
civilized world. In our youth We
taught the nations OF the world the arr
OF war In our mature years we seek
10 teach the world the blessings Of
peace. The victories Of peace are fal
greater than the victories Of war. The
victories of war bring bloodshed
carnage. death and debt. The yicto
ries Of peace bring love, happiness
life and prosperity.
In this warfare Of peace we ar'
led by one whose great heart beats II
a sympathetic chord for the downtrod
den and oppressed ef every land ant
cline; man who was recognized
valiant leader at the peace conference
OF the world at The Hague, in CON
pany with the worlds selected greal
est statesman; man whose dali
life reflects the inmost desire Of hi
soul to improve the condition Of hi
fellow man: one whose motto is, "rh
Fatherhood of God and the Brother
hood Man" one on whose banner
inscribed let the People Rule Sue
an one is Hon William Jenning
Bryan.
Comrades. by the authority yeste
in me as chairman Of the Grady coul
ty central committee, hereby con
mission you and each Of you quartz
masters. with jurisdiction extendin
TO the limit Of your endurance, an
you are hereby commanded witho'
unnecessary delay TO forthwith pr
ceed to organize your forces for a 70
aging expedition and report at thei
headquarters with two bales Of
falfa hay. two bales OF prairie ha
four sacks Of the finest corn you c.
secure within your jurisdiction. Tn
forage Is for our mascot, the mul
now in the corral at Fairyiew, n
braska. And you are further COZ
manded to diligently seek for dolla
to apply on the national funds. al
you will not discriminate betwee
those not stamped and those stamp
with Tn God we trust"
do not feel Ike closing my spec
until have briefly referred to t
mascots and emblems Of each Of {
tContinued on Eighth Page.l
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-21
ARREST NEGRO FOR
ROBBING FRISCO CAR

Executing a search warrant, deputy
sheriffs this morning went through
the home Of Bin Thorp, negro, at
1920 Shepard street, and found a con
siderable quantity Of meat and other
packing house products, alleged to
have been stolen from a Frisco car
about Sept T.
Thorp was taken before Justice
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-21
Jones BACK FROM N. Y

financiers in New York, representing
the syndicate, will start for Chickasha
this week, and will bring the con-
tractor with him. He win come pre-
pared to close up the whole transac-
tion and l don't care to say anything
further till he arrives" "
Regarding a purported interview
with G. Townsend Blake, published by
the morning paper, in which the lat
ter was reported to have broken with
Mr.. Jones, the latter had nothing to
say, but he let it be understood that
his present arrangement is independ-
ent Of Mr. Blake.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-21

Congressman Ferris and Judge
Hayes will both attend the Democrat
ic committee meeting which will be
held at the court house at 3 O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-21
WILL ORGANIZE FARMERS
INSTITUTE OCTOBER 6TH,

The farmers of Grady county will
meet in Chickasha on Oct for the
purpose of organizing their institute
Considerable interest is already be.
ing manifested in the meeting and a
large attendance is expected.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-21
EoR DISTURBING woRsHIP.

-Four warrants we're issued this
morning against parties charged with
disturbing religious worship at the
Friend school house yesterday. One
Of them. Sol Roller, came in and gave
bond and officers have gone after the
others.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-21

Grady County Council No. 1922.
Knights and Ladies of Security, viii
meet tonight in the Woodman hall.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-21
Democratic Meeting T Tomorrow

Chairman Bishop has invited the
city executive to meet with the county
committee.
a general invitation Is extended to
the public to attend the meetings.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-21

Moore and his bond was fixed at s750
for his appearance at a preliminary
trial to be held next Saturday.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-21

La Fayette, Ind, Sept, 2O.-The
speaking here at s o'clock last night
drew the largest political gathering
in years. Governor Haskell referred
to the fact that General Monett came
to Oklahoma and campaigned the state
for him in his race for governor and
that Hearst knew this and when he
made the statement he did he just
told a plain lie7 Great applause met
this rebuke to Hearst's dishonesty
Governor Haskell dealt at length or
the Oklahoma constitution and laws
enacted BY the recent legislature anC
declared that if they were good fol
honest people Of Oklahoma TO live un
Ter they were good for the people o
the United States
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-21
CROWDS HEAR
HASKELL
Old Friends Flock to Hear
OklahOma'S Governor
Hands it to Hearst

Logansport, Ind, Sept. 2O.-Yester-
days meeting here at o'clock was a
grand ovation to Governor Haskell,
who was the only speaker to an audi
ence Of 5000 voters. Organism in Ok
lahoma intensely interested the crowd.
This is near Haskell's Old scene Of
business activity where as contrac-
tor he spent two years, and hundreds
Of his old friends came to greet him,
It was one continuous ovation for
Haskell and his speech was cheered
constantly Oklahoma's bank law and
Taft's shallow criticism won the day
as the popular feature. Conclusive
documents read by Haskell made
] by Hearts stock drop flat.
A large La Fayette committee came
her to take Haskell to their city.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-06

al animoslties. Of false professions, OF
empty deeds Any sort Of demo.
cratic platform would be preferable to
any sort 81 candidate on the repub
lc6n platform.
THE hope and life OF the South Is
in the democracy Personally, we Ike
Mr.. Taft vesy much. but he Is utterly
damned by his party. We do not be
lieve in Mr.. Bryan: we do not believe
it would be wise thing for the demo
cratic CONVENTION at Denver to nomi-
nate him. but we believe that there
would be more honor In defeat with
Bryan than there would be In victory
with Taft
Tnis. ii our esteemed contemporary
will not misinterpret our SAYING so,
seems childish wnen we reflect that
Il relates to one Of the very greatest
OF earthly affairs. Neither the per-
sonality Of Mr.. Taft or of Mr.. Bryan
need be considered as paramount.
both being gentlemen of ability and
lrespectability. 1t Is the issue OF one.
party government. Of the one-man
power of lawless wealth against
popular rights, which is to he deter.
mined by the coming conflict Of for
ces. and what have individual likes
or dislikes to do with sucn a momen-
tous contingency
The News and Courier qualities
wheSe 1t should staLd and fight. II
admits our contention and then quib
bles over terms The Courier-Jour-
lnal. having declared tnat upon a
platform of imposture. largely con
structed out Of timbers stolen from
Mr.. Bryan's back yard, the republi
can party has set up man Of straw.
lour esteemed contemporary wants tc
know how came those timbers In
Mr. Bryan's back yard and who pu
them there?7 quite misconceiving, ol
overlooked, the point tnat the "impos
,nre" consisted In the attempt of the
republicans to palm off planks origi
nally rough-hewn by Mr. Bryan, is
sues and reforms suggested by Mr.
bryan. as their own.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-06

The Southland has given to history
men Of wide talent; great force Of char
acter, eloquent statesmen. world-eon.
quering soldiers. and also men Of let
ters. But no one ~ them surpassed
III the higher attributes that gladspme
singer OF happiness and pointer to the
better way. the recently deceased joel
Chandler Harris,I
air. Harris was a splendid exemplifi-
cation OF that acknowledgement type
that loyee all humanity. and. in POSSES
sion of such great affection. wins from
the whaie public unstinted praise and
affection
Mr.. Harris (Uncle Remusl sang the
story of goodness through the fiction
Of nBrer Wolfe "Brer Rabbit. Brer
Bear and innumerable Other animals
through which to his little boy he
told OF the wishes, the errors, ambi-
fions aud failures Of childhood
Poor in the goods Of this world, Mr..
Harris left il rich IN love, In hope. in
honor. and across his grave no more
truthful epitaph can be written than
'Here repose the remains OF one who
loved all things good
II IN the dim future some writer
ldndles the smiles and brings forth
the truth ia more modest or better
raiment than Joel Chandler Harris he
Will be able 20 carve deep his name
upon tho rock in the Palace Royal OF
Glory
Mi Harris leaves a vacancy in the
field Of letters, but to those who knew
him personally. he leaves vacancy
not one wishes filled. He was to his
acquaintances the King of Gladness
SO great messenger of glad tidingi
that whsn they think OF him in deatl
the feeling comes that at last maj
has gone before who can plead for th'
less < Cd before the Throne. And
sOmehow. somewhere II is the going o
men like Harris that seems to convinc'
the skeptlc there must be a rewar,
over there I'm the dim land else VIII.
were men Of such exceeding goodness
sent here 10 abide2 To read his wrltinI
was to love the work of man-to know
the man was TO love him and respec
the dignity Of his transformations sin
'plicity His were the ways Of peace
his writing the message of peace an
faith in that which is good. not alon
for the lesson t. the child, bat to tn
man-child rs we'll
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-06

Of candidate fof the Union.
All friends OF Oklahoma win re-
joice 70 see her represented in the flag
of her couh;rs Max she ever shine
there with splendot that will evoke
honor for her people
New stars DO n0f 90 on the national
fla6 until the Fourth ef July following
the, admission of the states tiey repre-
sent intd tho Union oklahoma has
been state several 'months. and dur
ing those months the government at
Washington has had It's needles busy
IN every qartor OF the world-in every
land and on every sea giving her a
place among the stars. Itis against
the law to raise any flag with a new
star upon it until the next following
anniversary of the declaration of lnde-
pendence, and hence the forty-six star
rag of America has never been legally
opened to the,breeze before tins morn
ing
Wicnita in honor OF It's neighbor,
raised a foriy-six flag at midnight
probably the first in the West Vivat
ad plurim0s amos stella nova.-Wich
ita Eagle.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-06
PREAcHAToRIAL voLENcE.

TnOse Oklahoma preachers who
agreed not 10 marry divorced people
really covenanted to prostitute the dig
nifty Of their calling to some caprice of
the moment. and TO that extent made
the noble calling of a teacher OF diyin-
ity subordinate TO the whim OF the
period. There ,s not an intelligent per
son IN this world but regrets that di.
vorces are easily obtained aud the mar.
riage contract held lightly In some
places absolutely repulsive TO the old
order Of thought and rules of society
But the fact remains the Bible itself
authorizes divorce putting aside" for
some certain offense against the mar
riage compact, aud twentythree PEI
cent Of the divorces show these often
ses in the complaints flied.
Society ia never benefited by stat
uiory laws authorizing certain mode
OF action. never advanced by preaching
against certain faults nor can il attain
3 higher plane because a few minis
ters realizing that wrongs are done an'
bad deeds accomplished by sweepinl
assertion refuse 20 allow remarriag'
insofar as relates to their performance
OF the ceremony What these preacher
wish 20 aid Ina such compact rs commer
dable, pr wing their intent Is goo
and Judgment bad
Divorces there win be SO long "a
there Is double standard Of moralit,
Divorces and remariages viii occur 5
long as men aud women put aside th
dictate of sentiment and marry for th
social advancement OF the pleasure
20 be obtained by wealth.
There viii bo divorces just so lon
as people are allowed 20 rush .Ei
matrimony without regard 10 teniper
ment of the great lessons Of llfe taugi
al the sickbed aud later demonstrate
az the bier of The loved one whose IN
was frofeiied for the maigtenance {
q position evii al first and made dam
able by the sacrifice OF a good cha
acler
What those ministers should DO Is
marry men and women and then {
forth 10 shcw why men and wome
should obey the moral Law.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-06

Shortly after a new administration
took hold or well known southern
railroad great number or claims
were preferred against the company
on account OF horses and cattle being
killed along the line IN Kentucky 70
make matters worse. Il appeared tha'
every animal killed. however worth
less Il may have been before the acct
dent. invariably figured IA the claims
subsequently presented as being Of the
best blood ln Kentucky. One day In
conversation with one Of the roads at
torneys the president BECAME very
much excited in referring % the siiua'
tlon. "Do you know" be exclaimed
bringing down his fst on the dfsk p)
way OF emphasis, n have reached tii'
conclusion that nothing in ken'heks
50 improves live stock ps crossing \
with 4 lccom0ilye Montreal STAR
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-06
FREAK OF THE rIpEs.
Az the Mouth Of ST. John River, WhsFs
Water Flows Up Hill


Speaking OF freaks Of the tide, there
Is nothing in this world TO equal the
phenomenon at the month Of the ST.
John river. where water flows up hilil
and down twice daily These revers-
sng falls are in class by themselvea
IN Ike wOtia's natural curiosities.
The rise Of the tide in the bay Of
Fundy, which ranges up 10 sixty feet,
averages nt ST. John harbor twenty
eight or thirty feet.
At the mouth OF the ST John river
the great body OF water IS forced
through deep aud narrow gorge on
the one side OF this gorge the harbot
opens; above Il the St John river,
nearly 900 miles long. stretches away
into tie province of Quebec.
when the tide in the bay OF Fundy
is on the flow, the waters rise with
such ranidity that the level In the har-
Dor becomes in less than an hour con-
siderahly higher than the level in the
civer.
The water is forced through the
gorge at such rate that It literally
falls up into the river, the height OF
this fall reaching at times forrteeD
feet. SO great Is the area OF the river.
so great is the amount Of water rising
IN the harbor ard so narrow IS the
gorge that 81 would take hours longer
than the interval OF any tide TO bring
the river level up TO that Of the harbof
at high water.
As consequence. after the tide has
turned and Is on the ebb in the harbor
! the Level Is SIN so much higher thar
I the river that the tide in the river con
| tinues to rise for two or three hours
the water still falling upward.
The same force works In the flow
After the water in the harbor has
1 fallen until the level In the harbor anC
In the river are tho same the fal
downward begins. During the mex
few hours the harbor recedes until th'
! drop from the river TO the harboi Is a
4 much as sixteen or seventeen feet a
the very lowest tide. Once more tn
tide turns inward and comes up quick
", but over three hours elapse befor
It is sufficiently high to counteract th
downward fow from the river.
At half tide there Is a period o
something less than an hour whe
navigation is impossible. - Bosto
| Giobe
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-06
WORTHLESS TESTIMONY.
The Way a Keen Irish Lawyer Wor-
ried Anthony TroIlope.


ried Anthony TroIlcpe.
Among the stories In pages From
an Adventurous Life" by J. f. Pres
ton. Muddock. is one that Lord Alver.
stone was wont 70 tell with apprecia-
tion. In a postofice prosecution at
Hertford asslzes a. clever Irish bar
rister appeared for the defendant, Who
was a poor letter carrier guilty of some
lrregularlty. Among the witnesses was
Anthony Trollope. then a government
postoflice inspector. After he had CIV
en- his testimony he was handed over
TO the lawyer for the defense for cross
examination.
what are your demanded the keen
Irishman In severe and command
Ing tone sonorous with a rich brogue.
"An official in the postolice," an
swered Trollope, somewhat astonished
by the lawyers brusqueness.
Anything elseY demanded the cross
examiner with a snap.
"Yes; an author" This little
proudly
"what is the name Of your last
bookf"
Barchester Towers
sNow, tell me. is there word OF
truth IN that bookf'
''Wel. II is what is generally called
a work OF fiction"
''Fictlonlp with scornful curl OF
the lip. "Fictlonl That is to say
there isn't word of truth In 1t from
haginnfng To endY"
III am afraid n you put It that
way there isn't" stammered Trollop'
in an embarrassed way.
With a triumphant air, the lawyer
| turned to the jury.
"Gentlemen." he exclaimed, "hov
can you possibly convict man or
the evidence OF a witness like this
who here in this court OF justice un
blushingiy confesses that he has writ
ten a book In which there is not on
word Of TRUTH
Trollope had fallen squarely into th
Dit digged for him by his unscrupulou
cross examiner.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-06
a REVELATION.

lt Is revelation TO people, the
severe cases OF lung trouble that have
been cured by Foley's Honey and Tar,
Il not only stops the cough but heals
and Strengthens the lungs L. M. Rug
giles, Reasnor. Iowa, writes: The
doctors said had consumption, and
got no better until I took Foley's
Honey and Tar Il siQnped the hem
orrhages and pain In my lungs and
they are now as sound as a bullet"