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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01
DEFENDS HIS POLICIES
BLISTERS HIS ENEMIES

concerning the nature Of the message
by scanning the printed document so
tI,at before its reading wos half fin
iehed they very generally took up
other matters and only FEW follow
ing the reading carefully until its con
clusion.
The reading Of the message in the
house was listened to with intense in-
ierest by the members Of which there
was an unusually large number in a.-
tendance.
AS the reading Of the message prog.
ressed in the house numerous mem
bers were heard audibIy to exciaim
Most unueuale this is red hot. etc
The presidents vigorous denuncia.
ton Of wrongdoers was greeted with
laUd applause as was hts defense Of
federal judges who punish offenders
Tor violations OF law
The frequency Of the applause in
creased ali the reading proceeded The
kun Of conversation over the mes
sage subsidized and the members fol,
lowed every word. But the climax
came when the reading was concluded.
Without regard TO party the mem.
bers loudly applauded cheered, thump
"a their desks ana gave other evi
dence Of their approval Of the doeu
nent After a moment Of silence the
members, including many democrats
rising from their seats, clapped theil
hands
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01
Gave Duncan Hope IN
FIRST Half but Disa
,ointed Them IN
the Second

At the finish Of the basket BAN game
last night between the Duncan ana
chickasba boys high school teams, the
purple and gold was proudly waving
for the home team who were winners
with score Of Is 10 Ill
The game was free from roughness
but very exciting owing to the fact
that the chickasha boys played only
on the defensive, the arst half allow
Ing Duncan to gain 8 points. and ena
the first half with the score reading
8 to A. They then surprised their Op
ponents in the second half by swift
playing
Special features Of the game we're
tie guarding BY Dews, the speedy floor
work Of Heifner and free throwing by
Colby, the latter winning several sue
cessive goals BY free throws on fouls.
Several fine field throws were alHo
made by Fred Caro-.
The officials were satisfactory to ev-
eryone. and we're as follows
Clih Barefoot, referee; Gilbert
Thomplins, referee; Don Scoffern,
time keeper; Hugh Smith, score keep
er
The Chickasha lineup was: Fred
Caro-, captain and CENTER Howard
Colby, guard Max Heifner, guard;
Reece Smith, forward Frank Dewa
forward.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01
SENATOR
JOHNSON
JoHNsoN THINK PROHIBITION
BILL WILL BE PASSED As
EMERGENCY MEASURE

Or. Geo Q. Johnson, state senator
from Caddo county, was in the city
this morning enroute from tho capital
to his home In Fort Cobb for briof
visit. The doctor IS looking well ana
says he is enjoying his legislative
work. 1T is impossible to say what
the senate will DO with the prohibi-
ton bin as it came from the house.
There is a strong disposition on the
part Of many senators to turn down
the amended measure for an entirely
now bill. I think the enforcement
and dispensary features will be sepa-
rated. ! want the enforcement provis-
ions to be made an emergency meas
ure, but I am inclined to think the
dspensary features should be submits
ted to the people"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01
BRYAN on THE
MESSAGE

Wilmington. Del, Feb, Willian.
J Bryan last night issued a statement
bearing on the presidents message
sent to congress yesterday
ITS warnings are entirely IN har-
mony with the warning democrats
have been issuing for more than !.
decade he said, and / hope tha'
the democrats In the senate and house
will prorNtis challenge the issues
that have been presented By the presi
dent.
There ought to be enough Roose
welt republicans in the two houses ts
Join with the democrats and ensure
some remedial legislation at this ses
sion. If there be none, the public
ought TO know 1t. SO that when Tho
next national convention endorses ths
present administration the hypocracl
win be understood"
Mr. Bryan reached Wilmington ear
lly this afternoon as the guest os tn,
Modern Woodmen OF America TO
might be delivers nn address at
meetiug in tie opera house
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01
TURNIP GREENS SENT
THROUGH THE NAIL

'Tye seen almost everything sent
through the mail, from a live toad 70
. canary bird, but this is the worst
yet said Postmaster Rose. when a
large undeliyered package broke open.
It contained about bushel Of turnip
green's but they were IN an advanced
stage Of decomposition and the post
master could not use them. They
have been in the office for sometime
and no one has called for them,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01
HUNG JURY AGAIN

The trial OF I'd Melbourne, who
was arrested in the Headlight raid
last Saturday night, occurred in Judge
Ghigsby's court yesterday morning and
resulted. in hung jury This Is the
second trial growing out Of the same
raid which resulted in the same man.
ner. Tne jury was composed Of the
following men: b. p. Smith, r. NJ
('aYet, E. S. Dougan, W. W. Horne, J.
'c Terrell and A. Johnson, all except
the two last named being for conyic-
tion. The case was to be tried again
this afternoon
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01
Senate Receives Il
Calfllly-Fiouse Be-
ONES Excited
Applause

Washington. Feb. 1-After asking
congress to act upon laws relating 10
employers liability, use Of iniunetions
II labor cases. extension Of the inter
state commerce commissions power.
seadiustment Of the Sherman anti.
trust law and certain reformations hi
stock gambling. President Roosevelt
IN his special message to congress Yes.
serday devoted the greater part Of the
document to iaying those who have
dared to criticlse his administration.
Branding the Santa Fe railroad and
Standard Oil company Is felons he
practically denouncea an be remain
Der Of his critics in their class and
fcnounces disbelieyers in Rooseyeltian
1oiicIea as defenders Of corruption.
The message was presented to the
senate today When M Latta. asslss-
ant secretary 10 the president, entered
the chamber there was but a handful
Of senators present, The vice pres'-
aant at once tore open the big en-.
yelope containing the message End
Aanded It to the assistant secretary
ni the senate. who Immediately began
is reading.
Printed copies Of the message weis
delivered by Mr.. Latta and we're dis
trihuted TO the senators present Many
e them appeared to satisfy themselves
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01
REPORT WAS MISTAKE

Guthrie, Feb. There are pending
ia the governors Office several appli-
cations from municipalities to be de-
clared cities Of the first class. It is
understood, however, that no action
viii be taken on them until pending
legislation, which Is designed to make
plain the law. is disposed of. The
statement that chickasha has been
declared a city Of the first class is an
error. as its application is among those
on file.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01
BONAIR QUITS BUSINESS

The boarders at the Bonair, one Of
the most select boarding houses in the
city. we're told this morning that the
last meal there woulS ye served to
day Miss Kate Frazier. proprietor,
viii leave next week for Muskogee,
where she viii run a dining hall On
a larger scale. Those who 5s.s-een-
ioycd the excellent fare at the BonaS
rrophesy success for her in her new
undertaking.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01
TAYLOR Has CLOSE CALL

Guthrie Leader Senator L. K Tay.
loF Of Chickasha, 60 10 near meeting
3 serious accident this morning while
in the Office Of State Examiner Charles
ID. Taylor A hanging electric light
tell breaking q lire electric wire
Which niec the room witA flashes.
Tho fash just missed Senator Taylor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01
FIREMAN is
BRUISED UP

Arthur Thiele, fireman in the
Rock Island yards met with a painful
accident about 10 O'clock last night.
He was shoveling coal from the tender
when heavy bump from another ess.
g,ne hurled him back into his cab
and rendered him unconscious for a
time. He was injured about the back
and hips but not seriously. The in
iured man was taken to his home a
$40 South Sixth street.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01

Phone l4O, and you will always get
good meat Meals Meat markes.
1.24-imo
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01
BIG IMPROVEMENTS
AT The EAGLE STORE

The Eagle Mercantile company are
improving and remodeling the inter-
ior Of their store quite extensively this
week Ribbon shelving Is being put
in, in place Of the cases, and the walls
are being prettily papered. New fix
lures and show cases have been order
ed and when these are installed the
Eagle viii present q very handsome
interior
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01
STOCKHOLDERS.

nosrd nssss
hAna
Tsst
b haFsax end daylight rbhag Wsssea Ed 1a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01
GHIGgASHA PEOPLE
OFF FOR 4 LONG TRIP

"A. s. Giikey and J. n. Abercrombie
win leave Monday for a trip through
Mexico, Central America and the Pa.
mama canal zone. They are going
chiefly On plasure, but Mr.. Abercrom.
bic viii devote some time to looking
after sugar plantation in which he
is interested. They expect to be gone
about two months
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01
CHICKASHA HIGH SCHOOL
BOYS WINNERS IN The GAME
Thermometer TAKES
A QUICK TUMBLE

The wather man made good his
p omise and delivered lome Of the
eodest goods Of the season last night.
Twelve degrees above zero was the
minimum temperature registered by
tho government thermometer kept by
Jacob Good the local weather observ-
e; The mercury fell rapidly yester-
day afternoon and by night biting
winds blew from the north.
THE WEATHER
Tonight fair and cold Sunday fair
and warmer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01

The Court OF Honor held a good
meeting last night and initiated
Messrs w. E. Richardson. w. H. Ogle
aid Hughes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01
teddy SENDS A RED HOT MESSAGE NOT GUILTY

NEW YORK, FEB. 1.-i2:so ?. M.--
"THAW IS NOT GUILTY" ie THE
VERDICT OF THE JURY. iT WAS
REACHED ON THE GROUNDS OF
INSANITY. JEROME is DISGUST
I'D. LlTTLEToN is HAPPY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

the other conclusions of this article, bear
ing in mind the blanket definition Of
the word Cigar" that the law gives. The
thirty-eight cigar factories operated in the
District of Columbia made in the calendar
year ending December 3, 1907, cigars to
the number Of 2,s07,425 and very few Of
them were sold outside of the District. In
addition to cigars obtained from local fac
tories there are cigars obtained from job
bers, cigars bought by Washington deal
ers in other cities and cigars bought by
individuals In other cities.
A great many cigars of Philadelphia
and of Baltimore make are smoked here.
How is it possible to arrive at the total
dealers, who paid retail cigar dealers
license at the District building last year?
The proverbial Chinese puzzle is simple
In comparison; the riddle that the Sphinx
asked could not have been much more
difficult. Yet there is excellent reason
for estimating the cigar consumption of
Washington and the consumption of to-
bacco IN other forms as herein estimated,
and that is that Washington smokes up"
it's full quota in comparison with that
portion of continental United States that
is not Washington, for. as one dealer put
1T. Washington Is a city of thinkers and
thinkers are smokers and, as several
dealers pointed out the hours of many
people working in this city afford time
for a smoke before they go to work and
many smokes afterward. The national
consumption is officially reported 1t is
safe to say the number of cigars smoked
in Washington and the amount of to-
bacco used here are no less in proportion
to the entire amount used in the United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

American summer girl, though there is
little that is beyond her, would find
it task to look pretty while crouched
in front Of one of these low desks. More
over, the occidental notions of clothing
do not accommodate themselves to this
kind of posturing.
The Inevitable Tea.
The inevitable tea takes up a large
part of the attention Of the Japanese
summer girl
Some visitor to the land Of the mikado
has said that a sojourn there Is simply
measured by the passing from one tea
time to another.
The Kentucky colonel who explained
that he drank whisky to keep warm in
the winter and cool off in the summer
has his loyalty to the rye matched by the
Jap's Partially to his tea. And it is
served with no end Of ceremony. She who
presides over the teapot esteems il a
rare honor. and when the tea Is poured
she must needs go the very limit of
courtesies.
Not all of this summer tea drinking is
done at home. With her sex in all parts
of the world the little japanese lady is a
great gossip. She likes to hear all the
news Of the city: For this purpose she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

dainty. fragrant creature. who looks more
like the artificial creation of poets
fancy than a flesh and blood woman, for
she is eXquisitely clean
Only when her natural incidence OF
summer time is brought into conflict with
her fixed sense of the duties OF hospital
ity does the daughter of Japan become ac-
tive.
Perhaps a guest desires 10 see a dance,
for instance some such enthusiastically
beautiful exercise as the Dance of the
Maple"
Then milady of Japan will put aside her
languor and entertain for the pleasure OF
the honored guests.
Barring this dance. the nearest lnat the
summer girl of the orient comes to taking
exercise is in her long and continuous
walks.
A bevy Of charming young girls can
often be seen in the gardens and parks,
their faces shielded from the sun by para
soils OF many colors, carrying the coquet-
fish fan which the bud of the orient
knows so well how to use. and wearing
the brilliant colors that fit so perfectly
with the evenly marked landscape
Religious duties the study OF music and
the writing of letters complete the i'm
portant features of the prosaic life of the
summer girl of the island kingdom.
II numbers not as many athletic honors
or engagements that of. the American
girl but il has a certain beauty and ap-
propriateness all its own.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

has recourse to the tea house. Here the
best red blanket OF the establishment set
out on the matted platforms serve for
both seat and table. Carriages and jim
rikishas roll by. There are picnic parties
among the trees. for this amusement is is
deeply loved in the land of the mikado as
in the country of the strenuous Teddy.
Only in Japan instead of the chicken
or the ham sandwich that is he proper
caper the picnickers find that nothing is
more edible than rice sandwich, and il
has the further advantage of not being
heating to the blood.
The samisen of the geisha adds it's
melody to the time of summer, but the
western idea that the laxity of the geisha
is permitted to extend to other women is
absurdly far from the truth. The daugh-
ter of the better class is taught that she
must never have conversation with the
geisha. that there is an Unreasonable
barrier between.
Improperly Of Outdoor Bathing.
-. On many of the rivers are gayly rooted
boats. in which the families of the quail
ity make their homes. But the Japanese
girl does not take advantage of her prox-
unity to the water to do any open air
bathing. That she would deem the last
word In offensive improperly. Yet she
has frequent contact with water. this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09
Hard Times Have Little Effect.

Is I'D the pOpuldtlOH VI llfc CiiitSu StdtCSs
especially when Uncle Joe Cannon is lin
our midst"
Hard Times Have Little Effect.
The figures of last years report of the
internal revenue collector are used In
figuring out the capitals share Of to-
bacco consumption. Only few days ago
it was announced that there had been
reduction In the output of cigars for the
whole United States as compared with
1907, due probably to the hard times. but
the hard times have affected Washington
but little. Perhaps some ten-cent cigar
smokers have become f1ve-cent cigar
smokers, and perhaps some few persons
have sworn off. But the number is in
considerable, and 1t is more probable that
in the twelve months just ended there
have been more cigars smoked here than
in any previous twelve months and more
tobacco used. Therefore to obtain a rea-
sonably conservative estimate Of the use
of tobacco in Washington 1t Is only
necessary to find out what is .OO3S23 per
cent of the tobacco used in continental
United States. for the population OF
Washington, including the large number
of visitors always here. is certainly lot
less than $4,000 while the population of
the United States is probably 80. 800 600.
How small is the allowance made for
transients may be seen when the census
Office estimated the population Of the Dis
trict of Columbia for 1906 as 3O7.7 That
the District of Columbia Is Washington
nobody can deny.
The cigars used in the United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

Withdrawn for consumption In 1907
were: Large. 7.4sa, n63 643; small. 1.151.-
74O926: total S.64227S219. Washing
toms share is 30, O39. 40 cigars a year, or
., 2S5 a month
The Cigarette Consumption.
The cigarettes used i'm the United States
in 1907 were: Large. 1o.159227; small.
5.151. $50. 100: total. 5.167 .O2l.357. Wash
ingtons share. 1s.753,5o3 year, or
1916 126 month.
The number of pounds Of tobacco of all
kinds used in the United States in 1907
was 36a. 1S6, 1893. Washingtons share was
1.411 800 pounds year. or 1885 pounds
d month.
Cigars come in many different shapes
and sizes There are long fat cigars. long
thin cigars or panatelas. short fat cigars
and short thin cigars. Taking medium
sized cigar as the average would be taking
a cigar about flve-eighths of an inch in
diameter and AZ inches long. or one con-
tanning only 1.3S06 cubic inches of to-
bacco. If this tobacco were rolled into
one huge cigar 1t would contain .. 1858
cubic feet. A cigar seven feet i'm diane
ter and fifty-eight feet long would con-
tain 2191 cubic feet of tobacco. Quod
erat demonstra ndum, Euclid would have
said if Euclid had been Roman instead
of a Greek. The National Association of
Piano Dealers sent to Speaker Joseph
Cannon not long ago a cigar that was
twenty inches long and two inches thick,
which was quite formidable smoke even
for the champion smoker that presides
over the House of Representatives. but
this $50 cigar is small affair, If 1t is still
in existence. beside one flfty-eight feet
long and seven feet in diameter. Mr..
Cannon is said to have smoked seven
fourteen-inch cigars in one evening. and
a twenty-inch cigar might be converted
into ashes by him without a struggle.
The man who would attempt to smoke a
f1fty-eight-foot cigar, however, would
probably summon the fire department and
an ambulance at the same time.
Some Famous Smokers.
Among the famous smokers that Wash
ington has known besides Speaker Cannon
have been Presidents Mckinley and
Grant. Neither one of them was often
seen without a supply of his favorite
brand. AS often, however. as the camera
man has caught President Roosevelt he
has not caught him with a cigar. because
Mr.. Roosevelt does not belong to the fra
ternity of smokers. That there is an in
crease in smoking in recent years, despite
the large number of men who are abb
stainers is to be noted in the changes
brought about in social customs. For
merly it was bad form to smoke in the
presence of lady. Now, though the lax
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

JAPANESE women who Visit 'he
United States during the warm
months of the year find themselves
baff1ed by one phase of our nfe
They cannot understand the
American summer girl
In every respect She differs SO complete
IL from the girl of their own orient: her
pleasures are SO far removed. her costume
so different, that they never can get over
the riddle.
The American summer girl is sports
woman par excellence. She likes to swim.
ride. play golf. tennis, sail a boat and
hunt She lives in the open. The deadly
blaze of summers sun has no effect on
her. She accepts the sunburn with the
same amusement that she defies the neat
which attends it. Her one ambition is to
be perpetualy and eternally busy
In the winter she may give herself over
TO the gentler things OF life. and read and
study. But for her summer Is the hoy-
denis holiday, the great open-air picnic
when she can go back to g1rihood again
and rejoice in the possession OF muscles.
a good circulation and the enthusiasm TO
get the benefit OF both.
No wonder the Japanese girl marvels.
Her own life is the exact antipodes.
With her summer time Is a season for
rest. for reflection. It is also time to
get close to nature. to study the flowers
and the fields.
Unknown to her is the yachting dress.
the golfing skirt, the tennis makeup. the
heavy veil of the automobilist. the bath
ing suit designed to give free play to the
muscles. 1t is no hardship to have to
foreso the American girls style OF dress
Ing I'm the orient for the japanese woman.
though willing to adopt desirable ideals
from the orent. has decided that the dress
Of the far west does not become her.
The native dress lends grace and dig
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scent of the blooms and the winning
beauty Of their petals.
There Is much to see in these quaint
Japanese gardens with their curious
dWarfed trees, their wonderful little min
iature landscapes, where the groupings
are SO skillful that a sprig Of fern sug
gests towering monarch Of the forest.
and piece Of rock no bigger than an
ordinary paving block is magnied by
the imagination into a mighty mountain.
There are picturesque little dells and
lakes, cascades and waterfalls.
Around these a typical Japanese girl
can spend whole happy days. She has
no need of company. The singing of
the birds. the musical tinkling OF the
water. the perfume Of the flowers and
the beauty of the plants are enough.
Her studies take up large part of her
day. Before little writing tables. not
more than twelve inches high. she and
her companions squat on small padded
mats, while some old samura explains
the intricacies OF one of the most diff
cult of languages.
This ~squatting position has become
natural to the Japanese race, and by
constant attention to her postures ths
Japanese girl has managed to make her
self appear more than graceful in posi-
ton that would he most difficult for
women Of any other race. In fact, the