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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
Will Mail Checks
For AppOrtiOnment


Guthrie, Okla, July 26,- The state
superintendent OF public Instruction
has finished making the apportion-
ment for common schools for the six
months ending June 30. Fifty cents
per capita was apportioned. This Is
BY far the largest summer apportion-
ment ever made, It reflects great
credit on the management Of the
school land affairs for the accumula-
lion Of this much money, The state
treasurer will Immediately begin send
ing out checks to the various coun-
ties and will send them out IN alpha
betical order.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26

Was to Have Launched New Paper in Tulsa.
Motive UnknOwn---Man Found In
Dying Condition

on the head gives rise to attempted
murder theory, though the motive is
not determined It is said by the fam
ily that large diamond worn BY Bas-
sett and his purse are missing, which
strengthens the theory advanced that
il murder had been attempted 1t may
be the outgrowth Of last years Re-
publican primary in Illinois. in which
Bassett conducted publicity bureau
for the Yates campaign against De-
neen for the gubernatorial nomination.
Bassett was former Illinois pub
Usher and politician, and came here
three months ago. The News was to-
appear Aug. l5
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
REVIVAL WELL ATTENDED.

There was an exceptionally large
crowd present at the Second Baptist
church last night to hear Rev. Bran
don OF Anadarko, in the opening ser
mon OF the revival services. His talk
was instructive and beneficial and the
audience appreciative 1t was impos-
sible to seat all the visitors last even
Inc. but arrangements to accommodate
all will be made tonight,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
Especial Express Telegram ]

Especial Express Telegram.l
Tulsa, Okla, July 26.-Mystery still
surrounds the shooting Of Mark Bas-
sett, an editor who recently organized
the Tulsa News Company, and who
was found in dying condition yes
terday in the office of the A, l.. Black
Printing Company. AT the hospital
it was stated this morning that Bas-
sett had chance of recovery, the bull
let In the head having missed the
vital spot
When found by his son, who was
to meet and attend Sunday school with
his father. Eassett was lying on the
floor with 22-caliber pistol at his
side. The absence of powder marks
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
JENKINS WRITES BACK.

= F. Major Of the firm OF jenkins
& Major, Is in receipt OF letter from
"A. >. Jenkins. who left here few
days ago for western trip. saying
that he and Mrs. Jenkins, the latter
having Joined him at Colorado CITY,
expected to spend Sunday in Los An
geles. After few days IN that boom
city, they will go on to San Francisco,
thence to Seattle, where tilev will take
in the exposition.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
EXCAVATIONS BEGIN.

The work Of cleaning off the weeds
on the lot just east of the sayer build
ing on the north side Of Chickasha
avenue was begun this forenoon pre-
paratory to the real work Of construct
ing the three-story brick building men
toned several days ago
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
D9mented Man Jumps
From High Building
Especial Express Telegram ]

Denver, Colo, July 26.- Constant
watching by the bedside Of his sick
wife having unbalanced his mind, J.
w Powers. wealthy man from Or
lando, Okla, threw himself from the
roof of three-story building this
morning, breaking a leg and three
ribs. Physicians think he will re-
cover, but he will be crippled for life
A brother Of Powers is now on his way
here from Oklahoma
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
IN NEW BUILDING.

The Cheaney Harness Company
moved today from its old quarters, 1926
South Third street. to the east room
of the new Martin building, 80 Kan.
sas avenue. For a long while the
company has been crowded. for want
Of space and now the stock shows
to much better advantage in the new.
building
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
BOY
DISAPPEARS
Especial Express TeIegram.l

Especial Express Telegram.l
Denver Colo, July 26-Mrs. Nj. J.
Humphries OF Blackwell. Okla. rel
ceived card stating that her son was
sick here in hospital and reached
here today. but failed to find her son.
The mother says her son arrived in
this city July -. He was formerly
manager OF tue telephone company at
Perry, Okla. The mysterious disap-
pearance Of her son cannot be ac-
counted for.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
Strike Soon
Be Settled
Especial Express Telegram. |

ESPECIAL E4pFess IeleBram.I
Muskogee. Okla, July 26.-It is be-
lieyed that the Muskogee street work
ers' strike, which has involved five
hundred men will be settled within
twentyfour hours.
Mayor McCarr held a conference to-
day with the paving contractors and
Labor Commissioner Daugherty, with
"a view Of settling the strike The re-
suit win have an important effect upon
other cities in the state.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
Norris Holds
ChairInanShip
Especial Express TeIegram.l ]

LDp0CIdI LApI E5o StCt1 I'LL
Oklahoma City. July 26. Following
conference with party members here
yesterday Joe Norris, chairman Of the
state Republican central COMMITTEES
decided that he would not resign hig
position al the head of the committee
This means that there will be no
change until the committee is reorgan.
lied
Norris assumes the duties Of his
new federal position Aug.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
MABEN CASE BEGINS

The Empire Stock Stock Company
opens two weeks engagement at the
Airdome tonight The opening bill
will be Across the Great Divide, one
Of the best four-act comedy dramas
ever written. Prices, 15c and 25c.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
PICTURE OF The DAM.

An attractive picture Of the Washita
dam and she power house adorns the
window Of the Chickasha Gas & Elec-
tric Company's new office. The pic
ture was drawn by A. w. Bennett and
Is good representation of the scene
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
CUPID NOT WORKING
HARD IN HOT WEATHER

A marriage license was issued this
morning to Charles Etzel Oklahoma
City and Mrs. Mary Murray OF Dal-
las.
Only one marriage permit was is
sued in the Grady county court last
week.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
FINGER IS CRUSHED.

John D. Robinson, 92S South Second
street. was helping load large tank
on car, when It fell on his hand.
crushing one finger. The flesh was
torn. but It was not necessary to am
putate the finger.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
MAcHINlsT INJURED

W. A. Fisher. S2s Kansas avenue,
was struck by piece OF flying iron
this morning, which lacerateds his
right hand
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
THE EMPIRE STOCK co,
Especial Express Telegram. ]

Especial ExDress TeIegram.f
Tecumseh. Okla. July 26.-The cases
against District Judge Maben. alIeg-
ing bribery. we're taken up BY Judge
Rosser here this afternoon. All TIE
attorneys on both sides, including At
torney General West OF the prosecr-
ton, are present.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26

Owing to the length Of the state
ment Of receipts and expenditures for
Boys Day, the account could not be
published today, for lack Of room, and
viii appear in tomorrow's Express.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
oLD.TIMER QUITS cAMs.


Especial Express Telegram.T
Paris, Texas, July 26,--Ben R Shel
ton, prominent In baseball today an
nounced his retirement from the game
for all time He was until recently
manager OF the Waco club Of the Tex
as League.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
MAY PLAY AGAIN.

It bs understood that the p D. bali
team has challenged the printers for
another game The latter say they
are willing and that in the next game
they propose to put on more ink, re-
adjust their throw-off add Several revo
lutions 10 their speed
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26
WEATHER FORECAST.

= New Orleans, July 26. For =
= chickasha and vicinity Cloudy :
= today and Tuesday; unsettled. :
%%%4* %+%%+% %%%%+4 =
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-18
Keep the Pirates Off the Rivers!

Neither the Federal Government nor the
States should charter corporations to grab the
lie should never be deprived Of those oaor-
mouSzy vazua6ze properties. TO GIVE
THEN OVER TO PRIVATE SPECU-
LATORS AND "DEVELOPERS'', IS TO
FEZTEh OUR FUTURE.
1t ought not to be done, no matter how
much money is offered.
Let the Federal Government and the States
develop these properties, and dedicate them,
eternally, to the use of the people.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-18
Selling Cotton


we could have obtained twelve cents. At that
price middling cotton was selling when GER
tain would-be bosses of the Farmers Union
(sonae of qUh0n1 oa0n no land, and groaO no cot
TOM thought to play Big Ike. They pre-
vailed upon the Union to demand fifteen cents.
The spinners fought back, and their combina-
ton was sufficiently strong to beat prices
down. Thousands of farmers were ruined. [
myself lost $4,000 by holding The men who
got the Farmers Union into this awful mis-
take lost nothing. They had no cotton. They
dous damages they had inflicted upon the
South
Apparently, the same clique of bosses be-
lieve that the victims of the mistake of 1907
have forgotten their wounds. Thursday
night, of last week, [ read an editorial, in the
paper of one of these Farmers Union lead
ers, urging farmers to hold every pound of
cotton. This editor is man who has no cot
ton, to sell or hold. Hence he runs no risks
But you and [ have cotton to sell, and we'd
be silly not to SELL when the price is so far be-
yond anything that we could have dreamed of
last summer The country is full of farmers
who we're glad to sign contracts to deliver at
ten and twelve cents. Why? Because they
had been so hard hit by the disastrous hold
Improvement of 1907, that ten cents looked
good to them. No one could foresee the
drouth which was going to parch the crops of
Oklahoma and Texas. Had it not been for
this providential occurrence, the men who
sold at ten and twelve cents ght have had
the laugh on those of us who did not sell. 1t
happened that qUay IN 1907. Those who de-
livered at twelve cents got fifteen or twenty
dollars per bale more than the rest of us.
But spectators got on to the fact that
Texas and Oklahoma would have terribly
short crops A pool was formed, and the bull
movement was on. Prices scared [ couldn't
afford to hold thirteen cent cotton, and my
factors had orders to "sell, keep selling. No
matter how high it may fly, Pm not going to
weep over account>saes which net me twice
as much as [ expected. knew what the pool
could not last forever. No one could foreteU
qoh0t the mills qcouzd do, OR WHAT THOSE
SPECTATORS WOULD DO.
When [ finished reading that editorial in
which the farmers were told to refuse fifteen
cents for cotton, thought to myself, II hope
the Farmers Union people will not heed this
reckless mans advice. lot Of fezzoa0s, inter-
ested IN warehouses, qUant to store the cotton,
and pocket storage profits THEN, AGALN,
BILLY WITHAM WOULD LIKE 70
LEND MONEY ON THIS STORED cor
TON AND PUT ADDITIONAL FEATH-
ERS Nv THE NEST OF HIM, THE SAID
BILLY. But who knows when the bull spec
uators Will get as far up as it feels safe to 90,
and will turn loose? The prices will then
take tumble"
So, the thing was on my mind when I went
to bed, and it rose with me this morning
(Friday).
And 10! the first paper I picked up off the
table where the mail is opened, the Atlanta
Georgian, told the tale.
The 6uz-cIque q0as smashed, and cotton
had lost $3.50 per bale.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-18

Gan You Reconcile Dr. MCAr-
thurs Different Statements /?
Rev. DR.. Asa Blackburn, of New York
City, made some hideous revelations con-
corning Chinese mission work. These awful
facts were published in the New York World
of June 81, 1909.
DR.. Btachbwn has never cr0aOfShed. lie
has no0nfuzzy stood By a0hat he said.
By mixture of names, [ credited his state
ments to the Rev. DR.. j. S. Macarthur, the
eminent Baptist minister of New York. The
Doctor wrote to me, soon afterwards, dis
claiming the alleged interview in the W0rzd'
and stating, further, that he knew of no such
facts as those mentioned by Dr. Blackburn
OF course [ then gave the name of DR.. Black
burn as my witness, instead of that of DR..
Macarthur. But our Methodist brother, r. G.
Cleckler, likewise wrote to DR.. Macarthur;
and the Doctor furnished him letter. about
the same as the one he wrote me- This second
epistle was used with much gusto, in The
Wesleyan Chg5Sti04l AdvOc0te, to prove me a
very prolific liar.
quested Rev. DR.. W. @. Lovett to let me be
heard in reply to Cleckler and Towson. I
trust that this Georgia paper will not refuse
to Georgian the right to repel the assaults
which have been made on him in the AdU0-
cato.)
Now, it is undeniable that Dr. Macarthur
talked to the reporter of the New York
V0Wd on the same day that DR.. Blackburn
did. What was the substance of Dr. Near
thurs statement? 1t was that the system of
individual instruction of Cinnamon by Amer
lean girls was bad; but, owing to the extra
precautions which he had taken, no scandals
had occurred in his church. Two of his lady
teachers had married their slant-eyed pupils;
and DR.. Macarthur had, with great reluc-
tance", performed the ceremony
Great reluctance? [ should think So
Those women are now probably going to the
josshouse, with their Chinese husbands, and
are bringing into the world little disciples of
Confucius.
The very first words used by DR.. Macarthur,
in his talk to the reporter, were these
"It has always seemed to very bad thing
to place our young women in close relation with
Chinese"
Gracious! When you stop to think what
that implies, can't you see that DR.. Macarthur
meant just about the same as Dr. Blackburn?
After stating how much he had disliked
and dreaded the system, and how glad he was
to drop it, DR. Macarthur went on to say:
"No consideration could induce us to resume
the former work. If it did not bring misfortune
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-18

RENITTANCES must be made in money orders
exchange Local checks cannot be accepted unless
ten cents is added for exchange.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-18
5be Jeffersontan

tinued BECAUSE OF THE EFFECTS OF 1T
WHICH WE OBSERVED ELSEWHERE.'
The Colorado statesman., 1909-08-28

and a dozen different acidy fruits that
Carlsbad doctors tell you to avoid.
There is nothing in the world that lies
heavier on a tired, fiaccid, midsummer
stomach than an iced melon the first
thing in the morning, yet a majority
of the tariffmakers ate them daily
The internal chill their digestive or
gans get is rapid cooler for tariff
reduction enthusiasm.
The capitol restaurant serves more
dairy dishes and pie than at any
other time of the year. The average
lawmaker eats at noon-a good habit
in this country. If only he would eat
digestible food. But he turns his
liver with overdoses of milk, pours
down quantities of iced drinks amid
layers of pie and devitalizing food.
The one salvation is that roast beef
generally cold-still remains the
principal blood making, brain sustain
ing, muscle giving meat dish of the
capital.
But 1t is the night diners that fur
nish the most amazing specimens of
menus. The bills of fare of the lead
ing hotels follow closely parallel lines.
Their principal dishes can be classi-
fed as follows:
Twenty-four different kinds of ices
Fifteen cold salads.
Fifteen different ways of cooking
potatoes.
Twenty-nine vegetables. hot and
cold.
Eight fish cooked in Is different
ways.
Thirteen fresh fruits.
Eight varieties of cheese.
Seventeen hot roasts and entrees.
of which eight were chicken and
birds
The Colorado statesman., 1909-08-28
Members of Congress Hot After MILEAGE

AS an evidence of the receptive dis
position on the part of the members
or congress 1t might be mentioned
that the representatives voted them.
selves each S125 eatra Stationery al
lowance" soon after the beginning of
the extra session. A great many
of them do not spend more than SIS
or S2O a year on their stationery
There are 391 members, four delegates
and three commissioners who may
draw this comfortable little additional
Sl25 allowance. making 1893 all told
The sum of this item, therefore, is
S21.450. Every employe of the cap
itol working force was granted an
extra months pay. and as the salaries
run all the way from $4,000 a year,
experts. to $50 month for messen.
gers. and $3.50 a day for pages, the
sum total is a tidy one. The extra
pay OF the senate pages amounts to
$4,000 for the extra session. These
youngsters. of whom there are 16,
are given $3.50 a day. reckoning 80
days a month
The urgent deficiency bill carries a
number of the items due to the extra
session. Among them is one for
miscellaneous items. exclusive of la
bor, s25,000." Who gets 1t is not di.
vulged in the bill. Another line in
the bill reads: ITO reimburse the off,
cial reporters of the proceedings and
debates of the senate for expenses
incurred during the first session of the
SiXty-first congress for clerk hire and
other clerical services, s3,240." The
official reporters of debates get $4,000
year apiece and extra compensation
for additional copies of their tran
scriptions
The Colorado statesman., 1909-08-28

THE extra session just closed is re-
garded in the eyes Of the law as
the first session of the Sixty-first con-
gress, so unless a court ruling Is made
which reverses the treasury depart
ment the lawmakers will get no mile
age when they come together next De-
cember. The senators and congress
men, however, have not given up hope
of securing their mileage for the
. Dingley law session. for they carried
Grosvenor, until recently a repre-
sentative from Ohio, and one of the
leaders of the Cannon machine in the
house, is the attorney in charge of
the case for the mileage claimants
The mere fact that most of the sena-
tors and congressman did not return
to their homes between adjournment
on March and the beginning of the
extra session on March Is does not
lessen their desire to get the mile
age. It is SO much velvet" If they
can get it, and the majority of the
gentlemen who go to Washington to
serve their country have the reputa-
ton of getting all they can.
The statesmen get Is cents a mile
over the longest possible route to
their homes. Some of the New York
members get more than $100 for a
trip.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-08-28
Busy Boosters of the Latin Republics

review number. John Barrett is d.
rector of the bureau and Francisco
Yanes is secretary. These two are
busy as bees. keeping the countries
In which they are interested in the
public eye. The July issue covers
the activities of the 20 Latin-Ameri.
can Republics of the International
union for the year 1908.
THE spirit of internationalism in
its broadcast application was the per-
aiding characteristic of relations be-
tween the various countries of Amer
lea during 1908." the bulletin says.
The year was marked by numerous
gatherings of the representative ele-
ments of national life. both in Latin
America and the United States, and
on all occasions indications of unan-
unity Of sentiment and community of
interest were markedly displayed"
The Colorado statesman., 1909-08-28

IF you want your picture taken with
= President Taft, come to Washington.
It's sure-thing proposition. Wheth-
er the biggest man of the nation is
at Beverly or Bullymahoo, it's all the
same thing. For the nominal price
of half dollar or a bagatelle of that
sort you can go laundering down to
posterity on a piece of pasteboard
clasping hands with the king of Amer
lea or costly locking arms with His
Honorable Greatness. OF course, as
far as the president goes, 1t is absent
treatment, pictorially speaking. All
you've got to be particular about is
to be on hand your own self
Way down "the Avenue" close TO
The Colorado statesman., 1909-08-28
Your Picture Taken With MIR. Taft

the Capitol, an obscure little photo
grapher's shop floats on its frontal a
drapery of white cloth bearing blat-
antly the black legend: Come in
and have your picture taken with
President Taft"
The trick is turned, of course, by
the simple method of improving the
customers figure beside the stock
plates of President Taft with out
stretched hand, as If in greeting. or
in friendly arm-and-arm pose. The
illusion, however, is very good, and
the perpetrator has been making
money ever since the inauguration.
when postcard takers filled the street
with similar enticements. The Cap
itcl or White House looms convincing
ly in the background, and In the fore
front there you are in the presidential
grip and under the radiance of the
presidential smile. OF course, your
friends in Wayback believe they have
ocular demonstration that you are the
whole show when you come to Wash
ington.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-08-28

WASHINGTON.- the thou
w sand things that influenced the
making of the tariff bill in congress.
there has been overlooked one ele-
ment that had indirect but important
effect on the raising or lowering of
schedules. Three times a day this
influence got to work on the sena-
tors and congressman perspiring in
the midsummer heat of the capitol
1t was their daily diet
The menus of Washington are a
culinary tumble, gastronomic hash.
a geographical mixture of tropical and
temperate zone cookery. They must
serve the pie eaters of New England,
the Frenchified palates of New York
ers. the beefeaters of the north, the
iron-clad stomachs of the west and
the uneasy livers of the south.
The city has not completely ac-
quired the art of hot weather dining
that you can find best exemplified in
Egypt, India, and the far east where
Englishmen and Americans live in ex-
lie. 1t struggles between carnivorous
appetites and tropical temperature
What sort of a tariff decision would
you expect from a man who eats beef
steak for breakfast, yet this is what
fare. Then there are II different
kinds of cereal foods that leave a
sawdust nourishment in your stomach,
The Colorado statesman., 1909-08-28

THERE is none of the imputed Latin
i indisposition to work in those who
conduct the international Bureau of
American Republics here.
The bureau. which, by the way. is
putting up spick and span new build
ing, acts as sort of press agent for
the Latin-American countries. A Pc
rusal of one of its monthly bulletins
is a liberal education in what the
"Other Americans" are doing and in
the resources of their countries.
The July number was the annual
The Colorado statesman., 1909-08-28
BIG Plant for Boulder.

Boulder, Colo.-Manager Lake com
menced clearing the ground for the big
fitty-ton concentrating plant of the
Primos company, which will, besides
treating the ore from the company's
mines, serve as custom mill for tung
stem ores from the Nederland district
in competition with the mill of the
Wolf Tongue company at Nederland
The Colorado statesman., 1909-08-28

The free delivery system will soon
be introduced by the Glenwood
Springs postoffice