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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03
"THE COLLEGE BOY"

One of the distinctly attractive
events of the amusement season will
occur at the opera house Thursday,
March 4, when the popular comedy
with music, THE College Boy" will
be presented. This exceedingly delight
full performance is well known here
and to those who may have missed wit
Messing it last season the assurance is
given that it is decidedly well worth
their attendance. The comedy of the
piece evokes hearty laughter, the songs
and music are delightfully."- catchy and
melodious. The presenting company.
headed by Rex Wilson, the immense
ly clever comedian, is far above the
average in capability and from all
points of view this will be one of the
bright spots of the theatrical season.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03
(First Published FEB. l9, 1902
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the under
signed city clerk until 2 o'clock p. m.
Thursday, the 4th day Of March, 1909,
for furnishing the material and doing
the work Of constructing sidewalks ad-
jacent to the lots and pieces Of land
upon Seventh street from Chlckasha
avenue to Florida avenue and upon
Pennsylvania from Railroad street to
Sixth street, where sidewalks suffi-
cient to comply with ordinances OF said
city have not been heretofore con-
structed. The contractor to receive
tax warrants against the said lots and
pieces Of ground according to law in
payment of same The city council
win meet upon the above named day
at the council chamber at 2:S0 o'clock
p. m. for the purpose Of opening and
considering said bids. The right is re-
served to reject any and all bids.
Witness my hand as city clerk this
18th day OF February. 1909.
Joe Dews,
2-19-10d City Clerk.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03
GALLERY PerslfIaoe.

Lecturer (pompously)- ladies
ard gentlemen, at the battle OF Santi.
ago was behind the guns
Voice (from the audiencs) How
many miles?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03
LOST AND FOUND.

Estray-one Jersey milch COW with
halter on. Please notify F. Z. Riddle
and receive reward. l-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03
NIGHT ON BALD mcUNTAIN
Joe Dews,
City Clerk

On a lonely night, Alex Benton of
Fort Edward, N. Y. climbed Bald
Mountain to the home of neighbor,
torture by asthma, bent on curing
him with DR.. Kings New Discovery,
that had cured himself Of asthma.
This wonderful medicine soon relieved
and quickly cured his neighbor. Later
it cured his sons wife of a severe
lung trouble. Millions think it the best
Throat and Lung cure on earth. Colds,
coughs, crop, hemorrhages and sore
lungs are surely cured by it. Best for
hay fever, grip and waoop'ng cough.
soc and S1.0O Trial bottle free. Guar
anteed by Brown < Co
nRn-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03

wanted-A woman for general house
work in family of three. Call at 321
North Fourth. 1-St
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03

wanted-Reliable party to manage
office. Capital required, SIS. Address
B, care Daily Express. 2-6t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03
HELP WANTED.

wanted-A few good men and wom-
en- as organizers for local work; big
money quick to right party. Address
or call on J. T. Ross, Room 4S, Mid
way Hotel. between II a. m. and
p. m. l-2t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

Wanted-Clean cotton rags, at Daily
Express office. Bring them in quick.
dtf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03

For Sale-Two-seat surrey, cheap.
Mrs. Ella Cross, col Idaho ave
nue. Phone 265 2-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03

For Sale-50-foot lot adjoining west
school building, $3.50. Must sell quick.
Terms. See staley & Smith. 2-22-dtf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03

For Sale-Three-room house, barn,
good well, 415 Michigan, between
Fourth and Fifth; $3.50, part on time,
no interest. II. c. Evans. 1-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03

For sale-Good, two-story barn.
Mrs Ella Cross, COL Idaho avenue.
Phone 265. 2-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03

For Sale-Furniture for three rooms,
good as new, purchaser can rent rooms
for $40 per month. 125 Chickasha
avenue. 1-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03

wanted-Two furnished rooms for
light housekeeping. Address Box 2S7,
Chickasha. 2-St
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03

For Rent Two nice rooms Tor light
housekeeping, corner Fourth street and
Idaho avenue. 2-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03

Wanted-Who has forty acres pro
ductiye land that they wish to sell
at reasonable price? Attention given
to those who give location, descrip-
tion of land and price and terms. Ad-
dress N. W. H., care Daily Express.
1.3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03

For Sale-22O-egg Cypress ineuba.
tor. good as new; will sell for SIS
Call on David Goode, 1904 South
Twelfth street 3-2-tf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03
FOR SALE.

For sale-A one-horse family car.
riage. cheap Inquire 621 Colorado
avenue OF phone 102. s-5-tf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03

For Rent Fourroom house on South
Sixth street Phone 425. J. R. Aber-
crombie. 2-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03
FOR RENT.

For Rent-Nicely furnished front
room for gentlemen references re-
Quired Cali at S26 Kansas avenue 2-6f
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03

For Sale-New latest model No. 5
oliver typewriter. SIS. Small pay
ments l.. L. Gray, S17A chicbasha
2-St
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03

FROM stores that ADNEhItSE te
please ysuns wives.
HELP WANTED.
Wanted-A few good men and wom
en- as organizers for local work; big
money quick to right party. Address
or call on J. T. Ross, Room 4S, Mid
way Hotel. between II a. m. and 1
D. m. 1-2t
wanted-A woman for general house
work in family of three. Call at 321
North Fourth. 1-St
wanted-Reliable party to manage
office. Capital required, S75. Address
b. care Daily Express. 2-6t
FOR SALE.
For Sale-A one-horse family car.
riage, cheap. Inquire 621 Colorado
avenue or phone 1O2. s-5-tf
For sale-5O-foot lot adjoining west
school building, $3.50. Must sell quick
Terms. See Staley & Smith. 2-22-dtf
For Sale-Furniture for three rooms,
good as new, purchaser can rent rooms
for $40 per month. 125 Chickasha
avenue. 1-3t
For -Three-room house, barn,
good well, AIS Michigan, between
Fourth and Fifth; $3.50, part on time.
no interest. Fl. c. Evans. 1-St
For Sale-New latest model No.
oliver typewriter. SIS. Small pay
ments L. L, Gray. si7ia chickasha.
2-8t
For sale-22O-egg Cypress ineuba.
tor good as new; will sell for SIS.
Call on David Goode, 1904 South
Twelfth street 3-2-tf
For sale-Good, two-story barn.
Mrs. Ella Cross, COL Idaho avenue.
Phone 265. 2-St
For Two-seat surrey cheap.
Mrs. Ella Cross, COL Idaho ave
nue.. Phone 265. 2-3t
FOR RENT.
For Rent Furnished room for lady
or man and wife. All South Fifth,
2-15-dti
For Rent Furnished rooms at 61S
Chickasha avenue. 1-St
For Rent--Nicely furnished rooms
Call at Room Z, Choctaw Flats 1-6t
For Rent-The Red Barn, Sixth and
Choctaw See David Goode, corner
Twelfth and Washington. 3-2-tl
For Rent-Nicely furnished front
room for gentlemen; references re
Quired. Call at S26 Kansas avenue. 2-6t
For Rent Two nice rooms Tor lighi
housekeeping. corner Fourth street ant
Idaho avenue. 2-3
For Rent Four.room house on soutl
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-03

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Evening star., 1909-08-22

The rate of increase shown for the Ro-
man Catholic Church is 93.5 per cent,
which Is more than twice that for all the
Protestant bodies combined. The Meth
odists reported 1I.5 per cent OF all Prot
estant church members: the Baptists liz
per cent.
The total number of local religious or
ganiZations in 1905 is given as 2i2.2st, an
increase since 1890 of 47.0T9. or 2S.5 per
cent The Protestants are credited with
an increase in this particular amounting
to 27.S per cent, the Roman Catholic
Church 21.9 per cent. the Jewish congre-
cations 2319 per cent and the Latter-day
Saints, 3S3 per cent.
The Methodists reported the largest
number OF local organizations, "a, 101; the
Baptists reported 5i,Ss0; the PresbyteiianS
15JO6; the Lutnerans 12,103, and the
Roman Catholics l., 49,.
Other interesting features of the buile-
tin are those showing that the total ca
pacity of churches was JS,oi0,SIn, an in
crease over the 1890 United States census
figures Of - 4 per cent: that the rate OF
increase was practically the same for both
Protestants and Roman Catholics, and
kept pace with the increase in population.
and that S61 was invested in
church edifices I'm 1906. The total amount
of debt was SOS, ,0Jo.9i6 or SO per cent OF
the total value. of this total the Protestant
bodies owed S53.301 ,25i and the Roman
Catholics $40. $500. In sixteen states a
majority of the church members were Ro-
man Catholic in tweEty-nine states Prot
estant and in l UtaD Latter-day Saints
Evening star., 1909-08-22
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Wanted-An Ideal Labor Leader
:.s.s OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES til

emancipation which he was about 10 Wit
ness was more than an economic dc-
liyerance dependent upon prute strength.
and the ability of a mere man 10 eXer.
else unusual power. lie had Dach ..
him the omnipotent God of Abraham. OF
Isaac and of Jacob. the forefathers OF
the affiliated IsraeliteS.
1t was the religious element Ill Inns
movement which made Ii all-poN eiful
The deliyerance was TO come 50 that
the Israelites might worship more freely
the God of their fathers. He was to be-
come their leader
This day awaits another Moses-dNe.
many such. For again the masses need
, to be led out of bondage. NOT always
the bondage OF the ancient Israelites. al
though there is still call for such ser
vice, but the bondage which elsiaVe3
man to his lower self
The qualities that were SO conspicuous
in Moses must he found In the modern
leader He must be of the people, for
he NEST understand their needs. lie
must have had an experience which
sobered him. so that he IS familiar with
the deeper, truer things of life. He must
depend not much upon his speech az
upon his character He must have tho
power which can come alone through the
consciousness that his cause is just, and
that back of him. TOO. He was back
of Moses, stands the God OF the common
people, who is saying through hun:
LET my people 60.
Evening star., 1909-08-22
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Sunday Morning Talk
fs,Hsss IT i t t fs-FS-f -fSf -s-fs-tf'
and How to Get Rid OF

and How to Get Rid OF
Them.
-T has an ugly sound. this Woro
.grouch," that seems to be getting
domesticated in modern parlance.
Like another word which begins with
the same two letters-the word graft
it is taking on a very definite meaning.
When we say, Jones has grouch against
Smith :" we understand that Jones gen
eral attitude toward him is at least criti-
cal to nut 1t mildly, and when we say
to a boy who comes sulklly down 10
breakfast, Johnny, 1 guess you have
crouch on this morning" it isn't much
of a compliment to Johnny. and he knows
il isn't.
S,annv the expression may be, and ugly
sounding but the thing it STANDS 10! Is
e,en ugler. Oh these grouches Ill the
home the community, the cnurch aiu III III
.other personal relationships! HOW they
do darken and embitter life. man was
inst in TO see me who has peen nurs.is
ono for a long time. Somebody hiSnel
nm than he In the railroad company ior
which he works has. he thinks uohe nm
an ini,u.y Whereupon he resigned ms
nosition. Now he has chance 10 80 paI a.,
,,'d wants to. for he has not been able
- ti,u another job. But II" declares nc
In MT oven amply for his old place uil-
iii this official Apologies. II iildn
makes a damaging statement dnout hi'
n,,aht he not to be made either TO prove
Il or take it back This was ihe auei
Evening star., 1909-08-22
Religious Workers Have Their Own Navy


brought into contact with the men who
sail all seas are in turn profited them
selves by the wider outlook upon life
which they receive and by the training
in Christian effort. No count has ever
Endeavorers have made for sailors. but
been kept of the comfort bags" whi-n
the total probably amounts to a mil
lion. These bags contain buttons,
needles. thread. safety pins. bandages.
etc. and pocket Testament ESpe-
cially interested have the young people
been in work for the sailors aboard
warships Floating Christian Endeavoc
societies have been formed on many of
Uncle Sans fighting boats
Among the Fishermen.
Probably the most popular missionary in
the American eye today is DR.. Wilfred T.
Grenfell of the deep sea mission to Labra-
dor fishermen. DR.. Grenfell was given
honorary degrees this&year by both Yale
and Harvard, and he Is one of the most
popular lecturers on the American plat
form His mission boat, the Strathcona,
is a messenger of multiform mercy to the
entire population of the desolate coast or
Labrador. A number of college men and
women are assisting him in his hospital
and medical work.
Almost directly across the continent is
another mission boat, maintained by the
Moravian mission in Alaska. This boat.
the p J. Abler was reported lost last
month In a storm off the Alaskan coast,
but word has just been received Of Its
safe arrival at it's destination, having
been twenty-five days out from Seattle.
Two marine ministries are maintained
on the extreme northea stern and north
western coasts of the United States
proper. Among the Puget sound Islands
Rev. j. D. Hudson maintains the launch.
The Messenger. Capt. George w Lane.
after mission work along the coast OF the
fishermen
who live on the innumerable islands or
the Maine coast The remoteness of all
these off-shore people from doctors.
schools and churches affords an oppor-
tunity for q variety Of ministrations.
Down in Florida the Congregationalists
have what they call "the Florida navy
and they have carefully organized rellg-
ious work among the dwellers on the 800
miles Of inland waterways. The Maine
work is organized as THE Maine Seacoast
Missionary Society,"
The Romantic Morning Stars"
Most famous of all the boats in the
gospel navy are the series Of Morning
Stars built by the children Of Congre-
gational Sunday schools for services In
Micronesia. The first one was built in
1886, and sailed by Rev. Hiram Bng-
ham, the veteran missionary, to the Gil
bert Islands, who died a few months
ago after the latest of these boats. now
named after himself, had set sail for The
South Sea Islands, bearing cargo of
Bibles translated into G.lbertese by him:
There were five of these historical
boats which bore supplies and rein
forcements to the lonely missionaries In
those distant islands, some Of whom had
to wait a year for tidings from home.
In the Inland Sea of Japan the Bap-
fists maintain ship. the Fukuin Maru,
or Good News which has parish of
million Japanese.
Evening star., 1909-08-22
~ AA aA~aA 49, ARAR RhRRaA
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! Cardinal Returns Home. !
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was a guest with Bishop Foley, and eN-
tended to the prelates the courtesy OF
their convention. Ex-senator kerens
gave a luncheon in honor of the cardinal.
to which the Baltimore delegates to the
convention were invited.
At the conservation oe the handsome
stone cathedral in Salt Lake City the
cardinal presided. He made an informal
address, in which he spoke enthusiastlcai-
~ of the west and of the progress OF
Christianity in the center of Mormonism
Bishop Lawrence Scannell is the ordinary
of that diocese.
After several days in Salt Lake City.
where there were then gathered ten arch
bishops and bishops. the cardinal ana
Bishop Foley went to Yellowstone Park.
1t was the first time In many years that
the cardinal had been to the far west.
although many years ago he went to San
Francisco.
Both spoke In admiration Of the wonders
of the Yellowstone district, and Bishop
Foley said that it was a shame that more
Americans did not visit those regions
before travelling in Europe. He said there
Evening star., 1909-08-22

ne put to me at least four times during
our fifteen minutes interview After \
while / got little impatient and said,
"Oh. yes, j suppose. theoretically. he
ought to. But what's the use, MacAl-
lister of dwelling forever on that alleged
injury? Swallow your pride, go back 10
your old job. The road wants good men
like you. You, for your family's sake, rs
well as your own, need work. Let by
cones be by-gones Take hold again.
Live down any rumorS your supposed Toe
may have started about you. Compel him
to respect you because of your nlanllness
and your attention to business
a crouch is like a germ. 1t eats INTO
the very fiber of your mind. You get
thinking Of it at night, and II grows
as big as a mountain. obscurInS every
thing else in sight. You lose all sense
Of perspective and proportion. You come
down i'll the morning as tired as Wheh
YOU went To bed. The thing mas become
twenty times big as it originally was.
But wasn't 7 treated shabplly But
even if you were, why should one slight
or injustice, or even a series OF them d'-
stroy all your peace of mind. make YOU
morbid and melancholy? Think of the
numberless other things you have TO ba
grateful for the countless other interests
which may engross your thoughts ahd cl-
ergies.
And remember especially these TWO
things: First. it il always better TO sufer
wrong than to do wrong. and S"coud.
man is capaiIe of displaying no Hohl"f
grace than that OF magnanintl&. We
most resemble Jesus Christ when we Tor
give forget and return good for eN'I.
THE PARSON.
Evening star., 1909-08-22

4HAT the church members in the
United States numbered nearly
thirty-three millions in 1906:
that there was a billion and a
quarter dollars invested in
church edifces; that every day eight new
churches sent their spires skyward; that
males formed considerably less than half
the total church membership; that a
larger percentage of Catholic males than
Protestant males We're members; that In
sixteen states the majority of the total
church membership were Roman Catholics
but that of the grand total of church
members reported for the United States
6l 6 per cent were Protestants and 36.7
per cent Roman Catholics; these are the
salient and conspicuous facts appearing
in the proof sheets Of United States
census bureau bulletin. prepared by Chief
Statistician William c. Hunt of the di-
vision Of population of the United States
census bureau, to be issued this month
under the direction Of the director. +.
Dana Durand The bulletin is In the ma
ture of an abstract Of the comprehensive
report. now in press. giving the results of
the fifth census of religious bodies in the
United States.
SS+4t'saa'
statistics OF church membership by sex
were collected for the first time in 1906.
Of the total number Of members reported
by the various religious bodies and classi-
fed by sex, 431 per cent were males and
$50 per cent females. Among the
Protestants the difference was greater,
only 1913 per cent being males. In the
Roman Catholic churches there were
relatively more males, the number form
ing 49.3 per cent of the total membership.
fnr,y1 n
among the Latter-day Saints, the Luth-
erans. Disciples, Method.sts. Baptists.
Presbyterians and Protestant Episcopa-
lians, the percentages of male members
decreasing In the order shown, and there
being but $50 per cent male among the
Episcopalians. Am6ng the Christian Sci
entists. only 276 per cent were males:
and Of the Shakers. only 21.3 per cent:
but, in the Greek Orthodox Church, 8S9
per cent were male, as practicaiiy all
Greek immigrants have been males.
or the total estimated population OF
continental United States in 1906. the
church members formed 331 per cent, as
against 32.7 per cent for 1890. amounting
to 64 per cent more In 1906 than In 1880.
OF this 64 per cent increase, the Roman
Catholic Church is credited with A. per
per cent, and the Protestants with Is per
cent: the remainder being divided among
all other denominations.
It is stated in the bulletin that the
total number of members reported by
the various religious bodies for 1905
was 32,936,445. Of which number the
Protestants were credited with 20,2Ss.-
7io and the Roman Catholics with r.
OT9,14o OF the Protestant bodies, the
Methodists numbered 5,149.S3S: the Zap
lists, 5,662. .234: the Lutherans, 2.112, 49i;
the Presbyterians. 1,S3o,JJJ. and the
ID sciples or Christians, 1.i42.359.
OF the total Of 32,936.44o church mem
bers, 61.6 per cent were Protestants, ~. I.
per cent Roman Catholics and IL per cent
members of other religious organizations.