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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-06
TALK PROSPERITY.


one q the largest and sr5nsss
cEles .p me Mississippi valley has re-
Gently organized in Us Chamber Of
Commerce . club Of optimism. The
purpose of the ciu5 is to overcome ten
deneies 70 talk disc0urasingly ab0u.
the subject of hard times, says tAe
Enid Eagle This city has fourd that
IS pessimistic citizens. many OF whom
are prone 70 drift and whose prosp crity
.is therefore dependent upon the cur
rents and the times rather ttan uron
energetic and able business methods
are doing themselves and others great
injustice and INJURY by croaking. r.
consequently the club.
These optimisis viii attempt 20 XIII.
locally the authority behind the state
ment that salE is cheap They be-
lisve that talk lies behind publicity:
newspapers. magazines and libraries
being fn one sense forms Of talk. They
believe shat talk makes policies, ere.
ates sentiment establishes toms.
has much p do win prosperity aud
adversiry and creates and destroys
states and nations. because il is the
agent and vehicle of human thought
ard inspiration.
Nuch of the hard times talk which
this cry Is combating with ali the rest
of the country, IS unjustiBable. It per-
sists among the ne'er-do-wells and peo-
Ile who haze local Information only.
This eity believes that what we are
calling hard times IS but Ieveling Up
process thar the resources Of the na-
fi0n are very strong and are unim-
paired and that All optimistic view of
THE momentary so-salIed "stringencyr
81 all that il essential. MT only to con-
tinued progress but to the happiness
and security of All the people.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-06
aunscRIPTIoN RATEa.
rusLIel1x ros okLAAOMA.

We are glad e So the Oklahoma
glty Advertising clab taxing up q prop
osiiian Hiea the Express 8. divers and
sandsy times "a tae past has harped
upon wirh some degree of earnestuess.
The nreens neeessi-r s the present mo
nens oE effective advertising for the
estate 81 osiahomz
Oklahoma Is at this tIne neglec ing
golden opportunity. the opportunity
70 attract = tide q immigration whereby
ehe Development of onr xast agrieul-
gral and mineral resources now lging
dormant may be aeeelezzsed. says VII
Ham Taylor. president Of ths above
mentioned organization
IN this statement Nr Taylor has
haadea The toNn-8aliders and state
builders . good sized package Of -food
for thought ~ tbs particular stage
in the history of the rev state il Isl
especially necessary thas wa give heed
! 10 shis important fscfsr in The business
building q great commonwealth.
TIE truth of the matter Is that Ee
have reached 4 point where Ii behooves
us b organize our forces for The pur-
pose of giving ga8lieirr 10 those facts
Which muss bs bronghs before she
counsr7 Il iarza il Ne are to mzintaia
the marvellous record for progress
mhieh We have established Il the past
3Ir Taf1ar well says
eve mast recognize that similar prin-
csaes applies 10 tae rivalry of srstes.
TIE remark II TacNus fits many
case. states are maintained thr0ueh
sha same means 81 which rhey we're
created The discontinnancs of adj
vertlsfng ID tie part 1t ans business.
whether ]. be that 1T al individual
or dos %. create 4 vacuum
Upon the eonsrarT. public attention
withdrawn from What Is no longer
pressed upon its notice 4 instantly I'd
gagged 81 sesige eompe ig0rs- IL Okla
bona wants u MAINTAIN its growth ii
mast get buu. Ea are not the north
western srd th4 Pacific cosst ard many
Other sgares ACTIVELY competing for
z,eop5e ana a our very doors. Arransas.
Colorado and Missouri Ii fact old
sgksrszs u cong avwors shrouabou
the cogntrF s threatened with boom.
as 4 seauei 70 the iudies5ug use 81
rrfu+e~s- snk
4I- wonid i vain fo IMAGINE shst
shss gres4 advertising movement has
l,tle - 70 eaee- mon -be growth IF
rhe .ts+e II 0kfsboma rsa~v Iowa
fs-rna~ f-- fhs4er1s ,z.ke +~o~i-s 4o~
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-06

We should make the T. i q c cor
ner stone laying 81 erent that vii az
tract statewide attention AS mere
business proposition the people Of
Chickasha cant % anything more val
uabie than 20 push The development Of
this splendid Institution in every pos
siDle way
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-06
BANKS on suaE THING NOW.

I'm never be without Dr. Kings
New Life pills again" writes A. schin-
geek, ei7 Elm street, Ruffaio n. y.
They cured me OF chronic conslipa.
ion when all others failed" I'm
equaled for billousness. jaundice. indi-
gestion, headache, chilIs, malaria and
debiliy 25c at Brown < Co.'S d&W
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-06

The state Capital IS alarmed b.
cause Il has not seen the resignation
of VI p Anthony who is now the
speaker Of the house. The Old Girl at
Guthrie says hewas The gSvernor's RrI
fate secretary, and should have re-
signed when accepting the speaker
snip. Well for the information Of that
purYeypr Or back yard gossip the Dem
ocrat VIII AZ that she private secre
tafy IS not q commissioned official. He
Is employed by the governor the same
as reporter on a newspaper is en-
loyed- and can quit. be fired or gently
deDosed without the formality Of a
written resignation Il is safe 10 say
that Mr Anthony viii draw pay only
as q legislator while he is speaker OF
the house.--Anadarko Democrat.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
How Arthur Saw the Circus.

BY Leo Beckard, Age 10 years, Waco,
Neb. Red side.
For the last month Arthur had looked at
the circus posters on barns close TO the
road every time he went to town. He had
heard that they gave passes to the people
for letting them paste pictures on their
buildings, but Arthur's fathers barn was
too far from the road, so the circus agents
did not put posters on their barn.
Arthur hoped to earn enough money to
go to the circus, but his father had been
sick and he had to help at home. The day
OF the circus came, but Arthur hadn't
earned any money vet. All the other boys
were going to the circus, but Arthur took
his fishing pole and started for the lake.
There was quick sand along the eastern
shore so he had to be careful not to get
in It. He got into his boat and started
TO row away from shore when he heard a
large crash behind him in the bushes and a
shrnl strange cry. He turned and saw a
huge elephant coming into view. His trunk
was curled and his white tusk CLEANED
against the green back ground and his
eyes danced wickedly. He had seen the
young fisherman before he showed him
self, for he was headed for him.
Arthur padded for dear life for the ami
NAL was in the water after him. lie headed
the boat up the lake for the east shore.
Hardly had he reached the shore when he
jumped out and climbed a tree near by.
The elephant came up and started to
drink as Arthur thought, but before he
knew what was up the elephant was throw
ing water at him. The elephant kept this
up for a time, when he sent up a shrill
cry Of terror for he was stuck and sinking
in the quick sand.
Arthur got down and ran for home. On
the way home a boy told him that the
largest circus elephant had got away and
there was a reward of $40 to the person
that found him. Arthur saw a clown and a
crowd coming and he told them his story.
They went and got the elephant out of the
sand, Arthur was given a ticket to the show
and was $40 richer than any boy in town.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
George Washington.

BY DeLoma Lambers, Aged u Years,
Auburn, Neb. Blue Side.
George Washington was born February
%, 1882, in Virginia
When he was only II years old his father
died. lie liked to play he was a soldier.
His brother Lawrence was an officer in
the British army and George was very
proud of him in his fine uniform and often
drilled his little friends and played he was
captain like his brother.
When he became a young man he was a
surveyor. He fought in the French and
Indian war and had a narrow escape from
being killed as four bullets passed through
his coat. When the revolutionary was
broke out he was appointed chief comman-
der of the American army.
After the war was over he went to his
home at Mount Vernon. But he did not
stay there long, because in 1883 he was
elected the first president Of the United
States.
He served two terms and was begged TO
serve a third, but he refused.
In December 1879 he was out in a severe
storm and took sick.
He died at Mount Vernon in 1893. much
loved and honored.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

and now all would be happiness again.
The father would return to them within a
few days, and he had written to say that
they would all go far, far away and begin
life all over again. Oh, what a happy day
this was for the boy! But on the follow
ing morning, as he entered the shop, the
eyes, solemn and sad, of little Peek-a-Boo
looked at him, and they seemed to say:
When you are gone 1 shall have no friend
in the worldl' And the boy decided he
must let Peek-a-Boo out Of prison before
he went to his own happiness.
That Saturday his week would be fin
ished, and he would give notice to his en-
ployer that he would work for him no
longer, as he was going with his parents to
another town far distant. So he decided
upon a plan. He wrote an appealing note
to his employer. begging him to set Peek
a-Boo free, to let him, the boy, carry him
back TO the woods where he belonged. He
offered as payment for the owl his weekly
wage Of SO. The note was written from
the very depths of his sympathetic heart,
and when the employer read It he was
deeply touched. Maybe, after all, it was
not right to keep the little owl in prison.
And he set to thinking seriously, and when
the boy asked for his answer concerning
P~eek-a-Boo, he said: Jones, you are an
unusual boy. 1 feel that you are right,
Perhaps your own deep sorrow has made
you more alive to the sorrow Of other
creatures. l will allow you to take Peek
a-Boo to the woods and turn him loose.
The stuffed owl and the little artificial
ones will do for show-window purposes.
A~nd-never mind about the price you Of
fered me to liberate the bird. You. have
earned your money and l could sell
the owls liberty to you. You need the
money for yourself and mother. But 1
can afford to lose the amount ! paid for
the hird-if 1 may call 1t lost. In the end I
think I shall be gaining something-the
lesson Of mercy and justice"
The boys face was so full Of happiness
that It was a good sight to behold, and for
the first time during their business associa-
ton the employer grasped the clerks hand
and shook it warmly. You'll get on in
the world all right, young fellow he said,
"One who wants to let live as we'll as live
will nave friends everywhere he goes. Good
luck to you, Jones, and good luck 10 little
Peek-a-Boo and may he find his family
wherever they are. You may take him to
the woods whenever you care o."
The boy took down the cage and, hap
per than he thought II possible TO be, he
walked bravely out OF the shop. And at
home he found his father waiting for him.
And the reunion at his home that night
was too sacred for us to look in upon.
And In the darkness OF a little room Peek
a-Boo. rested, enjoying the black shadows
of night and feeling in his wise little
head that tomorrow all would be we'll
again for him And II was.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
Philips Valentine Party.

By Ronald o. Wyckoff, Ex-King, Aged II
Years, WILDER, Neb. Red Side.
Philip and his mother lived all alone.
They were poor folks. They did not live
very far from the school house.
Monday morning when Philip woke up
he said to himself; 81 wonder If I will get
any valentines today? And 1 am too poor
to buy any for the children"
So when he got dressed he ate his break
~fast-what little they had. When he fin
ished his breakfast he got his books and
started to school. On his way he met a
boy coming with an invitation for a party.
This boys name was William Brown. His
parents were wealthy. When Philip read
1t, he started to school feeling very happy
to think he was invited I" the party. The
party was to be from 3 o'clock to 3 o'clock.
When Philip went home to dinner he
showed his mother the invitation. Philip
went to school In the afternoon. When
school was out Philip and the other boys
started to the party.
When they got there the boys played
games until they were ready to eat. They
had oranges pickles, cookies, etc. The
cookies and everything were cut into
hearts. When they we're through eating
they played blind man and the one
that stuck a pin in the center Of the heart
won a prize and a nice big valentine, too.
So Philip stuck the pin in the center Of a
heart. Philip won a box Of bonbons and
some valentines. Philip went home feeling
happy once more.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27

that he should be derived Of his liberty +?
/ feel so sorry for him, and If l can, 1
shall liberate him."
But the days passed and passed and still
little Peek-a-Boo remained in prison, an OBJ
ject of pity, truly. One day a lot Of other
little owls were brought into the shop and
four of them put into the cage beside
Peek-a-Boo. One of them was placed in
either corner, But they were not live owls;
they were Just toy owls Oh, the misery Of
this to Peek-a-Boo! When he first saw the
little owls put into his prison he thought
them alive, and a great leap of Joy came
into his little body. But the instant he
touched one Of them the truth came to
him like a blow. They were not like his
feathered friends of the wood. And so he
sat and looked down upon the toy things
day after day, and they, poor insnimate
things, sat and stared-without seeing into
the out-of-doors. And people came along
and laughed to see four toy owls that re-
sembled 80 closely the one real owl that
moved and batted his poor eyes.
One of the worst trials which Peek-a-Boo
had to suffer was the constant electric
light that shone in his face all night and
the strong sunlight which poured in all day.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
A True Story.

BY Verdon Leggett, Aged 10 Years, Buff
falo, Wyo. Red Side.
One time three boys and myself went up
in the mountains to camp for a week.
There were the two Lott boys and my
brother and myself. We got a man who
was hauling lumber from the sawmill to
take us up.
We got up there and fixed camp up and
then 1t was time to go to bed. We rolled
in and woke up early the next morning
and got up and cooked breakfast.
When We got through we washed our
dishes and went fishing. We all caught
some fish and had some of them for din
ner and some for supper.
There was a little branch of the creek
ran right down past camp and we put our
things in the water to keep them from get
ting too warm.
One part Of the day we would be on the
mountain rolling stones down and the other
part fishing. The squirrels would come up
and eat the scraps. They would hide
them just below camp.
One night Howard Lott and I started for
town at s O'Clock. We knew there would
be company the next day and we needed
a few things. We got there at 10 o'clock.
1t was seven miles from town,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
Franks Dream.

By George Nicholson. King Bee, Aged 10
Years, Abbot, Neb. Red Side.
One day a boy named Frank was reading.
He fell asleep and he was dreaming about
fairies and that he was in fairyland and
was going to see the fairs queen at her
palace. He went to her palace in an auto
mobile that flew up in the air and as he
went along he saw lots OF flowers. When
he got TO the queens palace he saw a lot
Of other fairies there. When the queen
saw Frank she showed him all over her
palace and when Frank had seen all the
palace the queen showed him all the land
that belonged to the fairies. As they were
going along Frank saw a lot OF fairy
children going TO school, lie stopped at the
school house and he saw all the scholars
He thought that they learned their lessons
easy. After the fairy queen and Frank
had stopped at the school house for a while
they went farther on. Frank asked the
queen IL he could stay in fairyland all the
time. The queen told him that he could
stay II he wanted to, Frank said he would
stay. Frank often went to see the school.
At that moment Frank woke up to find
tina It had all been a dream. He said
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
Florence's Valentine.

By Carol Simpson, Aged 10 Years. WILDER,
Neb. Red Side.
Florence was a little girl who lived with
her father and mother in a little town
called Osborn. Florence was 9 years old
and was in the fourth grade. One day she
came running In, "Oh, mamma she cried,
Miss Potter has said we are to nave a
Valentine box, and 1 am so happy" The
next day she made a little red valentine
and a green one, and quite a few others.
When Valentine day came she received
ten. In the afternoon she was sitting in
her little rocking chair out on the front
porch, when she saw a little boy coming
towards her. He was holding something
brown and tiny in his hands. WAN a
valentine?" he called out to her, "Wha
nave you gOt?" asked Florence. He put
it in her hand. and it said "cockadoodle-
doo," and there was a little bantam rooster.
Florence liked this kind OF a valentine
better than all the others, and l would,
too; wouldn't you.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
The Cave.

BY George Coos, Age II years, Plainview.
Neb. Red Side.
Once there were fo1r boys and their
names were Harry, John, Howard and Ray.
Harry and John were brothers and How
ard AND Ray were brothers
They wanted to build a cave in the hill
and they ask their father if they could and
he said, yes"
So they built the cave.
One day Harry and Howard were going
home from school and they thought that
they would stop and play a little while.
The boys had to crawl on their hands
and knees to get into the cave.
When they got in they saw a man In It,
the man tied them to a post and took their
things away from them. Then he ran away.
A little while after John and Ray were
going by the cave when they heard a cry
for help. Then they went IN and saw their
brothers tied to a post. They united them
and asked how they got tied up.
Harry and Howard told them, The boys
did not play in the cave again, but filled it
up with dirt, The boys never saw the man
again.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
Andv's Valentine.

BY Marvin Trimmer, Age 3 years, Sidney,
Neb. Red Side.
1t was near st. Valentines day when
Andy Gordon began 10 think he would not
get any Valentines.
Andy Gordon was a poor boy. who had to
sell papers for a living. He had not had
good luck, His mothe had little money to
send Andy to school.
His mother was a poor widow whose
husband had left her but little money.
Andy was only an infant when his father
died.
Andy's teacher was going to have a Valen-
tine box, so Andy's mother said he might
go TO school.
AT last st. Valentines day came. In the
morning Andy got up early and dressed.
when Andy's mother got up Andy had the
fire built ready for his mother to get
breakfast. After breakfast Andy went to
school. He was surprised to find that he
was the first one in the school room. He
found his teacher busy at her desk.
Andy got down at his desk and got his
lessons for the morning. There was going
to be a prize given for the best one that
day.
At noon Andy went home and got his
dinner and then went back to school,. After
recess all the children were anxious to
see who got the prize.
Andy was surprised to receive the prize.
1t was a valentine.
When they opened tho Valentine box
Andy got many other little Valentines.
When Andy got home his mother was
glad to hear that her son got the prize.
That night Andy went TO bed with a
happy heart.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
A Burro Ride

By lnez Hoole, Aged 12 Years, BenkIeman.
Neb. Red Side.
Last summer, when we were in Colorado.
my uncle and cousin, Esther, were visiting
US. One day we decided to 20 out to
Seven Falls. We rode on the car six miles.
Then we mounted burros, which carried
us to the foot of the falls, and then we
went up the steps. When we got to the
top we were hungry, so we ate our dinner,
and about five burros crowded around us;
they wanted to have some dinner, too.
One of them came to my brother and
snatched his bread out Of his hand. My
cousin Esther had her kodak with her and
she took our pictures on a big rock out in
the stream.
Then W. played on the side OF the noun
tain until we were tired and started for
home. When we reached the foot OF the
falls we mounted the burros again, N.Y.
uncle and my ~6-year-old brother swere on
one burro. This burro bucksd and nearly
threw them off.
Esther and / got our buTros started going
so fast that we could not stop them, so we
soon reached the stand, and that ended
our burro ride.
We nave recently moved to a ranch from
the city, 1 have no playmates out here,
and so ] have become interested In 'OThs
Children's Department OF The Bee, as it
comes to the ranch every day.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
Abraham Lincoln,s BoYhood.

Keith Kimere, Aged 10 Years, 1902 Cass
Street, Omaha, Neb. Red Side.
Abraham Lincoln was born in a rude log
cabin in Kentucky. The cabin did not have
a floor, the earth served for that. He was
born on the 18th of February, 1909.
His father was a farmer: q very lazy
man, too. He couldn't write his " name.
His mother was a very nice woman. She
did everything she could to teach little
Abe. Abe's sister was two years older than
he. She helped her mother in every way
she could and was a bright girl for her age.
Their food was potatoes and corn bread,
and the meat they got from the Wild am
mails. Their clothes we're made out OF
leather; all except their shirts, which were
made OF llnsy- woolsy. This work was hard,
and little Abe had TO work, too. He would
run along behind his fathers plow and
drop the seed in the burrows.
They moved TO Indiana when Abe was
2 years old, because his father thought
there was better soil there. They travelled
in a wagon train, which was hard and
dangerous, but little Abe thought great
sport.
They crossed the Ohio river on a raft.
Mr.. Lincoln could not manage his raft, and
1t upset. He saved some of his goods; these
he left with a sister till he came after
NSAA' iiN thN BOb ~ WhSlb MI LiIlCOll
had chosen, he built a half-faced camp. 1t
had no windows, doors or fire place. 1t
had skins stretched across the front Of the
camp.
After they had lived in this place &r
one year, Mr.. Lincoln built them a better
cabin. For chairs they had slab stools,
for a table a log cut In two, resting upon
four legs. The bed was made in one corner
of the house, and they would make a kind
OF a frame with a forked stick in the
ground. Then they would put sacks of
caves on ropes stretched across the frame,
Abraham Lincoln had but few books.
What he did get he read over and over
again. His mother died when he was 10
years old.
l think that people ought to try, even
IL they are poor. Abraham Lincoln was
poor, but he was determined to try, and
he succeeded, He became one Of the great
est men that the United States ever had.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27
A Kind Deed.

BY Bruce Taylor, Aged II Years, Abbot,
Neb. Blue Side.
There once lived a boy named Andy
Baker. He lived in the state OF Nebraska
and his father was very rich. and Andy
was very selfish and very cruel TO animals.
Not very far from where Andy lived was
a poor boy named Jack Brown, and he had
a dog. One day Andy saw Jacks dog
walking along theg road and Andy thought
he would shoot 1t. So he got his gun and
was about to shoot when he saw Jack
coming, so he walked off, but Jack saw
him, but he did not say anything. Not
long after that Jack and his dog we're
walking along the banks of a river when
he heard a shout FOR help a little way up
stream and turning a bend he saw Andy
hanging on a boat that had upset. Andy
could not swim and he would have drowned
IL 1t had not been for Jack, who said to
his dog: Go fetch him" The dog
plunged into the water and swan TO Andy
and grabbed his collar between his teeth
and swan to shore. SO the dog that Andy
was going to shoot saved his life.