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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-07-29
LADIES SHOES AND oXFoRDS
In All Lasts.

One lot $3.50 and 800 values 60 in
this sale at ----------------- -98c
One lot $3.50 values go in this sale at $198
One lot $500 values go in this sale at S238
One lot $3.50 values 90 in this sale at S2.98
One lot $500 values go in this sale at $3.48
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-07-29
Staple Department Bargains

Also Zoe values for --------------------o
Ladies Shamrock Lawn initial handker-
chiefs 20c and 25c values ------------l
Infant and Childrens Headwear $3.50
Fancy Bonnet to 90 at t-------------Sl.65
$125 Fancy Bonnet to go at ----------S0c
$500 Fancy Bonnet to 60 at ---------Sl.6O
75c Fancy Bonnet to 60 at-------------45c
$3.50 Girls Milan Straw Hat ---------$ $l2O
Ten thousand other big bargains not room to
quote.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-07-29

We will put one lot Of lace that sold for Sc.
6 lac, lie, 1-3c, and Zoe about ten thon-
sand yards that we are going to turn loose
Be here the first day and come back often.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-07-29
Men S, Women's S and
Children's Shoes

Never We're good shoes so reduced It is
our time TO clean up. We are doing it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-07-29
$4.OO MEN S OXFORDS GO IN
THIS SALE AT

$500 Mems Oxfords go in this sale at $396
$500 Mems Oxfords 20 in this sale at $496
$3.50 Mems Oxfords go in this sale at $54S
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-07-29
35c ROMPERS
2.3c

800 Bows Wash Suits --------- 60c
500 BOYS Wash Suits --------------S1.4S AS
$3.50 Boys Wash Suits ------------- S1.95
Big line of these goods not room 70 quote.
We have put on sale one lot of Embroidery
worth l5c 20c, 3Oc 35c, 4Oe and soc you may
have choice Of the lot
15c
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27
This Country Full of Foreign Spies

pecially in some OF their island pro-
tectorates. He returned to his home
country, and nothing more was heard
of him for several years.
One day toward the end OF 1910
man who had met this officer on hts
him again on ferryboat at New York
city. The officer was dressed In CIV
ilian clothes and either did not recog-
nize his former acquaintance or pre-
tended not to recognize him. When
addressed. however. he readily &C
knowiedged his identity. He said he
was in this country permanently and
was working in a factory on Staten
Island. This factory was within half
an hours walk OF some OF the most
important Notifications on the Atlantic
seaboard.
The fact was enough to make the
acquaintance suspicious. Here was a
man who had been an officer in a for
eign army, who had at one time ad-
mittedly represented his country on
an inspection tour, and who suddenly
turned up six years after in civilian
clothes and said that he was working
regularly in a factory close to great
fortress.
Some time later the acquaintance
called up the factory to see II the man
was still there. He was not. but had
left shortly after the interview on the
ferryboat
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27
Youth Ends 3O,O0O-Mile World Jaunt

the wealth or prominence of his fam.
lily. his college days or of his life be.
fore he started on the eventful trip
The young man first signed as a
feeder on London bound cattle boa,
from New York. He was sick almos,
the entire trip. but he did not give u1
the idea Of circling the globe. He
spent some time In London, then
moved to Belgium and later to Aus
tralia. He visited points in Egypt
Gibraltar and other places in the Old
World He worked in the Fiji and
Hawaiian islands and finally landed
at Vancouver, B. c. There be found
serious strike in progress. It was
then Matter became an American
tramp in the truest sense of the
word. Wearing shabby clothes and
badly in need of shave. the young
man started to hobo" his way out of
the country.
He finally reached Swift Current.
Canada. where his brother. John Mat
ter. is located. and a happy reunion
followed. John Matter was the first
person Robert Matter had seen since
leaving New York that he knew. Mat
ter secured position on a farm and
worked until he saved enough money
to ride to Marion 'on the cushions"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27
To Auction Off Decrepit Warships

HE contemplated sale by the United
! States government OF 43 warsh1ps
classed as obsolete in the latest navy
report will open an extensive field to
the battleship broker. The lot will in.
clude battleships. armored and pro-
tected cruisers. monitors and gun
boats. Rapid development in the
building of dreadnoughts has caused
battleships and other war craft which
ten years ago were considered formid-
able. to fall behind present require
ments. Consequently the government
plans to get rid OF them, either by
breaking them up and selling them as
junk, or disposing of them to South
American republics.
Among the battleships classed as OBJ
solete are the Kearsarge, Kentucky,
Alabama, Maine. Massachusetts, In
diana, Ohio. Oregon. Missouri. Iowa.
Illinois and Wisconsin. 1t cost to build
them $64,4O5.225. When the Kearsarge
and the Kentucky were put in COM
mission several years ago they were
among the finest battleships atioat.
Their batteries of seven-inch guns
were impressive, but now, compared
with ships like the Delaware. the
Michigan, the Florida. they seem in
significant.
The cruisers doomed to the scrap
heap are the Brooklyn. New York. St.
Louis. Charleston and Milwaukee. The
Brooklyn was Admiral Schley's flag
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27
Horse Thief Made Cave a Rendezvous

ID ADELPH1A.-Frank Brown, the
/ self-confessed horse thief, accord
ing to Captain OF Detectives Soude7,
has stolen at least 100 horses. 1t was
declared by the detectives that the
young woman who was arrested with
Brown and whom he calls his wife
knows Of many Of the thefts. Captain
Souder said that Brown would steal
the horses and then sell them. some
times getting in exchange another
horse. which he would also dispose Of
In this way scores of horses have got
50 mixed up that it will take Captain
Couder some time to recover all the
horses and have them returned to
their rightful owners.
Captain Souder admitted that Brown
had made long confession and that a
number of the horses had been recov-
cred, but that he was not yet prepared
to give out list Of the owners of the
animals. Souder asked all those in
Pennsylvania and New Jersey who
had lost horses to communicate with
him or call at the detective bureau at
once, as they may have a chance to
recover their property
1t was learned for the first time that
Brown and the woman who poses as
his wife lived for a considerable time
in cave in the northeast section of
the city and that their whereabouts
was only discovered by the illness of
the woman. Detectives worked on the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27

ship at the battle CT Santiago. The
total cost of these is $2O.350.275. The
unarmored cruisers that we're service
able in the Spanish war. but In mod.
ern sea battle couldn't approach tho
enemy within ten miles or more. are
the Olympia. Dewey's flagship at the
battle of Manila bay; the Raleigh. Bal
timore, Chicago, Cincinnati. Boston.
Marblehead. Atlanta, Philadelphia. San
Francisco. Montgomery. Minneapolis.
and Columbia Total cost. $25.965.78
Warship brokers in this country nat
urally will look to South America as
the most likely field for business. Ar
gentina and Brazil are setting the pace
for dreadnoughts, and the smaller re-
publics, which might wish to follow
their example, may flnd 1t cheaper
and more economical to buy battle
ships of the type OF the Kentucky and
the Kearsarge. Such Of the smaller
republics as wish to increase the
strength of their navies, being unable
to order dreadnoughts, probably will
try to make a bargain with Uncle Sam
or else employ the battlesh1p broker.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27

w ASHINGTON.-If Uncle Sam want
W ed to 60 into the summer resort
business. now would be his golden OPP
portunity. He has scores of chances
to acquire for song hotel and resort
property OF great scenic beauty,
though possibly of little commercial
value. according to the agents BOOM
ing them. Whether Uncle Saw will
bite" will depend upon the national
forestry commission.
The efforts to sell are being made
under the Weeks Forestry law. other
wise known as the Appalachian Forest
Reserve act. Last spring. when ad-
vertisements were issued for land to be
purchased with the $ll.OOO.OOO appro-
pr1ated by that law, the rush began.
1t has continued since then until near
ly every owner of adjusted" down.
at-the-heel summer resort in the noun
tain sections OF the southeastern
states and New England has tried tn
unload upon the government. The Of
fers are still coming in.
Already over 100000 acres have
been offered for sale to the govern.
ment. All of this is not summer re-
sort property, but considerable pro-
portion of it is. The resort property
Is not offered for the buildings on it.
but for the beautiful parks" about
them. which are always heavily tim
bered and suitable for forestry pur-
poses. according to the promoters. II
all the land offered were to be bought
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27
Professional Spongers of New York

money matters many of them are ut
terly INSCRIPTIONS. None OF them has
ever worked day in his life, but ev-
cry one is under the delusion that he
could be a great business man on a
large scale.
They dream up the most extraordi'
nary propositions you ever heard. One
or two have actually made money in
this way. They have fallen in with
some get-rich-quick geniuses. have
made their personality useful, and
have been shrewd enough to carry OIL
a fair share Of the profits.
The remittance man of New York
generally hires a room and tries to
eat of his acquaintances and friends
Some of the big hotels have dollar-a-
day rooms on their top floors and
these are useful to the remittance
man. They give him an address that
helps him along.
One of these men has picked up
some money by giving Americans 60
ing abroad letters Of Introduction to
titled people. The letters are all gen.
uine and he really knew all the people
he writes to, so there is no fraud. In
each case he adroitly secures loan
from the man he has obliged.
A number of remittance men receive
their stipend from home quarterly. but
this custom is being done away with.
for these exiles are, as class. I'm
provident, and If several hundred dol
lars is placed In their hands at once
it is almost certain to go like water
Nearly invariably the remittance MAN
is persistent devotee Of the tables ct
chance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27

NEW YORK.-There are In New
~ York city, Of course, many men
who, down and out and having no idea
what the next "a hours may bring to
them in the way of misfortune, SIM
ply refuse to work. But Of this class
the most conspicuous aud interesting.
for the simple reason that almost
without exception the bluest blood
flows in their veins and the most
charming graces Of manner charac-
tertze their every waking moment, are
the remittance men from England.
Good looking, Of the class which
Will go hungry rather than wear
so1led linen or impressed clothing,
these men have all been sent over
here by titled relatives who, in some
way or other, tn ey have disgraced. So
long as the ocean rolls between them
these same relatives are glad to pay
a little something toward their board
and keep and some of the remittance
men live on as low as IS a week, for
as has been said, they politely but
firmly refuse to lift their hands in
labor Of any sort, kind or condition.
There are from 200 to 300 remit
lance men in New York city today
and while they are not what may be
termed scamps. when it comes to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27

case for some time before they made
this discovery. They said that several
times they were almost on his heels.
but that he would disappear as fast
as rabbit to it's burrow. The detec-
tives had no idea at this time tHat the
fellow had cave and that 1t was
practically surrounded with shrub
berry. So thick, in fact, was the shrub
berry that when he passed into his
cave it closed in around him in q way
that rendered him for the time being
safe from arrest.
In case of this kind the detectives
said that dogs, such as are trained
and used by the New York police and
others, would have been of the great.
est service, as they would have hunted
the fellow to his lair.
Brown had plenty of money and re-
fuses to eat or allow the young wom
an arrested with him to partake of the
meals supplied at the expense Of the
city. He orders their meals. which
are of the best, and are always accom-
panied with many delicacies.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27

convenient does not appeal to the Of
ficials In the departments any longer.
Several years ago a law was passed
making 1t an offense for an official to
create a deficit or to use money ap-
propriated for one specific purpose for
another purpose for which the regular
appropriation had become exhausted.
Not only will there be a saving of
$250.000 for the present fiscal year,
but there will also 60 on Indefinitely
saving Of a quarter of q million dol
lars each year. for the treasury on
Gals have let the draughtsmen 70 for
good. .. 4 81. .
There arc now IN the United States.
erected and IN use, So public build.
ings. costing from 436O00 70 s., 900 900
each. to iast named figure being ne
cost Of To Nsw York custom ho1aa. 6
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27
Baggage Porter's Tips Make Fortune

KANSAS CITY. MO.-One Of the
n men who have done we'll In this
city during the last ten years is Gus
Miller. head porter Of the Baltimore
hotel, who has gathered a fortune Of
$4,000 during that time, most Of it
in tips Of quarter from the travelling
men who want their baggage handled
quickly.
Out in the Roanoke district he has
a $4,000 home. He also owns a lodg-
ing house from which he received $3.50
a month and other realty that pro-
duces a comfortable revenue
Meanwhile his daily costume during
the business hours is the usual blue
flannel blouse jumpers and his bust
ness is transacted from the same little
desk in the baggage room OF the no.
tel surrounded by big trunks. little
trunks. suit cases and grips.
There are a dozen men working un-
der Miller and while all the tips are
supposed to belong to the boss there
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27
Summer Resorts Offered Uncle Sam

1t would probably cost Uncle Sam
$100,000.000 instead Of $11.OOO.O0O.
One OF the leading summer resort
forest reservations" which the gov
eminent has been asked to buy is the
Natural Bridge in Virginia. for which
something like a quarter of a million
is wanted. Accompanying the offer
was beautiful painting OF the bridge.
which was great for scenic beauty.
but did not seem to be much for tim
Der. No charge was made for the pic
ture, 1t was explained. The promoter
of this property did not admit it. but
it is we'll known that the Natural
Bridge died q natural death In recent
years.
A large number of other resort and
hotel properties In the White Noun
tains and the much advertised Land
of the Sky" or. Sapphire Country"
Of Carolina are being offered to the
government at ridiculous prices
whether ridiculously high or rid1cu-
lousy low will be for the forestry COM
mission to say. Officials Of the forest
60A WIG AoSC AAopPOu WV wa SssAAA 40 WV
within which 1t is thought desirable
to buy land for the protection OF for
ests and the conservation of stream
dow. Some of these areas include
summer resorts; but that does not
mean that the forest service wants
those resorts purchased.
Certain big White Mountain hotels
want the government to buy whole
mountains so that the trees thereon
will be preserved for the benefit OF
their guests. Lands are being pressed
upon the government for $50 to 500
an acre, but few II any OF these will
be bought. Most of the purchases
which the forestry commission will
authorize will probably be cut-over
and waste lands which can be OBJ
tanned for few dollars an acre.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27

e PIES, according to reports IN Wash
y tngton. are still at work finding out
tor the nations which they represent
the secrets OF this country's defense.
Not satisfied with their military at
taches"-sometimes called the title OF
a spy not in disguise-these nations.
directly or Indirectly. have been work.
ing all the time throughout the world
collecting information. This informa-
ton is OF every sort; economic. geo.
graphical, commercial. but especially
military. 1t is the first duty OF these
men to report all details they can
gather of the Notifications in the coun-
try to which they are assigned. All
this Information is eventually filed IN
the vaults OF the general STAN. and on
it. to a large degree. depends the
preparedness OF the country for war
In New York itself there are doubt
less many spies besides the consuls.
Some years ago young lieutenant in
a foreign army spent his vacation on
this side of the Atlantic. admittedly
reporting to his government the vart-
Gus activities Of the United States. e.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27
Draughtsmen Separated From Payroll

rlGHTY draughtsmen. whose annual
salaries aggregate quarter Of .
million dollars. were dispensed with
at the end of last month. This force
has been busy for years making 1nd1'
vidual plans for the governments pub
lie buildings throughout the land.
The treasury officials. in taking
stock of cash on hand. found that they
had only money enough to pay these
draughtsmen Therefore they asked
congress for 100000 to keep them on
the payroll ter the next nine months.
completing the fiscal year.
But there was nothing extra coming
from congress to meet such sttuar
ton and it was suggested that as the
government has over six hundred
drawn plans for all kinds OF public
buildings the draughtsmen could be
dispeused with and new buildings au-
thorized built upon plans already made
use Of. s,I.5.ss =, 1870
OF course without the necessary
money the treasury officials had to lot
the draughtsmen 60. The old prac-
tice Of carrying clerks when there 49,
no money to pay them with and hay-
INK congress make up The deficit whoa
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27

are a few Of them that get away In
transit from the free hand of the trav.
cling public to the desk of the head
porter. The tips average $500 a month
and Miller has accumulated $50 In a
single busy day
Every year Miller takes a vacation
and spends three or four weeks travel.
ing to the big cities and resort hotels
On these trips he distributes quartera
like farmer sowing oats.
Sometimes the service is very bad
that l get while l am travelling" says
Miller, but dig up quarter any.
way. figuring that am only putting it
back where get it"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27
n ARlON, 1ND.-The ''around-the-

MARlON. 1ND.-The ''around-the-
w world" jaunt Of Robert Matter,
son Of Philip Matter. Marion's wealth,
lest resident. taken because he was
dissatisfied with his monthly allow.
ance. is at an end. The boy has re-
turned to his parents home after cir
cling the globe and travelling 10000
miles During the greater portion of
the time he travelled in the true style
OF the American "hGho." working his
way from place to pIace and stopping
only long enough to secure funds to
carry him to the next point
Young Matter started his globe
trotting under the name of Robert
Morton. Not until he met his brother
in the east week before he arrived
home did he reveal his true identity
He always posed as a poor American
boy compelled to work for a liven-
hood. and never once did he mention
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27
SUCCESSOR TO STOLYPIN

The car Of Russia could never
have appointed a better man to tho
place than when he made Waldemar
Kokovtzon his premier. Kokovtzoff
had been acting in that capacity ever
since stolypin was assasstnated BY
Drnitry Bogron. so 1t was not any
thing unusual for the Russian en-
peror to appoint M. Kokovtzon as the
murdered mans successor.
M. Kokovtzoff has travelled exter.
sively. In this latter connection hU
met many leading statesmen ana lien
Of finance, which gave him broader
knowledge of affairs outside OF Rus
sia than stolypin ever enjoyed. Ko-
koytzof was also present at the as
sassination of the Japanese Prince
Ito at Hardin. Manchuria-
No Russian statesman has stood
higher in the public eye than Kokov.
tzor. He is popular figure in the
court circles and in the society OF st.
Petersburg. He is more sociable than
c+,,vnin who was very auStere In his
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27

City Forester Prost Of Chicago pro-
roses new manual for the boy scouts.
Instead Of marching about with toy
guns, he would have them equipped
with grubbing hoes and dispatched In
a war OF determination against the
weeds OF Chicago. This would result
In two things good for the boys-they
would learn the names OF the weeds
ind would secure healthful exercise,
1t would benefit the public by doina
away with the weeds.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27
is BELOVED BY CANADIANS

The Dominion of Canada seems to
be coming upon a new epoch in her
history. With the passing of the
liberal party from power the present
governor general, Earl Grey, and his
wife, the much beloved Countess Grey.
will also pass from the stage of Cana
dian affairs and give place to the duke
and duchess of Connaught. Probably
no other first lady of Canada has been
more popular with the Canadian
people than Countess Grey. whose
portrait is here shown. She is wom-
an Of personality and charm and. from
the time that she was warmly re-
ceived into the country by the Canadi.
ans she has endeared herself to their
hearts in a way that makes her de-
parture source of deep regret
throughout the Dominion.
While In Canada Lady Grey has
taken the deepest interest in educa,
tional. charitable and humanitarian
movements. She has been the moving
spirit Of many of Canada's charitable
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27
Fight the Hobbie Skirt

A crusade against hobble skirts has
been begun in Milan. under the aus
pieces of the cardinal archbishop A
league among fathers of families has
been formed there with the object Of
combating hosble skirts and several
other female fashions. The members
undertake not to allow their wives IND
daughters to follow such fashions. It
is probable that propaganda uil b
initiated throughout Italy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27

Boston doctor, who Is described
as a student Of dietetics. says that bad
cooking Is responsible for large part
of the divorce evil. Then 1t becomes
a duty Of the state to see that every
woman before she marries can pass
an examination In cookinG.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-27

To sit in a wine cellar is recon-
nended as cure for hay fever. The
trouble about the cure is that it con
sists in the atmosphere and not in the
contents Of the cellar. so the patients
are supposed to be quiescent and not
bibulous.