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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-25

There are stll some mighty eaters
left Not long ago a Berlin market
porter undertook, for a wager, to put
away at one sitting six mutton chops.
~ eggs a goose, duck, six pounds on
potatoes and % pounds Of hay Dim
culties were anticipated with the last
course and large sums were laid
against the accomplishment 0f ire
feat The ingeni0Hs porter solved the
difficulty by calling for cigarette
aftcr he had fnished the duck He
shen set light 70 the hay. pounded the
ashes up with the potatoes. and swal
lowed tho lot After heated discus.
sion the referee declared him the win.
ner.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-25
Enemies of Matrimony.

wedlock seems 70 be in bad way
IN the mountains of The Dauphine The
confirmed bachelors Of the country
have decided to meet every month and
toast celibacy Invitations are sent
out with the information Good feed
ing. good drinking, much laughter,
mucn dancing,
An added insult to matrimony is
that the invitations have been sent 10
all spinsters who have put on ST.
Katherines cap. that is TO say. who
are over Is. and are therefore pre-.
sumed to Be on the high road to old
maidenhood The confirmed bach
elors announce their Intention of eat.
ing. drinking. laughing and dancing
with the old maids every month Hut
their very hardihood may be their un-
doing
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-25

what a dainty little person Miss
Rlookings ist" exclaimed very young
man at an East end reception one Mon-
day afternoon.
Yes agreed his companion. lacon-
lcally.
such a 1.-THE. perfect figure! And
those beautiful little hands Surely
10 manicurist could produce an Ell
rect like that; It must come from ma
fure aided by rest"
II guess SO"
Bnt here's something I've always
noticed. See that gauni awkward girl
standing beside herr Girls always get
some ugly person to show them on BY
contrast. Look at the big red hands
of the second one. Amt it fierce?
Who's that fright. anyhew?1
That's Miss Bookings older sister.
she washes and irons Miss Bookings
party gowns for her.-cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-25

til 1--WE ~ three ts) four CD, five
(5i, and six (e il block sixteen tl6).
in what Is known as Sparks First Ad-
dition % the city ot Chickasha, Grady
county Oklahoma and have caused
said lands md teuemenis to be ap-
praised according g law, AZ $4,000
Now therefore. notice Is hereby civ
en- Chat in pursuance Of the commands
Of sad writ viii offer for sale ana
sen Tor cash o the highest bidder, the
lands ana tcnemcats or so much
thereof rs win satisfy the said iuds.
meut entered and cost On the 18th
day of May 1911, az ID O'Clock a. m.
Of said day at the front door of tho
ecert hnnse ia the city nf Chiekasha
Grady county, oklahoma
Witness my hand thia the 18th day
Of april. l91L
JOHN e LEWIS.
sherlff of Grady County.
ilt3pd a. al BROWN.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-25
(tirst published Aprli i l9ii)
NOTICE or SALE or LANO UNDER
EXECUTION.

Notice IS hereby given ina ~ pur-
suauce " & wrt 81 execution issued
out ol lhe clerks office Of lhe district
court 81 and for Grady county stare
of oklahoma. Oh ne l0ih day % Az
ril. i9li, ia an acgon wherein stepht
enson Browne Lumber company was
plaiutiff ana sutton Brothers. co-
partnership composed Of A. Il. sut-
ton and RI Rsniton wore defendants,
commanding me @ levy upon the prop.
criy belonging % sad defendants suf-
firirHt 10 5atisfs sa'sl jlsllesi' Judgment rem
uered in said action n favor 81 sala
slephenson-Brownc humber Company
tsaipst the said sutton Bros flrm
composed 81 g. + sutton and Il d.
sutton, for tho sum oi SesiNo, with
$3.50 costs, with interest thereon from
the date 81 Judgment amounting to
S22s2. which Judgment was rendered
ON the 27th day of October 1910.
have levied upon certain lands and
tercmcnis belonging 10 thc seidsT 2.
sutton and n d sutton non EXEMPT
from sale under execution for want ot
goods and chattels OF said sutton Bros.
firm Composed oi z V sutton and
r. b sutton, towlt' lots no. one
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-25

Even the Noople $Nrs.
nshes a wonderful girl in way.
"Is that so2e
Yes, she can adapt herself to any
fashion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-25
THE OKLAHOMA NATIONAL BANK
OF cHIcKASHA, OKLAHOMA.
Authority to Commence Business.
No. 993s.
TREAsURY DEPARTMENT.


TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
office Of Comptroller Of the Currency
Washington. d. G.. February 2S, 1871.
Whereas, BY satisfactory evidence
presented to the undersigned, it las
been made to appear that "The oala-
homa National Bank OF Chickasha, in
the city OF Chickasha in the county Of
Grady and state Of Oklahoma, has
complied with All the provisions Of the
statutes Of the United States required
10 be complied with before an assoaia-
ton shall be authorized to commence
the business OF banking
Now. Therefore, l. Lawrence o Muir
ray. comptroller OF the currency do
hereby certify that ~rhe Oklahoma
National Bank Of Chickasha7 in the
city Of Chickasha. in the county Of
Grady and state Of Oklahoma is au-
thorized to commence the business OF
banking as provided in section fifty
one hundred and sixty nine Of the re-
viscd statutes Of the United States.
IN testimony whereof witness my
nand and seal OF 0Ifice tiiis tWeiitJ-
eighth day Of February 1911.
LAWRENCE @ MURRAY.
seal9 Comptroller of the Currency
May g.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-25

rhe manufacturers OF Calumet h'k
ine powder have just prepared a ucw
edition 81 their handsome cook BOOK,
AND win gladly mail It free % anyone
VINO sends for ~ Ia writing address
ihe Calumet naklng Powder 90, cin
cago, ana ASK ior e0ol, book F'
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-25
Just for This Week

Owing % lhe condition pf my health
] Wiil close out what cement hitch
ing posts ! have on hlnd at the low
price Of $500 apiece delivered ana set
up, any place in city ] will also r7ll
my NJ year county fright ter Grady
county with The moulds for making
posts and balance Of material falD
for 5000 cash sRemember this offer
on posts only holds good thls week.
Cali at 1i0s Iowa ave, OF phone 1913.
Chas. S. Williams 4-f7-St
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-25

WHO was it," shouted the suflragist
leader who was It that did most to
elevate woman"
why, the man who invented those
high French heels" said a voice IN
her audience,
Then the meetlng adjourned
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-25

Lame shoulder is nearly always due
TO rheumatism Of tho muscles, and
quickly yields to the free application
OF Chamberlaln's Liniment For sale
by an dealers, DIV
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-25

WHEN YOU PArRoNIzE HOME
MERCHANTS you ARE BOOSTING
cHicKAsHA
The Washington times., 1911-07-11
COMPLAINS dF NATIONAL y
VOLUNTEER HOMES

To the Editor OF THR TINES.
There are nine National Volunteer
homes and nearly 1900 empty beds. At
the Danville, ILL.,, home, there is Nearly
500 empty beds. This home is fully equip
ped, but the old soldiers and the young
don't like to stay. One thing is the poor
water they have to drink, and the Ice is
bought in Danvtlle at "a per ton, and at
the other eight national homes they
make their own ice at a cost Of 10 to
~ cents per ton. All the other homes
nave their own postoffice, but the car
r1ers bring the letters up from the
postoffice in. Danviile and dump the
letters out on the various beds About
two months ago a squad of seventeen
were brought from the Danville home
70 the Government Hospital for the
Insane here and one of the guards
was interviewed as 10 TT D." reason so many
were brought from thu. home. He said
they nave an old fossil of head sur
set rid of him for years He is too
old and the way the hospital is run
Is scandalous. No system there at ali.
The cooking is poor, the cornbeef is
rusty. The patients often go to bed
with their clothes on. They are dying
of at these nine homes at the rate
Of fifty per month TheN should have
q CndHSe III Ine BEuO ana ABlV6 the men
something they could eat. At this time
there Is no~one in the Senate or House
that is directly interested in the homes.
Mayor Warner used to be in the SEN
ate. He is out-got a new job-but is
one Of the board. He is local man.
ager of the National Home near
Leavenworth, but he doesn't see it once
a year. They have a lot Of inspectors
all the time. and they will appear at
the homes and give orders and leave
Very little attention Is paid to their
orders. There are eleven active mem
bers;, They go around on a big junket
to all these homes. Over $1,000 dollars
are set aside for them to have a good
time travelling around and have the
old men out on parade. Orders will be
issued weeks ahead, the board is COM
ing, and the whole camp is kept clean
ing up, and there will be extra grub
where 1t will be seen by the board At
the Tennessee Home they use to place
Simons bologna on for supper: the fel-
lows would not eat it. They would
find It fried for breakfast. Dried pease
Is one dish they served; no one eats
them, but the next day they are found
] In the soup ]. w. ANDERSON.
The Washington times., 1911-07-11

water for six years. The amount was
$l56 900 a year, or total of 81 ,092 900
Throughout the twelve years the com
pany also paid interest of per cent Oh
5000, 900 of bonds, total bond interest
of $50, 900 a year, or 100000. ~
This brings the total net earnings
paid to holders of gas securities in the
last twelve years to the modest sum of
$s,26O,OOO!
If the gas company really has the
value of $lO,OO0,OO0 claimed by its
officials-which is not at all certain-it
has almost paid for itself in a lit
tie more than a decade. In the face
of this it was only in response to the
incessant demands of this newspaper,
backed by public opinion, that the
company reduced its rates, from 81 to
So cents. And in the face of this showing,
in the face of that "a per cent divi-
dend which the lower rates haven't
even threatened, there is no assurance
that any further reductions are forth
coming.
Isn't it about time for our city coun-
cil-the Congress Of the United States
to take cognizance of this condition
and either pass a bill giving the District
a decent gas rate or establish a public
service commission empowered to do it {!
The Washington times., 1911-07-11
SAFETY AND SANITY
IN GARFIELD PARK

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Perhaps the most striking feature OF
lhe safe and. sane Fourth on the
Garfield Park playground was the pie
eating contest.
Soon after noon a table was set in
the midst Of the multitude, and some
eight or a dozen repulsive-looking negro
men were stationed IN front of 1t. each
having his hands tied behind him and
each facing huge pie.
At q given signal the sport began.
They jammed their faces into these pies
like so many hogs diving into a swill
trough, each trying to outdo every other
In gluttcny. After the. first onset their
faces were plastered from forehead to
chin, the only questionable exception be-
ing the case Of q patriotic son OF Al
rica. who became so mixed up with
that 1t was difficult to determine where
pie stopped and niger began.
The contest was won by capaclous
coon apparently about twenty-five
were especially adapted for this va
riety of patriotic sanity. Another con-
testant might have given him close
race but for an over-zealous plunge
at the outset, when his prodiglous
snout ploWed nearly half his pie from
its crust and dumped 1t upon the table
beyond, so that in his later eXeruons
In the service of his couhcry an unusu-
ally large portion of his culinary deli
cecy was plastered over his counte-
nance or mopped over the adjacent area
of the table.
The contest took place in the blister
ing sun in the midst of 1.-The longest
and hottest. siege ever experienced In
the United States" Yet, although these
dusky heroes labored violently with their
pie-smeared "snoots' closely pressed
to the table, which was almost shut on
from the surrounding air by the over
bending crowd, not one OF them 1a!-
tered. There was not single collapse
mot a ruptured blood vessel nor con-
gested gullet.l
When the contest was ended a cheer
went UP for the victor, grtnning IN
glad triumph through his pie-a cheer
which, If the Congressional orator OF
the day had remained to hear, would
doubtless have made him feel that ne
had himself mistaken the true path to
glory and patriotic service.
! Then the sable heroes departed, leay-
ing behind many idealistic aspirations
in the hearts of the young as well as a
few scattering fragments Of pie, which
some of the children who had not been
able to witness the contest began to
appropriate and feast upon until asked
to desist by one who had seen It.
This disgusting performance, which,
) In the opinion Of the writer, was neither
The Washington times., 1911-07-11
GAS MONOPOLY CONTINUES
BIG DIVIDENDS.

The stream of gold continues to flow
from the pockets of Washington gas
| consumers to the pockets of gas stock
holders. At the meeting of directors
of the Washington Gas Light Company
yesterday a quarterly dividend of $l.2O
per share was declared Otherwise ex-
pressed, this is a dividend of per
cent per quarter, or "a per cent
year. In dollars, it is a distribution
of Sl56,OOO quarterly and of S624, 900
annually.
The capital stock of the gas monop-
oily amounts to 100000. It's par
value is $40 share, and the number
of shares, therefore, is 100000. 1t is
again solemnly announced by the COM
pany that its quarterly dividend is IA
per cent, and that its annual dividend
is 6 per cent. If the company had its
way gas stock would be discussed as a
&c per cent stock" The company never
overlooks chance to put forward that
propaganda, but it doesn't get any
where. Gas stock is, actually, "a per
cent stock, and everybody knows it.
Of course there's a joker in that &c
per cent stock" talk. 1t is per cent
on the value of the property" This
value, however, is arbitrarily fixed by
the company at about SlO,OOO,OOO. No
appraisal of the property has ever been
made by any independent agency in
which the public had representation.
1t is the company's own estimate. The
reason the company is trying to popu-
larize that 6 per cent stock phrase is
to make Congress and the people think
earnings are not excessive.
As long as the gas company keeps on
gathering in sheckles and paying big
profits, with only an occasional small
reduction in the price of gas, it can
not hope to get away with such non
sense. Against its entertaining con-
versation stands the actual fact of
dollars and cents distribution of earn
ings. The bulk sum of money split up
among stockholders is bound to talk
For instance, here's what the money
says about gas dividends paid in the
last twelve years:
The Washington times., 1911-07-11
ADMINISTRATION TO
STAND PAT ON ITS
D|Ck.D|CK DEN|ALS
Secretary Fisher Attends
Cabinet Meeting, Giving
Taft New Assurances.

Secretary Fisher was in conference
with the President again today about
the Controller Bay affair. He came to
the White HouseNhalf an hour before
the hour for the Cabinet to convene,
and from what could be learned, he
again assured the Executive that the
Department of Interior records had not
a word in them about the now famous
Dick to Dick postscrip.
This is the report, too, which the Sec
retary was able to make to the Cabi-
net. And 1t is the situation upon which
the Administration Is prepared to stand
pat
The White House maintained a sys-
tematic silence today on the whole
Controller Bay proposition The Presi-
dent still fails to recollect any conveY-
sation with his brother, Charles P.
Taft, which would furnish the basis for
the intimations in the Dick to Dick
letter.
Also the White House files fail 70
show any communication from the
Presidents brother bearing on this mat
ter.
That is the extent of the information,
all of which is negative, that comes
from the Executive offices.
1t is known. of course. that the Cab
met threshed out che details of the re-
cent developments. Secretary Fisher at
tended today's meeting burdened with
papers. He had an armful of them
and it is safe guess that he told his
associates that the burden of prooof is
on Miss Abbott.
This is the whole attitude OF the
President and his advisers. They are
standing upon the record as they have
discussed it publicly, and this record
appears now to be without any sugges-
tion Of the Dick to Dick letter
The Washington times., 1911-07-11
What's on the Program, in
Washington Today.

CThe Times Will be pleased to an
nounce meetings and entertainments in
this column.)
Concert by United States Engineer
Eand, Judi ciarv Park. $50 q. m.
Concert by the Fifteenth Cavalry Band.
The following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight: Lodge-Takoma.
No. %. NJ NJ. Royal Arch Chapter
Mt. Horeb, No. Z. mark knights Tenn
plar Coramandery-De Molay Mount
Star Chapters-Electa. No. 2: Bethle-
hem, No. {.
The following I. o. o. F. organizations
will meet tonight: Iodges-Washing-
ton. No. 6. degree work: Golden Rule.
No. g. installation of officers. En-
campment-Fred D. Stuart. No. 7. in
stallation of officers.
Meeting Of Capital Circle, No. 315. Pro-
tected Home Circle. Northeast Temple.
Twelfth and H streets northeast, s
Meeting OF Camp No. :. Patriotic Order
OF Americans, Mariners Temple. Sew
enth street. near N street. southwest.
Meeting of Idaho Tribe. No. Is. I. O. r.
NJ. twelfth and H streets northeast.
Meetine OF saltese Tribe. No. IS. 1. O.
r. NJ, Seventh and D streets north
west, tonight.
Meeting of Osceola Tribe, No. o. !. o.
r NJ, Masonic Hall. Tenleytown, to-
Meeting of waneta Council, No. s, De-
gree Of Pocahontas. Fifth and G
streets northwest. tonight.
Meeting Of independent Council. No. 2.
Ir. o. u. A. NJ. Seventh and D streets
northwest. tonight.
Nesting Of Jefferson Council: No. u, Jr.
q 4. A. NJ. Twelfth and H streets
northeast. tonight
nTaeting of washingt IN Council, No. 13,
Jr. q. L. A. M. $40 Twentieth street
northwest. tonight.
Meeting Of Fp'oac ioTs gdnS TbirtYl,rst nf Street
northwest. tonight.
Meeting OF Jasper Council. No. %. Jr. o.
Z. A. NJ. Fifth and streets north
wsneta Council, D. of P, will meet to-
night at Society Temple, Fifth and
G streets northwest.
The Washington times., 1911-07-11
THE REAL ISSUE IN THE CON-
TROLLER SCANDAL.

In another place in this paper appears
an outline of the remarkable sequence
of events leading up to the Guggenhein
seizure of Controller Bay, the last har,
Dor of access to the coal and copper
treasures of Alaska 1t is a summary
of what the Congressional investigating
committee expects to prove
The question of whether Dear Dick
Ryan wrote a letter to Dear Dick
Ballinger saying that Charlie Taft got
the President to give Ryan the Con-
troller harbor, is not the whole issue
here. 1t is suggestive that our cautious
President does not remember" talking
to Charles P. Taft about the matter.
We might expect him to be more vigor-
Gus; to denOunce this fabrication" of
a woman writer with some of the vitriol
that he turned on CLAWS. But that is
unimportant.
Some things stand unquestioned in
regard to Controller Bay 1t was want
ed for a railroad terminal. 1t was the
most available, if not the only harbor
remaining, for access to the coal fields.
1t was given to Ryan's entrymen.
Now, what difference whether Ryan
represented Guggenheim or not? Would
it not have been good business to keep
ANYBODY from getting that last har-
bor!
The Administration seems to think
it was all right to give away that i'm
mensely important strategic property,
if only it wasn't given to Guggenheim.
OF course, if the Administration was
fooled, if it did give the harbor to the
Guggenheims because somebody lied,
that would be too bad; but really, who
is the Administration to believe when
gentlemen in perfectly correct clothes
tell it perfectly straight looking sto-
ries?
Under the Roosevelt Administration
that harbor was slowed away in the
strong box OF forest reserve, In order
to prevent ANYBODY-pro-Guggen
or anti-Guggenheim-gettingi it. That
seems mighty sensible.
The Taft Administration reversed
that policy of caution. 1t adopted
unusual methods in order to give that
harbor to somebody. n ought to have
kept the harbor for the people, as a
safeguard to the peoples rights in their
Alaska coal.
The issue, in short, is not whether
Miss Abbott tells the truth. 1t is
whether the Administration went out
of its way to get rid of the last harbor
which controlled access to coal deposits
the Guggenheims were trying to grab.
The country is going to get complete
answer to the real question.
The Washington times., 1911-07-11
WHEN CLAY FAILED TO PAY
FOR HIS JULEP.

A unique tribute to the julep floats
up from White Sulphur Springs, linked
with the illustrious name of Henry
Clay. Some one has been browsing
through the guest book of the ancient
hostelry which sheltered so many dis
! tinguished men and women of the clos
ing '20s, and against the name of the
then Secretary of State is a charge of
~ cents for a mint julep. 1t is not
only interesting to revive these memo
ries of the noontide of White Sulphur
Springs, when Jefferson and Clay we're
the center of admiring groups, but it
seems like glimpse of the Golden
Age to read that board was Sl.5O a day
and juleps were ~ cents each.
Opponents of the Henry Clay school
of thought may be disposed to use it
to his disadvantage that he went away
without paying for his julep. In point
of fact we hold his honor clear in the
matter and count it but tribute to
the julep that it should have banished
all thought of anything so mundane
and material as payment. Concocted by
unskillful hands, which crush the mint
and are careless as to the brand of the
liquor, there are juleps which inspire
no ethereal thoughts. They stir the
megrims and summon the record of all
our sins. They admonish us to set our
house in order and prepare for the last
account. Even a debt of II cents would
not be forgotten.
But julep such as would have been
served to a gentleman from Kentucky
in the unspoiled days of the republic,
surely it could have
Raised a mortal TO the skies
Or drawn an angel down"
We can fancy that as its benign .ef-
feet crept along his glowing veins the
Great Pacifcator, forgetting ancient
grudges, might have turned to the NOR
dant sage of Roanoke and remarked
with twinkle: John, of course Adams
is blackleg, but where did you get
the idea that l was a Puritan" And
"a cents more would go up against the
Kentuckian's open account.
1t would have been a discourtesy to
the house, sir, if in an environment like
that the great man had stopped to dole
out pennies to a landlord worthy of
his day and worthy of the ancient
iulep.