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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-12-12
TIGHT MONEY AF. 0N
FECTs INTERURBAN.
J. r. CulIlnane Of st. Louis Says That
Work Of DenisOn-Durant Inter-
urban Temporarily Sldctracked.
tFrom Denison Herald.l

(From Denison Herald)
That the proposed interurban ex-
tending north from Denison to Durant,
Okla, has not been abandoned, was
admitted by Johh r. Cullinane hero
when he said that the stringcncy Of
the money market in the east was the
only thing that ad prevented te financ-
ing OF the road already. Mr.. Cul.
linane was for many. years a resident
OF Denison, being manager and sec
retary OF the Denison Light and Pow
er company. He has been associated
with John Scullin. railroad builder
and capitalist of St Louis, for many
years, and has been in charge OF tbs.
I.aclede Waterworks company's plant
for several years
1T is the tightness Of the money
market that has kept us from making
any headway on the interurban line"
Isaid Mr.. Cullinane. You know 70
build railroads and interurbans you
must have the cash. don't know
what is making money so scarce In
the east, but you can't interest those
folks up there right now in inteTur-
bans or anything else"
Have any Of the preliminary sur
veys been made for this line? was
ased
"Yes, the Field Engineering COM
pany of Denison has completed part
of the preliminary work, but Mr.. Field
tells me that the continued rainy
weather of the past month or so has
prevented him from finishing the
work of running the first lines. This
work will go ahead as rapidly as pos
sible. Aside from that there Is moth
ing new to give out on the interur-
ban proposition"
Several months ago Mr.. Cullinane
asked the Field Engineering company
of this city to run the preliminary
lines for an interurban right of way
from Denison over the new bridge on |
Red river. through Colbert. Calera, |
and into Durant, Okla, a distance of /.
about % miles. A survey was also |
asked for of the streets Of Durant, that |
a local line might be built there. From !
Durant the line is expected to be built !
north or northwest into either Meal !
ester or Sulphur. Okla. Mr.. Cullinane !
and his associates are already inter-
ested in electric light plants in several
Oklahoma towns north of Denison,
particularly Durant and Pryor. Wal
ter Cullinane, son, is in charge of |
the Pryor plant now.
That the bridge now being built
over Red river by the Red River
Bridge Company OF Deulson is tic 10
sufficiently strong to car
ry heavy steel interuranb, Ears is
known here At the tilne that the local
had plans prepared j. F.
the interurban builder,
asked that the specifications be shown
his consulting engineer and a. the
atters' suggestion certain changes
changes were made aud the plans
made to demand heavier steel, steel
Of sufficient strength to periAit the
operation of interurban cars Of The
steel type over it,
II is known that Mr. Cullinane AMI
the Strickland, interests are friendly. +
lnasmuch, as Mr.. Strickland's Texas
Power and Light Company is to erect
a big power plant on Red rive- near
the bridge site and Mr.. Cullinane is
hack of the Oklahoma interurbau
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-12-12

z p. M. arrive at Nida by 1880 a. m.
Leave Nida daily except Sunday, at
1870 p. M, arrive at Durant by ..
m. Bond of s1.4OO required with bid.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-12-12
"a Deal In OIL

ALubin drama. being the experience
es of son of wealthy parents, and his
love afafirs, into which is worked
find OF oil.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-12-12
Orpheum Theatre.

The orpheum announced partic-
ularly interesting program of motion
pictures for Saturday as follows: =
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-12-12
LAKE IS SWALLOWED UP.

Guthrie, Okla, Dec. 11.--Following
a loud explosion yesterday on the
farm of l. N. Hursh, ten miles north
west Of Watonga, members of the
family discovered column of water
spouting in the air from a three-quar-
ter-acre lake on their land. Then the
wats@ of the lake began quickly to
disappear through an opening, eight
feet across.
The water in the lake was from two
to seven feet deep, and the lake was
vii stocked with fish. a majority Of
which went through the opening to The
subterranean channel, Looking down
the hole. water can be seen at depth
OF about twenty feet The general
opinion is that natural gas causd the
explosion.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-12-12

New Oliver TypewrIters may be Sc
cured for the next few days at less
than first cost. See f. NJ. Evans,
Durant, Okla. Adv.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-12-12
REV. FOWLER LEAVES MONDAY.

Next week the Rev. o. e. Fowler
leaves for Leesville, Louisiana, where
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-12-12

A vitagraph film, produced under
the auspices of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Children's Safety Crusade. 1t
teaches to avoid dangers that beset us.
"The Canals Of Venice,
A scenic and educational picture on
the same reel with the above picture.
~BrOnchO Bny's Secret.
Featuring G. NJ. Anderson, the
worlds most famous photo-player.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-22
Poor Arithmetic.

One way that many business men
deceive themselves is by putting a high
altitude mark on the item of good will.
If a man runs behind in his business a
thousand dollars the first year 1t Is con-
venient to calculate his good will at
$1,000. Then he tells his friends he
has done very well, thank you-a thou
sand dollars to the good and all ex-
penses paid. That's very we'll for the
first year, but he needs a little more
capital. Along IN a chap with
$1,000 in cash that his father left him.
He hears about the fine opportunity
and hastens to get a grip on it before
somebody snatches it away. Neither
of these men stands much chance of
success. The first is initiating his bust
ness with disaster, and the second
hasn't learned how to subtract.-Sat-
urday Evening Post.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-22
RECORDS FOR PosTERITY

The Modern Historic Records associa-
ton has formed a novel plan of deliver
ing messages for it's members to their
descendants 100 years from now. Two
envelopes of durable Japanese vellum
have been sent to each member, with
the request that genealogical memo
randa, messages and photographs be
inclosed. The sealed envelopes will be
deposited in lead lined steel chests.
one will be stored with the ~associa-
tons collections in the New York Pub
lie library. A copperplate inscription
will direct that the chest be opened in
the year 2013.
The second chest will be put IN a
vault near the Cheops pyramid in
Egypt. In this way the insurance is
taken against possible destruction by
war or natural causes. The chests will
also contain documents, tablets and
photographs relating to affairs of the
present year.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-22
WISDOM OF THE PL0WMAN
SIMPLY AND BRIEFLY TOLD
Matters the Soil c%ultivator Should ID
serve to Get Best Results FROM
His Work-Proper Equipment.

The pride of every good plowman IS
A straight we'll turned furrow. D YET
its st~raightness is but a small part OF
its merit. Its true merit Is measured
by its depth. the IL in winch IL
Is turned and the way In which II lies.
When properly turned it will present a
loosely pulverized and completely IN
verted furrow slice.
With land that is to be put into crop
soon after blowing. as in the case OF
spring blowing or fall plowing for fall
sown crops, it is very important that
the ground. If possible, be sufficiently
moist to p~ulyerize nicely and that each
days blowing shall be narrowed at
once. Working the furrow slice imme-
diately after blowing pulverizes 1t more
completely and checks the loss OF
moisture by evaporation.
Plowed land readily absorbs rain
fall, and the loosely turned burrows
increase the storage capacity or the
soil. The inverted soil of the furrow
slice exposes another series OF soil
PARTICLES to the action Of the air, rains,
freezing and thawing, all of which will
tend to aerate the soil and liberate
plant food.
Flowing is the principal method by
which grain stubble and all other forms
of organic matter are introduced into
the soil: hence it is important that the
plow be properly equipped and the
furrow slice so turned that all organic
matter will be completely turned under
at such a depth that the harrow and
the cultivator will scarcely be troubled
with it Observation-Disclosures AGricul-
turist.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-22
GOOD MANNERS BIG HELP
TO HOME TRADE SPIRIT.
Storekeeper With a Likable Way Sure
Of Keeping Old Customers and
Obtaining New Ones.

4 pleasing manner is an important
essential to success in any business. y
gentle. courteous manner will win rec
ognitiOn anywhere. SO much depends
upon first impressions. and these are
favorable or unfavorable according to
whether Il man is polite and courteous
or brusque and V in bearing.
We cannot always judge a man by
what he says or does, but the way IN
which he a Y or does a certain thing
will prove the best index to his char
acter.
A pleasant, courteous bearing will
help n man to success in business
where a boorish. impatient manner
will turn away customers. The brusque
man may be as well meaning as his
more affable rival, but people have not
the time nor inclination to find out
what is beneath the rude exterior; they
prefer to patronize the man who makes
it plain that 1t is a pleasure to serve,
that the world is q mighty pleasant
place and that he Is glad 10 be alive.
If you are not the possessor OF a
pleasant manner start in to acquire 1t,
Is the advice of the Philadelphia Led
ger. You will find it an immense help
in making a success of anything you
undertake.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-22
In the Wrong Room
By ALBERT 7. RIkER

did not care, as some suicides have
done, to shoot myself standing before
Il mirror. / dreaded to see the horrible
expression that WAS N my face. I
slowly raised the revolver, my finger
ON the trigger, intending to place the
muzzle against my temple. Just as I
felt the cold steel a hand grasped my
wrist.
Doubtless nothing could have occur
red better calculated to bring me to
my senses. The spell in which my
mind had been caught was suddenly
broken. Surprise was the first sensa-
ton, curiosity the second. Neither had
anything TO do with the monomania
that had possessed me. | had suddenly
been transformed into a free thinking
man. | noticed first that the hand
about my wrist was small and soft. IL
must be a woman's. But what was a
woman doing in that room and how did
she know that | had raised a pistol to
my head? She might have heard me
come in and sit down, but 1t would
have required light to detect nolseless
motion. Not for a moment did / fancy
that some one from the dead had come
to save me.
who are you?" I asked.
zone whom God has doubtless sent
to save you from a crime came the
reply In a low musical voice.
Il will strike a light"
please don't. | am under the care
or an oculist. He has placed me in
darkness preparatory to an operation.
l have been here all day without a ray
OF light entering my eyes, for. In addi-
ton to the room being darkened. my
eyes have been bandaged. Hearing
some n enter. I lifted the bandage.
Having been so long In perfect dark
ness, my sight is very strong. have
seen you. though dimly, from the first
n can see you now. Hadn't | better
ring Tor some n to take you away?'
NO; | will go alone. There Is no fear
that | VIII act as intended. You have
relieved the mental strain under which
/ suffered"
gave her a brief account of the
causes that had led up to my intended
suicide. She exacted a promise from
me to go to her father and tell him the
story, including my adventure with
her. giving me a ring as a token. I
left her and kept my promise. / was
given a check to pay my indebtedness.
with another for temporary require
ments. On going out | discovered at
the office that had been taken to the
wrong room.
When | saw the lady who had saved
me | saw an attractive girl Of twenty.
We became close friends. Indeed. she
and all her family We're extremely kind
to my mother and sisters. Her father
gave me a desk in his counting room.
u am now on a fair way to pros
perity. Ill Al
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-22

rATHEN my father, who had
XAI been Il very wealthy man.,
died insolyeut his children
were like persons thrown
into deep water without having learn
ed to swim.
Had it not been for my mother and
sisters | would have got on well
enough. | was young and strong and
perfectly willing to work. But they
must live. Mother was too old to do
anything for herself, and, as to my sis
tcrs, it was before the admission to the
various fields which are now open to
women. / secured an agency for the
sale of sowing machines. One day |
went home aud found the family all
being turned out Of the little cottage to
which we had been reduced for nom
payment Of rent. | had sold that day a
machine for which / had collected the
money. | paid the rent with 1t.
There are cases where the penalty for
dishonesty seems very harsh. That |
had appropriated the sewing machine
funds soon became known to my en-
ployers. / was given twenty-four hours
to make good the deficit or submit to
arrest.
l owned a revolver which had pur-
chased in the halcyon days. / had a
few cents necessary to buy cartridges.
Following a plan usual to suicides for
the purpose Of lessening as much as
possible the shock to those who love
them, / went to a hotel, registered and
asked for a room. The hour was 9
o'clock in the evening, but it was In
December and as dark as midnight.
The clerk assigned me to a and /
was shown to il by a bell boy. 1t was
i'm a wing of the hotel at the end Of a
dimly lighted hall. My conductor found
the door unlocked and opened it. / en-
tered and shut the door behind me. /
was in absolute darkness, which was
what / preferred-that is, if a man
about to die has any preference.
My knee rubbed against a chair. |
took hold Of it and sat down with my
face to its back and dropped my head
on my hands. My mind OF course was
on my misfortunes. Had | not been
suffering from a partial temporary in
sanity | might have seen the folly Of
my course. 1t would have been better
for me to disappear. Then / might
still be of use to my mother and sis
tiers. This did not occur to me. My
mind had become saturated with one
subject-arrest, handouts, prison bars.
! am a believer in the power of purely
temporary physical conditions to force
one into crime, and such condition l
suffered from.
Presently l Strengthened up, put my
hand to a hip pocket and took out my
revolver. There was no necessity for
Il light. l could do what | intended
through the sense of touch. Indeed, l
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-22
Don't Let Business Slow Up.

A prominent advertiser who spends
a fortune every year in publicity has
established a significant rule. When
ever he notices a slowing up of bust
ness he increases his advertising. This
Is his reason: when business Is BOOM
ing it is unnecessary to fight for it;
it comes of itself. But when business Is
slow l insist on having my share of it,
and the easiest way to get it is by call
ing attention to the value of my goods"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-22
WHEN THE PlGGIEs COME.
Farrowing Pen Is a Good Thing For the
Hog Raiser to Have.

\ useful device for the hog raiser to
employ in early spring farrowii: Is q
narrowing pen. We have one five feet
sqGarc and three feet In height. board
ed closely about the bottom and then
Slated to the top. says IN Ohio cor
respondent OF the Farm Journal.
Around the entire inside ut the bot
tom is u broad board slanted ut an
angle Of forty-hvc degrees inward.
This serves as a guard against crowd
ing the youngsters into corners and
tends 70 tumble them back to the side
OF their dam.
We Can set one OF these pens in q
the barn ana I'm the worst weather
have the farfowing done comfortably
and safely. Just enough litter to make
a comfortable nest Is placed in the
pen. Later more straw Is added as
the pigs require more protection. After
a few days the lam aud her litter are
removed to more roomy quarters.
With a trough fitted In one corner we
a have a complete nursery FOR the
sow and her litter.
These pens are very handy any time
in the year on the farm. not only for
farrowlng SONS. but for breaking youn;
calves TO feed, weaving filters Of pigs
from their dam or %fattcuing geese.
They may be built from old fencing
boards or money is we'll spent in new
dressed material. They should he neat.
~ painted with venetian red.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-22
"eENTLE sPRINo"-B-R-R-R!

March % is Easter Sunday. As a
matter of cold perhaps literally cold
record let 1t he here set down that
Easter will arrive promptly on March
% and that it hasn't arrived so early
since the good old days of 1856. when
there was no Easter parade and folks
had not taken to poisoning out in
brand new. almost summary, attire In
honor of the occasion.
II you were to take the Fourth of
July and present it to the 100000
or so citizens Of this land in mid-June
or If you were to grant them Christ
mas and all that goes with 1t early In
December the upheaval would be no
greater than it will be when Easter
makes its untimely appearance in the
clustering month of March.
TO be sure, Easter has always en-
joyed the privilege of rowing more or
less at random over the Gregorian cal
endar. 1t obeys one of the oldest laws
man ever devised. This is that the
first Sunday after the full moon fol-
lowing the vernal equinox shall be
called Easter. Usually you may de-
pend on il to work out so that Easter
comes where it properly belongs, but
this year it is a case of the vernal
equinox, full moon and Sunday fol-
lowing so close upon each others heels
that the holiday is at hand before any
body, much less the weather, Is really
ready for IL.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-22

Verses I, 2.-An exacting sacrifice.
Ishmael, the son OF Hagar, the slave
woman, was also the son Of Abraham.
This fact increased the jealousy of
Sarah, her mistress. Abraham, how
ever. realized that the promise Of God
was not to be fulfilled through Ishmael,
"the wild ass of a man" Gen. xvi. 12l,
but through Isaac. 1.-The mild one among
men, Gen. xvii. 81. For the sake of
peace in the home Abraham was com
PEELED to send away Hagar and her
son. although 1t was an occasion Of
great grief to him Gen. XXI, SD. His
hopes were now centered upon Isaac.
-" God did tempt Abraham He
was subjected to a severe ordeal to
prove the nature Of his character, to
know what was In his heart Deut.
viii. p. The word tempt originally had
the meaning of testing. but 1t now
means a deceptive invitation to wrong
doing. As such II cannot be used In
the text, for God tempteth no man
with evil intent Jas. 1, 13). Behold.
here | am" He vas ready to obey
God In a spirit OF devotion. but he
hardly realized that he was to receive
a heartrending command. The nature
Of 1t Is described with ~vividness and
tense emotion. Take now thy SON."
Here was a request that seemed to be
asking far too much of a father
Thine only son." 1t was a bitter trla.
to have sent away Ishmael; his cup OF
grief would overflow IL the place OF
Isaac would become vacan "Whom
thou lowest" There was not the slight.
est doubt that he was the pride and ioy
OF his fathers heart. "Oner him.
This was certainly a heartless exaction
and we can read the suppressed emo
ton between the lines of the narrative
The land of Moriah." The place OF
the sacrifice is supposed to be the site
where the temple was erected in later
years III Chron. iii, u. (Which | win
tell thee Of" The exact place was 10
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be made known after he had set out
on bis awful journey.
Verses 3G.-Sublimc obedience.
d Just when his hopes were about to
be blcssedly realized it seemed as
though they were 10 be dashed 20
pieces. Abraham rose up early in the
morning" He had passed through
great trials since he had CONF 10
know the true God, and he had been
sraciousiy sustained In them all. This
was the heaviest cross that had come
to him. but he took it up without a
murmur or Il protest. ION the third
day We are left 10 infer the con-
fict and agony that were experienced
by the father during these days Of a
to be forgotten Journey. saw
the place afar Of" The father now
desired to be alone with his son. so he
instructed 1.-THE young men, the scry-
ants, who had accompanied them from
home. to remain behind. The place Of
sacrifice could not have been very far
on because the lad Isaac carried "the
wood of the burnt Offering"
verses T-13.-Gracious provision.
As they went ON Isaac noticed an i'm.
portant omission. God will provide
me father had already taught his son
lessons In the divine Providence. and
MS faith In the divine guidance was
doubtless intelligently appreciated by
the son. $50 they went both
OF them together" Abraham was in
~eSpressibly grief stricken. but he tx
ercised such self control that he did
not rouse the suspicious OF the serv-
ants or even OF Isaac. Built an al
oar' This was n rude structure. prob
ABLY one large stone or n number Of
stones loosely placed together. Bound
isaac, his SON." He had doubtless
talked the matter over with his SON.
ahu 50 striking was his influence that
Isaae submitted. Abraham, .Abra-
nam. While he was ON the point OF
laying the knife on the lad he heard
tue voice of God urgently calling gu
him to desist. Now | know" lie
nau shown his willingness to obey
God at any cost. 80
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-22
Survey of The Worlds News

hoped that n later endowment will
make the work permanent.
The department will have three pur-
~poses-to carry on research in tropical
diseases, to give instruction TO grad
yates in medicine who wish 30 take
positions in the tropics and to offer
preliminary instruction in tropical med
icine among the courses open to the
regular students of the school.
1t is hoped that the department may
be able TO send expeditions to regions
but little investigated to the advan-
tage of science and humanity.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-22
SCHOOL HYGIENE

The fourth international congress of
school hygiene will be held at Buffalo,
n. Y, Aug. % to 80. The first con-
gress was held at Nuremberg in 1904;
the second at London, in 1907, and the
third at Paris, in 1910. Twenty-Five
nations have membership on the per-
manent international committee of the
congress, and it is expected that all
will have delegates at the coming ses-
sion. The secretary of state has invit-
ed foreign governments to participate.
Invitations have also been issued to
the various state and municipal au-
thorities, and to educational. scientific,
medical and hygienic institutions and
organizations.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-22

Handlinq a Goose.

In handling a goose 1t should always
be taken by the neck, and when lifted
from the ground the body should be
turned with the back toward the per
son handling it. In that position 1t
cannot strike and will remain quiet.
Partly support the body by Selling the
first joint Of the wing with one hand.
II the goose is held facing one 1t will
strike hard blows with its wings or
scratch with its feet.-Farm Progress.