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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25
PERSONAL

A farmer living near Madill has
just marketed the last Of 1900 bush
els of sweet potatoes he raised on
eleven acres of ground. The pota-
toes averaged him so cents per bush
el. giving him $115 from the eleven
acres.
Tom King was over from Box
chito Sunday.
Chas.E. McPherren departed Mon
day for Tishomingo on business OF a
legal nature.
W.. P. McNeeley and Clifton Mack
ey arrived Saturday from Norman.
where they have been attending the
State University.
Mrs. M, G. Meadows Of Fort Worth
Texas, was visiting friends in DuranI
Sunday. Mrs Meadows was formerly
an official Of the woodman Circle of
Oklahoma for years and did much in
establishing the order in this section.
Accompanied by his son Howard,
G. w. Holmes went to Mineral Wells.
Texas. for the benefit of his health.
Mr.. Holmes has been in bad health
for some time and last Wednesday
suffered a light attack of paralysis.
"A deal was consumated last week
whereby c. G. McCarty becomes the
owner of the beautiful home Of Sam
Swinney on North Eighth Avenue.
Sheriff-elect Phillips has announc-
ed the appointment Of Clyde Norman
as office deputy and w. NJ. McFat-
ridge as field deputy.
Rev. Ernest Bradley, former pas
tor. Of the Christian church OF this
place. has been called to the church
at Mangum, Oklahoma
Assessop-elect VIM Yeats, while IN
from his farm near Matoy. made the
announcement that he would name
James culberson as his ofrice deputy.
Mr.. culberson is at present tine Of
flee deputy under Sheriff Lib Hart.
District Judge Jesse M. Hqtchett
who has been holding court at Ma
din since the first of the month, re-
tnrned home and will remain here
until the fourth OF January. having
taken a recess until that time. The
docket has been disposed. of until
that date.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25

Oats usually produce paying yields
IN Eastern oklahoma The kafirs
have not been generally satisfactory
in the Southeastern part of the state
There they have plenty of cotton
this year and mighty little feed. The
high summer temperature put Tie
corn out Of business except in shell
tered locations The acreage sown
to oats each year might be increased.
II certainly will pay TO cut the corn
acreage down to land on which corn
has paid. Giving first thought to the
production OF feed for all the needs
OF the community will naturally work
toward a reduction Of the acreage
planted to cotton. This viii Ultimate
iy work toward the development OF
the livestock industry. Bermuda
grass pastures and the complete erad-
ication OF the Texas fever tick will
make this region a leader in the pre-
duction of cattle.--ok Oklahoma Farm
Journal.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25
Lesson to Young Men

Editorial from last weeks Eufala
Indian Journal:
"A splendid lesson was given in
the course here this week for the
young men of this country, to whom
the appeal to be bad man still
comes. Two young men. hardly OF
age. were sentenced to a term in
the penitentiary. Neither of them
are apparently criminals but both of
them had evidently. been influenced
by the many examples of the frontier
days. that II was a bright thing to do
to be a bit desperate. and soon found
the iron hand OF the law closing in
on them. 1t will prove that the bet
ter thing to do is to copy after the
other example that is fast taking con-
tro lof the one time WIZ west, and is
.liftin git out of the old way"
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25

The famous five per cent increase
in the freight rates has been granted
the eastern railroads by the Inter
State Commerce Commission. except
in specified commodities. including
coal One hundred and twelve rail
roads are affected. The roads won
their long fight for an increase ON
account of the unusual situation ere
ated by the European war. 1t is es-
timated that the Increase will add
80 million dollars annually to the
earnings Of the lines affected.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25
Death Of Mrs. O. .W. Raker.

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Baker, wife
OF 6, w. Raker, of this city, passed
away at the family residence al the
corner 18th and Evergreen streets,
Saturday morning at 400 O'Clock,
the immediate cause OF her demise
being CONGESTION Of the stomach. She
had been i'll for the past three weeks
and was recently operated upon for
gall stones.
The funeral was conducted at the
home Sunday afternoon at Q O'Clock
by Rev Campbell, pastor Of the M.
e. Church.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25

Sundays Dalls News carried cut
OF Arthur N. Leecraft OF Colbert,
Okla, whom Governor Williams has
Chosen for his private secretary.
Mr.. Leecraft has been head of the
Odd Fellows in Oklahoma. is prom
inent in business, is trustee OF the
school for girls at Durant, and is d
merchant in Colbert. He is a native
Of Texas and has lived in Colbert 'or
many years. Mr.. Leecraft is one OF
the most widely known men in ok
lahoma and is diplomat In his re-
iations with men. The selection Is
regarded by friends of thefhew Gov
ernor to be of the very best.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25
Burglars ROB EneIand,s Store.

Sometime Sunday morning. be-
tween the hours OF midnight and 3
O'Clock, burglars entered the grocery
store of w. Il. England & Son on
Main street, worked the combination
OF the safe and rifled the contents.
The robbers gained entrance by breai
The robbers gained entrance by
breaking a bar off the back door.
After working the combination to
the safe they took heavy scale
weight and broke Off the inside door,
took the money box. containing about
$40 in cash and $40 in checks.
The checks and the money box
were found under trestle OF the
Katy tracks near the oil mill by a
man who was feeding cattle near
the min.
The discovery that the store had
been burglarized was made by the
police who found the back door open
and phoned to Mr.. England. The
discovery was made about o'clock
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25
Gin Reports show Enormous Yield.

~@-@- ~IT>@.%c e'AAOW A4AAOAinDUo ACtus
Washington. Dec. 23.-The sew
enth cotton ginning report Of the sea-
son. compiled from reports Of the
Census Bureau correspondents and
agents throughout the cotton belt
and issued at 10 a. m. today, an
nounced that 1S.977.1Ss bales II
cotton, counting round bales as half
bales. of the growth of 1914, had
been ginned prior to December 13.
This compared with 12.927,42S bale
85 per cent of the 1913, and 49,
770,727 bales or SS.5 per cent Of the
1911 crop. The average quantity of
cotton gined prior to December l
in the past four years was 12,45S. 1853
bales or 91.4 per cent of the crop.
Included in the ginnings were 42,-
706 round bales, compared with, 91,-
I6S6 last year. ora75.772 in 1912 and
92,790 in 1911.
Sea Island cotton included num-
bered 1888 bales, compared with
$3.50 bales last year. 6O,445 bales
in 1912 and 9s.O35 bales in 1911.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25


The magnates of the Western AS
sociation met at Duskogee and dis
cussed plans for onlarging the cir
cult to eight towns. Muskogee. OK
lahoma City. Tulsa, McAlester. and
Fort Smith will retain their old fran
chise, leaving three berths vacant.
Representatives Of Paris. Denison,
BartIesviIIe, Emporia. and several
other good baseball towns were at
the meeting and announced their
candidacy for the open berths.
On the belief that the Texas-Ok-
lahoma League would not be reor-
ganized in 1915 Paris and Denison,
both holding franchises in the TO
League, made strong fights for en-
trance into the Western Association
and as a reward for their efforts
were given until January 10 to file
guarantee money.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25
TIclsa seriousIy Affect MIlk Yield

Ticks Seriously Affect Milk Yield
Washington. d. c.. Dec. 2S.-Even
with the so-calIed immune cattle.
ticks have caused a loss varying
from 1.5 to s.4 quarts of milk day,
according to experiments conducted
by the United States Department OF
Agriculture. Hitherto the exact
amount Of damage which the ticks do
to the so-calIed immune cattle has
been a matter OF conjecture. The
Departments experiments, however,
have now made It certain that even
the light infestation seriously reduces
the revenue from the dairy herds.
Investigation took two lots Of 20
cows each and allowed one lot to be-
come infested with ticks while the
other lot was kept free by spraying
and dipping; otherwise the conditions
were as identical as It was possible
to make them. After period of ap-
proximately five monts 1t was found
that those cows which. were lightly
Infested produced 1876 per cent less
milk than the cows that were alto
gether free, and those heavily infest-
ed with ticks produced 42.4 per cent
less milk or nearly half gallon per
day less. In addition IL was found
that the cows which were supposed
to be immune suffered from tick fo-
yer and one actually died from the
disease.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25
Children to Ornhanace.

Lacy Grimes on last Friday took to
the State orphanage at Pryor. Okla
homa. four orphan children from this
city, as folIows:
Marviila, Robert, Eula, and Ellen
Birchfield. aged 4, ~. Q. and z years,
respectively. The children had been
kept by relative, one T. M, Ritchie
of this city, prior to the issuance Of
an Orphanage Commitment by the
County Court.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25
Matthews Bound Over.

John P.: Matthews, former night
clerk in the Duran. postoffice. who
was arrested here last Tuesday night
by United tSates Postal Inspectors.
was arraigned before United statos
Commissioner Cochran at Muskogee
and bound over to the grand Jury on
a charge Of taking money from the
registered mails.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25
German Losses 1000. GOO.

Swiss and German newspapers
publish statements showing that the
German losses to date exceed / mill
ion men. The figures published show
that thelosses in dead. wounded. and
prisoners. are 100000.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25
wheat 1925 Per Rnshei.

Press dispatches published in the
daily papers Tuesday report that
wheat is selling on the Portland. Or
egon. exchange Monday for $1.28 a
bushel. the highest price ever offered
for wheat on the Pacific coast.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25
Anderson Allowed Bond; S
az -HO0

The preliminary hearing OF Henry
Anderson, charged with the murder
OF Jim Braziel. came to a close Sat
urday afternoon before County Judge
Rappolee. after only a few witnesses
had been examined. 1t was proved
that Anderson had ordered Brazlel
from his place.
Anderssn -as bound over to the
district court on charge OF murder
by .he county judge, and a writ of
s.al,eas corpus was sued out by his
attorneys. Utterback G Macdonald.
before Judge Hatchett and an agreed
bond Of $500 was allowed.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25
Durant for Pa,lsers, Place

A boom has been started in Wash
ington. d. c., to secure for w. A.
Durant, OF this city. the position of
Register Of the Treasury. which win
shortly be vacated by Gabe e. Par
ker. who secures the Indian Agency
at Muskogee. The registry position
pays 4 thousand dollars per year.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25

Mrs. M. o. Cardin and sister. Miss
Lena Estes of Aylesworth. were n
the city this morning enroute to Tey-
as. to spend the Christmas season
with relatives.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25

Your druggist will refund noney II PAzo
olNTMRNT fails to cure any case Of Itching,
Blind, bleeding OF Protrudlng Plies In 6to IA days.
The hrstapplication gives Ease and Rest. SOC.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25

Ifin the market for Typewriter
no9 ID. NJ. Evans.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25

Believing that League win not be Re-
organized in 1915, Denison and
Paris Both Try for Place in west-
ern Association.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-18
EASY MONEY FOR
STEAMBOAT MEN
White Collar steamboat Co. Collects
$4,000 From Mississippi River
Power Company.

Davenport Democrat: Damages to
the amount OF $4,000 have been re-
ceived by the White Collar lines from
the Mississippi River Power company,
builders Of the big dam at Keokuk.
The settlement is the result of
claim against the Keoklk dam people
owing to the blocking of the river
channel early last spring, when the
Morning Star las billed to 60 on a
long cruise down the Mississippi and
UP the Tennessee rivers.
Owing to the stage of the opera
lions on the big dam it was impossible
to let boats up and down the river and
the White Collar lines, after making
arrangements for the cruise and hav-
ing secured considerable number of
reservations for the trip, were COM
PEELED to call 1t off.
The controv ersy was settled out of
court. The claims Of the Streckfus
and Wisherd lines are still pending
against the Mississippi River Power
company, both of the other lines hay
Ing also set up claims for big dam
ages.
The annual meeting of the White
Collar lines was held yesterday after
noon in the company headquarters on
lower Brady street and resulted in the
election of the following officers.
President-Captain W. A. Blair.
Dk,;l1spc
Treasurer. NJ. Marks.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-18
IOWA AMONG THE STATES.


With 100000 larger crop value
this year than last, Iowa is in position
to enjoy life.
She is unusually endowed. Fifteenth
among the states in population, she
has more banks than any other state.
Iowa is first In the value of farm
lands and buildings operated by the
owners, amounting to $735, 1865, 000l
and exceeding that of any other state
ty 1921 100000. Illinois is next with
$545,000,0 900.
Iowa has the largest crop acreage
of any state in the union, 20,374,925
acres, with value in crops in 1909
of 1914, 666,000, which is surpassed by
only one state. Illinois. the next near
est being Texas with s29s,133,o 900.
Iowa is first in the value of domes-
tic animals sold, the amount being
$685. 100000 in 1909, the next nearest
being Missouri with $144,00O,00O.
Iowa is second in the value of farm
property per acre, Illinois ranking
first with s12o.Os, Iowa, $1,000, and
New Jersey third with s9s.01.
If every other agricultural state i'll
the union produced as much per acre
as Iowa, there would be no problem
OF food supply.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-18
PUT kEokuk ON THE MAP.

Chief Engineer Hugh L. Cooper has
finished his work in Keokuk and
changed his headquarters to New
York City. Such conclusion was in
eyitable. The completion of the dam
necessarily involved the retirem snt Of
the engineer to other scenes of activity
and 1t is a physical impossibility to
restrain a man of his indomitable
will, temperament and capacity for
work. Keokuk parts with him relnct-
antly but takes pride in his associa-
ton for the past three years as well
as in his remarkable achievements.
The people of this city can and will
always refer TO him as the man who
put keokuk on the map to stay. His
work here is permanent 1t will
stand as monument to his name and
ability long after the roll has been
called and he has answered the final
summons. Hundreds of thousands
who never knew or saw the man will
participate in the benefits of his lab.
ors, and the development of the great
watar power-the creation of his
brain-will bring prosperity and hap
piness to millions In the years to
come. Keoluk wishes Mr.. Cooper and
his delightful family abundant happi
ness and prosperity on their return
to the old home The door Of vel
come will be open to them on their
return visits which it is hoped will
be frequent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-18
GLASS OF SALTS IF
YOUR KIDNEYS HURT
Eat less meat if you feel Backschy
or have Bladder
Trouble.

Meat forms uric acid which excites
and oyerworks the kidneys in their
efforts to filter it from the system.
Regular eaters of meat must flush
the kidneys occasionally. You must
relieve them like you rslieve your
bowels; removing all the acids. waste
and poison, else you feel dull mis-
cry in the kidney region, sharp pains
in the back or sick headache, dzzi-
ness, your stomach sours, tongue is
coated and when the weather Is bad
you have rheumatic twinges. The
urine Is cloudy, full of sediment; the
channels often get irritated, obliging
you to get up two or three times DUR
ing the night.
To neutralize these Irritating ac DIS
and flush off the body's urinous waste
get about four ounces of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy; take table
spoonful in glass of water before
breakfast for few days and your
kidneys will then act fine and blad-
Ger disorders disappear This famous
salts Is made from the acid of grapes
md lemon Juice, combined with lithia.
and has been used for general ons to
clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys
and stop bladder irritation. Jad Salts
is inexpensive; harmless and makes a
delightful effervescent Whitewater
drink which millions of men and
women take now and then, thus
avoiding serious kidney and bladder
diseasss
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-18
BAKERS CONVENTION
WILL SPEND DAY HERE
Will Come Here on Last Day Of Con-
vention from Burlington to
Make Trip Over Dam.

The entire body of the Iowa Master
Bakers Association that meets at
Burlington for their annual conven-
ton on March 8, and will come
to this city on the last day Of the
convention for the purpose Of going
over the dam and will spend the aft
ernoon in this city. Jacob Schouten
Of this city, who is member OF the
executive committee met the other
members of the committee at Bulling-
ton on January 8 for the purpose of
arranging the details of the meeting,
and announces that it had been
definitely decided that the convention
should come here in body on the
last day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-18
SECOND LECTURE
IN CHRIST SERIES
The Rev. John c. Sage VIII Speak on
Saviour's Life at 4:3o
O'Clock Today.

The second of the series of illus
trated lectures in THE Life Of
Christ" being given monthly by the
Rev. John C. Sage at St Johns will
be delivered Sunday afternoon at half
past four o'clock. These lectures
aim to give an outline of the life of
Christ in such manner that it may
readily be assimilated by everyone
They are profusely illustrated by
reproductions of many famous paint
ings, as well as by the scenes in the
Holy Land. This lecture takes the
place of the afternoon services at st.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-18


Practically every newspaper reader
is possible customer of every retail
advertiser But city subscribers
none of them more than a short car
ride from your store-can and wifi
respond more readily to good newspa-
per advertising than readers who
must make railroad trip to reach
your doors. These are vital facts for
advertisers. Hence it is vital for ev-
cry advertiser to know accurately the
exact paid Keokuk circulation of a
newspaper as we'll as it's total circula-
ton before an accurate measure of its
value as an advertising medium can
be made and The Gate City is ready
to supply this information so far as it's
own lists are involved.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-18
The go to Church Sunday"

Quincy Wing: The holidays of an
"Everybory at Church Sunday Is
being tried in various cities, and al
most invariably With Zig c.ngrega-
tons and much enthusiasm.
A tribe Of people is growing UP In
the larger cities whose only church
is the moving picture show. They
could not be expected to cultivate the
habit of church attendance, as that
would require them to do some think.
ing. All the energy they have for
thinking is required for their bust
ness.
On the side of pure advantage to
daily work, outside Of spiritual bene.
fits, however, strong casa can be
made out for church going. 1t sub
stitutes quiet for hustle. optimism for
depression
The modern church must advertise
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-18
Cure for Suffering.

DIES MONIES, Jan. IA. M. De
zoe, state superintendent OF public
instruction, has sent a representative
to Los Angeles to Investigate methods
employed by Prof. o H. Ennis in cur
ing pupils who stutter. 1t Is the plan to
secure the Ennis system OF instruc-
tion and then instruct some of the
teachers in the larger cites of Iowa,
so that they can carry out the method.
In Des Moines class of seventy pu.
pills afflicted with stammering Is
being organized and the Ennis system
will be apn'ied to them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-18
WHAT SHOULD PAPERS PRlnTa

Richard Lloyd Jones. editor of the
Wisconsin Journal, of Madison. pub
Ilished in his newspaper on December
Is strong editorial in which he gave
his views as to what model news
laper should print.
Among other things he said that
the newspaper as we'll as the virtues
oil a community or country is not serv-
ing the public as it should.
The greatest story in the history of
the world" he continues, was the
Icrucifixion when, as the reporters of
this time tell us, the clouds hung
black and low and the sun did not
shine on Calvary.
The greatest story in the history
of America was murder story. 1t
occupied the first page of every news
aaper in the country for more than
three weeks. That was the story of
the murder of Abraham Lincoln.
The story of any war is always
horrible. revolving, but it is import
ant. They are the stories that have
built and destroyed empires, armed
land dethroned kings. So, too, is the
story Of any social or Industrial war
fare or conflict of vital Importance to
the state. The newspaper that does
mot inform the people of these strug-
giles and interpret the causes of these
struggles fails in it's primary duty.
The world is task, not a picnic"
This is a good strong talk and,
moreover, it is true, adds the Fourth
Estate. No newspaper can claim to
be doing its duty to the public that
does not impartially record both the
good and the evil that men do. 1t is
as to the manner of the recording thai
men differ Conservative editors be-
iieve that stories of crimes like MUIR
ders, outrages and lynching should be
told in the fewest possible words. No
attempt should be made to color the
1.ews or go into gruesome details that
unnecessarily shock the finer sensibil-
tiles. Editors who conduct the sensa-
t!onal newspapers, on the other hand,
believe that the public wants to read
all the disgusting details, or at least
those that can be printed without at
tracing the attention of Anthony
Comstock.
Newspapers are not published for
infants or young children, but for the
Igrown-ups, who are supposed to know
some things not taught within nursery
walls. The world is not all smiles
and sunshine. 1t has its moral and
business storms and disturbances that
Try mems souls. We are not all saints
neither are we all sinners. If we
do not know of the existence of evil,
how are we to learn to avoid it? The
! failure Of parents to acquaint their
children with some of the fundament
1 al facts concerning the relations OF
the sexes has ruined the lives OF
many.
/ 1t is the function of the newspapers
Ito be a teacher as we'll as reporter
OF news events. If, therefore, it does
not point out the pitfalls that beset
the pathway of youth, or sound the
strident note of warning when danger
threatens the moral, political or bust
ness life Of community, it is I'M
worthy to be called a newspaper-it's
a rag.