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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-09

up the dirty rags Now you know
what the matter is
II may add that this same doctor
contracted typhus two weeks later.
and that the five nurses in attend
ance at that hospital, as well as three
successive managers OF the place,
weeks that followed my visit. No
one was willing to take the vacancies
left by the deceased and the patients
had to take care of themselves as
well as they could.
Permit to Die in Peace.
Things have come to such pass
in the towns of the interior of Mex
leo that a dying man there will vainly
ask for priest to comfort him in his
last moments. In most of the States
a special permit is required each time
a priest is called to give spiritual con-
this license is almost invariably de-
MED, especially il the needy one is u
woman or a poor wretch who has no
pull or influence with the local
chief
But on the other hand, free swing
is given to whoever happens to be on
good terms with the potentates. A
man in Mexico City. not long ago. had
struggled hard and saved enough to
build a printing plant considered the
best of its kind in the city. This
man. Spaniard. had his place of bus
mess in a building owned once
though not any more--by Reyes
Spindola, the leading cientifico news
paper man under Porfirio Diaz Now
one Of CarranZG's closest editor
friends was in search of q shou in
which to print his paper. and instead
of going at it in the regular way, he
just took possession of the Spaniard's s
premises in the name of the people
He is still there issuing a sheet called
the Eel Motin (The Riot) He claims
that the rightful owner of the proper
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-09
NOTICE OF TRANSFER OF PUPILS

Sestion 26E, page 81, of the 1915
school laws provide that all transfers
of children from one school district
to another must be made at least two
months before the beginning of the
school in either district affected.
Many of the schools of the county
will open September Attn, hence all
applications for transfers go or from
such districts must be made not lat
er than June 3Oth. In rural districts
where the term does not begin until
the 1st of October. applications for
transfers may be made until the 2Oth
of July. No applications will be re-
ceived after the goth of July.
All parents wishing to transfer
their children had best attend to this
matter now, as no exceptions will ba
made this year. Very truly,
r. X MCINTOSH.
County Superintendent.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-09

to ceiling and add to the artistic
beauty of the room as we'll as sup
porting the roof
OFF the main waiting room on one
half the West erd, is a smoking room
for men, 1Sx22 feet. with mems toi-
let or from it. Equal beauty OF
architecture obtains as in the main
waiting room South of the smoking
room, off from the main waiting
room, is a ladies' rest room with
modern toilet At various points in
the building ice water is ever avail
able,
The corniee work around the TOP
of the building will be Of hammered
copper and the whole will present a
beautiful spectacle when completed
. Contractor McCart took occasion
TO compliment two local workmen,
Messrs Allan Beamer, electrician on
the job. and Mr.. Cotron. the plaster
err. both local men. He says these
men have given him as good electric
al wiring work and as good plaster
ing as he has ever had done Other
mechanics on the job have been inn
ported for the most part. Messrs. H.
c. Frye and J, c. Kidd, Durant car
lpenters. have been employed on the
interior finishing work, and Mr. Nc
Cart spoke highly OF their work.
The Katy's chief mogul, on his fre-
quent trips of inspection, has said
that the work is of an unusually
good class and better than his COM
pany ordinarily gets in its stations.
Mr. McCart has on this job made for
himself quite a reputation. all OF
which has been earned, without
doubt. He has already been engaged
go do some other extensive work
here, to be done in the near future
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-09

ty is a scientifico and therefore a
thief. And the victim does not dare
to complain, but is endeavoring to fix
it somehow.
New Banner and Anthem.
"A wild horde has swept over Mex
leo and nothing but ruins remain
where civilization once held sway.
In that unfortunate country, no man,
be he Carranzista. Zapatista of Will
ista, thinks of much else than loot,
graft and murder. And there will be
revolution in Mexico while there re-
mains a man to be despoiled, house
to be ransacked or a woman to be dis
honored.
THE Mexican laborer who was Of
fered Liberty and Justice has been
given Oppression and Slavery. Every
town is ruled by the local clan of
petty military grafters. Every home
is menaced by their bestiality No
mans life is safe from abuse. No
woman's purity is free from attack.
No city is clear of brigands. Over this
lawless and unruly mob new flag
wave-the black flag of Piracy and
the skull and bones as fitting en-
blem. And instead of the inspiring
and beloved National anthem this
motley crowd now sings a low and RI
bald song: The Cockroach. "
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-09
new STATION WILL BE A
MODEL OF ATTRACTIVENESS
EVERY MODERN CONVENIENCE IMAGINABLE INSTALLED IN
UNION DEPOT WHICH WILL FILL ALL DURANT'S NEEDS.


The doubling Thomases have only
to let Contractor H. p. McCart show
them thru the new union station,
which will be finished in ten ays, to
be convinced that the station will fill
Durant's every need for several years
and be one of the most beautiful and
convenient depots anywhere along
the line.
on the north end is the baggage
room, 2Sx35 feet in dimensions. All
baggage is slid into the room over
platform, truck high, and weighed
without the extra labor of hosting It
up and down as was done in the old
way TO the east on the corner OF
the room will be a door from which
patrons may come in from near the
main waiting room door and transact
their business over an oak counter
with the baggage man.
on the South of the baggage room
is the negro waiting room, 1Sx22
feet, with toilet rooms for men and
women off from the room to the
West.
Next South is the office. size 1Sx-
% feet and off from the office to the
West is the heating plant and water
cooling system, all below ground
with a balcony, or.run around above
where the public with the agents
indulgence) may see the machinery
at work.
On the South corner is the mair
waiting room. 45x45 feet. with eight
cen foot ceiling beautifully arranged
and decorated with new patent pro
cess red concrete floor. Double sol
id oak settees will fill this room anC
seats aplenty will be provided for al
passengers, and more. Four orna
mental square pillars soar from flooi
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-09
RoYs INrEREsrnn.

Farm agent Fash says that the
boys doing demonstration work in
the vicinity of Albany are all doing
first grade work and Following in
structions to the letter He has some
big praise for the boys. Tho names
are as follows;
w. c, o. Harris, Herbert Hults-
man, Colonel Haddack, C. o. Butler
PinkEey Beal, Phillip Majors, Harold
Simmons, Becton Polk, Ames Butler
all of Albany.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-09
FIRST PEACHES.

The first 1919 crop of peaches yet
marketed come from Bokchito. from
which place car load was st )pped
to eastern markets this week. Around
RoFchito are many fine orchards and
While the leach crop was considera-
bly, damaged by late frosts. t'lcrewili
be many lef-.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-09

seen something worse than that un-
der Carranza's reform administra
ton. The local commander of pros
porous Puebla town had wronged IA
girl whose family was trying to take
her away from him One afternoon
the man, in a drunken frenzy, grab
bed the victims old mother by the
hair, and kicked and struck her until
she became unconscious. Then, turn
ing around to face boy who had
come to the assistance of the lady,
the brute knocked him down with a
blow on the head, and when the 'po-
lice" came to find out what was the
trouble and saw who was the Offend
err, they hastened to withdraw from
the place. This happened some four
months ago, and as the whole scene
took place in a hotel, there wer over
a score of witnesses who did not dare
to interfere because it meant certain
death, the motto of this particular
general being "shoot first and inves-
tigate afterwards" His name is VIM
asenor and believe he is now Cover
nor of the State of Oaxaca. At any
rate, he was in charge of the troops
that were trying to get the city from
the Felicitas at the time.
Hunger and Disease.
Hunger has reached such stage
in Mexico that no words can give a
proper idea of it. Brigands of all
kinds and denominations share the
spoils of a starved nation with a priv
ileged crowd of self-appointed petty
rulers, while the poor peon--for
whose sake it is claimed that all these
things came to pass-has to content
himself with whatever food he can
steal, as it is too expensive to acquire
it honestly. The stealing of corn is
punished with death. l remember
the CHASTITY sight of two soldiers shot
dead at the entrance of church in
Tehuacan, while the women and chill
dren were coming out from the mass.
Over the eorpses of the wretched men
hung, with grim satire, the sign;
Thieves" And the general who had
ordered the execution was engaged al
the time in removing all the furni-
ture to his private car, even to the
bedding and the flower pots, from n
residence he had been unlawfully oc-
cupying for over year, Not one
piece of furniture belonged to hom
Nor the private car, for that matter
1.-TWO blocks away from the church
where the shooting had been done 9
mob of ragged, perspiring yelling wo-
men fought and tore their scant raj
ment in a pitiful endeavor to get q
handful of corn that was being dis
tributed by charitable institution
"In this same town 1 asked the
doctor in charge of the local Board OF
Health why it was that nothing was
apparently being done to prevent the
appaling spread of typhus. He tool
me to the hospital where over 200
Ipersons were suffering from the dis
ease. Nothing can give an idea o
the undescribable filth that surround
ed them. The doctor pointed to +,
particularly evil-smelling corner anc
said to me: This room has not beer
swept for two months, and they will
not even let me have a man to picl
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-09
What WOUldWpD SuQor?
GazHLERLVH

We arc 80 used TO sugar
that we are llicly TO for
get to give it It's properly
important place. Right
now II somebody asked
you whab sugar was good
for you'd probably say -
"Oh! to put IN coffee and
tea and for making can-
dies and desserts" That's
tive an think Of SUGAR
as n sweetener and over-
look It's value as o food.
Tile chemists classify
s.aaaaa - 80 @. Na.T.aaa.H -.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-09
HERE ERoM OKLAHOMA CITY

State Engineer w. p. Danford. of
Oklahoma City, formerly city engin-
eer of Durant. is here this week at
tending to business matters. Mrs.
Danford accompanies him and they
will remain a week.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-09

The Strong Withstand the Heat of
Summer Better Than the Weak
Old people who are feeble, and younger
people who are weak win be strengthened
and enabled to 60 through the depress-
ing heat of Summers by taking regularly
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic. II purifies
the whole system. SOC.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-09

100 dozen Fruit Jars, so cents to
z 8 cents per dozen.
Enterprise Grocery Co.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-09

are interesting because we fnd 'hat in
ste Of tho luxury sugar lawlg gone
w d IS the FOOD sugar that has raised
its Trice. -YCt-ovcn though the price is
Up we have to have our sweet food just
the same.
Certainly the makers Of that delicious
beverage Coca-Coia must have dis
covered that sugar Is up, because one OF
the principal Ingredients IN making Coca
Cola syrup is fine cane sugar. Think OF
itl-they use an average of so tons OF
sugar n day-about A carloads. But uu-
Ike many manufacturers that comranv
has Itself borne the raise and so you ans
j pay Just the same today for our bottle
or glass of Coca-Cola that we've always
paid. Incidentally, this phase OF the sit
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-09

See E. NJ. Evans for Typewriters.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-09

uation Is a goodreminder
OF the benefits one gets
from drinking a bever-
age as pure and good as
CoCa-Cola. Not only do
we please our palates
and derive wholesome
refreshment from th
drink but we also Civ ,.
our systems that bit OF
sugar sweetness { h a Z
they crave and which -
necessary TO health an 4
tissues. Is Il any won
der then that Coca-Coi ,
Is so popular and SD
universally drunk that it
has been called the
drink the nation drinks" ?
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
Jupiter's Moons.

The statement that Jupiters moons can occasionally be seen without O. tical aid b. heeA sighted persons needs some uualiiicatlul. Within the last quarter of n century the space pe"t- trating power of the camera. combined with the worlds giant telescopes. has added no fewer than five Joyiun satcl- Iites to the four which Galilei dis covered 900 years ago. Four of the five new moons were "netted' at the famous Lick observatory. on Mount Hamilton. California, and the fifth is to the credit of Greenwich observatory. But all of the new discoveries are SD small and. with C'c exception. 50 d,s
 tant from Jupiter that they are beyond the range of naked eye vision. even from Jupiter itself. unless an observer on the planet had better eyesight than we 'ts"estrials. Indeed, to see Satel- lite TX 0he latest addition to Jupiter's family of moons) q hypothetical ob- server on Jupiter would need eyesight capable of seeing a star 800 times fainter than ;hc faintest visible to hu. man eyesight.-London Chronicle.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
The Frunal Breton.

"As I watched the fishermen unload ing their cargoes I had striking illus tration of Breton frugality." writes Herbert Adams Gibbons in an article on "The Sardine Industry of Brittany" in Harper's Magazine. "So many sar- dimes come into the port of Douarne- nez that their white. flecky scales cover the sand in mounds, washed up by the tides. Some of the boats have their decks covered several inches deep with the catch. But the fishermen actually count every sardine and send them ashore in baskets of exactly 200 each.
 ''There is no guesswork, no approXi- nation by weighing. Since at low tide the boats are fifteen feet below the mole, the porters let down ropes to fish ermen in the boats. The baskets are drawn up one at time. If single fish happens to fall overheard they go after 1t with hand net and make real ly strenuous efforts to recover it. These are fishermen to whom the admonition to gather up the fragments would not have been necessary"
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
Industrial Courts.

As long ago as 1SO6 France created Industrial courts. ard t.e ex tmplr '.i, been followed by EeTman! Swi.l.r lanI. Italy and Belgium. \ I.'eSiGV.. [. who represents the public. and .. equal number of workers and emplo! CTS sit as a jury rather than as a court. Lawyers are barred. The p., lies to the dispute take turns relating grievance and defense. and in consr Iuence of tlis simplicity 90 per ccnI uf the cases are adjusted without formal hearings In event of threat ened strikes or luc&outS the courts have the power to sit as boards of ar hitTatinn. and it is only in rare ra+. > that satisfactory agreements are mol reached.
 ceGure with the American method ni frequent trials. frequent appeals. re NerSed de isionS. remandcd eases. court costs. lawyers fees and months nf delay. a gantlet that no poor man ,.aTCS tO run. The dollar out of which an alien is cheated may mean tO him he difference between q bed or a park bench. and certainly his sense of in justice will not inspire him. with re Srect for democratic institutions George Greet in Century
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
The Four Great Sauces.

A French epicure has declared that man has created the culinary art; be does not feed like an animal-he break lasts, dimes and sups."
 The French are particularly eloquent on the subject of sauces. Among their famous chefs are recognized four great sauces, Spanish, veloute, bechamel and German. The Spanish and ve- loute were known as far back as the seventeenth century. In the eighteenth they were modified by the masters of cookery, particularly by Careme, who was called "the Raphael of the kitchen"
 The Spanish sauce is composed of juices extracted from mixture Of ham. veal, chicken and pheasant. Ve- loute is similar, but Is not colored. Bechamel is veloute to which cream has been added, and the German sauce is veloute plus the yolks of eggs.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
A Thiers nn-Nver.

The secretary of the New York PrIS un association tells of the answer n thief gave to the question. "IS honest, rhe best policy?" It was in the E,mi ra reformatory. where class was un dergoing instruction. A young man asked permission to answer the qneS ton "I believe honesty is the beS' policy" said he. because of cas,' where l knew it to work that way See: There was two young fellows r. New York. and they was crooked See And they didn't succeed. They wen to Philadelphia, and they turned ovci Il new leaf and agreed to be square an honest They opened a clothing store See? And they prospered. They gq' everybody's confidence. and they Dor rowed $100.OO0 to enlarge their busi ness. and then they failed and go away with every cent of the money which they never could have done if they hadn't been honest SeeT
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
Curious Dwarf Oaks.

Known to ranchmen as chinnery, the dwarf oak of the southwest presents a curious instance of the devious and in- scrutable ways of nature. There the liliputian of the great oak family GOV CTS q great area in the plains of Texas bordering on New Mexico. The trees, it is said. rarely attain a height of twenty inches and are replicas of their giant brothers in other parts of the country. The acorns which they bear are as large as those of the common burr oak and present n grotesque np- pearance hanging from the little limbs of the low growing shrub or tree. The annual crop of mast is used for fatten- ing hogs. When the acorns are ripe many wild animals Ind birds flock into the miniature forest to feast on the nuts.-Argonaut.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
Jefferson's Letter.

A few lines written by Jefferson to a friend in a foreign country ruined the warm friendship which had existed be tween him and Washington. The let ter is known historically as "JefferSol'S letter"
 Jefferson sent letter to Philip Mag zei, an Italian, in April. 1T96. Mazze published an Italian translation of it in Florence the next year. It was re translated into French and published in French newspapers, from which it found its way into the British papers and to America
 In this letter Jefferson opposed the Jay treaty and commented freely against Washington and his adminis tration as Anglican, monarchical and aristocratic. This letter destroyed Washington's faith in Jefferson.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
Fussiness In Architecture

A great vice that is creeping ntu American architecture of interiors rn day is an exaggeration of tiny details Holdings are multiplied until they be come liney and disturbing. Every lii tie plain surface is paneled in most tireSome fashion. It is as if drafts men had come to hate a white spot on piece of paper or blank space on wall and to feel obliged to cove: every bit of their drawings with some thing. preferably mere lines. As re suit the architecture as executed i> endlessly tricked out, fussy and inicky mere y.-Architectural Rec ord
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
Told Almost All.

women lawyers:
 "I told my client to tell me every thing just as it had occurred-to hold back nothing-and then, being per fectly familiar with all the facts, | might be able to help him. After the story had come to an end l asked him If that were all.
 'EverytI..ng-'cept where I hid tn moneyr was the answer" - Buffalo News
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
ItaIy's Marriaqe Brokerr.

Marriage brokers are a regular instl tuition in Italy. In Genoa there are several marriage brokers who have pocketbooks filled with the names ot the marriageable girls of the different classes, with notes of their figures personal attractions, fortunes and uih CT circumstances These brokers % about endeavoring to arrange matm monial alliances in the same offhunU mercantile manner which they wuUui bring to bear upon q purely business transaction, and when they succerO they get a commission of or 3 pei cent upon the dowry and sometimes Il bonus as we'll
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
General Markets.

FLOUR-Unsettled; spring patents, s6.3O a7.2O; winter patents, $6.45a6.S5; winter straights, s620a6.40; Kansas straights, $6.3J a6.60.
 BUTTER-Barely steady; receipts, 3,940, creamery extras, 92 score. 31a311zc.; cream cry, higher scoring. 32a321kc.; firsts, 2715a 30c.; seconds, 25a27c.
 EGGS-Unsettled; receipts, 5,0OS; fresh gathered, extra fine, 31a32c.; extra firsts, -9a30c.; firsts, 2714a281zc.; seconds, 26a27c. nearby hennery whites, fine to fancy. 3sa 39c; nearby hennery browns 33a35c.
 CHEESE-Steady; receipts. 265; state, whole milk, flats, held, specials, 1Sa1SAc. do. average fancy, 17%a1Sc. do, current make. specials, 17a4c.; do, average run Ii a17bc.
 LIVE POULTRY-Unsettled dressed strong; fresh killed chickens, 161ha27c fowls, 1la19tac: turkeys 27a2Sc.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
China, Japan and Religion.

The religion of China is Confucian ism. an ethical system founded by Con fucius about $50 B. C. Another religion which has large following is Tauism. and form of Buddhism is followed hy many.
 In Japan the chief religion is that oi Buddha. which Is. however. compara lively modern. Another and older faith exists. called Shinto or Shinsyu. The word shinto is equivalent to spirit wur ship.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
NOTES FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
What Folks Are Doing on the Other
 Side of the Globe.

What Folks Are Doing on the Other
 Side of the Globe.
 Emperor Francis Joseph is confined to the royal palace in Vienna with an attack of bronchitis.
 The Allan liner Pomeranian was dis abled off Fastnet and was compelled to return to Queenstown.
 Labor delegates at their convention in Bristol. England. opposed the con scription bill by big majority.
 Prince Mirko, second son of King Nicholas of Montenegro, is believed to have been killed or captured in battle. Brigadier. General Hugh Gregory Fit, an aid-de-camp to King George. was killed at the British front in France.
 Single men of the ages from twenty seven to thirty years enrolled under Lord Derby's enlistment scheme will be called out Feb. 3.
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
Legal Snags.

Seems to me that the lawyers have it easy in life"
 "Why so?''
 "The rest of us have to surmount our own obstacles, but if q lawyer strikes one he applies to some judge and has it set de."--Louisville Con rier-Journal
Connecticut western news., 1916-02-03
Three Clocks.

The best three clocks in the world are at the naval observatory at Wash ington and the observatories at Green wich and Berlin. The former two are the best and show a mean deviation of fifteen one-thousandths of second day.