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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-16
BY Louise s. HasbrOuCk.

NNCE upon time there lived princess
who was the eldest Of six daughters.
~ When this princess grew up the king,
her father. decided that she must be married,
and he sent messengers far and wide to find
suitable prince for her. But, alasl there were
no princes 10 be found, except those who
wanted wives with much money (and this prin-
cess's father was very poor king) or those
who were already married. The king was al
most in despair; but finally he thought Of
plan He sent for good. strong dragon; then
he shut the princess up in tower, with the
dragon outside, and proclaimed far and near
that whoever should rescue his daughter from
the dragon might marry her. His reason for
doing this was that though under ordinary
circumstances a princess could not marry any
one not of royal blood. it was quite all right
for her 10 marry any one who should rescue
her from anything.
For a whole year the dragon guarded the
princess. He certainly was a terrific creature
10 look at! He was ten times as big as the
biggest lion and covered with brassy scales
He had long, sharp claws and sharp sting at
the end Of his tail, and he could shoot out
flames OF FIRE from his eyes and throat. He
had wings, too, although he was so heavy he
could not fly very high. He really was hor-
rid thing 70 have In ones front yard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-16
lust WISHING
Bv Isabel Allardyce.

81 vyish-I wish" sighed Sammy Jones
THAT all my tasks were done,
Id lust start off an find Tom Smith,
An then we'd have some funi
We'd ask Bill Brown to join us, too,
He'd come, no doubt of that
An have game with my new glove,
Tom. ball an Biliys bat"
And while he wished, little bird
Kept singing in tree,
20 Sam. DON'T keep your Wi,hbone where
Your backbone ought to be"
81 w;sh-I wish" sighed Sammy Jones,
INV lessons weren't so long,
An not SO hard an troublesome,
That sum, | know, is wrong
I wish that knew everything,
wish that ] was smart,
I wish that could say right off,
Thi. dry old stuff by heart
And still the little bird kept on
A-snging in the tree;
20 Sam, DON'T keep your Wishbone whers
Your Backbone ought to be-
The time sped quickly, idly on,
And near the close OF day,
Two boys passed by with bat and ball.
Returning from their play;
While Sam had wished, and wished, and "isheo'
Tom Smith and Billy Brown
Had put their shoulders to the wheel
Without sigh frown
And ns'er . line did Sammy know,
And ne'er . game had he,
BECAUSE he KEPT HIS WISHBONE WHERE
HIS BACKBONE OUGHT TO BE-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-16
PUZZLES
CHARADE.

CHARADE.
My First is domestic,
She loves the warm ire;
Shes lazy and happy
When comfort is nigh her.
My Seconds a bite
Jack Front gives your car
A gentle reminder
That winter is here.
My Whole is an herb. -.
Which my First loves quite "'"'
lust give her mite OF It,
Watch her delight or 1t, ,s-.-
How she will toss it, roll IN DIV
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-16
DOUBLE ENiGMh'

Ny frsts are in sash. but not IN ma a..
My seconds are in house. but not !" 70.
Ny thirds are in gun. but not III shov'' root;
Ny fourths are in stamen, but no. L..
Nv ffths are in year. but not IN u,s
Nv sixths are in crumb, but not ID Ia;
Nv seventies are in soon, but not :" IN;
Ny eighths are in warm, but not - INT
Nv ninths are in limbs, but not 10 de ~.
Two answers III find TO ms .Ors.sl
Each meaning place that n0'''
sweet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-16
By Gayne +. X. Norton.

Helen's babies are at the Zoo In Central
Park. in New York City. They are not the
famous tory-book babies that liked to see the
wheels 90 round but are little baby lions, tour
of them. They are the youngest children OF
Helen, the prize lioness, and Leo II. Old Leo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-16
Bv Sarah Graham Morrison.

Bl SHTdH UTdHdH HTUI fSOH'
"A ny FULL name is Tommy Toe, often
M spelled in one word, Tomato. There
1VA are few people who think they ere
very nice who like to call me "Mat'-Tom
Mat Toe, and some call ME Tom May Toe
But am always afraid that such people think
of me as a girl and | want to be boy
long time ago l USED to be called Love
Apple" although men were afraid OF me. But
I'm no relation to Apple. l belong to the
same clan as Murphy-the Potato Clan.
Down in South America my folks are all
small. Some are really dwarfs, no larger than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-16

is very proud OF his family and so Is Helen,
but they do not show their pride very much
when visitors are around, and unless you knew
there were babies in the square wooden box
in Helen's cage you might pass them by.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-16
WHO KNOWS 4?

You don't know which end is which,
Nor do |, who drew it
Perhaps the animal himself
Would tell us, if he knew It'll
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-16

OF course, they helped them all they &C
But even then it seemed
That many points kept coming up
OF which they d never dreamed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-16

.NCE upon time there lived princess
who was the eldest Of six daughters.
- When this princess grew up the king.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11
MhNY DIVORCES
IN DRY KANSAS
Twenty-Five Hundred Separa.
tions Are Granted During
The Past Year

.'pder Topeka, Kansas. date line.
{ > st, Joseph MOI News-Press car.
r!cd TIE following story OF increased
crime and divorces In dry" Kansas:
There were 6,O5S prisoners in Kan.
sas jGiis in the fiscal year from
July 1915. to July 1. 1919,
and 2,5C5 divorces. granted in the
state. according to a. report compiled
ty J. w. Howe, secretary OF the state
board OF control from statements of
clerks of district courts In the state.
This shows an increase of lS6 prison
ers In Jail. and lS5 divorces over q
year ago. The report states that thero
were 9c5 liquor convictions, OF which
il7 were In Cherokee county. l0l In
Shawnee county, % In Reno county
ana Gl In Sedgwick county.
The number OF prisoners In Jail was
largest In Shawnee county. where 62l
we're confined, according to the report.
SolgwiCk showed SCI. Wyandotte %&5.
and Montgomery iti. Some OF the
smaller western counties report q
large number Of prisoners, probably
dLo to l. w. w. trouble, the report
shows
In the number OF divorces granted
SeiBwick county leads with 29o; Wy
az lo,;e, second with 27S; Shawnee.
lS); Crawford, 1877, and Cherokee. 1903
The report shows there were 1863 boys
undor sixteen, and 30 girls under six.
cen, IN jail during the year. This
shows "a increase OF sixteen boys and
ioIrtesl girls for the year.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11
PROHIBITION AID
LIQUOR REVENUES

4 correspondent OF the New York
sun calls atteEtlsu 10 the fact that
while internal revenue returns for the
ycur ended June so, 1915, showed a
falling OF in taxes on intoxicating
liquors, they show an increase for
1916. Tho falling OF was attributed
10 tho growth OF prohibition sentiment.
The report of the commissioner for
the fiscal year 1915 shows that al
though statewide prohibition laws
went into efleet in January l. 1915,
in the states of Arkansas, Colorado.
idaho, Iowa, Oregon, South Carolina
and Washington, with a total popula
tlon OF 100000, there has beer an
increase OF s23.o0o,Oos in the taxes
paid on distilled and fermented
liquors. II prohibition was the cause
OF this decline in the receipts from
liquor taxes in 1918, Was the addition
OF 100000 population TO prohibition
territory tha cause of the increase In
1915! the 1ondent inquiries.
Possibly v iustrlal depression
caused the falling OF for 1915. and
industrial prosperity brought about
the incraasa for 1915 Who knowaf-
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11
For Sheriff.. J. Bays.


For Sheriff.. j. Bays.
For County Attorney-H. &.
WhippeIman.
For County Judge-Myron
White.
For County Trcasurer-A "A.
Coupland.
For County Assessor. w.
Hubbard.
For County Clcrli-W. S. Har-
sha.
For Court Clcr.:-Dr. J. NJ.
Coon.
For County Superintendent -
Miss Alice II. Robertson.
For County Suryeyor-M. A..
Earl.
Tor County Weigher-F. Y.
Commissioners.
No. John l.. Cooper, TT. Glib
son.
No. 2-J. C. Rhodes, Webbers
Falls.
No. Erwin Blanchard, Has
kell.
State Representatives.
John Lieber.
q. j.. Cramer.
Geo. Leopold.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11
C01B and PROHIBITION

irving s. Cobb, the great humor-
Ist, writes In the Saturday Evening
Poat, Of his experiences during o
hunting trip out west. In his story,
"The Battle Hen Of the Republic"
he c.7cribcs coiorado's prohibition
law I, the following words:
Every now and then, in the cool
Of tn, cay, ycu SEQ q small group
Of the native yeonanry going home.
stepping high upon the heavlno and
tossing sidewalk, and pausing ocea.
sIenaliy, wi:,i arms intertwined and
heads inclined toWart common
center. 10 give .'r-, rousInu hIe-
eup3 for the r,s... -. oonstabu!ary.
4 i. the close .: . p-rf-hie day"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11
UP, UP, GO v. s. LIQUOR TAX
RECEIPTS; GREATEST IN
HISTORY.

Federal statistics prove that de,
spite the fact that nineteen states
are dry, more liquor Is now being
consumed than at any time In the
history Of the United States.
These figures refute any prohibI'
tion argument to the effect that the
uss Of liquor 10 on the decline.
Read this from Washington, n. c..
TO the Cincinnati Times-Star: .
Internal revenue receipts for Sep.
tember from spirits were $14.35s..
$50; In 1915 they were $t2.23t.s sea.
Tobacco revenue receipts In Sep
tsmbsr were Ss,te4.567, against
17.io7, ,S2< In 1915. Beer revenues
In September were $780, ,es7; the
year before es.<27 SOC.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11
SUNDAY SAINTS

fLondon Answers.1
Father never reads the paper on the
Sabbath Day,
Asks his neighbors for the latest"
Gets his news thet way!
Z ~
BILLY never motorcycles on the Sab.
bath Day,
Goes with pals who take their cars
out,
, Gets his ride that way!
Susie never sews on buttons on the
Sabbath Day,
Asks the kindly maid to do II.
Gets them on that way!
"Kiddie" mustn't play with soldiers on
the Sabbath Day,
Nearly pulls the kittens tail off.
Gets his play that way!
Mother never sees "the pictures" on
the Sabbath Day,
Criticises neighbors' dresses,
Gets her thrills that way!
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11
In attempting too much the Law
accomplishes nothing.


II the American citizen can not
be trusted to handle his own tastes
and desires, then citizenship has
deteriorated.
Preachers who turn their
churches over to political agitators
are crippling the power OF the
gospel.
Beware OF the type OF reformer
who goes barking about the coun
try with patent remedy up his
sleeve guaranteed to cure all hu
man ills.
Temperance IL matter OF indi
vidual decision. Every man must
work out his own salvation.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11

"The prohibition problem is a ques.
tion for every man to decide for him.
self. II is not a question to be passed
on by legislators. ln;emperance Is
as old as civilization and the indi.
vidual who expects to wipe 1t out by
the mere writing of law is deluded."
said DR.. w. II. Wasson Of New York
In a forceful address delivered at All
Saints Church Sunday morning.
Derating the Billy" Sunday meth.
DDS OF conversion OF sinners, attack.
ing systems suggested by so-called
reformers Of lsgislating the drink evil
out OF existence and impressing his
audience with the truths of self-con
troll. will power and determination,
DR.. Wasson concluded his address
with the vemark; THE law goes far
enough when It suppresses vice and
crime. We require the serVces OF
the police and other officers OF the
law. but the big struggle lies with
the individual"
Beware Of Reformer.
Salvation is often confounded and
confused with conversion. Convor
sion Is the first step for the man
turned In the right direction. A mau
Is not finally saved until he Is perfect
In holiness. These bombastic 'conver
sions' may be likoned to gst-rich
quick schemes. No man can be q
devil one minutes and an angel oi
light the next We must work ou,
our own salvation. Beware of the
long haired reformer who goes about
the land declaring that he has a pat
ent device up his sleeve that will give
you salvation at q moments notice.
Ahe church and the minister cau
nos save you from sin. II Is up to you
knowledge. desire and power ara de
manded in tho settlement OF salvation
as we'll as the temperance problems
Conscience plays . prominent part
Revelation Is the voice and conscience
the ear Salvation Is impossible with
out conscience. Trouble comes wher
men do not act on the knowledge they
have assimilated. Their conscierces
are hardened. -
There is no such thing as total de
pravity. There Is q spark Of goodness
In every man II you can but reach II
Again l say. we must work out ouI
own salvation rather than having 4
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11
|NTEMPE PEAAHCE IN
WAKE Of PAOH|0S
Windsor (CaHada) Finds That
Dry" Ordinance increases
Drunkenness

Another bit OF evidence that prohi.
b!tion is no, q cure for intcmpcrance
but rather IN ally OF excess is found in
the following story Q: Increased drunk.
cru2s5 IN Canada under prohibition.
taken fron tic Detroit (Mlch) Free
Press:
Sine, tie minimum Ccc for the OF
fen5e Of drunkenness in Ontario has
been Increased from s. To $40 since
the proy!Ace went dry IN September
this class OF oGense has Increased in
Windsor during the time prohibition
has been ia effect, according 10 statls
ties made pabl.c Friday by Magistrate
J. c, Lcssa,t.
From September II, the date OF the
birth oi q dry regime, TO October ~,
80 charges OF drunkenness were DIS.
posed cf b. Magistrate Lcggatt.
nga.uGt 30 cases during the same
period OF last year, an Increase OF 20
cases
judging frcm tho number of fines
paid by those charged with the OF.
fensc, n better class of men are now
taking 10 oStgeEe drinking. Before
prohibition, although the nne was then
100 per cent smaller, a majority OF tho
"drauk8" elected to serve a Jail term
rather than pay
There has also been an all.round
increase in crime this year IN the Dor.
der city. During the first /. months
Of last year C,5 cases we're tried by
Magistrate lc6Catt. This year there
has been an Increase 10 93S cases.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11
THE SoucEO comFcc;ToR IN A
DRY STATE.
LoNIhInE lOEllD CItIEonl

TCuthirs JOklp) Citizcnl
Tho Ehoo oIiueM Aiii eetaoin taol
Tho whole ole may hav Crouch
but !i YOU smile and keep on smil--
Wife won't ctaola 5hrd lmupycwfmm
ing the rest won't fee! so grushy.
WHO nay ho ode o,sorts, and the
lsppgri7y may he rampant on this
car,a, bat II YOU are honest and
STRAIGHTFORWARD your example will set
them going yocr way.
Brighten \ 9Arl!G rlwyp oiluu
hii together. now
brighten thga!a aom:wyp uSyp
dunn
WHERE ARE YOU!"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11
A Proportionate Increase.

Sl~S'
II is interesting to note that,
the exception OF the first two mon
OF prohibition liquor shipments rec
ed in Denver and those In other co
les OF tie state show proportion
increase month by month. Thus
April shipments into Denver appre
mated about one-ihlrd of the shlpme
into the whole state. and the rs
continues as the totals for the city
state mount month after month.N
Viewed broadly, no section of
state may make claim OF abstlnenc,
Tho disadvantage OF any other. Ev
county, whether II be given to mir.
or agricultural or other pursuits,
pears to have It's share Of citizens
thirst that grows larger monthly
Some Of the mining counties may
shown TO be "wetter" than some q
cultural counties, as in the case
Lake, which started in January u
only twenty-cight shipments and
creased to Sii in June and 753 In u
or, a total of 1863 for the SCI
months, and Larimer, which had
in January and iiG in July. or a sei
months total OF l,946. On the OF
hand, there Is Clear Creek, a min
county, with total of SSi shipmI
and Prowers, an agricultural and sd
raising county, with 1896 for the
en- months.
Same Rate Of Increase.
With few exceptions tho same
OF monthly increase to be found in
figures for the whole state and
Denver separately Is also found to
ply to all individual counties.
Pueblo county started the dry !
with las liquor shipments for Janu
644 for February, 1856 for Ma
l,S09 for April, 1,H21 for MAY, 2.l5s
June and 2,309 for July. Weld sta
stronger, with 276 for January, 49d
February, GIL for March, 767 for Al
S3I for May, l,l09 for June and 1
for July. III Paso had 176 in Janu
48l In February, CSC In March, sd
April, 924 in May, 10, in June
l,22S in July. The records of som
the other larger counties are:
Boulder-January, 145; Fcbrd
295; March, 497; April, us; May.
June, Si5; July, 93i. Delta-Janl
ca; February, 70; March, lO5 !.
ia; May, l3l; June. 147; JulS
Fremont-January, 80; February,1
March, 222; April, 2G8; May, 2s6; !
500; July All. Huerfaro-JanuarJ
February, lS4; March, 2s5; Apr,l, i
May, SiS; June, 507; July, 500. I'd
son-January, 2S; February, 35; MI
"a; April 81; May Si15; June,
July, 22S. Las Animas-JanuaryI
February, goa; March, SIT; April.
May LILO; June, 1866; July, nj
port Logan-January, l19; Febri
l65; March, 1876; April 23O; Nav.
June, S2S; July, 39S, Mesa-Jan,
VI February, 1855; March, l75; 4
s22; May, $50; June. 500; July
MoAtrose--January, SO; February
March' n. April, 1870; May, lis;
!ot; July, l5S, Morgan-JanuaryI
IeoFuary, 22O; March. 2l9; APRIL
MAY -'2; June, 3S3; July. 4iA.
January, LOG; February, 2l4; NJ.
-54' Apgil, 297; May, 224, June0
july 459. Teller--January, so;
rnaF.i 2S7; March, 522; April
May 69i; June, SG5; July. COS.
Police and state authorities mai .
operated since the first OF the 80
stem the tide Of illegal liquor sale
tA!rty'two cases viii be prosecuti
tho district attorney in the wesd
court during the coming week.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11

Manufacturers OF ncor.becr and 9th
er beer substitutes claim that their
business was reasonably good up to
August, but during that month it fell
off materially. They charge this to an
increase of bootlegYing. The records
In the Office of the secretary OF state
neither bear out nor disproye this
claim, since the co-ltie5 which have
reported for the month OF August are
almost evenly divided between these
showing increases and those showing
decreases in liquor shipments, while N
no case are the increases OF decreases
marked.
A23 Per Cent of the Liquor.
Denver has about 20 per cent of the
population Of the state. but, figured on
the number of liquor packages" han
died by railroads and other carriers,
1t has received within a fraction of 33
per cent OF all the liquor shipped into
the state. Shipments into Denver for
the first seven months of the year ag-
gregated 37,411 out OF the 114,l32 for
the whole state during the same pc
riod.
The Denver liquor shipments have
been compiled for August, and show a
slight increase over the preceding
month. s!
For the first eight months OF the
year the Denver shipments We're:
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11

The Republican party is the
ship and al else the sea. The
Oklahoma Negro is sure .: sbat
from bitter experience.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11
THE MUsKOGEE CIMETER.

The Cimc,T i, .hc only Republican
paper in the City Of Muskogce. The
daily Phoenix Is sometimes Republi-
ssn and sometimes Independent but at
The present time i claims to be inde-
pendent. such a changing j, not worth
three whoops in II 10 any political
party md yet BiXby, i,s editor, got
rich n. the Republican pie counter.
WHIST base ingra.ituIe.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11
REPUBLICAN, COUNTY
CANDIDATES.

Tor Congress Second District
Harry Ward.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11
CHURCH ORATOR SAYS LAWS
CAN NOT ELIMINATE
lNTEMPERANCE
HITS EVAN CEL|ST
Or. w. e. Wasson in Address
Warns Hearers Against tho
Man Who Goes About tho
Country With a Patented
Cure for All Human Ills

The following appeared in the
Omaha (Neb.) Bee:
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11
FARCE OF PROHIBITION LAW IS SHOWN BY CONSTANT
INCREASING SUPPLY WET GOODS" IMPORTED
BY THE COLORADO METROPOLIS
1866 SHIPMENTS IN EIGHT MONTH
Citizens Thirst Grows Eoooggng Causes Slump in Ne;
Beer Sales.--future State Follows Example of the
Big Town and Gets Unrestricted Amounts

Denver (Col) 10 pointed TO as an III.
stance of the failure of prohibition. l.
Is claimed that citizens of Colorad.
are disgusted with the dry law whica
went into effect only last January ]
The Denver Times says:
From January l 10 August !, the
first seven months OF the operation o..
the prohibition law in Colorado, la
1872 shlpmen<s Of intoxicating liquors
were received in the state under pro
vision OF the statute allowing the i'm
portation ofAaquor By an individual 70:
personal use. A shipment may range
from q bottle to a barrel, or even a
larger container IL any in use for this
purpose.
Beginning with January, UP to and
including July, the shipments show u
steady monthly increase. Reports
from county clerks to the secretary OF
state are not complete for August. al
though of the eighteen counties which
have reported eight show increases
and ten decreases in number OF ship
ments. The records OF the secretary
OF state take no note OF the quantity
of each shipment. -
Fair Supply Lcft Over.
When the state went dry" on Jan
.uary last there apparently was a fair
sized supply le,t over from the wet"
year. This was indicated in the fact
that during The month of January Only
n III. s.,N
came into the state. The increase be.
gan with February. In number OF ship
ments they were: