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Ardmore, Sunday, December 30, 1906. THE DAILY ARDMOREITE PAGE NINE f !! .;. M tn 1 $ in L. P. ANDKIlflON.PfUlaes 0, U ANDEIlBON.CntlLt FIRST NATIONAL BANK ?dmir, lutflan Capital Paid In fvrplai rands Total Th oiatu Dsns in malts rerrnorr . Aooonnu ot nrtni nd indmiTpsli ollell.4 upon lbs noil llli.rsl Itrmi oomltl. vim sood tonkin. ardmore:. Incorporated.. Capital StocK 725,000. Largest, moit successful Busi ness College In Oklahoma. Best college building, best equlpincrt .11 Southwest. Practical, Up-to-date. Unexcelled courses In BOOKKEEPING, BANKl'iO, PENMANSHIP, SHORTHAND, TYPE WRITING. Our Motto: "No Better School at Any Price." Every teacher a specialist. Every graduate In a position. Tuition and board reason able. Reference Any bank or business firm In Ardmore. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. G. P. SELVIDGE, A. M., M. Accts., Pres. S. B. C. ARDMOIIE J- .Turn a New Leaf., F YOU ARE NOT ALREADY a cuslomer of ours resolve now that you will turn a new leaf and trade where you can get everything fjood to eat under one roof; where they Keep everything and never try-to substitute; where they sell so fast that groceries are always fresh. Four delivery wagons and one rush order wagon. :: :: :: :: :: :: FelRer, the Grocer CLOSING OUT Mr ii) ii ii) il 0 Ji b Hi Hi Hi K iiuiPRIGES Mm Our lino of CooKing Stoves, Ranees, Sewing Ma chines, Guns, Ammunition, Cutlery, Etc. Wo must have thu room for our grow ins Plumbing and Tin business, nnd vill discontinue! hiuulling tho nbovo. Conio in and get a bargain. "we:e:i-5:s bros. Practical Tinners and Plumbers. So. Washington - .-5 rs ts r - --5 rgt f It Costs No More To buy standard goods and you always net more for your money. Since you have heard of wagons you have known of the celebrated niTctiEU ahd nounr vaqohs The world's standard of a good Stove is the FAMOUS CHARTER OAK Our line of John Deere Duggles, Steel Ranges have no equal. We will make it to your Interest to do your shopping here. BIVENS, CORHN & FRENSLEY Shelf and Heavy Hardware A Card. This Is to certify that all druggists aro authorized to refund your money If Foloy 's Honey nnd Tar falls to cure your coughs or cold. It stops the cough, heals tho lungs and prevents serious results from a cold. Curos la grippe coughs and prevents pneu monia and consumption. Contains no opiates. Tho genuine Is In n yd- u r rBKNPLKr. vie. rr.i, C B MAUPIN. All'l LlltlllT Territory J 60,000.09 240,000.08 1309,0(0.ll p 1 ind.tcr. V; AT SHOCKING i i IS '! I to sr. s--. - . e,-. sr. r - - Heating Stoves and .Majestic low package Itcfuso substitutes. Sold by Hoffman Drug Co., City Drug store. Jealousy Is an explosive that has wrecked many an air castle , Don't follow In tho footsteps of your competitors; set tho pace. mescal as medicin PLCA MADE BY INDIAN CHIEFS BEFORE COMMITTEE. Chief Quanah Parker, Otto Wells, Apache John and Others Appeal to Committee on Sanitation to Be Allowed Their Beverage. During the session of tho eon'stltu tlnnal convention held, throe Indian chiefs, Quannii Parker and several other member of the rnco were cull ed upon by tho committee of health and sanitation to offer suggestions ua to the manufacture of tnoscal and other Indian medicines. All ot the chiefs responded and ad dressed the committee, aomo through their Interpreter and some In Kng llsh. The following; are tho speeches as taken down In shorthand: Tho chairman of the committee mated the purpose and the coll of the I m in nn from the illfforent tribes to the committee and then callen upon Chief Quanah Parker to present his rune, anil he snlil: "I nm chief of Comanche tribe of Indiana. I nm henp good man, I come before j on this evening. I am elite! or my Indiana unil I come here for two kinds of matters. I am chief of Coir anchca other chiefs hero loo, from Kiowns and Cheyennes. Chief Stand ing I tit il heie, too. These two ma' tors 1 come hero for. 1 no want Colli- audio county rut up three counties. No, I do not want that kind of coim-J ty. I no want to cut out of Comanche. Tho Oklahoma Indians samo as yu people jwy taxes and big taxes. We think too much taxes. My people don't want county cut that way why wo come hero. This Is nil that I want to say on that matter to you now." Chairman Now wo v.nnt jou to tell us about tho moscnl or tho modlclno that you conio hero about. Otto Wells, n Comanche Indian, then took tho floor. Dr. unity Does tills mescal mnlie the Indian drunk or affect them like liquor? Otto Wells said: "This mescal ns the whlto people call It, Is not what wo use what wo usu is called poyote. It Is a plant that Is used for medi cine by tho Indians. No sir, It is not Brown In the territory; It Is Brown In Mexico nnd Is a plant and the Indians use It for modlclno and not to Ki-t drunk on." CJu-jiiah Parker "iSo toll you about ine mescal. It Is called neyoto and the Indian he use It for meillclno It Is jK'iod medicine. Tho Indian uso poy loie fifty years ago. It uiado Indians I H ..II -,.. I f - bh;i, i use. some Of the wlllti. tlnr-lm-'a ...1lr.l.. !... don't get well and use ppyoto and Ii makes nie well. Pour yeais ago the department he eont Inspector nnd he Investigated peyoto. IIo Is com missioner now I think name Hlouppo. Hi- inspector talked to mo anil lie k.iv I you Quanah Parker you good man you right man, you tell me truth, you toll i nu about tills mescal this medicine of ! the Indians and I tell him that mescal j Is good modlclno for my people. I tell him this Tour years ago nnd ho says you right man Qnnnnh. And When I explained to htm ho saya to me, Mr. Paiker, this Is good medl 'cine. Ho go back and tell tho sccro- tnrv of tho Interior four years ago good medicine. Some pcoplo tell us that you going to make us quit our medicine nnd wo come to tell you that want to keep our medicine." I)r. lillby Do thoy not mako n ton out of it or a drink of some kind? Otto Wells said "No. Thoy mako no tea out of It. thoy put It in water and let It net lor about ait hour and then give It nB mcdlclno. If It Is a child they give a teaspoonful If It Is i grown person they can oat It. They'clno whon they get sick and that If do not uso It fur liquor or make any thing out of It but medicine. Dr. Illlby "Thoy do not make whis key out of It?" Otto Wells No, sir, they do not make whiskey out ot It. Mr. Parker has some letters that will explain to tho committee what it Is nnd what It Is used for." Dr. Illlby "I bollcvo that you sold It wbb grown In .Mexico." Otto Wells "Ye, sir." Dr. Illlby "What shape doea It grow In?" Otto Wells "it Is llko a cactus." u:to Wells thou passed up what looked to bo like a Mexican cactus. Qnunah Parker thou passed up some communications and affidavits which wero read by the clork of the com mittee Communication number one was from Chief Quanah Parker as to his use of poyote as a medicine for fifty years. No. . Communication fmm the Smithsonian ius'itute at Washington, jt-llltii, li.c diffiii .c ' a l Mr ',. c.il it a- i! t i Ha Hi, i- a il.uit. . in S - .1 and ." .111,1 a i i , ,t win 1 . in l' -ll .it) tv, tt i tit !.. n.i i: . it- --mi iiit iii m (nun ciiuiut ui i lu Com-1 to nl, till convention in make a law mnirhigc rorcuiony the liuti- anil tr .niche cminiy, telling of their expert- to give us ,i right in use thin medicine they ate married lko (lie wliUi' pco i IK-,- It h the Indian and of their an nn Indian In Oklahoma rmiM use pie. know ledge of iwyotc. commonly known It. Twothltdsnf tlu Cheyenne and I Otto Well nt this tt)lnt Idtnun'il an mescal and that ilu-y hod never known of It having had effects on any of the Indians and l inked on It as Indian Medicine. Dlff. rent ones hav- lag used It and bclim cured of con- Kiimpllon, St. Vitus' il.mce and other things. Communications were filed with the committee. Apearhtone, chief of the Kiowa s was next called and .-.ild through bis ' Interpreter: "I am Hind that your committee has given tne the pormls-. slnn to come before vnii and tell you 1 about this medlelno. Pennsylvania and then came homo 1 the white man does and we lust w'.nt lie says that he Is li. ro lieforc you and soon after took nick and I have .him to do to us." and that he I chief a bis tribe nnd tried the medicine doctors, patent Chief Quanah Parker again address that ho Is a goniiln. Indian and for medicines and none of them did me od the convention. "I would like to you to take a look at hint. Ite says any good. I had dropsy nnd I wns nay one thing. We Indians have no that he Is the chief of the head t.'.bc puffed all over tny body and after I much monei. We corny long ways of the Ktowns. II. nays that he toi.k peyoto aboift a month I began to to know about this Miodlrlne. Would wants to talk to you about the tnedt-. decrease 111 site and I realised thatillkn to know what committee says cine that hi tribe iiih-s and tell you , !ii expei fence. Mr nay that it Ii lla best medicine t'-m he has ever used. lie says that lie has tried some of the best white divtor but ilmt ; man, Indian and negro, and he also thoy did him no good and that he has gave them lands and places to live, taken tho medicine that they gave i lie gave each n natural law and with him but that the pe.wito Is tho medl-jlhls nature came tho Indian hortis or cine that always cured htm. Mo rays medicine. The Indian got his until that he hopes that this commllte will . cine from the roots mid herbs. The not take the tmvVli 1 awity from ; Indlnn give this medicine to Ms fam him." "Ho says that then- Is another mat ter that he wants to talk to you about If you will let him. I The committee, gave unanimous coiim-nt for him to talk). He say that he wants to talk to you about his way of religion. He sajs that ho wants t-i be able to have his ghost dance and ira and ho says that this Is the way his people prtiy to (Jod. Thoy dance awhile. He doea the ghost dance and that ho Is sent hero by tho leader and that ho also prays to tho Lord. He says that ho believes that ho Is doing tho right way nnd that he does It for tho Kood of the Indians. Quanah Parkor hero made another talk. "I want to toll you some moro about tho medicine. I had a talk with flovcrnor l-'ratitz about this medicine and told him that I would like for the whlto folks to try It and wanted to put It In the drug stores to sell and 1 ho told me all right." I "I got all my children educated In ' school and thoy good educated, too. One of my sons ho got consumption nt school. Two of my daughters they got consumption at school and when they came home I gavo them pojoto. Thoy got butter and are well now. I will put It In the drug storo. I been nt Washington and thoy try to II ml (,,,t nbout the medicine nnd they tell me thoy bulteve It Is good modlclno add thoy say that I put It In drug store and doctors use It with thotr medlclno." Apache John of the Apucho tribe, next ndilrcsscd the commlttpo and said, through his Interpreter: "Ho says that the three chiefs hero In front of you are telling you about tho medicine. Ho says that you can look at tho three chiefs yourself nnd you can tell that they aro right nbout what thoy sny. He says when you look at tho three chiefs you can think for yourself about the medicine. Ho says thoy nil mean to do the right thing for their people thureforo thoy have come befoto you to stiatghteu up tho matter about this medicine, hoping that you will let thum uso this mcdlclno ns you uso your own kind of medicine. Ho says that you have letters from people that know nbout tho Indlnn and tho medicine and thnt you can tell from what thoy havo told. He says that he knows from n lifetime that this modlclno Is good nnd that as yott pcoplo look to the Lord ho iUic.i too. He says that he wants to go on that road to tho Lord and that ho wants tho medd'.clno. lie says that you know that you don't 'stop your people from taking mod! you make laws making hint quit his medicine and his iieople that thoy will not feel right." Leonard Tyler from the Cheyenne tribe "1 thank the committee for let ting mo come before them. I was ed ucated at Carlisle anil Haskell Insti tute In Kansas. Coming from thore I was sick with hemorrhngos of the lungs and tried medicine but It did not stop mo. It Ib In 1S87 that I was slok. I took the iieyoto. I looked all around for the medicine before I found It. Since I took It for awhllo I have not beon sick since that time. I want to tell you gentlemou that Is a good medicine. We nil want to live and have families and want them to live. We want them to have this modlclno and we want the Indians to keep It as long as they live. I know It Is good medicine and want to keep It so thnt when thty'get sick It Is thero. The Indians has got no monoy and ' when he has to go for & doctor It costs money and If ho has peyoto ho don't t U II III- II V I III . I II II I u - 1 1 1 ill i ii - in in,- ,ou n h, t , I . ,r,mn I. .1 I , II 'I we I-i il ill1-- p. A ni palmcs arc u.-lng this medicine, nnd they tire' listening ( hear and see what Is eoIhr to be done with this nudlcine that Is nted In nk-knoW Joe I Hack bear of the Chejenne tribe Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee: I ant very glad that you gavo me the opportunity of talk- Ing to ou. I am to give testimony of what the medicine wilt do. I want to give testimony of mself. It has been four .ears slnre I came to know tills niedlclmv I got my education In the medicine was good. I got relieved with this medicine and now I am well We nil know that tlod created man and we all know that he made white lb- nnd to his child when sick. You have vo.id testimony brought here by Quanah Parker about this medicine and I nppeal to this honorable conven tion to do the right thing." Chief Standing lllrd then next ad ilrcsred tho convention. He said he was glad to be present to give his tes timony before the men that were g!5 Ing to write the constitution. Ho says that this medicine was piohlhltcd by tho agent In his trlbo and that fj hopes that you will P.x It so that ho can life It and that Is why hi) conio to give testimony. He says Unit ho believes that man is n man, and that woman Is n woman. Ho says that ho bus a family of children and loves them llko any man nnd wants to keep them from getting sick and ho says that the only thing to keep a person from getting blck Is u good medicine. Ho says the way to do Is to keep a Rood medicine to keep from getting sick, lie says that he Is pleased to to you nnd wants lo loll ou that Is a good medicine. Ho can tost I fy that ho was sick and used this meillclno and got well from It, ami that Is tho reason that he en mo here to testify and talk for his trlbo, the Cheyennes, nnd appear for your con sideration. They know that you will treat them light. He says that nil the dlffeietu pco plo havo different kinds of medicine when thoy are sick. Then why not let the Indian when he gets sick use this mcdlclno? He says that this Is a good medicine ami that ho would llko to have It for his wife and children. Ho says that they only use It as a medicine among his people. Ho says that the men who havo appeared be fore you want you to consider this medicine. That this Is all that 1m wants to sny. Ono of the committee "Ask him If the Indlnn agent has stopped him from using It. He says that the agent told htm that It was against thu law to uso It and that Ills trlbo must not use It, hut lit don't think the agent was right. One of tho committee How Is this made? Does each mnu make It, or does he go to a doctor? Indian "IIo has some ono to give him tho directions If ho bus none, but most every family has It?" Committee, Is It used for any other purposes? Indian No, sir; It Is used only for medicine. No, sir, the Indian does not drink mescal whiskey. Chief Cotey of the Kiowa Indians next addressed tho commlttteo. lie says that ho will also say n few winds to this committee about this medicine. He says this muscat or peyoto Is a good medicine. Ho says what Quanah Parkor says to you ho says also be cnuso what Quanah Parker says Is right. He says all of his Indians use this poyolo whon they got sick. He says that ho has one other thing that ho would llko to say before this com mltteo. It 1 about his way of wor shiping. Tho kind his Indians in-o in worshiping. He says that he don't know how he came to think nlxi.n worship hut that It came to him ami he wants this committee to let hi in worship In his own way. Ho says that he worships tho Cod and that he teaches all his young men to worship Him and to be good and that Is Un reason that ho comos horo because he doos not want to disobey the lavs Id says that Is why ho come before .m. HI way of worship Is once every ur to have a meeting in a big tent and all to dance and get happy and then nil to pray and worship. Ho says that his big tint Is like your big churches . 1 (I ( ir I tl j vi' '. I I .HIWIllli.. I ' r iniiiiii, linn li in i ir the committee and said: "We do not come here nlniut marriage: we' come here atmut our medicine and we don t want to talk to on alioiit our mar riage. If they want to have two or three wives, let them have them. Wo pay taxes and wo can vote and wo do like the white folks we only want one wife. Hut we want our rights nnd we want to keep thl medicine; that la what we come here: for. We pay tason our personal property and want our rights. We Just follow what alsiut It. flo can tell my people. ' Chairman committee "Well, that will have to come up with the other medicines. We will take It up along with all other medicines, nnd let you know about It. The committee will give you and your medicine fair treat ment." Indians "flood, flood! ' The Grip. "Ilefore wo can sympsthlro with oilier, we must have suffered oursel ves.'' No one can realise the suffer ing attendant iihiu an attack of the grip, unless ho bus had tho actual experience. There Is probably no ills oace that causes so much physical and mental agony, or which so suc cessfully (Idles medical aid. All dan ger from tho grip, however, may be avoided by tho prompt use of Cham berlain' Cough Itcmedy. Among the lens of thousands who have used this remedy, not one case has over been reported Hint has resulted In pneumonia or that has not recover ed. For sale by I'. .1. Itamsoy, W. 11. rrnme. Ardmore Drug Co., Homier & thinner A Chicago cluh woman declares that n man does not truly lovo his wife unless ho In willing to oat nny thlng she rooks for him. In other words, tho man who really loves his wife would bo willing to dlo for her from Indigestion. The Original. Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Honey nnd Tar ns a throat and lung remedy, nnd on account of tho great merit nnd popularity of Foloy's Hon ev nnd Tar ninny Imitations are of fered for the genuine, i inme worth less Imitations have similar hound ing nnmog. Ilcwaro of them. Tho genuine Foley's Honey nnd lar Is In j, yellow package. Ask for It and re fuse nny substitute. It Is tho best remedy for coughs nnd cold. Sold by Hoffman Drug Co., City Drug Store. "Can n man ho a Christian on $5 a week?'' nsks n lollglnus paper. Ho possibly can, hut a man with that laconic should not ho censured for closing his eyes In silent prayer while the contribution basket was passing him. A Jamaican Lady Speaks Highly of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Mrs. Michael Hnrt, wlfo of the sup erintendent of Cart Service at King ston. .Inmalcn, West Indies Islands, says that she has for somo years used Chamberlain's Cough Itcmedy for roughs, croup and whooping rough and has found It very beneficial. She has Implicit confidence In It and would not bo without n bottlo of It In her home. Sold by 1-. ,1. Ilnmsey, W. It. Frame. Ardmoro Drug Co., Hon- ncr & Ilonnur. We Gave Main Street the High-Ball.... Tho rents wero too high, nnd l built n big box storo house on Caddo street anil have filled It full of new goods. I seil, rent, repair and exchnngc furniture from 10 to 60 per cent chonpor than my com petitors, nB they all havo to make you pny their rents. Call or phone 3CC. C. P. HALL At Texas Wagon Ynrd on Caddo Street, threo blocks north Whit tlngton Hotel. I I tlngton Hotel. I W. P. POLAND I Dealer i FARM LANDS 1 Wants to buy 1000 ncrcs in 1 trticts not Icbs than 60 acres. 1 3 Set Mt at One flj OCke over First Natl. I1K. OFFieiALS CLOSED HEAL TOR CONSTflbC HON OF VIADUCT. A. P. Hall Will Succeed Rob t, 8uprlntndsnt lmprov.nc n : s to Ha Mad in Leaal Pi-op.rty. - Within the next thirty dn i -, people who live In the north-.- .t, i u cetlon of tho city will see ,1 force of hands at work consun. a tho Fourth avenue v Induct. Tin- m . ter was settled Friday uflCiin,.,., , a conference held between the ,i thcr and the 8nt,i Fo rnlli ...1,1 r ficlals In the council rhambei- Alderinan Sheltun ha, been nt a. for some time securing the n. ry signatures nnd proofs irom property owners, whoso propiit it, J contiguous to the nbutment- proposed viaduct against any d , s ilts, and since thorn have l n -cured, nnd the agreement i. , i the viaduct Is no longer a thu.. , r simulation and guess work. The l-'ii-li avenue viaduct will In alt proi. i.i; be built us soon as the Fourth i u,k viaduct has been completed and wdh tho completion of the two th,,nni.li fares, the rltltong living aero-s railroad will no longer have to w.t-l. mud to cross the tracks or wait uaul a train iiassos by. The construction of ,thcu iw ) liildge will not nicHSsltalo the cloh Ing up of any of the streets or al ley a a few of the cltlsens thought would be at first. (eneral Superintendent W. li. Mux- oil of the Santa Fe, with hcadtpmr ters nt (inhcuton, accompanied by Superintendent J. W. ltobius of Cle burne. Chief Knglucer C. W. F. Fclp, (ulvoslon; Resident Knglneer F. Her rltt, Cleburne, nnd Superintendent A. P. Hall) lleauinont, arrived this af ternoon nnd closed the deal whereby the viaduct across Fourth avenue may bo built. For the past several weeks, n num ber of car loads of material have been nrrlvlng nnd placed on the ground awaiting the final action of thu city council In the matter, which hns been slow on account of the delay In Bccur lug signatures to the releases and the proofs thereof, but slnco these details have been completed thu erection of this necessary bridge nt that point has been made n certainty. (icuornl Superintendent Maxon nlso staled while hero that It was the In tention of tho Santn Fe to look care fully after tho wejfnre of the city, and thnt the company would make a lnrge number of Improvements In Its property hero ns tho demands call for It. IIo said: "If your city keeps on ginwlug nB It has, thore Is no tell ing how ninny moro sldo tracks wo will have to put In, nnd whnt new buildings wo will havo to erect to keep up with tho procosslon. It Is our Intention to lay a considerable amount of now side tracks, ami relay tho yards with a quantity of now urn! hea vier street rails so us to meet tho needs ns they oxlst. Ardmore Is ono nf the host towns along our lino, the best south of Oklahoma City, and wo fed an Interest In Its growth." It was also announced hero this nf tornoon thnt A. P. Hall superintend ent of tho system at lleauinont, had been appointed ns superintendent of the system at Cleburno to succeed Mr. Itoblns who has resigned to ac cept tho vlco presidency of the Chi cago, Hock Island nnd Oulf railroad in Texas. Tho change of Mr. Hall to tills division Is a promotlJil, and a deserved one. The npiolntment Is made effective Janunry I, when M-. Itoblns will assume the duties of his now position. The new superintendent has been with the Santa Fe for a number ot yours, having won his way by dint of hurd work and cloe application to business. While the employes of this division regret very mueh to lose M Itoblns, and wish him luck In his new position, they extend a hearty welcome to tho new superintendent The cltliens of this city will iuIbs tho genial countenance of Mr. Itoblns. but also extend the now superintendent a welcome and only hope that he will be as generous to our people as bis predecessor. The party arrived here In a private car In the afternoon and left shortly after finishing the buslNw for Shaw nee. Oklahoma, whore they spent tho night, returning to Galveston Satur day morning. An Insidious Danger, One of the worst features of kldrr-.-trouble Is thai It Is an Insidious ills-ea-e nnd before the victim realize i his danger he may have a fatal mal al Take Foley's Kidney Cu-e at he tli--,i sign of trouble as It corrects Irrc Milnrirles and prevents Hrlght's dHini- and diabetes. Sold by IIff in -n Drtis Co., and City Drug Storo,