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to the lowest notch. That's our greatest effort. Never do we allow an opportunity pass
us where we can get reliable merchandise at low figures. The purchasing power of
cash works wonders. Fifty cents does the same duty now that a dollar will later on.
These Prices For Four Days Only !
Thursday, Nov. 21.
Friday, Nov. 22,
Saturday, Nov. 23.
Monday, Nov. 25.
Thursday, Nov. 21
Friday, Nov. 22.
Saturday, Nov. 23.
Monday, Nov. 25.
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Ladies' Capes, Jackets
and Skirts.
Our styles nre correct tuul our prices
lire the lowest.
For n few dnys we
will oiler Indies
fur trimmed
shoulder cape
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10c afflML
iF van
09c
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Double cnpes, fur
nnd braid trim
med, nt 75c
Ladies' heavy win
tor jacket, reg
ular 3.50 and
6.00 line, put
in this lino nt $2. -18
Good heavy childs
jacket, nge 0 to 12 years.
Ladies' box conte, black, castor
nnd tan 4.0S, 0.00, 7.50
Ladios' honvy walking skirt 1.08
Staple Dry Goods
Prices that will make these extra
ordinary bargain days in this depart
ment :
Yard wido LL muslin at 3ic
10-1 heavy unbleached sheeting 15c
Good yard wide bleached muslin. . . .5c
Straw ticking, 8io quality 5o
Felt window shades, 0 ft. long do
Good heavy comfort cheaper than
making them 75c
Good rod and blue calico 2c
Ked damask toblo linen 12c
Crash for rollor towols 2c
Cotton plaids for children's dresses
and aprons 2c
Cotton bats for comforts, jr real. . "c
Outing flannols, plonty left, lc
Wool flannels, red and white 12c
Mackintoshes.
Every man needs a mackintosh all
the year round, but especially now.
Wo sell them from $J .CO up, woll mado
and water proof. Wo havo them for
women and girls as well as for men
and boys. Special prices for this salo.
Gloves, Mittens, Hosiery.
Ladies' heavy woolen mittens, will keep your hands warm, 10c
Fino hand knit mercerized mittens with fnnoy back, worth 60c 26c
Childron's mittens for school wear, assorted colors 6c
Ladies' heavy fleeco lined hpso, will keep out tho cold 10c
Heavy mixed gray and blue, worth 10c straight, four pair for 26o
Ladies' knit hoods, good values 26c
Furs.
Furs are a protection to tho health,
thoy keep out tho cold, provide com
fort and make you happy.
Ladies' fur boa, at , Jl.OO
Lndios fur collaretts 8.50, -1.60, $0
LOOK OVER YOUR CLOTHES AND SEE WHAT
YOU NEED FOR WINTER
Look over our stock and see how easily wo'll supply it you'll bo able to get both a.suit and an ovorcoat for the
price you'd pay for either at any other time for four days, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday.
Your choice of 75 suits, many of them out of our 10
and 12.50 guaranteed lines .. t- 7.50
Men's heavy ulster overcoats, biggest bargain of the
kind over offered in the territory 3.50
Your choice of one hundred suit, regular $0.00 and
$0.60 values, at . 8.50
Your choice of 150 suits, all wool cassimores and wor
steds, in solid solors and stripes ,r. . . .5.00
Boy's Clothes the kind that does a boy good, mades him have pride. .
To mako this salo moro interesting we offer a lino of Wc have the largest lino of caps in the country at. . . 25c
$5 long pant suits, 10 to 18 years rr.. .8.60 Men's flannel night shirts . 80c
Boys' heavy overcoats 1.60 Boys's extra heavy fleece linod undershirts and drawers
Childron's long cape overcoats at '..... 1.60 in tills sale for four dnys at 35c
Boy's duck ovorcoat, keeps out the cold, 7 to 20 yrs ... 76c Men's extra heavy undershirts, all wool 50c
GROCERY DEPARTMENT.
Our China and .Semi-Porcelain Ware
GROCERY DEPARTMENT.
is a delight to the eye and is full of serviceable qualities. For just four dayi vre Will offer the following :
100 piece dinner set of our new brown and
gold decorations at -$13.-15
100 piece set of delf blue, semi-porcelain . 12. S3
Semi-porcelain decorated salad bowls 25
Semi-porcelain decorated celery dish. . . .25
Semi-porcelain dee'd bread and cake plates .25
Semi-porcelain decorated cracker jar 05
Our new 10-piece chamber set 0 50
Four piece glass ruby tablo set. . 1.75
Glass tumblers, per set .25
Jardineers all sizes, at 20c to.
1.76
In our grocery department are many good
things io eat. If you are not already a customer
of ours give u" n trial order.
Shirt Waists..
This wook wo received a shipment
that for stylo and prico will eclipse
anything shown this soason.
Lndios' Vonotian
shirtwaist with
dctachablo col
lars, loss than
tho making . . 'lflc
Ladies' flannel
waists, trimmed $1
Flannol waists,
good matorial
sold oarly in
season at $2.60, now at 1.50
Lndios' silk waist, latest style,
trimmed in front, buttons, de
tachable collars, ii raro bargain. 1 OK
Shoes Dept.
Womoif's fine shoos, regular $8 and
8.50, about 2-1 pair, button and
lace, go 1 .05
"Women's vici
kid, button
shoos, sold
rogulnrly
at 1.50
.. now. ... $1
Children's kid
button, 5
to S.... 05c
Children's kid
button, 9
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The Acme Turn Shoe
Wo will be ploasod to talk with you
about tho many strong foatures
embodied in this specialty, m ado
in welts and turns, 3
Men's heavy kip boots .... 1
Our 2 kip boots are guaranteed to
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0. M. MAKKS, Editor and 1'abllsuer
II. Lxk Clomvouthy,
Associate Kill tor.
ViKtTA, Ind. Tan. Nov 21. 1901.
A FOOLISH PROTEST.
The memorial passed by the
Cherokee council at Tahloquah
Thursday agaiiiBt etatehood.shows
all tho marks of the wily Indian
pohtioian. It purports to be the
oxprossion of tlio Cherokee people
when it is nothing but the r a til
ings of a crowd of plunderers who
have looted the beleaguered little
nation out o' nearly one-half mil
lion dollars within the last five
yoare. lue memorial embodies
the sentiment of the Cherokees
who are Indian for purposes of
revenue only, and who are fight
ing off anything and everything
that In any way interferes with
their stealings. This la plain
language but the foots moro than
warrant these btntemente. As long
m the national counoil Ib allowed
lo make appropriations of money,
the common property of the In
dians, it will of oourso oppose
statehood and settled conditions,
One of the most potent reasons
why the common Cherokee citi
zen wants statehood is that he may
be protected against those of his
own people who persist in rob
bing him. Twenty years ago the
Cherokees owned land to the
amount of more than C10 aorea per
capita, mil through the misman
agement of their affairs it Iipb
dwindled to less than one hun
dred, and a debt of more than
half a million has bean saddled on
them beside. The strongest argu
ment in favor of etatehood from a
Cherokee point of view is tho
memorial passed by the national
oeuQQll against it. a cnreiui an
alysin ol tills remarkable douu
in unt will reveal the animus that
Inspired it. The plunderers want
to be let aloneswhilelonger. There
is euroe more money to be approp
rialed, and some moro laud to be
monopolized. Undor n state gov
ernment soma ol these sweet
yytkmi Cherokee politicians
would wear tho stripes of the con.
vie within ft year. They oppose
tatehoou uooautjo it meaus Gov
ernment, and ouforcjd law, and of
course, carries with it the punish
ment of crime, whether commit
ted by a p tbb oilier or by a yjl
Yt ouiieo,
It is very clear that the views of
the Cherukee national counoil ns
expressed in the memorial resolu
tlone passed last week does not re
flect the sentiment of any oontid
erable portion of the Cherokee
people. The intelligent Cherokee
knows very well that statehood is
inevitable and that really it is the
only logical ou'eome of the pres
ent trend of affairs. One of the
many reasons why the Cherokee
citizens should desire statehood is
that he might prated Jiis rights as
an individual, They should, and
do, want statehood worse than any
other class of oitlzens.
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The arguments advanced by the
opponents of single statehood are
largely theoretical. The hoinous
polioal conditions existing in the
territory are aotual. These theor
iBtshave not yet adduced one logi
cal reason why the people of the
territory should lopger ondure
disfranchisement Their prophe
sies ol calamity when Btudied
show the inspiration to spring
from a desire to perpetuate self
aggrandisement, either through
olline, or the misfortune of those
caught in one of the many tangles
of the erratically enforoed laws.
The inate desire of the Indian to
pow wow is one of the reasons why
the fullblood Cherokee has not
been enrolled by the Dawes com
mission. They are a great people
for conventions and treaties. Not
withstanding the fact the govern
ment has not kept faith with any
of its treaties they siill like to
make them. If the Dawes com
mission had the time to spare to
meet representatives of the full-
bloods and go through the oere
ruony of a treaty, perhaps thoy
would consent to be enrolled.
Through the Sunday schools and
in other ways there is, at the pres
ent time a good deal of aativity
shown in Bible study. In the
schools and colleges of the ooun
try (ho Bible has found a place in
tho eduoalion of every man and
woman who nepire lo ba well in
formed. No education is complete
without u knowledge of the Borip
turos. Every child ought to have
a course of Bible study in the
schools.
Senator Gideon Morgan dislin
gulshed himself as tho only mem
ber of the Cherokee serrate who
voted against the memorial against
Btatehoad. It fa refreshing to see
one man with a backbone among
sojmny who have m moro verle
brsUian alp tyiglo w"iJrm,'
Vinita ha no concern and is not
in the least alarmed at tho pros
purity of other territory towns.
No other place enjoys brighter
proipeoto, nur a steadier growth
and trade. Despite the laok of
titles to land, and especially town
lots, this town continues to grow
ae. rapidly as is consistent with
substantial growth. Vinita has
many attractions for the home
seeker and to the man of business
or profession. When the rush
oomoe we are very sure to get our
share.
The crime reoord in the terri
tory Is but one of the arguments
for statehood. The present force
of marshals is no guarantee of pub-
lie safety. Ttey are weak numer
ioally, and in some instances com
missions have been issued to those
totally unfit for any position that
demands either oourage or intelli
gence. Statehood will take the
enforcement of tho law out of the
hands of these swaggering politi
cal parasites and entrust this re
sponsibility to men.
In resurveying the town of Vin
ita the Interior department is ex
eroislng the authority vested in it
under the aot of Congress of 1000,
extending the powers of the Secre
tary ol tho Interior. Now is the
time to establish the boundaries
for reasonable prospective growth
and nare and good sense should
oonlrol. Let Vinita make no mis
take in the size ol her towneite.
At her present rate of growth she
will need room to expand very
soon.
The improved stylo of residences
now being erected in Vinita is a
pleating evldenoe of confidence in
the town's future from those who
have given the question close
study. Tho consideration of the
many natural advantages of the
contiguous territory and the in
ducements that can be offered the
investor to locate here, will con
vert the most skeptical to an equal
confidence.
forty national i
territory
de-
Whether statehood come soon
or i-i long dtlayed, one state only
will be made. It (behooves the
people of the Indian territory to
have a voice in making the oonali
tutlnn that they are xure to live
under. It is the height of folly to
eland idly by and see the machin
ery of a state government sat in
motion by outside interests. The
moral, eooial and commercial in
terests of the Indian territory de
m and aolion.
The captious opposition of the
South MoAlester Capital to single
statehood will have the efleet of
orystalizine sentiment .n tho In.
dian territory agalnt South townjlhef otyaol sought
in me iuiure tUstrihuiHn of politi
cal favors. To be the capitol of a
slate is the forlorn hope of the es
teemed Capital, and that is one of
the things that there is not the re.
motett possibility of ever happen
big.
The Cherokees
an a tribe nro
doomed, and no p iwer that oan be
invoked oan save them as a nation
longer. The pilicy, dictated by
wisdom, nhould he to nave him as
guilty of misleading the fullbloads
in tho vain hopi of keeping up
their nationality are doing them n
great wrong
The Muskogee Times wobbled
on lo the single etatebood propo
sition for a brief time just before
the big convention laat week, but
ngimi lapsed into "innocuous dss
uetude" before its echoes had dud
away in the Creek lulls. The es
teemed Times don't quite know
where it is "at,"
The survey pf the towns of tho
Cherokee nation that is now in
progress is not, na many think,
being done under the provision of
(lie Curtis act. The Secretary of
the Interior is proceeding Record
ing to acta of congress passed at
the last session whioh plaoes the
authority in his hands, In an un
limited way, to appraise and sell
town lots in the Cherokee nation.
The echoes from the great. state
hood convention, held laat week at
Muskogee, as seen in the press of
bath territories, indicate a strong
movement and u very harmonious
and concerted movement toward
Nothing hut
lauccess onn result from suoli unan
imity of aolion on the part of tho
press and people of tho old Indian
(.monarchy.
Half the constitutional limit ol
the regular session of the Chero
kee natiomil oounull is past and
very little of a substantial or profit-'
able nature has been attempted,
muoh lees aoenmpliahed. Tho
hopes entertained by some that a
good treaty would be forthcoming,
have about given u ay to despair.
The air about Tahlequah seems to
have a tendeiioy to retard moral
or iulelleotual growth.
The excellent roads in Some di
rections about Vinita have made a'
perceptible difference iu the hal
anoe of country trade tbat has
come to Vinita this fall. When
the winter season sets in it will ha
oven more marked,
A is saiil many of the fullbloods
believe the 'Cherokoo country will
yet bo rescued from the white man
and be turned hnok into an Indian
country. This has always been
the dream of the pureblood Indian,
but If politician would oease to
play upon the prejudices of theee
an individual Tlioxs who ural unsophisticated people and try to
Oklahoma has
banks, and tho Indian
fifty-three. Tho individual
posits in the Oklahoma banks ex
oeed thote of the torrltory for the
first time; perhaps on account of
the bountiful wheat crop in the
former.
The predatory instincts of the
Cherokee politician are entirely
too strong for the quiet settled life
that would como' .Under a state
government. The chances for
plunder aro much better under tho
present cliaono conditions
The Cherokee Legislature is op
posed to the union of Oklahoma
with the Indian territory for a
single state. Every man in the
Indian territory with a knife to
slice Indian pie is also opposed to
it. Denleon Herald.
enlighten them instead of mislead
ing them tho Indian question might
be solved in n year.
. Last week's statehood conven
tion sent one hitherto ooneplcu
oub Indian territory politioiau in
lbs rear. Col. Uubt. L Owen, in
attempting to head off the state
hood movement, placed himself in
the same class with Dennis Plynn,
of Oklahoma, and both will retire
together.
Tfia South MoAleater Capital is
SQiely grieved because the single
statehood oonveiillor selected Ex
Governor Barnes hb one of the del
egates to congress this winter, and
Jb alarmed lest he Injure the oauee
of single statehood. The zeal of
the Capital la oommendable.
Never try to coax a cold or cough,
use the remedy that untalluigly
conquers Imh. Ballard's 1 1 our hound
Syrup I '.lie isreat poclllc for ;t'l
iliroati anil luni iroiililei Price, 26
and 60 eeiils. People's drun htore. dw
Senator Quartos has taken up the
question of protecting (,'iuiie In tho
territory, and will uatUj In ohtulnltiu
some much needed legislation.
Herblne sweetens tlfe breath,
brightens tfie eyes and clears tbe com
plexloo without Cbe slightest III ef
fect whatever, and lneurt tho nat
ural bloom of lieulth. Trice 60 cents.
Peoplo's drug store. dw
Padeu U'olDert, Win. Kerr and
others roUirned from the Spuvlnuw
hills TuodMr, where ibey huve been
enjoying a week's hunt.
' Footl Changd to Poison.
Putrefying fowl In tho lutc.tlnes
prepuces effect like those of urietiic,
but I)r King' Nuw Life Pills expel
the poisons from dogged bowel,gmt
ly, eadly hut surely, curlne- euustipa
lloft, lilllousnets, elck heariaolK', fa
vor, ull liver, kldoey aud huvvsl
trouble. Onlv2Jeai People's and A.
W. Foreman', drutf Ukw. dw
On Nov 2nd, a marriage -license
wan loeued to Tuuuias Km:ht aud
'Daley Utter, ofVlnlta. Ilert Chand
ler has heretofore ritawnjed to keep It
dark. CwggrMtulilluiie, though some
what, belated, ore now In order.
Ilobert L Owon is tho ncknowl
edged leader of the double state
hood foroea in the Indian territory.
He is the same Owon who, with
Dick Adams and John Henry Dick,
ignored the aolion of the Cherokee
council in the seleotion of attor
neys lo oolleot the four million
olalm last year.
It is well fur the oitizon of the
territory who is now struggling for
constitutional rights, lo mako a
mental slate of those politicians
who aro now evading tho issue.
They will be the first to cry lor of
fice, and their future political road
slioul . bo strewn with all tho
pleasures of a barbed wlro tangle.
It is a my.lery how husiness
keeps good, notwithstanding the
almost total failure of the corn
crop. The hay and other crops
have almost compensated for the
Iosb of tbe corn.
. Mil I. I. I I (
ThoBo who appraise tho value
of enfranchisement in dollars and
oenls only, aro the inoubators of
political prostitutes, and aro in no
way fitted for the responsibilities
attendant upon self-government.
Troops are to bs withdrawn from
the Indian torrltory, by order of
theSsoreisry of tho Interior. This
all happened on the seine day of
tho big single statehood oonven-
t'on.
Tab should be kept on those
who are afraid to trust the -100,000
Indian territory people with statu
hood and consequent iooal self
government.
The best thing for the Cherokee's
to do is to dissolve partnership
each with tho other before the
common assets vanish, through lit
igation and political corruption.
MUs Noltlo Duncan loaves the lut
ter part of tiie week for Colllny-ton,
Utah, wliaro she will romulii this
winter tj benefit tier health.
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CRIMINAL -DOCKET.
Continued Fro$ Tugo-I
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Buogy Sander?, Dive Durks, as'
aault to kill
Boogy Sanders, &i to kill
Walter Steen, lar and rec s p
DHOBJin-K 13, 001,
Win Borden, lar ondembezz
Bill Vann, Eph Vain, lar s
rec s p
Ben Skanzs, Joe Pifeon, reraov
part of r r
Jim Keys, Charley Keys,, Bill
Barlew Jaok Hunter, lease Allen.
Al Biley, diet peace '
deokmiiek 14,1001.
John Coker, permiting gamin
Mile Brady, int liq
Milo Brady, disp liq
John Phelps, carry weapon
Addison Stuart, incest
Addison Stu:rt, rapo
Addison Stuart adultery
Addison Stuart, carnal kno
male.
DECBMIIBIl 10, 1001.
Eli Terrell, lar and rea s p
Soda Fife, murder j
Jesse Hazelrlg, Wm Hazleri
Jerry Barns, Geo Hazelrlg, larand
rec fl p
Alex Ferris, Tom Wright, lar
and reo s p
Jaspor Rogers, as'lt to kill
Jaok Peters, Ed Blue, lar and
rec b p., two oases.
dkoejiiibii 17, 1001.
T J Oummlngs, as'lt to kill
Lewis Fair, int liq
Lewis Fair, dlsp liq
JANUAItV 0, 1002.
Marlon Holderman, violation
Ssd. 10 of aot of Juno 28. 1808. and
exoeselvo holding of lands in tho
Oherokoe nation, 73 indictments
JANUAKY8, 1002. t
James Batty, violation of Sec.
io, actoi June 'M, 18UB, and exy
cesslve holding of lands in Oher-1
okoo nation. 60 Indictments.
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A TALK ON STOVES
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There is as much difference in stoves as there is in any other manufactured product. We have the
original Coles Air Tight Hot Blast, saves one-third of your cpal bill, fire never out, clenlincss and even
heat with soft coal. Positively the best heating stove made. This may sound a little strong, but be
lieve wjTatyesay and we'll guarantee them to be all we djaim or money refunded.
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