THE DAILY ARDM0RE1TE SIDNEY 8UOOS, Proprietor. entered at the rostofflce at Ardmore cjs Second-class aiau Atawwr November Z. itw Published Every Afternoon (except Saturday), and Sunday Morning. Offlce of Publication: North Washing ton Street . SUBSCRIPTION HATES: IVn vmV On month .50 Oae year .15.00 rm. ncciritl NEWSPAPER of the Uarted 8tates Court for the Southern District Indian Territory; also for the Cfelckasaw Stock Association Oi the Indian Territory, and the official organ of the city. TIME TABLE. Qulf, Colorado A. 8anU Fe nallway. (Southbound) OalTcston & Chicago Exp. . .3:40 a.m. Cleburne tc K. C. Exp 4:25 p.m. (Northbound) (fclveston & Chicago Exp.. 12:35 MB, Cleburne & K. C. Sxp 11:20 a. m. Choctaw, Oklahoma and Qulf Railway. Arrive at Ardmore 1:45 p. m. Leavo Ardmore 2:35 p. m. Local freight carrying passengers also. No trains on Sundays. All United States malls closo 30 minutes prior to train time. DAVID REDFIELD. P. M. Any erroneous reflection upon the character or reputation of any per son which may bo printed In tboArd morelte, or any artlclo based on re port that aro false will be gladly cor rected If brought to tho attention of the publisher. If you turn In a flro alarm by tele phone, don't call for tho Are depart ment, but tell "Central" whero tho flro Is. L. C. SLAUGHTER, Chlof. Use tho Long-Distance Telephone and call up. V PHONE NO. 5, ' If ydu want tho Ardmorclte. 4. 4, Jj. Jj. 4. 4, 4. Ardmore, Tuesday, February 24. Ardmoreite' Traveling Agents. Tho following nre the traveling rep resentatives of tho Dally and Weokly Ardmorolto, who are authorized to so licit and receipt for subscriptions and advertisements for olthor publication. J. W. Smith. Wllllo Kennody, K. C. Tucker, J. O. Sprcckelmoyor and J. V. Easloy. SIDNEY SU(1QS, Pub. Scarlet fever Is reported raging at Pawnee, Oklahoma. Ponca City Is tbu only democratic town In Kay county, Oklahoma. From every direction comoB tho re port of loscas among cattlo during last week's storm. Tho schodule and nppralsomont of town lots at VInlla has been approved by tho lutorlor department. Hanna's ponslon slavo bill has caused tho postollloo dopartmont to watch out for the sharpers It breed. Is expected to Taken as a whole the municipal cam palgn In Ardmore gives promise otjbo Ing moro llvoly than nny of Its "p'rodo-j ccssora. Tho best men will win, as they always do. ; March 1 Is tho1ateBet for tile up HBlnc In tho Balkan ctateB. It Is feared thatho" Turkish troops may tnako a I general slaughter, In Mace donia, onco thoy get startoii. There Is much undor-curront talk among our citizens regarding cortaln actions of the city council. Tho Ard morolto claims u conBorvatlvo dlstlnc tlon, ano that we should not take for granted on ovory thing wo hoar abroad, but rnthor that duo and dill- gont Inquiry should be tnado. It Is posslblo that mistakes have boen made by eonio members of Ardmoro's city coiinoll. Wo do not say nil, for there nro somo by nbsonco exempt. Wo would advleo, howover, that tho pooplc wait, that they have patloncu, until t) o report of tho flnnnclal condition of tho city Is given to tho public. Such a statement ling boon uskod for by tho city council, and such n stntnmont hns been promised by Mayor Dick, who proposos to put an oxport to work on tho books.. Aftor this Is tuado public tho. people should know oxaotly how they stand. Thoro aro no doubt many things transpiring In tho big deals now being pushed by tho city that somo of her pooplo would like to know, but may not. And that "not" Is whero all tho discontent has arlson. Tho peoplo claim and should know whero their monoy has boon spont and what It has boon spont for. Enough talk has beon mado to stir up hard foellngir, but tho Ardmorolto wants to fioo this Bontlmont withheld, awaiting tho report of tho mayor and his expert accountant when wo feci assured that everything will be mado plain and sat isfactory to tho most Inconsistent. If tho report does not proves satisfactory, then tho sooner a romcdy Is applied tho. bettor It will bo for the city and everybody concerned. Tho W. O. T. U. will meet with Wrtf. Madden Wednesday afternoon. THE CHICKA8AW8. The Chickasaw Indians, especially those who hare been Identified wttb the government of tfc Indians in the but few years, are very murh In favor of abolishing the government of the tribe, as It is at present constituted. They argue, and with good reason. Utat tkeve la nothing to the present form of government, that Is of any rata to Uio Chickasaw people as a whole. As a matter of fact the acta of tho Chickasaw legislature are moro child's play and amount to nothing, andjw far the Chlekasaw officers be ing ablo to do anything In the way of enforcing laws, keeping tho peace, or anything that In any way helps the condition of the Chlekasaw people, that Is all stuff. Tho laws amount to nothing, and the office-holders perform purely perfunctory ami needless du ties. It has been suggested by some that If the tribal govornment of the nation be now dissolved, that here will be no moans of carrying on schools. It is suggested by those who favor a change of Chickasaw affairs and abol ishment of all form of tribal govern ment that the contracts now standing for schools for the nation be provided for. Tho Interest on the trust funds of tho nation now amounts to some thing like ICG.OeO annually, and the royalties from tho coal and asphalt mines amount to about $84,090. There are only about 760 Chickasaw school children to bo educated, and thero Is a fund available for tholr oJucatlon, amounting to $100,000 per annum. It Is entirely sufllclont not only to odu cato those 750 ohlldron but would clothe them ob well, and provide modi cal attention for thorn. Thero would bo no trouble! about odocatlng the children. There. would bo moro-monoy ior ouunationai purposes, in fact, than thero Is undor the tfreeont ordor ot things, whon so much money Is taken out of tho school fund to keep upj d form of government that Is not need- xl and cannot be of any further uso o the people.. A movement Is on foot among the Chlckasaws to end the government by the tribe with the end of the Moseloy administration. It would havo two moro years of logal life. If the Indians want to continue It, but thoy figure that considerable monoy may bo sav ed by stopping It boforo tho time is out, and that tho children who need education may receive bettor educa tion by tho nbollshmont of tho tribal govornment. Tho Chlckasaws Vho havo studied tho woll-belng of tho pebplo of the Nation nro In favor of doing oyorythlng posslblo that will havo a tondonoy to protect nnd savov tho monoy of tho people nnd to educate tho children of tho Chickasaw people looking to the time when they shall need such edu cation to copo with tho white pooplo with whom thoy will hnve to compete on equal terms. It looks llko tho time Is now ripo for tho removal of all tho old tribal formB and offlcos and that truly It would moan a great saving to tho POopHjfjof tho nation to havo the gov ernment onded boforo tho tlmo for It allotted to run, by tho Aioku agree mAH, TA I . T , . . mum. Liuiiisou uit;uu. THE TRIBAL TA., i.i The Indian agent has been giving lyuBmurauie puuiiniy to a tnrcat that! if tho tribal tax on morohants Is not paid ho will closo tho stores through tho Indian Territory. Wlthbut enter ing Into a discussion of this tax, a tax which pays for.no protection, a lax which Is pure trtbtilo for the right to llvo and do business, a tax In addition to laxos for schools and police protec tion a, a gift to support a Joke govorn ment whose chief function is to give n few men Jobs, wo doslre to coll our readers' attontlon to a decision hand ml down by the court of nnneals for the Indian Territory at tho October term. 1002. This decision says that stores cannot bo closed for failure to pay tax and that men In possession of town lots In regularly platted town- sites cannot bo ojactod as Intruders. Tho only moans loft for the collection of this debt Is tho ordinary channol of mo courts. With duo deforonco to the onlnlon of tho secrotary of tho Interior this Is now tho law. Tho regular Judiciary haB so decided. Tho threat of the Indian agont Is consequently omDtv. Tho wldo publicity given it Is moroly a bluff, to Intimidate tho timid. If tho tax could bo collected. In ad dition to tho Fedornl tax and the city tax. tho chlof wholoBale men of tho Indian Territory would havo to move out. Tho tax Is lovlod on all goods Introduced. This during the year Is often four or flvo times tho value of tho stock. Tho tax would bo a bur. den which tho Territory wholesalo bus- Inofls men could not stand. Ono of tho leading wholesale men In tho city said today: "Wo would havo to movo to Fort Smith If forced to pay this tax In addition to tho city tax. Wo could ship goods In hero from Fort Smith lots cheaper than to pay the tax on ovcry shipment of goods we have bro tght lie? "VVi will resist the pa. in' at and If forced to pay It by the lat court, we will dimply have to mow" ' It Is a kprioiiK matter. It h '" be hoped that the merchants and whole. sale mm will stand together in resist tag this Imposition. The Kvenlag News. NEWS OVER 'PHONE. Springer. Considerable toM among stock is re ported here now. A number of cattle on the ranches of Etph James and Robert Cobb have died during the last spell of bad weather. John Patton went to Ardmore to day. Glenn. Owing to the bad weather some stock are dying. Alva Ross has lost a number of head In the last week or two. Woodford. L J. Akers went to Ardmore today. Fox. Albort Plorco and wife were visitors In our city last week. Ills Bettle Carter returned to her aorao In Caddo yostoroey after sereral days' visit her. Caddo creek is overflowed and a good many fences gone. Tho people are proparlng to plant gardens. J. C. PruitX brought a toad of mer chandise from Ardmore yesterday. Graham. Soveral of our people wont to Artf- more (today. Thackervllle. Deputy Blgyard arrostod Cus Tabler yesterday. W. A. Howard, who has. boon very sick. Is reported bolter today,. School rosumod work this morning. Pauls Valley. A man by the name of Leo Rollins accidentally shot his wife hero last night. Berwyn. W. V. Richardson, who lives north west of town, come In yesterday and shaved up and disappeared and has not been hoard of since. Marlow. Tho horso-stonllng committee of this section did a pleco of Uuslneen In reg ulor ordor last night. The officers think thoy havo them located In the Wood reservation wost of tho city. Comanche. Our streets aro boing worked today a thing much needed after ' tho weathor of tho past weok or so. Charles Pearson has roturned from Ryan whore he has boon ropalrlng the tolephono line. ( J. Will Smith, traveling, reprosentn tive of the Ardmoreite, Is here and Is transacting a great deal of bus(ngs for the greatest paper of the flvo clvillzod tribes. J. F. Copoland of the Comanche News Is in Washington lobbying for the establishment of a Federal court horo. Comanche Is more centrally lo- catod than Ryan, has a groator popula tlon and believes itself more entitled to Federal, patronage than the latter . e , ,, Waurlka. Tho work. on tho new railroad Is to be puRhod now; A large commissary outfit Is already established and the work mules nro being drlvon through from NInnoka nnd Chlckashn. .Tho grading tools will bo shipped by rail at onco. i Tho plows and scrapers to be tisod In grading tho new line of road from hero to Ardmoro hnve arrived and work Is oxpocted to begin by next Monday. Ryan. Judge Dennoe is holding' commis sioner's court now. Arraet Malnes, Mr. Wood and J. A. Rogers returned yesterday evening from Mluoo, where they went to at tend the funeral of a air. Jones who was a prominent Odd Fellow. Durwood. Wiley Shockley haa bought a now residence here and Is moving to It to day. Tom Little Is In town today prepar ing to move somo bouses to New Dur wood.. Burneyvllle. A series of mooting aro being held hore and groat Interest Is being mani fested. Already a dozon or moro have ombracod tho Christian rollglon. The service aro being conducted by Rev. G. W. Plorco of St. Jo. Texas, and Rev. Morris of Burleson. Our literary school opens Monday morning with a good attendance. Mrs. D. Y Stout Is tho toachor. Stoek are In bad condition herO and many or the local stockmen nro losing heavily. Oat sowing Is now being pushed by tho farmers. A prayer meeting has beou organ ized and will meet at the church ovory Wednesday night. . , . Lone Grove. .v. J.S. Colston and Miss Sallle Putnam of Reck, while returning homo from Ardmore, wore married here yesterTfny by Rev. Clay. I .one Grove lias a good school of sixty pupils under the management of Rev. and Mrs. Clay. Ad Comanche Walters, Oklahoma. PrwwM brick are arriving from Ok lahoma City and a half block of brick buildings is now under construction TV building Is be'ng done by the First National bank, which will oc cupy the corner building. Walters la a fast growing town of almost 1,004 people. Loeo, J. H. Moore, T. J .Clark and Drs Clark and Thaganl arc attending court at Chlekasfea this week. Holder. ' L. O. Smith Is transacting buslnoss today at McMillan. Today's Washington dlspatcbos say that Senator Culberson roported from the senate Judiciary committee today the Stephens bill establishing a Fed oral court at Dunean and Marietta, I. T. The bill, as it passed the house. provides for courts at Duncan. Marl eita.and Comanche, but It was amend ed In the senate Judiciary committee by eliminating Comanche. The bill as reported Is In the shape as origin ally Introduced by Representative Stephens. The Bank of Commerce. There has 'been much talk on our streets about another bank about to be established hero, that the Ardmoreite feels It Its duty to say a few wordB. In the first place, that there will be another bank started there seems to bo no oubt. From those with whom we tal:.d this morning at seom? to bo Ihe concetsus of opinion that tho bank will bo called the Bank of Commerce. ted tho same vtl, bo capitalized at about $50,000 or SGO.000. But Just who will bo the offloors pf tho bank Is not yotdotormlnod, for the stock has not all been takon, no elec tion has been hold to elect an officer. We learned, however, that H. B. Coyov of Ardmoro Is a prime mover In It; 'hat bis father and most all his jeople are bankers back In Tennessee and that while Mr. Covey was now the goneral agent of the Druggists Flro Insurance company, of South McAlos ter. he would probably make good presidential tlmebr. Tho above Is Just about tho status of the Bank of Commorcc nt presont. WEAK IN THE ALPHABET. Some I.cttrrM Tlinl Men Clin Xi-ver l.pnrn In Make "Why Is It that with somo mon somo letters of the nlphnbet nre hnrdor to make than other nnd, lu fnct, that there nre some letters that some men never learned how to make?" asked a young man who takes considerable In terest In the matter of handwriting In the New Orleans Times-Democrat. "It Is a rather singular fact that nearly every man outside of the experts H weak on oue or more of the letters lu the English alphabet Sometimes tho lottor Involved Is n capital letter; some times It Is of the smaller kind; some times It Is one letter nnd. sometimes nnother. In nny event, you will llud few men who are exempt from the fall ing referred to. "I know of one man who In spite of the fact that he does U great deal of writing has never learned bow to make a capital P. He simply makes a stag ger at It. and, as n nile, the roault of his efforts will look more llko a small p than like the capital P. I know nn other man who enn't make a small f lo save bis life. He can never got tbjj lower part of the letter below the line. He makes It look like a clubfooted b Instead of nu f. There arc others who, whup thoy try to make the small b, give It the long shank, and It looks more like the letter f. It Is rnthor sin gular that these (raits should ban? on to a man's writing for a lifetime, but they do It Xuit the same, mid If you make n Tew Inquiries nmpng your frlonds and acquaintances you will find that but few of them are oxempt from this fault. "It Is very much like the hnblt of spelling certain words Incorrectly. Many men who are rated .is first class spellers pass tltrough life without ever In a single Instance spelling cortaln words correctly. It Is due to habit largoly. If you should ask them how to spell the word, thoy would tell you, but, when they go to write It, that Is quite different, nnd they will got It wrong every time. So they know, too, how certain letters should bo made, but they simply can't put them down ou paper. It Is a curious but common fault" llrlntnl Kluilum. Mr. Smith (In street carl Madam. tnke my Bent. Mrs. Jones (who lino been standing (lftceii minutes) No. thanks. I get off nt the next corner. Mr. Sitilth-Tlmfs all right. So do I. -Chl'.ngo Journal. o t'.c nt All. He (who lia offcuded her) Won't you look up nt inc? She If I did. you'd kiss me agnln. He No; honest. I won't. She. Then what's the use? Life. A Itenilmli-r, Dearborn What have you got that string lied about your 0 tiger for? Wabash Ob. I've beon getting war rled, niul my wlfo doesu't want tue to forget it Boston Herald. Hypocrisy becomes a necessity for those who llvo scandalously. DcFInod. OUR WALL STREET LETTER. By W. O. Nicholas. Ppocfti to the Ardmoreite. New r Feb 21 The trtisl :u nte art reeking information a' it George B Cortelyou. who has bn selected ii i secretary for the ri-vv .-rented .'epartmen' of comm-.v Their merest In Mr. Cortelyou grows out of the fact that In him is Invested the trntbu'iy to dig Into the prl.-tte affairs of the trust corporations, whose Mcrots have heretofore bean .nvin. inie. The power lodged In iir. OrlM yon i to a degree dlscretlonury. n Ir for him tc hay whether or not lnvo4tl gaton shall be made and how deep the Inquiry may go; also how much of the Information obtained may be prop erly glvon to the public. Tho essence of the u-tniB on Mr. Cortelyoa Is that ho is a man f excellent Judgment and very ripe experience in public ffarl3 and not glen to spectacular gal'p-y plays t'cnsoquontly while nit leol Ing r.iiy ilbf like a sense r. owner fhip of Mr. Cortelyou, they ut n i f'r that he will annoy them n itjcck- tartly or adopt demagogical .io-.--.ues against them. iot of Mr. Cortelyou's life hag len spent In New 'oik cltv and his knowledge of large is mere or leib Intimate, a. thou: i ,-un lie hveciere he was comov i'l.ly unknown . a personality. Tho objections to the publicity provision or toe now rode. .. laws aro confli.ed to r. comparative. men. conspicuous among whom are John D. Rockefeller and H. O. Havemoyor. These two individuals dominate two of the most successful Industries In tho world Standard Oil and American Sugar Roflnerles (snger trust). It has been their policy from the first to with hold everything but the barest skele ton statoments of the net results of business dono. Thoy nre autocratic In their specialties and Insist that neither the public nor the stockholders havo any right to Inquire as to the details or general policy and they have consistently lived up to their ideal In this respect. Every minor stockholder In these concerns Is ab solutely In the dark as to what his Investment represents. All he knows Is that at certain Intervals and at the pleasure of the dominating mnnngo ment, dividends are distributed and market quotations for the stoek aro based amost entirely thereon. Conse quently Sir. Mr. Rockefeller and Mr. Havemoyor took fright at the sugges tion thnt they might have to take the public Into their confidence; hence their earnest objections to having "publicity" written Into tho law.. Early In March the Standard oil stock holders are to recelvo $20,000, 000 in dividends. This mnkos $328, 000,000 paid by the Standnrd oil to Its stockholders within a period of twelve yoars. Enormous additional profits have boon paid Insiders in the way of dividends on tho stock of the com panies which aro tho outgrowth of the oil buslnoss. Tho Sttudard oil build ing, an Immenso structure on Lower Broadway, Is filled with these minor companlos. It Is designted In tho "Btreot" as "26 Broadway." a name that ombracos not a multitude of sins exactly, but a multitude of Standard oil projects. Big money is still needed by the big people In tho carrying out of their ments and extension of railroads and dustrinl development. Tho stock mar ket Ihorcforo waits until the edge of tho appetito of the giants is turned. The time Is considered opportune by tho masters of tho situation for mak ing provision for contemplated botter- raents and extension of rallrods, and for tho conduct of larger financial deals In connection with tho stool trust and othtr protontlous Industrials. Thoso noeds nre In rapid process of being supplied, nnd the public Is receiving pointed hints thnt It will not be long before an Invitation Will be extended to take part In anohor bull movement. Moantlme tho conditions nro Improv ing in evory way. Railway earnings nro up to tho fullost expectations. both gross nnd not. The vast sums which have been invosted In putting transportation properties In Improved revenue bearing position aro yielding fruit Thero Is still urgent necessity for further investments and great sums aro being expended now in bringing tho properties to tho point of tho greatest posslblo efficiency. Tho big oxponso nocossary horeafter will bo In ho way of enlarged terminals, Equipment nnd tonnage havo beon In creased SO per cent within tho last flvo or six years, wbllo the trackage and warohouso conveniences at points of collection and distribution nro about whoro thoy wero before tho increaso took place. It Is for this reason that numerous blockades occur, and It is for relief In that direction thnt rail road companies aro now bending their energies. Congestion cuts down rev onuo and Is therefore to bo avoided. The president of one of the leading railroads spoko tho exact truth when ho said tho other day that the rail roads of tho country would bo better off If they did not have so much busi ness. They hnve moro tonnage today than they can handle to lb" - advantage. We ha- been on the edge of gold exports for the last two weeks, but it has not been the doelre of the "kings of the atreet" that tho yellow mtai should go out at this time. Actual negotiations wero undertaken several times by a leading international bank ing homo, which has no especial affil iations with the speculative Interest. Each tlmo, however. It was made an object for the house to abandon its purpose and no gold has yet been shipped. Wall street gives gold ex ports exaggerated Importance and for speculative effect It has not been con sidered advisable to reduce thehoardi of gold In tho United States, although the total (s now tho largest In histo ry. Thoro Is no moro reason why the United States should not oxport gold than any other product. Tho produc tion of this country approximates $85. 00O..0OO a year at tho present time and most of It is kept at homo going to Incroaso circulation. Wo might Just as well ship gold as wheat, cotton, corn or provisions, but it seems to be against the policy of tho kings of finance to allow it to bo done. Hence when thoro is imminent danger of shipments tho leading banking houses erect barriors to check the outgo. This Is usually dono by soiling bills which Is ono form of borrowing money abroad to meet such obligations as might bo maturing and which would naturally call for exports of gold. Ii Is not Impossible, however, that the coming week may witness moderate exports of tho yollow metal. Wall street will bo heartily glad when congress- adjourns. If It passes the Aldrlch financial bill, danger of a repotltlon of last fairs stringency will be averted. The banking combi nation Is working hard to forward that particular piece of legislation and has assurance that the measure .will become a law. Congress is foreiven already for Its anti-trust enactments and there Is a prevailing spirit of thankfulness that nothing worse was done. The verdict Is that congress on tho whole has not done so bad. The market leaders and Investors genornlly, howover. will not feel oulto safe, until the statesmen final ly vacate Washington and return to their respective bailiwicks. Un! II there Is an actual adjournment there Is al ways danger of a dead-lock which would necessitate a special session. That would bo regarded almost as a calamity and would not fall to unsettle va)uos . Almost two weeks must elapso before the end of tho current session, but that Is not a long wait as tlmo Is measured In Wall street. Meantime many of tho large opera tors are availing thomselves of the normally quloscont condition of things to devoto a little time to recreation at the numerous winter resorts. Thoy will begin to return by the 10th of March and a majority of them will bo on deck again by the 15th. l 1111 1 M -H-M-M-H-H 1H ! Our I Business Clean Clothes Repair Clothes Dye Clothes Alter Clothes Also Agent for MURPHY nnos , Tailors, Chicago. Will be clad to fidure with you ou our Sprinj; Unit or T Trousers H Ardmore Steam arid Dye Whs L. F. BURTON, Prop. f Teliobone 230. Ardmore, I. T. Better Than Cold. "I was troubled for sviral v.. , . with chronic Indigestion and nervous debility." writes F. J. Green of 1b castor. N. H. "No remedy helped mo until I began using Klettrlc Blttom, which did me moro good than all the medicine I over used. 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