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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
MEAN indian TRICK
Some Settlers in Trouble Over
Taking Indian Timber.
WROTE NAMES ON TREES
And VIII Have to Face That
Evidence in Court.
WROTE NAMES ON TREES

Guthrie, o. T. April 21-An Indian has
perpetrated a serious joke on the set
tiers Of township II. range Is, in Dewey
county, according to the Kingfsher Pho
neer.
Medicine Crazy's allotment on the
South Canadian is covered with a heavy
growth Of large timber. The Indians
have from time to time swapped off
trees to the whites for pigs and other
things.
a few days ago an Indian policeman
visited about thirty families, and sold
trees to most of them, and succeeded in
getting them to chop notches in the trees
they bought and write their name on
them. Others went to cutting and saw
ing the trees they had bought and now
their names are on file at Cantonement,
and they are likely to have to answer for
the crime of buying timber from the In
dams.
In this connection the paper says:
Uncle Sans babies are some trouble
and expense to him. But to the settlers
who are constantly feeding them without
pay, the babies become a nuisance, es-
pecially when you dare not take even
load of decaying wood from them as pay
for a turkey or a. pig that they are clam
oring to devour"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
DIDN'T TRAVEL LIKE CYCLONES
Big WhirIwinds in Oklahoma Went
in an Opposite Direction.

Guthrie, o. T., April 21.-Several little
cyclones were reported in different sec
lions Sunday, says the Carwile
Journal. One formed west of this
place. passing north and a little east in
its course through fields mostly, but near
the barn on Mr. Harris place, where it
tore up couple of header barges, and
we are informed that four or five miles
north Of here it demolished a house be-
longing to man named Brown. These
are all of the particulars We gained of
this particular ''twister," but several
others are reported with about the same
amount of casualties in other localities.
One we are told passed through the town
of Augusta doing little damage there but
greater damage in the country. While
the work was after the manner Of the
cyclone, the FORMATIONS we think, were
really but mammoth whirlwinds They
are not so large or destructive as the
cyclone and travel in the opposite course
to the one heretofore at least taken by
the genuine article. However, we do not
like these visitors, call them by what
name you will.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
FAMOUS FRUIT TREE CASE
Is Up in Guthrie Again After Long
Rest.

Guthrie. o. T. April 1.-THE Capital
here has the following account of the
famous fruit tree case:
Another case with Z record OF ten
years to its credit has just been COM
pleted in the district court Il Is one OF
unusual interest to this country. be NJ
test case on a contract. OF which
there are several hundred such IL this
community.
IN lSsl and 1851. the stark Bros. MIR
sery company OF Louisiana, No. sold a
total OF 50o0 fruit trees 10 Henry Basley.
who resided eight miles west Of Guthrie.
The consignmenls Included peach, cherry.
apricot. pear. 2o3 apple and possible sew
erai other varieties. They were sufficient
TO cover fly acres q land. The cost OF
the trees amounted u about 500.
The contract stil II existence be-
tween the two parties, shows that 10
money was paid down al the time OF the
delivery: that Stark Bros agreed TO take
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
JUDGE SCOTS CASE
How 1t Is Regarded in New
York City and Oklahoma.
SUM IN DISPUTE is SMALL
Former 0kIahoman Was in
the TombS Several Hours.

Guthrie, Q. T., April 21.-The arrest Of
Judge Henry NJ. Scott in New York City
this week, created a great deal of ex-
element in Oklahoma City. The first
news of the arrest came in the Eagle
which printed the story exclusively.
The Oklahoma City Times-Journal
printed the dispatch in black type with
a gorgeous display head. The reason
for this is that during Judge Scott's res
idence at Oklahoma City q bitter fend
arose between Judge Scott and the ed
itors of Oklahoma City. Scott fined them
for contempt of court and placed Ed'tcr
Frank McMaster in Jail. This has never
been forgiven by McMaster's friends and
when the news of SCOTS arrest came,
they were far from weeping.
This feeling en- account of his arrest
was not Modified in the least when ad-
ditional news arrived that Judge Scott
spent several hours N The Tombs, the
prison of New York, before his bonds
man appeared.
From the best accounts At hand the
charge against Judge Scott was brought
in spite and as the amoint involved is
small, the last has probably been heard
of the case.
Judge Scott has spent good part Of
his time in New York City organizing
rubber companies, being what is called
in the east a promoter. - former
partner of his was Edward Corning, who
is secretary of a cab company in East
Thirty ninth street New York. Corning
was a stock holder in a rubber company
which Scott organized and accuses Scott
of Disappointing the proceais Of
check for 1908 %. In the Center Street
police court, New York, Tuesday, Judge
Scott declared that his arrest was an
act of spite because he had disagree
ments with other stock holders in regard
to the affairs of the rubber company.
From the facts at hand this seems 70 be
the case.
Scott waived examination and gave
81 600 bail to await the action Of the
grand jury. His bondsman was Henry
L. Rosenbaum, a real estate operator at
No 104 Avenue B.
The New York papers do no. moxe
much of a sensation out of the arrest,
dwelling principally on the fact thai Scott
was admitted to the bar in Kansas when
sixteen years old, was the youngest Judge
ever on a United States court bench,
and is the author of SCOTS Duties of
County Officers" and Lives of the Great
Attorneys of Our Union;
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
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MUST BE A DEMOCRAT
PopuIists win Have 20 stert II II
Demand From The r Fartner~-

Guthle. o. 7. April Z--Ia H1id-sufn-
ner the Pooul4s.s and DeznpcTSs q the
territory VII Nominate ca13sd2te ~
w. candidates fcr Congrsss- 1af OF
look Al presea; indicates that f1F3ou =
becoming less Eke,Y everyday ana
cur.o.,sly enough the recent inex1iieAose
r,sFtticsl events u f. Ka1sGz are haT-
snr thei- erect "a br.zg.ax this asost-
~ sane invisible ia ire Po2E,iss .
C,klssoz.a ard tnoss OF Kansas are Eaii-
ed. - that stzy-at-Aorne so;s arro7sg
he Popgflsts e Oklahoma aiwsTs aA1-
pens simultaneously Eifh s-ay-s-s ssa1s-e
vote a-7oog re PopGl IS - Kara.
and zhea Kz-zas Po5aEsfs are frsifaI
xith tlsiv Democratic fr-e2as. - A. tas
OaIzhoraz Fessz1isss- The 're1s.Esss
whgea Las caused thS f41IZrs e saS49l
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
BAPTIST COLLEGE BIDS OPENED
Construction Awarded to Nr. johnson
of Sedalia, Missouri.

Oklahoma City, O. T., April H.-The
Times-Journal announces that the bids
for the erection of the new Baptist col
lege that is to be built at Blackwell were
opened at the office Of David Douglas,
the architect, yesterday The following
were the bids received: F. H. Johnson,
Sedalia, Mo-, $23, 375. This was the lowest
bid and was accepted subject to the
making of a satisfactory bond to the
building committee. Tom OKeefe, Okla
hema City, $24.125; T. E. Campbell. Okla
homa City, $24,461; Funke & Co., Still
water, $4,000. The bid of Mr.. Johnson
was for the entire construction and it is
understood that he will commence the
building at once and complete it before
the first of October so that the fall
semester can begin at that time
The building will be known as the
Oklahoma State Baptist college and will
be the care of that church in the terri
tory. The plans were drawn by Mr.
Douglas of this city and they present a
building that will be an ornament to
Blackwell or any city The design is
Moorish and the arrangement of the
rooms and the floor space will allow the
caring for at least 300 students without
any inconvenience.
The heating will be done with furnaces
and the ventilation will be with me-
chanical appliances.
The first floor will be devoted to the
chemical laboratories, heating plant, etc
The second floor will have eight large
rooms including the presidents office
The upper floor will have four large class
rooms and the chapel which will be fifty
feet by fifty-two in measurements with
ceiling eighteen feet high.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22

shut Off from the northern mills by dis
lance and from the southern mills by ex-
cessive freights. This is not alone so
relatively as compared with the northern
traffic, but we are compelled to pay a
greater freight rate for the short dis
lance our lumber is hauled, than places
far more distant do from the same mills
from whence our lumber. comes. The fol-
lowing schedule of rates will convey to
the reader the discrimination made
against Oklahoma in freights as well as
convince him that the high cost Of lum-
Der to him does not rest altogether upon
the lumber dealers:
1.-THE average rate from Texarkana,
Texas or any other common point in the
south to Oklahoma is 80 cents per hun
bred, to Kansas it is 29 cents, to MS
souri, is only % cents, to Illinois only "A
cents, to Indiana only 25 1-2 cents, to
Ohio only IS cents, to Iowa only % cents.
To make still more plain the discrimina-
ton complained of: The distance from
Texerkana to Wichita. Kansas, is Jo3
miles, the rate is 30 cents; same to Chi
cago via Santa Fe, 1,1S9 miles, the rate
is "a cents: same to Omaha, Neb., via
Missouri Pacific, is ST. miles. rate %
cents; same to st. Louis via Iron Noun
tain is 40 miles. the rate is 16 cents;
same to indianapolis via Missouri Pa
cific and Vandalia is $50 miles, rate "a
cents; same to Columbus, o., same roads,
is oil miles, rate q cents; same TO Des
Moines, Iowa via Missouri Pacific and
Chicago and Great Western is sol miles,
rate. % 1-2 cents.
1.-THE manifest injustice of charging US
30 cents per hundred for 450 miles when
the rate to Chicago, 1,1S9 miles, nearly
three times the distance is only "a Cents
is too apparent to require moments
thought. Or to st. Louis, about the same
distance, only Is cents. II appears as
though the nearer we are to the mills
the greater is the freight rate instead of
less.
''If the hauling of lumber LOCO miles
can be done cheaper than $50 miles, it
would pay the consumers of Oklahoma
to construct a double circular track in
some of our western cow pastures and
donate it to the railroad companies to
enable them to cover the distance. By
the construction of a double track col
lisions would be avoided and they could
run in either direction with safety to
their equipment and no danger to the
lumber"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
HOWL AGAINST LUMBER RATES
Oklahoma LIS Getting the Worst OF 1t
on This Schedule.

Guthrie. 0. T., April 2l.-From all sec
tions Of Oklahoma comes a protest
against discriminative rates on lumber.
Along this line the Medford Patriot
points out some of the glaring traffic out
RACES. 1t says:
This portion OF Oklahoma Is greatly
Interested in an effort now being made
10 secure Just and equitable rates Of
freight on the railroads for our lumber
Many Of our people are now deferring
the erection Of houses and other build
ings because Of the exorbitant rates de-
manded for lumber. Naturally enough
they blame the dealers. as they are the
only parties they are able 10 reach by
individual action Should our present
crops mature as now indicated there
would be a great era Of Improvement
this fall. If the prices Of lumber were
reasonable. But the present cost OF
lumber vii deter many from building
who would do so were Il otherwise
Naturally the blame is by the people
attached % the lumber dealers; vet an
investigation shows that they are not
wholly, If even partially. at fault
Every line Of business. corporations
present prosperity. For & few years
they were doing business on a deprs ssed
and falling market. hence small profits
and often losses. Now. however. all are
gradually raising prices on their pro
duets, or upon the means from which
they derive their incomes. all OF which
must fall upon the consumer.
The lumber dealers place a consider
able portion Of the cause for the price
Of lumber in Oklahoma upon the rail-
roads and not without good reason. as
viii be ascertained by the discriminating
rates charged our people. The rates or
white pine from the northern mills make
il absolutely necessary for US 10 use yell
low pine from the mills OF the south
Yet the short distance from the sou; herr
mills Is well nigh overcome by the higher
rates charged for freight Thus We are
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
TO HAVE A NEWSPAPER
j. Hunter williams Will start One at
New Town of Glencoe.

Guthrie o. T.. April 91.-The new town
of Glencoe on the Oklahoma and East
ern railroad between Saltwater and Paw
nee is to have a newspaper. ]. Hunter
Williams. a member of the Wichita Eagle
reportorial staff, and a practical news
paper man, was present at the first lot
sale, and accepted inducements offered
by the townsite company to put IN a
newspaper He will put in a fine plant
and build a business house and residence
in the new town. The new paper will
probably be Republican.
Glencoe Is building up rapidly. About
5000 worth of lots have been sold, and
all lines Of business are represented. The
railroad will reach the town on Tuesday
or Wednesday. after which buildings
will progress more rapidly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
Che aaaehita naiIu Eagle Sunday lor,im april e. 1900

one-half of their pay in money derived
from the products of the trees; that all
of the money was to be paid in ten
years time and draw per cent interest;
that Balsey gave lien or mortgage
on his homestead to Stark Bros. for Sc
ourity.
cat the time this lien was given Bas-
ley had not proved I'D on his claim. nor
did not prove up until 1886. The law
holds government land exempt; it also
holds that the eighty acres of home
stead are exempt on which the resi-
dsnce is erected. One of the main points
which may have been decided later.
therefore, is WAS the lien a legal one
and can the owner Of the farm be made
responsible for it?'
Shortly after proving Up in 1896. Bas-
ley sold the farm 10 Hiram Chiloress,
who holds a warranty deed TO the place.
Against him, as principal, did the Stark
Bros. make their case. II was called in
the district court this week and in the
hearing consumed three entire days. The
jury was out fifteen hours and brought
in verdict Of $500 for the plaintiff. Cot
teral & Homer represented the plaintiff
and Dale & Bierer the defendants. In
arguing the cases Mr.. Cotteral waived
the interest, mentioned in the contract.
and asked only the principal. about $500.
THE defendants put I'D q strong case
which was bitterly and mastery fought.
The attorneys on both sides made il a
hot legal battle, admirably conducted.
The defendants claimed that the majority
OF the fruit trees were stunted from
being kept in cold storage and would
not grow. They proved that only about
anything. Nearly all the farmers in the
neighbUrhood were called as witnesses TO
prove the worthlessness of the trees.
The defense also claims that Childress
is not responsible for the contract en-
tered into by Bas1ey.
1.-The plaintiffs claim that conspiracy
exists among the farmers Of that neigh
borhood: that nearly all Of said farm
ers hold similar contracts with Stark
Bros, and that they are trying to de-
feat said contract with the plaintiffs.
whether the case will be carried to
the supreme court has not yet been de-
te1nined. II it is, it will be in the most
part to decide whether or not the con-
tract of Basley is a lien or mortgage
on the Childress farm: and if the lien
given on homestead before proven uD,
is legal. The decision in the recent case,
as well as the points yet to be decided,
are Of great interest generally"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
FARE PROBABLY TOO HIGH
Buss Trade to saltwater Holds It's
Own Against Railroad

Guthrie. o. T. April 2.-Curiouslv the
hack route ID Saltwater has not been. af-
fected by the new railroad The still
water Gazette says: So far the railroad
has only effected freight and not the pas
senger business between here and Perry.
AT present nearly all freight comes in
over the railroad. The road also has a
good passenger traffic. but the business
between here and Perry in that line does
not seem to be any the less since the
rad was built
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
ANTl-SALO0N LEAGUE TICKET
Is Put Into the Field for the City
Election at Alva

Guthrie, O. T. April 2i--At Alva.
where there has always been more o. less
contention over the liquor question, the
antI-saleon league have nominated a
ticket which consists % TIE following
candidates: For trustees. G w Snyder
". s. Laaey, Ira Stout A L Circle and
A y. Devin: marsha, shad3ingeE. jns-
tee. : Q. NcCur6ys treasurer. o-rfa
CowSiII: clerk. ". Z. co6ela-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
WANTS TO BE AN ALTERNATE
A. j. Ross OF AIva Asks That Honor
and Has n PIaf form

Guthrie, Q. T, April "A. !. Ross OF
Woods county. has announcer his can
didacy for alternate TO the Philadelphia
convention He puts forth as MS plat
form. the endorsement OF Mckinley. tn,
denomination OF Dennis, flynn al the IN
qualified endorsement Of Governor Barnes
administration.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
BOYS BODY Is UNREC0VERED
Little Alma Rice of FL Reno Has Not
Vet Been Found.

Guthrie. o. T., April 21.-According to
the Ell Reno News, nothing has yet been
discovered to throw any light on the
whereabouts of the body of little Alma
Rice, supposed TO be drowned. There is
scarcely any doubt that he fell into the
river. The point where he slid down a
steep bank into the water has been dis
covred by Mr.. Rice But every effort to
locate the body has been futile. The
water in the river is very hight and the
current swift. And while some think the
body is somewhere near the place where
the accident occurred, others believe 1t has
been washed far down the stream. Only
the falling of the river offers hope of
clearing the mystery.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
FIXESIT FOR THE FARMERS
Terms of Court at Ell Reno Arranged
So Harvest Can be Attendedfn

Guthrie. o. T. April 21-In order to
oblige farmers who as jurors would be
kept away from harvest. Judge Irwin has
made an order resembling former or
der as to the time for holding the next
term Of court at El Reno. Under the
new order the session that was to have
been held in June will begin on April
Soth and continue for ten days This
change was made possible by change
in the time for holding the Washita term.
The intention was TO hold term in that
county the last Of this month.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
POWERFUL ANCIENT INDIVIDUAL
Bones of Him Found Embedded in
Oklahoma Gypsum

Guthrie. 0. T, April l--What may Be
part OF prehisto-ic man has been dis
covered in Woods county. While digging
gypsum FOR plaster. Charles Tesgarden
and William Miller came across pzrt
OF a skeleton inbedded in gypsum four
feet from the surface The gypsum was
in place where the water naturally
wore the earth away instead 0. per
hitting It 10 accumulate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
ASHLEY GETS A CONTINUANCE
Slayer of Gr:ffith will Not be Tried
Until Fext Fall

Guthrie. o. r. April 21.-To the disap-
pointment of the citizens Of Weatherford
the case against DR.. S. Ashby, who want
only shot G H Griffith and killed him
in Weatherford last June. has been con-
tinued until next fall. The case came Up
for hearing this week but the defense
asked for time TO prepare itself, and
Judge Irwin granted the long contin-
1Ianca
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
In HONOR OF A HERO
New Town of Cashion. Oklahoma
Named for Hennessey Boy.

Guthrie. o. T, April H.-The new
town OF Cashion. midway between Guth-
RE and Kingfsher on the new railroad
now building between those points, will
be open 10 settlement on April 25ih, at
which time the big lot sale Viii come or
Cashion is named IN honor OF Roy Cash
ion. who fell from a Spanish bullet in
Cuba
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
ODD FELLOWS or THREE TOWNS
Those Of " eafherford Independence
and Arapahoe 10 HaAds-

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
NEXT G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT
Will be Held in Oklahoma City in
May Next.

Oklahoma City, o. T.. April 21.--The G.
A. r. encampment will be held in this
city on May 16, II and IS. Six hundred
delegates are expected, besides about 400
other members Of the G. A. r. societies
Besides the Grand Army encampment,
the W. r. c. and the Ladies Of the G.
A. r. also hold their annual sessions.
making the function one Of unusual i'm
2ortance.
The encampment is the annual business
meeting Of the associations at which
officers are elected, accounts checked up.
etc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22

Apri the twenty-second.
That great and noted day.
When through the land OF promise.
Our horses ran away.
There we're some fast R0hemians
And mules one lovely pair;
They beat the mounted squ-drcn
OF course they DID Il fair.
There were men 81 every color.
or every race and tribe;
There on the South Canadian.
We started siie b. side.
Except those loaded wagons
with lumber. grub and tools.
They filled their crew FOR Mustang
Led BY a pair OF mules.
Twelve hundred 20 the wagon
This was the average load;
Thirteen miles the distance.
And very rough the road.
In less than fifteen minutes
II they obeye8 the rules
They only touched IN places
Thu famous pair q mules.
Dark brown Is their color
Fifteen IN their stocking feet.
A person Just 20 look az them
would think them easy beat
Their owner got 70 Mustanz
And dug a DOM holes
Before race horses got Ga sight
OF this fast pair o. mules
Some were skiIiful stockrnen-
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