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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-03
HEH TOWN 0F GRANITE
In Greer County Has a Big
Future Coming.
NOT ONLY AGRICULTURAL
But a World of Mineral
Wealth Adjacent.

Mountain View. o. T.. June 2-F. f
Hickey, an FL Reno business man who
took an active port in the development
of Mountain View. was seen today the
Eagle representative and asked regarding
the future Of southwestern Oklahoma
What do you think Of the new terri
tory into which the Rock Island is ex-
tending their line?" was asked
81 have just returned from a trip along
thelne of survey into Greer county which
build This line passes through the
Kiowa and Comanche reservation for a
distance OF II miles after leaving Noun
tain View. and ends at the foot of the
Wichita mountains in Greer county where
the new town of Granite is building
There is some Of the best agricultural
land in the world along this line and the
new town has an ideal location. Granite
mountain shelters the town from the
north winds and the grass-covered plains
stretch away TO the southwest, constitut-
ing rich field for the stock raiser and
farmer. The track layers are % or 80
miles out of the new town. yet many
of the business lots have been sold and
numerous buildings are going up. Il is
costing IS per thousand to freight lumber
to granite from the railroad, but regard
less of this the first train that runs into
Granite will find a substantially built
town awaiting it.
I'm my opinion, there are other import
ant resources of southwestern Oklahoma
that may far exceed in wealth the agri-
cultural and stock raising interests. The
granite In the mountain from which the
new town takes its name will take a
high polish and may prove very valuable.
There are also rich deposits OF lime rock
near at hand. and in various places are
also rich deposits Of lime rock near at
hand, and in various places near the
Wichita mountains arei Indications of oil,
coal and gas. ]. NJ Armstrong sunk a
shaft on his farm three miles northes st
of Granite and has indications OF gas l
was there after a heavy rain and the
water had completely filed the shaft.
There was something bubbling up out OF
the water and when I set fire TO q piece
of paper and threw it on the surface of
the water the gas ignited. producing a
strong flame The sand that came out of
the shaft is thoroughly saturated with
petroleum.
"Dr. J. c. stovaH has a farm two and
one-half miles southeast of Granite and
he has sunk we'll pos feet to prospect for
oil At that depth he had found crude
petroleum in a bed Of white clay The
oil seeps through the clay in consider
able quantity and samples have been
taken to experts who pronounce its gen
uine When men who understand the oil
business go into this region and develop
it's resources in the line. you may look
for southwestern Oklahoma to do some
thing wonderful in the way Of rapid and
permanent development"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-03
FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS
Called to Organize at Oklahoma City
n .IulV 2

Oklahoma City, O. T.. June 2.-The fol-
lowing call has been issued for a meet
ing here on July 2, of the fire insurance
agents of the two territories and it Is
believed that more than 900 of the s13
agents will be present:
Oklahoma City, o. T., May %, 1900.
Dear Sir--On April 18TH a meeting OF
local fire insurance agents was held in
this city the same being in response to
call issued by Mr.. H Clarkson Of the
rating bureau for Oklahoma. After con-
sidering the question. II was decided ny
those present to effect a temporary or
ganization and to issue a call to all the
local agents of Oklahoma territory in
viting them TO meet in Oklahoma City on
July 2, with a view - effecting a per-
manent organization. A committee on
constitution and bylaws was appointed
TO make a report at that time. Mr.. Clark
son is expected to be present. On the
the date named the Rough Riders reunion
will be in session. which will enable you
to secure a very low rate.
Remember the date, July 2 and don't
fail to come.
T.. NJ. UPSHAW, Chairman.
]. FRANK LAUX, Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-03
SANTA FE'S TRANSC0NTINENTAL
Captain Cooper Outlines the Grand
Scheme of Tn s Company,


Guthrie, o. T., June captain George
Cooper Of Topeka and a veteran employe
of the Santa Fe, is firm in the opinion
that the long contemplated project of a
transcontinental line stretching from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and directly under
the control of the Santa Fe, Is destined
TO become a realization in the near fu-
ture In support of this assertion Cap
tain Cooper points to the building Of the
Oklahoma and Eastern and the Guthrie
and Western railroads, both of which are
under the control of the Santa Fe, and
both destined 10 play an important part
in the grand project. Captain Cooper IS
visiting friends in Guthrie and in an in
terview he dwelt more specifically on
the projected transcontinental line, re-
garding which he said:
Guthrie will in the not distant fu-
ture, be located on one CT the main lines
connecting the Atlantic and Pacific. No,
am not dreaming, nor am 1 giving you
any pipe dream. 1 have my information
direct from headquarters. and the mo-
guls mean business, too.
1.-THE plan of the Santa Fe-their fond
est hope-their long wished-for chance is
about to materlalize in trans-continent-
al line that will be a marvel They al
ways hoped and prayed Tor summer
route, twelve months in the year, to
Frisco, and they are going to have it.
They want a line that when the SHOWS Of
winter and the winds Of B0reas fill up
the mountain passes, block traffic and
transportation, close up the tunnels and
cause wreckage and danger, that Will
take them through safely TO the Pacific
coast, and Guthrie is on that line.
THE plans were disclosed to me just
before my visit TO Oklahoma. The COM
pany will connect from Sedan, Kan, with
the Eastern Oklahoma at Pawnee via
Bartlesville. From Guthrie to Seward
the line will be double-tracked. The
Guthrie and Western is to be pushed on
to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where it
will connect with the Atlantic and Pa
cifc making a direct summer route TO
Frisco.
do you know how much this will save
the Santa Fe compared with its present
line to the Pacific? Just two hundred
and fifty miles, besides no SHOWS, no win
ter blockades, no sufferings in the blind
ing storms of the mountains. 1t will be
a southern California route, with no
equal in the country, and 1t is claimed
as we'll that it will be the shortest route
to the western coast.
1T will not be long, but just as fast
as the Santa Fe can work towards it, 1t
will come. The Eastern Oklahoma and
Guthrie and Western are but connecting
links in the proposed route. Such lines
grow piece by piece. and before you are
aware Of it the entire. Is completed"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-03
TOM FERGUSON COMES BACK
At the Fellows who Say Flynn Isn't
so Many n

Guthrie O. T., June 2.-Tom Ferguson
OF the W'atonga News, this week hurls
the following sharp-tipped and highly
polished javline into the somebody else
did-it crowd. He says: 80 Dennis
Flynn had little to do with the passage
Of the free homes bill, Mr.. Demopop?
1t was the Iowa crowd, or the Minnesota
crowd. or the Dakota crowd that cid the
work was it? What crowd was present
when the president signed the bill? To
whom did President Mckinley hand the
pen after he signed the free homes IL?
To Dennis Flynn. President Mckinley
recognized Mr.. Flynn as the prime mover
in the work of the free homes bill The
members of congress all ascribe TO him
the honor Of working that matter up and
carrying It to a successful termination.
Only a few blatant Office seekers in Ok
lahoma are trying to Ehslead the people
They are liars. The people call them
liars They will show these blatant dem
agogues at the polls this fall how much
weight their contemplate lies have had
with the masses"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-03
DID H FOR A FOE
Story of Perry Walkers Re-
markable Exploit.
HE SAVE GEORGE RUSH
From Drowning in the Cimar-
ron--Rush's Story.
lE SAVE GEORGE RUSH

Guthrie. o. T. June s-The Capital this
morning contains the following story Ok a
remarkable occurrence:
George Rush had narrow escape from
drowning in the Cimarron river and only
the presence % mind % Perry Walker
saved him from certain death To
Capital man yesterday Mr. Rush told bis
story OF the accident as follows, his
Identical words and phrases being used;
Tuesday morning while trying 20 cross
the Cimarron river my pony lost its foet-
Ing and was being carried down stream,
when my pony got In mix up with a
drift. and ! certainly would have been
drowned had IL not been for the presef g
OF mind and the courage % man from
Iowa, whose name Is Perry II Walker,
MY pony was becoming weak when
Walker got % me and In order 20 keep
out OF the drift pulled me from the sad
die and out into the current. looked back
but nay horse had gone under. We were
being carried down the stream rapidly
and could see that Walker was hec0rl-
ing tired. swimming much lower IN the
mater Reaching up got hold 81 limb
OF a tree and let so % bis shoulder. A.
soon as I let go Of him he tried TO come
back 10 me but the current vas tcp
strong and be went 20 the shore an
staggered rather than walked 70 tan
bank
when he had gained the level he 3; p
ped. looked az ne for a moment took OF
HIS knife cut the string 10 his shoes
pulled them on and going up above nc.
L.. art
came toward me With the speed 81 row
boat. when he got TO whore I was he
raised almost out % the water. with orc
quick stroke % the knife he cut the limb
20 which was holding and said lot - 90
my shoulder again and you Will not Iva
70 tell the story. took him al HIS wosd
and in a short time We were on eTy land.
Ny pony was drowned.
Il wish to say IN behalf Of the man
who spared my life once before and kept
me from drowning Tuesday that We yer
never friends owing 20 a ciroumstarr
that ] cannot relate. /; was my IA
not his He vas born in Iowa. raised
a farm 10 manhood and bought or trad
for livery stock IN Extra. Ia on july
1854 fire destroyed his place Of busins
and what he saved was sold
"A serpent crept into his home and l
thought his ruin complete. but the man
hood asserted itself that was ia him and
be has more friends today than falls 70
the share OF most Of %.
While 81 the exposition In Omaha IN
1898, ne saved a woman from drowning a.
Lake Manawa, pleasure resort six miles
south Of Council Bluffs. she offered him
800 and invited him 10 accompany her
home TO san Francisco. The Offer and b.
vitation both were declined"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-03

universities. of the land; grand ensem-
bic of Drawn, intelligence. courage and
over and above all. willingness to die
for their country.
These men, the crack of whose rifles
at San Juan was heard around the world,
will again gather to talk over the stir
ring scenes when they were making his
tory and driving the dons from the ives
tern hemisphere. Nearly the entire en-
rollment of the surviving members of the
regiment will be present.
Those who are unacauainted with the
marvellous progress of Oklahoma viii be
surprised to learn that Oklahoma City is
able 10 raise $4,000 TO meet the expenses
Of this unique gathering. II seems but
few years ago that the first wild rush
for homes was made into that territory.
yet Oklahoma City now claims a poDula-
ton Of 1900. has lines of railway extend
ing out in every direction. and has the
largest wholesale trade of any town Of
its size in the United States.
''The Light has been invited by the
president of the Roosevelt Rough Riders
association, organized in Oklahoma City
for the purpose OF entertaining the boys.
10 be present, and is assured Should you
attend the reunion the club win take
special pains to make your visit pleas
ant
Anton H Classen is president of the
association and Clifton George is secre-
tary.
Oklahoma Is only eleven years old. a.
a part of the inhabited United States
and 1t is the most wonderful part of the
country The great fruit crop Of the
country will be ripe by the time Of the
reunion and there will be displays of the
fine products of the richest agricultural
country in the world
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-03

iSSAa, Judge Harper S. Cunningham. thirty
third degree. published a call in the terrs-
toElal Press. for all Scottish Rite men T.
Okla honla 10 meet him in Guthrie and
participate in the mysteries Of the feast
There were three assembled IN answer %
that call-Judge Harper s Cunningham
and Messrs. Cannon and Metcalf. They
met in West Guthrie in the Americas
hotel. now the territorial deaf and dumb
Institution. Mr.. Cannon. the owner OF
the hotel. prepared the feast. and with
Messrs- Cunningham and Netcalf the
latter but receRtly from West Virginia.
the Scottish Rite Of Oklahoma originated.
In July following Harper 5. Cunning
ham was appointed the deputy fer Okla
h0ma by the supreme eommandery. From
that day they held al their feast days
in a private way, and communicated the
degrees 10 the brethren who 50 desired
until they became strong enough 70
organize body. On January ~, ISL. the
Lodge OF Perfection was organized In
1858, on the anniversary date. the perEna-
nent charter was received and the Chap
ter of Rose Crcix was organized. Two
years later the permanent charter for the
chapter OF Rose Crosx was received and
the Council Of Kad0sh and the Coasistory
we're organized.
The present official roster OF the Goa
sistory is as follows:
Venerable Master OF the Lodge OF Per
fection-Edward s Donnely. SD
Wise Master OF the Chapter of Rose
Croix- Uriah Cioyd Guss. SD
Perceptor Of Kadosh-Teazue Ray, sd
and K. C. c. h
Master of Kadosh-GeorEe Wills. sd
and K c. c. Il.
Harper S. Cunningham. SD degree. has
been elected sovereign grand Inspector
general. an active member Of the su-
preme council.
The class which took the degrees dur
ing the convocauon just closed and which
will 20 down IN Masonic history as ''The
Temple class OF 191o.' IS composed Of the
following: Or. John Threadgil Norman:
| J. ". Smith. Hennessey; J. f. Pickard
Perry; F. \. Hunt. Marshall: Gorge Coop
er, Seward G. NJ. Weems; J. p Winton.
Guthrie; F. A. Derr. Guthrie; C. F. Col
cord. o. s. McEwen. Z. H. Cooke. Okla
hcma City; r. NJ. MeFarlin, Holdenvlle.
I. T; E. b. Johnson. Norman; r. e. Gun
ningham. Saltwater: r c. Bell. Perry: E.
S. Marx. Oklahoma City: c NJ Fech-
! heimer, Chickasha; r. Thatcher. Ed
| mond; f. D. Murdaugh. Edmond: F. h.
Lille Guthrie; NJ Grant, Guthrie; w NJ
jenkins. Guthrie: G. Anderson. Guthrie:
e. r. Fleischer. Guthrie; J. Twamley,
! Guthrie; " j Sombart. El Reno: ". NJ
Cross, Oklahoma City; C. f. MeKeeby.
Guthrie; J. \ Mcintosh. Davis. l. T: F
Meyer. Guthrie: W L, Farquhar. on.
Hennessey; H. T. Swearingen. Guthrie;
d. D. Leach Oklahoma City; d. c.
Lentz, Guthrie; W. NJ Buckley. MulhalI.
c. F. Tatum. Guthrie; ]. NJ. Bishop. Nor
man; w. A T. Robertson. Pones City; W.
A. Fraser, Guthrie; II II. Bryon. HenEes-
! sey; z. S. Haily, South McAlester: W l.
Rhodes. Guthrie; j. \. Burkholder. Jen-
nings: D. W. f. Turbyfll, Oklahoma City.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-03
NEBRASKA FOR FLYNN
Free HomerS in That State
Give Him All the Glory.
THEIR OWN FAINT-HEARTS
Never Lifted a Finger--Tom
Ferguson's Thrust

Guthrie, o. r, June 2.-The following
article, taken from the Butte Gazette.
published at Butte. Boyd county, Neb.,
shows how the people on the homesteads
up there feel toward Dennis Flynn and
also gives their views as to where the
credit for the passage Of the free homes
bill belongs:
after a fight OF over eight years the
free homes bill has passed both houses
OF congress and now only awaits the sig
nature of President Mckinley to become
a law. That he will sign It no one doubts,
as it is a just measure and right in line
with the free homes plank Of the national
Republican platform.
ITO Congressman Dennis Flynn Of Ok
lahoma. Is due the credit for its passage,
while Gamble Of South Dakota was an
able assistant
During all these years the Big Sixth
has been represented by nonetities. who
not only were OF no assistance but were
a positive detriment to the men working
for tn measure. KEN Pop) opposed free
homes on the ground that It was class
legislation and we published a letter
from him to H n. Reed in February.
1893. Green Pop) paid no attention TO
the matter and completely ignored the
monster petition sent him from this
county asking for free homes Neville
Pop) has never been mentioned in con-
nection with the bill, although he told
the settlers of Boyd county, with tears
streaming down his face that it would
be the one measure he would move
heaven. earth and several big planets to
have passed
such is the brief history of the mis-
Representatives We have had in congress.
and it should be a warning in the future.
But the bill has passed. the homesteaders
of this county will be ahead over 100000
and we are all hilariolsly happy, and
every man will doff his tile to Dennis
Flynn Of Oklahoma"
In another place the Gazetet says: "Up
to date the Pop homesteaders of Boyd
have failed to erect a statue in honor Of
KEN, memorial arch for Green or a
bouquet of dog fennel for Neville for the
arduous ~ labors they performed in get
ting free homes. Down in Oklahoma they
have a brand of Pops that show a strain
OF horse sense. Dennis Flynn was their
representative two terms ago and did
valiant service for free homes. When he
came up for reelection the Pops Of that
territory thought any old thing would do
and retired Flynn and put in a bunch Of
whisl1rs 6and kind (Rix Sixth style) It
took them just one term to find out they
had made 2 serious error and when
Flynn ran the last time they fell over
each other to get to the polls to vote for
him And he has vel maid them for the
g!immer of sanity they displayed at the
fast election, and the territory of Okla
homa is 100000 betetr off. 1t is reason
ably safe TO gamble that Flynn can get
anything he wants down Oklahoma way
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-03
ONE CASE OF INSANITY
Is All That DIR. Wyman Has Ever
Known Among Indians.

Comanche. o. T., June 2-The News
says: DR.. Wynan of the Sac and Fox
Indian agency. who has spent thirteen
years as a physician and surgeon among
the Apaches. Comanches, Utes and Sacs
and Foxes, has called attention to the in
teresting fact that insanity among the
Indians is very rare. He says that in all
Of his experince he has seen but one in
sane Indian. Medical and tribal statis-
ties also show that instances of insanity
among the reds have been exceedingly
few in number. William T. Walker
formerly In charge of the Kiowa and
Comanche agency at Anadarko. bears out
this statement. There was but one in
sane person on my reservation" he said
This was a woman. who demanded that
she be constantly amused"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-03
THEY CLOSED THE COURT
Colonel Delaney and Fred DOid stop
Proceedings.

Guthrie, o. T., June 2-Colonel L. R,
Delaney and Fred Doll of Wichita, who
came here to witness the dedication of
the Scottish Rite temple the first OF the
week, gave the town about the jolliest
turn of any OF the polly Masons who
came. Colonel Delaney ard Mr. Dold,
among other things, walked into the court
room Of Judge McCarver, Guthrie's col
ored justice of the peace, while court was
in session. Judge McCarver stopped the
work, got up and shook hands with the
gentlemen. Mr. Dold picked up an open
copy of the statutes of Oklahoma that
was lying on the judges desk, turned
the pages together and said: Judge.
court is now closed for the rest of the
day" Then the two marched the judge
out and showed him good time, while
litigants waited
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-03
NO REHEARING FOR CAFFREY
Supreme Court Decides Against the
Oklahoma County Clerk

Guthrie. .. T, June i.-AttOrney Cen
eral Strang received information from
Washington today that the supreme court
had denied the motion for rehearing IN
the Caffrey case and that the mandate
will soon issue. The probable effect OF
this mandate will be TO place Catrey
back in Jail for contempt of the supreme
court Of the territory in refusing TO ex-
tend the tax rolls Of Oklahoma county
the increased assessment ordered by the
territorial board Of equalization The
case has been pending two years and
MORE, ana 1t IS reported that another o.
stacle to carrying out the decree OF the
court will be raised by an injunction pro-
ceeding TO prevent Caffrey from perform
ing the duty imposed upon him BY the
supreme court
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-03
KILLED BY LIGHTNING
Traveller struck While in Camp SeA
NARROW

Marrow. o. T. June z-DBriug thu
storm last Sunday evening a man vhasa
name Ras C4eaFs VS. kiIie5 - bessniE =
where he R6s e3nbiT. zb58t ,Ars6 hlts
below Aarlow. with hls wife anG 1aagA-
ter ne had been giving sxhioitisna N5fh q
magic lantern a. country places su1 wax
travelling from Kansas 30 Texas. TIE va
struck over each shoulder and aeaia ~
itstantaaeous. Thsy bad 10 money % De-
fray funeral ezpeusss. 50 tba money vas
raised b coetr.lut chs here aDd be "a
given decent buriaL Fus wife aas
daughter are ;ryiag % Sc % t1etf rela-
;ives II Iowa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-03
WANT ROUGH RIDERS REUNION
san Antonio, Texas to Make a Fight
for 1t

Oklahoma City. 0. 7. June 2-Tsxss.
and especially san Antonio. wants the
Rough Riders reunion aexE year and viii
send big legation to Oklahoma CITY
iE July 70 gst (
The san Antonio Crey-h LlghE SAYS
The great reunion viii b Al insp.ra;ion
u young ana Old and a superb ostees lss-
son ia patriotism Il Ntil BE- remembered
that the regiment vas RECRUITED from "a.
ranks af sozs * ~ j naires. from ne
eastern states. cogb5ys from she wes,e--.
plains, college students from the ica5ins
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-03

of the year The read was commenced
on the LIST of July last by the surveying
corps running the first lines. January 1st
the road was completed to Perkins, and a
few weeks later Ripley was reached
About one month elapsed and the road
was in Saltwater. Yesterday afternoon
the last spike was driven which finished
the steel 70 Pawnee, and soon trains will
run into that city. surveying parry is
running the grade from that point to
Bartletsville, I. T.. and graders will soon
be put to work to complete the junction
of the line
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-03
RAILROAD FINISHED TO PAWNEE
Eastern oklahoma Formally Turned
Over 60 the Nantn Ee.

Guthrie, Q. r. June 2-The Eastern
Oklahoma route VAS yesterday turned
over % the operating department OF The
Santa Fe Railroad Company. From this
time On The read Will he Santa Fe prop
ely and resu az officials appointed 10
loak after IT. Next Monday. perhaps. :
THROUGH train 20 Saltwater and return the
same day. Will be pat on. Several con
cnctors desire The run and alla re wait
ins with anxious feelings for the appoint
ment This VIII give service much bet
Ia ihan what has existed since the first
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-03
THAT BUG SCARES NOBODY
Oklahoma's wheat Crop Too Tough n
Proposition for Him

kingfshe-, o T, June 2.-The equal Of
Oklahoma wheat fields was never seer.
not even in Kansas. Many fields will
from present appearances. yield from
twenty 10 thirty bushels Of s3-pound
wheat -Peracre Other grains. cotton and
fruit bid fair Tor good crop. The
Eagle Of today says q new pest has male
It's appearance in the wheat fields. II Is
true green louise appeared on the whea,
head ten days ago but with e good rain
they all disappeared without doing any
material damage. The second INSTALL
ment is now here. and II they do any
damage they viii have 70 get in their
work soon, as next week there viii BE-
heard the hum q thousands q harvest
e7s in the fields OF Oklahoma.