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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-27

Quanah Parker the veteran chief
of the Comanches called at the regis
tration office yesterday and asked 70
see Senator Burton, of Kansas. Mr.
Hampton, the man in charge, inform
ed the Indian that the senator had
not been there.
Amt he in on the drawiag?" ask
.ed Parker.
He isn't registered yet" replied
Hampton.
That's funny" said Parker Hes
generally on hand when there is any
thing in sight
'He may come later" said Hamp-
ton. ANY word you want to leave for
him?"
Nope; I'll watch for him under.
stand he's going to be attorney for an
the Indians in the United States, and
want TO get my tribe up toward the
head OF the list"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-27
SNAP SHOTS AT
BOOTK ODDITIES
How the Crowds Are Be-
having at Ell Reno and
Fort Sill

Daniel w. Peery Of El Reno is
chiyalrous If not practical There
will De not less than 1900 women ap-
licants," said Peery, "and / am in fav-
or of the men Withdrawing in their
favor am ready TO do my part. and
invite competition"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-27

Frank Weaver aud Jennings g. Dar-
lirston, cettlemen. have 10000 head
OF cattle in Kiowa and Comanche pas
lures which must De removed by Au-
gust g. They have not contracted for
pastures, and are in a quandary.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-27

Buffalo Jones, of Topeka has reg
istered for the III Reno land district
and is assisting Ex-Governor A. NJ.
Harvey, Of Kansas, who is making
money in filing out registration pap
ers for homeseekers. Jones sent his
two specimen Of Rocky mountain
sheep to the Goodnight ranch IA Tex
as. One was not strong and died. and
the other went mad and killed itself
by crushing its skull butting against
a fence. Jones went to the mountains
again last spring for more shoep,
but there was no snowfall and the
sheep could not be tracked
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-27

The El Reno bus line took in S475
in cash fares yesterday, and has aver
aged about 5000 a day since registra-
ton began The owner was offered
$4,000 for his business, but declined
to accept less than $4,000.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-27

The story that 600 factory girls are
on their way from Chicago to register
for claims is false ard was told by
policeman who had been a writer of
newspaper fakes
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-27

The reason why a woman IL so sell
dom as good a cook as a man is be-
cause she is so lacking is Imagination
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-27

Marriage doesn't change a womans
tastes much except in husbands.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-27

When a woman's dress is made In a
curious way on purpose to be com.
Portable it never is.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-27
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR.
(From the New York Press)

The best cure for pessimism is to
learn to wear a bay window
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-27

The new land office at Lawton Is
ready for occupancy. A. H. Greene
VIII arrive tomorrow from El Reno TO
accept It from the contractor. This
is the only building on the Lawton
townsite. A platform will be built
near the land Office for the use Of the
commissioner TO be appointed 10 sell
town lots August G. The men who are
digging the well ten feet in diameter
near the land Office have struck good
water at depth Of twenty-five feet.
but not in a sufficient quantity to sup
ply the needs of the people who will
gather at Lawton for the lot sale.
The win dig ten feet further.
The commissioner who sells the lots
will put the money he receives in a
strong box and take it to Fort Sill
every night under cavalry escort.
The proceeds Of the sale will aggregate
many thousands OF dollars, and the
government will take no risk with
outlaws. Picked forces OF deputy
United States marshaIs will be sent
to Ansrdarko and Hobart to guard the
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-27

Dust on the Fort SIN road from
Rush Springs and NARROW Is a foot
deep in many places. The water
supply along these roads is short, and
travellers have to carry water jugs.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-27

government strong boxes at those
points
a kansas iointkeeper sold two bar.
rsls of whisky in the homeseekers
camp before the strong arm OF the
law oncircied him He sold the goods
by the gallon. and drummed up the
business himself The iointkeeper
told the Officers chat Mrs Carrie Ma
tion drove him ont Of Topeka.
Many homesoekers are employed by
the Rock Island 90 building the line
of railroad from Anardarko to Law
ton. While waiting for the opening
they can make good money
Dick Sanders. assistant state audi.
tor of Kansas has been here for sew.
eral days. He is registered for the
drawing and viii bid on a Lawton
town lot
Miss Margaret Scott. an Iowa
school teacher, viii start a seminary
for girls at Lawton.
The grass IS worn off the prize
claim. which borders ON The Lawton
townsite Every homeseeker who
comes TO Fort SIN inspects this claim
Thousands of people have driven over
It. and much Of 1t is bare as a race
track as a result. Everybody who yis-
it's The claim picks out spot for a
house.
Dust on the Fort sin road from
Rush Springs and NARROW Is a foot
deep in many places. The water
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-27

Down at the shore
There's always a roar
When the swells 60 broke;
And that's no joke.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-27

Miss Margaret Scott. an Iowa
school teacher, win start a seminary
for girls at Lawton.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-27

Wigg-"B Biones can't stand much to
drink, can he?" Wagg No; he says
one swallow viii often make him fell
like a bird"
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-11-14
Smoke The Bemidii Favorite.


Eight-room cottage to rent. Inquire
at this Office.
A. L. Bean has completed his dwell
ing on Bemidji avenue.
Sam Crommie, a four-horse teamster
Of Brainerd, Is in town.
Mrs. Michael Spain will soon leave
to spend the winter in Iowa.
George Ostrander was down from
Turtle River Monday AFTER hunting
license.
Mrs. William easier has so far re-
covered from her dangerous illness as
to be able to, go out riding.
I M. E. Carson, in his new capacity
as deputy fire warden, is busy exam
lining the chimneys Of the village.
Mrs. A.. j. Lochen arrived from
Crookston Friday and has gone up
on their claim southeast of Turtle.
DR.. Lock and Attorney Hemmy of
Long Prairie were here Saturday, and
in company with two other visitors,
went up to Battle river in quest of
game and Inspiration.
On Sunday next the subject at the
M. E. church at IL q. m. will be:
lssSampson, the Phys Giant, and
the Moral Dwarf" in the evening at
7:30 p. M, by special request, the
subject OF Religious Doubt will be
dealt with.
On Tuesday afternoon the Rev. G..
T.. Swinnerton united in matrimony,
Byron Edwards and Esther Blake,
who are residents and claimholders of
Hubbard county. The happy couple
returned ut once to their claim to
fight life's battles together.
The Modern Samaritans initiated q
class Of five members Monday even
ing. Largely due to the efforts of
Deputy Marvin 80 members have been
added to this lodge during the past
three weeks, and there remains IL
more candidates to be acted upon
next Monday evening.
Charles Scrutchin, as attorney for
Edward Golden, will take the case to
the supreme court, on the ground that
the Indictment was faulty. Golden
was sentenced at the last term of court
to one years Imprisonment for burg
larizing the Halvorson q Richards
warehouse last spring.
S. P. Schreckengast, one of our
most enterprising farmers, living
three miles southwest Of town, is
building a greenhouse 16x2S, in order
to supply the local demand for vege-
tables. The high price OF green goods
here in winter, and early spring
should make such an investment big
payer.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-11-14
50 It's Said.

Smoke The Bemidji Favorite.
The county board meets Nov. rs.
George Finley went to Bena. Mon
day.
Editor Gustafson was down from
1 Tenstrike Monday.
About 135 people came in from the
west on Tuesdays passenger.
Sam Tedford came in from tBig
Dick" Monday, where he has been
/ threshing.
Subscribe for the PIONEER, official
paper Of Beltrami county and the
Village of Bemidji.
VIM. Hines went up to Blackjack
Saturday TO prepare for logging oper-
ations this winter.
DIR. ArnOld'S Cough Killer for
asthma cannot be equalled. s. b.
Gillespie, Guthrie Center. la.
Frank Beaten returned from the
springs in South Dakota last week
looking more prosperous than usual.
Tom McC utcheon is in town once
more, having drove over from Neche,
Il. D., where he has been threshing
all fall.
Married, Wednesday, Nov. s, NJ. O..
Wevle and Miss Ida Johnson, both of
this city. Rev. Wilmann performed
I the ceremony. q, s'9.s
w. r.. Hardy, agent for the United
States Health g. Accident Insurance
Co., will make Bemidii his head
quarters this winter
Sawmill For Sale in township
1854. Mill, planer and single mill,
all in good running order. Henry
Becker, Bemidii,' box 535.
The halloween party that broke
Yves Wright's wagon wound up last
Thursday in one OF the boys pleading
guilty and paying 81 and costs.
A loving couple came over from
Cass Lake Monday to be married
here, but were instructed to get their
license in the county in which they
live, SO they went to Walker.
J. r. Poupore came down from
Blackduck Monday. He could not
even find the ashes Of his sawmill up
there. He says Corliss and Steiner
=
son may build another mill there.
Two Cows Strayed--Big red COW.
long horns, only. three teits, and red
and spotted heifer with only one horn.
Finder will please notify owner,
Andrew Sadk, Turtle River postoffice,
section q, township 14S. 80
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-11-14
r. B. POSTER, n n.as..,.
Modern methods; low prices.
Office over Mayo y Barker's Drug
Store. Bemidji, MINI. .


Smoke The Bemidji Fayorite.
H. a. Dickers on came in from Shev
lin Sunday.
The framework OF the new Lutheran
church is finished.
w. F. Street went to Bagley Mon
day on legal business.
J. j. Jinkinson returned Sunday
from a trip to Park River.
G. w. Vandersluis of st. Paul was
in the village this week. #
Rooms to let, furnished or unfur-
nished, Tenth street and Dewey avenue.
Mrs. Burlington.
Mrs. M. Larson Of Henning was
here last week to attend the funeral OF
her brother, Fred Bort.
"A. J. Stillman and family, who left
here some time ago for California, are
now located In Eugene, Ore.
S. N. Reeves Is now,in the employ
Of E. q. Naylor, the increase Of
business requiring more help.
John Ryding arrived from Twin
Valley, Mimi, Monday, and went up
to his homestead near Bridge. 81
Bert Getchel and family will move
into the I. G.. Best residence. The
Best family Is now located in Dakota.
Mrs. Fl. P. Wood of the Free Press
came up from Sank Rapids Saturday
to renew her visit with Bemid il friends.
Mrs. Rosser returned to West Supe-
rior Sunday after few days here in
the interest of her hospital certificate
plan.
On Sunday occurred the funeral OF
the four-year-old daughter of p. Coty
and wife. Whooping cough was the
cause of death.
The funeral Of Fred Bort, who died
in Bemidii township of typhoid fever
recently, took place in Greenwood
cemetery Saturday.
It is said that the postoffice at Aida
will be moved to Street & Whites
new townsite in Bear Creek, and that
its present postmaster has applied for
the Office.
The three-year-old son of Ellison
Stafford and wife died last week of
dyphtheria. E. II Naylor prepared
the body for burial, and the funeral
took place Saturday.
The Modern Woodmen wish to ex-
tend grateful thanks to the many out
side of their order who gave assist
ance in any way toward their supper
and entertainment Nov. 7.
The William Kaiser Lumber Co.
will purchase about forty million feet
of logs in Northern Minnesota this
winter for their mills at Muscatine,
Iowa. Loggers in the vicinity Of Be-
midi will be called upon to furnish
about twenty-five million.
C. L. Gilbert's new residence is one
Of the handsomest structures in town,
and both inside and out is finished
with the best workmanship and ma
terial. The general plan upon which
the house is built is especially suited
to comfort and convenience, and we
should Judge G. L. has combined his
extensive experience in house building
for the good of his own home.
Catarrh is terrible scourge, a dis
ease whose germs are spread broad
cast over this fair land of ours, and
in many cases is the forerunner of
consumption, that terrible disease
whose fangs when set upon its victim
usually means death. But there Is a
cure for catarrh and disease Of the
throat and lungs. 1t is FL. w. Bark
er's cough, catarrh and consumption
remedy, and we always keep it.
Mayo's drug store. If
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-11-14

Hats made to order and best
Of satisfaction guaranteed.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-15
Mr., DOOLEY ON IMMIGRATION.
BY Ftp. dunno.
Copyrighted. 1901, by Robert Howard Ru..e1l.

in tn breakwather iv tn haven iv ref
uge an some iv tn wash iv tn seas
~ OPPRESSION had got through. He was
stern an rockbound land himsilf
but was good hand at loose stones
an wan day-but I'll tell We about
that another time. Annyhow, l was
rayceived with open arms that some
times ended in a clinch. was afraid
l wasn't goin' to assimiIate with TIL
earlyer pilgrim fathers an the insti-
choochions iv tn country, but I soon
found that long swing iv tn pick
made me as good as another man an
1t didn't raquire gr-reat intellect, or
sometimes amy at all, to vote tn Dim
mycrat ticket, an befure 1 was here a
month | felt enough like a native-bo
American to burn a witch. Wanst in
while mob iv intilligint collajeens
whose grandfathers had bate me to thu
dock wud take a shy at me Pathrick's
Day procession or burn down wan Nv
me churches, but they got tired iv that
befure long; twas too much like wur-
ruk
But as I tell We, Hinnissy, it's diff
trent now. I don't know why it's diff
Trent but it's different IT'S time we
put our back agin tn open dure an
keep out tn savage horde. If that cous-
in Nv ye-ers expects to cross, he'd bet
ther tear FIR tn ship. In a few min
yites tn gates be down an whin TIL
oppressed wurruld comes hikin' acrost
to tn haven iv refuge, they'd betther
put a couplin' pin undher their hats,
fr tn Goddess iv Libertyll meet thin
at tn dock with an ak in her hand
Congress is goin' to fix it. Me frind,
Shunhessy, says so. He was in yister-
dab an says he: IT'S time we done
something to make tn immigration
laws stronger says he. 'Thrue FIR
We, Miles StandisA.3 [; but what
wud we do?' I'd keep out tn offscour-
ms Nv Europe says he 'Wud We go
back? says l. Have ye'er joke says
he. Tis not so seeryus as it was be-
fure We come says l. But what ARE
tn immigrants dom that's roonous to
us?' I says. Well says he, they're
arnychists,' he says; they don't as
symilate with tn country he says.
Maybe the counthry's digestion has
gone wrong firm too much rich food
says /; perhaps now if we'd lave off
thryin' to digest Rockyfellar an thry
simple diet like Schwartzmeister, we
wudden't feel tn effects iv our Wit
tells ] says. Maybe if we'd season tn
immigrants a little or COG thin
thurely, they'd go down betther,'
says. They're arnychists, like Parsons
he says. He wud've been an immy-
grant If Texas hadn't been admitted to
tn Union I says. Or Snolgosh,' he
says. Has Michigan seceded?,~ says.
Or Gittoo,' he says. Who come firm
tn effete monarchies iv Chicago, west
iv Ashland av'noo,' I says. Or what's
his-name, Wilkes Booth he says. I
don't know what he was--maybe a
Boolgharyen,' says 1. Well, anyhow
says he, they're tn scum iv tn earth
They may lie that says 1; but we
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-15

We'll, I see Congress has got to wur-
ruk again." said Mr.. Dooley.
The Lord save us firm harm" said
Mr.. Hennessy.
Yes. sir" said Mr.. Dooley. Con-
gress has got to wurruk again, an
nanny things that seems important to
a Congressman'l be brought up before
thin. 'Tis sthrange that what's big
thing to man in Wash'nton. Hinnis-
sy, don't seem much account to me.
Divvle a bit do I care whether they
dig tn Nicaragoon Canal or cross tn
Isthmus in a balloon, or whether tn
Monroe docthrine is ENFORCED or
whether it amt, or whether tn thrusts
is abolished as Teddy Rosenfelt wud
like to have thin or encouraged to go
on with their neefaryous but magnifi-
cent enterprises as tn President wud
like. or whether tn water is poured
into tn bitches to reclaim tn arid lands
iv tn West or tn money FIR thin to
fertilize tn arid pocket-bo iv tn
contractors, or whether tn Injun is
threated like a dapindant an misera-
bile thribesman or like a free an in
dapindant dog, or whether we restore
tn merchant marine to tn ocean or
whether we lave it to restore itsilf.
None of these here questions inthrests
me, an be me 1 name you an be you
l name ivrybody. What we want to
know is. ARE we goin' to have coal
enough in tn bod whin tn cold snap
comes; will tn plumbin' hold out, an
will tn job last.
Congress, Hinnissy. thinks it is sail
in tn ship iv state but that ship iv
state is carryin' no Storage passen-
gers. TIL rale ship iv state is in tn
domestic thrade an is eonveyin, pro-
visions, dye mind.
But they'se wan question that Con-
gress is goin' to take up that you an
me are inthirely INTERESTED in. AS a
pilgrim father that missed tn first
boats, must raise me claryone voice
agin tn invasion Nv this fair land be
tn paupers an arnychists Nv effete
Europe. Ye bet I must--because I'm
here first. Twas different whin 1 was
dashed high on tn stern an rockbound
coast. In thin days, America was tn
refuge Nv tn oppressed iv all tn wur-
ruld. They could come over here an
do good job iv oppressin' thimsilves.
AS told We come little late TIL Ros-
enfelts an tn Lodges bate me at Taste
be boat length an be tn time I got
mere tHey was stern an rockbOund
thimsilves. So I got a GLORIOUS ray
option as soon as I was towed off the
rocks. tn Stars an Stripes whisper
ed welcome in tn breeze an a shovel
was thrust into me hand an l was
pushed into a sthreet excyvatin' as
though I'd been born here. TIL pilgrim
father who bossed tn job was fine oil
Puritan be tn name iv Shaughnessy,
who come over in tn Mayhower about
tn time iv tn potato rot in Wexford,
an he made me think they was a. hole
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-15
DINNER COSTS A FORTUNE.
Expensive Banquet Given by Sir
Morton Petro mt DelmOnico's.

From the New York Sun.
Probably the most expensive dinner
given at Delmonicos restaurant, on
Fourteenth street, that was given by
Morton Peto to the tea and coffee mer-
chants of New York, two hundred in
number. 1t cost twenty-five thous-
ands dollars. The rarest wines and
the most elaborate decorations were
mere incidents. The menu cards were
of gold and the guests sat on silk cush-
ions on which their names were en-
broidered In the center of the table
was a miniature lake in which swan
swans taken from Central Park. Clara.
Louise Kellogg received s., 900 for sing
ing two songs at this feast and a pres
ent besides of a diamond bracelet. The
salon was smothered in flowers.
Another dinner given at one of the
Delmonico establishments, for ten peo-
pie cost four hundred dollars a plate.
1t was luxurious enough to be classical
The waters, five of them, were dressed
as sailors. The host was a yachts
man. and he bought the walters
clothes. The guests drank, or, rather.
tasted. every vinted liquor that ever
has been brought to America. They
finished with pousse cafe made of
eleven liqueurs. Before each plate
sat cutglass basin about twenty inch
es in diameter and four inches deep.
Each was nearly filed with water per-
fumed with altar of roses on the sur
face of which fioated half-open pond
lilies. In the basin a perfect model
OF the yacht owned by the host was
TlI0Had No ,,.k L.. 4
with cabin. rail, wheel for steerIrE
brass work, such as Delaying pins and
pinnacle, man-ropes worked and trim
med with sailor knots. scraped pine
masts and booms. rigging of silken
cords colored as IT would be in the
original, and sails of satin. There was
gold oar and many other gewgaws.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-15

have aroused suspicion as to the gen.
uineness of his title, for If there is one
weakness from which the visiting
noblemen upon these shores is not
ably free. it is that of treat ting" Last
winter ii was an off week when the
Waldorf Astoria couldn't boast half a
dozen titles on its register. 1t might
have conduced to the popularity of the
hotel could Proprietor Boldt have
labelled these gentlemen with extracts
from Burke's Peerage, for they were
all there. This being impracticable it
was still possible to tell them by the
mark of wandering nobility, that
they were always to be found in the
bar-room, and always drinking at the
expense OF young America. "Noblesse
oblige." very likely. but it didn't seem
to oblige these high born ones ever to
buy a drink. Three of them in par
ticular, a Frenchman and two young
Britons gave rise to a by-word about
the place.
Won't you come and meet my
friend the Count?"
mo, thank you; haven't got the
price of drink about me-"
Among a certain set of young men
about town it has become habit to
end up the evening at a Sixth avenue
restaurant more noted for freedom
imam IOr OeCO1OuSneSS. FROM o CLOCK
in the morning on for couple
of hours the cabs roll up to the curb
and deposit their freight of long coat
ed, top-hatted masculinity which has
just finished supping at the Waldorf
Astoria. Sherry's or the club and has
come here on that latter-day quest of
the grail to see what's up" also to
take a few sleeping potions. Many of
these gay birds of the night are, by
daylight, very business-like financiers
of the Wall street district. Nearly all
of them arrive feeling rather sportive;
discussions arise on politics, sports, or
what-not, and the result is that it's
an off-night when Jacks" isn't the
scene of some pretty smart betting
The average visitor would suppose that
the bets were mere bluffs. because
there is not much money put up.
Merely an exchange of cards with the
amount of the bet jotted down; that's
all, and that is enough. Any man who
would WEIGH on a wager made in that
way would find a chill welcome next
time he appeared in the place. Late
on the night before the Harvard Yale
football game 1 saw some betting there
which, If not as heavy, was certainly
as lively as any to which have ever
been witness. A number of small
wagers had been laid, when there APP
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-15

think that Art was such a Much. He
said that a Man with silky Jo-Jo's who
painted Dying Sunsets that no one
wanted to buy, was not his pick for a
Son-in-Law. He wanted Aggie to Sc
lect a Practical Mana Brewer. II
possible.
There is no telling what would have
happened. If a new Disease had not
attacked Aggie. For one Day, as Faith
err entered the Drawing Room he heard
a strange Humping and Pounding
overhead, which caused the whole
Building TO Vibrate.
Somebody is tearing out the Sec
ond Story" he said, in Alarm.
NO" replied his Faithful Wife, but
the Worst has come Daughter is
having an Attack of Physical Gull
ture."
They went UP and looked through the
Key-Hole. Aggie had on a scanty
trying to beat the Shape out of a
Punching Bag.
rs there anything we can do?" ask
ed her distracted Pop.
Nothing was the Reply. I'VE must
let Nature take its Course. She will get
over II in about Three Weeks. In the
meantime we must watch her care
fully or she may elope with some
Weight Litter"
Truly enough. the Spasm OF Muscu-
lar Development lasted only q DAYS,
after which she took "a good Rest and
slowly reBained her Health. Her Par
enis felt hopeful. The Violent Exercise
seemed 10 have worked an the Art and
Actorius out Of her system
just as Father and Mother were be.