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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26

H. Broadvsll. of Rslston. has q steer
which be believes Is the biggest ever and
the Triangle declares that he is right
The animal is ia hands high. Is feet
from end TO nose to tip Of tail. 81 inches
from bottom Of br.sket to top OF wethers:
around the fore leg Just below che shout
dsrs he measures q inches. around hook
Joint - inches The steer Is three years
old and weighs ASA pounds-mors than
the ma iority Of heavy weight stations.
This animal will be seut to the Wyid's
Fsif as a sample OF what Oklahoma grass
viii do, for the steer has never had
bite OF grain but 10 strictly grass
fed animal. Pavnee county may well Be
proud OF being represented 40 the fair
by such sample OF one Of iss greatest
industries.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
Eiahfinn Eire in Country.

The Cushion Advance gives the follow
ing realistic Ere fight IN the country.
where bucket service Is the only means
st hand. The barn Of J. =. WsshbuTn
was afre. Two women only were on ire
premises bat Xr. Courtney was passing
with a load % heat and the women
say the way re climbed on the root snf
fought the fanes was sight Thy
handled the water Eith pals. which hs
drew up with a rope lie finally broke
his wss through the roof ard PIT the
fire out. with total loss 81 about -
The women say ar coarsney gss ths
only cool factor IN tn Hght AZ ore
tine they gave II up sad commenced %
throw out the furniture ard sssS4ss. bat
Mr.. Courtney. who xzs 4 fo-r1- -ernser
OF the Oklahoma City ere department
proved himself a veteran CT. fighter
and zon hzn6soUsiy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
When in Rome.

One of the best known and most capable
bandmasters in the west is Andy Man
fold, who for many years has created a
lot of fine advertising for his home town,
Beloit, by reason OF his success in main
tanning there an exceptionally fine anna
teur brass band. He had had all kinds of
experiences in the musical line, and for
a number of years in his younger days
was head musician of Cole Brothers cir
cuses. His friend, Conner Davis, of the
Concorcia Kansan, also an old band man.
occasionally tells a story of the manner
Tor selection from his band when he
quest for selection from his band wheE
was with the circus
1t was when the show was down in
Texas. relates the Topeka Capital. The
parade had been made and the band WAS
doing a few stunts before the main en-
trance. There was a lot OF COW men
about. and one of them. coming up to
Andy. requested that the band play
Dixie
Andy didn't pay any attention to the
man. merely remarking that the band
did mt have the music for Dixie" and
callihg out the number of another march
when the tall Texan said, 'Lookee here,
mister; what We want is Dixie. and
naothin else"
! When Andy is at the head of a band
no one else is allowed to give orders or
act snippy. ard turning on the Texan
he told him that he was running that
music works and what anyone else want
ed didn't cut any ice with him
Before he had ceased talking the Texan
was pointing at him a gun at least a
foot long. Several of his companions also
had their artillery handy for action.
Now loOkee here" said the man be-
hind the gun: air you folks a-goin' to
rlay Dixie or viii we have to cut up
rusty with YOU"
Andy didn't look at that gun longer
than an eighth rest INA galoping six
eight march. Facing the boys" he gave
them the word to play Dixie" without
delay And 1 want 10 say to you" he
has been known to remark, that in
spite of the fact that we didn't have
the music. we certainly did play Dixie
to a fare-you-well."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
Stones Still Hot.

over a month ago the mill az Arkansas
City was destroyed by fire. As soon as
possible men were put 90 work cleaning
OF the dsbric so that rebuilding could
commence
II has been pretty hard work % keep
men at WORK on this sob. declares the
Traveller. IL IL wonderful. Many OF ihe
rocks are so not thai ~ one should touch
them with bare hands they would be bad
~ burned. The men have 40 get right
In among he rocks IN order 20 get them
out and the ere beneath them and tho
hot sun from above makes them
believe that they hare struck small
hAdes at times. However sill the tins
the men are at work a stream Of water
IL kept running on the rocks and this
way u IL made possible for them 20 stick
20 the work
Strange as It may seem the nour IN the
ruins OF tho mill IL still burning. although
the basement IL Kept constantly flooded
with water.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26

do not see how We can avoid the con-
clusion that they were brought there by
man, and In some way were covered I'D
deep enough 50 tina. the owner OF the
land could farm over them for years
without knowing OF their presence In
the Gazette's account It advanced the idea
that they represented a tumbled down
stone chimney. which belonged to some
log cabin years ago. l think this Is the
most probable explanation for their pres
ence. l can think of only one other, and
that is that the man who first cleared
the land and brought II under cultivation
may have found here hole of some kind.
and may have dumped the stone in it Il.
help fill It up. and later serspea the soil
over them TO make a farm. However.
the presence of the roots OF tree, which
you mentioned. would practically exclude
this explanation. 1t appears that this
tree grew up through the pile of stone
or. more likely. on top of the pile Of stone
and sent its roots down through them.
To assume that the stone was put there
by the man who cleared the land, we
must assume that this tree was growing
down IN a hole with its roots barred almos,
TO their tips.
1t seems to me that we might call it
settled that the stone pile was In place be-
fore the particular food which filed in the
soil so long cultivated. and that the tree
IN question grew in the soil so filed in.
and sent its roots down into and through
the pile OF stone. Individually, favor
the idea that 1t represents an old CHM
ney which probably fell 10 the ground
at the time some flood carried away the
cabin to which it was built. and most
likely the same food filed in the soil
which buried the stone
do not know when the timber was
cleared from this land. If the change was
brought about by the flood of 1874. and
the tree began growing within year or.
two X would have had about thirty years
to grow providing the clearing was made
in 1878 or 1876. i should Judge the treei
was at least ten inches in diameter and
I.obably more. Such tree could grow
I'm thirty years
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
Onto Texag

A great big slsb-sided youth OF twenty
summers leading a tow-headed girl Of
about ten years old. according 20 the
Enid Wave. dropped into the judges
private office the other day and asked
where the Teller was that sold permits 20
youg folks who wanted 10 get married.
The Judge replied that he was that iudi-
vidaaal and asked him what he could
do for him.
The young man said his name was Peter
sawyer, his pa called him Pete for short.
HE was born and reared in Clay
bounty. Missouri and he wanted permit
90 get hitched to Sarah Ann Simpson.
ALSO a native OF old Clay county.
! Pete said Sarah and he hid been to the
same school and had picked many bas-
ketful OF dew berries together In old Clay.
They was just a dyin to git merried
ana IL the judge would do the job for 81
the Job was hisen and he would not look
another step further
The juSse asked the girl IL she loved
Pete well enough to marry him. she
answered saying: well dear me. what a
d. fool question TO ask a girl that came
all the way from Missouri jus, for the
purpose of finding Pete" Yes, she did
love Pete and did not care a continental
cuss who knew it. She heard back home
that Pete since his arrival in Oklahoma
was gittin kinder rollicky-chasing around
afsex alfalfa widders and doin other
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
A Twin Foo,

W. II. Hyames of Dighton is the pos
SCISSOR Of a very remarkable freak OF
nature. which was given him by his
daughter. 1t is an egg within an egg
and is probably five incha. i'm diameter
the long way, and three inches the short
way, says the Herald. when his daugh-
ter found it she thought il was simply
an unusually large egg and blew it
with a view to preserving the shell. After
having blown about the usual quantity
of white and yolk Mrs. Cramer was sur
prised TO find another and apparently per-
feet egg within the outer shell. What
this inner egg contains is conjectural. but
it would certainly have been a most re-
rnarkable specimen had the entire egg
been allowed 20 pass through the pro-
cess of incubation
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26

white and represent white roses. while
the brunettes represent red roses by
wearing red dresses. Each party chooses
queen from Its ranks. Then tables
are arranged, one presided over by each
party. and trimmed in the colors Of the
party having charge of it. Ice cream
and cake are served and each party tries
to raise all the money in sight, and the
party having the most coin Of the realm
to show after the refreshments are served
is privileged TO crown its queen as ruler
over both parties, which will be done
with appropriate ceremonies. A short
musical and literary program viii be
given. interspersed with fancy drills. tab.
leaux, etc.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
5 : LIFE IN LAND OF THE FAIR GOD

right swing for Pete's jaw. Pete aims
for Lords solar-plexus, but Lord count
ers with a left and lands a right over
Pete's kidney: this puts Pete on the
defensive; Lord shows splendid foot worw.
but seems weak from over training.
Refree Brooks cautioned them again.
Lord swings his right. Pete side-steps
him and lands the LaBlanche blow with
terrific force. Lord uppercuts him. but
his blow lakes steam. Both puff furiousiy:
Pete hangs on to Lords neck and Lord
is weakening from the weight. The
crowd yells In unison break away"
Honors were even at the sound OF the
gong, ending second round.
Round 8 Lord shows great recupera-
tive qualities. Great work must have been
done by Petes trainers, as hardly
scratch was visible on his manly coun-
lance. Both eye each other with great
caution; Pete'sgleam is slightly discol-
ored. Lords ear is swelled TO twice IFS
natural size. At the call of time both
spared with caution and Lord lands
light punch on Pete's nose and Pete re-
tsliates by a swing on the jaw; Lord $
teeth were heard to rattle but he returns
a terrific rib-roaster on Pete. Pete comes
back with a swing on the ear; both are
covered with blood. Pete looked for an
opening to land a decisive blow, when
there was a mufmur In the audience and
II was stated that the cops were com
Inc. Pete lodges behind the counter:
Lord hides himself In a stovspipe, saying
II am the best man in AlvA." Pete
retains the belt for IL he had not he
would have lost his pants. Now and then
a short sketch OF the song 81 am looking
for the bully Of the town could be heard
floating in the evening air. issuing from
the stovepiPe and Pete could be heard
singing softly We want go home 'till
morning
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
Zoo Much Talk Aaaln.

a man went to butcher shop in Enid
and bought some meat without asking
the value Of the purchase. When he
settled for il he threw q dollar on the
counter and the butcher returned the
change, which amounted to a nickel. The
customer said with some show OF ssrc-
asm: Why not Keep it ail7 1t is not
worth the while 10 reurn such small
change The man behind the counter
took him al his word and raked in the
change, declares the Eagle. and IL would
be mighty hard to describe how silly the
customer looked.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26

caught in the current aad swept away.
His body has not yet been recovered
Grafstrosn ranked high as mechanical
engineer. He was a frequent contributor
to scientific magazines The plan to build
him monument is national IN its scope.
as the mechanical engineers OF the en-
tire country are contributing 10 the fund
IL hasn't been settled where the monu-
ment viii be erected. II may be at To-
peka. or at Columbus. o. the old home
OF the dead hero.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26

his speciality ct present. He draws the
lire on two things: working az a harvest
hand. or running for an once in Barber
county. lie has sworn OF and all the
wheat in The country ean's induce him
20 break his solemn pledge. You can
get almost everything at the J. W. Metz
department. store. bnt can; get any har-
vest hands there. not even in case II
emergency and we don't blame the de-
partmsni mana gers. either We have been
there and know AL about the fun In har-
vest fields.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
a Doctorina Graft.

Grant county farmers as well as many
other Oklahomans have been worked to
the tune of several thousand dollars by
parties claiming themselves 20 be repre-
sentatives Of famous medical institute
Every farmer allowing an investigation
by the parties was found to have some
dangerous disease and treatment was
commenced by the farmers giving his
note for So. payable in four months. with
personal and chsttle security. The banks
bought the notes and are now presenting
them for payment.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26

okizhozas hss = .4turailf- 4 SENS
CHARTS J. Ba-tsa. 4 rsirytez'is - ~
business rsrssnE = sAoE - eisriss rs
snirnAis TIE fsegabiirs1 relates IA; n
the rssrars-ss - 20 - suzns fs<s3ss Bs5T
the badger. ase f0K sgslrrsss. fopr wolves.
four posszrss. large zkite h<rez phsrh
r-sszures fov- ard ons-h8is fess blsH. -
snakes. water 6ox. seSrplgus. arsr5s.
borrszs ;aaSs. etc. 2r. BoTc<a hss tAFs~
sea IN the Ersunfains s-zpssag sssd All
-rziz
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
Made Her Order Good.

The Caddo county girls are all right.
They can take care of themselves and
of a man or two. too. A few days ago.
two Hydro young men. according to the
Review. named F. W. Hungate and John
Mullen. went fishing. They had got com
fortably fixed. when young lady made
her appearance and ordered them to leave.
This the young men were not disposed TO
do. but when the young lady went 20 the
house and secured a shotgun. they
thought differently and hastily decsmped.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
And IL Exploded.

The Augusta Gazette tells of a short
stay. which several Wichita people made
there. Ralph Balm. Paddy Mahoney and
friends were returning from a fishing
trip to the Walnut. \ woman Of the
Carrie Nation stripe was also there. She
is well known in Wichita, almost as
we'll as the octopus.
The fishermen were on the depot plat
form outside and the temperance lecturer
was in the waiting room. Near the fish
ernen stood Jake Miller, a Wichita trav-
cling man. Steve Haines of Augusta.
slipped into the waiting room and asked
the temperance lecturer if she saw those
red-nosed, blear-eyed tougEs from Wich-
tia, who were not content 10 do saloon
business in Wichita, but came over to
our moral and religious town with their
grips filed with the hellish stuff to ruin
our boys
She said she did and made straight for
the platform where they were standing
with Jake Miller in the fore, and she
started in on them, addressing her re-
marks to Jake as well as the others They
shrank back; they attempted to remon-
strate with her, which only stimulated
her to be more fierce in her condemnation
OF such acts. At enc time they intended
to go after some dynamite In their grips
and put it under the old lady. but seeing
the staid cid prohibitionist around, they
dared not. Some of them tried to climb
a telegraph pole an one tried to go down
through an anger hole in the platform,
and came very near making 1t. Finally
the train pulled in and she made for
coach, still denouncing the Villains"
Perhaps it is unnecessary TO say that the
other parties took the coach the farthest
from the one she entered.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26

According q the Advocate. Agra has had
a disappointment 20 face and a. often
before no~. the fn1isn caused the trouble
owing 10 the murder Of chef Toh@e Of
the Iowa Indians. The whole tribe has
gone into mourning for their dead chief
ana refused 60 take part "a The Feurth
Of July celebration - They hid agreed
owing T. the skill Of the COMMITTEES In
keepiug up a Continuous line 81 amurs-
meats. however. the sose1os Of their part
of the prosrzm vas scsrcsiy nsssce
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
Ancient Hunters Cabin.

A pile of stone was unearthed in Doug
las county near Lake View by the recent
floods. which is causing great deal of.
surmising. Prof. Erasmus Haworth of the
university. has made an Investigation and
declares with the Lawrence Gazette that
the stone was once the chimney of
hunters cabin. His report is as follows:
1 went up the river to the Collins place
and examined the site of the so-called
stone house. or stone chimney. laid bare
by the recent high waters. / first heard
of this through Mr.. G. l.. Metcalf. one
of my assistants, working now on the
state geological survey, who in turn had
his attention called to il by Mr.. Collins.
What one can see by visiting the place
is a pile of stone uncovered by the wash
ings of the recent food. some roots Of
a tree which apparently had been grow
ing In the same place. and little sand
bar just below the stone pile left there
because the water had its current broken
by the stone pile. The stones are all
limestone. varying considerably in size.
the largest one l ever saw being about
thirty inches long, and would weigh, /
should think. from lbs to $50 pounds. Some
Of them had smoke or SCOT on them. as
though they had helped to form CHM
ney Quite a number or them had what
took to be tool marks upon them, i'm
plying that they had been broken with
a hammer, although the amount of dress
ing they had received was not very great.
1t seems to me impossible that they
should have been carried to their present
resting place by the waters of the recent
flood, or of any other one. as to that
matter Had they washed in they would
have been strewn over considerable
ground. but instead they are in a snug
lie little more than ten feet across. i
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
A Practical Hero.

ument in memory of the late Edward
Grafstrom. the Santa Fe mechanical en-
gineer who lost his life trying 10 save
people in the North Topeka food. Grafs-
from built a steam launch to haul peo-
pie out of the flooded district. He ran Il
himself. He worked hard all day. rescu-
ing. perhaps. 100 people and just at night
fall. when he was on his way back 10
the North side to get another load. his
boat struck a snag and upset. He was
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
Hot Weather Case.

During the hot weather the Anthony
courts have unique ways of amusing
themselves, and a case in the court last
week illustrates the style of settling some
differences of opinions.
This was a case in which T. B. Marsh
and Baker & Small claimed commission
of $50 on a land sale Mr.. Marsh was
plaintiff and Baker ana Small defend
ants, declares the Bulletin. When it
came to trial stipulated settlement had
been agreed upon TO the effect that the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
THE JAYHAW<ER OF NFLOWERDOM ;

Rogers, went TO that county and effected
what was afterward declared to be G.
bogus organization. held an election and
located county seat at what was desig-
mated at Srlalwood City, near the juno
ton Of the North Fork and South Fork
and South Fork of the Walnut within a
short distance of where Ness City now
stands. OF the people VINO were in the
county at the time of this pretended or
ganization there yet remain Henry Tilley,
of Ransom: William Mcclure of Franklin
township and Charles Mcguire of BaEine.
The last named gentleman was chosen
county clerk at the first, or illegal cleo
ton.
The first public gathering, embracing
he people of the whole county, was the
celebration Of the the Fourth of July in
1874. at Young's. now known as Faw
cett's grove. A citizen Of the town, Noah
Chenoweth, was present on that occa-
sion.
But along in 1878 the Santa Fe rail-
way company flooded the county with
glittering rhetoric. Respondent posters
and ponderous arrays OF statistics. rein
forced by glib-tongued agents in every
village and hamlet in the land, and the
result was that immigration poured into
the state in such a stream that Its like
was never known before and so of course,
Ness received her full quota OF home
seekers, and when the United States GEN.
sus for 1880 was taken, 1t was found that
there were within her boundaries over
three thousand observation-disclosures the
failure to grow crops for the two pre-
ceding years had discouraged many OF
the new settlers and they had turned
their faces toward the rising sun before
the work of enumeration had begun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
Another Bounty Needed.

The next legislature should be asked
90 fix a bounty on badgers scalps. AT
least one man favors such measure.
At Beaver, according to the Journal, a
badger dug uner the sill of NJ. K. Meador's
chicken house on the night of the Sth and
killed a chickens, killing the old as well
as the young ones and carried them to
the c5rner of the chicken house. digging
g hole and burying them. leaving only
three little chickens on the place.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
Women chslIene. Men.

The following svtrAordsnsrr ehsiisnEe
has bees issued b. the New. which
leaves vide epen space for xTes; IDS,
The ladies = Mounialn PARK hereby
chsIlsng. the ren q TIE toya % conDets
with then 81 sgeIiinz match e - hsla
~ TIRE zctpoi house. TaBTpdsY evening
July ssfh. Al Administer n ars ard tsn
csnfs ~5l - charged. the proceeds % 60
To the Lsdss~' Bor@ Nilsson s.pesssy
Everybody cordially s1sssss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
Ness County TODAY,

a short review of the history of Ness
county has been brought to light by the
News. No effort was made to settle that
part of the state prior to 1877, although
a few adventurous stockmen had pre-
viously located on the streams where
water and grass were IN abundance to
sustain their cattle. Even before the
advent OF the cattlemen few hunters
had roamed those prairies to kill the
Astounding buffalo for the purpose of sell
ing their hides. as well as to satisfy their
cravings for a life of adventure.
1t is true that as early as 1873 a colony
of men from Chicago, led by one S. G.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26

Alfred Jones Of Louisburg, killed one of
the largest rattlesnakes ever seen in
the country last week. He found him in
the road east of town and assisted by q
friend. pelted him with dry clods until
he was killed. When stretched across
the road the snake measured from track
to track. declares the Herald. 1t is not
known how many rattles he had, as sew
eral of them were knocked OFF in the
fight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-26
Wellington's Humanity.

Wellington people are TO be highly COM
rnended for their goodness. They have
decided to furnish an old lady, who begs
on the street. home.
Mr. George Kinney and wife will deed
to Mrs. Billings. "the organ-grinder,"
a lot on which to build a small home If
she can raise money to buy the lumber.
The carpenter work has hem donated
by good and willing responsible parties.
The amount required VIII be from s25 to
$50 for a one-room house which would
be a home for her where she could be
out, raise chickens and do something for
her own support.