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whites preferred to settle nearer what
is now known as the harbor Of New
York, leaving the redskin free to hunt
and fish,
"Montauk was lost to US when my
father reigned. All that I know is
that the reservation stood in the name
OF Frank Benson. He paid to my two
uncles. George and Frank Fowler. an
annuity Of $40 each, I was given the
house that my father lived in. I sold
the house and came to EasthamDton.
The land has passed into the hands
of the Long Island Railroad Com
pany-
Now it is our contention that the
land was improperly transferred and
that the tribe has the rights Of own
ership. As the tribal chief I am nat
urally the chief factor in the suit
The case was first taken up by At
torney Reuben Smith. of Washing
ton, D. G. Then Lawrence Morrison,
Of Worcester, Mass. took up the issue.
but, unfortunately, he died.
A Fight to the Finish.
Il do not know ali the points in our
claim, but lawyers say that we have a
good case. We are making the last
fight for tribal possession on the
island It marks the end of the In
dian here, and whether we win or not.
they viii find US fighting to the last
ditch
Suppose you win, will you and
your tribe take up their old homes in
Montauk?' was asked.
The answer was characteristic Of
this Indian, If Of new and utterly
foreign school.
why II we win" he said. the
money viii be divided among the
members Of the tribe. As chief, will
get the largest share. Should I get
money, ! viii invest it as anyone else
might do. There are many uses to
which I could put the money. No. I
do not think that I would go to the
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luctant at frstto talk about his case
yesterday. Despite his hopelessly
modern dress. the Indian in him IS
easy to decipher- His copper colored
skin, the straight black hair and the
regular. clear cut features betray a
descent from chiefs mighty in coun-
sci and on the trail.
He is forty years old and when a
boy obtained a few months school
ing at Easthampton. His aged moth
er, in whom is preserved all the ira
ditions Of her race, did not take
kindly TO the poring over books after
the fashion Of the white lads. So
Pharaoh was compelled 10 stumble
over learning to find it. He is a
greedy reader Of newspapers and
keeps constantly abreast Of the times.
Unlike most men Of his race, he is
not guIIbIe as many lawyers who
have sought TO represent the tribe
in court have found to their disap-
pointment Time and time again he
has refused to sign away his claim
and when many Of his more pliabIe
henchmen were willing to compro-
mise, it has been the chieftain who
has compelled them to forgo selling
their birthright.
Many Core and Few Chosen.
Many have come to me" he said
yesterday. "and have asked me
about the reservation of our tribe
at Montauk Point. It is only TO a few
that I will talk The railroad is
powerful and tribe is poor. The white
man makes money and sometimes the
black man. But the Indian. never. He
has not learned the arts of the white
man and the gold that he gets is soon
gone.
You see that 1 have watched ana
studied. We dress like the white man
the paIeface, my forefathers would
call him. The paint and feathers have
been cast away for good and all The
tribe is dying. I will be the last chief,
and If / live 10 see our braves camp
ing on our reservation / shall die con-
tent Our case has been in the hands
of many lawyers. but do not despair.
This $500 acres is our birthright, once
the stronghold Of the MontuukH.
This was the seat Of the royaI au-
thority Of the tribes in Long Island.
Here stood the Indian forests, the
only ones Of their kind In this section
of the country. Before tho coming or
Hudson. and long after the Dutch aud
English settled on the island uy
forefathers retgned supreme. 10 their
tepees came the great chiefs of the
R0ckaways, Menkokes and tbe Mas
sapegnas. Even the cruel King
Philip Of Connecticut paid homnge IT.
the Wyandanks.
First Greeted the Stranger
And why should it net have be-H
50? The great nose Gr MoutaHE
stretches out into the sea, the first tn
rFrGef fF,a uf~.us.r .4 [fa aIr4t- f,sft..
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For Half the Money

The man or woman who depends
upon Dakota divorce is certainly
tsry fooliHh. when he or she can come
a. TeAHasaud get a good one for half
the fuoney.-Galvesto News.
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Pharaoh Wyandanb IS To-day Man Of All Work, but
He Nav Soon Be a Millionaire if the Montauk Tribe
Wins Its SUIT Against the Long Island Railroad

case can be considered. The indians
viii be represented in future action
by Attorney Linn Bruce, who has
offices at Is Wall street
The recent decision giving $1000O.OoO
to the Oneida tribe, after a Htiga-
tfon of fourteen years. has given
the members Of this tribe fresh heart
in their waiting and hoping.
Pharaoh wyandank is king
without a domain. His braves, less
than three hundred all told. are scat
tered the length and breadth Of the
island. They at best are put pa
theuc parodies of the tawng, painted
men who fell upon the little settle
ments of the English and Dutch. Yet
IN the crumble of tribal power these
scattered redskins have cIung jeal-
ousIy TO many traditions One Of
these is the homage due their leader.
On Sea-Whipped Montauk.
Chief Pharaoh inherited the mantle
of rulershIp from his father, Soon
after his accession, and that was in
1879. emissaries of the Shlnnecocks
sought 10 stir UP discord among their
/ brethren on the sea-whipped Long
Island promontory. They declared in
council that Pharaoh Wyandank was
not qualified to rule. that he was not
a fulIbred Indian; that another
branch Of the Wyandank family was
entitled to the rather empty but COW
/ eted honor.
The MOntauks proved their loyalty
! by choosing PharaCh as their Chief
in a regular ballot election Such d
| procedure was not necessary and was
against the spirit of the tribe, But
the braves. who sat in solemn con-
clave in the little village Of Saga
ceremony almost pathetic in its de-
parture from the glory that was-de-
cIared this Wyandank to be their
chief, in order that his sovereignty
should never again be questioned.
Last to Surrender.
This was before there was any talk
Of an action to secure the land at
Montauk Point The bond that ce-
mqnted the wretched remnant of ra-
ciaI pride and power was not tha. Of
selfshness and greed. il has been the
boast Of the Montauks that they we're
OF all the tribes on Long Island the
last to give way to tn white invader.
Pharaoh Wyandank was installed
as ruler, and the same day he re-
turned to his task Of chopping wood
and grooming horses in country
home near the village Of Easthamp-
ton. There he is to-day. His palace
IS a stable and his sceptTe is a pitch
fork; but he has royal neigh bors.
Within shouting distance Of his rude
EabitatIon is the Summer lodge Of Au-
gustus Thomas, the playwright Far
ther on is the cottage of John Drew,
and on every side are the studios Of
/ sculptors and artists To them the
Chief Of the Montauks, the last Of a
line of warriors whose dynasty was
at the height OF its power when Hen
( dirk Hudson sailed up the river which
+ bears his name, represents peculiar
and melancholy type.
I 4 Dying Race
With them an order 10 him is more
/ Of q request than Il command As I
charming young woman, one Of the
/ colony at Georgia. Lake. once re-
marked: IT is positively distressing
/ To ask q real big indian chief to har-
ness the pony tt is lese majeste Of
/ the most fragrant kind
/ This chief Of Il dying race was re-
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II a bin now pending before


IF a bill now pending before the
General Assembly at Albany
passes-as there is some Hkeli-
hood of its DOING poor Indian and
man Of all work on Long Island may
awake some morning and find himself
d millionaire. His name is Pharaoh
Wyandanl, and he is chief of the
Montauks
Chief Pharaoh was seen yesterday
in his impromptu home-a stable on
the banks Of Georgia. Lakeland ad-
mitted that he would appear as plain
tin in an action soon To be brought
against the Long Island Railroad
Company and the heirs Of one Frank
Benson.
Involves Vast Deal.
The land embraces all the best sec
ton of Montauk Point, and If the
tribe wins. it may be that the re-
puted plan Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road. which controls the Long Island
Railroad Company, to convert their
property at Montauk Point into a
landing place for transatlantic steam
ers. VIII be given a serious setback
Should the tribe be victorious, the
estate, which is estimated as being
worth nearly S2.000.O00. viii come
under the supervision Of the United
States Interior Department as a
reservation.
The struggles of the tribe to regain
the land, which they aIIege was i'm
properly taken away from them, in
wolves a delicate legal point IN 1873
the land was sold TO Frank Benson.
now dead, and in the sale the courts
held that the tribe reserved certain
rights to the property which must
be respected, no matter what action
might be taken by its individual
members.
4 Novel Point IN Law.
Benson sold 5000 acres OF this land
to Austin Corbin, then president Of
the Long Island Railroad Company.
It was reported that Benson received
S600, 600 for this section Of the prop
erty. Action was brought against the
railroad in the name of the tribe in
1888 and the railroad demurred on tho
ground that a tribe Of Indians had no
right TO institute a suit TO recover
real property This demurrer was
sustained. but Judge Cullen. VINO, in
rendering mis- opinion. said that action
might be brought for the tribe in the
name of an Individual.
Action WAS then brought in the
name of the Rev Eugene Johnson. the
secretary OF the tribe at that time.
This was in 1888, and the railroad
again brought ii demurrer. which was
sustained This decision was reversed
by the Appellate Division, and the
railroad in turn carried the case 10
the Court Of Appeals. This court sus-
tanned the first decision and the action
fell
Important Precedent.
There was q IoophoIe in the decision
Of Judge Bartlett. Of the Court Of Ap-
peaIs, who said that a bin might be
introduced giving the tribe the legal
right to fight for the property Sena-
tor Cox introduced a bill In the state
Senate last year which, while being
passed by the Senate, failed TO reach
the Assembly in time for proper con
sideTa Iion,
1t is now before the Assembly again.
o-ly so amended rs to still more com
plicate the situatioa-it being provided
that the tribe must prove its existence
Is q LrLnc nafnre lna -ar--s Of Ln-
The Washington times., 1903-02-08
4 Dying Race.

With them an order 10 him is more
Of q request than Il command As
charming young Woman one OF the
colony at Georgia Lake, once re-
marked. IT is positively distressing
To ask q real big indian chief to har-
ness the pony. tt IS lese majeste 0f
the most hagrant kind"
This chief of dying race was re-
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- G.eeted lac slrangeL-

And why should it net have beeH
so? The great nose ~ Moufaat
stretches out into the sea, the first Il"
greet the stranger as his ships ttat-
e'ed inland. About the point there
was game in abuudance, and the
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-30

valley last Friday. He goes to Ohio this
week to attend a meeting of the Board of
Home Missions Of which he is member,
so will not fill his appointment here
next Sunday evening.
Soon after the erection of the church
an honest old hen took up her abode IN
the church and seemingly intended To-
stay But last Friday night she mysteri-
ously disappeared and Saturday il leaked
out that two of the carpenters, who
boarded i'll the southwest part of the
valley, evidently thought they did not
have enough to eat and had swiped the
little black hen and eaten her for dinner
that day. She might have been sold
and used to furnish the church but now
She has gone down to All untimely grave.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-30
Re-t offer sHver M II de.

The REPUBLICAN has succeeded in
getting a special clubbing price from the
publishers of the Nebraska Farmer one
of the best they have ever made, and
during the past two months good many
have taken advantage of this offer and
are we'll pleased with it, We have had
the time extended for this offer, believing
that many more would like TO take adj
vantage of ii before it is withdrawn For
SI35 we can send you the Nebraska
Farmer and REPUBLICAN both for one
full year, and worth $500. The Ne
braska Farmer is the leading general
farm and live stock journal OF the west.
1t prints from "A to 40 pages each week,
is we'll known and we'll liked, having
been established since 1869. Its pub
fishers are practical and experienced
men, who are now and have been Tor
thirty years extensively engaged i'll farm.
ing and stock raising in Nebraska and
conditions applicable to the west. 1t is
journal for the farmers by farmers.
No other farm paper can fill its place or
be so helpful to the farmers of the west
1t is contributed to by all the leading
agricultural writers and experiments OF
the west and at our special club price
should be taken by everyone. 43t
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-30
Another Suicide.

August Roessler of Berwyn,
committed suicide last Friday
morning by shooting himself
through the head with a shot
gun. The unfortunate man had
been in poor health for some
time which affected his mind
which is assigned as the cause of
his self destruction. But few
minutes before he committed the
deed his father called him to get
up to breakfast. He responded
promptly and got up and partly
dressed himself when he took a
shot gun and placed the muzzel
against his forehead and with
his foot touched the trigger that
sent him instantly into eternity.
He was we'll to do financially,
was single and lived with his
parents. His funeral was held
Sunday afternoon and his remains
laid to rest in the Berwyn
Cemetery.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-30
CITY OF BIG NUMBERS.
New Yort Place Where All Things
Are On q Larne Scale.

New Yor't Place Where All Thing.
Are On Large Scale.
A New Yorker of statistical turn
Of mind has been figuring on what the
people of that city pay for luxuries
and other things. For instance, he
says: For our daily newspaper read
Ing our papers use from $50 to ] 900
tons of white paper day, which in
the average eight-page paper amount
to from 100000 to 2O.OOO,00O copies.
The various press associations cable
IS between $4,000 and 100000 words
a. day. Our entertainments in our
forty odd theaters cost us from $780,
700 to 100000 Ia night We sold on
our stock exchange floor over 2G1,.
100000 shares of stock during the last
year. and while 100000 shares a day
IS large average, on May 8, 1901. the
traffic amounted to 1886 sos shares.
And so 1t goes. We surely are justi.
fed in declaring that New York is the
city OF big numbers. al well as big
'hings."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-30
Itessian Fly in Indiana.

Prof. Troop, OF the Indiana Expert
ment Station, in a bulletin to the
press, Gays: Responses have beeI re-
ceiyed from 1876 correspondents to
date representing eighty-six counties.
OF these seyenty-three counties report
the fly as doing more or less damage.
Thirteen counties report no fly, which
may or May not be true, as it has
frequently happened that one man hXs
reported no fly and another man l:y-
ing in another section OF the county
has reported it as doing considerable
damage. Those counties reporting no
fly are Lake, Allen, Whitley, Jasper,
Newton, Blackford. Warren, yermil-
ion. Owen, Sullivan, Knox, Starke and
Scott. Those which have not reported
at all are Elkhart Wells, Adams.
Bartholomew, Jefferson and Pike.
Forty.six counties report the damage
to wheat as ranging from fifteen to
seventy five per cent of the crop.
Twenty.fou counties report only
slight damage; tic greatest amount
of damage is reported from the cen
trail and southern counties. Qn De
catur county fifty-two larvae were
found in one plant,) In siXty-five
counties in which the fly is found, the
wheat was sown before September %
while in eight counties it is found
In wheat grown after September 25th
! but in only one after October list
: Twenty-seven varieties of wheat are
mentioned as beisrs grown in the in
tested districts. and no one variety
is mentioned as Icing more free from
attacks than others
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-30

Chall Emplield will put i'll a dipping
vat this week for Samuel Waddngton in
Ortello.
After shearing sixty two head of sheep
for Alb Pressy, Fred Pinnell has gone To
shear for the ranchmen i'll Wyoming.
Plasterers about done with l.. II. Nc
Calls house. When finished ii will be
one among the best houses i'll the vicinity.
Chali Empfeld has finished his dipp-
ing vat and Yesterday, assisted by |. ID.
Shuman and Il. l.. Griffith he dipped
a bunch of cattle and hogs.
A heavy lain and some hail and fine
electric display last night, with prospects
for more this Tuesday morning, soil in
fine condition for crop growth.
II. G.. Donnel fearing the cornstalk
disease did not feed his stalks. Has
narrowed them down, raked and burnt
them, putting his ground i'll fine con
dition for another crop of corn.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-30
sbR S.I.T.O.

+. ID. BealS and wife were at Broken
Bow, Friday.
Dave Cass did the Tin work on the
church last week
Ethel Ashhaugh and Matte Fodge
were at Merna Friday.
Bert Waddington has a new buggy and
is breaking "A team to use with it.
A. -. Hunt, T. d. Day and families
and {. ID. Day were Broken Bow visitors
Monday
G.. O. Joyner and wife attended the
lecture by Tom Darnell at Anselmo Sum
day evening.
Bert Wadding, Albert Hill and Alf
Graham attended church on the table
land Sunday.
John Fodge, Ir. Arrived from Aurora,
Thursday, where he has been doing
CARPENTER work. He viii assist his father
here.
A telephone meeting of the stock
holders was held last Saturday. From
all we hear, il resulted much as the
others did---in nothing definite being
done.
Rey. Miller and wife, were in oul
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-30
The Calf VS.. Older Steer.

There are cattle that a feeder can
not pay too much for, If he Keeps
within the BOUNDS of reason, .md
there are other cattle that cannot be
bought low enough to make money
The first are well-bred, well-developed
Hereford calves, and scarce; the 9th
ers are scrubs, or stunted low grades
of other breeds. and plentiful. The ma
iority of American feeders make no
money feeding cattle, and they come
out ahead only when they rear their
own hogs to fatten on the offai OF the
cattle, or when the corn they feed is
of their own raising. If the average
feeder who has his own corn were to
u certain accurately what Is netted
him per bushel wEv-I marketed
through cattle, not counting the hogs
that follow, he would find that in most
cases it does not exceed fifteen cents
BY feeding well-bred Hereford calves,
cattle-feeding alone will yield a profit
on. the grain consumed, and the hogs
will get as fat after the Herefords
while their gains will be clear profit
1t has been demonstrated that bush
ell of grain will make a greater gain on
a calf than on yearling; greater
gain on yearling than on a two
year-old, etc. To illustrate: II bush.
el OF corn makes five pounds gain on
an aged steer, calf Of the same quail
ity will gain ten pounds on the sa,ae
quantity, or double, and often mere
than double. There lies the profit in
calf feeding.-T. f. b. Sotham
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-30
The POWER OF MUSIC.
Great Composer Explains Necessity Of
FINISHING Inprovlsation.

Great Composer Explains Necessity OF
Finishing improvisation.
The duke of SaXe.Weimar once in
Vited John Sebastian Bach to attend
e dinner at the palace. Before the
guests sat down to the feast Bach was
asked 10 give an improvisation. The
composer seated himself at the harpsi
chord and straightway forgot all about
Inner and everything else. He play
cd so long that at last the duke touch.
ed his shoulder aud said: I'VE are
very much obliged, master, but we
must not at the soup get cold" Bach
Sprang to his feet and followed the
luke to the dining room without utter.
ing word. But he was scarcely seat.
ed when he sprang UP, rushed back to
the instrument like one demented,
struck few chords and returned to
he dining room, evidently feeling
nuch better. II beg pardon, your
lighness," he said, but you inter.
rupted me In series of chords and
arpeggitS on the dominant seventh
and could not feel at ease until they
were resolved into the tonic. 1t is as
# you had snatched a glass Of water
from the lips Of 9 man dying of thirst.
Now | have drunk the glass out and
am content"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-30
NOTICE To NoN.REsIpENTs,


NOTICE To NON-RESIDENTS.
In the District Court of Custer County, Nebraska.
A. A. Wells, Plaintiff,
VS..
Henry Stuckrrt, ct al , Deien iants.
The defendants, He,rv Stnckert Mrs Henry
Siuckert his wife, George Stuckert, Mrs. George
Stuckert, his wife Minnie Bleach, Mr.. Breach,
her husband Mary Peel, MIR, Peel, her husband
John Stuckert Mrs. John Stuckert hia WIFE
Leoi ard Stuckert and Mrs Leonard Ntuckert his
wife, being the heirs Of Leonard Stuckort, de.
ceaeed, y. II. Marlay and j. I'm Texture will
take notice that on the 18th day of April, 1908,
the plaintiff A. a. Weils, hled his petition In
the Distric Court OF Custer county, Nebraska,
against you and each of you az defendants, the
OBJECT and prayer of which to foreclose a
certain tax certificate issued by the treasurer of
said Custer county, on the Goth, dsv of February
1901, of which the plaintiff is now the owner and
holder thereof for the sum of $50 IS and covering
the following described premises: North half OF
the northh section ten (l0) Township Is, North,
Range II w. 9th L, M. said County and upon
which has been paid subsequent" tax as
follows: on the 2nd day OF May 1901, for the
wear 400 the sum of 81 6i, the lat day OF May,
1902 for the year 1901, the sum OF So % each of
which amounts draw 10 per cent interest from
their respective dates, all of which II dpe and
paid, Plaintiff prsyes dectee OF foreclosure OF
said certificates and receipts and rale OF said OF
| said premises You are required to answer said
petition on or before Monday the s!h day OF
June 1908.
Dated ut Broken Bow, Nebraska this 18th. dsy
| Of April, 1908. A. A. WELLS, Plaintiff
4b.49--29 By ALPHA McRsAS, His Attorney,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-04-30
Low MATHS ws>sT.

S25.oo to Portland, Tacoma, Seattle
S27.Ao to San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
$a2.S To Spokane.
$1,000 TO salt Lake City, Butte and
Helena
Proportionately low rates to hundreds
of other points, including Big Horn
Basin, Wyo., Montana, Idaho, Washing
ton, Oregon, British Columbia, Cali
fornia, etc.
Every day until June 18th.
Tourist cars daily to California.
Personally conducted excursions three
times a week.
Tourist cars daily to Seattle.
Inquire of nearest Burlington Route
agent 4o-5l