The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-07-27

abnds. hundreds Of sally caparseaeo
Indians on horseback. other hundreds Of
cowboys Traction engines automobiles
etc a special feature of the parade was
I Che presence Of Geronimo. the blood
I thirsty Apache chief. who Is IT, s.
prisoner al Fort sin, but was allowed te
come TO the entertainment under guard.
Tie gave the ". 3. authorities more
trouble Rsgn any Indian chief known TO
| history. and the list Of his butcheries OF
Arizona aud New Mexico ranchmen and
their families Is long one lie Is q
man with a villainous countenance and
such thing as mercy f0r the white
was a stranger 40 him. Ills acts Of MUIR
der and torture are too horrible to be
told. Why he was spared from immc-
diate hanging by his captors. the T.. S.
troops We are al loss TO understand for
II any savage even deserved summary
punishment it was this notorious Apache
After the opening parade can success
sive features OF Wild vest entertainment
| including a pell mel chase after "a herd
Of about 30 buffalo, which were chased
about the arena. Indian BAN games. feats
or horsenianship, and roniag contests
for prizes the winner beins the ne
who could In the shortest time pursnc a
| long horned Texas steer. catch him over
the head with a rope, throw him down
and tie his feet so that rising was I'M
possible.
In plains ranching it Is necessary to-
catch the half wild cattle and horses
for the purpose OF branding them or for
other reasons. and the most practica bic
method is that of pursuing Them on
horseback and throwing a. lasso over
their heads. The other end of the rape
Is fastened TO the saddle Of the horse
that is ridden As soon as the r,pc
which is provided with moose at The
end, has been successfully thrown $50 as
TO catch the glllopins steer or horse the
pursuer veers from his pursuit and
when the steer has run the leueth Of The
hluf Ia.
does happen is thst when the rope tight-
ems the steer is thrown at fun length on
the ground. This stuns him for tpr
moment, and the cowboy quickly fursn
from his horse and With an EXTRA 3pc
he carries quickly ties the s'eers feet
together before the animal gets his wits
togther sufficiently TO make at attetnpt
TO get up. The horse az the other md
Of the lasso q trained TO keen the rope
pulled tight. thus materially assisting in
the operation OF ,ying the steer
II something happens that when a
big steer Is roped and the jetk comes
which Is 10 throw tho animal that the
horse Instead Of the steer Is thrown
down and the rider badly hurt
IL IL remarkable with what proficiency
roping Is dore. With horse On its high
est gailof and the steer doinE its level
best II Is no easy trick TO SWING q half
incn rope with "a running moose at Cne
cad so that this moose win drop over
The head OF the Tadly galloping steer
women do this work. Al this entertain
ment one Of rhe contestants In these
rOping contests WIS Lucille UtllhaN the
COWBOY queen. She was girl OF slight
build, but rode a horse with tnoat dcx-
terity. She rsn down. ropcd and ttcq
nor Steer in as short time as thc best OF
Wen. When her turn came "a great
wise horned steer was turned loose and
she promptly took utter him. inside OF
forty seconds she had caught roped "a frS
ued the animal and raised her hands in
the air TO notify the Judges that hcr
task was finished
one ot the greatest sights of the en-
.ertainment was the crowd Imagine
f sou can, sixty thousand men women
and children gathered on "a treclese
prairie. without house m sight ID
was a perfect sea OF humanity When
the performance was concluded and the
people poured down 10 the railroad
track, IL seemed as though hundreds OF
acres We're covered with "a stream OF liv-
ing humanity
The Miller brothers farm on big
scale They have twelve TO hfteon thous-
ana acres Of whaet fields. They pillow
WIN traction engines which have wheels
with four foot tires and draw dozen
gang plows. Dozen OF b!nSg's ftilow each
other mough the fields when harvest
time comes. They stand m" with the
Ponca Indians and rent the lands at
from ~ cents per acre and upwards
In this entertainment the Millers
made no charge Tor aJfnission. rhe
ger rerU public were repured tn nay 95
cents fof seats IN the stand and IL Is
estimated he grand stand receipts were
zen or twenty thousand dollars. There
were other receipts for stand privileges
etc SO that the entertainment was prob
aoly not "A losing venture financially
The visiting editors viii long remem-
Der the Miller brothers and the novel en-
tertainment provided for them. not Cor-
getting the kindly hospitality showered
on them by their hosts
Lichheld CAInn) Independent: Guth.
RE Is certainly a wonder ID has AN
the modern utilities and the right kind
II people.
Mapleton B7uprise; As already stat /
ed we reached this city Tuesday even
ing ana after good nights rest we visi- !
ted some OF the local points OF interest
sixteen years ago Guthrie was "A Wild I
err ess today a. Is meiropolitan city /
OF twenty-elght thousand people, paved I
streets, electric lights. modern build /
ings. as wei as public structures OF
which any city might well feel proud
Among The latter is "a masonic temple
costing $4,000 which furnishes lodge
rooms for the various Masonic orders /
irom the Blue lodge up. including the
Eastern star Then they have a mag
nihcant city han and nearly dozen |
school buildings As We gazed upon the
"'"NoAN hhAH Hi9 w wondered WHAT had ]
been the action OF the Mapleton council.
and as We mounted its stems and enter
ed IT'S magnihcant rooms we thought
could friend Spaulding have viewed the
slsht which met our eyes, hc wO aid
never have been found guilty of opposing
"A public library for Maplcton In the
basement Is round "a Rylnnasinia which
is patronized by business men as well
as the boys. Then there are beautiful
rooms Tor meetings OF the vari0ps cIgns.
Ihese are or course In addition 20 the
Dook rooms. reading rooms. eta Every
cluzen OF Guthrie is proud Of She pub-
lie library and the stranger within ner
gates VINO does not visit the institution.
passed Il up Of his own violilion AS ne Is
told II it often enough
Ihe city is In gay attire as welcome
10 the visiting editors n - aud stream [
efs noat trom everywhere while In The
evening thousands Of esectric lights arr
ranged In arches pronounce welcome 10 I
the visitors The one tnongft that /
1ppermost In the minds OF the people OF
oklahoma Is statehood
Clora sity Mimi Herald. The conn
ly on "a whole looks % good deal like Aim I
ntsgia or Chiddewa county. Around
Guthrie he country Is rolling and very
around Enid the country seems 10 be I
sun better while southwest Of Enid to- /
WARDS snyder aNe the Wichita mountains
which nothing but rock aud ~ course !
from present indication no good. 5ntder J
ny the way is the place which was visit /
"a by cyclone "A uonth ag1 to-day IOg
people were killed outright and "a great
many other injured. Only "a day before /
yesterday lady victim died Jon the nos
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