The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-31
DOMICILE TRANSPORT
ED FROM CLEVELAND,
.. TO MUSKOGEE
TOPLEASE MOTHER. .IN.LAW
Oueery; Was the Motive
Fear or Affection

Cleveland. O., May 2s-Dr c. f.
Bryant wen known Cleveland phy-
siclan. has just completed a May move
ing Job that is. possibly. without d pare
anei IN this part Of the country He
has moved an entire nfteen-roomod
house nom Cleveland 70 Indian TERRI
tory Why2 WM, because DIE was
moving. his wifos mother was moving
20 his new home with him. and she
wanted her old homestead to go with
them So 1T went
This remarkable feat WIS accomplish
cd quietly. smoothly and successfully
and without any blarng OF trumpcts or
the heraldng Of curious but dubious
neignbors There was no demonstration
no trouble, no delaying of traffic and
creation q excitement-the invarable
accompaniment OF even such trihng
moving affairs ns the hauling Of resi-
dence out Of the lot where IL was built.
across few streets and into the posi-
tion which It Is intended 10 occupy
thereafter Really this task which seems
SO Herculean an undertaking was per-
formed SO easily and prosaically as al-
most to destroy the romance that one
feels surely ought to belong in the pic
ture somewhere.
Was a Fine old Mansion.
The house that travelled from Onio's
metropolis to a distant part Of the great
Southwest without 50 much as batting
hgurative eye, stood on Harkness
avenue IN the East end Its number
was 8l3. few doors OF Euclid avenue.
For many years it has been one Of the
prettiest OF houses on that pretty East
end street 1t belonged to Mrs Austin
Beckwlth widow of the late Wells Beck
wilh. il was her home for thirty-hye
years She bought Il when the original
Harlness. now dead, laid out his farm
IN allotments and built what is now
Hardness avenue.
II was a beautiful home even in this
neighborhoon OF beautiful homes Across
the street from IL stands the house that
was the home OF the late Judge Henry
C white. without going further into
this obituary Of the Beckwith homestead
sufTice it to say that the Beckwith fam
iiy loved 1t, was attached to Il from
sentimental reasons and reasons that
were ROT sentimental, II was their home
II was pleasing to the eye and a charm
ing place to 1--we in How TO transport
1t 10 it's scene OF future and anticipated
usefulness Simplest thing in this world
Tear st down and ship the pieces.
Whe house was torn down. very care
ful was the demolition. Frank Brown,
who packed the furniture that was ln
the house, was given the task Of de-
moiishlng the structure. II was torn
down with as much care as marks the
moving of fine piano out Of the hfth
story OF a fiat Its atoms were ndoXed,
classified. lied together and packed With
as much sohcitudc for projecting corners
and exposed spots as though it was a
valuable han clock and not big dwell
ing house that was going into the pack
ing case
when it arrives al its destnation-if
ID IS not already there-these pieces will
be wnpaoked. renailed together and,
presto, there is No. SAB Hardness avenue
standing on a street 10 the city Of Mus
kogee Indian Territory. just as naturally
as though 1t had grown there.
All On one Freight car.
Only two men were employed actively
on the work They worked slowly, hut
with prellsion and accuracy. By Mon-
day Of last week the house was de-
molished" The "dcbris stood about the
premises ranged 90 neat and orderly
bundles Of boards, timhers joints,
frames etc These were bound togeth-
or with straps OF metal with wire and
in the conventional packing case meth
od As each came out OF tho house it
vyas numbered In what system is