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Fertile Greer County.

] Greer county containing L51L57G
acres, and first organized as a county
of Texas, was "lawed' into Oklahoma
by a decision of the United States
supreme court March 1G, 1896. There
was a dispute between Texas and the
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a shortage Of provisions drove them
back Payne sued General Pope. com
manding the troops in the territory.
to restrain him from further inter-
ferin gwith his plans. and for $25.000
damages Judge McCray of the United
States circuit court in September,
1888, refused to grant the injunction.
On April 20, 1882. Payne led another
band of boomers" into Oklahoma
from Hunnewell and on May II set
lied on a creek near the original town
site Troops were soon upon them
and the colonists were hustled across
the border
Something Of mo Mans Land"
Beaver county. once called NO
MANS LandP the Neutral strip"
and later, Cimarr5n territory. has per-
haps a more remarkable history than
any other portion Of Oklahoma Il 8
thirty-four ana half miles IN width
and one hundred ana -,xty-seven miles
in length. and contains 3,6S736o acres.
1t remained for years outs de the ju-
risdicton of the laws of the Ul.ted
States. only because Of the fact that
the laws of adjacent states or terri
tories north. west and south of it,
We're not extended over it for judicial
purposes. and, further, the contention
Of federal authorities that Indian Ter
ritory did not extend west of the one
hundredth meridian Of longitude, which
$ the eastern boundary Of Beaver
county. Beaver county being Isolated
after Texas had wrested her inde-
pendence from Mexico Both count
tries had disputed the ownership and
J boundaries of certain lands 1t was
agreed between Texas and the United
states thai all lands found exterior to
boundary lines fixed by a commission
to ascertain the boundaries of Texas
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the intention to include mo Mans
Land. but it was found ihat this
would violate the treaty with the Cher
obee Indians guaranteeing them ana
outlet through this region 10 the hunt
ing grounds of the west Colorado
and New Mexico formed their boun-
daries without Infringing On this re-
gcn.
Life In Beaver County.
In 1880 settlers from Kansas and
other states looking for new homes
went TO mo Mans Landr and the
first settlement was established at
Beaver City now the seat of Beaver
county The population increased rap
idly. farms were cultivated and towns
established In the absence of law,
even by the federal government, the
people by common consent made GER
tain agreements for the protection Of
property. which. 10 their credit, we're
observed almost as faithfully as p
enforced by regular courts. by the
spring OF 1856 the population had
reached three thousand The people
determined 70 organize a government
Of their own. aid the Respective CLAIM
board, an organization Of citizens g
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the irate Justice. "Hei I don't want
any more booiH they are likely to
confuse my mind The organic act
of congress authorized the establish.
ment Of a territorial government and
all its subordinate machinery. and upon
its passage the provisional government
became a "reminiscences.
Why Statehood Is Demanded.
It Is impossible for an Ohahoman
to feel thet he is citizen of the
United States N good standing He
is deprived of the right to vote in a
national election, a condition so un-
American. so foreign 20 all the In
stincts and traditions cf every man
VIZ hears allegiance to the flag of the
republic. that his pride is Inundated
and he revolts under this enforced po-
litical peonage He demands state
hood as tha natural heritage Of every
patriotic American citizen, regardless
Of political or geographical conditions.
When time shall have thrown the
past into perspective the historic fig
ure of early oklahoma will be David
Lewis Payne Payne was born near
Fairmont Grand county. Indiana. De
cember 90. 1886 He went TO Dont
phan county. Kansas, IN 1858. and im-
mediately took an active interest i'm
the affairs of the territory. When the
civil war came he enlisted. in 1861. as
private in Company r Fourth Kan
sas regiment. and served three years
in tn army on the frontier. He re-
n urned home and was elected to the
4 legislature in 1864 Afterwards he
slenlstsd a second time, taking the
n place CT a drafted man, and was in
llthe Army of the Potomac until the
/ close of the war. His total service
amounted olive years and six months
In 1869 he served with the Kansas
Regiment under General Custer in the
atter's Indian campaign in Oklahoma
HE was elected to the legislature from
kSedgwic kcounty in 1871 hut was de
teated for state senator in 1872, the
district being Overwhelmingly repub-
lican and he a democrat.
Sentiment and Romance.
y Years will sound his memory with
something Of sentiment and romance.
In appearance he was typical Of rug
gedness of the west The virgin will
derness of Oklahoma appealed to his
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fork was .he stream. The federal
government established its claim after
an elaborate presentation of historical
facts and Greer county was declared
to belong to the public domain, and
as such was formally attached to Ok
lahoma in May, 1896 The laws Of
Oklahoma were extended over the
county and the records of Greer
county. Texas, We're made the records
of Greer county, Oklahoma Greer
county is now one If the most solid
and substantial counties In the ter
ritory
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Original oklahoma. embracing the
seven counties Of Logan. Okla
boma. cleveland. Canadian. Kng.
fisher and Payne. and having an area
of two million acres. was opened TO
settlement at noon, April %. 1898.
Beaver county with rs 3.6S7260 acres.
was added IN 1890
Indian Lands ceded
with the exception Of the Osages
th different tribes have ceded their
reservations by treaty st intervals in
the last fifteen years, and opened them
to The beneacent influence Of civili-
zatior. The Osages. who own their
lands are preparing to allot tham in
severalty and abolish their tribal gov
eminent as have all other Indian
tribes in Oklahoma The different res
ervations were opened as follows:
Sac and Fox and Potawatomie,
having an area Of 1.2S2,434 acres and
embracing portions Of the counties Of
Pottawatomle. Llncoln, Cleveland Lo-
gan Oklahoma and Payne, septem-
ber %. 1891
Cheyenne and Arapahoe. with an
area Of 4297.771 acres and embracing
the counties Of Blaine, Custer. Dewey,
Day, Roger Mills. washita and a por-
ton of Canadian and Kinghsher, April
10. 1892
The Cherokee strip. containing g.
0t4239 acres. and embracing the ooun-
ties of Pawnee, Noble Kay, Grant,
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luton to strike the blow that would
open the way 10 settlement. Payne
dared to do and in daring drew to his
standard devoted band Of followers
whose expedition aroused interest
throughout the United States and made
the opening Of Oklahoma a national
issue
While employed as a clerk In the
general land office at Washington
Colonel Boudlnot Of the Cherokee ma
ticu BoudIuot was progressive
highly educated ana possessed al
brilliant mind The two men found
themselves IN sympathy declaring
that oklahoma no longer should re
main closed TO civilization whose tide
was beating against its walls AtI
Wichita December 20. 1879. Payne
, called a meeting TO formulate plans
lfor forcing open the country AT ems
loo.ing We're Payne, Frank B. smth
Frank Fisher oscar Smith aud NJ
C. Glenn An organizftlon fer the
opening of Oklahoma was effected
with Payne as president W. C eileen
secretary and Frank Fisher treas
uror Payne had visited Oklahoma
and chosen a place for the FIRST set
tloment January I. 1850, he issue,
his famous proclamation
Work Of Payne.
Illness interfeied with Payne
plans. An effort was made to induc
members Of congress to assist in re
moving the objection Of the govern
ment 70 the occupancy Of the lands
but little more than uncertain prom
ses was gained A number OF the co
onists entered Oklahoma in February
{ 1881. but encountered a blizzard an
were KEEP Tin camp until thtlr supple
We're exhausted. after which they ri
( turned 10 Kansas. Payne and tw
companions. July 1851 entered OH
homa from the south and explored IN
Wichita mountains. bringing out SCI
eral specimens Of ore. D.scouFag
= ments came thick and fast On n
vember 9. 1881 Payne led a sma
\ party into Oklahoma TO effect a Sc
tement but the adveat Of winter o.
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in the terrhSry purchased from the
Choctaws and Chlckasaws. which had
long been their rendezvous. The Cher
okees. IN 1866. agreed to the settle
ment Of civilized Indians upon their
unoccupied lands east of the ninety
eighth meridian and upon any of the
Cherokee land west of that meridian
This region in time became the home
Of the Osages. Kaus Poncas, Otoes.
Missouries Tonkawas and Paw
nees The Creeks and Sominoles
ceded their western lands to the gov
ernment in the same year. and the
Cheyennes and Arapahoes soon after
ward were settled In large reser
walton north Of the Kiowas and Co
unauches Tie Iowas. Sac and Fox
Klckapoos and Absentee Shawnees
were given homes in the eastern por
tion Of this land acquired from the
Creeks and seminoles
The luxurious savannas that spread
everywhere In this uninhabltated land
produced grasses Of great nutrition
and with the settlement Of the Mis-
sissippi valley states and the deyel
opment Of Texas, vast herds Of ma
tive cattle were brought here to be
gr9zed and fattened for market A
few men became lords of the land
/ Their herds increased from year tC
year without cost of sustenance, and
/ their owners amassed fortunes. So
powerful did they become that wher
men hungry for new homes coveted
1 the land aud sought to have it opened
for settlement the cattle barons were
SO powerful in Washington that they
were able to obstruct an efforts to re
move them from their squatter pos
sessions
cattlemen in Control.
Year after year passed with the cat
/ tlemen in control, DESPITE the en9rt.
of ne citizens of adjoining states. no
tably Kansas. TO have the country
opened up for settlement The agi
taton drew many resolute men TO
gether and I'm time they were g.ver
the name boomers" which ever since
has been e,louym of valorous and
uuc1nquerable industry I'm this new
country. The Fifty-four.h congres.
was almost at a close and an hope OF
opening Oklahoma for settlement was
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Review Of the Founding
Of Oklahoma Territory.

tween the ninety-eighth and the one
hundredth mer.dians. between the par
allels Of their present home. and re-
lnquished all claims to the land west
of the one hundredth meridian Later
they sold the land to the federal gov
ernment.
Handling the indians.
AS the west beoame more settled
end depredations of hostile Indians
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Oklahoma WAS opened to settlement
q little more than sixteen years ago
II was slngularly appropriate that the
month should have been April, the
season Of expansion. Of buds and flow
ers Of plauting fields for future har-
vests. aud the time Of growth and
sunshine in this splendid latitude. The
years that have interviewed since the
army OF exultant homeseekers swept
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ls1s-ss-
over the border and seized this fertile
land nave seen the building Of an EN-
pire iu less time than it takes TO re-
pair broken belfry in a drowsy town
of Europe. Incessant industry has fur
rowed the plains. crowned the hills
with orchards and vineyards. built az
towns and cities. and provided all the
things required by a strong American
citizenship to found a commonwealth
in keeping with the traditions Of the
republic
The Original Territory.
When the fathers of men now liv
ing in Oklahoma were in their prime
the territory embraced in its area be
longed to ;se empire Of France anc
was ruled by Emperor Napoleon I
The states of the American republi,
we're stiH sore of their wound
received in .he conflict with tho
mother country. but were preDarinf
again to resort to arms for their lib
critics. In the struggle ,lat followed
they defeated Paokenham, who had
fought against Napoleon at Water
leo. All the region west Of the Mis-
sissippi was an unknown land Pike,
Lewis and Clarke. Fremont the Path
finder nor Marcy had penetrated it's
solltudes. and only migratory Indians
and few adventurous fur traders.
scarcely more civilized than the IN
dians suspected It's immensity For
ages It's flowers had bloomed in spring
and faded IA the heat Of autumn los
streams had passed increasingly east
ward to the great river. The aborig.
ines had lived and disappeared, tribe
after tribe. leaving scarcely q trace
to mark the passage Of time. Days
had been as years and years as CEN
turies
Country Difficult Of Access.
Ehen the land became the property
Of the United States under the terms
of the Louisiana purchase IN 1903 #
was more difficult of access than for
man TO find his way from Boston
10 Egypt. To the southwest lay the
outposts Of Spanish civilization, even
then IN decadence Later Texas es-
tablished a government to the south.
but the territory of Oklahoma was
long surveyed only by the eagle and
by the stars. In the twenties Fort
Gibson In Indian Territory was es-
tabhshed as a frontier outpost. and
its troops conveyed traders and ex
plorers TO the prqiries and mountains.
The civil war had been fought be
fore any determined EFFORT was made
10 redeem the land from its semi-bar
bar.sm. About 1866 the federal GOV
ernment established Fort Cobb d, h'
wichita river, and garrisoned it witt
troops Fort Supply was established
in 1868. Fort Sill ia 1863, and For
Reno IN the early 70s
with the exception Of Greer anC
Beaver counties the land embraced u
the present boundaries of Oklahoma
was FIRST acquired from the fedora
government by the FIVE civilized tribe
after their removal from the south e
Indan Territory The Cherokees wer'
given an outlet TO the hunting grounds
of the west a tract Of about two hun
dred miles long and sixty miles wide
This became known as the Cheroke
outlet The Creeks were granted th
land between the Cherokee strip ant
the Grand Canadian as far west a
the hundredth merdian the Seminole
the land between ihe two Canadian
westward TO the same mcrid'oa
Tie Chccavs and CnickasnWa lease
perpetnany % the federal eoreramen
lnls5J me land claimed ty them b'
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~ saIve - Penetrates.

DeWitts Wich Hazel salye penetrate
the pores of tine skin, and by its onS
septic. rubifocicnt and healing inhuene
ID subdues inflammation and cure
Bous Burns, Cuts. eczema, Tetter Rif
Worm and a. skin diseases. A speed
for blood, bleeding, Itching and protru'
ing Piles. The original and genuir
witch Hazel salve Is made by J.. & N
Witt & Co, and sold by C r. Renfros
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federal government as to which owned
tho land. based upon whether tho Rio
Roxo. or Red river named In the
treaty between Texas and the United
states. was the present north fork
Of Red river which forms the north
boundary line Of Greer county or the
Prairie Deg fork, which bounds Greer
county on the south Texas olai-aed
that North Fork was the stream des-
ienated in the treaty while the United
states contended that the Prairie Dog
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protect landlords, divided mo Man s
Land" into three council and SIX rep
.resentative districts An election was
held and the legislature met at Beaver
City. March 4, 1887 DR.. o. c. Chase
was president of the council and Mer-
rtt Magan, secretary A bin was
passed creating the provisional govern
ment of Cimarron Territory, and the
legislature ordered an election to be
held on tn first Monday in November,
1887, to elect a delegate to congress.
governor, a secretary. nine coun-
cilmen and fourteen representatives.
DR. Chase was elected delegate, j. r.
Linley governor, and Thomas p.
Braidwood. secretary John Dale, a
rival candidate for delegate, contested
Chases election, but Chase got the
certificate and went to Washington in
December 1887 He was introduced
on the floor Of the house by William
Springer of Illinois Chase was not
recognized, nor was Dale's contest.
On March 8. 1887, q bin attaching
mo Mans Land" to Kansas for ju-
diclal purposes passed both houses of
. congress but President Cleveland was
induced by Sidney Clark, then living
in Kansas. not to sign It, as the change
might be detrimental to the opening OF
Oklahoma
Laws imperative.
Chase returned home after the ad-
jomnment Of congress and the legis
lature Of Cimarron Territory in the
spring of that year nacted a numbe.
Of laws which proved imperative for
lac kof funds and power TO enforce
them An attempt to collect taxes
levied on herds belonging to cattle
men was met with Winchesters. and
the significant invitations Go ahead
aud try to get the money if you dave
Chase went to Washington again in
Z he Writer of 1889 in hopes that he
| might be seated and draw his salary
out he failed in both Then he be
yan lobbying for the passage Of the
bin opening Oklahoma for settlement
The first municipal government il
4 alwhat is now Oklahoma was organized
sIln Beaver City in the election OF
town officers in October, 1857 The
B 8l3ficers were J. Thomas, mayor; w
n Ogden, clerk, Merritt Magan, attor
#ney; Addison Mundeil marshal; JOIN
1lH Alley. Thomas p Braidwood JOIN
Z Iaryey and J. A Overstreet council
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Some Good salarIes In canada.

II ElIhu Root were lieutenant gov
ernor OF Alberta or Saskatchewan. IN
western Canada no would receive n
bigger salary than he will get In wash
ington. Those lieutenant governors
will receive $4,000 a year each; their
own territories have a population Of
less than l60.0 coo whites. but their
lieutenant governors viii receive SIS.
600. all told, Manitoba pays $4,000 a
year TO It's lieutenant governor. Brit
fish Columbia $4,000 and the Yukon
commissioner gets $4,000. This
makes the Canadian west pay $40, 900
altogether for It's chief officers. al
though the population Is estimated at
only 100000 Ontario pays only as
much as Manitoba So far as salary
goes. IL will be agreed that the lieu.
tenant governorship OF western ter.
ritory OF Canada is a prize well worth
having buffalo Express.
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Every housekeeper should know
that II they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time. because IL
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains l6 oz.-one full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in A.pound pack
ages. and the price Is the same. 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch Is free from all Injurious chem.
icals. II your grocer tries 10 sell YOU
1907. package II Is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes TO
dispose OF before he puts In Defiance.
lie knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
ters and figures &c ozs Demand De-
fance and save much time and money
and the annoyance OF the iron stick
Ing. Defiance never sticks.
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The brigade rallied around the colors
and continued 70 fight to a successful
termination.
lie was detailed as adjutant general
OF his brigade and afterwards made
provost marshal OF the division, In
which capacity he served to the end OF
the war, being present at Lees surren-
der at AppomattoX. Among the bat
ties In which he took part were Antie-
tam. Stone River. Chickamauga. Chat
tanooga the Shenandoah valley cam
paigns, the battles around Richmond
and Petersburg. Sailors creek, Five
Forks. AppomattoX Courthouse, and
many others.
Throughout three administrations.
those OF Cows. Long, Talbot and Rice.
he was Judge advocate general OF Mas
sachusetts At the last national en-.
campment OF the @. A. r. he was
elected commander in chief
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Eaas 70 eeIt the World.

III all the eggs handled in ST. Louis
last year were strung like pearls on n
string" writes a Missouri poultry en-.
thusiast. they would eneircle the
earth seven times at the equator"
Conceive. II you can. this dignihed
member OF the solar system sweeping
through the cerulean vastness or the
nebular hypothesis AZ n seven-league
stride and wearing n sevenstrand
belt woven OF Missouri hen fruit pack.
cd last year. Such an excursion
would cause n cataclysm that would
turn cosmos back into chaos; the
milky way would curdle and clabber;
Saturn would draw his rings closer
IN n shivering shrug: Venus would
dart into the sun for protection. and
old Jupiter, the planetary heavy
weight. would call upon the comets
and the meteorites and the shooting
stars 10 hit anywhere above or below
the belt, but for heavens sake not 10
bit on the belt-Portland Oregonian.
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What koselusko Wanted.

Count kosciusko. while In command
Of the revolutionary forces in the
vicinity Of Great Egg Harbor. Burling.
ton county, n. j.. happened one day
into n pasture where a young lieu
tenant was drilling the awkward
squad" At sight OF the struggling.
slouching rustics. the count sputtered
with disgust and swore some fearful
oaths In his native tongue.
Calling upon the men 10 halt. ne
seized a musket. and. brushing the
lieutenant aside. went through the
exercise himself Then he babe them
initiate him. but the squad. now thor
oughly frightened had become more
awkward and sheepish looking than
before.
The old general was bristling with
rage. Drawing himself up TO his full
height he stamped his foot and
shouted.
You mus look like soldiers Look
ferco-look like de debbIl--look like
met"
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COMMANDER WAS ON TOUR.
Death Ended Gen. Blaekmar's Walt 10
Grand Army Posts.


Gen. w w. Blackmar. commander
in-chief OF the G.. A. r.. succumbed to
intestinal nephrltls
The general arrived at Boise. Idaho.
on July 10 on a tour. during which he
intended 10 visit Grand Army posts
throughout the Northwest He was IN
when he arrived and gradually failed
The seriousness OF his condition was
kept from the public at the request Of
his wife.
Gen. w, w. Blackmar was born I'm
July, 1871 In Pennsylvania. His father
was clergyman and moved TO Bos-
ton when he was n small boy He
went through the Brimmer school OF
Boston and the Bridgewater normal
school He was fitting for college at
Exeter. N. H.. when the war broke
out. He discarded his books and took
up a sabor. He enlisted as "A private
IN the Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry.
and was promoted through all the
noncommIssioned grades until he be-
came orderly sergeant OF his com
pany
lie was then promoted 20 n lieuten-
ancy and transferred TO the First
West Virginia veteran cavalry one OF
Clusters famous regiments, He was
promoted 10 n captaincy on the field
at Five Forks by Gen Custer after he
had taken the colors across a deep
gully under heavy fire OF the enemy.