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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-01
COMMITTEE STARTS WORK
Will MakeBig Arrangements
for National Editorial
Association.

Colonel Frank C ProGty loft this MORN
inc for l0l ranch whore he will complete
arrangements for the big entertainment
ir honor OF the National Editorial Assoc
clation. to be given al that place. June
H.
lie received a very encouraging letter
csterday nom William A. Ashbrook
corresponding secretory Of the n. p. r.,
which Is partly us follows
81 am glad 10 see oklahoma come up
with such a fine delegation. The returns
are coming in daily and everything
oints to a very large convention. 1 have
nc doubt that you are getting things
ven under way and all viii be more
than pleased witl their reception and
entertainment while your guests.
Today the committee, appointed some
time since 10y the commercial club to
make arryn,sements for the entertain
uent hero. s:artcd to work. Everybody
win be asked to assist in this great ma
ticnal affair. Guthrie people will turn
themselves loose to show the national
visitors that the capital city is all that
1t Is clniured 10 be.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-01

stitution and bylaws provide q fine Of
$50 for amy such oifcnse. and this win
apply upon every such occasion. Not
only win the fine So but I may see it
70 give the offending captain or manager
few doys on the bench am going to
nave discipline az an cost and wish
it 20 be Thoroughly understood
Believing that YOU viii all give these
instructions thoroug,. consideration. and
give them a conspicuous place In your
cub house for players to read. and thus
help upbuild the sport, I am your very
truly
ID. NJ sHIvELY.
President Western Association
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-01
TO FIGHT gu COMPANY
Farmers Near Mars h a |
Claim They Have Been
Defrauded.

Near Marshall a thriving little city
several thousand acres Of hand under
lease by an oil company. These were
taken several months ago under what is
known as a twenty per cent contract.
The owners Of toe land are now rebell-
ing and refusing TO further allow the OH
company to retain the leases.
The people owning the land claim that
an other oil companies have been giving
a forty per cent contract and that there
fore they have been defrauded. With
this alieg a,lon the farmers have banded
together and employed c. r. Buckner
of this city to hight the case In the dis
trict court
The oil eoinpany that leased all Of
,As land is known as the Colorado Gas
and oil Coapany An agent made the
contrasts paying 81 on each lease. stip-
ulltlng in the contract to give 20 per
sent OF the output Of the wells
The sand owners allege that the COM
Iaay agreed to pay as large "a per cent
as any other OIL company This, It is
said. ihey did not do. and 1t has been
proven that un over the territory the 40
yer cent contracts lave been made.
The company also asreed to commence
drilling at once The special agent
rronn ed some OF the land owners that
machinery would be on the grounds with
"a a few months, and others were assured
that operations would be begun not later
than six months from the time the con-
Tracts were made.
In fact an sorts Of proutsps were
given in order to cinch the contracts.
In this way the land owners Of prob
ably 10000 acres were inveigled into
ieasing and making contracts with the
oil company
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-01
mUcH MONEY MADE
FROM STRAWBERRIES.

4. s AIN and Industrial agent Of the
Santa Fe, is urging farmers Of the south
vest 70 raise strawberries. At a meet
lns Of truck growers at Ardmore he said:
One thousand acres OF strawberries
win produce 1O0.O00 crates OF berries in
NAY. 1906, il plants we're set out I'm Feb
ruary. 1895, they would bring 100000
70 the farmers. The expense Of growing
the berries % the farmer will be 40 cents
to pick them per crate. or Si46 per acre.
II Will require FIVE persons 70 pick an
acre. and It viii require FIVE thousand
ricSers. and these pickers will average
81 per day which will mean 5000 daily
paid out at Ardmore. Is this any bsne-
IN 10 the nerchants2"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-01
Cheated Death.

Kidney trouble often ends fatally, but
by choosing the right medicine, E. II.
Wolfe. OF Bbr Grove. Iowa, cheated
aeath. He says Two years ago l had
Kidney Trouble, which caused me great
rain. suffering and anxiety. but took
Electric 3itters. which effected COM
rlete cure. nave also found them Of
great beneht in general debility ana
nerve trouble, and keep them constantly
OF hand. since, as 1 find they have no
equal" All druggists guarantee them
at so cents.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-01
CHURCH NOW a sADooN.
Church Pulpit Torn Out 70 Make Room
Ter Bar.

Akron, o., May 1.-The congrega-
ti0n of the Old Welsh BAPTIST church az
'thomastcrr. near here, dwindled until
hut oe pul John Thomas. remains,
out Of @Nrrl hundred who attended "a
few yea 90, when Thomastown was
lhriNns mining community Thomas
hcrame uneasy with a church on his
hands, and Petitioned the common pleas
court Tor permission 20 sell the property
and turn the proceeds over 20 the Ohio
Siate Baptist convention. The little
frame structure was sold today TO NJ
q Rodenbaugh for 5000. Roudenbaugh
VIII tear out the pulpit, run a bar along
one side and convert the church into a
saloon.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-01

Dewitts little Early Risers. the IA
nous little pills, have been made famous
10y their certain yet harmless and gentle
action upon the bowels and liver. They
have no equal for bil-ousness, constipa-
ton, etc They DC not weaken the stom-
ach, grippe. or make you feel sick. once
used always preferred. They strengthen.
Sold by c. + Renfro
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-01
CHEAPEST OF THEM ALL.
Electric Power viii Cost Little at Mus
kooee-
special to Daily Leader.

SPECIAL 70 Daily Leader.
MJskogse, l. T.. May Mr.. Won
Sion. the civil engineer who has oeen
inspecting tie possibilities Of the Giand
river for water power electric plants,
reported hss night to the Commercial
club favorably upon the propositions OF
Muskogee citizens to build water pow
er plant on th1t river. The estimates
on the cost year delivered in Muskogee
and Wagner. compared with the aver
uge cost per 1000 horse power Of other
plants. including those at Buffalo. n. Y,
Anderson S. c.. Portland. ore. Agusta,
Ca. and other cities in the west-show
that MuslSogee viii average a lower cost
per horse power than other American
cities.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-01
FrIah,fuI suterlna RelIevea.

Suffering frightfully from the viruient
poisons of undigested food. c. c. Gray
son. OF Lula. Miss took Dr. Kings New
Life Pills, with the result" he writes.
that I was cured" Al, stomach and bowel
disorders give way to their tonic. lax
stive proprieties. 25c at all druggists.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-01
roR SHOOTING INTO raAIN.
Wagner Man Is Sentenced to Fivs
Years IN the Peniteatiary.


Special 10 Daily Leader.
Wagner, l. r., May Five years
IN the penitentiary Is the punishment in-
hicted on jackson Harry by a jury In
the United statcs court here for shoot
h.s into a troin az Bristow July %, 1908.
Hc left the train at Bristow and after
tho train suuted fired several shots into
one OF tho coaches, one OF the bullets hit
ting "a passenger named House in the
mouth. inflieting severe wound.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-01

often ends in sad accident To heal
accidental injuries. use Buctlen's Anica
Salye. "A deep wound In my foot from
an accident" mites Theodore schueBe.
OF Columbus, o., 'caused Ine great pain.
physicians were heip,ess. but Bucklen's s
Arnica salve quickly nealed it," Soothes
and heals burns like magic. 25c at all
druggists.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-01
From a Baseball Standpoint

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r, ike hundred people Witnessed the
gam hers yesterday between Guthrie
nnc Wichita, IN which the latter team
eon by score OF I. 10 5. This wis
che ,coad game ,f the season.
Wichita played cup to snuT an OF 'he
trnc and never broke except when
throtsh the aicimcss OF tile locals they
vcre caught nappmg Guthrie was up
atuirst lht real article Everybody re-
siiatd mat. al the time they we're play
ms ie hnrd luck
somcihmg WIS out Of tune on every
side. Evcn Wichita could see that their
epponents were not playing as good as
they should The best men Of the locals
fen down in many points. It seemed 70
Dc Cuthries "on day.
yesterdlys ganie was not nearly so
sui al errors as tho first game. which
was piayed ,n SATURDAY However. both
are marked black with mistakes on Ell
thar side
Guthnc's battery is an excellent one.
II is a aumuer winner. "a cracker-jack.
The Quiscr brothers made hot pair,
anc which win have something doing
d, baseban circles before the season is
over.
0uis.r. the pitcher made good and
proved TO Guthrie that hc is "there.
At least lac Is showing the opposing team
nhal q nineteen year old boy can DO.
Cruiser. the catcher. Is a first class ban
player Both u these players do sue
cessful work at bat and in the field.
Gehrine threw wen for wichita. L. is
olaimcd that he Is a "pick up having
bc,-n found tossing balls IN a small town.
Hc did some fine work and VIII no doubt
win some enines for his team. O'Leary
Is bind behind tae bat. He throws
&C second mechanically and handles hlm-
self handsomely.
trhe following IS the game by innings:
Wichit, .....4.......s0S I'll
Gnthric .... .........Oo O.
Reagan. umpire.
rs Morse and hors..
An we want is our man.
rs undoubtedly our today
pownsey you're always there.
wonder when Collins wm play bau7
0Leary ig dandy. He throws wei
Gosh, bat did you see that crowd yes
terias.
EoiIaua is making good for wichita
on. first
sleep at night When playing ball,
wake W.
what yer eatin fer supper. this even
m wichcna7
That's an right. Guthrie doa't expect
20 win every game.
Reaz,n. the umpire, is Kansas City
Boy. only 2s years old.
And our man oulser is making good
=, only nineteen watch him
IT'S ginger up not ginger ale, boys
ftai makes the game next day
A hlun or cum is better than a mum
and nun Is the stun. Enoush
II won't DO to knock flies unless they
ran be landed in a Barry or Dalrympl'
style
And Gehring. is a tosser from th'
islands where they twist when the!
throw
Manager Hamilton never gets discour
aged lie was sanguinc until the las
Yesterday
Wichita may be iobbers. but We hav
rot heard OF them doing any jobbinl
ret. Ehg
Young walker the university back
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-01

One Minute Cough Cure contains not an
atom OF any aarmful drug. and It has been
curing Coughs. Colds. Group and Whoop-
ins Cough 50 long that II has proven it.
self 70 be tried and true friend to the
many who use IL. sold by c. r. Renfro.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-01

team players who are IN Topeka say
tlht Guthrie is about a. dead Il town os
could be imaEincd. I'VE drew 10 50. 10 in
three days" Is Manager BaldUin's COM
Trent 1T Is the limit" continued cyrus
stmson. "You could shoot cannon up
the main street at noon and not hit o.
ierson. Topeka Journal
The Guthrie fans express surprise that
aa roor u bunch as the Pittsburg team
would draw 20 Se.i0 crowd
/, would also be possible to fire a
rroadside into the Plttsburg team and
not hit e bah player
lsrther. Cyrus stinson Is the celebnt-
ed artist who allowed II men to walk
IN one game here
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-01

ltoolS-"IIave you ever noticed what
habit people have Of coughing in
church?n Nye-"Not when the collection
plate is being pass ed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-01

For family and medicinal purposes
drink Cream OF Kentucky whlskey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
STORY OF A MODERN GIRLS LOVE AND HER HEROIS


rushing ahead at speed that was ter
rife. but felt impatient that it was not
greater still The breath of the whirl-
wind might have been tame to my
quivering. overweight nerves. Shut
out of the material world by this cloud
wall, longed for a thrill of expectant
danger to break up the depressing
sense of isolation. 1t wasn't the call
for haste so much as the call of impa-
tience-a mind taken entirely out Of its
realm of accustomed comparisons and
cIamoring for sensation rather than ac-
complishment-
Such were some OF my chaotic iHa-
pressfons when suddenly became con-
scious of objects about me and realised
that we were slowing down. The green
gray ribbons took on q spotted aspect
which gradually expanded into some OF
natures own pattern, and was cons
scious of a sudden relief to get back
into the world again. The gray mar
BILE pavement shook out into the sw1fS
flying belt of the morning, then grad
ually came to a stop in the midst Of
mountains, trees ana human forms ana
a few other things.
''Jack!" came a feminine scream from
the front seat of our vehicle. Thea
noticed for the first time my friend IN
the midst of the group of men, still ON
his feet, but with telltale rope dan~
Cling from limb directly over hia
head.
We carried him back with us preas
emily, seated considerably on the back
seat beside the feminine voice, wE1tia
the mayor and I, as befitted our offacaas
rank, rode in front. Thus we procss6>
ed back toward HalseyviIle, attended
on either side for some distance not b.
the green gray ribbons of a short half
hour before nor even by the shapes Of
my morning fancy. but by a good,
stout guard of armed and penitent men.
now anxious to do homage to the man
they meant to have slain in the mama
of the law. In little real haste ana
good bit of spite we hit up their gait
quite briskly ere they finally parted
company with us after many a goodIy
wish and shake of Jacks hand: then
away like the wind for Halseyville.
Faster and faster over the road thaa
Corenca had galloped so well till ths
ribbons swung up to their old place
again and cut off our view of tha
plains on past where the avengers
that morning had thought they would
stop me and while getting their lesson
in thoroughbred temper lost just ths
! small margin of time that saved Jack
until our return. on splash through
the ford where my horse slalxed her
thirst just before rushing on to hes
| death. on past where held up to rest
and to feed her-a brief rest it proved
and the last she was ever to have-ou
past where she fell and doubtless now
made up her part in the greenish graz
ribbon which unroIIed beside US. Theu
we rolled into HalseyvilIe and found
some unusual excitement ahead, where
group of rough men We're attempting
to corral a game little mare whose
speed, they declared, was as swift az
the wind and who stil1 held the devil1
own temper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

was a wiIlfuI child Sf the plains. Let
her sweep them to s1it her fancy. She
would lose no time and perhaps, better
than l. could judge of her own endur-
ance. So we left the dubious miles
behind US in pursuit of the miles
ahead thatashe rapidly found and con-
quered one by one. Sometimes the
pace was moderate canter, sometimes
swift as the wind, but 1 watched the
tanks beneath me in vain for labor
ed breath. She seemed to temper her
speed to the limit of what she could
endure without drawing upon that
wonderful reserve force that made her
at once the pride and the terror of the
plains.
So thirty odd miles lay behind us
presently, and the game little beast had
drawn up only once, for drink as she
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

sweet faced girl, in whose eye a tear
had stood SO close behind the laugh she
had given Jack at parting. And it all
tempted me forward. Still it would be
a foolish thing to ruin all so near my
journeys end by letting my now suf-
fering horse go off from her feet for
want of a few minutes rest.
Corenca stood quiet enough now,
with head down and feaving sides, but
with the fire still unquenched in her
flashing eyes. Reluctantly dismount-
ed and loosened the saddle girth a lit
tie. Then a sight met my eyes that
stayed my hand at the fastenings
while 1 looked again, to bring me a
moment later back into my seat. For
the first time that day urged Corenca
beyond the limit of her chosen speed.
and right nobly did she struggle to re-
spond. But the heaving sides told
their own story of a conquered body
still Keeling forward under the impetus
of an unyielding will. Poor, faithful
servant! It was. then, to be a race
to the death-of my horse or my friend
and in that choice of course the
dumb brute had to lose.
Now that the decision had been Fore
ed upon me, spared the use of neither
whip nor spur upon Corenca-Corenca
to whom no one had ever before dared
to teach the use of either. No more
thought of trying to save her-just to
get the last ounce out of her before she
fell. Far ahead, just leaving Halsey-
vile, could see a queer little red spot
,S,T, To
be the mayors automobile, bearing
him rapidly away to a neighboring
town. For a few miles his route lay
straight toward me- but presently the
road forked, and the red spot would
bear out of reach the one man whose
presence would awe Jacks pursuers
into submission at a word. If I could
reach those forks in time it would save
me smart little ride to the town. If
I failed 1 feared me much that all my
efforts were doomed to failure-that
the game was up. Well, it would never
be Corenca,s fault. AS I noted her
trembling and unsteady gait 1 could
not but hope that when she did go
soon. Again and again urged her on,
heartsick as felt the futile struggle
she was making under me. 1t was a
losing race. Still, she lost it by so
narrow margin that she won for me-
Already the electric steed was about
to swing around the curve and leave
me such few rods behind when Co
renca, as though still obedient to her
unconquered viii, plunged wildly into
the air and sank dying to the earth.
Her race was over, but she had been
grit to the very end
A pair of sharp eyes, not the mayors,
saw the accident and gave in quick
report. So it happened that instead of
leaving me helpless they presently
drew up by my side and looked down
on me crouching by the dumb brute's
head
1t wasn't the mayor who first COM
pretended the story 1 tried to tell
them. of Jack, and it wasn't his voice
that ordered me into the vacant seat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

SEVILLE behind me and ahead the
at the slight girlish figure whose guild
ing hands now seemed like steel, but
over whose face had come something
that was neither smile nor tear.
How the wind came up and rushed in
our faces as the auto gathered speed!
1t wasn't flight, but a melting away
of objects. Things were and then were
not. The belt over which we had gal
loped, Corenca and I, now changed to
each side by ribbon of greenish gray.
We didn't seem to advance; just sway
ed and tilted, while the green gray rib
bons on either side of us rolled into a
tangle of mist just ahead, into which
we were constantly trying to plunge.
One could not determine where the
real Joined forces with the imagination.
Somewhere between the two the real
became invisible and the invisible
seemed almost real. There wasn't a
thought of fear, but a half formed wish
that something would happen to add
variety to this throbbing, undulating
sensation, without particular motion
and with nothing to see. Where we
were or what we were doing not one
of our senses could tell. We were
only ethereal spots in the midst of an
infinite nowhere, at one end of which
lay my dying horse and at the other
the friend I was trying to save.
knew in a half dazed way we were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

forded stream. STILL more than one
sign now told me that she had made
her run at an awful expense to her
self. Once she began to show fatigue
it seemed as if her dissolution was to
be as rapid as her fight had been.
The willful ffirt of her head she had
left miles behind, and she stumbled a
little sometimes as she still galloped
faithfully on. Each breath was
heave and a gasp now, and the white
foam that fell from her mouth was oc-
casionally colored with red. Should
1 dismount and feed her or try to
crowd her through? Back among the
mountain canyons 1 could see kindly,
rugged face, now stern and resolute-
at bay. Before me only few miles
ahead lay HalseyyiIIe and rescue. Al
ready 1 could almost see the stately
mayor and few chosen friends rush.
ing away on their errand of mercy and
justice. Nor could 1 quite forget the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
BY.
KENO ". PUTNAM
Copyright. 1905.
By Keno ". Putnam

build it. If the foe should lose even a
little time on the false trail of the 9TH
er horse and Jack got few extra
hours, just a few, where each moment
gained was glinted with gold!
My thoroughbred mare, chafdng and
Juggling at the bit as we swept out into
our long, hard trip, set me to wonder
ing whether I spared her most by hold
ing her in or letting her have her head.
tried to compromise, but she willed
it otherwise, and the ground slipped
away under her feet like a smooth run
ming belt from the hywheel of some
ponderous machine. 1t seemed as if
she knew the need for haste and scorn-
ed suggestion of her own limitations.
The only notice my restraining hand
received was an impatient toss of her
shapely head and savage jerk at the
reins.
In less than an hour-only an hour
behind poor Jack, I thought, with a
sinking heart-I saw our grim pur-
suers in the road before me. but all
that I feared from them was delay.
They knew 1 was not the man they
wanted and were themselves there to
uphold their. idea of the law and hui
man justice in their fierce. crude way.
They might attempt to take me back
with them-the one thing that really
dreaded-but of personal violence I
had no fear. My government position
would again protect me. and whatever
time they hindered me Jack would also
gain from them.
AS we approached I got the hating
signal, but the little mare rushed
ahead, alike unmindful of their shout
ing and my hand. Two men dismount-
ed hurriedly and made rush for my
bride as we passed. In a fash Coren-
cas- fighting blood was up, and. with
crashing teeth and eyes like a drag
on's, she was upon and over them
and dashed ahead A dozen mounted
men spurred after US with the act.
They might as well have chased the
wind, for the very dust from the little
mares feet fell short of their leader.
They dare not shoot lest Uncle Sam
should hear the echo presently and
| only wasted a little time for Jack to
profit by.
Once clear of pursuit Corenca fell
off a little in her speed, but not in her
independence, as quickly learned in
my first attempt to juggle with the
reins. After all. why should 1 not let
her have her way now that no special
! cause for speed bursts lay ahead? She
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

that she hinched and snapped at me.
Then, f1inging the other saddle on
Jacks horse, we headed her off across
the country toward her old home
alone As she turned and looked back
at Corenca, paving impatiently at the
restraint, sharp crack of the whip
encouraged the eagerness of her de-
parture. Soon she disappeared from
view in the dim light, leaving a plain
but bootless trail behind for our pur-
suers to presently follow a few miles
in their quest for Jack. Then, after
silent handshake that said more than
words, my friend went lodging in