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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-03
THE SNOW MAN
By Celia E. Standish.

He was a beautiful snow mani Will and Carl and
Bob had worked him all He stood close
to the paror window with his back to it, and he was so
tail that reached up the middle Of the lower
pane. had hands feet for the boys only
very little boys, and hands and feet hard to make
but he had and very large nose and mouth and
two staring black eyes. These eyes not the
sze because Bob went twice to the cellar for coal to
make them with and being the smallest Of the boys he
forgot how large the first when he went for the
second. 3 Is
However they did very we'll and the snow
very happy. AS he felt himself growing bit by bit and
the cold wind blew upon him. he longed for eyes to look
around, and when his head at last finished and he
could see it seemed to him that there never such
beautiful yard his three such fine boys anywhere
as Will and Carl and Bob.
They put an old hat on his head and then tried to
knock it of, which seemed strange to the man. but
he bore it very goodnaturedly because he could not
help himself n as 1e W W had
made very smiling mouth for him. and cannot feel
when has to smile These good boys
he said to himself and if they like to throw snowbas
at me it must be right And when the boys went in to
lunch he very lonesome.
crumbs; and saw little dog running up the
street. barking for very JOY 1T must be cheerful
Carl and Bob at play in the parlor behind him. and ne
was very lonely. The shone fpll upon him, and
trickled down from his eye They have forgotten
me he said But Bobbie out in the yard just then
to lost mitten, and he the tear. Being
Very little boy he understood
ttPoor manl'' he said running up to pat him. ''He
can u see n*the house, can hef'
Bobbie looked round. The sun was setting, the dog
gone even the sparrows had flown away. It would
be dark; the snow all alone, and he
crying The little boy and called Will and Carl He
told them all about it, and explained his plan They
climbed up their playmate carefully removed his
eyes, put them the other side of his head that
he could look into the parlor
|sWe must makesa mouth and for this side, -
said Will.
stYes,, said Carl ..It would spoil his head to try
to take these off, rs
And SO it was arranged, and all that evening they
kept the curtain raised that the could watch
them play They did not forget him, but went often to
the window to speak to him.
'sWhat good boys,' he said ..s.-
"And tomorrow, when go outdoors said Will,
eve must change his eyes back again, he
them II -.
. eyes, wil' saiu Carl, and they all said good
night to him as they went OLE TO bed.
For many days after they moved his eyes back and
forth each day that he should be lonely
He was very happy, was the He stood by
the parlor window till the grew that he began
to melt Then, day when the boys in at lunch
his black eyes fell out for the last time And before he
sank down into heap Of snow, They good boys, =
said the man, very good boys Will and Car
and Bob. The Youths Companion.
FISHING IN THE GARDEN
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-03
ONE QUEER THING

Teacher she tells us all along
That food is meant to make US strong.
Yet I don It think she can be right,
Because there is my appetite.
Before a meal it is so great
That / could almost chew plate;
Then eat just a little bit,
And something seems to weaken it,
And after that the more eat
The more my appetite seems beat,
Till long before I have enough,
$1,000 NV appetite's all gone. It g tough!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-03
THE BEST UNCLE MAN.

OF all the uncle-men I've got,
The very best Of all the lot
Is Uncle Joe. He 8 not like some,
That say to me: Chilly, como
And tell us what you We learned at school;
And do you know the Golden Rules
And what is six times eighty -threes
What towns are on the Caspian Seat"
No! Uncle Joe, he says, well, Dick,
+ really think you re looking sick;
You Re studying too hard, maybe,
So you just come and go with me.
And then we have some fun, and -
think lot Of Uncle Joe.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-03
HIDEAND-sEEK VERSES.

Q.-Three Hidden Fruits-)
It'd like nap, please, Nurse, said he.
IA pair Of them, / think,
To carry me to Dream1and Town
Aszquick as any Winkl' rs,
So Nursie tucked him snug1y in,
And turned the light down dim
And he was off to Dreamland Town,
A nap each side of himi
Little Folks.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-03

Ny appetite's all gone. It's tough!
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-27

tory, approximately between 100000
and 100000 acres.
The greatest development In In
dian territory" continued Mr.. Beall,
has been in the last ten years. Up
to 1870 there were no railroads in the
territory.
From 1890 to 1900, according to the
census, the population of Indian terri.
tory increased over 400 per cent. In
the past five years those figures have
been more than doubled. The present
population of the territory is approx
mately 100000, and of that number
about $4,000 are Indian citizens, the
remainder being non-citizens whites
and negroes. BY non-citizen is meant
a person who settles in the territory,
but who is not entitled to any allot-
ment Of either of the five civilized
tribes
"The resources of the territory are
of almost every character-coal beds
and pine forests, asphalt deposits, oil,
natural gas and the finest agricultural
lands In some sections that can be
found in the United States.
Most people in the east" said Mr..
Beall," think of an Indian as a red
man wrappedin bright colored blank
ct, wearing a war bonnet Of gay
feathers and carrying a tomahawfn
and scalping knife. have been In
Indian territory ten years and have not
seen what is known as blanket In.
dian. There are approximately about
$4,000 citizens in the five civilized
tribes in the territory About 5000 of
these are absolutely white, by reason
Of intermarriage, while nearly $4,000
are negroes who were the slaves
or descendants of slaves of the
Indians leaving about $4,000 peo-
pie who are actually of Indian
blood. Approximately one-third of the
$4,000 are full bloods who would come
within the common eastern designa-
tion of an Indian. The others do not
look at all like Indians
I'm 1893. the commission to the five
civilized tribes, generally known as the
Dawes commission, of which the late
Senator Dawes of Massachusetts was
chairman, was created with the view
of extinguishing the tribal title and al
lottng lands to the individual citizens
of the territory. The first question to
be decided was who was to share in
this distribution of tribal property, in
Guiding money and everything they
possessed in the way of property.
There were approximately 100000
claimants and eacha.of these had his
own. particular case individually
passed upon. About $4,000 we're found
to be entitled to share in the distribu-
ton. The other claims were rejected.
All these claims were reviewed by the
secretary of the interior. Each claim
was an individual action and had to
be determined as such
The Dawes commission was" ad.
ded Mr.. Beall, big probate court.
That work is now practically COM
pleted. The present legislation pro-
vided that the commission shall ter
inmate July 1, 1905. There WILL how
ever, be many minor matters which
will occupy the members of the COM
mission for some time after the end
Of the fiscal year."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-27

kogee. however has come within tho
past few years and 1t Is now a city of
10000 people, prosperous. progressive
and very much up-to-date., Here the
writer had the pleasure of meeting
Michael Conlin, formerly of Ottrmwa,
low in the government service. He Is
much pleased with the conditions In
the Indian Territory and believes
there is a great future ahead when
statehood is secured In the vicinity
of Muskogee 100 acres Of land was
given to each Indian, man. woman ana
child. 1t is matter of record that
one Indian proved up twenty-one
children and received allotments ag-
gregating nearly four thousand acres.
gentleman who moved to Muskogee
from Illinois two years ago, speaking
of the social life in Indian Territory,
stated that he had more use for a
dress suit in Muskogee, a dozen times
over. than he formerly had when he
lived in Illinois.
A Run Through Texas.
A nights run from Muskogee
brought the editors to Dallas, Texas,
Dallas Is the chief commercial city of
Texas and gives evidence Of being
now the largest city in the state, hav-
Ing from $4,000 to 100000 population.
1t is developing with wonderful rapid
ity and is destined to become the.great
financial and business metropolis of
the empire state of Texas.
Houston, Galveston and San Antonio.
Another night on the cars and the
editors woke up at Houston Hous..
ton has population of $4,000 and
shows a school census of 1853 1t
has thirty eight public school build
jnpC thtrtIy- two =
ninty-three church buildings. 1t
has thirty eight banks, trust and
loan companys with bank clear
ances last year exceeding $3.50, 900, 900,
Over 100000 bales of cotton were re-
ceived at Houston last year. Houston
is at the head of deep water navi-
cation from the Gulf and it is expect-
ed that within. short time vessels
drawing over twenty feet of water can
Houston has great newspapers, the
office of the Houston Post being the
finest in the United States, In any city
of less than 100000 population
From Houston many of the editors
ran down to Galveston to take a dip
in the surf and see the great sea
wall four miles In length, which the
people Of Galveston have erected at
an enormous expense in order to pro-
49, wat Wy iIolil OVERFLOW Dy llCal
waves or tropical storm in the future.
The city is being raised from one to
seventeen feet above the old level
which prevailed previous to the great
flood of five years ago, which Destroy
ed millions of property and over 81
600 human lives
From Houston, the editorial train
was hauled in the night to San An
tonic, which with the Alamo and other
historic buildings and associations, is
one of the most interesting places in
the southwest. San Antonio by the
census of 1900, was the largest city In
Iexas. 1t has become health resort
of national prominence and is visited
annually by many thousands of peo-
l,le from all over the country.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-27
The skin of NV Teeth.

Speaking of the somewhat popular
lack of familiarity with the Bible, It
deserves to be said that this deficiency
Is not confined to unlettered people.
In an article on political crisis in
England Justin Mccarthy quoted the
expression "by the skin of his teeth
and parenthetically apologized for US.
ing what he called vulgar phrase.
The expression is quite commonly
rated as slang by very intelligent peo-
pie. A cynical commentator on this
expression calls it an Uzism, for the
reason that Job originally made use
Of 1t in his wailings. Saith Job in
his, nineteenth chapter, twentieth
verse:
II am escaped with the skin Of my
teeth" -Boston Herald.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-27
Real Facts About
Indain Territory
By Vim. Q. Beall,
Secretary of the
Dawes Commission.

Washington Star: William o. Beall,
secretary of the com mission OF the five
civilized tribes in Indian territory,
talked interestingly about the terri
tory, its people and it's prospects, The
five civilized tribes are the Cherokees,
the Choctaws, the Chickasaws, the
Creeks and the Seminoles. These
tribes originally occupied territory in
the southern states, but were moved
to Indian territory between 1923 and
1885 by the government owing to the
rapid encroachment of the white set
tiers upon their lands.
The Cherokees were originally
from northern Georgia and western
North Carolina; the Choctaws from
southwestern Alabama and southern
Mississippi; the Chickasaws from
northern Mississippi and western Ten
nessee, the Greeks principally from
Georgia and the Seminoles from Flor
ida.
When these noble read men, for they
are said to be the very best represent
tatives and types of the primitive
Americans, were removed to the local
ity now known as the Indian territory,
1t was wild and undeveloped region,
with bare handful of settlers over
this vast area, and these principally
from the vicinity of Fort Smith, the
military post just across the line in
Arkansas. The only Indians in the ter
ritory at that time were few nomads
who wandered aimlessly about, MAX
ing their homes wherever they pitched
their tepees. Game was plentiful.
Thousands of deer and buffalo roamed
about at will. 1t was an ideal country
for Indians at the time the five tribes
were taken there by officers of the gov
eminent
"In the lapse of years from that
time to the present" said MI. Beall,
there has been complete transform
alton"
The country is in as high state of
cultivation as Virginia is today. and
twentieth century improvements are in
evidence on all sides. The original
grant of the Choetaws in 1880 was all
that section of the country lying south
from Fort Smith on the Arkansas river
to the Red river, UP the Arkansas river
to the mouth of the Canadian river.
and including. all the territory lying
between the Canadian and Red rivers
to their sources. At this time the
Choctaw and Chickasaw territory.
which originally consisted of about
acres, includes only about
acres, the Cherokee nation
has a total of about 100000 acres:
the Creeks about 100000. while
the, Seminoles have the smallest terri
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-27
Making the Average.

At woman's club meeting In New
York recently woman who had made
q witty speech about men in general
was asked by one Of the members ,f
she could tell just what was the mean
Ing Of the expression, "An average
man" "Of course can" she prompt
" replied Il think an average man il
one who smiles and looks pleasant all
day at the office, but when he comes
home acts as cross as bear with a
Sore head, just SO he can make up the
average"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-27
A Danpcncr.

Il don't know any sensation as hui
initiating as that Of being told after
you have just finished your best
story, I've heard that before-but IN
a different way, of course or I heard
that another way or some other po-
lite way Of saying Chestnut" sa,d
prominent lawyer. "If there is any.
thing that dumps cold water on the
story teller and the audience 1t is that
sort OF thing. In some parts of the
country 1T would almost mean gun
play. I entirely agree with the old
Kentucky colonel who used to say.
No gentleman, sab, ever heard story
befoh, sir. '"-San Francisco Chronicle.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-27
IRON Around II.

Finnegan What ails yer facet
Flanagan-The ould woman hit me
wild the Pavin's Of this mornin's meal
o. mush. Finnegan-Go long wild vel
Sure mush is too soft Flanagan
Oh, she didn't stop to take 1t from the
pot!- Philadelphia Ledger.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-27
Her Heart.

Hilda-When you saw that he was
going to propose suppose you pressed
both hands to your heart? Kate-That
was impossible. My heart was In INV
mouth Mt the ime.-Boston Transcript.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-27

A genius is man who Is unable ia
unload his troubles at par.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-27

nS pCOplc VI OhlduOuld are oQClLl6Q
, statehood and congress should give
to them at the earliest possible no
tent
The Opening of Oklahoma
The opening of Oklahoma is one the
mances of American history When
ne shall have thrown the past into
respective, the historic figure of
rly Oklahoma will be David Lewis
tyne. who was the first Oklahoma
pmer," and the chief factor in the
>yement which resulted in setting
lde Oklahoma from the Indian Terri
y On April %, 1889, two million
tes of land lying little west and
nth OF the center of the Indian Ter
Try, which had never been assigned
any Indian tribe, and which was
own as Oklahoma, was opened to
lite settlement Here, starting at
hour of 10 o'clock, noon on the
d day of April 1890, occurred the
\ great rush for land and race for
les, and the entire section that had
thrown open to settlers, was set
up in a day Cities of 10000 or
e population sprang up between
n and dusk of that memorable
For asyear the people lived prac-
ly without law, but there was lit
disorder or lawlessness and little
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-27
An Editorial Itinerary.

Oklahoma, where the annual conven-
ton of the National Editorial associa.
ton was held on June Z, and 8.
Guthrie, Oklahoma.
Guthrie welcomed the editors with
an open-hearted hospitality such as is
seldom met with and never forgotten.
To take care of a party of nearly 600
people for two days and nights is
big task for city of less than 10000
inhabitants and it is needless to say
that the best homes of the city were
opened to the members of the party.
Less than sixteen years ago, there
was not house standing where today
is built Guthrie. The population of
the city at the last territorial census,
taken in the spring of 1904, was 27,729.
It is distinctively city of beautiful
homes; it is city of culture and re-
finement; it has six large school
buildings; it has county high school
building costing $4,000 and large
Catholic convent. 1t has a $4,000 Car
negie library and it has magnificent
Masonic Temple erected and equipped
by the Scottish Rite Consistory of Ok
lahoma and Indian Territory at cost
of $4,000. This is one of the finest
Masonic structures in the United
States. Guthrie has new city hall.
recently completed at a cost Of $685.
900. The Federal government is now
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1905-11-28
GILT EDGE Bptv,1,ts.

c. Z. McKoin was in town Saturday
to put in q bid on the mail route from
Stuart to Roy.
Mrs. Georgia Phillips left last week
for Butte.
Fred Anderson has been on the sick
list for several days.
Charles Shafer steps high since he
has donned his fancy, felt leather.
rubber boots.
J. II. Heckler has gone to Butte to
purchase a stock Of drugs for his new
store.
Quite number went from Gilt Edge
over to l. J. Days to party last
week and all came back jubilant over
the good time they had.
Two Of the miners from the Gold
Reef mill had rather grOtesque ex-
perience in grotto last Saturday
night. One, on his way from town.
lost his road and after wandering
around a while. came to some fresh
tracks. So he followed along very
carefully until the tracks suddenly
disappeared. He also disappeared
when voice from below was heard
to say, What did you jump on me
for?" Both were badly frightened and
began to apologize when each recog-
nized the others voice. AS they could
not eXtricate themselves in one jump,
they made two and arrived at their
work a little late, although not much
damaged. We refrain from giving the
names Of the parties as some govern
ment detectives might come along ana
inquire where they got their beverage
and the dealer be fined couple OF
hundred dollars for selling articles not
listed in the vendors license.
The poverty social given by the l..
O. r. NJ. was a success socially as well
as financially. Sixtythree We're in APP
propriate costumes and they resembl-
ed the remnants from a Kansas cy-
clone Many of the suits were very
unique and we'll designed. After all
had assembled a court was instituted
and a list of fines assessed against
those who were not in costume. Hugh
Green was appointed chief magistrate
and from his decision there was no
appeal. He looked as wise as an owl
on a limb OF a tree on a foggy night.
Mrs. Wiedeman, the lady marshal,
with her 14-inch star, and those little
ome-alongs that clasps ones wrists
did her duty and the guilty did come
along and get fined. p. c. Weydert
was the other marshal and had a 20
inch star and hand cuffs and the Ia
dies came right along. Several said.
May 1T please your honor, l have no
money and will you please fine the
marshal for bringing poverty stricken
girls up here?" and he had the fines
to pay. But when the marshal was
fined for not being good looking, the
young ladies walked up to his majes-
tvs high court and said, you have
made a mistake. He is good looking
and we will nav his fine
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1905-11-28

that will trayers the country more
completely. and we must look for this
from either the Milwaukee or the Chi
cago and Northwestern or the Great
Western. These roads have put out
feeder to feeders to draw trade unto
their main line as they have advanced
westward and it is presumed that
they pursue the same policy as they
continue westward. The Northern Pa
cific railroad company has enjoyed
undisputed possession of the greatest
inland empire on the continent for
nearly quarter of a century and SO
great has the traffic grown that
double track through Montana is
hinted at. A resident of the N. p. belt
whose ranch commands view Of
twenty miles of road says he Is never
out of sight Of train and 1t Is this as
much as anything else that Is respon-
sible for the great western movement
of the railroads. This fact more than
all proclaims the wealth of the great
northwestern region. This Is not an
especially opportune time to build
railroad for material is high and the
cost of construction is much higher
than 1t was ten years ago, but the
venture Of these roads almost beyond
settlement has had an effect to popu-
late the country penetrated and make
railroading profitable and the roads
seem to now be determined to span
the arid plains at a single leap to the
more densely populated mountain re-
giOn and select a route westward
through some of our prosperous VAL
leys in order that they may establish
trade connections before every valley
in the country Is searched by the
branch lines Of rival corporations.
A paying local business may be devel-
oped on almost any route selected and
once these lines reach a tide water q
great harvest awaits them. The next
five years promises to check the en-
tire center-mountain region with rail-
roads. The activity in developing irri-
cation enterprises gives assurance of
great increase in soil products, OF
homes, Of people and prosperity. And
the travelling to and fro in the work OF
possessing and subjugating the will
derness means activity, industry and
the Inauguration Of a season of great
activity, prosperity and unparalleled
progress and times such as the far
west has never known before. Rocky
Mountain Husbandman.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1905-11-28
Tom Graham, Who Was Herding for
James Wilson, Believed to Have
Been Frozen to Death.
SEVERE BLIZZARD AT FIATWILLOW
One of the Worst Storms in Years
Raging Through Southern Part
of the County.

A long distance telephone message
to the Democrat from Flatwillow, in
the southern part of this county,
states that one of the worst blizzards
ever experienced has been raging for
two days throughout that part of the
county. The snow at Flatwillow is
three feet deep and the thermometer
registered at 10 degrees below zero
practically all of yesterday.
1t is feared that there will be at least
one fatality from the blizzard. Tom
Graham. sheep herder who was out
with a band Of sheep for James VIII.
son, is lost and had not been found up
to noon today. Some of the sheep
which he was herding have been
found but without the herder. 1t is
believed that he got lost in the blind
ing snow and as the entire neighbor-
hood had been searched without avail
it is almost certain that the man has
been frozen to death and his body will
not be found until the weather mod
crates so that searchers can make
more systematic hunt.