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The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-28

The importance of the Appalachian
forest cover to the cotton milling in
LUstry alone, in the Piedmont regions
ol North Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia is shown by the statistics of
the mills operated by the water power
derived from the streams having their
sources in these mountains. In these
three states there are 1G3 mills so
operated, with a combined capital stock
Of $33,000.0 900, with 2,770,000 spindles
and 5O,926 looms and giving work to
over $4,000 employees. The total an
nual production of these mills is ap-
?roximately Sj4,OOO,0OO.
Virginia has interests also, which
are not included in the above figures,
rs have also Tennessee and Kentucky,
on the western side of the mountains.
A National forest reserve in the
White Mountains of New Hampshire is
also a matter of general concern and
vital to the well being of the industries
of all New England. We are upon the
threshold of great industrial competi-
ton with the producing powers of the
world; to maintain our supremacy we
must retain our hold upon our cheap
water power, which, through electrical
invention is being utilized as never be-
fore and greatly aiding to our national
prosperity.
The creation of the Appalachian and
White Mountain Forest Reserves can
not be left to the states; the question
is an interstate and therefore a ma
tional one Nearly all the rivers of
New England head in the White Noun
tains of New Hampshire and it is of
supreme imnortance to the industries
Of all the New England States, repre-
senting tens Of millions of dollars, that
the forest cover at the river sources
shall be preserved and improved.
National delav in the acquisition of
these reserves" would be DANGEROUS
and wasteful. Timber land which a
few years a@o could have been pur-
chased at $50 to So an acre has now
trebled and quadrupled in value. Ad-
ditional delav will mean a further in
crease in cost. Congress should act
at once and preserve from destruction
one of the greatest resources of the
nation.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-28

became his wife and the mother of his
son, the present congressman. The
mother still keeps and prizes her first
declaration of love.
Judge LOngworth was once travel
ing in Italy. He was in forward car
with friend; and when his wife sent
word for him to come back to her, the
judge remarked, 1--WE had best take all
our things as the dago marquis here
might swipe them" This remark was
made concerning a swarthy looking
man in the opposite seat. fhe Judge
was only joking, thinking too, that the
stranger did not understand English.
When the train stopped, the Marquis
handed the judge a card. He was
a sure enough marquis and he knew
English. The card meant duel, but
Longworth was equal to the occasion,
for he responded, "Why hello Marquis,
glad to meet you" The offended noble
man had to laugh and the two be-
came good frineds.
At another time the judge conceiv-
ed the plan of living a few days with
the bandits in Thessaly. With sever
al friends an expedition was organ
lied and the party went into the noun
tains of upper Greece. They found a
famous robber chief and told him they
wanted to have a social visit with him
and his men. A bag of gold was CIV
en- the outlaws and for two weeks
Longworth and his party saw much
Of a section and people which had
been a sealed book to even the near
est inhabitants. They hunted and
played games, but the robbers COM
mitted no crimes during the visit.
When the stay was over the chief
escorted them to the frontier and saw
them in safe hands. There was a
price on his head and beyond a GER
tain line he dared not go. The judge
often remarked that he never enjoyed
trip more.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-28

Z Land ONCE, Frederick Ii. Newell, Chief
Engineer of the Reclamation Service
land Clifford Pinchot. Chief of the
Bureau OF Forestry, has during the
course of two years made a study Oh
| the pubic lands condition and has
brought in a report which has been
forwarded to Congress by the President
| with a special message recommending
| the repeal OF the Timber and Stone
| Act and the substitution of rational
forest policy of selling only the stump
| age from the public timber lands, re-
tanning tie lands for future timber
growth; recommending the radical
amendment of the commutation clause
Iof the Homestead Act and a like
amendment Of the Desert Land Act in
|such manner a. to require actual resi-
dence and improvement under both of
the latter named laws, amounting to
their practical repeal.
The provisions of this report are
highly satisfactory TO the Forestry and
Irrigation Committee of the National
Board of Trade, which believes that
their enactment into law. strictly en-
forced, would do away with land and
timber grabbing and promote these pol
icies on this subject for which the
Board has consistently striven.
The present indefensible land policv
Of the United States is resulting in an
actual money loss to the government
of tens of millions of dollars annually,
in the denuding of our watersheds and
the destruction of all chances for a
future timber supply, in the building
up of lordly landed estates in the West
OF tens and hundreds of thousands of
acres in single ownerships, instead of
providing for the creating of thousands
of small rural homes-in short in the
mismanagement and waste of the
greatest resource ever possessed by any
nation on earth.
The attention of our lawmakers in
Congress should be urgently called to
the fact that while they are attempting
economy in the expenditure of money.
they are allowing laws to remain in
force under which by far the most
valuable asset of the nation is being
Ncklessly wasted.
Under the Timber and Stone Act.
the sales of public timber lands dur
ing the last five years have been as
follows:
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-28
NICK LONGWORTH'S FATHER.
Was One of the First Men OF Ohio
| Interesting lnciuentS OF Lie.

interesting luClOSntS Ol LilGs
Congressman Nick Longworth, the
Presidents son-in-law, is a Millionaire
OF Cincinnati. His family is one OF
the oldest and most aristocratic of that
city. His father, Judge LongT orth, was
IS able a man as ever sat on the su'
preme bench of the State, and withal
one of the youngest He resigned this
position as he did not care TO take life
100 seriously after passing fifty. When
he died he was colonel on Gov. Mckin
tey's staff, death resulting from ex'
posure on an Inauguration day.
Judge Longworth was man not only
beloved, but brilliant. His courtship
IF his wife, mother of the present Con-
gresham, began when both were but
six years old She was then little Sue
Walker. Some years before the judge
lied, he built a small steamboat for
jlea-ure trips on the Ohio river. lie
allied it the CO. Il was an odd
name. and people wondered what il
meant. Some said 1t stood for Cincin-
lati, Ohio, others said II meant Come
of, but the judge would not make pub
'ic the origin of such an odd christen-
ing. Years later, he told this story:
AS a boy, he had fallen in love with
Sue Walker, and confided his affection
to his mother, who wished TO encour-
age him in writing, and advised him
10 express his love in a letter. He
lid so but did not know how to spell
Sue. He ponde-ed a while, then rea-
soned that If d-o-spelled do" co
ought to spell Sue. That was the way
ne addressed his first love letter, and
when he was a man grown, dear c. o."
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-28

table, are as woolly as sheep and quiet
as lambs.
Seven of these little fellows were
imported by Mr.. Jamrach, the natural
list, and he insists that they are quite
at home and well hammered in the
house and that a baby might safely
play with them. Two of the herd arc
chestnuts, two mouse, one bay, one
black. but the "pick of the bunch" the
smallest of all, has a long cream
colored coat and a tail that sweeps the
floor.
All seven were bought at SIS each
on the first day of their exhibition
One of the customers is an intimate
friend of the Queen, so that it is quite
probable that a pigmy pony will fine
a royal mistress.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-28
Stokcr in First Locomotive.

Letchworth Cox, who was a stoker
on the first locomotive that ever got
mp steam in America, celebrated his
ninety-frst birthday at his home in
Jamesburg, N. j., on Christmas Day
Mr.. Cox was the son of Joseph and
Hannah Cox and was born in Chester
county, Pa, in 1914. He is still in
possession of all his faculties.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-28
SGn-2S

A large oportion Of these lands have
been in the heavily timbered belt of the
far Northwest and is of the class of
timber described by the Secretary Of
the Interior I'm his report for the fiscal
year ended June 80 1908, in which he
says:
, The Timber and Stone Act will. If
not repealed or radically amended. re-
suit ultimately i'm the complete destruc-
ton Of the timber on the inappropriate
ed and unreserved public lands The ra-
Didity with which the public timbered
lands are being denuded of their timber
and the opportunity offered under the
Timber and Stone Act for the fraudu-
lent ACQUISITION of title 10 public tim.
hered lands at the uniform price Of
$3.50 per acre when they are in many
instances worth forty times that (S100)
has been heretofore set forth in the
pages of my annual reports and those
of my predecessors"
Hundred Million Dol ar Waste.
But estimating the values only OF the
4,7O9,860 acres of timber land disposed
of in the last five years, and at only
$25 per acre, the government has. in
that time, parted with the title OF land
worth S1l7,74G,500. The price received
for this land has been at the uniform
rate of $3.50 per acre, or $11,774,650,
loss to the government of over $780,
100000. Your committee endorses the
recommendation of the President and
his Public Lands Commission for the re-
peal of this Timber and Stone Act and
the substitution of a rational forest
policy, by which the title to the public
timber lands shall remain forever in
the government, the stumpage only TO
be disposed of, at its market value.
Under such plan as this, and under
an agreement whereby one half the
proceeds could be devoted to the For
estry Service and the other half to
the Irrigation Fund, two policies of
great internal improvement and i'm
portance could be generously main
tained, while at the same time the
forestry question would be to a great
extent solved public forest lands being
numbered in such manner as to pre-
serve the young growth and leave the
forest as a perpetual source of income
to the nation and at the same time
conserve the water supply.
II the S100000,000 which have been
lost TO the government under the above
showing. were at hand, a score or more
of enormous irrigation projects could
be Immediately constructed, reclaiming
from 100000 to 100000 acres of
desert land, and enormous areas Of
Eastern forest reserves created through
the purchase Of mountain timber lands
east of the Mississippi.
In this connection, y-ur committee
is much impressed with the importance
of the creation of federal forest re-
serves to preserve the water supply
of eastern steams, upon the continued
flow Of which depends much of our
manufacturing activity. ThN western
half of the United States has over 1OO.-
100000 acres set aside in national forest
reserves, as a source of future timber
supply and for the preservation of the
flow OF streams for irrigation: but
the east has no such an advantage.
whereas, the menace to her water sun.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-28
The Old Folks Vcre Absent.

A man came TIP to a lecturer in a ho-
tel in Kansas City, saying with enthu-
siasm: "Well, sir | enjoyed your lecture
very much last night" Il didn't see you
there" remarked the lecturer "Oh, |
wasn't there" 'Well, what do you mean
by telling me you enjoyed my lecture, and
you were not PRESENT. "Oh, l bought
tickets for my girls father and mother,
and they both went!"
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-28
They Must GnaW.

Rats, mice and squirrels unceasing
ly gnaw at something, not out of pure
mischief, as people generally imagine
but because they are forced to.
Animals of this class, especially
rats, have teeth which continue to
grow as long as the owner lives. This
being the case, the rodent is Obliged
to continue his gnawing so as to keer
his teeth ground off to a proper length
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-28

Only hardshell nuts should be fed
to park squirrels. The teeth of a squir-
rel grow so fast that he needs hard
shell nuts to keep them at the proper
length. A squirrels teeth will grow
so long that he cannot eat.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-28
PIGMY ICELAND PONIES.
Pets in Parlors OF London Society
TWenty-Eight Inches High, =

London society has bad case of the
zoologicals. Tiger cats, gentle little
lemurs; gazelles, with their soft
brown eyes," fretful porcupines and
ant-eaters have in turn been made
pets, but they have all been dethroned
as rulers of petdom by the parlor ponies
of Iceland.
These tiny creatures are the fun
niest little things imaginable. They are
no larger than a Newfoundland dog
their height is twenty-eight inches
slightly less than that of the ordinary
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-28
For Eastern Forest Reserves.

In q speech al Raleigh, n. c., on
October goth, last, resident Roosevelt,
said: 1T is the upper attitudes OF the
lorested mountains mat aIe most valu-
able to the nation as whole, especially
because OF their effects upon the water
supply. Neither state or nation can af-
lord to turn these mountains over to
the unrestrained greed of those who
would exploit them at the expense OF
the future. We cannot afford TO wait
longer before assuming control in tnC
interests of the public, of these forests;
for if we do wait, the vested interests
of private parties in them may be-
come so strongly inEenched that II
may be a most expensive task to ousl
lem. If the eastern states are wise,
then from the Bay Of Fundy to the
III We VIII see, within the next few
years a policy set on foot similar 70
that so fortunately carr ed out in the
Ugh Sierras of the west by the Ma
'onal government. Au the higher Ap-
ralachians should be reserved. Such
reserves would be a paying investment,
not only in protection TO many inter-
csts, but in dollars and cents to the
government The Importance to the
southern people of protecting the south
ern mountain forests is obvious. These
forests are the best defense against the
floods which, in the recent past, have,
during a single twelve months. destroy
ed property officially valued at nearly
twice that it would cost to buy the
Southern Appalachian Reserve"
The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-28

ply from forest destruction is equally
as great. Large areas in the Southern
Appalachian and White Mountain
hanges should be created into forest
reserves.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-02-12
MISS RoosEVELTS BIRTHDAY

Miss Alice Roosevelt is % years of
age today. This event will be cele-
brated by n dinner party at which
number OF her young friends will be
present.
Miss Alice has for the past year or
so been almost constantly in the pub
lie eye, Take II as a whole she has
done well. Most any young woman
of her age would have had a slight
case of big head" The daughter OF
the President, she was treated with
marked consideration wherever she
went. Social honors We're heaped up
on her. In her travels abroad crowned
heads considered her as their equal
and the same degree. of courtesy was
accorded her II she had been born of
royalty. That she has escaped the
taint OF this adulation and much maxi
ing over is to her credit and she is To-
be commended II requires the be. /
OF common sense in giving up ,nese
~ AA'b't'e w A'ANA ~ w IAA'H''t' NV
and not miss their absence. She is
soon to wed Mr. LOrgSorth OF Ohio
and while his station is high. there
will be a marked contrast between
being the dau shter OF the White
House and the first lady of the land
and a colgressmans wife. There is
no doubt however, Miss Roosevelt
will readily adapte herself to the
changed conditions and her married
life will be measured ont with the
average amount of gladness and sor.
row She is but human and must like
the rest of us take up married life
with its joys and accompanying bur
dens. We wish her much happiness
and congratulate Mr.. Longworth. "a
Long may they live. '"o
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-02-12
Home Mission Society.

The Ladies Home Mission Society
OF Broadway Methodist church will
meet at the church Tuesday afternoon
at 2:30 O'Clock. There will be i'm.
portant business, also election OF otri-
GERS. The corresponding secretary re-
quests all to have their quarterly re-
ports ready, and also bring in the
quarterly dues. All who can arc also
requested to bring any articles H..
tended for the box to be made up for
a needy preacher
MRS. F. II. WOOD, Sec.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-02-12
SIX PERISH IN A FIRE
INMATES OF LODGING HOUSE
LOSE THEIR LIVES.
Portland, Oregon the Scene Of the
Holceaust-Transfer Company
Lose twenty-five Head Of
Horses-Loss $50, 900.

Horses-Loss $4,000.
Portland. Ore, Feb. 12.-At least
sir persons lost their lives in a fire
at the east end of the Morrison street
bridge spanning the Willamette river
this morning Ten or more are ser
iously injured.
The dead are: Nathaniel p. Young,
watchman: John Hendy. photograph.
er; two unknown women; two un-
known men.
The principal loss OF life was in
the lodging houses. The financial loss
Is fifty thousand dollars. Twenty.
two horses, the property Of the trans
fer company were consumed
Young met his death trying to save
the horses. Cut of by flames he ap-
peared at an upper window Of the
barn. and cried to the crowd; Good
bye, boys. can't get out this time"
Then fell back into the flames.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-02-12
NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the District Court of the United
States for the Southern District, at
Ardmore.
In the matter Of L. E. Franklin.
bankrupt, in Bankruptcy.
To the creditors of l.. e. Franklin
in the Southern District in the Indian
Territory, at Ardmore, bankrupt
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day of Feby, 1906, the said l..
e. Franklin, was duly adjudged
bankrupt, and that the first meeting
of their creditors will be held at my
Office at the Court house in the city
of Ardmore, on the cath day of Feby,
1906, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
at which time the said creditors may
attend, prove their claims, appoint a
trustee, examine the bankrupt and
transact such other business as may
come before said meeting.
JOHN HINKLE, Ardmore, I. T.
Referee in Bankruptcy.
First published, Feb. 10, 1906.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-02-12
NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the District Court of the United
States for the Southern District, az
Ardmore.
In the matter of Arnett & Keeton,
bankrupt, in Bankruptcy.
To the creditors OF Arnett & Keeton
in the Southern district of the Indian
Territory, at Ardmore, a bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on the
31st day of Jan. 1906, and Feb. 10th
1906, the said G.. A. Keeton. Robt.
Keeton, Joe Arnett and 70. B.
Arnett, were duly adjudged
bankrupt, and that the first meeting
of his creditors will be held at my
ONCE at tho Court house in the city
OF Ardmore, on the oath day of Feby,
1906, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
at which time the said creditors may
attend, prove their claims, appoint
trustee. examine the bankrupt and
transact such other business as may
come before said meeting. no. u.,o
JOHN HINKLE. Ardmore, I, T..
Referee In Bakruptcy
First published. Feb, 12. 1906
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-02-12
REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS.


The action OF the Bar Association
of South McAlester on the 7th in
stant adopting a strong resolution
praying congress to remove tho re-
strictions on all indian lands except
such lands as belong to ,he Indian Of
full blood is a step in the right direc-
ton
II is a gross injustice to class all
Indians as being of the same degree
Of intellect Many of them are high
ly educated and possess splendid
business qualifications. To say that
such men as McLish, Carter and
Johnston of the Chickasaw Nation,
McCurtain. Scott and Kaiser Of the
Choctaw Nation. John Brown Of the
Seminole Nation, Porter. McKellop,
Grayson and Stidham OF the Creek
Nation, Owens, Hastings and Thomp-
son OF the Cherokee Nation, and
thousands OF others too numerous 10
mention are not competent to care
for themselves is highly ridiculous.
There are Indians OF the five tribes
that are lawyers, doctors preachers,
merchants. In fact every profession
and trade Is represented. The slow
process OF the secretary OF the in
terror in passing upon the merits OF
each applicant is not only exasperat-
ing but humiliating and will take him
years to finish. The larger number
Of Indians are farmers and therefore
familiar with land values The gov
ernment cannot keep them forever
in a state Of pupilage. II the restric-
tions are removed an influx of popu-
lation in the territory unprecedented
in history will follow. Competition
will increase tenfold the price of
land Trade will revive, towns will
grow into cities. schools and churches
will be established and a general era
of prosperity will follow.
Ordinarily every Indian, the head
OF a family. has more land than they
can or care to cultivate. With the pro
ceeds derived from the sale Of the
supluy the Indian could improve
his ether property, buy better and
more up.to-date farming implements
and in every way make himself bet
ter fit for life's struggle. Statehood
is desirable. but by all means let the
restrictions be removed. This is the
desideratum to the accomplishment
Of which every effort should be made.
All the bar associations and cham
bers OF commerce OF the various
towns in the territory should adopt
similar resolutions and see that con.
gress is supplied with such resolu-
tions. Should statehood come with
out such restrictions having been re.
moved but little land would be sub
ject to taxation and the burden OF the
state government would in a large
measure fall on the towns.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-02-12
Married at Gainesville.

Miss Madeline Jeter and Mr.. Willis
Choate were united in marriage Sun,
day afternoon at 8 O'Clock, at the res
idence CT ]. j. Clark, Gainesville.
Texas, Rev. J. b. Giles OF the Metho-
dist church oficiating. The wedding
was very quiet one, only few Of
the contracting parties most intimate
friends and relatives being present.
The bride Is very accomplished
young lady CT st. Joe. Texas. The
groom Is well known In Ardmore and
numbers many friends among Ard
more people. He is a brother of our
townsman T. H. Choate. Mr.. Choate
Is proprietor and publisher OF tho
Marietta Monitor, an enterprising pa
per Of Marietta. where he makes
his home md where the newly mar
ried couple will i've,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-02-12
Territory Schools.

The Ardmoreite is in receipt OF the
following from the offlce of Indian In
spector J. Geo. Wright. relative to the
date of closing OF schools:
Sir:-I understand that a report
has been circulated somewhat
throughout the Territory to the effect
that the schools would close February
14th. Such report is not correct and
am in receipt of the following tell.
gram In reference thereto:
Washington, d. c., Feb, 1906.
Wright, Inspector, Muskogee, l. T.
Referring to Office letter Of July
thirty-flrst nineteen hundred and Ave
to Benedict, Supt., transmitting copy
of Department order Of July twenty
fourth. the Secretary directs special
attention to report said to be widely
circulated in Indian Territory that all
schools will close on February four
teenth. No order to that effect has
been issued from this Office or from
the Department. Assurances are CIV.
en- by leading men in Congress that
the bill for winding up affairs in In.
dian Territory will reach the Presi-
dent for signature before March
fourth but if the bill does not become
a law, schools must close as directed
in order referred to. Give this cor
rection wide publicity.
LEUPP, Commissioner"