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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-01
900

In spite of the fact of the recent decision Of the
supreme court OF New york to the contrary, the sup
RENE court of Missouri has decided that Henry H.
Rogers must answer, this time on the advice of a
a higher counsel. You just can't do anything with a
Missouran you We got to show him.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-01
900

president Of the Commercial club must be ell
ected to take the place Of G. E. Hunter who has left
us. The regular meeting of the club occurs next
Monday evening Its time to be casting about for a
good man Who is he2
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-01
900

The town Of Tulsa seems to be long on education
and short cleanliness. Bonds for the school build
ngs carried but bonds for extending the sys-
tenn were tabooed
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-01

The State Capital, alas, has allowed itself to be-
come statehood knocker. Tuesday it permitted its
Washington correspondent to say The result that
the outlook for joint statehood in this congress
very gloomy. It's best friends are forced to admit
this much, and in private, concede that only tour
de force the part of the administration compel
a transformation in the present conditions And #
this isn't treason, what is il?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-22

George Barr McCutcheon has just
completed arrangements with his pub
fishers, Dodd. Mead & Co., for the pub
LEGATION next spring Of a new short
story, to be illustrated by Harrison
Fisher, to be issued in the same general
style as "Cowardfce Court and The
Purple Parasol.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-22

by blazed trees. It is easy enough to
follow in the dense jungles, because
there is no place else that will permit
the free passage of a human being but
In the open forests and burnt outs" ii
is often difficult to find, and once off the
trail a tenderfoot is helpless.
Ben Hooks and Mr.. Lilly were in
charge Of the drive The other mem
bers of the party were posted where the
bear might cross the trails. The driv-
ers, with the aid of Dandy were sup
posed to find the bear and start the
chase. John Salter and the writer were
mounted and the rest were on foot A
horse can be ridden on the trails if the
rider does not object to having his knees
and shins bumped by trees, but in the
thiciSet a Horse Is next to useless to one
stationed to watch for the bear are
called ISLANDERS and this time they
were scattered along the middle trail
with two exceptions. Bud Hooks was
stationed near the Gum Stick pond on
the Lightning road and John Salter, who
had horse, was sent to Black creek,
four miles to the south. The writer was
given a position on Middle trail on the
south side of the Hurricane" The
hurricane" is the hiding place of the
bear. At some remote date a tornado
had broken down all the heavy timber
for about a half mile In width and two
miles in length. A dense underground
took the place of the timber and bear
may pass within ten feet of a hunter
without being seen. The hunt always
begins at 1.-The Hurricane and on this
occasion Ben Hooks, Mr.. Lilly and the
dogs entered the Hurricane south of the
Gum Stick pond. Then ensued a long
wait while Dandy prowled through the
brush in search of the track of a bear.
A.
It was about 1870 o'clock when the
hunt began at the Hurricane and 1t
was nearly an hour later before Dandy
lifted up his voice in the welcome
though discordant notes that signaIed
that his quest had been successful The
trail was a hot one and in a few minutes
the deep and infrequent baying of the
old dog became almost a yelp. which
told that the quarry had Jumped" or
had left his lair. This was the signal
for releasing the pack and Dandy's bay
ing had an accompaniment which ran
almost the entire gamut of dogdom.
Away they went, leaving Dandy and
the drivers far in the rear. From the
writer's station on the Middle trail he
heard the beginning of the chase, bat it
was so fast and furious that the dogs
were soon out of hearing Though the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-22

Mcclure, Phillips & Company an
nounce new editions, at a low price
of those popular books of Major
Martin Hume, entitled 1.-The Courtship.
Affairs of Mary, Queen of Scots" TheJ
are attractively bound in red cloth
with gold decorative device and let.
tering.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-22

man. Here Is the code. Three long
blasts means come to me-" and two
Is used to call the dogs. The Kansan
/ Is not an expert at blowing a hunting
norm but he blew three blasts until it
seemed as If his lips would drop off
, and no one answered. He fired his rife
and shouted until he was hoarse, but
there was no response. Still he had no
thought of leaving the bear. Bruin had
assumed position of great Importance
because he had permitted himself to be
killed by a tenderfoot from the plains.
An hour passed and then far down
toward Black creek the deep baying of
Dandy was heard. He was still fol-
lowing the trail of the bear that was
lying dead in the thicket. The veteran
hound soon came up and he forgot his
age long enough to caper around the
PROSTATE animal. This Interference was
resented by Buck who had curled up
between the front and hind legs of the
bear and who growled savagely when
any other dog approached. After the
pear IS dead Buck owns it-before that
he seldom gets near enough to estab-
lish any claim to proprietorship.
Ten minutes after the arrival Of
Dandy the hunter got an answer to hig
norm and shortly after the smiling fact
OF John Salter showed through the
brush He appeared greatly surprised
it?' said he. did you xiii this bear
youFself?" Then he added in a con-
cfliatory tone Wei. old man, I'm
mighty glad of it; and he was
a half hour later. They had followed
Dandy until they heard the horn
Which way did you run after you
shot the bear p asked Bud with a twin
kle in his eye Toward the course ia
ken by the bear Of course" responded
the Kansan.
Wen these tracks don't look like it,"
said Bud, pretending to examine the
ground. They say that If you ran
toward the bear you ran backward"
Ben Hooks was the third arrival. He
had heard the horn but owing to the
d1fhculty with which the Kansas man
sounded the signals he had mistaken
them Il just thought it was some
blamed fool who had got lost said he,
him until the hunt was over" There
was tone in his voice which indicated
that the man Ben thought had been
lost was standing not far away.
A trail was soon cut and the bear
was put on the writer's horse, taking
his place in the saddle and was secure
~ tied with ropes. The party with the
bear reached camp at about o'clock
after having been in the thIcket for
nearly nine hours without food or drink
The actual chase of the bear occupied
a little over four hours.
n
Dogs are seldom run two days in
succession during a bear hunt. Unlike
a deer bruin keeps to the dense thick
cts when follow by dogs and the under
brush and briars lacerate the skins of
the hounds until the dogs become too
careful to be effective They also be-
come footsOre from long races. They
are also often injured by the bear. Dur
ing one fight last season six dogs out
of eight in the chase were disa bled by
a big bear that weighed 900 pounds
They all recovered, however. To guard
against accidents Of this kind the hunt
er usually empties his rifle into the
bear. for it is the wounded bear that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-22

ers recognize their own youthful
selves and whom all healthy lads are
quick to claim as a comrade, his adj
ventures-this is the second book of
their telling-are good reading for
boys of all ages. There isn't a mean
fibre in Pinkey; all his mischief is
wholesome and above-board; but he
was born a leader, and the mischief
he doesn't think of in the course of a
year simply isn't worth thinking Of
and what is more deliciOusly funny
than boys innocent mischief. 1t is
said that Pinkey's adventures are
largely memories of Captain Harold
Hammond's own young days-certain-
ly they read like it.
with Byron in Italy" will be pub
lished by A c. McClurg & Co during
the autumn as a companion volume to
with Shelley in Italy" and Florence
in the Poetry of the Brownings." The
volume has been edited by Mrs. Anna
Benneson McMahan and copiously
illustrated by photographs collect
ed by her Of scenes made fam
GUS BY the great English poet
during his sojourn in Italy. The
material for the new volume has
been selected from the poems
and letters Of Byron covering the per-
iod of his life from 1916 to 1923, and
makes a practically continuous nara
tive of his eventful stay in the land
he loved. Everything in his publish d
works, his correspondence. and his
diary, that would throw light upon
| Byron's susceptibility to Italian in7u-
ences has been given in full and duly
arranged in chronological sequence.
i Mrs. McMahan providing an introduce
ton and notes.
George Barr McCutcheon has just
completed arrangement with his pub
fishers, Dodd. Mead & Co, for the pub
| Iicatfon next spring of q new short
fn he Iq1e a. NV IL
Fisher, to be issued in the same general
style as "Cowardice Court and The
Purple ParasoL'
Mcclure, Phillips & Company an
nounce for publication representative
collection of fairy stories of all ma
TONS entitled THE Fairy Ring" edit
ed by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora
Archibald Smith, who have already
edited Golden Numbers and The
Posy Ring" in the same Library of
| Children's Classics. There are some 5
stories il all, in the collection, the edi-
tors having gone far af1eld and into
the byways as well as into the high
ways of fairy lore for fresh material.
| OF course many of the old favorites ap-
pear here, but those which are most
/ commonly included in books of this
! character have been replaced by stOr-
les of equal worth but less we'll known
and less easy to get at. Mrs. Wig
gin contributes a delightful introduce
ton, while her sister, Miss Nora Archi-
bald Smith, has a poem in which the
leading figures in this fairy ring are
drawn together in a charming fashion.
The J. B. Lippincott company has
lately published a beautiful collection
of facsimile reproductions of the draw
ings of Jean Francois Miliet. accom-
panied with an Introductory essay by
! Leon Benedite Of the Luxem bourg gal
lery. The book is an imperial quarto.
I thus allowing reproductions of such a
size that the work Of this most extra
ordinary figure of nineteenth century
art may be fully comprehended and
studied to the best advantage. There
] are fifty reproductions. Including all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-22
Chase Of Bruin In Big Woods Of
South.
State Journal Correspondent
Tells His Experiences.
HELPS CAPTURE TWO.
Chase Of One Occupied Over
Four Hours.
Hooks Brothers and Their Fame
as Hunters.
Big Thicket One of Few Places
HELPS CAPTURE TWO.
Big Thicket One Of Few Places
Where Bear May BE Found.

Kountze. Tex. Dec. 15.-The Big
Thicket of Texas is known throughout
the south wherever there is man
who enjoys the chase of big game. II
It now recognized as one of the few
refugees for the black bear and its
dense thickets and open glades fur
nish places and feeding grounds for
the white tail deer. There are also
wild turkeys and bob cats to be found
within its depths but when any one
speaks Of the thicket now, 1t is always
associated with bear.
The black bear OF the big thicket is
the ordinary black bear OF North
America. Sometimes a small full
grown bear is killed Weighing as little
as 200 pounds and occasionally one
that viii tilt the scales at 500. but the
average weight is probably about 800.
Hunting bear is grept sport but it
requires endurance patience and per-
sistence. The writer knows more
about this than he did q month ago
and he got his experience in the big
thicket under the guiding hand of Ben
and Bud Hooks, the famous bear
hunters OF Texas. II you leave Tope-
ka midnight on the Santa Fe and
travel all the next day and night you
will reach kOuntze. Hardin county,
Texas, in the heart OF the big thiclzet
at noon on the second day. Then hunt
UP the Hooks brothers and your trOu-
bles Will be over so far as arrange
ments for the hunt are concerned.
They know all about the haunts of the
bear every trial and byway of the
thicket they own the most reliable
pack Of bear hounds in Texas and
what IS also quite important have a
hunting lodge near the hunting
grounds in the forest equipped with
iron beds, mattresses and blankets It
is q two hours ride from Kountze to
the Hooks lodge. There the Kansans
found two negro cooks busily engaged
in preparing supper which on this first
day consisted Of bacon, sweet potatoes,
warm bread and coffee. The two
cooks were Abe and Charley and they
are masters Of the art of preparing a
meal over an open fire. In the party
which gathered around the table on
the first evening in camp were the two
Hooks brothers, John Salters, the
county clerk of Hardin county. Carter
Hart. the county surveyor, Tom Dies.
county attorney. Bill McConocoe, the
sheriff. Benjamin Vernon Lilly, a vet
cram hunter. three men from Sllsbee,
Branharnss Felter and. Y okes, Irving
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-22

Has a new Anglo American o
rived? This question has bee
by more than one critical read
recent volume Of verse, entitle
Worker. and Other Poems" It's
Coningsby William Dawson, IS
young man; an Englishman b,
a graduate of Oxford. and at
a resident Of this country. His
tentious and unheralded little
has been acclaimed by many
prised critic as a genuine and
ant poetic utterance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-22

track but that of a bear. He has an
unfailing scent and once he strikes a
taril he never quits until the bear is
dead or leaves the country.
The dogs are fastened together two
and two, but Dandy is allowed to roam
at will. The others might chase off
after a deer or bobcat but the old dog
can be trusted to get what the party is
hunting FOR As soon as the bear leaves
his bed upon the approach of the dog
the rest of the pack is Unbiased and
away they all go, bear and dogs, leav-
ing Dandy far behind still persistent
with his nose close to the ground, loud
ly baying and following as fast as his
heavy legs viii carry him.
While the writer was in the thicket
there were two bears killed. The first
one was shot by Mr. Lilly in the first
days hunt after a chase OF only about
half an hour The second was killed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-22

within one day of a week later AS this
one more closely concerns the writer.
the manner of his chase and death viii
be told in detail
The hunting party on this occasion
was composed Of ten people and eight
dogs. Leaving camp at 1880 in the
morning the middle trail for the bear
grounds-about two miles southeast
was taken. A trail in the big thicket is
a path cut through the forests and tan
gle of underbrush and usually marked
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-22

kills and cripples dogs. The bear hunt
er often delivers the death shot Win
the gun only a few inches from the
animals body A bear is seldom killed
by a single shot, the one captured py
the writer being one of the few excep-
lions.
y
The passing of the North American
black bear is only a question of few
years. The Hooks boys and their
friends killed 1 Gin the Big thicket last
year by persistent hunting, which was
a big record. Mr.. Lilly. who has spent
the greater portion of his life hunting
says that there are only Is bear left IN
the Big thicket and that there are but
40 in all the southern bear territory, In
Guiding Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi
and Arkansas. He does not count the
Florida bear which belong in differ
ent class.
n
The Big thicket was originally about
100 miles long and 30 miles wide but the
axe of the lumberman has reduced It
to a tract about 20 miles long and II
or Is miles in width. and even now the
giant pines are being felled within
three-quarters Of a mile of the Parker
house, the hunting headquarters of the
Hooks.
When the forests are no more the
doom of the few surviving members Of
the big game family in the south will
have been sounded and this IS not far
away. L. L. K.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-22

Roberts, John Strickrott the we'll
known Topeka photographer and the
writer from Topeka. Kan. During the
remainder of the ten days stay in
camp there were never fewer than this
number at the table and one day %
people we're entertained at dinner
The bill Of fare was varied Bacon
was forgotten and succulent bear
steaks and the juicy loin Of venison
were substituted
II order to thoroughly understand
how the bear in the big thicket are
hunted and killed it is necessary to con-
slider the two master hunters, Henry
(Bud) Hooks and his brother, Ben.
In this particular hunt another import
ant factor was Ben V. Lilly of Louisi-
ana. who is engaged in hunting speci-
mems for the United States biological
museum and who on this occasion kill
ed his 11Sth bear and let it be known
that he has never had to climb tree
and has never had any hair breadth
escapes. Ben Hooks is the master of
the hunt He manages the dogs and
can come nearer to keeping up with
them than any one He is a little less
hound and with the endurance of a we'll
trained athlete. He IS we'll educated
and rich. for he knew just when to dis
pose of his oil properties in the Beau
mont fields He lives in a beautiful
home at Kountze with his family and
hunts bear because he enjoys the chase
Bud, his younger brother. is heavier on
his feet he has a monstrous head COW
cred with iron gray hair and a ready
wit He IS the life of the camp for
he is never too weary to tell a good
story or enjoy practical joke Like
his brother. he got out of "oil' in time
and has the money and leisure to enjoy
himself and entertain his friends. He
has a charming family and his coy
home is surrounded by pens In which
there are tame deer. wild geese and a
pair Of year old black bear. He is tuss
as persistent in the chase Of bruin as
his older brother but is probably less
often in al the death. These two men
have lived in Hardin county all their
lives and If they are your friends one
Of the mos- difficult problems of bear
hunting is solved They DO not hunt
for money and they would much rather
give you the shot than take it them
selves They are princes in their own
realm.
n
The bear pack is composed of Dandy.
the start dog and Ramsey. Buck, Ring.
Drag. Alex, Big Foot and Jack Dandy
IS years old. entirely deaf, slow Of
motion but still The head, the most I'M
portant dog in the pack. He is a mon
Etsr hound, probably containing strain
Of cur. He Is utterly obhvious to every
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-22

An announcement of much interest
is that Mark Twain's book on Chris
tan Science Is to be published by the
Harpers early in February. He has
been busy during the past month IA
thoroughly revising this great work.
which Is the result OF years of labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-22

Further Fortunes of Pinkey Per-
kins.'' by Captain Harold Hammond.
u. s. A, has been published by the
Century company. The average boy
in the average village is happier than
any king-though he never knows it
till enchanted boyhood lies behind him.
Because Pirkey is boy in whom faith
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
GOOD STREETS THE VITAL CUES
TON.

WilmingtOn's water works system is
not what it should be: but we can get
along with it much better than we
can with the present condition of our
streets. If the city is going to spend
a large sum of money on any one per-
manent Improvement let it be for that
which is most needed and which will
do the city most good. To put u
streets in proper condition there must
be a bond issue. Why hesitate? Let
the board of aldermen put itself on re-
cord as favoring the issue of bonds to
a sufficient amount to give us streets in
Keeping with size of our city and the
importance of her commerce. Even if
the bonds cannot he issued until au-
thorized by the legislature or voted for
by the people the board will have done
it's duty by inaugurating the movement
for giving the city the kind of streets
she should have. The question Of good
streets should take precedence over all
others for permanent improvements,
because, as we said above, it is the one
of most vital Importance to the city
Under present conditions.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
SUDDEN DEATH Ar Mt. OLIVE
Heart FaiIure-Deceased Was a
Member OF the Wilmington Lodge
OF Elks and OF Local Masonic and
Odd Fellow Lodges.
Especial TO The Messenger.)

tSpeciaI TO The M~essenger.)
Mount Olive. n. c., February 15.-Dr.
Leonard P. Aaron died suddenly at
his home here this afternoon of hear-
failure. aged about 30 years. He was
a popular and skilled physician and
was also manager'of Aaron's Pharma-
cy. Few, If any. men in the state had
more friends and admirers than he
and his death will be received with
keen sorrow here and elsewhere. He
was a graduate Of a Baltimore medical
institution and was licensed 10 prac-
tice medicine about ten years ago,
though the greater part of his time
was devoted 10 the drug business. He
was a prominent member of the VIII
mington lodge Cf Elks and of the To-
cal Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges.
Deceased is a Sol of State Senator D.
j. Aaron, who is away from home and
has been summoned by telegraph. He
is survived also by a s%orrowing wife
and mother. but no children. Up TO s
O'Clock tonight it has been impossible
TO locate DR.. Aaron's father by wire
and as the funeral arrangements de-
pend on the time of his arrival it is
not possible TO state just now when il
will take place. though probably it will
be held Saturday morning.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
Great Scarcity of Fish.

The great scarcity Of fish is a topic
much discussed and various theories
are advanced to account for it. The
latest heard was offered Tuesday by
an old and we'll known colored buck
ster. He said it was alt on account
of ''dese heah fussy gasolene boats,
what went up the creeks and small
streams and drove dem out into the
deep water and further suggested
that the frequent stirring of the water
disturbed the spawn causing it to
float away into wide water where it's
fertility was destroyed. -Newbern
Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
THE MULLEr ROAD LEASE.

The case OF Hill against the Atlantic
and North Carolina railroad, being =
suit to annul the lease of that property,
was taken up in Craven superior court
Wednesday. Six witnesses were ex-
amined on that day. OF the first days
proceedings the New Bern Journal
says:
The much talked about case of Hill
vs.. Atlantic and North Carolina Com
pany began in the superior court yes
terday and as many as six witnesses
were examined. 1t may be that the
lawyers are DESTROYS that whatever
they do shall be done right for they
are taking al abundance Of time to
do it. A long time was taken up with
preliminaries n after the examina-
ton Of witness commenced the objec-
lions We're so frequent that much
progress was impossible.
4 spectator aptly described ii that
there was SO much backing and filling
w and then filing up and backing
again that they had no time to GO
ahead. Thee was a deal of switching
going IN. also.
The witnesses on the stand were:
Messrs. H. c. Brown. r. P. Foster, E.
c. Duncan, NJ. Manly, James A.
Bryan, II K. Bryan, Jr. The object
of the plaintiff was TO show an irregu-
larity in making the arrangements for
the lease. The court adjourned at 4:30
p. m. to give an opportunity to rest up
after the arduous labor of the day.
We do not suppose the suit will
amount to any thing except to stir up
more hard feeling and strife and give
some nanerS an ODn0rtunitv to thraSh
over a lot of old straw.