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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30
GAMBLING IN OKLAHOMA OVER.
Thrifty Eastern Farmers Have Driven
Out the Men Who Ran 1t.

Today there are not five towns in Okla.
homa of any Importance where gambling
is conducted openly as it was six wears
ago. AS late as three years ago the biz,
gest games ever seen in the TERRITORY
were running in Oklahoma City. though
confined to upper floors or Easements
During the last two months all the boss
gamblers in Oklahoma City upon whom
the law could lay it's hands have been
put in Jail and kept there. They had vo-
lated injunctions prohibiting them from
using certain buildings for gambling pur-
poses. Guthrie has been without its big
games for more than year.
The change is due to activity among
religious organizations, a public senti-
ment that rests upon practical as well as
moral grounds and to the displacement
of certain adventurous pioneer citizens
by more conservative men and women
from older communities. The explana-
tion of an old-time boss gambler, a man
who came to Oklahoma at the opening,
may not be without interest. He said:
In my town in earlier years, when
gambling was under full Roadway, the
producers were mostly farmers. These
farmers were western men who had been
with the vanguard OF western sentiment
all their lives. They had no more hest
fancy in gambling thar they had in Smok-
ing a cigar or taking a drink of whisky.
They had been accustomed 10 1t all Their
lives. When one came to town with
load of wheat he put the money in his
pocket, took his team to livery stable
and went to q restaurant or hotel
Usually the would stay in town all night
After supper he would take few drinks
and then saunter around to a gambling
house, always within easy reach aad
without danger of raids. In many ln-
stances he went home broke.
THE agricultural prosperity Of Okla
homa in the last ten years brought a
great advance in the value of farm prop
erty. Farmers from eastern and north
ern states began coming to Oklahoma
with bank accounts. The original settler
was offered $4,000, $4,000 and sometimes
as high as $4,000 for his quarter section
of land, which to him seemed more tbaa
the land was worth. and he sold II ana
moved to other localities. The new OWL
ers had practiced economy all their iiTeS'
They had lived in communities where
gambling was not tolerated.
when these farmers come 10 to"1
they bring produce with their wheat V'
corn, land a basket of lunch 10 save "
ing to a restaurant. They deposit tNe[
money in a bank. Instead OF tahIts
their horses to a livery stable, unless lis
weather is bad. they feed them from
wagon box. This kind of thing IS DO.
profitable for the gambling business, pu s
it has happened in my portion Of us
territory and | believe that il has DdF
pened elsewhere. kansas City star
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30
THE HERITAGE.

We saw her soft body weighed down
With its splendor of raiment, and spake:
"These things shall she wear as d crown,
These wear, for her purity's sake.''
In crimson we ROBBED her and white;
Fine linen we brought her and gold;
We sheltered her heart from the night
We muffied her breast from the cold.
For softness and beauty denied
The dust of our emptier days;
We crept to her then in our pride,
And mockery met cur gaze.
For with all the white raiment she wore,
With all the soft life she might live.
She cried through her roses once more:
Ills this this the most you can
give?
"Since / wait, being a woman once born,
For the solaCe of anguish and fears;
Demanding my birthrght to mourn.
And my gift, of great sorrow. and tears.
Arthur Stringer in Everybody's Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

and gone. that should she aro.,
er reduced in circumstanco,eI he fur,b.
become a resident of the boSShe Womb
IN Washington dedicated ~ ~ itl Lon.
of his daughter. ~ Ote memor.
Mrs. Semple is the last sum.
Der of her fathers famiI,- 'ilg mem.
brothers and sisters haviS., an of a.,
many years. She has. bo1rao e7A DEAD
nieces and nephews living IL, yer; nam
ana IN the south. all too e. NaiIoua
visit her often: Her room Is 1q.%yay %
mementoes of her southern -,'.ed with
her regime IN the white house IT ana If
pIeloVeu possessions are the old nor -,. most
ne ie iI9Iher ana her three sisters ar .JilS Of
sen an painted IN their youth a, let,
quaint and beautiful. AltbnnaIi ana al
many months ago that sbo SA i was
these beloved relatives for ~ -"Gieu npoa
she knows the spot Where aooi i"Nl TINE
ana II IS with great pride ANA "angs,
pathos that she points to each ~ Muc3
relates some little incident of , Ige aAd
maj. She gazes at the spots nc Io,.; Of's'
as. though she actually saw IL 'oEIlsly
colors and graceful poise of tboS. 4 iISSlt
OF many years ago. oeIeS
"The Old Way"
On her occasional drives with o.,.
i've friends her answer to "yYbero Yen {i,
we go today?" is always the so mere SPAN
The old way" This is no now S"p the dining.
lar park" drive, the road vrL "e poll'
lows Rock creek at the outskirts t'o IL i9l'
city. This, in the days of Mrs Se WI IIe
social reign in the white hons i ..
about the only good road abonr ", was
lngton, and every afternoon at / o'c g>i'
the carriage was at the door of o'. .y
white house, and the President AMI I.e
1avorlte daughter, Letitia. took tInS WINS HIS
drive. Her last visit to the whita bv'y
was during the administration Of pr"S.
dent Pierce, whose family were ;,,s:
mate friends. Since that time altbo .'.i'
invita- tons have come to her for '' oI.'st
function given there and are sin oa,.|
ing, she has paid no attention ~ .. on''
A touch of bitterness is apparent il, l III.
mention of this. Mrs. Semple il a ngg
one of many women whose war r,n'',|
cries are too bitter and still tao froli
to allow them to accept social atrent;onl
from men or women of 1.-THE other siJo .
Mrs. Semple positively refuses ia CIV,
her reason for not going to the wiz
house, and ends all discussion by saw.
ing, Il have never been there since n.
Pierce administration. Mrs. Sanrjo
at the age of Sc, is both bright and an'
tertaining, and greatly depores the fac,
that she can not afford the comforr If
an amanuensls or secretary who could
answer her large number of letters rog
ularly and read to her of the creat a.
fairs of the day. One of her creates,
sorrows is that she is unable To rao5
the daily papers. 1t is wise provision
that she lives not so much in the DARK.
ness of today as in the briliauce of t6e
past.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30
Fond Memories.

a hard-headed old Pittsburg manufac-
turer who made his fortune. as he en-
presses it with his coat off" was in
duced by his daughters to accompany
them to Wagner concert, the first he
had ever attended. The next day he
happened to meet an acquaintance who
asked
Il suppose you enjoyed the concert
last night Mr.. Brown
Yes; it took me back to the days of
my YOUTH" the old man said, with a
reminiscent sigh.
''Ah. summer days in the country. girl
that?"
NO. the days when l worked in a
boiler shop in Scranton. Success Maya
zine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30
Pettus Told the Pars0n.

There is a story told by Senator Pet'u'
of Alamaba on himself about what nay
pened TO him when he was q little cI@p
attending church service. H..
Il was only 10 years old, Sald t 'a5
veteran of the Senate chamber, ana - .o
been sent to attend Sunday service a'g Ent
l always accompanied my mother g+.
on this particular Sunday she was ,.,Eu %.
ly indispOsed and thereby forced " ~
main at home ,le
II was occupying a seat very near vas r,s
pulpit and the theme of the divine Wa.
Am 1 my brothers keeper ...,.ss
After preaching about fifteen m 1.''sr.s
he reached the climax Of his ftl , he
with the words of his subject anu 4
gaze seemed to rest directly on NV -
commenced to fidget a little ou' ss,-
didn't turn his eyes from mine I9t INST
ond. and after a short pause ~ t rs
forth again: Am 1 my broJLef A''f
err? ~ an.
Il could stand it no longer ana g" -
swered in a meek voice. No sd
American Spectator.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

1t is announced that Mrs. Oliver II. L.
Belmont will build chapel near Brook
holt, the Belmont place at Hampstead, l..
|. 1t is to be branch of the Roman
Catholic Church of Our Lady of Lorreta.
Mrs. Belmont is not a Catholic, and it is
said she agreed to build the chapel on the
urgent plea Of an old servant in her
household
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

The clam is as mum as an oyster, but
It will have to keep more than mum as
result of the announcement of the find
ing of a 100000 pearl in the upper Mis-
sissippi river There will be doings in
those parts that will throw the work OF
The muck-rakers into the shade.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

The Khediye of Egypt has a curious
hobby. He possesses a large aquarium
Of gold fish, which he endeavors to train
into habits of obedience. 1t is declared
that he has succeeded in inducing a large
German carp to rise to the top of its
tank on being called by its royal master.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

The Carnegie Foundation. which was
organized by Andrew Carnegie. to pro-
vide retirement pensions, or allowances.
as they are to be known, for teachers
in the universities. colleges and technical
schools of the United States, Canada and
Newfoundland, and to which Mr.. Car
negie gave S10,000000 in Steel Corpora
ton bonds, has made its first selection
If men to receive these allowances
About fifty professors and teachers will
be retired at the end of the college year.
the total amount to be distributed to
them being approximately $4,000 year
Among well known men on the list are
John KrOm Rees of Columbia; Henry NJ.
Baird of New York university; Hiram
Corson of Cornell; Charles y. Young
and William A. Packard of Princeton;
Edward NJ. Moreley of Western Reserve;
George Trumbull Ladd of Yale; Henry
T. Bowdtch of Harvard; Francis A.
March of Lafayette; DIR. E. Il. Merrill,
formerly president of Ripon college. Wis
consin, and Z. II. Chandler of Ripon.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

to Capt. John A. Winslow in 1864 by the
members of the Philadelphia Marine I'm
derwriters' Exchange in recognition of
bis services in destroying the dangerous
rebel vessel. The old captain willed the
watch and chain to his son, who carries
the timepiece with him all the time. On
the inside Of the case is an engraved re-
production of the battle. The charm is a
heavy anchor of gold.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

John Wesley Crockett, Deputy Secre-
tary of State in Arkansas and candidate
for president Of the State Railroad Com
mission, is great grandson of Dayy
Crockett Among his cherished posses,
sions are the gold watch and the rifle
gum of his illustrious ancestor. The rifle
was the gift of 500 young wings, his add
mirers in Philadelphia.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Turtellout of
Minneapolis have offered to build a
100000 academy for the town OF
Thompson. Conn. They have promised
to endow it with 100000. Mr.. and
Mrs. Turtellout are both natives of
TbomuSOu
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

Frank I. Bullen, the writer, is on a
occurring tour in Australia. 1t was to
Australia that he made his first voyage
as boy. He remembers landing in Mel
bourne on the Queens Birthday, 1872
For the next eight years he was en-
ployed in various capacities-from lamp
trimmer to mate-on Australian coastal
steamers, with an occasional cruise
among the South Sea Islands.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

Prof. Edward G. Pickering, director OF
the Harvard College observatory, has at
tracted much attention to himself
through his project for an international
observatory. He proposes to collect a
committee of the most eminent astron-
omers Of the world, raise a sum of
money, build a gigantic telescope and set
it to work on the most suitable spot Oh
EARTH
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

T. d. Foster Of Ottumwa, Ia, has
announced his intention of giving to Par
sons college at Fairfield, Ia, tne
gymnasium. He has already erected Eos
ter's Science hall and has donated large
~ TO other departments.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

A highly valuable gift has been made
to Bowdoin college library by DR.. VIII
liam C. Mason of Bangor, Me-, in a set
Of silhouettes of the class of %. Only
one other collection of the youthful pro
files taken of the famous men who gradu'
ated in this class is known to be in ex-
istenca
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30
Clean Out Poison Ivy.

Poison ivy has been got rid of in
Nntley. \. J., root and branch. through
the efforts of the Nutley Improvement
society. composed of public spirited wom-
en-. They have just ended n war of
determination on the vine with the as
dent is Che ass ISOLATION that the vine has
disappeared that prize has been offered
To any one who can find the first vestige
Of it.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30
Opal Ring of IS Stones.

\ recent hancee shows an engagement
ring set with thirteen opals. Tie nnaI i
a particularly modish gem. according IN
London fashion writer's, hence his a.
hance of superstition. "'
II Is asserted that old superstitious are
ioslhS ground, perhaps in favor of newer
and more Interesting pheuone,, W.. 81 ,
that people are disregardinc mn SortS ' os
traditions concerning ili luck -BoSton
Herald A''S ''l'
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

The Department of Agriculture has
made some promising experiments that
are of uneasy interest to Germany,
which has a monopoly in the furnishing
of carbonate of potash fertilizer 1t has
been powdering granite which contains a
high percentage of potash and getting
good resplts from fields that have been
fortified with it. Patches of tobacco
that were enriched with the imported
fertilizer and with powdered granite
produced respectively 155 and 154
pounds of green tobacco, while a similar
patch of unfertilized tobacco produced
only 120 pounds. The imported fertilizer
cost 500 a ton. while the powdered
granite cost only So a ton. If Wiscon-
sin granite is rich in potash, these exper-
iments will open a new field for its use.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

Capt. Francis C. Smith of New Bed
ford, Mass. is the oldest whaling mas
ter in the world. He has encircled the
globe three times. and has made many
Arctic trips, including the jeanette ey
rndifinn
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

William Pinkney Whyte of Maryland,
- years old. who became a United
States senator for the third time, is the
only man living who was a member OF
that body and voted against negro suf-
rage when the Fifteenth amendment to
the constitution was passed by it.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

Capt. Herbert Winslow. in command
of the battleship kearsarge, has a most
interesting relic of his father, Capt. John
A. Winslow. who commanded the old
hearsarge which Won in battle over the
Confederate privateer Alabama during
the civil war. The relic consists of u
massive gold watch and chain. presented
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

The Rev. John Adds, once the most
prominent minister of the Baptist de.
nomination in England, has reached the
age of ninety He began life in n
shoemaker's shop. Afterward he was
sent to Horton College, near Bradford
now known as Rawdon College. Later
he became pastor Of Maze Pond Chapel
London, and in 1866 he was elected
chairman of the Baptist Union.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

Verona. in Italy, is now c2Ni''-'
the excacation of its Roman theaigl' :
work which was begun in 1871. .5s
built in a semi-circle. It dates l'.- lar.
time of Augustus Caesar ana N+> .--m
ishly decorated with maEors .s55-s-
Greece. Africa and Asia. ne -.--sr..s
was formed of huge steps ~ st.,Ta<.
above which were rows Of pTlYa..e ms
one of which stands in its o'ls.-."5i vf;s
ton. in excellent preservation a1- L.
the name of the owner carve. .5s
Above the tiers of private boxes s.sr,3
places where the plebeians ,rr 70
and from where they looNe' . r,,,
the stage or away to the "4.''
on the river.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

Two famous authors have now gone
to their country homes. William Dean
Howells is at Kittery Point. Maine,
where he expects to spend Il more rest
full summer than last year, when his
rural quiet was rudely invaded by the
strenuous makers of peace at Ports
mouth, across the river. Mr.. Howells'
home consists of picturesque and ram
bling old homestead, surrounded by fine
trees. and with a superb view of bay
and sea. Mark Twain, too. from his
high-percEed home at Dublin. New
Hampshire, where he now is, has a fine
view-a "contented outlook the hui
morist calls it. Mr.. Clemens will re-
main away longer than usual this year,
as he plans not to return to New York
until the first of December.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

John Spencer Bassett, Phi. D., profes-
sOr of chemistry in Trinity College, Dur
ham, \. H., has resigned to accept u
similar chair at Smith College North
ampton, Mass. About two and half
years ago DR.. Bassett wrote an article
for a magazine, in which he asserted that
with the exception of Robert T. Lee,
Booker T. Washington was the greatest
man the South had produced in hun
bred years.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

Rear Admiral John j. Hunker. who
was promoted short time ago to his
present rank. was placed ON the retired
list on account of age Notwithstanding
his retirement he will continue Ia ner-
form his present duties AT the Naval
War college. Newport. L. l.. until other
wise ordered. Admiral Huuker is m.
tive Of Pennsylvania, and entered the
navy in April, 1867. Out Of a total serv.
ice of forty years he served over twenty.
three years at sea, a record not eouaned
hy any OF his seniors In the navy and
by few of his associates.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

The Brooklyn terminal of the VIII
iiamsburg bridge is TO be adorned with
heroic equestrian statue of George
Washington. modelled 10y Henry Merwin
Shrady. The statue cost $4,000. and
is to be unveiled next Saturday. Wash
ington is represented in Continental uni
form, and as he appeared Mt Valley
Forge. \ military cloak is thrown over
his back and partly covers his right
shoulder. The general is looking straight
ahead, calm and self-possessed. His
horses head is slightly inclined
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-30

It Psys to Advertise.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26

The pretty girl had told the artist
that she had posed before. and on the
strength of that statement she got
a job. She hadn't held the post ten
minutes before she turned deadly
white n sank to the floor. model
sickness" said the experienced artist,
after she had gone. 81 knew she was
lying. for the first timers always get
Il. 1t is as well defined a complaint as
seasickness, and has to be treated the
same way. 1t is a form of nassau, and
is caused as much by the nervous
strain the new model is always under
as by the unusual experience of stand
ing in one position. have had big,
strong men, even negroes. go the same
way. 1t is something every artist has
to make allowances for, and only prac-
tice can cure it, although l know old
models who still suffer from it, espe.
cially if they are in an awkward
pose. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26
WHERE BIG LIONS PRowL.
South Africa Is n Country Where
Hugh Beasts Are Numerous
and Dangerous.

"On the Broken Hill road" says the
Bulawayo Chronicle of an incident in
that part of South Africa, ION a re-
cent night a lion entered a hut where
in were sleeping two white men.
Pushing open the reed door, the ami
nal made for the nearer of the two
~sleepers, and, gripping him by the
shoulder with its teeth, lifted him
from his bed. The cries of the man
brought several natives to the scene,
and these pluckily attacked the beast,
bringing it to bay. A shotgun hap
pened, fortunately, to be near by, and
this the captive succeeded in reaching,
instantly shooting the lion. The man,
whose name is Thornton, was very
badly mauled, but he is making ia
vorable progress"
In Rhodesia, too, the lions are trou-
I blesome. An Englishman named Mar
riott was playing tennis with a man
named Flynn when news was brought
in that a lion was attacking the
mules. BotS rushed for their guns
and went in pursuit of the beasts,
which they sighted within a short dis
lance of their home. Marriott fred
and wounded a lion twice, but without
fatal effect. The enraged beast
charged him, and bit him severely on
the thighs. It's teeth also penetrated
his hands and left shoulder. Flynn
fired and killed the lion. Marriott
was able to so home, but was ordered
IN hospital. where he expired "a hours
later.
fAt least eight lions have appeared
in the districts Of Moore's concession
and simmonia recently" says South
Africa. "A farmer named Clayton, on
visiting his stable one morning,
wherein the previous night he had
tied up two mules, found nothing but
bones. Two Of these lions, 1t is since
reported, have been killed in the
ne~ighborhobd Of the Yellow Jack
mine"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26
AND THIS IN FLY TIME:
Facts of Interest, If Anything Gould
Be Interesting About
the Pest.

The biologist brushed a fly out OF
his beard.
1T is early for these pests he
said. Il wish we could exterminate
flies. They are as useless and as
harmful as snakes.
And how prolific! From June to
September the average fly mother ac-
Ldmulates a family of 1000, 600 chill
dren. If all these children lived, the
flies would crowd mankind off the
earth.
BIT flies, as it fortunately hap
pens, arg particularly amicted with
microscopic parasites and with in
Vulnerable sorts of germ diseases.
These things kill them off. and they
are also killed on by birds and bats
and toads.
AN odd fact about flies IS that
they never sit down. They could il
they would-their hind legs would
fold under them like a dogs or a
horses. But, no; no sitting down for
Mr.. Fly. He comes into the world
on his feet, and on his feet he de.
parts. Think Of it. moi to sit down
nee from birth to eeath!"