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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-30

cific donat tons of land Tor its educa
tional and other institutions. The state
is also to receive the sum of S5.000,O0O
IN lieu of lands which cannot be set
aside for school purposes within the
limits of what is now Indian Territory.
because the lands in that state are
owned by the Indians.
Oklahoma has an area of 3S,S30
square miles, or 24.9T9.2O0 acres, and
population of 30S.33 IndiaD Terri
tory has an area of 81, 000 square miles,
or 19,S40,000 acres, and Il population
of $4,000. 1t is conceded by every
one who has had opportunity for OBJ
servation that since the census of 1900
the population of both Oklahoma and
Indian Territory has Increased with
amazing rapidlty until 1t is now prob
ably 100000. There are said to be
no better farming lands in the United
States than in these territories.
Under the so called Curtis act pro
vision was made for the organization
of towns in the Indian Territory, and
towns have been organized all over the
territory, having populations which are
increasing with astonishing rapidity.
in 1884 practically comprehended what
are now known as Oklahoma and In
dian Territory, except that Beaver
county, formerly known as NO Mans
Land" was added to Oklahoma by
congress in 1890.
Original Oklahoma, containing 5000,
600 acres in the heart of what now
constitutes Oklahoma, was opened to
settlement April ., 1889. but no form
of government was provided for thir-
teen months, until May =, 1890. when
the organic act OF the Territory of Ok
lahoma was approved. This original
section has been increased and opened
to settlement by the addition of the
Sac and Fox QaD and Pottawatomi In
dian reservations, in the eastern part
of what is now Oklahoma Territory,
and the addition of the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe reservations, In the western
part of what is now Oklahoma Terri
tory; by the addition of the Cherokee
strip of the Kickapoo reservation OF
Greer county by decision of the su-
preme court of the United States and
of the Kiowa, Comanche. Apache and
Wichita reservations. Within the pres
ent limits of Oklahoma there are still
reserved from settlement the Usage,
Penca and Otto reservations and the
kiowa and Comanche pasture reserva-
tons, in all amounting to about 2,0OO,-
COO acres. Oklahoma Territory so
formed is now divided into twenty-six
counties, traversed by not less than
1900 miles of railroad.
In 1908 the wheat crop of Oklahoma
was over 36,000,0O0 bushels, the corn
crop 65.O00.0O0 bushels, the cotton crop
over 100000 bales. and 1885, 62 cattle,
3o4, 113 horses. 234.21s 81 eep and 63. Az
mules were scheduled for taxation. 1t
mas -seyenty-nlne national banks. and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-30
LIVING ON STILLS.
A Strange Sight I'm the French Tur-
pentine Growing Country.


People live on sixteen foot stills in
the remarkable turpentine growing
country of France. They don these
stills after breakfast and do not re-
move them again till it is time for bed.
There are two reasons for the wear
ing of stills in the turpentine country.
One is the turpentine gathering. The
other is the herding of the great flOcks.
The turpentine comes from the mari
time pine. This tree Is tapped, shin
gle is inserted, and from the single is
hung tiny bucket into which the tur-
pentine drips. The tapping process Is
like that used on the American sugar
maple.
Young pine trees are tapped low, but
with each years passage the incision is
made higher, SO that ii is not long be-
fore most of the trees are tapped twen-
ty or thirty feet from the ground.
Hence the huge stills of the work
men. On these stills they traverse the
fat country, covering five or six yards
with each stride. and quickly and east
ly they collect the turpentine that over
flows the little buckets hanging high
up In the trees.
1t is for herding also that the stills
are useful. The country is very flat.
and the herdsman unless he continual
ly climbed a tree would be unable to
keep all the members of his huge flock
in sight But striding about on his
stills he commands wide prospect.
He is always, as it We're, upon hill
The silt wearers carry fifteen foot
staff with a round, fiat top like din
ner plate When it is lunchtime or
when they are tired they plant upright
under them the staff and sit down on
it's round. fiat top. Then in comfort,
seated so dizzily high, they eat and
rest and chatter-a strange sight to be-
hoId.-New York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-30
DR.. ABBOTT SEES
ALBRIGHT FUTURE

Comment on the Rev. Dr. LYMAN
AbbOtts baccalaureate sermon to the
senior class at Harvard the other day
brings out the interesting fact that the
editor of the Outlook has taken sides
with those who are convinced that a
new epoch in history has begun or is
about to begin. 1t Is noted that more
than one scholar during this season Of
college speechmaking has brought news
of the revolution, says Il Boston dis
patch to the New York Evening Sun.
DR.. Abbott declared that the indus
trial and political conceptions of the
past century were fast being left be-
hind and that fraternalism was the
keynote OF the new epoch. There was
to be an amazing unity of things, he
believed He said in part:
THE civilized world, the Anglo-Sax-
on race, and especially the American
people, are passing from the Industrial
and political conceptions of the last
century TO something very different
In the history of the world there have
been three conceptions of the special
order. The first of these Is autocracy,
the second individualism and the third
fraternalism, the organization of So
ciety on Il basis of mutual service and
helpfulness.
I'm the middle ages the conception
of society was that the rule of the few
was wise and good. Then came the
Puritan reformation and century lat
er the French revolution. These two
broke down ariStOcracy and autocracy,
and there was ushered in conception
of individualism. Now we are enter
Ing into another epoch, that of fra
ternaliSm.
In the coming age all the creeds and
sects will be united by a common aim,
purpose, spirit, because the coming age
is TO be q fraternal one. Every age
has its vices and its virtues. The nine
teenth century has had vices. all due to
the same source The first vice has
been that of accumula ton. Put men
together and tell them TO look after
their own interests and push ahead
and each man will be measuring him
self by his accommodations. The sec
ond vice is the lawlessness of self will.
We hear of the criminal classes. Can
you tell me today who belong to the
criminal class? Do the insurance di-
rectors who bought stocks low and sold
them to companies in which they were
directors at high prices? Do the rail-
road officials who broke the law Of
the land and now stand convicted? Do
the coal carriers who did by a gentle
mems agreement that which was
against the law? In religion the tend
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-30
NEED OF TOMATOM MUCK RAKE
Mysteries of Catchup Hfnted at by
Former Railroad Clerk.

Now that the investigation crop is
being harvested" said the man who
had just come in to a New York Trib-
une reporter, Il can suggest another
source of what. may prove to be inter
eSting information. The packing houses
may deserve all THAT is coming TO them.
but they are notlthe only offenders.
'.Some years ago. before L knew
there was any harm in 1t. worked in
a. local freight office and devoted my
bates and undertaking, ,picking up such
scattered gems of wisdom as might be
lying around loose. Every sumSer
there are hundreds of cars of perisha-
BILE fruit shipped from the south to
northern cities, and they have TO be
handled with a gOOdideal of facility in
order to get them on connecting lines
before the goods Begin ito spoil.
"On one occasion, however, a car of
tomatoes got sidetracked. and ii was
several days before it went forward.
When it arrived at the station where
worked the condition of the car was
precarious, two-thirds of the contents
being so badly decayed that the agent
thought the car would be a total loss.
1t happened that there was In that city
a factory where one of the well known
brands of tomato catchup was manu-
featured. and as a last resort this place
was called up A representative came
over to the station and after inspect
ing the load made an offer, which was
instantly accepted. l watched the I'M
loading of that car and don't mind
saying that 1 haven't eaten any tomato
catchup since"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-30

24I territorial banks. the aggregate de-
posits in which OH Jan. 1. 1904 amount
ed to $22.456.510. 1t has 191 .433 chill
dren of school age and 2.192 district
schOolhouses.
BY the provisions of the organic act
and by various acts of congress OPEN
Ing Indian reservations to settlement
2.055,50 acres of land have been re-
served for the benefit of common
schools, colleges. normal schools. pub
lie buildings and for charitable and
penal institutions. The Indian Terri
tory is occupied by the five civilized
tribes - viz, the Creeks, Choctaws,
ChickasawS, Cherokees and Seminoles
and certain small tribes in the north
east corner of the Indian Territory
who hold their lands by patent.
Aside from the population which has
been attracted 10 the territory there are
five distinct classes of people hav-
ing common property and citizenship
rights. but differing widely in racial
characteristicS-the so called full blood
Indian. people of mixed blood. rang
ing from an almost infinitesimal infu-
sion of Indian blood TO nearly full
blood Indians; intermarried whites; ne
groes called freedmen, who were slaves
or are the descendants of former slaves
of Indians, and adopted citizens. Ac-
cording to the Bonaparte report. these
five classes constitute about one-fifth of
the inha bitants of the territory, and of
them lat least three-fOurths are Indians
in little more than name. with from
70 to 80 per cent of white blood. and in
great majority altogether indistinguish-
able In appearance language and man.
ners from white people,"
These people of mixed blood are said
to be as a rule intelligent, educated
and competent to manage their own
affairs. The remaining four-fifths OF
the inhabitants of the territory have
no connection whatever with the tribes
and are white people, with small per-
centage of negroes. attracted from the
various states of the Union, whose cit
izenship In the states from which they
came has qualified them for statehood
1t therefore appears that of the whole
population of the Indian Territory
hardly one-twentieth are full blood In
dams
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-30
OKLAHOMA QUICK TO avail ITSELF OF STATEHOOD

1t will be necessary to have another
star on the flag within a few months.
says the Washington correspondent of
the New York Post. Now that the
president has signed the act enabling
Oklahoma and Indian Territory to be-
come a state the boomers from those
two territories have gone home to make
ready for the constitutional convention.
1t is planned to adopt the constitution
in time to elect the first set of state
officers in November, The formal adj
mission to the Union will be by procla-
nation of the president. after q consti-
tuition has been adopted. One hundred
and twelve delegates will sit in the
constitutional convention. When con-
gress reconveneS next December five
new members of the house will appear
from this new state. and the legiSla-
ture at its meeting in January will
choose two United States senators. who
will probably he i'm their seats by the
1st of February.
This new state will not come in as q
weakling. Everybody realized that it
should have been admitted to the I'm
y
IL was held on the outside of the door
by the demands of politicians that Ari-
IONA and New Mexico should enter at
the same time. Either Oklahoma or
Indian Territory alone would make a
creditable state. Joined together they
will outrank some of the older COM
monwealths in population, wealth and
resources. 1t is remarkable step up
ward for Indian Territory, which I'm
reality has never been a territory at all
in the sense of having territorial
form of government. 1t has been run
by the secretary of the interior.
Nothing speaks more eloquently for
the makeup of the American people
than the fact that 100000 of them
100000 white people-have been dwell
ing together in this territory without
any regular form of government. These
people have got along without any state
or county organization; without roads.
except such as they built by voluntary
contributions; without schools for their
100000 children, without sidewalks
In their cities except where 1T was
possible to do public work by unani
nous consent of all the persons affect
ed. Under the circumstances it is no
wonder that the dispatches declare that
there is great rejoicing over the signing
Of the statehood bill by the president.
Guthrie Is to be the capital of the
new state until 1912. The enabling act
provides that the voters of the state
shall then choose capital. The pre-
sumption is that Guthrie will continue
to be the seat of state government. The
statehood act contains a strong anti
polygamy act. Oklahoma Is given two
sections of non-mineral land in each
township for the support and main
tenance of system OF common, nom
sectarian schools, besides certain spe-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-30
is WORLDS LARGEST SAPPHIRE

ne acquitted the traverser, under the
law prohibiting the selling of pools, a
man who looked like a sport walked
into Governor Whyte's office at Balti-
more and said:
us this William Pinckney Whyte?
1T is said the governor.
We'll" said the man. Il want you to
go to Philadelphia with me-"
The governor felt like asking wheth-
er his peremptory visitor was a police
man; but, refraining from that he
merely asked for an explanation.
The man replied that some friends of
his. under indictment In the criminal
court of Philadelphia. were about to be
tried for violating the pool selling law
there and that he had been informed
that IL Governor Whyte could be in
duced merely to appear in Philadel-
phia, as If he intended to defend the
case, so that the state attorney there
could actually see him, the prosecutions
would be dismissed.
Governor Whyte was incredulous,
and so informed his visitor, but the
man insisted. and agreed to pay any
fee the governor asked merely for a
trip on his part to Philadelphia. The
governor named his fee, which was
promptly paid. and the following morn
ing he met his client in the Quaker
City.
To his amazement he was assured by
the local counsel of his client that what
he had been told by him was true. The
governor was then asked to take his
place In the balcony in the courthouse
on the morning of the trial. so situated
that the state attorney was bound to
see him. He was instructed to be read
ing newspaper and to sit quietly as
IL waiting. The governor obeyed in
structions, and soon, out of the corner
of his eye, he saw the state attorney
pass along and stop and look fixedly
at him and. then go hurriedly on. In
less than half an hour his client came
TO him and told him he might go back
TO Baltimore. as the case had been nOlle
pressed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-30
CAUSE OF THE DELUGE.
Queer Tradition of the Aboriginal
Blacks of Australia.

The aboriginal blacks of Australia
have queer tradition about the food.
They say that at one time there was nd
water on the earth at all, except In the
body of an immense frog, where men
and women could not get II. There
was a great council on the subject, and
it was found out that if the frog could'
be made to laugh the waters would.
run out of his mouth and the drought
be ended.
So several animals were made TO
dance and caper before the frog to in
duce him TO laugh, but he did noDeven
smile, and so the waters remained In
his body. Then some one happened to
think of the queer contortions into
which the eel could twist Itself, and IL
was straightaway brought before the
frog. And when the frog saw the
wriggling he laughed so loud that the.
whole earth trembled, and the waters
poured out OF his mouth In a great
food, in which many people were
drowned
The black people were saved from
drowning by the pelican. This Thought,
full bird made big canoe and went
with 1t ali among the islands that ap-t
peared here and there above the sur
face Of the water and gathered In the
black people and saved them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-30
that REMARKABLE BALLOON TRIP

minute 10 speak 10 you. My dear, be
good mal. Be virtuous,Abe religious
DE good man. Nothing else Will
give you any comfort when you come
to lie here"
Nelson in the midst of his grateful
ness for having died VIGOROUSLY for
England thought for a flashing mo-
ment of his early record IN its relation
TO the life after death. Doctor" he
said to the surgeon, 81 have not been
a great sinner"
On the other hand, there are innu-
merable Instances in the records of BIZ
ography pointingIto the fact that men
die without thought of the world be-
yond. Charles ii. died thinking of
Poor Nell" Sir Richard Grenville
died with his mouth full of oaths, ours
ing the traitors and dogs" who had
surrendered his little Revenge to the
Spaniards. History is full of such in
stances.
Indeed. it is a memorable subject
for consideration" says Stevenson.
with what unconcern and gayety
mankind runs on along the valley Of
the shadow OF death. The whole way
is one wilderness of snares, and the
enO vi IL lOT lIfOSe WHO lear TIE ldSL
pinch is irrevocable ruin. And yet we
go spinning through it all, like party
for the Derby"
A doctor tells meithat in a very long
hospital experiencejhe has never known
of sensational fdeathbed. The APP
proach of death n. as a rule, doubted,
and up to the/last moment of con-
seriousness the/passlng soul retains its
conviction injthe endurance OF, earthly
things
Soldiers tell the same story. To die
testing seems the last act OF courage
possible to a fighting man, and he
makes the most Of ii. Endless are the
stories of soldiers dying In action with
a shout of humor on their lips.
Even more wonderful il the cold
bloodedness of men going TO the 'scaf-
fold. To feel the edge OF the AK was
something Of a jest In old days. and
there is the story of the felon going to
Tyburn who blew the froth from his
last mug of beer because IL always
gave him Indigestion!
And yet II Is only In brief moments
that the true horror of death sweeps
over the soul. We do not-think about
il. We put ii away from us. Human
ity has made up its mind not TO be
frightened. Death indeed is even pre-
ferred before life. A hopeless infatua-
ton for painted doll will drive For
tunatus to suicide. Money troubles
will fling a man under a passing ex-
press. and dyspepsia has loaded many
a revolver. Life may be uncomfortable,
but death is not to be feared. Into the
unthinkable mysteries of the universe
a soul casts itself in a petulance and
the waters of death close over IL with
out a sound.
What has become OF that soul?
Where is that consciousness gone
that personality, that individual force
which differed The man from every
other who ever lived?
But the mob who watch the Door
drenched and bloated and horrible
body wheeled away to the mortuary
turn away without any realization of
death. They go TO their taverns and
their merchandise, take up the old
greasy and well worn threads OF their
existence, and getting OF food monop-
oliZes all their thoughts
Fear death? They fear nothing I'm
the world. They are not even afraid
of themselves.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-30
An Artists Feat.

One Of the most remarkable and most
artistic OF twenty hours records
stands to the credit OF Sir Edwin Land
seer, who had promised a picture for
the spring exhibition OF the Royal
British institution In 1916. On the day
before the opening he was found stand
Ing In front of an untouched canvas.
Il shall send that to the institution to-
night, finished picture" he declared
to the astonished messenger who had
been sent by the hanging committee to
see IL the promised picture was ready.
land have consequently given orders
not to be disturbed" True to his word.
Landseer put the finishing touch to his
canvas and dispatched IL to Pali Mall
that very evening; and as 1.-The Cav
alters Pets IT was one OF the greatest
successes OF the exhibition
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-30
REGULAR LIVING.
What Nature Demands In Return For
Good Health.


First of all. one thing that nature
won't stand is irregularity. We cannot
safely bottle up sleep tonight for to-
morrow nights use. nor force our stom-
achs one meal because we expect to eat
sparingly the next, nor become exhaust
ed in working night and day, expecting
to make it up later.
Nature does nothing before her APP
pointed time, and any attempt to hurry
her invariably means ultimate disaster.
She takes note of all our transactions,
physical, mental and mora, and places
every item to our credit.
There is no such thing as cheating ma
ture. She may not present her bill OF
the day we violate her law. but if we
overdraw our account at her bank and
give her n mortgage on our minds ana
bodies she will surely foreclose. She
may lend us all we want today. but
tomorrow, like Shylock, she will de-
mand the last ounce of flesh. Nature
does not excuse man for weakness, i'll
competence or ignorance. She demands
that he be at the top of his condition.
Natures machinery, as it exists in
the human body. is most complicated
and delicately adjusted. No machinery
constructed by man can compare with
it in the perfection and proportion of
all its working parts. Every machinisr
knows that his wheels and cams and
gearing must run absolutely true and
with uniformity or they will soon break
down. 1t is the same with the machine
that keeps the human body going
New York American
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-30
NIortgaging the Farm.

Well. mother. IL has come at last,
/ know IL makes you sad,
But now the deed is over. girl,
Come. don't you feel so badl
The interests only four per cent.
And that's not much to pay.
So dry those tears and smile again
The good old trustful way.
saved
To free our home from debt:
Theirs amt one self denying act
/ ever can forget,
Eat, shoe. we're going 10 be like folks
- Yes. Susan: that we arei
The farm il mortgaged. but we've got
A dandy touring car,
ELLA A. flaming in. New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-30
MARYLAND's NEW SENATOR,

An Instance of William Pinckney
Whyte's Proves N . Lawyer.
The prowess as a lawyer of Senafoe
William Pinckney Whyte of Maryland,
who recently succeeded the late Sena-
tor German, extended all over the
country, says Washington CORE
spondent of the New York Herald.
One incident when he was governor Of
Maryland will serve to illustrate it.
Soon after he had won the case OF the
state against James, reported In the
sfxty-third MARYLAND reports. in which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-30
Novel Building of summer Home.

In order to complete costly summer
home at Geneva, Wis, in time for use
this season a novel method was re-
sorted to. An enormous circus tent was
secured and erected over the spot
where the building was to stand. This
was at the beginning of winter. The
tent covered an entire acre and with
numerous fires burning constantly the
work of excavating and foundation
laying proceeded night and day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-30
A CuriO.

Reggy Frappe - Yes, l met the
chawming Miss Flasher when she was
on her tour, and she asked me for my
picture, WEAKLY. Miss Tabasco-Yes, l
heard her say she was collecting pic
lures of all the curious objects she ran
across in this country.-Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-30
The Exceptions.

Mrs. White-And do you mean to say
that you and your husband always
agree about everything? Mrs. Black
Alway@eXcept. of course, now and
then, when he's out of humor or pig
headed, or something of that sort
London Answers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-30

even say anxiety, that we siialr watch
the very decided tendency OF society
women to marry men very much youn-
ger than themselves. There may come
a day when an age limit may have to
be instituted World.