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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22
FIRST STATE CAPITOL.

commission consisting Of James ID
Doty, A. A. Bird and John O'Neil was
appointed by the government to begin
work at once On July 4. 1887. the
cornerstone was laid with ceremonies
appropriate 10 the occasion. The leg.
islature Of Wisconsin met for the first
time at Madison in 1888, but, as tho
capitol building was not at that time
in suitable condition Tor occupation
the session was held in the basement
OF the American house, whore the an.
nual message Of the governor, Henry
Dodge. was delivered. During 1896
and 1897 the national government ap-
propriated 100000 for the capitol
building, Dane county $4,000, and the
territorial legislature apout $4,000,
making the complete cost 100000. The
building. when finished. was a substan.
iial structure, which in architectural
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22
HISTORIC MHENRY TO BE USED
BY MARYLAND MILITIA.
National Guard Secure Lease Of Place
Which Is to Be Deserted by the
Federal Forces Next April.

IL is so often the privilege OF citi-
zen soldiers TO come into possession
OF a fort and parade grounds which
fairly thrill and pulsate with historic
memories OF loyalty and devotion to
the country's flag and the nations
safety and honor, but such is the
case with the national guard OF the
state OF Maryland, which has through
the efforts of the citizens of Balu-
moro and Adjt. Gen. Cliuton L. Riggs,
OF the militia organization, secured
five-year lease Of Fort Mc1enry
after II is abandoned by the war de-
partment on April /, 1907. Thus will
the old fort made famous in the song
OF tho "Star-Spangled Banner" of
Francis Scott Key be preserved, and
the stars and stripes will continue to
float from the old ramparts as they
lid on that memorable September
morning of 1914, when the rising sun,
piercing the smoke Of battle during
the bombardment OF the fort by the
British, disclosed them to the delight.
ed view of Key imprisoned on one
of the British warships, and inspired
him to write The StarSpangled Ban
ner."
The land Of which Fort McHenry is
part was taken up in 1861 under
the name of Milestone Point, under
patent by Charles Gorsuch, a mem
ber of the Society Of Friends. It's
Importance as a military fort was
early recognized, and in 1775 1t had
oeen strengthened by the construc-
tlon OF a water battery then Inn
2regnable, honey-combed by maya
zines and secret underground pas
sageways. This battery stlll stands
Intact, facing the water approaches of
The city from the south. The fol-
lowing year, in preparation of a
visit from the British, a boom was
constructed between Milestone Point
and the Lazaretto, and a great chain
suspended by q sunken bay vessels
was stretched across the entrance to
the harbor. The fort remained un-
der the control of the state until 1898,
when It was turned over to the ma
tional government, and named in
honor of Col. James McHenry, of
Maryland, who was secretary of war
In Washington's cabinet.
In 1894, with funds raised by public
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22
PLACED UNDER THE PROTECT
ING CARE OF FEDERAL Gov
ERNMENT.
Future Generations Will Thus Be AS
sured Of Beholdlng the Wonders
Of Natures Strange
Moods.

Future generations who will visit
the Yosemite valley and marvel at
the wonderful beauty and grandeur
OF this garden spot will be grateful
to the federal government, by whose
act in the year 1906 this spot in the
great state of California was preserv-
ed as a perpetual government reser-
walton. With the taking over of the
mysterious valley" as 1t used to
be called, new boundary lines have
been surveyed. and within three
months the hitherto tedious stage
Journey over the mountains will have
given place to the trolley line which
enters the valley through a canyon
at it's western end, and next spring
the tourists who visit the wonderful
place will be able to make the trip
comfortably by trolley-the requisite
electricity for which will be furnished
by water power.
The reservation, as now officially
outlined. is 80 miles in width. from
east to west. and 40 miles long from
north to south. But the valley itself
Is only SIX IulleS lOub ny nan a Llllt
in width. II is sunk Just about one
mile vertically below the general
level of the adjacent region, resem-
bling a gigantic trough of irregular
shape, followed out in the mountains.
Nearly in the center of the state of
California. the Yosemite is 1865 miles
from San Francisco, as the crow flies
"a little south OF east.
In early days the whites in that
part OF California had a good deal
OF trouble with the Indians, settlers
being murdered occasionally, and va
rious outrages committed. 1t was
learned that the savages had some
sort Of retreat far up in the noun
tains--a natural stronghold, in which
they deemed themselves safe from
pursuit or attack-and, curiosity on
the subject being excited, a military
expedition was organized to explore
the region and drive out the Indians
Under the guidance Of an old chief
Tenaya, whose name is perpetuatet
In beautiful lake between Mount
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22

Hospital for the insane at Williams
burg. is the only woman physician in
the state and probably in the south
holding responsible official position
under a state government in profess
sional capacity as a doctor of medi-
cine. DR.. Bullard who is yet in her
twenties, looks younger than her
years. Her social standing is so high
and her beauty SO marked that she
could long since have blossomed into
a belle, but she would have none of it,
She has been a bookworm from a child.
devouring subjects far beyond her
years, while other girls were yet with
their dolls and their toys.
Dr. Bullard graduated from Wads-
worth hich school, Radford, where she
was born and reared at an early age.
She attended a school at Madison.
Wis, aftetward taking the profession
al course at FarmWlle, teaching three
years in the public schools of Pulaski
after her graduation, But the science
OF medicine, 10 which the child had
been attracted, now lured the girl,
and, broadening her studies as her
years advanced, she I'm time obtained
her degree as a doctor OF medicine.
To achieve this end she became a
trained nurse. practicing her profes-
sion at the bedside of her patients for
several years with great success.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22
Far Famed Yosemite Valley.

Hoffman, and Cathedral peak. the
party finally reached the valley,
whose wonders they were first Of CIV
ilized human beings to behold. They
killed some of the Indians and made
peace. Nevertheless, not long after.
ward, in 1852, a party of miners was
attacked by redskins in the valley,
two of them being slain near Bridal
Veil meadow. Another expedition
followed, more Indians were killed,
and the rest were driven out, being
compelled to take refuge with a tribe
of Monos on the east side of the
Sierras. But trouble followed: the
fugitives stole horses from the Mo
nos, fed to the Yosemite, were over.
taken, and in a battle were almost en-
tirely exterminated.
In 1856 the first pleasure travel to
the Yosemite began, and a trail en-.
tering the valley from the south side
was opened. The first house was
built in that year. opposite Yosemite
falls. The whole region was orig
inally part of the public domain be-
lOHSlhb W NhO SoNtl hAlthl VI lhO
United States. but the government
gave the valley to California, though
retaining possession of an extensive
surrounding area, which. together
with the valley, has been known for
many years as the Yosemite park
The word Yosemite means grizzly
bear. In the. valley when the whites
first came, there were. it is said,
nine villages, comprising about 500
souls. These people were of the MI
wok, who were much the largest ma.
tion in California, their ancient do
minion extending over a considerable
portion of the state. The mountain
valleys in those days were thinkly
| peopled, and along the rivers. which
were full of fish, numerous villages
were scattered. But they were very
primitive savages, both sexes and all
ages going entirely naked Their de
scendants to-day are commonly known
as Digger, and every autumn they
: gather. in and about this valley, guam
titles of acorns, which are their CHIEF
food supply. and which they store in
curious cylindrical receptacles of bas
network fastened on posts or in the
forks Of trees.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22

the next day. AS might be expected.
they are soon accomplished. Then
Master Sidis takes up work on a sys-
TEN of advanced English grammar
which he n arranging, and which his
father and other educators believe has
the merit of greater simplicity than
any present system.
As a side issue. he INDUCES in some
astronomical calculations, or he may
do a few logarithms, of which he has
devised a new system, or he may take
a shy at something in the study line
equally foreign to the nature of the
average boy of eight years.
William comes naturally by his
bright mentality. His father was for
seven years assistant in psychology at
the New York Pathological institute,
and for two years director of the
sycho-Pathological hospital, of the
New York infirmary, and has made a
study of mentality of all kinds. His
book, Multiple Personality" opened
up a new field in medical science and
psychology to popular view. Mrs. Sid
is is a highly educated woman.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22
BIRTHPLACE OF WISCONSIN is
STILL STANDING.
Erection Of Imposing Structure at
Madison Recalls Humble Building
Where Territorial Admins
tration Was Organized.

Madison. Wls.-Wisconsin's new
capitol will be a sumptuous structure
compared with the building the state
fathers occupied when they gathered
I'm legislative session in lSiS. The dc
velopment OF the great commonwealth
is shown in the required amplincatlon
OF Its statchouse. The legislature Of
Wisconsin has far outgrown the mod.
est little building which at the time OF
ITS erection was considered the finest
of its kind. II has demands that the
enlarged capitol could not meet, and
so the old will give place TO the new.
Work on the new structure Is being
rapidly pushed, and at the meeting OF
December q specimens OF the best
grades of building material for the
outside walls were submitted by
Architect Post.
In the early days many towns were
anxious to have the capitol building
located within their limits. and many
a bitter contest was waged over It's
location. None of the seventeen appli-
cants succeeded in securing It. A
town was laid out especially adapted
20 its needs. a site unrivaled In nat.
ural beauty by any Wisconsin town.
The location of the present state
capitol was selected by James ID. Doty
I'm 1886 and In December of that year
when the Legislature convened at Bel.
mont, an act was passed to establish
the statehouse at Madison. There
were many reasons why this site was
selected and chief among them was
the central location. Milwaukee, Green
Bay and the lead mining region I'm the
southwestern part Of the state were
the principal ccnters of immigration
and OF activity. so In selecting Madl.
son the distance from any one of the
points would be about equal The
Wisconsin territory had belonged to
the Michigan tract II was partitioned
and organized at Mineral Point July
4, 1886, into the territory OF Wlscon-
sin. The first legislative body met at
Belmont and there was long struggle
as to where the capitol OF the new
state would be permanently located.
Seventeen towns desired Il and each
had inducements to offer Fond du
Lac. Dubuque, Portage. Helena, Mil.
waukce Racine. Belmont. Mineral
Point, Green Bay. Platteville, Cassville
Belleview, Koshkonong. Wisconsinap.
oils. Wisconsin City. Peru and Madi.
son. Some of these towns were, as
yet, not laid out, but their promoters
had hopes for them If the capitol was
erected at the point advocated
II was decided that the permanent
structure would be at Madison and q
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22

design and convenience OF arrange
ment compared favorably with capl.
tolls of the adjacent states.
The building was enlarged from time
TO time to provide for the growing
wants of the state.
In 1904 a portion OF the north wing
and the greater part of the interior OF
the capitol was destroyed by fire.
The first legislative hall Of Wiscon.
sin is still standing and there are
many earnest people in the state who
are pleading for it's restoration. or at
least, to have It saved from the desc.
Grafton IL Ia at present subjected to
At the time when the first legislative
body sat In conference, the building
was story and a half frame house.
battlement fronted. IL was at the
meeting in this humble place that
the territorial administration was or.
ganized, the territory divided into
counties. county seats established
ways and means Of borrowing money
discussed This birthplace of the great
state of Wisconsin must always be of
interest to its citizens, who can never
forget the wisdom and forethought of
the pioneers who. meeting to establish
great commonwealth, laid the foun.
dations for the good OF posterity. The
old building at Belmont is perhaps
nothing more to many than any other
old landmark, but to the earnest.
minded 1t stands for something more.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22
A REMARKABLE PUPIL.

spends a certain time out in the air.
OF course, he has to wear glasses. but
that is to protect his eyesight from
possible harm.
Willies classmates in the high
school are boys OF almost twice his
years and size. His feet do not reach
the floor from his seat, and his child
ish face is noticeable in the classroom.
Physics are second-year study,
but he takes them now with the soph-
omores, and it is expected by his
teachers that he will be advanced to
that class in all the studies before
many months of the school term are
over.
But his activities do not end with
the schoolroom. At home, after school
hours, he is busy with his lessons for
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22

lively denied, was born in a tent In
Las Vegas. N. NJ. 23 years ago.
Capt. John Manners, of the English
army, now the duke of Rutland, was
st that time in poor health. He OBJ,
tanned a furlough, and went to the
dry climate of New Mexico TO recu-
perate his failing strength. He was
accompanied by his wife, who is re-
membered as a beautiful woman of
most charming and simple ways. I'm
like most English health-seekers.
Capt. and Mrs. Manners did not travel
with retinue OF servants. In fact,
they were unaccompanied by any per
son.
The first thing Capt. Manners did
when he arrived at Las Vegas was to
buy an ordinary camping tent, which
he put up with his own hands on a
vacant lot near the old MonteZuma
hotel. The tent was furnished with
cots and a few rough cooking utensils
and a dry goods box for a table. Thus
the couple lived for several months.
II was in this tent that a pretty girl
baby was born. 1t was a cold. stormy
day, December 90, that marked the
event.
In those days Las Vegas still pos
sessed the rough, hospitable spirit o
the west. The Manners baby was thS
talk of the town. 1t was the pet of the
men, and the adored one OF the WON
en-. She was a beautiful little bit o.
humanity. The proud mother and thu
precious infant were showered witt
attentions.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22
HENS ON MIssoURrs SEAL.
Poultry Association Plans to Honor
the Humble Fowl.

Columbia, Mo.-Missouri has a new
coat of arms. The state has been pro-
vided with a new seal. The Missouri
Poultry association has decided that
the sturdy whig, George Burckhartt,
who suggested, and the first general
assembly which adopted the coat Of
arms or great seal of the state of Mis-.
souri,, while well enough for their day,
did not fitly represent the state of
Missouri as it is to-day.
The old coat of arms had two bears
upon it; grizzly bears, too, although
Missouri had no grizzly bears at that
time, If ever, in its borders. The new
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22
Lady Manners Born in Tent.

The fact that the piercing wind
which blew over the mesa crept
through the tent and over the cot
where the mother and babe were ly-
ing awakened fear that the exposure
might not be good for them. But they
thrived under the influence of the
pure air.
Old Juanita Rergo, the Mexican
woman who nursed Mrs. Manners
through that trying period, is still liv-
ing at Las Vegas
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22
IN MEMORY OF THOMAS MOORE.
Artistic Celtic Cross Erected on His
Grave In England.

London.-Recently In the church.
yard of Bromham. Wiltshire, England.
the Celtic cross shown in the illustra.
tlon, which stands over the grave Of
Thomas Moore, the renowned Irish
poet, was unveiled with imposing cere-
monies. Thousands attended the cere-
monies and green flags and scrolls
bearing quotations from the Irish
Melodies" were abundantly in evil
dence. Among the speakers were Jus
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22
Unable to c,eclfy.

Ruggles-How are the heating ar.
rangements in your fiat?
Ramage - Heating arrangements? 4?
There's a mitigating circumstance or
T. } in the basement, | believe. but |
don't know of anything as definite as
an arrangement-Chica TriEIns.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22
Woman on Hospital Board.

DR.. Bullard is the youngest daugh.
ter OF Mrs. Meta G.. Bullard, and the
late Daniel Bullard, who settled in Vir-
ginia prior TO the civil war. Though
native born Virginian, she comes
from Puritan stock, uniting the energy
and progressive traits of the Yankee
with the warm.heartedness and gener.
GUS impulslveness of the south.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22
inheritance.

Mr.. Gadd-Does your boy take after
you. or his father?
Mrs. Gabb-He takes after his
father You never can believe'a word
he says.-N. Y. Weekly.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22
Progressive.

81 hear you've fired your old stenog-
rapher?"
yep"
what for?"
so could employ young ONE
Houston Post.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22
Unique Distinction Held bp Miss Bul.
lard Of Virginia.

Richmond, Va.-Dr. Irene b. Bullard
of Radford, recently appointed by the
general hospital board as third assist
ant physician at the Eastern State
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22
Her Engagement to Nephew Of King
Edward Is Denied.

FL Paso, Tex.-Lady Marjorie Man
ners. whose reported betrothal to
Prince Arthur, of Cannaught, nephew
of King Edward. has been authorita-
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22
Brute.

Knicker-When do you take the
heavy meal of the day?
Bocker-When my wife cooks it,
N. Y. Sun.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22

tin Mccarthy and John Dillon, NJ. p
Moore was born in Dublin on May 2S,
1879, and died at Bromham on the
goth of February, 1852. His famous
Irish Melodies" were published be-
tween the years 1907 and 1884.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-01-22
Locsted.

"Did you hear that there was a
skeleton in Jones family?"
"You don't say sol Where?"
Inside OF Jones. es."-Milwaukee SEN
tinel
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-06-14
MONMOUTH.

Elder LaDow, Of Union, Oregon, is
in town.
William Collins. of Suver, was in
town, Tuesday.
Miss Ellen Johnson, who has been
sick SO long, is sinking slowly.
F. Y. Mulkey left for Newport, Mon
day, to work in the Abbey House.
The bridge gang OF the S. P. rail-
road has been in town for several
days.
Wiley Norton and son, Warren, of
LewisvilIe, were in town on business
Tuesday.
Work on the evaporator has begun
in good shape. The lumber arrived
last week.
Joseph Radek has furnished his ice
cream parlor with fine patent stands
and chairs.
Cal Cramer, Of Falls City, was
shaking hands with old-time friends
in town the latter part of last week.
w. d. Pierson moved to East Port
land this week, where he has bought
property and will live in the future.
Report comes from Mrs. Cornelia
Taylor that she is much worse since
she went home and not able to leave
her bed.
Mrs. Lena Davis, of Grants Pass,
was In town last week, having attended
the funeral of her sister, Ella Sher-
man, in Independence
Oscar Russell, of Wasco, formerly
of Monmouth, is spending the vacation
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. J.
Russell. He has been teaching there
for some time.
Milton Force is at home again after
teaching school in the Rock Creek
country, Eastern Oregon. He is run
ming the confectionery store here,
assisted by Glenn Percival.
Wonder where those fellows are who
said we were going to have drouth?
This is a fine rain, and will make
thousands of dollars for the people in
the valley. Oregon never goes back
on itself.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-06-14
PEDEE HILLS.

Rex Womer is hauling lumber for a
new house on his place.
1t is reported that bears have eaten
all Of Jesse Yost's young goats.
Tommy Vale, whose leg was broken
last winter, is getting along nicely.
Edwards & Oleman have moved
their logging engine to Mr. Womer's
place.
The I. X. L. ranch has some fine
Jersey COWS for sale. Every one is
guaranteed.
The ice cream social and dance at
Edwards store Saturday night drew
a large crowd. ALI had good time.
The I. X. L. dairy ranch sold $72
worth of cream to the Corvallis
creamery last month. So much for
the little Jersey COWS; they can't be
beaten, and the I. x. L. ranch has
them.
B. Pickens has hogs eight months
old that weigh 800 pounds. They have
had no grain feed-only skinned
milk. We once heard a man say that
his pigs got poor on skinned milk.
Different here.
b. Pickens is selling his oat hay to
Oleman's and Hanna's camps to
make room in his barn for a new crop
OF clover and vetch. He will have 100
tons Of fine hay this year. Oat hay is
not good for dairying purposes.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-06-14

Earl Brunk has the measles.
Miss Loretta Foster has been visiting
her sister, Miss Bessie.
Hop training will soon be a thing
of the past for 1907.
Thirteen of Captain Branson's con.
verts have been immersed, and joined
the Christian church at Salem.
Mrs. Biden has returned to her home
at Medford. after spending month
with her aunt, Mrs. H. B. Brophy.
Your correspondent has been so
busy lately she could not look up, but
when the rush is over, she will make
up for lost time.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. I. Ferguson attended
the graduating exercises Of the Nor
NAL class of the Willamette University
at Salem, Tuesday evening.
DR.. Rowland, Presiding elder of the
Methodist church, will preach here
next Sunday evening. The Rev.
Black Of the Cristian church, will
preach in the morning.
The hay around Eola will be quite
short-some so short it will never be
cut. Gardens are looking fine. The
berry crop is holding out pretty we'll,
but on account Of the dry weather the
berries are small. Hops are looking
fine.