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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-30
LE0AL,,
Notice of Amendment to Artiole. o.

Notice OF Amendment to Articles OF
Incorporation.
| To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the OF
| tumwa Box Car Loader Company.
corporation organized under the laws
of the State of Iowa. with its princi-
pal business and place OF business at
| Ottumwa, Iowa, has amended its Ar
| ticles Of Incorporation by repeating
and re-enacting Article III thereof in
respect to its corporate stock. making
and providing it's authorized capital
stock Four Hundred Thousand Dol
lars, and dividing the same into two,
classes, known as Common Stock
and Preferred Stock" and In which
the authorized common stock Is fixed
at Three Hundred and Fifty Thou
sand Dollars, and the authorized pre-
ferred stock at Fifty Thousand Dol
lars, to be divided into shares OF one
Hundred Dollars each. OF the author
lied common stock 2,485 shares, or
s243,500 is to be issued to the holders
of common stock at the time of the
amendment, share for share, accord
| ing to their then holdings, that be-
ing the amount of the then outstand-
| ing capital stock and the remainder
of the authorized common stock shall
be issued from time to time as dis
posed Of to be paid in cash or its equiv
alent value in property. The authorize
ed preferred stock shall be issued and
sold by the company from time to time
at not less than par in cash. The pre-
ferred stock is entitled to cumulative
dividends of seven per cent per an
mum, to be paid each year out Of the
net earnings of the company before
dividends are paid on the common
stock. and also has preference over the
common stock in liquidation. and may
also be converted up to January l.
1909, into common stock, share for
share, so far as the common stock res
tmains unissued.
After January /, 1909. the company
| has the right to call in and cancel any
part of this preferred stock at s105
/ per share. Each class Of stock has
equal voting power, share for share.
The amendatory articles have been
duly executed and recorded with the
recorder of deeds Of Wapello County.
Iowa, and filed with the Secretary Of
State for Iowa for record.
Dated May H. 1907.
The Otutmwa Box Car Loader Com
/ pany.
BY Henry Phillips, President.
Attest: Philip. P. Phillips,
Secretary.
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WEST VAN buren,.

West Van Buren, Earl Hoskin OF
Cantril was a caller here Friday.
Samuel as.d Bert Chanel and fam,
i!ies yis.te.s Sunday at the homo OF +
S. Plcwman.
Several persons from this place at
tended memorial services at Douds OF
Sunday. ..,.o5
sunday at the home Of Otto McCul-
Tough Of Leanoo.
Dr.. Mcclure Of Dords was profcs'
s:onal caller here Sunday.
Mrs. Lula Plowman is In very poor
health this week. =.
Miss Georgia Arson Of Kilbourne Is
here for an indefinite time.
terly services at Bethel Free Metnools'
church over Saturday and Sunday.
Gussie Nelson returneS to his home
in Leando Tuesday from St. J 10,
Kansas, where he has been WORKING
the past few months
The little year old son ~ OF = '4 3a1
Smith was unfortunate enough 10 Ia az.
patient is getting along nicely.
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to pieces. The other member of the
corporation. w. M. Peatman, has gone
to Oregon, while Mr.. Clark remained
here to face the music, and says he
will prove that he is guilty Of no
criminal practices.
Practices Kept up for Years
From the evidence that is shown by
statements Of people doing business
with the company, 1t appears that ille-
gal practices have been going on for
many years. One of the practices was
to take their clients money to loan for
them and hold it in their own possess
sion and pay the interest to the client
as it became due, and when the final
settlements came they were unbale TO
produce the principal, which brought
the crash. Another was to make loans
on property, and in the abstract fail
to show up first mortgages, making
the investor think he had first mort
gage, when in fact he held second or
even third. The people had every con-
fidence in them and trusted them as
they would their banker or attorney,
in many instances leaving money with
them and taking nothing further. than
a receipt. There has been every eff
fort made to hush this matter UP IN
the county, but now that the indict-
ments have been found the whole at
fair is coming out.
Mr.. Clark appeared upon being
served with warrants and furnished
bonds. While it Is felt that he has
been guilty of great wrongs there Is
much sympathy for him, as he has
been in business here for thirty years,
and until now held the confidence Of
the people. He is now old and gray
headed and has not cent in the world
for his declining years.
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WILL TEACH FILLIPINos.
Principal of West Point Public Schools
Resigns to Enter Civil
Service Work

West Point, Ia, May 2s.-Prof. M.
G. Swan, principal of the public schools
here the past year. left for his home
in Mt. Pleasant Tuesday. Mr.. Swan
has entered the civil service work and
on June 25, 1907. will leave for San
Francisco, from whence he will sail
for Hong Kong, thence to Manila
where he will report for duty as school
teacher in the Philippine Islands. The
professor has made many warm
friends during his stay in this city
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FLEEcED MANY CITIZENS.
centerviiIe and Appanoose County
People Victims Of ALLEGED Frauds
az Banker w. G. Clark

People Victims Of Alleged Frauds
Of Banker w. G. Clark
Centerville, May 29.--Aghast at the
discovery of the extensive frauds
charged against w G. Clark. OF the
Clark G Peatman company Centerville
is experiencing one of the greatest
shocks the community has ever known
Mr.. Clark is one of Centerville's Old
est citizens, and until few months
ago not shadow of suspicion was
lodged against him, but about that
time runmors commenced to bloa1
around that the Clark & Peatman M
vestment company was in bad straits
and that criminal acts had been prac-
ticed by it and its members. When
the whole matter came out 1T was
found that the investment company
was insolvent for more than 100000.
Much of the story was hushed up and
some few individuals secured settle
ments of their claims for much less
than their value, while others could
secure nothing, and they sought the
grand jury.
Losers Number by Scores.
Scores of Appanoose county people
| lost money through the investment
company from hundreds to thousands
of dollars, some losing everything
they possessed The company has be.
come defunct,, its insurance business
| sold to other parties, its abstract
| books purchased by a new company
and the business, which was supposed
to be one of the largest and most sub,
| stantiaI in southern Iowa. has gone
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w. 3. BAReER DIES.
Charlton Attorney Passes Away
CIarinda-FuneraI to Be Held

SidrIuQa--T uuSFdl W DO ti0'a
on Thursday.
Charlton, May 2s.-Attorney William
B. Barger died Tuesday morning in the
hospital at Clarinda. The remains
were brought to this place today and
taken to the home in Spring Lake adj
dition, where private funeral services
will be held on Thursday afternoon
and the remains laid away in the Char
iton cemetery. Mr.. Barger has been IN
poor health for several years and was
taken worse this spring. when ne was
taken to a private hospital in Des
Moines, but it was soon found out
that the case was incurable and he
was then taken to Clarinda. In the
death Of Mr.. Barger Charlton loses one
Of its most able lawyers, he having
practiced in the courts here for num-
Der of years He has filled the offices
of county attorney and that Of mayor
Of the city. AS prominent member
Of a number Of lodges, he WI viii be miss nmd
ed in their circles, TO the Wi fe,a ahe
is extended.
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eat real grub which proceed to do,
clesnin' the menu from soda to hook.
When have done my worst, l pills
bones Of mourishment, stick tooth
picks into EN-, an havin' offered EN-
what other indignities occur to me,
leave the place.
Dextry and the girl were leaning
over the stern-rail chatting idly IN
the darkness. 1t was the second night
out and the ship lay dead in the Ice
pack. All about them was flat, foe
| clogged sea, leprous and mottled in
the deep twilight that midnight
brought in this latitude. They had
threaded into the ice-field as long as
the light lasted, following the lanes OF
blue water till they closed, then drift
ing idly till others appeared, worming
out into leagues of open sea, again
creeping into the shifting labyrinth till
darkness rendered progress perilous
Occasionally they had passed herds
of walrus huddled socially upon ice
pans. their wet hides glistening in the
sunlight. The air hal been clear and
| pleasant, while away on all quarters
they had seen the smoke of Other
ships toiling through the barrier. The
spring fleet was knocking at the doc,
of the Golden North.
Chatting at her Imprisonment, the
girl had asked the old man to take hf
out on deck under the shelter of dark
ness; then she had led him to speal
of his own past experiences, and O
Glenisters; which he had done freely
She was frankly curious about them
4 and she wondered at their apparen
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East End Supply Co.


The Store That Saves You Money.
Old Phone 1871. New Phone 1871.
Corner Main and Iowa Avenue.
We will pay you the highest price for
your produce.
100 ID bag GRADUATED Z IN
Sugar.. -. 49,. 80. -. .J.ZV
cam NJ jelly tGf DC Pres eaT ..1OC
Flash Antiseptic hand cleaner. NJ
Better than soap, 8 for..:. 80. ZJC
8 bars White 0E
Russian Soap. .............. LJI
Fancy Candies Fresh Fruits
Foreign and Domestic Nuts.
Everything you wish for Fruit Salads.
Tr ass B 'raSSS OC e sssa p csokies
FRESH MEATS.
SMOKED MEATS.
CANNED MEATS
Bananas, per doz. i0c, IN,
15c and .................... ..JVC
p D5aa iessn large, fancy Acc
A Select Line of Teas, coffees and
Spices. All Pure Food Goods.
WEIGHT. AND MEASURE GUARAN
TEED CORRECT.
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CHAPTER 1-(Continued.)

ed, speaking earnestly Instead of
passing, they stopped abreast of her
hiding-place; then, as they began 10
talk, she saw that her retreat was cut
off and that she must not stir.
What brings her here?" Glenister
was echoing a question Of Dextry's.
Bah! What brings them all? What
brought the Duchess, and Cherry
Maltotte, and all the rest?"
mo, no." said the old man. "She
amt that kind she's too fine, too
delicate-too pretty"
That's just it too pretty! Too
pretty to be alone or anything ex-
cept what she isl
Dextry growled sourly. "This coun-
try has plumb ruined you, boy. You
think they're all alike-an' don't
know but they are all but this girl.
Seems like she's different, somehow
but can't tell"
Glenister spoke musingly:
II had an ancestor who buccaneered
among the Indies, a long time ago
SO I'm told Sometimes l think | have
mis- disposition. He comes and whis-
pers things to me in the night. Oh,
he was devil, and I've got his blood
In me untamed and hot can hear
him saying something now some
thing about the spoils of war. Ha, ha!
Maybe he's right. / fought for her
tonight Dex- the way he used to
fight for his sweethearts along the
Mexicos. She's too beautiful to be
good and there's never a law of
God or man runs north Of Fifth-three.' -
They moved on, his vibrant, cynical
laughter stabbing the girl till she
leaned against the yawl for support.
She held herself together while the
blood beat thickly in her ears, then
fled to the cabin. hurting herself into
her berth, where she writhed silently,
beating the pillow with hands into
which her nails had bitten. staring the
while into the darkness with dry and
aching eyes.
CHAPTER II
She awoke to the throb of the en-
gines, and, gazing cautiously through
her stateroom window, saw CLASSY,
level sea, with the sun brightly
agleam on 1t.
So this was Boring? She had clothed
it always with the mystery Of her
school-days, thinking of 1t as a weep
Ing, fog-bound stretch Of gray waters.
Instead, she saw flat, sunlit main
with occasional sea-parrots Tapping
their fat bodies out of the ship't course.
A glistening head popped up from the
waters abreast. and she heard the cry
Of "seaI!''
Dressing, the girl noted minutely the
personal articles scattered about the
cabin, striving to derive therefron
some fresh hint of the characteristics
Of the owners. First. there was an
elaborte, copper-backed toilet-set, all
richly ornamented and leather-bound.
The metal was magnificently hand
worked and bore Glenisters initial. 1t
spoke of elegant extravaganza, and
seemed oddly out of place In an Arctic
miners equipment, as did also small
set of De Maupassant.
Next, she picked up Kipling's Sever
Seas, marked literally, and felt tina,
she had struck a scent. The rough
ness and brutality of the poems had
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-07-31

DR.. A. p Owens made a business
trip to Muskogee today
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SHOWS STANDARD.
f. E. Hull Tells Kansas City Re-
porter How the System" Works
in Indian Territory.

While in Kansas City, Monday, Ed
itor e. e. Hull gave the following in
teryiew to a reporter for the Kansas
Star:
"We get forty-one cents barrel for
oil at our wells in Indian Territory.
We pay thirty cents gallon in Okla
homa for gasoline made in Neodesha,
Kas. There's an example Of Standard
Oil profits. .
Ernest K. Hull, editor of the Vinita
Chieftain, who was in Kansas City
Monday, gave this illustration Of the
oil situation in the two territories.
"But the greatest trouble lies in get
ting the Standard to accept our oil, :"
he said. "a pipe line passes the Al
luwe fields where our wells lie, but we
have to trust to luck in getting our
product marketed. We had $50 bari
rels stored few weeks ago, all our
tanks were full and we we're forced to
close down the pumps until the
Standard chose to take the oil. In
the meantime the engineer and work
men around the wells were idle, !"
Mr.. Hull said the pipe line now
building to the gulf is expected TO
provide new markets for oil, and
owners of wells believe its completion
will bring better times.
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FOUND DEAD MAN.
Frisco Brakeman Makes Grewsomt
Discovery Near the Coal Chutes
at Early Hour This A. M.

This morning at about two O'Clock
a brakeman on an east bound Frisco
freight train discovered the mangled
remains of an unknown man lying be-
tween the track of the main line and
the switch near the coal chutes at the
west end of the Frisco yards The
man, who was dead when found, APP
parently had but recently been killed,
in what manner will probably never
be told.
Apparently the unfortunate man
had been riding on the train and
when he attempted to get off at the
coal chutes his left foot was caught
In some manner and he was thrown
violently to the ground.
There was no indication that the
car wheels had passed over any palt
of the body, but the mans chest was
terribly crushed his scalp and ears
torn and face marked as though he
might have been dragged for some
distance. The ligaments we're torn
from his left heel. while the heel on
the shoe of that foot showed plainly
that it had been caught and firmly
held, probably in the coupling be-
tween two cars.
The body, which is that Of a man
apparently between the ages oftwenty-
five and thirty, was removed to Lewis
undertaking parlors, where search
failed to reveal anything by which the
dead man could positively be identi-
fed. A book containing notations of
work done as plumber and cleo
Urician in several Oklahoma towns
was found in one of his pockets, but
no place could a name be found In
side the case of a gold watch he car
ried was engraved the initials "a. N.
ID" a blue serge suit Of clothes,
Stetson hat, patent leather shoes and
the gold watch he wore, all proclaim
the man not to be Of the ordinary
"hobO" variety, Though 1t is probable
he was beating his way on the train
that evidently caused his death. His
all bears the trademark Of
Oklahoma City firms, the hat coming
from the store of Earth g. Myers, and
IL is by this means that Undertaken
Lewis and the officers expect to estab-
lish his identity kilograms have
been sent to Oklahoma City and the
replies THAT are momentarily expected
may clear up tine mystery surrounding
The unfortunate mans Identity
The dead man is feet inches in
height, weighs about $50 pounds, has
very dark brown hair, dark complexion
Ind grey eyes; face smooth shaven.
though bearing evidence Of not hay
ng been touched by razor fora week.
No money was found on the man.
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FARMERS INSTITUTE
Secretary McNabb of the Board Of
Agriculture Will Start Them in
Indian Territory.

| Collinsyille, I. T. July 3l-C. A,
McNabb, secretary of the Oklahoma
Board of Agriculture, has notified the
commercial club Of this city that he
will come to the Indian Teroitory on
Sept 2nd and begin organizing far
mers' Institutes in the several propos-
ed counties in the eastern half of the
new state. He said his work would
probably be concluded on or about
Oct. 4th and hoped to organize in
stitutes in practically every country
over here.
Farmers in this locality are greatly
pleased over the outlook and while
they are mostly affiliated with unions
they will aid in every way possible to
organize on plan in vogue in IOkla-
homa Territory. One Of the leaders
Of The local farmers unions stated to-
day that Indian Territory farmers
were anxious to become better inform
ed on the subject Of horticulture and
general agriculture, and would gladly
welcome any suggestions made by the
Oklahoma board of agriculture along
these lines.
Cotton growing in this section Of
the country is carried on in limited
way at present, but IN former years
the acreage and yield was considera-
BILE. They declare that diversified
farming pays best, and that since
all the tame grasses grow
here, the cotton field has been largely
abandoned. Bluegrass, clover and
are being grown on limited
scale, but the experiment has demon
ira ted its worth and many are going
10 devote more attention to tame
grasses this fall.
Secretary McNabb advocates Ber-
nuda grass where cattle have hereto
lore grazed along high prairie ridges.
He says it not only enriches the soil
put will yield hay abundantly ana
furnish pasturage much superior to
.he native grass. Cherokee NatiCa
farmers are awake to modern methods
If farming and stscg raising.
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WANT STATE TICKET
Early Arrivals at Tulsa For Con-
vention Indicate Nomina-
tion of Frantz

Tulsa, /. t., July 81 Frank Frantz
for governor and afull state ticket on
platform claiming the credit for the
good features ia the proposed consti-
tuition and demanding other amend
ments, seems to be the plan Of the
state Republican convention to be
held here tomorrow.
Delegates are arriving by the hun
dreds and there Is the best Of feeling
among them. All are for statehood
and are willing to give, take and give
to secure 1t at the earliest moment,
Frantz will be nominated by acclama-
tion. The convention will be held
in a great tent seating six thousand.
There will De little opposition to the
nomination Of a state ticket in the
Republican state convention here
Thursday.
For chairman of the state commit
tee, Jim Cottingham, of Guthrie,
seems to have the best show. The
boom for Charles e. Hunter, Of Okla
homa City, for this position seems to
have about played out. Jake Hamon
still claims that he viii win in his
fight with Frantz and says that
three-fourths Of the delegations are
with him.
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TODAY
Attorney West Will Prosecute Ac-
tion Against the Waters-Pierce
Company.

Charles ]. West. Democratic candl-
date for attorney general of the new
state today and tomorrow will COM
mence taking depositions in suit
fled in Garfield county to compel the
Waters Pierce OH company to sell oil
at uniform price throughout the
territory.
The suit was instituted several
months ago by County Attorney Dan
iel Huett of Garfield county, at the
solicitation OF Mr., West. 1t is one Of
the suits which West asked permis-
sion of Governor Frantz to bring last
fall in the name Of the territory.
The governor refused to give his per-
mission.
The Waters-Pierce company, be-
cause of the laws regulating sale of
oil in Kansas, have been selling oil in
the northern portion Of Oklahoma
near the Kansas line at less price
than it is sold in other portions. The
suit is brought to compel them to
sell at uniform price throughout
the territory.
If successful, the suit would reduce
the price of oil about four cents gal
lon in Oklahoma City.
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SNAKE INDIANS DESIRE
TO EMIGRATE TO MEXICO

Tulsa, 1. T., July 81 While con-
gress may think it is comforting a
great good on the fullblood Indians Of
the five civilized tribes by tieing up
their lands with restrictions for twen-
ty-hve years, as the McCumber sena-
torial amendment provides, these
same fullbloods are not pleased at the
idea and would have their lands free
to do as they please with their own.
The Greeks have taken the initia-
tive and the fullbloods Of this tribe,
some 6O00 in number, represented by
Crazy Snake Of the Snake band and
ez-Chief Legus Pegryman Of Tulsa,
appeared before the special meeting
of the Creek council at Okmulgee yes
terday and endeavored to get a petit
tion through that body and up to
Washington, asking the removal OF
all restrictions from fullblood lands
The Snakes want to emigrate In
a body to Mexico and have represen-
tatiyes looking up site for reserva-
tion in that country, where they can
live after the fashion OF the primitive
redman. If congress consents to the
removal of their restrictions the
will sell out their lands 10
Indian Territory and lose no time in
getting to their proposed new home.
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PREACHERS SON WOULD
REPRESENT THIRDDISTRIGT

Tulsa, /. r., July 81 With the en-
trance Of Carl G. Magee into the race
for the Republican nomination for
congress from the Third district, it is
now five handed contest and prom
ises very exciting finish in the Tah-
lequah convention, which will follow
few days after the state convention.
Mr.. Magee is young man of thir-
ty-four years of age, and has been a
a resident of Tulss four years. He is
lawyer by profession and was first
associated as partner with the late
A. r. Query, who at the time of his
death two years ago, was at the head
Of the Creek Nation Republican or
ganization.
Mr. Magee halls from Iowa, is a
graduate of the state normal Of that
state and is a son Of Rev. Magee, one
Of the most prominent Methodist min
listers in Iowa.
The third district is close, politic-
ally and the outcome depends largely
on the swing Of the Indian vote,
Both parties are claiming the vote
and there can be no safe prediction
made to which way If at ali it will 60
as the Indians are still more or less
to steer shy of white mans
politics.
James S. Davenport, Of Vinita,
prominent lawyer, is the Democratic
candidate.
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ASKS Explanation

Girard, Kan, July 3l-The Appeal
to Reason, the socialist paper, has
sent the following telegram to Roose-
vclt: "The Appeal to Reason, and its
1 100000 readers, congratulate you on
the service you rendered in securing
the acquittal Of undesirable citizen
Haywood at Boise. You will be asked
to explain your attitude to 10000, 900
workingmen during the next cam
paign."
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See our good Hammocks at 85c, $l.15 and $3.50.