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death as above written, yet our losses
daily and nightly in this ravine were
as great as at the Red Buttes, because
of the intensely cold weather and our
ratiOns of four ounces of flour for
adults and two ounces for children.
Here nearly all the balance of our oxen
died, and several were found each
morning dead between the tents, and
some with their heads close to the
ashes of our campfires. Others We're
knocked in the head before they did
die. cut up and eaten. together with
many a pound of rawhide, after roast
ing off the hair.
One or two incidents must be record
ed and then we leave the ravine.
Wheeloek's Prayer.
Every morning and evening prayer
meetings were called,S at which ad-
dresses were made by the members
of the rescuing and relief party, at one
of which, night or two before we left,
Elder Cyrus H. Wheelock, who had
just returned from a three-year mis-
sion to the British Isles, during which
period he had become greatly attached
to scores in our camp and company.
offered a very remarkable prayer.
His heart and soul was filled with
sorrow at our condition, as We had
several IN our camp yet that had to n
certain extent lost their minds-sinae
crossing the North Platte river, at
least, they became like children and
imperSOnaI
Raising his hands to heaven in a
very impressive and appealing manner,
his voice nearly stifled with emotion
and grief, he prayed TO the Father that
if for any fault or weakness that he
might have done or committed in his
life and ministry. the progress of the
members of our company that he
loved Gearer than his own life was i'm
peded; that if through anything he had
done or left undOne he had caused or
helped to cause, or bring about our
present plight, that He would instantly
remove him out Of the way by death,
and let the company go on without fur
Their less. to the valleys OF the noun
tains. 1t was touching and deep in its
and this brief digest will no
doubt refresh the memories and re-
produce the scene in that snowbound
camp for many of our surviving COM
rades.
One of the young ladies whose mind
became affected by the fatal crossing
had left her own campfire Immediately
after the Mast relief wagon had rolled
out from here in the snow on the
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"Wednesday. Nov. 12.-TraVeIed six
miles today" and the writer well re-
members pulling a cart today and
wa1ilg the SweetwateT three times.
Here Brother Bleak records the death
of Alfred Bloomfield Bridge. a fine
young man that he emigrated from his
WhItechapel Branch in London: a ba-
ker, tall and well formed for life, about
% years of age: but he succumbed here
through starvation and exhaustion. So
callOus had our feelings become to
death. that while eating our bite of
supper around the camp fire-and It
was not yet sun down. mother request
ed US to look at Brother Bridge, and
see if he was alive. He was only
few feet from our fire, lying on the
ground in his robe and some blankets,
which we parted, and, on looking at
his face. saw that his eyes We're glazing
in death. of which we apprised mother
and resumed our supper.
Here old John OllortOn died and was
buried with Brother Bridge and thir-
teen others the next morning, so Bro
Their Bleak informed us at the last Oc-
tober conference in this city. Brother
Ollorton was one of the first converts
of President Heber c. Kimball, i'm 1887.
at the town of LOngtOn. Lancashire.
England, and where he was also sue
cessful in baptizing and emptying the
Methodist church of all its members
save the minister.
His widow Alice, weathered the
journey to the Big Sandy, some 100
miles further west where she died on
Thursday evening. Nov. 20. 1856. ana
was buried the next morning, where
the writer's mother and family had
kept their campfire burning all night
Thursday, Oct. 3.-Traveied twelve
miles. We passed Ice Springs TODAY. p
I will now close this chapter with two
more paragraphs from General Bur
toms journal:
"Wednesday, Nov. 12.-Fine Morning
warm for the season Sent on an ex-
press to the South Pass. 1t returned at
O'Clock this morning %. and four
teams with some flour. Camped to-
night above the three crossings of
Sweetwdter
Thursday, Nov. 13-Very pleasant
morning. Companies ali moving along
finely. Camped again tonight on the
Sweetwater at the lower end Of the
16-mile drive
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the time, and he said that during all
/ ms twenty-five TO thirty trips across
the plains, since coming to Utah i'm
| lA41 he had never seen the snow so
| deep here before, nor the cold so in
| tense. In fact. I also remember it be-
ing said here. for the first four or five
days the snow was so drifted and deep
| that they could not locate the road
! ahead.
Crossing the Sweetwater.
| Tuesday, Nov. MARTINS hand COM
pany left the camp at Devils Gate
some time in the forenoon, making
| straight west to the Sweetwater. The
creek here was at least two rods wide.
and from two to three feet deep. with
plenty Of ice and snow, so as to carve
the recollection forever i'm the minds of
all that waded that stream. Our few
wagons helped to carry all the children
they could, the aged and wornout, and
many child was pulled across in the
fathers covered cart, but we had one
hero on this occasion, whose name de-
serves to be chiseled on the pedestal
OF the throne in heaven, and that was
Daniel H Grant. the son of General D
Grant of Pennington, Utah, about IS
or q years of age. who jumped into
that cold, icy stream and for nearly
two hours carried across on his back.
with their arms clasped around his
neck. fully $50 children, young ladies
and the aged of box sexes. When we
were all across, he walked In his suit
of ice some two and a half miles to
the camp at the Gate, where his father
did all possible for him that night, but
he told me ten or twelve years after
ward I'm Utah that his services that day
in the Sweetwater had made him an
invalid for life and a permanent rheu-
matte, and so far as health and
strength, Il ruined man.
SnoWbound IN Martins Ravine.
We reached the cove or ravine in
time to get our tents pitched before
dark, and found plenty of good, dry
cedar and pine, close by on the rocks
and lodges. The night was as cold as
nearly any we had at the DEVILS Gate.
and the snow so frozen to the ground
that many were not able to clear il out
of the tents, so they threw down their
buffalo robes and blankets and Law
down exhausted. We remained here
the evening of Tuesday. Nov. and
Nov. :. 8, and S-five nights and four
days, and, while Historian Bleak has
only the record of Sister Mary Harper's
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Possibly this is true as Brother Bleak
has it recorded. but the writer remem-
bers that he and mis- brother pulled a
cart most of the way to Willow
Springs, beyond the three crossings of
SweetwateT.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02

rson Williams. an Indian, was ar
rested at the Wilmington Hotel in
TINS city Friday night on a charge OF
forging checks In different parts vi
the country The arrest was made boy
G. Il. Brakcbill. an officer of Norman
Okla, who was assisted by the police
Of the city. Williams It is alleged is a
gambler and has made It a practice
of giving checks when he got broke
Being an Indian and VT prosperous
and agreeable appearance. he has been
successful In getting the money on
his checks. Williams practically con.
fcsscl TO the crime. It is said. and
made no romonstrancc about being
taken back To Norman.
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through both their eyes and their
ears"
This was the comment made by an
American naval officer on recent Wis
its to Washington ny u~1cers of the
japanese navy. 4 considerable mum.
Der Of japanese officers uf ships that
we're in attendance on the opening OF
the jamestown exposition visited
Washington under the escort of Amer.
lean officers. They came here to "see
the sights and be entertained by the
government. Each group Of foreign
officers whether from Japan or some
other country-was escorted by an
American officer. whose duty 1t was
10 entertain the visitors and afford
them opportunities for observation.
The arrangements were complete and
the foreigners were given Just such
entertainment as the American navy
knows SO well how to dispense.
II is quite safe to say that the Jap
anese officers combined more profit
with their pleasure than did the Off.
GERS Of any other country. They knew
exactly what they wanted to see
and proceeded about their crrand in
a perfectly business-iiNe manner. Each
one of them had his notebook and
memoranda of what he was to ob.
serve particularly. They spent some
time in the naval gun factory. at the
naval observatory, at the congressfOn.
al library and capitol and at the
institution. They care
fully noted in their little books all
that they saw. They talked very lit.
tie, but saw a whole lot When they
opened their mouths it was to ask
some salient question. They had been
well coached and nothing escaped |
hem. OF course. they enjoyed them.
selves, but it was merely detail |
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Elephants In the Armv-

Oklahoma City. June IA carload
Of elephants has been received at Fort
Sill ana will be rsed there for moving
the big artillery pieces that have been
placed for field practice which will
tase place this summer. The Fort
sill military reservation has been Sc
lected by the war apartment as one
of the places in the Southwest FOR a
maneuvering ground and during the
summer a large number of troops will
be stationed there for field practice.
These are the first elephants ever
brought to Oklahoma or the West for
the purpose and are quite an innova.
ton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02
Tho Dressmaker's Diploma,


MDny New York women who patron
lie II new dtessmulicr for the tir>
time PROFOUND M embarrassing que
tion.
Have you n diplomay" they nsk.
81 didn't know what answer 10 mak,
tp the first customer that put tia
question to me-" said one drcssmal,p
Il certainly did not have dlplou.
! knew how u sew, hut had no cc
tilicnte To- that effect. Finally foun
that many women have suffered ,
grievously nt the hands of lncompr
tents that they were unwilling q tru
their work 10 person who could II,
show some guarantee Of cXporient
AMI efficiency, 30, although | knC
more about sewing than half the fns.
lunahlc drcssmukcrs In town. nctun
ly worked f. one such establlshmca,
for fIUr months 90 that | could point
To n printed diploma which says. For
ucrlv with Nine. \. of Flfth avenue.
II pays any drcggmakcr Ia arm her eli
with credentials Of that kind. Sho
ought To have her diploma framed ans
hung ou the w9ll Ike n doctors dlpin
r1a. 80 rs - give confidence TO doubt
Ing customers" New York sun.
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n Wonderful Fish.

The Bohcmians have u pruvcrh. "Ev
cry fish has another for prey The
wells lsilurlN has them all This f.
the largest fresh water fish found I'm
the rivers of Europe except the eiur
gcon. II often reaches ivc or six feet
In length II DESTROYS many uduati,
birds, and we are assured that II does
not spare the human species ON the
81 of July. 1900. peasant took one
near Thorn that had nm Infant entire
In its stomach They tell In Hungary
of children and young girls being de.
vourcd ON going To draw water. and
they oven relate that on the frontiers
of Turkey poor fisherman took ON,
that had In It's stomach the body of
n woman. her purse containing Z 'll
nnl ring. The fish is even rcputcd
10 have been taken sixteen feet long
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02

er night, party OF Japanese proceed
ei to cut them into good-sizcd pieces
with knives. San Francisco is repre-.
sonted in an all around condition of
chaos. Mayor Schmitz is on trial for
graft; the city is practically without
head or direction and the labor unions
are on strike in all lines of business.
The Japanvse are working against
American, laborers for small wages.
and this increases the III feeling.
\ well-known war correspondent
who has come from Japan and through
Hawaii and California told the presi.
den, few days ago that the Japan.
csc are watching an opportunity to
make trouble for this .ourtry, their
purpose being TO take the Philip
pines and Hawaii. In the latter coun-
try there are 10000 japanese laborers,
most OF them former soldiers of ia
pan, while the total number of Ameri.
cans is less than 5000. The Japan.
Csc would have no difficulty in taking
the island and giving trouble in its
recapture.
The japanese ambs ssador has been
making somewhat vigorous represen-
tations TO the state department about
the treatment of Japanese in San
Francisco, and Secretary Root is do
ing his best to show the japanese
that conditions in San Francisco are
anything else but normal.
III anybody imaeines that the Jap
anese are not wide awake TO their
oi portunities, IL is time for him TO re-
wise his opinions Those little yellow
men are as astute observers as the
world has ever seen. They not only
observe closely, but question keenly,
getting right to the heart Of a matter
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02

The Cnrlylcs hnd n maid who wa,
untldy, useless In all ways. hui
"nbOunding In grace and In consr.
qucnt ccnsurc of every one above or
below her nnd OF everything she could
not understand After long nppstrp
phc one day ns she was bringing IN
dinner Carlyle ended with. And this
can tell YOU that II you do not carry
the dishes straight. 40 ~ not 10 spill
the gravy. ~ far from being tolerated
In heaven you won't be- even tolerated
on earth"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02
CRUCE CROWD RETURNED
From Oklahoma City Feeling That
Lee cruee viii a. the Winner
by Long Odds in the Guber-
material Race.

The ArdmOrc crowd which made the
trip to Oklahoma city 10 attend the
reception and convention accorded
Hon. Lee Crucc Of this city. cnudi.
date for the Democratic nomination
for governor. returned Saturday morn.
ing. eXcccdinly impressed with the re-
ception rendered their fellow towns
man. aud coifidcnt that .dr. Crucc
was as popular out of Ardmurc as he
is I'm HIS home town
The reception accorded Mr. Crucc
impressed the Ardmorc visitors to
Oklahoma city from the fact that
they recognized that Mr. Crucc had
shown 10 the voters ~ the state those
qualities which his friends know ne
possesses, and which makes him their
choice for the position of chief exec
utive Of the new state
Crucc and the phenomenal race no
was running for governor was the
chief topic among the politicians on
the streets yesterday.
The union men woh attended the
convention state that they met other
union men who were for Crucc and
that from the sentiment tot other
they converscd with Cruce would car.
ny the combined union strength of
Oklahoma
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02

A London exquisite had gone into n
west end restaurant and was far from
pleased with the way In which his or.
der was filed.
DO you call that Il veal cutietT' h.
demanded of the waiter. "Why. sucl
a outlet as that Is an insult TO every
self respecting calf In the British en-
pirc."
The walter hung his head for mo
mcnt, but recovered himself and said
In tone Of respectful apology:
II really didn't intend to insult you.
SIR London Answers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02

Maurice Barrymore. the once famous
actor. was once IN London with new
piece which he wns anxious 10 have
produced. He had reud II TO n nnl.
arer, and It had been decided that he
was TO play the leading role About u
week after IT was supposed to have
been definitely settled barrymore re
ceived n note from the manager ask
Ing him to call. Barrymore called. AMI
the manager said: II like the piece.
old fellow. but don't see how | can
use you In the cast. Your baastly
American dialect won't do at all. you
know. They won't have H."
We'll, that's strange" said Barry
more. They told me on the other
side that they wouldn't have re ON
account of my bcastly English dialect.
What am ! 10 do. give rccitatlons on
the transatlantic stenmerS?"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02
THE BLACK SEA.
Its Waters So Badly Poisoned That
Life Is Practically impossible.

Few persons. probably. other tha'
those engaged I'm the pursuit Of sci
cncc, are aware that the Black sca
presents nm interest of its own to the
zoologist and the gcologlst shared 10y
no other part of the ocean at the pre-
ent day
Throughout the greater part of ~.
ocean the bottom Is the dwelling pln.
~ a number of creatures whose hu.l-
ness It is to consume the bodies Of The
members Of the surface fauna whirl
after death sink to the bottom. In IA,
Black sea, however says the Field. CIV
Ing to special geological events. such
scavcngcrs are totally wanting owe
the greater part of the bottom. so thu
tho carcasscs of the creatures Whic'
fall from above are left 10 dccomposr
which they speedily do Mt the con
parotivcly high temperature Of ~
water
by their decomposition two solrh
compounds. carbonate Of ammonia an
sulphuretei hydro-cu. are dcvclupc
I'm enormous quantities. while no ~
lime, except such as Is introduced froo
the Mediterranean. Is left The VOL
umc of sulphurctcd hydrogen Is =
great as to poison the water frou
the greatest depth O.227 fnthomn +.
within about a hundred fathnmS ~ N.
surface to such degree that life, cy
ccpt for Il few bacteria. Is nhsolutch
impossible
The circumstance has q double in'cr
est first, that Il is absolutely unilu,
al the present dNv. and. secondly. tha
IL seems to offer an almost exact pNral
lei Ia the state ot affairs that existed
AZ the inconceivahly remote cpocl
when the oldest known sedlmentar,
rocks were laid down as mud ON tho
ancient sea bottom.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02
TRIVIAL INCIDENTS PRODUCE ElLL
FEELING IN SAN FRANCISCO.
THE GOVERNMENT PRESSES
and Closely for EXPLANATIONS Of
Improper Treatment Of Its
ubieets-Otficers Are Busy
Taking Notec.
Ardmorelte Special.

Ardmoreite Special.
Washington. u. c.. June THE al.
ministration has again become uneasy
over the japanese situation in San
Francisco and over the disposition OF
the japanese government to press
quickly and closely for explanations
of improper treatment of the subjects
uf that country. Adviccs received
here indicate that there is III feeling
between the Americans and Japahese
In San Francisco. This is shown by
the recent attack of some Americans
on japanese ard their property and
the retaliation Of the japanese bv
attacking two Americans that they
thought TO have been implicated in
the first attack
Meeting the two americans the 9th.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02
Stabbed Four Times.

Mansfield, Tex, June LIN an al,
tercation today growing out of a dis
pute about telephone communica,
ton, L. d. Mercer, farmer residing
four miles east Of town. was cut four
times by Alfred Sandford, young
man about 20 years old. Mercer was
cut in the back, side and stomach and
is seriously hurt. Young Stanford is
in custody.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02
Oriqir Of the Cross Bun.

The exact Significance or origin OF
the cross bun Is not too certain. \
superstition regarding baked bread or
Good Friday appears T. have existed
from an early period. Bread so ba,ol
was kept by n family all through the
ensuing year under the belief that %
few gratIng1 of 1t In water would prove
n specific for any ailment.-Leeds and
Yorkshire Mercury.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02

"'Those trnvcli,g men are grcNt
schcncrs when II ci'ncs 10 getting
rcOue aesi"u"l tp thcm ahnnd of other
guests who regi''crcd first" said y
ho'cl C'CtE. "1horc were e"vernl guest
on the Wal.lnr lit TOR rooms yestcr-
day, on" trnvcllug mar came M 10
the desk holGirg his hand To his
stomach. spyirg he was so sick he
must have II room at once. lie wa
accommodated. In few minutes q
other travelling man who was anon
Ia" list cf guests waiting for room
came rp ami said lie had boarded al
sleeper ~ O'Clock In the morning nm.
tried 10 get sOm" sleep. but that II ran
into an open switch and gave him such
shaking up he couldn't sleep Uc|
said he was almost dead with eXhauG
tion ana loss of sleep and must have
room at once. Hardly had he gone
TO his room when n third one came uni
and said he, too, must have n room I'M
medlately. What do you suppose hi
reason was? He said n horse fell on
him the day before ana he thought he
was injured Observation-Disclosures City
Star.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02
Suspieiously Cheap.

Mrs. Schoppen 90 The price seems
low, but I'm afraid OF antique rugs
You know the old saying. "Snug as
a Salesman-"As bug In n rug. '
Ia! Ia! But there are no bugs about
this rug. Mrs. Schoppen (shrewdlyI-
No? ! half suspect the presence Of &
little humbug. ug.-Phlladelphia Press.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02

A Scotch farmer bought horse. Go.
ing home lac thought a drink would re-.
fresh II. 50 he got pail Of water. but
the animal would not take II. On
reaching home he gave II n feed of
corn. hut It would not touch that Ell
thcr "Nc'rc the vera horse for me II
yc only work" the farmer was heard
to say Dundee Advertiser.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02
Thirteen Years AGO.

Sam Robertson. at the Model. was
exhibiting yesterday copy of the
Ardmorcite printed Nov. S. 1894. That
number contained some local news
r't was Of interest to Mr.. Robertson
ANA he has taken care to keep the
paper.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02

A man * known hy the company rl.
mind keeps. 10 live continually with
noble books with "high crcctc
thoughts seated in the heart Of cnur
tesy.' teaches the soul good manners
+. Is. Aldrich.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02

A woman calls 1t news If she tells
it ard scandal if anTb)iy else does.
The best way to get excused for
not being able to earn your living is
TO be a poet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02

"Of course, doctor, German measles
are seldom scriouSi"
II never met but one fatal case"
Fatal"
Yes II was n Frcnchman. and
when he discovered II was German
measles that he had modification set
IN"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-02

Usually the average mans good
The man who is willing to do any.
thing is seldom without anything to
do.