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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05
MONKEY JAILED FOR MISCHIEF.
Commitment on File Against Him
New Jersey Prison.

New Brunswick, N. IA South
American monkey has been committed
to the Mlddlesex county Jail here for
malicious mischief, and there il AN au-
thentic commitment on file against
him.
when / was in charge of sheriff's
deputies down ct Sayreville several
months ago" said Warden Charles
Rogers, trying to keep strikers from
running away with the clay pits, got
acquainted with this very same
monkey. He seemed to take to me
right at the start One night ! saw
him at hotel, and some fellows were
feeding him on beer.
Pat Farley, the constable, said
right out that he would arrest the
monkey il he broke the peace of that
monk slipped out of his chain and
went out for stroll. Casper Shuler,
the Justice of the peace, has-or had
AS fine garden of flowers as you
want TO see. The monk visited that
yard, and when he got through you
couldn't tell callistephus chinesis
from Seranium.
Eyes, Shuler was mad. He was
wondering what to do with the
monkey, when along came Farley anG
told him he ought to send 1t to Jail
He's entered up as Petro Parbuza.
You can see for yourself. He's an in
temperate cuss. He broke the medi-
cine chest the other night. He must
have thought It wine cellar. He
didn't know the difference until he
had drunk bottle of iodine, and it
didn't bother him a bit"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05

Of the most interesting educational in.
stitutions IN Oklahoma About 5000
Of its $3.50 acres are In cultivation.
the rest being in meadow or pasture
land. This school has 700 to 500 stu
dents. 40 instructors. more than 40
buildings and is known as the best
institution in the Indian service for
imparting practical agricultural
knowledge 20 Indians. In addition to
agriculture, stock raising, dairying.
etc, all other lines of industry are
taught at Chilocco
q. Oklahoma has more than 200
manufacturing plants, representing in.
vestments aggregating $25,000,0 900.
and giving employment to 10000 wage
earners. These plants include -four
mills, oil mills, cotton gins, broom
factories. brick and tile works, salt
works, cement factories. woodenware
and carriage works.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05
my Life Is Life"

kept on with the fast and now feel
like new woman altogether.
You must not expect to see much
of home here in the canyon. Every
thing 1 have here is handmade, ex-
cept my piano. which I saved out of
all the things | had in the east.
Il suppose you wonder why l live
out here all alone. 1t does seem
strange, but, ah, this is the life TO
live, 1t is the life of free woman,
unchecked and free from the tram
mels of sordid civilization which
binds its devotees to the petty conven-
tionalities of life.
my life is life. 1t is not a mere
existence. / have something to 1--we
for-the birds and the trees, and the
sunlight. Some day | am coming out
of my smell and proclaim the real joy
of living to the world
Three years ago l was, thought to
be dying. Now l am healthy and ro-
bust. l have studied to gain mental
control over my body and / have ac-
complished that aim right here.
uaAh5 my hCl iillAdSc nave
all the authors" sine asserted, point.
ing to a library in a corner OF the
room. II love Plato and Shakespeare
and all the rest, but the author whose
works have been Of the most use to
me is Socrates"
That she walks about 10 miles n
day and lives entirely upon uncooked
foods is the reason Mrs. Reideselle
gives for her remarkable health. She
shows evidences of having been n
wonderfully beautiful woman in her
day and is still handsome in 1.-the,
sinuous way.
She speaks with the clear enuncia-
ton OF a well-bred woman and her
conversation is rational and strikingly
to the point. Her taste in clothing
runs TO, the simplest of garbs. A shirt.
waist and skirt are her usual costume.
The hermit is unique In her modes
OF life and views on living. but even
her practical explanation of why she
likes the out'oI.doors existence leaves
one to believe that there is a deeper
and perhaps more romantic reason for
her absolute seclusion. Hor life Is a
romance in itself
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05
President of Constitutional
Convention.

house. United States Quartermaster's
mouse. stage Office. and small build
eng used as a hotel. Between noon
and sunset OF that day Oklahoma Sta
tinn became town OF 5000 people.
Within a month 1.169 buildings. many
Of them ugly. temporary affairs. we're
erected.
And so Oklahoma CITY has contin-
ued to grow until 1t now claims a pop
ulatlon OF $4,000, modern schools edu-
eating 9,aS4 children this year, as
against 1875 last year; buildings Tin
Guiding ten-story skyscrapers) aggre-
eating In value $15.o0o,o0o; banks
having an aggregate capital and sur
piuG of 81 ,06O. 1874. and deposits aggre-
eating $6.549.00O; post office receipts
an 1906 aggregating $l4t50s. and
y felght tonnage into and out of Okla
shoJna City Ia 1906. 1,22s.2A6,9os tons.
ssaetories are spglnging up. Oklahoma
sJltY shis year has 2.8i7 factory en-
,flpyes. q gain of bSi over last year;
and I.t76 jobbing house employees, a
gain OF 230 for the year
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05
ONCE A BELLE;
NOW A HERMIT
MRS. MARIE A. RIEDESELLE
DWELLs ALL ALONE IN BIG
SANTA ANITA CANYON.
SUBSISTS ON FRUIT ALONE
Books and Piano Are Her Only Corn
panions-Dresses in Simple Garb
and Declares Hers Ideal Elk
istence.

Los Angeles, Cal.--Tucked away In
sequestered nook of the Big Santa
Anita canyon, where she is living tho
life OF hermit, is Mrs. Marie A. Ried-
eselle, who at one time was consid-
cred one of the most beautiful of New
Yorks long line of handsome women.
The once famous beauty now sleeps
on a bed Of pine needles, which she
religiously gathers fresh every day.
Her food is fruit and berries that she
gathers from trees and bushes around
her hermitage.
When seen by n reporter recently,
the hermit was at first reticent, but
finally was induced to talk about her
existence in her lonely canyon. She
would not relate the circumstances
which led to her going into seclusion
and firmly refused TO talk about her
husband
II spent seven years in Alaska
she told the reporter, land those sew
en- years were, the most miserable of
my life. | endured hardship after
hardship, and the only friends | could
CiCtlm luy OWA WSlC thC uOSSs
When l left Alaska / could not bear
to leave them. / could not ship them
out of the country, so I had them
killed and skinned"
She showed q number OF Eskimo
dogskins, which carpeted the floor of
her cabin, as proof.
But, then, you want TO know how
| came to be an inhabitant of this
lonely canyon. Well, just came here,
that was all. / live ON fruits and ber-
ries-nothing that is cooked-and
sometimes ] go for days with nothing
more than an orange to sustain me.
Then, too" she explained, II am a
great believer in fasting. I went %
days in June without more than q
drink OF water at time, and last
winter | tasted for 90 days. OF
course l lost much flesh but still
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05

peered at him from the shadows
The hunter quietly approached her,
but before he could speak she turned
and fled.
Prof. Macauley says she seemed
to be dressed in nothing more sub
stantial than leaves, entwined and
matted together so as to form
covering for her body He made in
quiries in the neighborhood and
found that ether persons besides
himself had seen the woman. She
lives in solitude in a small, low hut.
in the interior OF which NO person of
medium size could stand upright. She
has no companion save number OF
dogs, which help her in procuring
food in the forest. A rifle is Included
in the list OF her possessions, but asa-
munition has been refused her.
1t appears that owing to an injury
done the woman years ago she has
ever since summed human society and
lived in the depths of the bush. How
she keeps alive during the severe win
ter is a mystery.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05

tains about $50 coal mines. employing
about 10000 operators.
The principal rivers of Oklahoma,
all of which flow toward the south.
east, are, naming them from north to
south, Arkansas, Salt Fork, Cimarron,
North Canadian, South Canadian.
Wachita and Red.
The government acquired what is
now Oklahoma more than century
ago under the terms of the Louisiana
Purchase. Early In the century the
government set this land apart for
the segregation of the various Indian
tribes, then being driven west by the
advance of white settlers. Hence,
while Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Ne.
braska, Colorado and other Louisiana
Purchase states were being populated
Oklahoma remained for SO years a
wild Indian camping ground.
AT the time Of the opening all of
from Texas in the Greer county bound.
airy dispute and the narrow strip be.
tween Kansas and Texas, extending
TO the Colorado and New Mexico lines,
was included in the Indian Territory.
Oklahoma territory, which was held
by the government for the use of the
Indians, but had never been assigned
to any tribe, consequently consisted
in those days of only about 100000
acres. There occurred the first great
rush for homes, which brought into
existence Oklahoma City. From time
to time the government transferred
other portions of land from the Indian
Territory to Oklahoma territory for
settlement by whites, until, when the
INSTRUMENTATION Territory statehood
bin passed, all that remained OF In.
dian Territory were the reservations
Of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Chero,
lIee, Creek, Seminole and Quapaw
tribes.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05

of the United States so far as its pop.
ulation 10 concerned any more than 1t
Is as far as its agricultural products
are concerned Northerners. south.
erners, fasteners and westerners
mlnglc tremendously there. all grow
ing prosperous together. Every state
in the union is represented by at least
500 natives.
A substantial evidence of the intel
lectual worth of Oklahomans generally
Is the number of modern daily news.
papers which they support Further
more. they have good schools. libra.
ries and churches.
Oklahoma has modern public
school system supported by the in
come from a $35,OO0,000 public school
fund and local taxation. The $4,000
900 fund" consists Of 3,100.S75 acres
of land, valued at $30,000,000, the in.
come from the rental of which
amounts to about 100000 per year;
and 100000 paid into the school
fund by Indian Territory in lieu OF
land all of the 3,100,S75 acres being
in the former Oklahoma territory.
The original act opening Oklahoma
territory TO settlement reserved in
ali that section of the territory then
thrown open sections 1G and sc in
every township for the benefit Of the
public schools of the future state.
Each successive act provided for SINH
lar reservations and the statehood en-.
abling act made additional grants to
The higher educational institutions, re.
sulting in the big total above named.
The state will decide whether the
school lands shall be sold, All pro-
ceeds from sale of the school lands
must be turned into the school fund
and forever remain intact.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05
State Is Democratic.

State Is Democratic.
Oklahoma will probably be Demo
cratic in politics for some time to
como. The govcrnor-elect, G. M. Has.
kell OF Muskogec. received n majority
of $1,000 votes. The state will cast
approximately 100000 votes, OF which
number from 10000 to $1,000 are by
negro voters. The majority for pro
hibtion was about 10000. OF the IL
Republicans in the constitutional con-
vontion six came from each side Of the
new state.
Gov. Haskell is one Of the newer
residents OF the state, having gone
there from Ohio. Other officers are:
Lieutenant governor. George Bellamy,
of I'll Reno; secretary of state, Bill
Cross, of Oklahoma City, whose
friends say he would not be recog-
nized if referred to as William
Cross" treasurer, J. H. Menefee, OF
Anadarka; attorney general, Charles
West, of Enid, and chairman of the
commissioners of corporations, J. J.
McAlister
4 hC bldtt III primaries ulo StlNCtNu
to represent her in the senate the first
blind man who has ever sat in that
body He is r. =. Gore, who lost his
sight when Il boy in Mississippi,
where he was born. He has served In
the territorial legislature. Robert
Lee Owen, who will be elected as the
other senator, is totally different
type. Born in Virginia, he is one
eighth Cherokee Indian, and is looked
upon as an extreme conservative. He
distinguished himself as lawyer by
earning fee of S150,000 in single
case. Both these men have been
chosen by the Democratic primaries,
which Is equivalent to their election
by the legislature. or the representa-
lives Bird S. McGuire, for some years
territorial delegate from oklahoma, in
congress, Is the only Republican OF
the five elected. Others are Il. l.. Full
ton, brother of Senator Fulton, of
Oregon. Second district; James S.
Davenport. Third district; Charles ID.
Garter, Fourth district, and Scott
FARMS, Fifth district.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05
Oil Fields Are Rich.

Some OF the richest oil fields in
America are in Oklahoma. The Glenn
Pool oil district, south of Tulsa be.
tween Red Fork and Mounds. has be.
tween $50 and 500 producing oil wells.
with a total capacity of 100000 bar
rels a day. The first of these wells
was sunk in December, 1905. Pipe
lines have been constructed for the
transportation of this oil to the Texas
seaboard and to the refineries at Whit.
ing, Ind. More than $10,000,000 has
been invested in tanks, pumping sta
tons, and pipe lines in Tulsa county.
Eastern Oklahoma, which is not so
uniformly even as the western portion
of the state, produces more than
100000 tons of coal a year, for
which its mines receive about $4,000.
000 The coal field extends from the
vicinity of Tulsa on the north to the
Texas line on the south, and is more
than 100 miles broad. The state con-
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05
WILD WOMAN is SEEN
IN CANADIAN FOREST
LIVES IN HUT WITH A NUMBER
OF DOGS AS HER ONLY
COMPANIONS.

Ottawa, Ont.--A report of a woman
roaming wild in tho forests about
Blue Sea lake, not far from this city,
has been brought here by Prof.
Macauley, of Harvard university, who
has been spending some time in that
section of the country.
He STAKES that while hunting one
day in the wcods GEAR the Gatineau
river a Gcurrying IL the underbrush
caused him TO quickly turn his rife
in the direction of the sound. To
his surprise the wild face Of hui
man being. tanned to dark brown
by exposure to sun and air, Framed
by masses OF dark, coarse hair, and
Enthusiastically the face OF woman.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05
Brave Girl Routs Bandits.

Minneapolis, Minn.-Braving the dan
ger of being shot by bank robbers, who
had been driven from their work by
her father and brother, Ruth Trump.
the 12-year-old daughter Of John
Trump of Robbinsdale, a suburb OF
Minneapolis, ran through the darkness
to the town hall and rang an alarm
which summoned the citizens. VIII,
rushed, scantily clad, into the streets
in pursuit of the bandits, who escaped
after a battle.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05
t1anniba,'s Moan Man.

Coming home On the Minnetonka,"
said a St Joseph girl, Eve took up a
objection for the widows and orphans
Of sailors. and Mark Twain prefaced
thIs collection with talk on mean
sess. He urged us TO be generous In
eur offeflngs-not TO be liihe certain
mean old man from Hannibal,
"'The Aeanest man eyer anew
Va said. lived In Hannibal. He sold
his son-in.law the half OF Il very fine
COW. and then refused tn share the
sailk with the young fellow on the
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05

"Bashful!" echoed Mabel. Why
bashful is no name for it."
Why don't you encourage him?"
queried her friend.
Il have tried" answered Mabel. "but
the attempt was measly failure. Only
last night sat all alone ON the sofa
and he perehed up in chair MS far
away as he could get. asked him IL
he didn't think it strange that the
length of mans arm was the same
distance around woman's waist and
what do you think nc did,"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA.

Oklahoma is than Indiana bined
t~entythrd in in point of
population.
Oklahoma daily
City, forty asphalt
pavem
okahomas union being MAIDS I'D
o. words.
State wide prohibition provided in
"iniaive
municipalities.
ansa
a
Oklahoma raising last year
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05
Hazers Pun Teeth of vIetIms.

Mllwaukee.--Ha has gone to the
limit in northern Michigan, according
to dispatch from Hancock. In Rock
land, near there. hazers in the public
schools acted as dentists for their
victims. One boy lost so many teeth
that he was made III and was forced
by his parents to confess what caused
the trouble. The hazers were arrest.
cd, but the cases we're settled ous of
court.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05

sity, located at Norman open to fe-
male as well as male students. and
comprising q college of arts and sci
ences, a school of medicine, school
Of applied science, a school of pharm
acy, a school of mines, a school of fine
arts, and preparatory school. The
campus, consisting of 60 acres, lies at
a slight elevation, overlooking the
South Canadian river. University
hall was built five years ago at a cost
of $4,000. Science hall is new
building, GO by 125 feet, of gray
pressed brick. The university is also
provided with a library building given
by Andrew Carnegie, and q gymnasi-
UNI, SIS by 100 feet. There are four
other buildings, two of wood, devoted
to engineering work, and two devoted
to the anatomical laboratory,
The other advanced public educa.
tional institutions of Oklahoma are an
agricultural and mechanical college,
three state normal schools, univer-
sity preparatory school, colored
agricultural and normal university,
and school at Chilocco, on q reser-
walton containing $500 acres of agri-
cultural land, for the education of In
dian boys and girls in the higher
branches Of learning.
Color Line Drawn.
The supervision of instruction is
vested in board of education, of
which the state superintendent of pub
lie instruction is president and the
governor, secretary of state and at
torney general are members eX-ofIicio.
A color line is drawn on negroes in
Oklahoma. separate schools being pro-
vided for negro children, but with the
same accommodations as the schools
for white children, Education is com
| pulsory.
The Chilocco Indian school is one
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05
The Limit.

There's no use talking" said Mrs
Hewligus. my husband is the crank.
lest man that ever drew the breath Of
Efe. There is only one time in the
year when he feels like going to
c"urch, and that's when the church 10
closed for tho summer vacation" $500
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05

Just what any sensible man would
have done-uied II, I suppose"
Not any, thank You. He asked if |
could find piece OF string so we
could measure and see If il was Il fact
Amt he the llmit?" ="
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05
Drawn from All States.

ground that he had sold him only the
front half, The son-in-law was also
compelled to provide all the cows
fodder. aud to carry water to her twice
day, Finally the COW butted the
old man through 4 barbed wire fence.
and he sued his sonin-law for $50
damages
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05
Metropolis of New State.

Metropolis of New State.
The largest city on the Oklahoma
side is Oklahoma City, with a popula-
ton of 10000 and 40 miles of asphalt
pavements. Muskogee, in the Indian
Territory has a population of $4,000.
which represents growth from $500
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05
Asked for a strIna.

The dear girls were comparing notes
on subjects OF more or less import.
ance.
Your beau seems rather bashful. :
said Stella.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05

Fine State University.
The head of the public school sys.
tenn of Oklahoma is the state univer-
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05

Ot s.: s.: :: ;;..:; ;; s. j., e &; 3:
( XL5AI as n state on November Is
NSM/ with population OF about
100000 The government
cNisis (four districts mj8slng} shows a
population of ,40S.000. In addition to
ihe persons residing in the four miss.
ing districts, number OF Indians not
reached by the census takers are be-
,ieved TO have been omitted from the
government census total.
Tho Indian is passing out OF the
life Of Oklahoma into its history. But
ne Is still as much in evidence in
Oklahoma as tho negro ia in u number
n northern states Records believed
10 be ultra conservative show that the
new state OF Oklahoma contains ~
200 Indians. Only about 10000 OF
ihese however, are more than three
quarter blood. The wild Indians OF
Oklahoma exist only in history. The
redman of the present is adjusting
himself to the white mans ciyiliza.
tigD.
Oklahoma" Is Gomanchc Indian
@ord. Sighfying the Land of Tho Fair
God" Surely the fair god could not
select a more comfortable place Tor
home. For instance. everything good
10 eat which that distinguished per-
eonage might desire is obtainable
from Oklahoma soil Upon single
Oklahoma farm can be seen growing
simultaneously the products that
grow In all the states from Maine TO
California. Corn and cotton thrive
aide by side.
Amazing Natural Resources.
Within its borders Oklahoma Is
known TO have vast stretches of coal
lands; natural gas, also. Is abundant
While the states resources in salt, as
ptait;' oil, granite and marble, building
stone. zinc, lead, copper. gold and tim
Ger. place 1t among the most desirable
sections OF the country for investors
Eighteen years ago this great new
state was a cattle range and Indian
hunting ground
The first rush into Oklahoma was
on Monday. April o., 1889. On the
morning of that day Oklahoma City,
the present metropolis of tho state.
thea known as Oklahoma Station.
consisted Of half n dozen small build.
ipgs. the Santa Fe station. section
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-05

people in 1900. The new state will
have 700 banks, of which 275 are ma
tonal, the latter with deposits of $780,
100000; % cottonseed oil mills, more
than hundred flour mills, so daily
papers and more than 400 issued
weekly.
Oklahoma alone had in 1906 sc, 90S
families, of which more than 10000
owned their homes, and of these So
600 were free from mortgages. The
average price for Oklahoma land in
1906 was $1S.25 per acre, an increase
of 1925 from the previous year. The
new state has thousands of acres of
unappropriated public domain, coal
lands OF wonderful capacity, oil wells,
asphalt beds of great worth, and all
of these practically undeveloped, to
say nothing of the vastness of her op.
portunities to the tiller of the soil.
Drawn from All States.
Probably not more than 100000 of
Oklahoma's 1,50O0O0 residents are ma.
tive Oklahomans This new state is
not typical of any particular section
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-03
DEARIE.

Little one, you with the eyes of blue.
And tousled, curly tresses,
/ m wondering what you think when Won
Feel this old hearts caresses2
What are your dreams when 1 hold Won
tight,
With head upon my shoulder.
And the Sandman comes when the shades
of night
Are stealing, holder, holder?
Tell me, sweet, of your Land o. Dreams.
When you float on the Sleepy River
Tell me of music, soft, that seems
To make the ruShes culver.
Just tonight l would like to know
OF your dreams, thrO' shadows rifted.
For once / dreamed-it was long ago
But they've drifted. dearie, drifted.
o, the thrill feel when I kiss your lips,
And you. unconscious, sleeping.
Know naught of the sweets like honey
drips,
That lie within their keeping
The world is old and youth is spent.
And l. my dear. am hOary,
But you come to me like a blossom sent
To give the world new glory
VIII F. Griffin.