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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-23
THE OLDEST
SETTLER
in GRADY COUNTY THEODORE
FITZPATRICK A PIONEER
CROPS HAVE NEVER FAILED
He Recalls the Days Of the Cattle
men and Buffalo rs a Remark
able Man

TO those who are at all interested
in the days when the first white men
settled in this country, one Of the most
interesting characters yet living Is Mr..
Theodore Fitzpatrick Then the strug-
gle for success here was attended with
personal hardshps, unusual excite
nnent and no little danger
AIR Fitzpatrick has lived in our city
enly five years but has lived in the yi-
cinity Of Chickasha for over fifty years
And III the Indian Territory portion Of
Oklahoma fiftyseven years, hence is
one Of the oldest living white settlers
who has never associated In any way
with the Indians.
His occupation has been that Of
farming and stock raising AT times
ne had as many as 1000 cattle or the
range. and 1000 hogs He had two
nnches; one on the Washita north Of
Chickasha and the other two and one
half miles east Of that one His mode
Of adding to and keeping up bis herd
was BY natural increase, never buying
but Annually selling
MIR. Fitzpatrick also farmed about
500 acres Of land to corn for twenty
one years and claims TO have made as
high as ITO bushels to the acre, and
he never knew what IS was to have
a crop faIlurd. He says that the land
Of the Washlta win produce fifty to
sixty bushels Of corn to the acre II
properly tended and that there is
nothing that grows In this latitude
that can not be raised it abundance in
the WashIto Valley.
In bis time Of great crops he planted
corn about the 10th OF February.
whilst now the farmers plant about the
2eth Of March
The only persons now living IN this
part Of the late Chlckasaw nation
who we're here in the early days Of
Mr. Fitzpatrick, are himself and wife
and Jack Gardner. now Of Pauls Valley
and James Gardner or Wynnewood,
10th choctaw Indians
During the war a band Of Indians
known as the Pennytakers. Comanches
samped on Mr. Fitzpatricks farm Az
ter the war the Indians lived on cattle
belonging to Fitzpatrick, Jack Card
Aer, Mont Grief and Smith Paul. help.
iRg themselves at will
Whilst Mr.. Fitzpatrick was not hos.
tile toward the Indians, or at any time
on any other than good terms with
them. he made It a set rule never to
trade with them.
In she early days the trading and
marketing was done BY long drives
10 Denison, Sherman and Gainesville,
Tex. IN 1870 a postoffice and trading
point was established at Pauls Valley
and after that Pauls Valley was the
trading point for this section until
later In 1892 the townsite Of Chickasha
was laid cut and stores were establish
ed here
Mr. Fitzpatrick tells some inter
esting stories about the days of THE
Chisholm Trai which ran four miles
sast OF chickasha, and over which
Continued on Fourth Pagel
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-23
CORRECTION FOR THE
FRISCO TIME CARD

All the Frisco trains didn't run in
one direction yesterday, although the
time card published in the Express
Saturday said they would
According to the new schedule west
bound trains arrive at 215 p. m. and
S:45 p. m. and east bound at 500 a.
m. and 1880 p. N.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-23
GETS .. c. NEWS SERVICE

J 1. Olive has been awarded the
news service on the Oklahoma Central
railway He says tho road has a new
and elegant equipment and that the
regular schedule viii 20 into effect
March 26
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-23
BUNCH or BAD ONES UP
FOR Ro5slNe MEXICAN

Last night the city officers arrested
Ed Bates, Clyde Below, Charles Giles
tine and two women, all negroes on
charge Of assaulting and robbing John
Smith, a Mexican They were turned
over to The county officers to await
trial.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-23
FOR A GREATER GRADY COUNTY

II the people in the northeast part
of Caddo county have their way, Grady
county viii be enlarged by the addi-
ton OF two and one-half fine town
ships
A meeting Of farmers will be held
at Dutton Wednesday evening to dis
cuss the proposition. Many OF the peo-
pie IN that section were disappointed
because they were not taken in when
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-23
DELINQUENT Llsr Small

The delinquent tax list. published
iaaag is lighter han usual The total
tax collection 10 date IS $685. 1911.
leaving only S3.G54 % unpaid.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-23

Grady county was formed and they
have been agitating the question ever
since. They want TO come into Grady
county because the county seat here
.ig more accessible than Anadarko is,
Il requires a vote Of sixty per cent.
of the people in the section to be add
led and a majority Of the voters in the
county to which it is added 10 change
Ia county boundary line.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-23

Of the real needs Of a community that
is blessed with the greatest natural
advantages Of any in the southwest
a community that today occupies as
favorable grounds as did Wichita or
Fort Worth but few years ago.
The foundation is here for a great
business center and it only remains
TO be developed by the work we do.
If our efforts be far reaching the re-
suits will be in accord. On the other
hand, If they be meager, like results
win follow.
Chickasha is pow ready for a grand
movement forward and each citizen
who sits back and waits for his neigh
Dor to furnish the wherewith to meet
the demands is cutting short to the
extent Of his contribution needed.
Every citizen Of Chickasha knows
that the funds placed at the hands Of
the Commercial club will be wisely and
iudiciously handled for the good Of the
Of the communication every citizen,
whether he is property owner or a
day laborer This being true there
should be a more liberal spirit exhibit
ed than has been demonstrated SO
Far
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-23
Boost Band Concert

And speaking Of liberal spirit we are
reminded Of the great musical enter
taiHment to be given tomorrow night
BY Prof Bernell and the Chickasha
band at Convention hall. No city in
Oklahoma has 50 great advantages Of
fered to become a great musical and
pleasure seeking center as has Chick
asha today through the efforts Of Prof.
Bernell The entertainment tomor-
row evening should be an ovation.
Every citizen who possibly can
should attend
But let us not forget the Commercial
club and our duties as citizens Of one
Of Natures most literally blessed COM
munities, and let US each do our duty
Our whole duty.
Then all win be well.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-01
German Syrup

We want to impress on our readers
hat Boochee's German Syrup is
positively the only preparation on
the market today tina, does relieve
and cure consumption. 1t contains
the specifice. such a., pare tar, tx
ira; IT'S OF gum, etc, etc, which have
been so highly endorsed for the cur.
Of coughs, colds and consumption
by the great medical congresses.
The consumptive, whether his disease
is in the throat or lungs, must have
rest at night, and be free from the
spasm of dry and racking cough in
the morning. The diseased parts
want rest, neallng and ,othing
tseatment, and the patient needs
fresh air, good food, etc, German
Syrup will give free and easy ex-
pectoration in the morning with
speedy and permanent relief, Small
bottles % cents; regular size, con-
tanning nearly four times as much.
Is cents. At Frost & Spies
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A Bishop In Anger.

1t is popularity supposed that bishops
possess the power of self control in a
perfect degree, but sometimes the best
of them disclose the fact that, after ALL
they are but men.
On one occasion certain lord biSh-
OPP, eloquent and sanity, whose name
is almost q household word in Eng
land, was preaching at the opening of
new church and for few days
)tayed at a country house in the neigh
borhood. This bishop was excessively
fond of game of billiards and could
hold his own on the cloth against the
majority Of amateurs.
During this visit his lordship played
several quiet games with his host, but
one morning had a prolonged run of
bad luck, which so exasperated him
that at last he entirely lost his temper
and in his rage snapped the cue in two
across his knee.
This mad action seemed to bring the
bishop to his senses, and with profuse
regrets he apologized to his host for
his conduct, declaring that he would
not have had it happen for the world.
But the host coolly replied:
81 must beg you. my lord, to think
no more about the matter. | am really
glad that it occurred. as for many
years ! have been wishful to see what
bishop was like when he wanted to
use bad language. london Tit-Bits.
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HOME OF THE DOLL.
Methods Of the Ingenious Thuringian
Toyn1akers.

Methods Of the Ingenious Thurin9ian
Toynakers.
Dollmaking did not become consplc'
uous as an industry in the Thurlnglan
mountains until the middle OF the nine
teenth century, when q citizen oi ooh-
neberg brought from London doii
which was regarded as q great curlosl'
ty. 1t had come originally from China,
and its head, legs and arms were NOV
able This furnished an Inspiration 10
the ingenious Thuringian tOymaKefs,
who promptly improved upon 1t. Wy
to that time they had made dolls onI
of wood and leather, but soon they
evolved the wax head--at first crude
article, the wax being applied WIN
brush, but later brought to high per
lection, thanks, it is said, to an acci-
dental discovery. A man engaged III
making the heads dropped a thlmbF
into his pot of fluid wax and on taking
it out found it covered with smooth
and beautiful coat of the substance
He was not slow to seize the iGea, the
result being the adoption or the up
ping process, the final touches OF color
being put on with camePs hair pen
Gil. Later on the movable eyes ant
closing lids, to feign sleep, were added
and the fleece of the Angora goat was
substituted for human hair in the max
ing of wigs, holding it's color and cur
much better, the doll as it is known
today thus assuming It's final and
highly artistic form.
Dressing the dolls after they are
made has become an industry in which
numbers of women and girls are EN-
ployed. For the small, inexpensive
dolls little chemises, finished with a
rufie of lace around the neck and
arms, are made by hundreds and re
quire no skilled labor for their con
struction Rene Bache in Circle.
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The Overcoat.

Probably in no other department sar.
torial is there exhibited so much in
difference to hygienic considerations
as In the overcoat. The greatest fall
lacy of all perhaps in regard to the
choice Of an overcoat is that the terms
weight and warmth" are synony-
nous. AS a matter Of fact, they are
nearly always dramatically opposed
Moreover the heavy overcoat is a tax
on the resources of the organism and
destroys the economy which good
insulating cloth Is intended to secure
London Lancet.
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English Legend of Tailed Men.

When a Hollander wants to show
his contempt for an Englishman
he refers to him as a "steert man"
in other words, "the man with a
tail" The old legend says that
Thomas a Beckett cursed the Kent
ishmen who spitefully cut off his
horses tail and that the entire gen.
Grafton of Kent which followed
wore tails like horses. John Bale,
Edward Wis bishop of Ossory,
mentions the legend, but gives some
variations as to the cause of the
punishment. He says on the au-
thority Of John Capgrave that 'for
castyne yshe tayles at st. Angus
tine Dorsetshyre men had tayles
ever after that" Polydorus, how
ever, applies the legend to the
Kentish men of Stroud ''forecutting
off Tomas Becket's horses tayle."
One account says that only those
living in Kent at the time the curse
was pronounced "were afflicted with
large dropping tayles like brutes,
their posterity beying not so at
fected."
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Miqht Have Been Worse.

In a fourso1ne competition at
Machrihamish one Scotchman OF
the party, man Of optimistic tenn
permanent, always remarked, cit
might have been waur," whenever
he put the ball into peculiarly diff
ficult bunker.
His irritated partner determined
to rouse Macnab from his impcr-
turbable serenity and said to him
when next they played, 'Macnab, |
dreamed last night you were in
hades."
eft might have been waur," came
the reply, pat.
"How waur?" said the English
man.
cit might have been true" re-
piled Macnab. 81 might have been
there"
The Scotchman ended at least
zone up."-London Globe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-01
STYLES IN WRITING.

Various Ways of Telling the Story OF
an Accident.
THE. PLAIN STYLE.
A lady slipped on some orange
peel in School street yesterday and
broke her leg.
THE STACCATO STYLE.
It was job for surgeon.
Orange peel did it.
There was a slide, a scream and
a dull thud.
The atmosphere was full of lin
gerie, frou frou, hairpins and brio
a-brac.
1t was laughable.
But only to few.
A dozen men rushed CALAMITY to
the rescue.
It was a woman who had fallen.
Horror! A neither limb broken.
She was in agony.
And all because of somebody's
carelessness.
Saul has slain his thousands.
Orange peel has slain its ten
| thousands.
THE FLORID STYLE.
Tripping lightly down School
street yesterday afternoon, her face
all aglow with health and every
muscle, nerve, vein and artery in
harmony with the invigorating at
mosphere, a representative of the
softer sex was seen suddenly to de-
fleet from the perpendicular, and in
another instant this one of heavens
last and best gifts to man came
with crushing force to the hard, I'M
yielding pavement. The immedl-
ate cause of the unfortunate lady's
downfall was the greasy envelope of
that tropical fruit, the orange,
which some thoughtless, if not mali
cious, individual had cast upon the
public pavement. The victim Of
this carelessness or worse had sus-
tanned fracture of a limb, and it
will be many weary weeks ere she
will again be able to walk erect and
stately as heretofore.
THE FACETIOUs STYLE.
She will be careful how she treads
on orange peel hereafter. She
didn't know it was loaded. But it
shot her off. It is only broken
leg. Not much comfort to her, but
a good thing for the surgeon.
There's money in it. People who
throw away orange peel should be
careful to throw it so that it will
land with the slippery side down,
unless they are in league with the
bone setting profession. In that
case, of course, it is different.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-01
The Size of Alaska.

Alaska contains $4,000 square
miles of mainland, 1000 square
miles of the Aleutian islands and
$4,000 square miles of other islands,
total Of $4,000 square miles, or
one-ffth of the area Of the rest of
the United States. It requires the
areas of California, Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho, Montana and New
York to equal this. The area Of
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Virginia and West
Virginia equals only one-half of
Alaska. 1t equals the combined
area of Great Britain and Ireland,
France, Germany, Belgium and the
Netherlands. 1t stretches from lat
itude 81 degrees to II degrees and
from longitude 100 degrees to ~
degrees. h.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-01


4 mounta:n ~ o. b.. az ="
indescribabll- Ug'I, i'll IL. .r...!i;r. ,..!!l
lay In the factory ward.
''We'H maze combs ont OF j'lrnl.
said the chemist. combs that will pas
through the perfumed and lustrou
locks of the most beautiful girls
Seems strange. doesn't it?'
very"
"Yet it's a fact. That is what be
comes of all the worlds old shoes
They are turned into combs. The
leather is first cut into small pieces ant
Immersed two days in a chloride Of
sulphur bath; then it Is washed. dried
and ground to powder; then it is mixed
with glue or gum and pressed int'
comb molds.
"It makes good enough combs, but
prefer the rubber ones myself.
change.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-01

Wanted: by Chicago whoIesal.
and mali order house, assistant
manager imam or wo'nan) for this
county d adjoining territory.
Salary $50 and expenses paid week
fy; expense money advanced, Work
pleasant; position permanent. Ne
inves tment or experience required.
Spare time valuable. Write at once
for full particulars and enclose self
addressed envelope. SUPERIN-
TENDENT, 1872 Lake st. Chicago,
I'll.
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Notes From w ashingCon
From our Regular Correspondent.


The President Is in the White
House and Washington, with this
event, has resumed its normal
place is the center of political
interest. Judge Taft, Mr..
Bryan, Mr.. Hearst and Tom
Watson may cause a ripple here
and there, but Theodore Roose-
Welt, the most CONSPICUOUS man
in this hemisphere, at least, il
not on the planet, easily eclipses
the smaller luminaries. He APP
oeared to be IN excellent health
when ne alighted from the prl-
vate car at the rear end of the
train yesterday and was sur
rounded by mem bers of his cab
met and friends, Secretary OF
War Luke E. Wright was the
first to greet the President
who grasped his hand with
the exclamation. 81 am GER
tainly glad to see you. How
have you been? "How do you do,
George?" was his greeting to
Postmaster general Won Meyer,
late am bassador of Russia. After
receiving the congratulations of
those whe has been waiting for
him, the President approached
the group of newspaper men
standing near and heartily shook
hands all around. These gentle
men could not help talking shop
and the President, when asked
whether he would make any
statement of the present out look
replied: "I am satisfied with
situation and also with the way
things are running. There could
be a little more ginger 5nrown in
to various phases of the fight. :"
Several questions relating to the
recent Foraker disclosures and
other campaign topics were pre-
scented but these were evaded by
the President, who said that he
must be excused from speaking
on these subjects now.
That the President will have
much to do and to say during the
present presidential campaign is
is evident from his recent activ-
ity. Many Republicans are
urging him to take still more
active part in the presidential
campaign and to appear on the
stump and it is doubtful if, with
his temperent, he can keep out
of the fight. Of course, prece-
dents are against the appearance
of a president on the stump, but
here is president quite capable
of fiinging precedents to the
winds. The White House is
strung with wires with all the
important news centers of the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-01

country and the President is in
immediate touch with the latest
happenings. Those high in poll
tical councils will fad it much
more convenient to reach him
here than at Oyster Bay.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-01
A Card

We, the undersigned, 90 hereby
agree to refund the money on 5O-
cent bottle of Green's warranted
Syrup OF Tariff it fails to cure your
cough or cold We also guarante
25-cent bottle to prove satisfact
Dry or money refunded. Fox Bros,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-01

State Of Wisconsin-Circuit Court,
Bayfield, County.

State Of Wsconsin-Circuit Court,
Bayfield, County.
Musser Sauntry Land, Logging Manufact-
uring Company, Plaintiff,
VS.
John T.. Goodwin and Nettie a. Goodwin,
his wife; bayfield, County; w. j. HolcomD;
W. p. Massacre and Nancy A. Massacre, his
wife; Louis ID, Massacre and Lizzie Massacre
his wife; Susan Almira Proctor and Henry
Proctor, her husbands Ella A. Robertson
aud L. II, Rob, rtson, her husband: W, r.
Massacre and Adam Comstock as trustees
under the last will and testament OF David
Massuere, deceased; Clara a. Thomas and
George A. Thomas, her husband; Frederick
Aver; Ellen NJ, Chambers; Harold NJ. Cham
Bcrs; Ethlyn NJ. Chambers; William G.
chambers; Margery A. Chambers; NADIA l..
chambers; and the heirs and devisees of "
j. Holcumb aud Anderson Chambers whose
names are unknown and who are therefore
sued as unknown hers and deVisses,
DEFENDANTS.
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TO The SAID
DEFENDANTS:
You are hereby summoned to appear With
in twenty days after service of this sum
iuOuS, CACluoING VI The udy VI oOI 'ASC' anu
defend the above e.titled action in the
court aforesaid. aud i'll case of your ia lure
SO to do judgment will be rendered against
your according 10 the demand of the COM
plant.
Dated June 9th, 1908
S. j. BRADFORD,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
p. y. Address: Hudson st. Croix
County Wisconsin.
The above entitled action is brought to
quiet the title 10 the following described land
situate, lying and being in the county OF
Bay field and State OF Wisconsin, to wit;
Southwest quarter or southwest quarter OF
section Thirty (SU i'll township Forty three
(43 north Of range Nine () west.
North half OF Northeast quarter or section
Two (0; Southeast quarter Of Northwest
quarter and Northwest quart er OF Southw est
quarter OF section Fuur(D; Northeast quarter
Of Northeast quarter, Southwest quarter Of
Northeast quarter and southeast quarter of
Northw west quarter of section Six 90; North
east quarter OF Southwest quarter and North
west quarter OF Southeast quarter of section
Eight (S); Southwest quarter of Northwest
quarter and North west quarter of southwest
QuHFUeI VI ScCtlOA 11lSuGe0u kIoJb OOuUnedSJ
quarter OF Southwest quarter and west half
of Southeast quarter of section Twenty (2O;
Southeast quarter of Southeast quarter Of
section Twenty-eight (28); and Northwest
quarter of Northeast quarter of section
Thirty two $50; all in township Forty four
44 north of range Eight west
Northwest quarter of Northwest quarter Of
section Five t5; Southeast quarter of North
west quarter of section Nine CO.,; and lot
Three ~ in section QD; all in township Forty
four (44) north of range Nine 90 west.
South halfof Southwest quarter of section
Ten Q0); Northeast quarter Of Northeast
quarter and North half of Northwest quart er
of section Fourteen 90; and northwest
quarter Of Southeast quarter of section
Thirty (3O); all in township Forty-fve AS
north of range Eight (8) west.
northwest quarter of Southeast quarter OF
section Eight ~ in township Forty-fve 45)
north of range Nine west,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-01
Saved HIS Boy Life

"My three year old boy was bad y
constipated, had high fever and
was in on awful condition. | gave
him two doses of Foley's Orino Lax
atiye and the next morning the
fever was gone and he was entirely
well. Foley's Orino Laxative saved
his life" A. wolkush, Cashier,
Wis. @. W. Frost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-01

Itching piles provoke profanity,
but profanity won't cure them.
Doan's DIN tment cures itching,
bleeding or protruding piles after
years of suffering. At any drug
store.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-01
The Ticket.

The Ticket.
For President
WILLIAM Fl, TAFT.
For Vice-President-
J. S. SHERMAN
For United States Senator
ISAAC STEPHENSON
Foe Governor
JAMES o. DAVIDSON
For Lieutenant Governor
JOHN STRANGE
For Secretary of State
JAMES A. FREAR
For State Treasurer
ANDREW Ell. DAHL
For Attorney General
FRANK L. GILBERT
For Commissioner of Insurance
GEORGE E. BFEDLE
For Member of Congress
IRVINE L. LENROOT
For State Senator
A. w. SANBoRN
For Assemblymam-
FRANK HAMMILL.
For County Clerk
NELs M. OSCAR
For County Treasurer
III. 0. LIEN
For Sheriff
MAX HAPPLE
For Coroner
FRED BURNS
For Clerk of Court
FREDERICK A. BELL
For District Attorney
E.. c. ALvoRD
For Register of Deeds
NELs MYHRE
For County Surveyor
EARNEST J. BRIGHAM