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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-10

There are only 5000 Europeans in
ceylon, the total population Of which
is s,56e.00O. There are also $4,000 Eu.
raslans. or European half-breeds.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-10
RrItons Eating Nor. Meat.

Figures indicate that the proper
tion of meat to bread in the British
dietary has increased considerably
within the last 20 years.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-10

A Chinese baseball team has beaten
an American nine in Hawaii This
yellow peril seems TO be more real
than some OF us had thought.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-10
Hard 10 rodne.

Wedderly-"You say your friend
Higgins left a Widow Singleton
es. Wauderiy-t de must nave
been 3 wise guy. tried to leave one
once but she kept on my trail until
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-10

knowing how 10 make other people
work is more valuable accomplish
ment than being able to work your
self,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-10
che.terAeld

have always made the best of the
best. and never made bad worse by
fretting Never complain to any one
OF anything.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-10

Failure is the school wherein hu.
manity learns mighty well the art Of
making excuses Florida Times.
Union.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-10

There is nothing that viii make the
parent wonder where on earth the
child got it like seeing him initiate
that parents MISUNDERSTANDING
American.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-10
subIlmIty of.Forolvsnsss.

George Sand: To forgive a fault In
another is more sublime than to be
faultless ones self.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-10
Cling to Primitive Custom.

Grapes are still trodden with the
bare feet in many Of the vineyards Of
Spain and italy
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-10

It is estimated that $1,000. 900 Is
spent each summer by American tour
lists in Canada.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-10

Tribute to open-Alr Life.
OF all the boy workers in London
newsboys are the healthiest, barbers'
boys the most unhealthy-a tribute to
the open.air life.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-01-10

The True Above the False.
Envy is destroyed by true friend
shsp~sHd ooauetTy By true love-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22
expenses of this trip to the land and

SAPSiASSS VI IuIS lIlp " IiC ldLo III
return.
on Mr.. Crawford in his law office in
Huron and asked him { he could let
He said he could. and paid me 500
and the expenses of the two trips I
continue with our homesteads.
Late in the fall of 1904 I made an
other trip to .selby; Thompson and
BElount were with me, and Mr.. craw-
penses. Mr.. Crawford went with US as
far as Aberdeen. when he Informed US
went as far as Shelby. stayed overnight
there. and as Mr.. Crawford did not
show up. we returned to Huron with
out seeing him again on that trip.
The three trips enumerated herein
300 lint ,sn: promised me- and sur,
to finish the dea up he would come
and see me about 1t.
The only reason I took this homo
stead was to make the 500 which Mr..
Crawford paid me. I never had any
intention of making my home on the
land.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22

Of Grawford { Taylor at Huron. IT to
s shme TT TRACTS Gis a sHEgei7tttnS that Wb he w ans
single men might like to make settle
ment and proof upon them. So told
the other young men financially. =.
stances. agree to buy the land, nor
sion. directly or Indirectly, from them"
But these young men, excepting the
one still in the employ CT III. Craw-
ford at Huron, fatty contradict MI
Crawford, as the afidavits of two Of
them, printed herewith, and on file with
the land department at Washington,
conclusively show.
Coe I. Crawford was at the times
referred to in the above quotation in
the practice Of law in the city of Hur-
on, a long way removed from his
"homestead claim" in Walworth coun
|ty. He was the high salaried sole state
counsel for the Chicago & Northwest
ern railroad company in 1901, requir-
ed by virtue Of his position to make
Huron his permanent home. BE con-
tinued in such employ until April, 1904.
He never rdinquished to the govern
ment.
He says in one breath: eft was .
rough tract Of pasture land,'' and In
| the same sentence he adds: ''But at the
time I made the fling I intended, In
good faith, to make settlement upon
and improve It"
Again, in the same "~defenss," he
saws regarding the nature Of the land:
"The land Il very rough, stony and
| hilly and Of little actasi valus. Think
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NOT A ryP1

Mr.. Crawford ~ not q Roosevelt typo
Of nan Roosevelt seeks to make Als
actions conform to his preacAing-he
practices what he preaches, standing
always for higher civic virtues in both
public and. private life.
What win President Roosevelt, whose
administration is conspicuous for pros
ecuting land grafters, think Of the
intelligence Of a people who support a
man Of the Crawford type for public
object What will the whole country
think Of the morality Of the people Of
this state if they elect such q man
after the facts connected with his car
eer are well known9 The country will
condone his election to the governor
ship because the people were not at
that time aware Of the true situation.
Now, however, every vote cast for him
will be construed az an evidence of
moral obtuseness.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22

ny Lampe and Floyd Valentine had
taken a claim under the same condi-
I told him 1 had not used my right
and that | would go. We, Valentine,
Lalnpe and Blount, started for the land
some time In the early part of Novem-
Blount and myself filed on land. We
drove out to Crawford's ranch before
filing on the lond and looked it over.
Mr.. ,Coe 1. Crawford's brother met US
at Java I think. and drove us out to
the land. We hen went to Bangor
to the courthouse and mad the filing.
I do not know before whom we filed
the land. Couple Of months later we
land and stayed over night. Valentine,
Lampe and Blount. and myelf went on
this second trip. Mr.. Coe i. Crawford
accompanied us from Huron to the
ranch and paid out expenses and rail-
road fare on this trip.
The improvements of the land I filed
On consisted of a shack s by. 8 feet,
8 feet high. I do not know who built
the shack.
The next trip 1 made was in the fall
NJ 1904. The. three young men named
above went with me on his trip, or
rather the three young men went the
day before l did. l was sick and did
not leave until the day following and
when | got to Aberdeen, Julian Blount
and that l could go back home. I
did not see Mr.. Crawford on his trip.
Mr.. Crawford paid my expenses ON
this trip also.
Several months after I filed Julian
Blunt came to my. house and gave me
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22
Crawford's Confession
Explanation" Is a Sub,
stantial Confession Of Guilt.

The plea Of guilty intsrposei by Re-
gent Ericsson to the indictment Of the
Roosevelt-Taft State League against
Coe L. Crawford recalls a like plea en-
tered by MI. Crawford himself to the
charge Of land graft, which he made
shortly after entering upon his com
paign for governor. In that state
ment Mr. Crawford is seeking to just
ify thoroughly conviets.
Let us see if he does not. The read
er is asked to apply his reason in an
analysis of the same. On March 81,
1907, in an elaborate "~defense" pub
lished in the Pierre Dakotian "a de-
Tense, by the way, which has since
been withdrawn and another substitute
ell therefor, called the "Miserable
Plot'D, Mr.. Crawford said:
"I filed a homestead claim upon a
quarter section of land in Walworth
county in 1901. 1t was situated near
some land which L owned. $50 1t was
a rough tract of pasture land, but at
the time / made the filing 1 intended
in good faith, to make settlement upon
couple of years afterwards + called the
attention of a single man, named
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out on the Milwaukee Railroad to Sell
by, S. Oak. From Selby we went out
to the land, some 10 or 10 miles; Mr..
Crawford went with us and showed US
the land; he then returned to Bangor
with Valentine and myself. where we
court rouse and filed On the land: !
the filings, but we swore to the home-
Crawford drove us to the railroad sta
ton at Selby; we came home to Huron
IN he rturned to the ranch. q
fail h'f I tRinE: I m @1e's another e9ip 'e es
Blount were in the party with MI. Coe
I. Crawford. Mr.. Crawford told me on
that trip that the improvements were
on the land and that he had them put
on. These improvements consisted of a
shanty, about 6 feet high and about 2
by 8 feet In width and length. There
We're shanties on h other boys claims
slept in our W shanties that night.
We returned to Huron the next day.
Mr.. Crawford paid all the expenses OF
lodging, meals, and railroad fare for
this trip.
The next spring-it may have been
in June made another trip to the
land, slept in the shanty that night.
the trip with me and Mr.. coe craw,,
clothing we used when. sleeping in
our shanties on these trips were fur
by the Crawford ranch. Mr..
Coe Crawford also paid the travelling
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22
.FLAaRANT VIOLATION" SAY,
ATTORNEY GENERAL.


On June S, 1906, the attorney gen
eral Of the United States, under the
Roosevelt administration, made a final
report to the secretary of the interior,
in which he said:
"These cases appeared to present
fragrant violations of the public land
laws, and the failure of the Govern
ment to secure indictments can only be
explained by the unusual political sit
uation in South Dakota and the strong
partisan feeling resulting therefrom.''
THEN PLANNING "REFoRM"
CAMPAIGN
At the very moment that MI. Craw-
ford was engaged in inducing these
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22
AGENT McEN1RY,s REPORT.

NJ. D. McEniry, chief of the field di-
vision Of the land department, in per-
sonal charge of the Crawford land
fraud investigation, on April II, 1906,
reported as follows to the commissioner
of the general land Office:
coe I. Crawford was in Sioux Falls
Of pr'd ths witnesses Nafne: e sG Tamp .em and af! Thom nMo
son, arrived, and sought to influence
testimony they were to give be-
his side 81 the case. He'had these Wit
nesses In his room at midnight Friday
night for over On hour. I saw them
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22

young men to perjure themselves, per
haps unwittingly on their part, he was
planning a great campaign upon a plat
form of civic virtue and political ere
form" And while he was paying their
expenses in making trips to this land
in the fall Of 1904 he was also berat-
ing members of his own party for al
legged personal and political derelic-
ton of duty.
Do these young men who made the
sworn statement above quoted lie?
Nowhere, either by word of mouth OF
through written documents, has it been
alleged that Thompson and Lampe have
not told the truth. Their ahadavits
were published in the Congressional Re
cord in March, 1906, more than two
years ago, and their allegations have
gone as yet unchallenged ave as Mr..
Crawford has sought to create the i'm
preston that the investigation Of his
land transaction was the work OF his
..political enemies"
By shouting "reform" this suborner
of perjury was elected governor of the
state before the people became aware
of his real character-before they be-
came aware Of his many broken pledg-
es, his favoritism to the railroad in
terests in the matter Of taxation, and
his subornation Of perjury. Now he
wants to be promoted to the United
States senatei Men have been sentenc-
ed to states prison for lesser crimes
than that with which Mr.. Crawford
stands charged.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22
HARRY 6. LAMpE's AFFIDAVIT.
County Of Beadle. State OF South Da.

KOta, IS. n
Henry 6: Lampe. being first duly
sworn, on his oath deposes and says:
I am d citizen of Huron: s. Oak. age
gle man. and clerk In Robinson's shoe
In July. 1908. Julian Blount came to
a homestead near Crawford's ranch,
in walworth county. Blount said that
If I would do that MI. Coe Craw-
ford would pay all the expenses Of fill
ing on the land and the expenses OF
the trips I would have to make to it,
same he would pay me 800 for a deed
to the land. Blount told me that he
was going up and that Thomas Thomp-
too. i agreed to the proposition, and
early IN August. 1903, Valentine and
myself started for the land. Mr.. Coe
trip.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22
3 check Tor $50. This check va. made

b CHECK TOT S0V. THIS CHECK was maUe
out by Mr.. Crawford.
About a year ago-I cannot recollect
store and said: Let us go UP TO
Crawford.s office and get the balance
OF the went With him. and
were not to prove up on the land.
and that I should sign. a relinauish.
s msn' time. em or what siis% aupSpoae9 W was "a a
REIMBURSEMENT. Mr.. Crawfn~s was busy
at the time and did not. say much else
ance of the non on the deal. $50.
In the form Of a check signed by the
firm name of Crawford & Tylor.
My only idea In filing on the land
was TO make 800. I had no intention
OF making my home on the land or of
giving up the business I was engaged
in at Huron.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22

OF a great corporation lawyer drawing
. princely salary from a railway com
pany, saying nothing Of what else he
about the country in %opulence, living
on the fat Of the land, giving it all up
to make his home ".in good faith"
away up in Walworth county, on .
tract Of every rough, stony and billy"
pasture land ssof little actual value"
Is he honest or does he think the peo-
pie he begs to vote for him are fools?
Is he not convicted by his own wordsi
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22
THE PLAT

The electors should examine the plat
which shows the actual survey Of lands
filed upon by this one of "good faith''
and by those he sought to aid. This
plat discloses a scheme as dark as hell
and yet as plain as day, a scheme to
defraud the government of the United
States into whose senate chamber this
stgood faith" homesteader is seeking
to break.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22

oam%%ss@ %%n M %s@ %% brother nas a m .%@H@m % %s% m%s%aMh@a% S%%%M s% % % %% a sT a% %@a %u ss
Thompson and M the four Huron @gmm The csL Crawford ranch dM claims" held mmM dg@ hm young men wman en-
Ms@Mr shape leach TIL mmN@dm entries the M@wmmMym mMwa@ a mmmmmy% get mmh%a these
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cution at this end believes the evidence
is sufficient in every particular to have
secured an Indictment, and the only
reason I can give for this miscarriage
Of justice was that Crawford or some
of his friends got in their work. with
the grand jury on Friday night or
some time before the jury convened on
Monday. Last evening and this fore
noon three Of the grand. Jurors have
said to me that the evidence In this
before them at this term. And that as
soon as the case had been submitted
to them q couple OF the Jurors began
talking politics and said that this case
was a political scheme.
This case IL In many respects similar
to other fraudulent land schemes on
which Indictments and convictions had
been secured, and I do not believe that
because Of this mans political or So
cial standing and influence h case
should be allowed to drop.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22

The people of the whole country un.
derstand what has come to be known
Is the Roosevelt Policies . one of the
most conspicuous of which, aside from
the railway rate legislation, has been
. determination to put a stop to the
stealing Of the public domain, the pur
pose being the preserving of the re-
naming public lands for honest home
seekers and home-builders. Many land
grafters have been placed behind prison
bars, though some, through the influence
Of wealth or political considerations,
have managed to escape conviction.
either by preventing indictments or by
fixing juries or bribing witnesses.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22

Immediately after they left crawford,s
room. and they told me OF the conver-
said they had told him thai they were
going to tell the whole truth, as they
understood 1t, about his hiring them
that the statements fe had Just then
made to them were not in accordance
with their understanding OF h mat
tiers when they made the entries.
He (Crawford) also stated voluntar-
lily that he had taken acknowledgements
of their entries some eighteen months
ago., and that he still had them In his
excuse for keeping these r%elinquish-
ments, and I did not ask him anything
further about 1t. To my mind he
convicted himself in the short expla-
nation he tried to make to me of the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22

We went to Aberdeen and stayed
over night ans b next morning went
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22
CRAWroRD,s LAND. GRABBING
SCHEME.

A3case that has attracted much motor,
aiety involves no less a person than the
present governor of South Dakota, Mr..
Crawford. The facts in his case are
fully set forth in a speech by Con
gresham Mann of Illinois, published
In the Congressional Record of March.
IS, 1907.
On July i, 1901, Mr.. Crawford took
the following oath:
The Ordway new era., 1908-07-03
NOTICE

The stock OF merchandise heretofore
known as the Cash Bazaar and oper-
ated by Shelton n llgentritz, is now
In the hands OF trustees for the benefit
Of all the creditors. BY a voluntary
deed OF trust this stock has been plac-
ed In the hands OF the undersigned
trustees. together with all book ac-
counts owing to said firm Of Shelton
\ llgenfritZ. All business pertaining
to said matter Is under the supervision
OF the trustees TO whom all Of said in
debtedness must be paid. Call on or
address Perry Behymcr, resident
trustee.
This June 9th, 1905.
SHELTON x lLGESFRITZ.
F. c. MCKINLEY,
Il. A. SMITH. Trustees.
tn1 PERRY BEuYMER,
The Ordway new era., 1908-07-03
0hney Items BY Uncle Jake

Misses Alice Ilanen and Grace Con
ard were in Fowler Friday.
John II. Moore was in Olney Satur.
day OF last week.
Miss Pet Mock is spending few
days with friends in Olney this week.
Mrs. II. C. Maxwell and Mrs. e. F.
Hackworth were Fowler visitors FRI
day.
W. NJ. Jewell was in Ordway Mon
day.
Miss Eva Porter. Of North Fowler,
is staying in Olney at the present
time.
Miss Nellie Roth has been quite Ill
for the last few days.
Joe Sommerhaulter was In this town
Tuesday.
Water was expected 10 the canal
Tuesday morning but did not arrive.
A number OF Olney folks expect to
spend Saturday In the tow Of Ordway.
The Ordway new era., 1908-07-03
Duck Creek Items
Too late for Last week

TOO late Tor last week
Mrs. j. S Lashlcy and son, Clyde,
went To Pueblo Monday where they
will be Joined by Mr.. Lashely and
leave Pueblo In few days for u fish
ing trip Il ten days.
Mrs. Morehouse came down from
Pueblo for a visit with her daughter.
Mrs. J. c. Gardner and family.
Mr.. Baugh. the foreman Of the drill.
ing outtt working here, went to
Lamar for a few days ?isit with his
family last week.
Minnie Steele has been at home for
a two weeks visit.
Mrs. Kelley, OF Ordway, was in
Duck Creek Monday.
Miss Mildred Glass came down from
Pueblo this week to take up her resi-
dence on her claim near here.
We had quite refreshing shower
on Wednesday evening.
Mr.. Crook has bought the Nitz house
and will move IL to his claim this
week.
"A SQuATTER."
The Ordway new era., 1908-07-03
CONVENTION BULLETINS

Among the other towns In the val.
ley Ordway will have the benefit OF
long distance telephone service during
the coming Democratic convention at
Denver. The local exchange will re.
ceive the bulletins over the wire and
are planning to make them public as
soon as possible. To this end, a
stenographer will be employed to jot
down the doings OF the convention as
they are sent in, and a bulletin board
or other means OF publicity will be
employed to inform thuse interested
In the doings at Convention Hall.
The Ordway new era., 1908-07-03
AN ALFALFA PALACE THE
STATE FAIR

II has remained for the Colorado
State Fair OF laos to do proper homage
to oalfalfa-tbat wonderful plant which
has perhaps more than any other form
OF vegetable growth, laid a frm fouu-
dation for Colorado's prosperity. The
State Fair management is planning
to erect big Alfalfa Palace for the
Fair TO be held September 18th to 10Th.
In this building, which IS to be con
structed almost entirely Of alfalfa.
there will be extensive alfalfa displays
and interesting charts OF information,
statistics, etc, regarding this most
valuable forage plant.
The big Fourth OF July celebration
held on the State Fair Grounds unde,
the auspices of the Fair Association /.
to provide funds for the Alfalfa Palac,
| and six or seven other new buildings
which in the great enlargement o.
Colorado's Annual Exposition will
be needed to properly keep pace will
the expansion OF the enterprise. The
State Fair has made wonderful stride.
since receiving legislative supper,
from the State Government, but it:
development along exhibitional ant
educational lines threatens to outgrov
the buildings provided, large ant
adequate as they seemed a few year.
ago. 1t is gratifying to note, however
that the Fair management is meeting
the situation in a manner to insur.
extensive improvements 10 the build
ings and grounds. Undoubtedly the
Colorado State Fair at Pueblo, Sep
tember 14th to 10th. 1908, will be the
greatest, most entertaining and in
structive exposition ever held in the
State. Probably many OF our readers
will be interested In exhibiting and a
the premium list is just issued i,
would be we'll to write for . copy, te
Secretary A. G. Watson. Colorado
State Fair Association, Pueblo,
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The Colorado State Fair at Pueblo
has recognized that Fraternalism Is a
phase Of the peoples life worthy OF
the utmost possible encouragement, so
they have set aside Tuesday, Septem-
Der 18th as Fraternal Day, on which
occasion II is estimated that $1,000
lodge members will be gathered In the
grounds. $1,000 is offered in various
prizes for the best Drill Team work
by the different lodges, and the larg-
est attendance OF any one order
Fraternalists among our readers, who
are interested IN securing details OF
this occasion should correspond with
Secretary A. G. Watson, of Pueblo.
The Ordway new era., 1908-07-03

The world despises a 'kpocker.' He
Is the most dcspicable thing that walks
the earth. He Is to be avoided rs the
adder. Spreading his poison broadcast
no one Is safe from the venom that
fairly rceks from his breath and pol.
lutes society. He is disturbing ele-
ment more treacherous than the
anarchist. He is a traitor, n hypocrite
and menace to society and CONNER.
cialism. His very methods brand him
as a coward. He dare not look an
honest man squarely 10 the face. The
gaze OF honest eyes strikes terror to
his soul (if he has one) and makes him
cringe. He Is without self.respect
and soon lUses the respect OF Others.
He Is blot on the face of humanity
and q stencil In the nostrils Of civiliza-
tion. He is devoid OF honor, manhood,
honesty and the other attributes that
go to make n man. He Is a stranger
to truth and the lie Is continually in
his mouth. He is u wart, an excres-
cence, and should be scared with the
caustic OF public condemnation"
The above is a real estate mans den-
milton OF a ''knocker. ."-Ault Adver-
tiser.