The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-06-30
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8 WHAT EDITORS ARE sAYINe 9
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In the early GAYS OF Kansas hls'
io-y. lave. like woman were fearful
N and wonderfully made, Sometimes
the law makers bit off q chunk they
failed 10 mas icaie, One instance ol
this failure to chew. has been brought
10 light BY Chief Clerk Davis, q the
state AUDITORS office.
Recently the auditors department
iecelyed from banker In Boise, Ida
ho. an ancient document bearing
faded grrcn seal. and a letter OF sx.
PLANTATION The banker said that u
@ns claim against the state OF Kan.
sas On the face Of H. u was q
"Clalm Debt of Kansas Territory
and stated that Francis o, Tolles was
entitled 10 si0i.30 The claim was
signed on July ~. 1863. by II. l. Stick
le-. territorial auditor, at the capitol
l.ecomplon. The Idaho banker ex.
planned that Tolles had been dead for
many Years. aud his heirs wanted 20
know hnN to collect the debt
Upon investigation Of the ancient
anstc0sured tones, Mr. Davis discoY'
cred condition something IKE this;
m 1850. commission OF three mem.
herr onn named by the governor. one
hy the lonHe and one by the council
lsenatel 10 investigate claims made
by persons Who we're dlmaged IN the
border var of 1856. The commission
reported, and these claim slips we're
issued to those who had lost stock
o. Other property by reason OF the
disturbance. Also, upon their report
an ac, was passed. Of which this ~
paragraph
III shall be the duty OF any consti.
tutional convention hereafter 70 a.
semhle. 10 make suitable provisions
for securing the payment Of said war
rinta BY the federal government, Dy
incorporating into the act wIb the
constitution formed provision 70
thai effect,
nut my constitutional convention
lhe-eafte, IA assemble" failed to lncor
pora'e iaso the act any such provision
Therefore. Il ii the Judgment OF The
auditors office, that while the claim
document Is in itself a relic, and thai
the great seal thereon is OF heaut
ful robmsegg blue. II Is otherwise
worthless. The lac Francis Q. Tolles
probably knew that BY bitter expert
ence IN trying to collect u, ann onl,
kept Il az III relic. forgetting 70 ok
plain the case 10 bis heirs.
(roncordia, KAN Pross.)
AT Abilene two automobile sales
men got &c excited over their respec
live cars that a flfgymlle race wal
run Tor a 500 purse The man who's
machine was defeated now claims ina
the other man used q different sprock
et 10 gea. his machine up. which \
1 SAYS was not playing fair. The Dc
| fested man now has another chal
Ienge IN The paper and the town \
| taking sides ON The automobile cues
tlon. The man who owns machin
OF one make will not speak to NJ
neighhor unless by chance his M
chine Is OF the same make. The stree
Io.fe.B forum threatens TO take u
the matter and carry It to a bitter ems
Onn of the late songs from N
throat Of LAZARUS Lyre, che FREEDOM
Citizens prose poemlst "Oh, promls
lme that when you get the tin. yor
bnv an auo cur snd we VIII sp
ven wander up and down the botii'
ward. aiM when We hls the pike we
stpIka II hard we'll see the wheels Z
round and sulphur soli, as each ma
We run down relieves his soul ,
swearing loud and long and deep an
free. Oh, promise me oh, promls
: me. Oh promise me that you w
hold my hand. as We go acorchlh
Ftedonlan land: we'll make the rul
bernecks iust hold their breath, an
, dodge us as they would the Jaws
death. But Should the blamed thin
brock What gould we dol Say low
{. YOU'D he'te. bus a horse or twoi
] nice 2:la roadster fine would be- Ol
promise me oh. promise me.