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The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1909-05-05
Real Estate Transfers.

B. r. V. !. Co. to Hattie SNYDER OF
South Bend Ind lot VIZ lot 7 block I
Ha milton Heights; $500.
B. r. v. 1. Co. to Florence B. Lowe,
of Chicago lot block 1 Mountain
View Orchard; $500.
c. A. Waddell to Elizabeth Grove,
lots and 6 block 13 S. S. addition te
Hamilton; 81.
Frank L. Burns to E. A. johnson
lots and 8 block 8 S. S. addition
Hami ton; 81.
George Smith to w. G. Smith 16(
acres near Victor, 81.
A. c. M. Co. to Albert and Tony
Hork lots 1 and 2 block o S. S. addi.
ton to Han ilton; 81.
c. M. Allen to Calmona Orchard
Co. 80 acres east of Florence; 81.
Hans Kalbeck to Calmona Orchards
Co. lots 2, 13 and Ia block % Cal.
mona Garden Homes; S1O5.
A. G. M. Co. to Mrs, Ellen Fischer
lots 13, IA and IS block "a S. S. addi-
ton to Hamilton; ST..
G. L. Bruce to Laura M. Franks lots
and block 10 Pleasantvale addition
to Stevensville: $1.
John w. Franks ct al to Laura M.
Franks certain lots Pleasantville
addition to Stevensville; 81.
Mary J. Porch to Laura M. Frank~
lots and acreage near Stcvensville; ST.
A. c. M. Co. to w. Townsend Ed
wards lot II block IS; lot 20, 81, %
block 1; lot 13 block 13, miton; ST.
Grace Sanders to d. f.. Galloway
100 acres near Darby; 81.
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1909-05-05

Dillon, April.-E. c. Smith, son of
the late Ex-Governor Smith, has been
appointed court stenographer by
Judge J. B. Poindexter in the Fifth
judicial district. Mr.. Smith arrived
from Hamilton in Dillon yesterday,
accompanied by his wife, aud will
make this his future home.
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1909-05-05

Fire! Fire! Fire! Have you Insurance
on your house and furniture? If not
see James F. Terrence, next to post
=; office. Phone COX. 28.tf
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-10
INVENTOR OF ICE CREAM
Once Famous Lady of the WhIeO
House Deserves Monument for Y
Devisins DeIicacy.

Dolly Madison was famous for
her beauty, grace and social charm,
but she has never been given due
credit for her greatest achievement
the invention of ice cream. For
the chroniclers tell us that she was
the first to serve this national deli
cacy. The wife of the president
must have been a wonderful woman,
gifted in everything from diplomacy
to cooking.
The men have long suspected that
some woman invented both ice cream
and matrimony, for men for genera
tons have been inveigled into both.
Let a boy and girl go out walking,
just anywhere, and suddenly the boy
will find himself face to face with a
soda fountain or an ice cream par
lor. It's just like man who starts
along counting aimlessly who sud-
denly finds himself engaged. He
doesn't understand just how it hap
pened. But he usually marches up
bravely and finds that he enjoys
both matrimony and ice cream.
Ii every girl who eats a saucer OF
Ice cream or a "sundae" would put
penny in the plate to erect a monu-
ment to the inventress of ice cream,
they could build tower SO tall that
it would make the Washington
monument look like fence post.
While it was Dolly Madison who
first made ice cream, they tell us it
was the wife of young naval OFF,
Ger, Nancy johnson, who invented
the ice cream freezer. She deserves
as much credit as the presidents
wife. They were one in achieve
ment; they should be one in fame
and Immortality.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-10
OF COURSE NOT.

On First avenue pushcart was a
pile of string beans with the sign
'3c a qt." What purported to be a
quart measure stood heaped high
with the beans, says the New York
Times. 1t seemed a generous meas
ure and a housekeeper stopped TO
purchase one. As the italian turned
the beans into her bag she was
amused to see the bottom of the
measure pushed up within an inch
of the top. She demonstrated with
the dealer.
ooh, but I give so high" he ex-
planned. 81 can't give deep and
high, too, for three cents. You get
very high"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-10
READY TO DO HIS PART.

An eccentric country squire agreed
to employ an equally eccentric rustic
to rid his mansion Of its plague Of
flies, the terms being board, lodging
and beer for three days.
At the end of this period there
were more flies than ever and the
squire Intercepted his new employee
thus: "Why ever haven't You made
a start? You contracted to kill all
the flies"
'1'm waiting for you, guv'nor,"
retorted the willy rustic. you've
got to catch 'em first. 1 only prom
sed to kill 'em."-London Daily
News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-10
RANDOM THOUGHTS.

We are very sorry for the man
who never feels sorry.
1t takes a lot of piety to stand up
against prosperity.
Flattery may shield many errors,
but it won't erase insults.
No day is long enough to waste
any of it in nursing enmity.
There's a lot of difference between
tongue of fire and a fiery tongue.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-10
WHY SHE LENGTHENS ROPES.

Once upon a time a Girl who had
a Good Job and Big Salary, and
no one But herself to Spend it On,
Got Married to Tight Wad. She
never Complained to her Friends,
being Proud and Reserved, But it is
Noticed that whenever She sees a
Cow or a Calf tied in a Field with a
Short Rope, with the Grass eaten off
as far as their Mouths can Reach,
she Sheds a Silent Tear of Sym
pathy, and then Lengthens their
Ropes.-Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-10
BULLET-PRooF SHIELD.

A Bohemian tailor at Prague has
invented a bullet-proof shield for
use of the skirmisher while lying on
the ground. This shield, which
weighs but five pounds, is made of a
composition of wax and felt in which
the striking bullets are said to stick
without piercing. In the center OF
the shield is an opening just large
enough to pass the rifle muzzle
trough.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-10
~sssty-T--s aA->s -. II
THE OLD MAIDS CHANCE.

"Do you ever lose that umbrella
of yours ?" asked the maiden.
"No, I DON'T" replied the man,
sternly; 'the person who takes that
umbrella will have to take me-"
"Do 1 understand that to be a
proposal of marriage or a threats
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18
As Soon as Satisfactory Adjustment of Values
on Land and Improvements Can be Made
the Indemnity and Public Buildings
Land Will be Placed Upon the
Market, Says Co.. Haskell
---LeSSeeS Interested

ough state Of cultivation, from two to
four dollars per acre.
For placing rub or stony land in a
thorough state of cultivation, the max
imum price to be twenty dollars per
acre
Fences, cost of material, and three
per cent per year for deteriation.
Buildings, cost Of material and con-
struction, and four per cent per year
deducted for deteriation.
Tanks, wind-mills and pumps, cost
of same with five per cent per year for
deteriation.
Drainage and irrigation bitches,
lakes and ponds, cost of same when in
usable condition
Cisterns, cellars, sewers, storm
caves, cost of same, when in good con
dition.
Wells, cost of producing water on
the land
Flowers, shrubs, forest trees, fruit
trees. small fruit, alfalfa and tame
grasses, at a fair and reasonable cash
value.
Rentals on land to be on an agri
cultural basis.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18
ROCK ISLAND AND
FRISCO ONE LINE
Two Great Railway Systems Are So
classed BY the State Corpora
tion Commission.

Guthrie, Okla, June 1S.-No more
important order was ever issued by
the corporation commission than order
No. POS, issued June 18th, whereby it
declares that on and after July Sth,
1903, so far as the assessment of
freight charges on commodities upon
which the comission has heretofore
fixed rates, or upon which they may
hereafter fix rates, the line of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
company and the ST. Louis & San
Francisco Railway company shall be
considered as one line.
The corporation commission has ad-
vertised for some time that unless the
railroads appeared before the commits
sion and showed reason why this
should not be done, that this would be
their action. The railroads failed to
have representation before the board
and allowed the order to be promulgat-
ed without any opposition. The fair
ness of the order is therefore practical
ly conceded by the railroad companys.
In the matter of state rates, this is
the biggest saving to shippers through
any order that has yet been made by
the corporation commission, and it is
estimated that the saving per year
to the shippers in Oklahoma viii be
between $4,000 and 100000. If the
corporation commission did nothing
else this year, this action alone would
justify the wisdom of the constitution
al convention and the expectation of
the people
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18
TRAIN ROBBERS
KILL AN OFFICER
Deputy Constable johnson Kirk Shot
Down in Battle With Men Who
Attempt to Hold Up Train.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Muskogee, Okla, June ls.-ln bat
tie between officers and three train
robbers who held up st. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern freight train
No. 16S, near Bragg, Okla, early to-
day Deputy Constable Johnson Kirk
was killed.
The object Of the robbers was to get
the money of the train crew, who had
just received their pay envelopes. The
railroad men resisted the robbers and
a round of firing soon brought Con-
stable Kirk and Deputy Constable
Wicks to the scene. The robbers and
officers, armed with pistols, engaged
in a pitched battle and Kirk was shot
through the head and instantly killed.
Paul Williams, one of the robbers,
was shot through the breast and cap
tured. The two others escaped. A
posse is pursuing them with blood
hounds.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18
WESTERN VANDERBILT
MOTOR RACES ARE ON

BY Associated Press.
Crown Point, Ind, June lS.-Prompt-
ly at niue today Starter Wagner fired
his gun, the rear wheels of Carbin car
number one, slid in the oiled dressing
of the road for an instant, then with
sudden rush and laundering of its
exhaust. the machine disappeared over
a low rise north of the starting point
and the Western Vanderbilt motor
race was on. Thereafter, at one min
ute intervals, sixten other contestants
speeded away on their breakneck
rounds of the course, twenty-three and
six-tenths miles.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18
BIG REWARD FOR
GIRLS ASSA|LANT
More Than $4,000 is offered For The
Arrest Of Man Who SIugeed
Miss Owen.

Kansas City, Mo, June lS.-Re-
wards aggregating more than $4,000
have been offered for the arrest and
conviction of the thug or thugs who
slugged Miss Anna Lee Owen, official
stenographer for the police board in
vestigation, in her office in the Dwight
building Wednesday night, and stole
shorthand notes of the important testi-
mony relative to saloons, gambling
and the police force, which she was
transcribing.
Both houses of the council in ex-
traordinary session at noon yesterday
by resolution authorized a reward Of
1000. and the aldermen personally,
following the example of Mayor Crit
tenden, offered $1OO each. Governor
Hadley, for the state, announced re-
ward of $500. The owners of the
Dwight building and John T. Wayland,
an attorney, offered 500 each.
While Miss owen was much inn
proved yesterday, she was still care
fully guarded at the University hos
pital, and visitors were not admitted
to the sick room She was unable to
throw any more light upon the affair
than she had the evening of the brutal
attack. That the man who slugged
her with "black jack" wore dark
clothes was the nearest to a descrip-
ton that she could supply.
Every detective and policeman in the
department was at work on the case
yesterday, having been detailed espe-
cially to search for clues which would
lead to the apprehension of the guilty
person. Such a cowardly attack as
was made upon Miss owen by the un-
known thug aroused every police Off
Ger and they were working willingly
overtime. The large reward which has
been offered through various sources
also caused the detectives and uniform
men to do their best to secure sufi-
cient evidence to warrant an arrest.
Commissioner Thomas r. Marks
gave his time yesterday to confer
ences with the police, and calling at
the hospital to inquire into the condi-
tion of Miss owen. Chief of Police
Frank Snow said yesterday afternoon
that there were no new developments
in the case, and he could not suggest
any possible clue to the guilty parties.
Captain Walter Whitsett and Inspec-
tor of Detectives Edward P. Boyle
were also at sea in the matter.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18
KNOCKOUT BLOW
TO OKLAHOMA TOPERS

Guthrie, Okla, June lS.-Agents of
the American Express company here
and throughout the state have receiv-
ed orders not to deliver any more in
toxicating liquor shipments in the state
This means practically that all inter-
state whisky shipments hereafter must
be by freight. One of the reasons
for the order is that so many whisky
shipments are broken open en- route.
that it keeps the express company
constantly in trouble.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18
ONLY CARD MEN TO
WORK ON STATE BUILDINGS.

Guthrie. Okla, June 1S.-Union la
Dor was favored by a decision of the
board of affairs today which requires
the services of union workmen on all
state buildings. The controversy be-
tween the board and the normal re-
gents over the claims of one hundred
thousand dollars on the normal build
ing at Weatherford, has been settled,
the board finding the contracts were
made before the board of affairs was
created: 1t is believed that the two
boards will be peaceable hereafter
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18
MRS. KAUFMAN FOUND
GUILTY OF BATTERY
Dy Associated Press.

Dy Associated Press.
Flandreau, S. D., June lS.-The jury
in the case of Mrs Emma Kaufman
wife of a wealthy brewer of Sioux
Falls, charged with the murder of
Agnes Polreis, a domestic, today re-
turned a verdict of guilty of simple
battery and sentenced her to pay a fine
of one hundred dollars or serve fifty
days in Jail. Mrs. Kaufman immediate
ly paid the fine and was released, thus
ending a case which for the past three
years has been the sensation of the
state.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18
OKLAHOMA MURDERER
ESCAPES FROM TEXAS JAIL

Paris, Tex, June 1S.-Will Hendrix,
convicted of murder on a change of
venue from Sulphur, Okla, and given
a life sentence, broke Jail here at two
o'clock this morning and escaped on
horse he stole near the Jail
AS trusty in the Jail he served as
turnkey. He released the other pris-
oners from their cells, but none OF
them could get out through the hole
he made for their escape.
Hendrix was a half breed Choctaw
and murdered his father-in-law near
Rolf, Okla, in 1906.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18
ASKS AMERICA NOT TO
PARTICIPATE IN BIG LOAN.
IBy Associated Press.

by Associated Press.
London, June 1S.-Great Britain has
asked America not to press her claim
for participation in the Harkow rail
road loan of twenty-seven million, five
hundred thousand dollars, which the
British, German and French bankers
stand ready to take up. This request
was sent to James Bryce, British con
sut at Washington.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18
HOWARD GOULD MAY
Be CALLED TO STAND
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
New York June 1S.-The procession
of servants and employees of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Gould to the witness
stand continued today. A relief from
the dull monotony of such testimony
was forcasted when Mr. Gould's con
sci said he might call Howard Gould
to the stand in his own behalf today
Harry l. Veitch was the first witness
for the defense. He was employed as
valet by Mrs. Gould from December
1905, to September, 1906. In answer
to a question he stated he had assisted
her to prepare her toilet on but one
occasion. He mad seen her under the
influence of intoxicants several times
he said. and once when he was pre-
pairing to tie her slippers she kicked
them off in the air" he declared. She
was staggering but ordered two more
cocktails
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18

Crown Point, Ind, June Isl. Mat
son, driving Chalmers Detroit car, won
in tody's Western Vanderbilt" QUITO
mobile race over the Crown Point
Lowell course Marion car, piloted by
A. Monsen, second, Locomobile driven
by Robertson, third,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18
SMOKY HILL RIVER CON-
TlNUES TO CAUSE ALARM
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Sallna, Kans., June lS.-The Smoky
Hill river continues to rise and today
fifty residences in the lower part Of
Salina are surrounded by water. A
small rise will prove destructive. The
river is over mile wide in some
places. Citizens worked all night to
stop the water, but the effort was ap-
parently useless.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18

Guthrie, Okla, June 1S.-That the
indemnity and public building lands
will be sold by the schol land commits
sioners as soon as the value of the
lands and their improvements can be
satisfactorily adjusted was announced
by Governor Haskell last night to a
committee of school land lessees who
had appeared before the board. The
lessees were J. B. Tosh, Hobart; c. H.
Hyde, Alva; w. NJ. Anderson, Wau-
rika; r. S. Paris, Jefferson; w. NJ
Draper Geary; H. c. Scott, Bramen;
A. P. Stuard, Kremlin; e. d. Brown
lee, Kingtisher.
This committee had appeared be-
fore the board for the purpose of work
ing out plan for the correction of
appraisement on both lands and i'm
provements. The lessees admitted that
the appraisement on most of the lands
for the purpose of sale was approxi-
mately correct but that for the pur-
pose of farming that much of it was
too high, and cited many instances
where rentals on school land would
be from $400 to $2,700 per quarter on
land that was to say the least, only
ordinary land, but that it had a high
commercial value on account of it
being close to some town. The pre-
sentation made by the lessees showed
conclusively that an agricultural value
should be placed upon the school lands
for the purposes of collecting reiftals
thereon.
The lessees of the state have com
planned bitterly, of the value fixed up
on their Improvements by the ap-
praisers and the board of commits.
sioners announced that the following
plan would be adopted to review the
appraisement and to give equal and
exact justice to both the lessees and
the state
Each lessee who feels aggrieved
over the appraisement of either land
or improvements will be required to
make out a schedule corroborated by
two neighbors and send to the board.
The board will then appoint an ad-
juster for each county who does not
reside in the county, also two good
men, one democrat and one republican,
who live in the county. These three
will sit as a board of arbitration and
decide between the lessee and the
state on all differences of appraise
ment The finding of this board is
subject to review by the board of
commissioners on either the applica-
ton of the lessee or the state. This
method for reviewing the appraise
ment is perfectly satisfactory to the
lessees so their. committee announced.
It is also absolutely fair to the state
and school fund.
The question as to what consttut
ed improvements on school land has
been a vexed one, and some have main
tanned that wells. breaking, tame grass
and even orchards we're not improve
ments upon which the lessees of the
state who in good faith had placed
these Improvements upon the land, and
the omitting of them from the sched
ule was not beneftting the state, be-
cause in case of sale the purchaser
of the land instead of the state would
be benefited by the low price placed
upon the Improvements.
The board decided that all of these
things, constituted Improvements and
that in case of sale, the lessee should
be paid for the same
The following schedule for appraiss
ing the improvements was fixed by the
board:
For placing prairie land in thor
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18
STATE BOARD ISSUES CALL
FOR BIDS ON COAL

Guthrie, Okla. June 1S--The board
of public affairs is issuing call for
bids to be opened on the 2Sth of this
months for seven thousand tons Of
coal to be furnished to the various
state institutions.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18

The Katy is getting ready to park
the east side of Vann street between
Illinois and Canadian avenues.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18

You can save great deal Of time and
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18

this year, and at no additional cost. v
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-18

by purchasing some of your dresses rea
The Glenwood post., 1909-03-13
Appeal for Good Roads.

An urgent appeal is being sent out
by the Rocky Mountain Highway AS
sociation, with headquarters in Den
yer, to all. commercial organizations
in the state that they unite in aiding
to secure the passage of the good roads
bills now before the present Legisla-
ture. 1t is asked that the commercial
bodies get in touch with their repre-
sentatives and urge upon them the
necessity for the passage of the bill
proposed. Through the medium of the
press an appeal is also Issued to every
person interested in good roads to use
his influence to secure the passage of
these bills. 1t is suggested that indi-
vidual letters be sent the representa-
tives and senators Urging them to act.
The Glenwood post., 1909-03-13
Street Car Bill Killed.

On Wednesday by a vote of 80 TO "a.
with nine absentees, the House killed
the bill to limit the working day of
street car trainmen to ten hours. This
was done by striking out the enacting
clause on motion of Speaker Lubers
Mr.. Lubers asserted that working on
the street cars is a healthful occupa-
ton Many tuberculosis sufferers seek
the work and need the outdoor en-
ployment. Mr.. Long took the same
ground. Mr.. Foley declared that the
regulars" in the employ of the Tram
way did not want the law.