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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08

Lakeview plantation; Barnard planta-
ton; I. r. D. N. w. p: s. r. o, N. w. p:
s. r. Nm. w. p; T. r. Q. N. w. p;
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08

land; Mlddlesex canal: Days academy;
4, II. Is. w. E. L. s.: s. r. Is. ". +. L.
s.; 8, r. 10. w. Z. L. s.: z, r. Is, w. T.
l.. s.; 8. r. Is. w. Z. L. s.; ., r. Is, W.
+. l.. s.; 10, r. Is. w. K. l.. s.; Moose
Island; Kineo, Farm Island; Kingsbury
plantation: in Plscataquis county.
Lexington plantation; Pleasant Ridge
plantations: Highland plantation l, r. 3.
b. X. p, w. X. r.: 2. r. 3. b. X. p,
w. X. r.; Dead River plantation; Bige-
low plantation; 1, r. 4. b. X. p. w. K.
r.; 2. r. 4. B. K. p. w. X. R.; g. r.. T.
Il. X. p. w. X. r.: Flagstaff plantation;
West Forks plantation; 2, X. g. B. X. p.
w. X. r.. 3. r. 8. b. X. p. w. X. r. !:
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and 3. r. T. b. X. p, w. X. r.; Mayfeid
plantation. 9, r. g. b. X. p, e. X. r.;
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man plantation, 5. r. l, n. 3. 7. p: 6.
r. /, N. b. p. p; /. r. 2, N. II. X. p;
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-29
Another Railroad
Secures a Charter

Guthrie, Okla, Oct. rs. The 81.
Louis and Oklahoma Railway Com
pany filed its charter with the secre-
tary Of state, with 4 capital stock Of
$4,000, and articles Of Incorporation
for 300-miIe railroad from Sallisaw
in Sequoyah county, through the
twelve Oklahoma counties, Sequoyah,
Haskell, Pittsburg, Coal, Johnston,
Murray. Carter, Garvin, Stephens, Co.
manche, Jackson and Greer. to point
between Red river and Salt Fork Of
Red river, swinging from the extreme
central east Of the state southwest and
then west I'd the extreme southwest Of
Oklahoma
The incorporators are 0. y. Snyder,
Erie, KAN; Wi II. jackson Bromide.
Okla; J. p Cameron, Kansas City,
Mo-; Fl 7, Brown, Coalgate, Okla; E.
s. Brodix, st. Louis. Mo-. F. NJ. Shall,
Joplin, Mo. The main office is to be
al Bromide, Okla.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-29
UNCLE SAM SUES


ftF1t = tA<ffG q III S11
Washington, Oct 2S The United
States does net overlook the pennies,
although 1t may cost dollars 10 col.
lect them A complaint was filed with
the Interstate Commerce Commission
today involving reparation to the
United States in the sum OF fifty cents.
The typewriting Of the complaint cost
the government more than the amount
OF the reparation demanded
The complaint was that Of the Unit
ed States against the Pennsylvania
& Reading Railway Company and the
New England Navigation Company On
account Of an alleged oyercharge Of
passenger fare from Philadelphia to
Newport, r. l., and return The regu-
lar rate for the round trip, accord
ing to the published tariffs, is $3.50.
The fare collected was S9 The gov
ernment through VI r. Potter. acting
secretary Of the navy, demands re-
fund Of fifty cents.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-29
CRY Is SINKING.

Reno, New oct. 2S.That the old
mining camp Of Virginia City is sink
ing into the deep canyon on the side
of which ii Is located ana that il has
already Slipped down hiil eleven feet
within the last few years was the
startling announcement made by Prof
Geo. + Young, head Of the mining and
geological department Of the uniYer-
sity Of Nebraska
Prof Young states that the steady
sinking n due to me old underground
timbering III the Comstock mines,
placed there fifty years ago, which is
gradually crumbling and is responsi-
bic tor the phenomenon. He also pre-
diets catastrophe at any moment nn-
less steps are taken TO prevent it
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-29
INSURED FOR
MILLION
Chicago Woman Carries
The Biggest Life
Policy

Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. 2S Mrs. Charles
Netcher, owner Of the Boston Store.
now Is believed to be the most heay-
iIy insured woman in the world. The
head Of the big department store has
just taken out an additional 100000,
which makes the grand total Of all
her policies one million dollars. AS
far as is known this is the most life
Insurance ever carried by any woD-
an except the late Mrs. Leland stan
ford, whose line Of insurance was
like amount.
The additional 100000 Of Mrs.
Netcher was placed by William B.
Garlic, Chicago manager Of the Mu-
tual Life Of New York, Having al
ready insured Mrs. Netcher in his
company for its individual limit Oh
risk on woman he was authorized
q handle the additional for the Icquit-
able Life and this company has taken
the entire amount
Mrs. Netcher said that she was talk
ms out the additional insurance tol
protect her large interests She is
following in the footsteps Of her late
husband in taking out heavy life in-i
surance. When he decided to build
his Madison street building in 1904,
AR Netcher took out policies aggre-
eating half million dollars So that
the extensive plans might not be III
terfered with. He died in June of the
same year
Miss Helen Gould, after Mrs Netch-
er, is said to be the heaviest insured
woman in the country, her policies
reaching above the half million mark
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-29

rescue was impossible Rnby Moore
field, one of the girls, Was taken out
ot The building, but when she al
certained that ihe younger sister was
sim inside. she ran back
Mrs Priest, the cook rescued fiji
teen children from the third floor
leading them to the yeranda top,
where they were taken down ladder
ur dropped into the arms Of boy stH-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-29
UP BEFORE THE BAR.

N. II. Brown, an attorney, Of Pitts
burg. VT, writes: eve have used pr
Kings New Life Pills for years and
find them such a good family medicine
We wouldn't be without them For
chilIs, constipation, hiIiousness Or sick
headache they work wonders. 25c at
Brown 4 Co.'S. D&W
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-29
FIVE CHILDREN BURNED
I'M ORPHANS HOME
Phone No. 3

LsnrAbaFg va. OCT est Five chill
dren n The nursery were burned io
death ID i fire which destroyed shei-
ton College at the Virginia Synod
Presbyterian Orphans home early
yesterday
The children we're all on the sec
ond floor of the building ard their
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-29

dents Of the Institution When these
children were all safe, Mis- Priest
had 70 jump for her life and il do
ing So suffered a dislocated shoulder
i scalp wound and an injury to her
back She will recover.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-29
Autos VS.. Clothes

A cheap automobile Is like unto a
hand-medown suit Of clothes doesn't.
cost much, likewise doesn't wear long
and isn't trim tailored nor has it the
quality necessary. Autos that are
cheap cannot be built to deliver the
goods. The ~Ohio' Is strictly in the
"made-toorder" class. Looks good. is
good, absolutely noiseless, neats trim
and serviceable; cost more, but like
the tailored suit lasts the longest and
decidedly ne cheapest IN the long run;
40-horsepower five passenger. noise
less and It's simplicity is marvel in
auto building. Any lazy could run ~
after and hours instruction, Price,
$1,000. Standard equipment.
J. II Olive, Agent.
Demonstrations upon request. 2l6t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-10-29

The Express will buy all the clean.
white rags that are brought to this
office
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27
e3ysSEAldoN SELLING
LAELE Qu1N DUe
Al AS EA

perieneed at any time during their
stay. In fact. the entire party was
Well, happy and eontented for the
whole period. They took along a good
supply of provisions. and besides this
they had hountiful supplies of fish,
game and berries that abound on all
sides They also planted a patch Of
vegetables which in season added much
to their supply Of eatables.
The principa difficulty in truck farm
ing in that region, however. was the
undue familiarity shown by the bears
which insisted upon paying frequent
nocturnal visits TO the Lttlejohn domi-
che and sampling various things, both
eafahle and uneatabe. including the
boats that lay moored on the beach,
more than one mouthful having been
taken from objects not less digestible.
At the end OF the three years Mr..
Littleiohn and his party returned home.
where they remained two years, and
then concluded TO make another voy-
age to the northland. This time Lit
tleiohn fitted out his own steam launch
and so voyaged forth, free and inde-
pendent The party was made up as
before and they settled again upon the
old site on Marjovia bay.
Again the wild life was taken up,
hut now Littlejohn had more opportun-
ity and leisure TO pursue his ornithol-
ogical researches. lie had never ceased
In all the years ne had been traversing
the broad Pacific to secure specimens
of rare birds and their eggs. Even
while crossing the wide and watery
wastes he lost no opportunity to cap
ture bird,s and in this way secured
such deep sea fowls as the stormy Pc
trei. albatross BOBBY, man of war
hawk. boatswain or tropic bird. etc.
The aIbatroas he was wont to catch
with a hook assthey followed the ship,
Some crumbs of food would be thrown
overheard and then the birds would
flock about them in great numbers. and
some one OF the number could be quite
easily hooked.
The petreTs could only be caught al
night when they would come flying
across deck, when they couldsbe caugh,
in hat.
IT was practice of the sea otter
hunters TO stop at the Midway islands
both outward and inward bound, and
on these islands are found great bird
colonies and many of the migratory
species. And nearly all OF the birds
on the Midway islands were remark
ably tame, so that. a person might &c
right up to them and take them from
their nests
Here were found two species of the
tern. the plover. curiew, etc, and of the
eggs of these species Litt1ejohn gath
cred great number. preserved them
and now has them in. his collection al
his home in Redwood City
1T was during his visits to the Alas
kan shores that he indulged himself il
bird hunting and bird study to the tor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27

and birds eggs in the forests and on
the marshes Even while yet a mere
toddler he gathered birds eggs and
strung the shells upon threads. until
he had yards OF them. Thus he acs
quired taste for ornithology. which
stuck to him ever afterward and is
today his chief delight
And II was this taste that led hind
to take long voyages and to embark
in many a wild adventure. The sam
Francisco peninsula became alto1
gether TOO narrow for one OF his
tastes and ambitions He longed to
beat ont into the open znd see more
Of the great world.
Accordingly. when but yet lsd OF
5. he hired out with San Fra ncisco
fur concern to go to Japan TO hunt sea
otter. He sailed upon 20 ton schooner
and in due course of time was in the
waters OF the Kurile islands. where the
sea otter in those days abounded in
large numbers.
The kurile islands are situated in the
northernmost part OF the Japanese
archipelago. and formerly were owned
by Russia, but afterward came into the
possession of Japan
The fur of the seat otter has always
been of great value in q commercial
way. and has grown more and more
valuable with time. In the days when
Chase Littlejohn hunted the animal a
single skin was worth about 5000; to
day the price runs from $1,000 to 81, 600.
so rare has the sea otter become
The fur of the full grown sea otter
is Of pure jet black, very fine and
glossy. In the early days the fur
found an almost exclusive market IN
Russia, where it was used in trimming
the uniforms of the army officers. The
fur secured by the California hunters
was cured and packed in San Fran
cisco and then shipped to London,
which was the principal market for the
commodity at that time.
The hunting of the sea otter in the
japanese waters was a perilous under
taking. and schooner after schooner has
been lost and never afterward heard
from. The waters are rough and
stormy. heavy gales descend upon the
seas. sweeping all before them.
Then there are hidden reefs, strong
tides and currents, tide rips. ETC. thai
are a continual menace to the sea
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27

farer. But although Chase Littlejohn
and his fellow otter hunters had many
a narrow escape from shipwreck and
drowning, they came safely through.
and were successful in nearly all of
their voyages. They came home laden
with spoils and their product was al
ways disposed of at a good profit,
The full grown sea otter is usually
2 little more than four feet long, but
some skins have been secured that
measured 90 inches from tip to tip
Unlike the fur seal, the sea otter lives
the greater part OF its time Off shore.
1t swifns upon its back, and will lie Tor
hours in that position. asleep upon the
surface of1the water.
They run in schools, and MIR. Little
John has seen as many as 200 in sin
gle bunch. Their food consists prin-
cipally of crustaceans. or minute she'll
fish found in the waters of the orient.
This food they dive for. and in diving.
the sea otter turns quickly over from
its accustomed recumbent position on
. the surface of the water and goes down
back uppermost.
r Unlike the seal again, it has front
legs and small paws. but no hind legs,
The members in the rear consisting oil \
tail and two short clippers. The animal
lis a vicious fighter when cornered, and
uses its sharp teeth with good effect.
Ia hunting the sea otter the hunters
are formed into squads, three boats
B 10 the squad and four men to the boat.
I with two men at the oars. one in tie
/ bow is a lookout and one at the stern
To steer the boat with paddle.
The hunters start out pulling along
a the islands from half a mile TO- a mile
from the land. sharp watch being
ali the time kept among the patches
Of kelp and other sea drift for an
& otter poking his small head above the
surface.
The boats of a squad always move
{ in the shape of a triangle or wedge
in order that the men may have an OPP
portunitv to shoot the otter without
being in danger of hitting other hunt
ers of. the party,
An otter being discovered by the
men in the forward boat, a paddle
is raised as signal OF discovery. and
the signal is answered by the raising
of paddle in each of the rear boats.
Then all move forward, watching for a
chance to get a shot at the otters
At the first shot the otter dives into
the sea and then the three boats draw
near the place of disappearance to
await the animals rise. At the first
temperance of the otter another shot
is taken, and the animal dives again,
and again the hunters await another
rise.
About the third dive exhausts the
otter, and 1t must stay above and
make the best fight it can. Then the
hunters get in the fatal shot, and when
the animal is dead it is dragged into
one of the boats and the hunt is con-
tinued
Unlike the dead fur seal, the dead
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27

- HASE LII LEJOHN was the nrSt
boy 20 be born in Redwood City,
which is now a fine. nourishing
town and has the proud distine-
ton Of being the county seat Of San
Mateo county. The town is situated,
as nearly every one in these parts
knows. down the peninsula, some 25
miles south OF san Francisco. and Mr..
Lttlejohn stin has his home there. al
though his birth dates away back in
1855. in the good old golden days.
His father was one OF the pioneer
miliwrights Of the coast and it was
he who set up the first sawmills in the
great forests OF redwood that lie west
Of Redwood City. and which gave the
town its name.
A Redwood Pioneer
The elder Littlejohn's home was in
San Francisco at the time, but the
town Of Redwood City had ambitions
- many. town has today. and was
anxious TO secure recruits; so it held
out Inducements 10 the sturdy mill
wright and ii was he who built the
third house to be erected in the city
in embryo. IT was in that house that
Chase Littlejohn was born and it WAS
in Redwood City that he grow TO boy
hood
There were few amusements in the
little burg in those days and the boy
was thrown upon his own resources.
But on one side were the oak groves.
grassy glades and redwood forests and
on the other the hay OF San Fran
cisco. with its miles OF marsh lands.
stretching both to the north and the
south.
So for a good healthy boy there was
ample opportunity for good. healthy
amusement. and young chase's prin-
eIpai amusement was TO hunt birds
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27

sea otter seldom sinks. the fur OF the
animal evidently acting as buoy. IT
is therefore. no difficult task to land
the game. In some of these hunts II
was no uncommon thing in the old
days for schooners crew thus divided
into squads to capture as many as 25
otter in one day. The NUMBER of skins
secured during single voyage used to
range from 500 to 500.
But in these later days of scarcity,
sea otter hunting is very different
proposition. and it takes long and hard
searches to find them
In the early days San Francisco used
TO send out as many as IS otter hunt
ing sehooners iife single season. but
being foundered in gales or swept
ashore on the rocks. Never a year
passed without the loss of two or
three OF these craft
In some of Littleiohn's voyages Ire
joineS in hunts for fur seals also; but
the hunting was done on different
plan from that employed in sea otter
hunting. The seals were hunted far
out at sea. and the boats We're followed
by the schooner. Out there seals We're
found sleeping on the surface, and
they We're killed with shotguns.
But after a while the Japanese got
wise TO the value of the sea otter
and put summary stop to the expo
ditions, They sent a revenue cutter
out and drove off all the fleet. and that
was the end OF the game as far as
foreign hunters were concerned
He Goes to Alaska
In 1879 Littejol1n joined in an ex-
petition TO Alaskan waters, and they
were hunting otter. bear and seal,
trapping and trading with the natives.
They ran into bay that was virtually
alive with sea otter, very much to
their surprise They made good kilt
ing therefore, and sailing into Vic
toria, cured their hides and shipped
them to London from that point
That expedition gave Littlejolln a
hint that he might do some hunting
on his own account; so in 1880 he re-
turned to San Francisco and outfitted
for himself
But he found great difficulty inkse-
curing transportation north for more
than one reason and the principal
reason was that the fur companies did
not wish to encourage independent
bunting At last. however, an opor-
tunity offered, and Littlejohn, accom-
panied by his father. wife and friend
naved stevens, set sail for the arc
tic ATTITUDES and finally located on
Marjovia bay, near the south end OF
the Alaskan peninsula, and there the
party remained for three years hunt
ing. hshing and trading with the ma
tives.
They carried with them portable
house and this was set up in favor
able location, and then it was .sodded
up; or, in other words, it was walled
up on the outside with sods dug up in
the neighborhood to a thickness OF
fnYF feet
lily matched with coarse wild grass
that grows round sbout in great pro-
fusion.
This made the building completely
lmpervious to cold and wind and nc
discomfort from those sources was ex-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-27
By H. A. Crafts

- HAsE LITTLEJoHN was the hrst
boy 20 be born in Redwood City,
which is now a fine. nourishing
town and has the proud distinc-
Evening star., 1909-05-15

just the sort OF drinks that men take,
and some of them take good many.
II think the habit of public drinking
by women generically classed as nice
took It's beginning from the time when
great hordes of our folks began to make
their European tour. American women
noticed, in England particularly, that the
women on the other side made NO bones
about taking their drink wherever and
whenever they wanted to. I'veo heard
women here say that if such brow
beaten lot as English women were al
lowed to drink anywhere without re-
straint or restriction they guessed Ameri-
can women ought to have the same privi-
lege.
ion, and I often get pretty tired OF being
around here.
"Hard-drinking men do sometimes stop
drinking. some Of them for good and all:
but hard-drinking women don't stop at
all. That's plain talk, but it's the truth.
Women who get thoroughly into the habit
of drinking rarely or never stop.
"Tve known OF two cases Of women
who stopped out of thousands Of women
drinkers who have passed In review here.
These two stopped because they feared
insariity-and they had the best of reason
for that fear. because they both event
ually became insane. anyhow: they stop
ped too late.
'Oh, yes. have to keep a constant and
careful eye upon the women who come In
here Can't have scenes II they're to be
prevented. you know. The women who
are liable to overdo 1t are watched. More-
over. they know just how much drink
will be allowed them.
Now. you might think that this sort of
a Notwithstanding them with only
just SO much drink-would sort of stop
them, make them ashamed. But it
doesn't. The old-fashioned idea that
strong drink sort Of pulpifes the sensi-
bilities of humans, male and female,
wasn't SO far from the mark
Despite our watchfulness some of the