The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-31
WHY CRIME
IS GROWING
IN 0sAGE.
Deputy Marshal freeman Says
Enforcement Of Law Is
Too Lax
lBy Matt lluhrl

lBy Matt Dhhf)
Pawhuska, Okla, May 81 Deputy
United States Marshal John Freeman
I Who otilciatea sixteen years HI THIS
pretty Wild country, bul never shot
n q man on was fred at SAYS
WE must change base III Usage
county and enforce the laws against
numbering, carrying guns and other
lbiI crimes Too many mNrderers ess
cape with light sentences of go scot
fee It seems that our whole law
enforcing force Is Just after the boot.
leggers, ana often when caught the
sympathizing or thirsty jufies clear
the prisoners, and the taxpayers have
io pay the bills contracted by miscafs
liages of Justice
Young Pete Brown, who says he
killed bis father because his step
mother told him 10. expects 10 go
Tree as soon as his stepmother has
had another trial Old man Fraley,
who shot Dan Parker six times and
Liiled him last summer, Is out Oh
bond, and is taking an outing ia Ten
ncssec Yes, sir, the Usage county
lastice mill has to grind better grst,
else our law abiding citizens Will
execute the laws with promptness
and cheapness.
Gil And Gas There
Gasologists say that Pawhuska and
vicinity is on the solid roof OF a
large ana deep reservoir of oil and
gas, one Of the richest gas pockets
III the world Enough gas has been
wasted in this locality to light and
heat this city for several years. The
criminal waste of the valuable article
Should be stopped.
Yes, Pawhuska offers nearly free
sas for the first five years to ali the
factories that will locate and oper-
fte here Kind Nature has been ex-
ccptionally prodigal IN this region
but man doesn't properly appreciate
the priceless gifts.
Chronic Booze Peddler Mayes
wouldn't be In the Usage county Jail
II he hadn't cursed Sheriff Frease By
telephone When al Dewey, near
Rartlesville. the other day, he cursed
our sheriff over the wire for not send
ing his conlscated trunks that con,
tain booze to him Then the sheriff
ordered him arrested via the tele.
phone and Ne is now In the Usage
county Jail The booze III the trunks
viii give loud evidence against him
on the day of his trial in court.
Show Business lax
The moving picture show fad Is on
the decline in this show-loving town.
One year ago PawbusIa had five Of
them, now the remaining two are
seldom crowded.
The show goers are getting tired
Of iniuring their eyes by having t0
look at the same kind Of pictures
every evening
Dust raising cowboys, bold outlaws,
cunning burglars, impHdent kids,
drunken carousals and fellows hug
.ging and kissing their best girls are
on the curtain nearly evening.
II Is evident that most Of the many
small tracts Of land IN Usage county
will never find buyers and tillers OK.
cept the mineral restrictions are re.
moved therefrom.
Land buyers are ayerse to simply
buying the surface; they yery sensi-
wv want all that's below and even
hig baboYe the ground Mr. Indian
has to be willing to help remove the
mineral nightmare from the surplus
lands, else he will have to keep them
ana pas taxes thereon.
But They Eat
1t Is strange how even our enty-l
nologists or bugologists are divided
On the real name OF the pesSy, yora-l
clous caterpillars that were So nn-l
merous in this region a few weeks
ago Seme declare them to be the
dreaded gypsy moth: others say II is
the coddler, while some call them
army worms, Pharoah's last plague,
blackberry bug, diptera trifolia, iimp-l
son worp and several other names.
A go number OF the glutionous
insects Wuae sent To WASHINGTON and
saltwater for dissection.
Ed Tinker. who recently traded a
pistol for an island, had had some
sharp experience ais editor and pub.
fisher in this town when PaWhuska
Nas small village Eds paper bolt
ed over so much that Indian Agent
fiSSNiah SWApeNueu tue NWbutdlibiA8 f
BY having The whole printing OUTFIT
thrown into Bird Creek. Agent Free /
man wanted 70 nip all lnsurreetionary
IDEAS III the bud, and insisted that he
be permitted to play czar, dictator
the Wahsashies,
Another Usage indian who does
some work has been discovered here +
Larry Nolegs isn't the only member
tf the Usage tribe that works. Thet
rawluska City council allowed BiliyH
Eearskin four dollars for work on iheE
streets.
The younger ana older Osages I
lcok with contempt on the two ms
dians that soil their hands NithI
honest toll The average Usage mi
dian hasn't h so oaword ID gfunt inl
favor Of honest industry.
6aptisinu The indians
A Peoria mdian preacher Il light.
Ing the world. the flesh and the devii +
p the adjacent Osage Indian village
frank Corndronper and fifteen otherE
0sages we're baptized last Sunday
Z nny say that they can now see hetF-a
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