The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-18
WAS FIRST
MAYORESS"
IN KANSAS
Mrs. Lew SaIler, Resident Of
Alfalfa County, Was Head Of
Town Of ATgORla
speeIal D BaIIg -

SDFNiai ~ Ddl49 l<5al1er
Cherokee Okla. May l8-The re
eeaf election of wGman mayor iA
fEe town gE HunneNeii kan. ala
lAe subsequent nra spaper stories
ula' EaYe been written brings 0ut tle
igmp0Hati laet ihat tae first wouar
8ayag enrsea III Kansas. and iDF
-4af matter 10 tae worid is now q
lsl0eat VI Alfalfa comfy AFa Les
raiter @iia 0f Col H. A saltey
go Tor Of rhH Carmen Headlight ana
aeli known Republican politician,
aas elected mayor gf Argoaia TEL
ApEls l6s7 she was twengg-seyra
sears Oh age al the time Ut her elee
ficn ard had been married severat
ears Two men had been nomiaatea
"a opposite tickets representing tteI
wet and dry" elements and iAe
Ag1f vas Sc set Fiat some one slg-
Lested woman AZ compfomise a
time before iae election Mrs
after aame was piacea on thir3I
l.ekef and sae was elected 5g hand
some majority
Councilman Neighbor
b. IL Packard n0H a member Oh
tlse Cherokee city c0aneIl, was a
saembef VI fhe ARgonls council an
3ef tae administration oi Mrs sap
tr Mgs salfer, while she Was 81
compromise candidate. W8s an aF0u
"a enemy d the vets aaa as soon
ss she was Indicted into Office sae
started a elean-ap crusade and was lR
fntk pminenffs successful She clos
ea no every Joint ii The town an0
during aer administration Arg0Aia
8ss noted for being q dry psace Many
es TIE prominent families aToal3
CheF0Ees were residents of AEgODia
during Mrs SalrsFs administration
and remember Use Incidents Vef&
welil Among tleru are three mem
lers Of me present eIty council ~
1er0Gee, William Jay b u PACK.
ard and A q Henderson Among
cher families living There al the
time are wilson Grant Howard
Javla. Harrison. 2tg1er Eu8anks
ana Johns0n Without an exception
they state thar Mrs Salier VAS a
splendid mayor and that her a1mlur
lstfafi0n was successful, Noble A.
Frentiss history 1t Kansas contains
ome Interesting mention q Mrs
airer's administration
Following the algction Of MFs salt.
~ in Argonla. another woman vas
erected mayor 0l KI0ga, Kas. iNo
@ars later Rachel ; Paxton who
8s praetlelng physician ia hi0wa
"a as elected ID 1883 Miss PsEioa
as elected gn dry tic8ef lasi
af tie close o. thr old cattle days I'D
Ki0wa Ki0wa was the border ioNn
~ the Cherokee Strip ana 8as head
0rarfefs of the caHlemer 8f the
eat ranches Ia 0zlaBoma Is bore
the reputation 0t aelng tae widest
town I'll the West
'kioaa 4 Wiso Town
TIE opening Of Oklahoma aecnrrea
rls gear and there was a great iii-
f.nx ot KiORa population io lse neN
territory TIE Cherokee strip had
a0t sci opened and KsoNa Nas Eiltil
retained her commercial supremacy
Use cattiamens capital it vas
iaier edition 81 Dodge Cty and kiit
lnas we're as numerous at that tine
la Ks0wa as ghey haa been ia me
fcBmer says. Miss Paxfoa was
bronghl 0ut~ as dry candidate in
sDlsli o. deral0h ol ghe Magemeat
~ make MaaRa ary IAe t@et tAat
me aas q woman and the Vig0rouA
fght lhal SIZE made elected ter sHu
she TOOK 0rer tue FesHs 0f govern.
rnAnt and madH a aFH attrmpt % ifs
UD to heF campaign pieage After
three months time she abandoned alf
hopes 81 making Kiowa dry and ee-
voted heF time t0 q strictly hasiness
administration she made very et-
ficleal and attentive naFor Das aefei
succeeded in her purpose al masing
hi0wa drg.
II was daring toe administration
of Miss Paxton that the killing oi
BHlY Morris oeemTrs Norris was
note6 Western ghs5aete 500 f9@.
sWcfea 8 saloon at KEowa. ae was
Killed by q woman character eY zee