The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-06-14
REFUSES To
BOW To 4
MONOPOLY
Wherein Frank Tinker, Of Usage
County, Is Like Old
John lIeiz

By Matt puhr )

pawhnska. Okla. June l4-Frank
Tinker continues to fight the oil and
gas drillers with a yins and guards
his land with d loaded Winchester.
A santa Claus resembling an effigy
oi Barnsdale stands near the main
gate OF the Tinker farm The hide
Gus scarecrow Is Inscribed as fol
lows
Il have been hogging It over ev-
eryhody but Frank Tinker"
Frank had the derricks torn down
and removed To the railroad He in-
slsts that nobody shall hunt for val
uables on his lands without his per-
mission Nearly everybody round
about Skiatook thinks that Mr.. Tin
ker viii shoot any and all intruders
On his premises. The Bansdale
people have taken the case into the
federal court, but Tinker patrols his
lands night and day The rascatly
blanket lease and the mineral rights
reserve in the Usage country have
been millstones on the progress Of
Usage county.
Mad Dog Scare.
The annual mad dog scare arrived
here with promptness during the last
week cf May. A little swapping
black cur started the panic. He was
shot until dead and most OF those
barkefs he scratched had to bite
the dust
AN emergency dog muzzle ordin-
apce was passed in d hurry and then
there was bowling amongst the can
inc martyrs About forty unnuzzled
ours have SO far been Killed John
Stink's four body guards are above
the law
The second caravan from the Kaw
reservation came. danced. received
lots OF presents and departed for
their huts oil Che Arkansas river
The patriotic 0sages delight to en-
tertain the Kaws, whom hey con
slider as abused pets. The late Was
hunga was faily worshipped by these
redskins.
The Kaws are lazy, triffllng set
of eX-scalpers Their heathenism
flourishes like the green bay tree on
the garden OF civilization.
Several Pawhuska women. having
become ashamed of the dirty condl-
ton OF the alleys, have banded to-
gether into civic league and have
offered valuable prizes TO those that
will have the cieanest front and
back yards when the judges come
around Pawhuska must cease to
be a mere hustling cowboy and In
dian town. Flowers instead of Mex.
ican weeds should adorn the lawns
and yards.
Capture Lots OF Beer.
One hundred and twenty full bot
ties OF beer that were c0nfscated
from a negress bootlegger had their
stomach broken without previous ac
tion by judge or jury
II used to be customary 10 accum-
ulate q carload Of captured wet
goods before officers Thought II
worth the trouble ofi shipping tAh
stuff To the state dlspensary. ard
otter, too often It Is said that the
number Of bottles became less before
shipping time
Pawhuskans would never hear the
song OF the disease
spreading mosquito If the carloads of
old TN cans We're removed 10 beyond
the city limits
These Indians deyoured large quan
iles of canned goods during the last
thirty years, or ever since they were
located here. and they threw the
cans anywhere and everywhere.
Many Of the eans catch rainwater
and then the hot sun turns them into
factories
The only mosquit0s, here cone
rom rainwater and the slow moving
board OF health should see that the
cans be removed
Nant All Minerals.
The Usage Protective association.
OF about 100 mixed blood |
)sages and intefmarried citizens.
lre III favor 81 congress passing
aw giving 10 each allottee an thr
minerals III the bowels Of his allot. |
nents, a bonus, however, which the |
III and gas syndieates would gladly |
ray, should revert to the tribal treas
lFy.
Many of tho fullhloods are IN favor !
n the plan A vote ot all the admit |
male members VIII perhaps. be TAX |
n on the proposition next week
Pawhuska's Chautaudua will be |
aeld IN the shady surroundings Of |
he government school buildings |
about sixty feet higher up, whore the /
ea0hers' normal Is being held The /
shautauqua, which win commence On
Iuly 4 will be the first series Of such
mental exercises this town ever
laa.
Some big guns are expected to
shoot here during the Chautauaua.
several More Railroads,
There Ii more and louder railroad
ak here than ever before. The NJ. I
I, & 4 Is to build through here to
lnid: the Santa Fe Is tc build a
Dad from Fairfax to Barilesyille via
'awhuska, and the Porter road Is to
uild from Joplin e Mexico via
'awhuska.
One thing I'd certain, our people
an travel direct to Wichita 0n the 1
iidland BY ng$t fall
Church 4 $50 woman In Chicago
ee.e a bgaeslcp on Que ofis hefl
alSles.