The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-06-06
MONARCH Or
HORSE THIEVES
ARRESTED
Tiger AnsETsi Who Stole
Horses I0T Tho Poor, Is
n The Tolls
eBy Matt nuhr.l

GBy Matt 1uhrl
PawhuskaS Okla June 6.--There
is great rejoicing BY lots OF owners
OF good horse flesh ia Northwestern
Oklahoma over the capture OF the
king OF horse thieves, kiser. alias
Tiger Muskrate who Il is said,
stole not less than zoo horses and
mules while plying the ayocation OF
horse thief
Mnskrat stole EN- BY pairs,
lunches and carloads He often hir-
ed smaller thieves In the business,
giving them shares Of the captured
animals.
kiser Muskrat was and is a real
bad Indian. and 4 Is passing strange
that he managed TO escape the de-
served bullet or halter II is assert
ed that sometimes he simply stole
horses from rich men TO give 70 the
poor, horseless settlers.
kisers record as horse thief
beats that of "A Very Bad Fish all
10 pieces.
1t Is hoped that Muskrat will
not escape from the clutches OF tine
law: and thar The courts win shortly
deal oai 20 him what he ought To
have had ten years ago.
There being honor among thieves
i can be presumed that "A Very
Bad Fish" will sympathize with the
imprisoned Muslraf
An Usage Payment.
The Usage quarterly payment
which will commence here on Mon.
day. June IL, will be a pretty fat
windfall to the 2,32S members OF the
tribe. Each member will receive
$S2 The Hunkahappy family will
get 1924.
The quarter million dollars that
win be disbursed here has, to a
great extent been spent before II
reaches the hands OF the Indians. or
takes considerable TO pay for faring
sumptuously and dressing in silks
and satins.
The nearby tribal mass meeting
and big payment induces the venture
some booze seller to get busy and
run extra risk OF getting himself and
wet goods captured aud jailed.
II Is stated that some old redskins
are wiling 70 pay one dollar for
pint OF beer and five dollars for a
halt pint OF fire-watar Uncle Sam
who is he guardian of these red,
nabobs. has seryeral OF his lynx
eyed servants spying out the places
where booze is liable TO be bartered
for money
Are Good Drawers.
1t is noteworthy fact that many
OF the Indian children attending
school here show great skill in draw
ing painting and fine penmanship.
A large number OF lhe fullhlood
youngsters seem TO be natural born
artists. The majority of these young
Indians is ayerse to studying higher
mathematics history and grammar
They are stubborn enough TO study
no lesson they don't like; they sim.
ply delight TO dabble in picture max
ing because ii isn't hard work.
7 M. Roddy. alias White Buffa-
To- the chief OF the Winnebago In.
dians, who has The largest collection
oI Indian curiosiiies in the South.
west does Il land office business in
selling or giving away furs OF the
otter, the beaver ana the muskrat
The Osages. believing that they are
descended from these animals. like
70 honor them by wearing caps that
are made Of their pelts.
Mr.. Ruddy purchased the furs in
Northwestern United States and in
Canada.
Most Of the older Wahsashies
shake their heads and grunt
at he way the white folks treat
their insane BY locking them up and
making them suffer. The elder red
skins consider the proceeding very
costly and OF no good TO the crazy
persons They say that white mag
should act towards the insane ID the
ola style the ancient Indians used
putting Them our Of their nisenes
by killing them,
Want a Free Capitol.
Tho citizens al this part OF okla.
homa eypeet and will insist chat Ok.
lahoma Cily furnish the state with a
Tree caplaol building, as promised
before the people yoted the capitol
10 that city The people are tired
81 being deceived by the biggest
Town in the state. and win, perhaps
relocate the state capital II the 80
called Hogtown fails TO fulnll its
loud promises.
a large number oil Ea~'ern would
pe heroes and fortune hunters ner.
slst iu writing to some Usage beau.
ties for their pictures and desire "a
conduct amaiory corresnondence
Those Yankee Don Qufxotes should
know that most OF the Usage dam.
sells are engaged-at least They are |
not advertising for worthless hus. |
bands in Eassern papers.
c0sely, Grand, Marvellous.
The school closing exeracises az |
The Catholic sisters. school ana The |
government Usage boarding school |
az the Jackson opera house last Wed
nesday and Thursday, were elaboF |
ate and ARTISTIC petfpHnances The |
over Ssss'''s e. 4 n ,IsEshI
ct Flora. the goddeas III the flnwers |
could hardly be surpassed by white |
children. The various costumes
we're simply eost,y. j Alad ana even !
marvellous
Ex-Mayor Farquharson has fheI