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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14
First published April is. 1929
NOTICE OF sHERlFF's SALE Of
LAND UNDER MORTGAGE
FORECLOSURE.

Notice is hereby given, that. ia pur.
suance Of an order Of sale issued out
Of the Superior Court OF Grady coun.
ty State OF Oklahoma, on the l5th
day Of April, 1912, in an action where.
IN The State Bank of Marion. Kansas
was plaintiff and J. a. Denny. Eta
Denny and j f Barrow were defend.
ants and Hazel Bledsoe and A al
fatheree were defendants and plain.
THIS by cross petition against J. A.
Denny and Eta Denny, directed 10
me- tho undersigned Sheriff Of Grady
County. commanding me to lary UPON.
appraise and sell the following ds.
seribed property in the city of Chick.
asha, County Of Grady and State ii
Oklahoma. to.wit:
One Hundred lloW feet on Of the
South part OF Lot No. Six ts) and One
Hundred tloo) feet off Of the South
part Of the East half Isl Or l.ot No
Five t5) 10 Block One Hundred se,.
entythree ti73) in said civ of chlek.
asha, to satisfy q Judgment ana a.
cree Of foreclosure First. in favor of
Hazel Bledsoe and against defend.
ants, J A. Denny ana Eta Denny oh.
tHlned and made in said Court on tha
18th day Of September. 1871. ior Che
sum Of f3s6.45, and costs Of this ae.
ton including attorneys fees and AZ.
craing costs. Second. from the real
aue oI said sale, If any 10 satisfy the
Judgment and decree Of foreclosure of
plaintiff IN the sum Of $silss and al.
lofneys foe; Third. to satisfy ont ~
lae remaining residue Of said sale II
any the judgment aud decree Of fore.
closure Of A. A. fatheree m the sum
'' SlV3ao and attorneys fee. win in
crest on said above named sums fram
ne l5lh day q September. 1871 At
ne rate Of 10 per cent per annnm
Therefore, ! win, on the 2ist day of
Way 1872 at the hour Of 10 o'clock
=. ~ Of said day, at The front door
u tue Court House In the cily Of
.nleAasia' - IN said County and state.
'lef lor sale and sell 10 lhe hleheat
,uaer ior cash, she said property
ooYe described, or SO much thereof
. VIII satisfy said judgments. in Or.
y named together with interest and
w. witness my hand this 18th day Of
pril, 1912.
JOHN O LEWIS
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14

IT would surprise you to know Or The
great good that is being done by
chamberlain's Tablets. Darius now.
rey of Newberg Junction, n. b., writes.
My wife has been using Chamber
lain's Tablets and finds them very
eiieetual and doing her lots o. good.
! Won have any trouble wsh your
stomach or bowels give them ! rMl
For sale by all dealers. d&w
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14

publican administration as in counties
under Democratic administration.
High taxes are due to the demand
In this state OF extensive IMPROVE.
mentsi to the eagerness Of the people
to push forward rapidly and to accom-.
plish here IN few years what other
states have required many times tho
same number Of years to dor
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14

Of Oklahoma City absolutely and sue.
cessfully and now they propose to go
out with their league and control the
state. Mr. Voter, win YOU be a cats
paw for this association We hope
not.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14

And fee is millionaire who ae-
taally owns three horses valued al
$40 each, at a time when the horse
market was never higher in the mis-.
tory Of the country. These old plugs
must feel pretty proud to be the prop.
erty Of a millionaire. And then those
mules valued at S400, only SOS 2-8 per
head. MIR. Farmer, have you a s06
mule ON your farm? II SO, send us
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14

the man says that long time ago.
her father bought horse from his
father and that he drove the young
lady about town in order to try the
horse and that that is the only time
In his life he was ever out with her.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14

The total state tax paid by the whole
gang, on the personal property listed
by them, is only 6O7-hardly
enough to buy a ham sandwich at the
Waldorf.Astoria, where we presume
most of these millionaires stop when
IN New York. just think Of Levy pay
ing S2.0i state tax on his personal
properly when he has received some.
thing over 100000 IN rents from the
state since the location Of the capital
in Oklahoma city,
Now, dear reader, this record, taken
from the offices Of the county treas
prer and county assessor Of Oklahoma
county viii certainly convince YOU
that these gentlemen are not burden.
ed with high taxes. that their valua.
tions have not been raised uuiustly
that all this high tax talk is the rank.
est Kind Of rot
DO you think these shrewd flnan.
ciers are spending thousands Of dol.
lars running around over this state 81.
ganizing leagues to help them to save
Sll6-o7 which they are paying in state
taxes? On, no, they are too economi.
cal for that Then what's their game
you ask? That is So plain that I am
surprised that so many are being
taken in by them. This Is one Of the
smoothest and most dlabolieaI schemes
that ever originated in the fertile
brain Of Republican politicians reatl
estate bosters and big tax dodgers
and the fact that the local taxes
taxes for which the Democratic pariv /
Is in no way responsible, are burden. +
some and for the rhfther fact that We
have had several crop failures. these
fellows. recognlzing this opportunity
to poison the minds Of the people
against the present administration
present laws and present conditions
and e make friends ior themselves
by posing as beneiaetofs and friends
Of the people, these hypocrits and dc.
'eiFers, oetopus-llke. propose to stretch
1ut Their graspins tentaclea and ab.
'orb and centralize all the state edu.
'ational institutions in and around
oklahoma City They propose to erab
" Of the state officers and the lsris.
ature, and build a sS.5m .go0 capital
'ullaing and gather in two or three
hundred thousand dollars N member.
nip fees. In other words. they pro.
'ose 70 take in everything IN sight
md make the people pay for the ex
ense and trouble Of doing #
Dear reader, do YOU propose ID lend
ID 70 such a aehemeg They boas, al
he fact that they intend to use their
lfluence IN the selection Of a major.
Y Of the legislature. They win n \
oubt select for you the men to vote
'r, as was done a few weeks ago IN
ie election og the school board oF
klahoma City
These men are masters IN this kind
schemes Vhey eoaslol tQe voseta
49, ~ssss"'
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14

stripped Of excessive verbiage, the
welghty arguments that are being
used by Taft and Teddy may be sum.
Alaflzea thus You're liar,
You're another"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14
Is State Protective
League a CatSpaW?
Confined from Page %

the time Of day. Then, poor Mr.. shar-
tel, WHO is only worth $25O,OOO, must
use an old s25 organ as substitute
IN his home for d piano. Does this
not touch your heart, dear reader?
He has only $50 worth Of gold and
silver plate And only a very, very
small diamond, about IA karat. We
hope he won't lose it, And then he
only has s1O0 in money. Probably
the assessor came in just before the
grocery bill had been PAID or he
wouldn't have had that. Poor Mr..
Shartel '5p
Here is MI Gloyd's record Mr..
Gloyd is another director, you know.
Dun and Bradstreet rate him at ST.
100000. His personal tax record, In
cluding his lumber business, reads:
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14

One Of the most amusing things in.
the campaign is the reference of the
Kansas City Star to Roosevelt being
drafted
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14

The trouble with most trouble is
that only one side Of 1t is aired. Ii
you want TO be fair in your opinion in
yestigate both sides.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14

The definition Of an "old sweet
neaFt'has changed 4 widow IN town
claims 9 man as an s5ld sweetheart.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14

A girl who stood up with a bride
declares that she was more fright
ened than the girl who was getting
tied up for life.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14

One Of the Home Talent Chautau-
qua lecturers in order to insure him
sen q full house has offered to pay
the way Of a number Of friends on.
the night when he appears.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14

Any reflection character standing Or repuaon Of v
person. firm or corporation mtatemen may appear The
columns Of the Express will be upon g being brought Il
he attention Of the management
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14

Strange how classes far apart some
times meet on common ground
philosopher and a sneak thief take an
abstract view Of thiags.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14

what 40 you tnlnk, dear reader,
when the tax records reveal the fact
that many Of these millionaires pos
sess no diamonds, no furniture, no
iewelry, no money, no notes. We are
fortunate indeed to have these great
economists and patriotic Christian
gentlemen, who, like old Ben Frank
lin, are endeavoring to instill into the
hearts and into the minds and into
the souls Of the sons and daughters Of
this rapid age that economy is a vir.
tue and that extravaganza is a vice,
and that with all their wealth they
have no need Of luxuries They can
get along with a 500 mule, a $25 organ,
a $50 watch, a $50 piano, in case the
pinch Of poverty compels then to do
SO. We deplore the fact that Demo
cratic government has so burdened
them with taxes as to compel them To-
lie awake o. nights dreaming and
seheming Of some plan to lift the awful
yoke from their necks and terrible
burden from the backs Of themselves
and their fellow men.
But. seriously. dear reader and hon
est taxpayer, what do you think of this
bunch Of financial and political bIath-
erskites who are running over the
state condemning the state admins.
tratlon, the board OF equalization and
claiming that the Democratic party
has closed the Aloors Of welcome upon
the man Of means by the enactment
Of drastic laws; when these eleven re.
puted to be the wealthiest citizens oil
Oklahoma, all together, gave in for
taxation the sinsignifieant sum oil
1nly $3.50 cash, $500 worth Of house
9oId furniture, $3.50 worth Of diamonds
md $500 worth Of pianos, when the
and laws OF Oklahoma
'roYide thGt 81 property in the state
'hall be listed at its actual cash calue.
md also fixes the penalty for perjury?
Did these men comply with the just
aw? Did they list their property al
Is actual cash value? Every sane
nan IN the state knows they did not.
Now, IN order that the people may
ndge whether these gentlemen are
onest In their cry Of high taxes. vic.
BUS laws and extravaeant state al
Illustration, we will give a list Of the b
tate taxes each Of them would have
pay upon the personal property as
sted by them, and this state tax is
ie only tax that the state admlnistra-
on is responsible for They. them T
elves, are responsible for all other Il
Ixes. such as city, county and school il
*
,seph Huckins. state tax-s 1871 Il
- AVOhe ----H---------~-- O.u1 II
z Workman ---------- 0.00 q
20. G. Sohlberg ---- 2s.7f
'hn w Shartel - ----- 4.gg 3
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14

A man says that fashion sheet Is
mighty duh reading for him. but that
MS wife and daughters can spend a
whole evening scanning the pages Of
such a publication.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14

one reason the young people Of
Chhkasha do not have a better time
Is because they are cIannish.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14
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Poverty may be no crime. but it Is
punished by hard labor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-14
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

One year, delivered by carrier-~-s4.SO
six months, delivered by carrier 2.40
Three months, delivered by carrier 1.2O
One month, delivered by carrier 40
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-03

Mr.. Bowser looked at his tongue in
the glass over the mantel, dallied with
a pimple on his chin and finally turned
and observed:
I need an old-fa shioned tonic made OF
roots It's worth 40 times anything a
doctor can prescribe. 1 used to always
dig the roots for mother when I was
a boy. She made a sort of beer of it.
and it was the greatest thing for the
blood you ever saw
well, you might engage a farmer TO
dig you some roots, suggested Mrs.
BOwser, though feeling certain in adj
vance of his answer
Il think 1 see myself I don't care to
die of poison just yet. What I propose
to do is to take the day off and go out
after my own roots. I want dandelion,
sarsaparilla, sassafras, sweet sicily,
spicebush and several other kinds.
and the walk will also do me good. I
can show the cook how to make a keg
OF beer, and it'll be the thing for both
of u.s.
Very well. but of course you'll ne
careful 1t is many years since you
were a boy
Yes. a thousand or morev' he sarcas-
tically replied after glare at her. IF
you didn't take advantage of every pos
sible occasion to call me a relic of the
Mayf1ower you wouldn't be happy.
However, if I don't happen to know
Sarsaparilla from thistle III take the
consequences"
Mrs Bowser had nothing further to
say, while the cat sat with a SOL
emn look on her face, and Mr.. Bow
ser donned an old suit of clothes and
got basket and a spade and started
out on bis trip. He looked quite
happy as he fairly got started, and
he paid no attention to the two or
three wicked boys who yelled after
him and wanted to know if he was
going out to dig for woodchuckS. A
yellow car was soon speeding him
countryward, and his logy feeling was
quickly replaced by a picnicky one.
He enjoyed every moment of the run
to the terminus, and he would have
gone on looking for bluebirds if the
conductor hadn't poked his nose in.
He was a man working for $1.6S a
day, and consequently had no senti
ment about him.
You don't expect to find CLAIMS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-03
BOWSER'S BAD BLOOD.
He Thinks Something Is Needed to
Purify 1t.

Mr.. Bowser sat up in bed and yawn-
ed.
Then he gaped.
Then he ran his tongue out and tried
to see it.
Then he got out of bed grudingly
and sighed and grunted and groaned all
the time while he was dressing.
Then he slumped downstairs like a
sulky boy, and taking a seat at the
breakfast table. he looked around with
a disguised air.
Don't you feel well?" asked Mrs.
Bowser.
My darned old blood must be out of
orderT'
Il think you ought to let up on smok-
ing for a week or so and get the nj
cotine out of your SYSTEM.
What has smoking to do with it?' he
a once demanded.
Il think you smoke too much. 1t may
be, however, that you have grown too
fat again.
TOO fat again, When was ever too
fat before? There isn't an ounce of ex-
ira fat on me. and you know it. You
seem to want to pick fuss this morn
ing
Il don't wish that of course, but if I
were you I'd get tonic or something.
I'm quite sure your blood is out of or
DER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-03
RObt. Thompson Has Collection
That Speak History.
Men and Scenes and Houses of
Early Topeka.
CHIEF BURNETT, $50 POUNDS
Loaded Him in a Wagon via a
Chute.
Old VeaIe Homestead, Wild
Bill Hitchcock and Others.
SUNDAY

Topeka is the only place for me, -
declared Robert Thompson, Il came
here in 1858, have been in Kansas
ever since, and never want to leave"
Because he was prominent in the
searly days, and knows all the state
celebrities, he is collecting pictures Of
old Topeka landmarks In a large al
bum he has snap shots of well known
Kansas characters, old buildings. and
photos of such antiquated and de-
lightful things as rapid transit via
street cars drawn by mules and q
building bearing the Ubiquitous sign
C. r. Jones. Wholesale Liquors.
Milwaukee Beer on Draught.''
That picture was taken in 1876"
unused Mr.. Thompson, signs like that
were common in those days.
A famous character is shown in the
accompanying cut, owned by, Mr.
II ompson. Behold Chief Burnett. in
all the glory of his $50 pounds. Con-
sidering the truth that it was practi-
Cally impossible for him to sit down,
il is strange that he inevitably posed
for his picture in a chair. Stories
concerning him are town property,
and the mound west of town, mecca
of picnic parties, still bears his name.
When he was excessively drunk, it IS
said, it took seven men to lift him into
his wagon, until someone was clever
enough to make a chute of a board,
and roll the chief up like an mani
mate barrel. The party ne once gave
is subject for mirth among the old
settlers who were guests. His invi-
tations were hospitable, not to say ur-
gent, and several of the bravest drove
TO the mound, with much curiosity
as to what would occur. They were
not long in doubt. for Chief Burnett
had provided a novel form of enter
tainment. He had partaken of the
fire water planned for his guests, and
they were met with a fusillade of
chairs and other household furnish
ings. They were obliged to retire
hastily, minus refreshment, and the
chief, having exhausted his ire-also
the whisky-went to sleep in his
chair; his wife made a bed by his
side. tipped him into it, and the one
social incident of his career was
promptly closed.
The VeaIe Homestead
Another picture of interest is the
one of the George Veale homestead
owned by the colonel himself. One
sees in the cut Colonel Veale his two
sons. and Mrs. Veale. sunring herself
on the piazza; the man at the side is
Jim Harrison. a gardener. who SOL
diered with Colonel Neale in the war
of the rebellion, and was bugler for
the gallant General Harvey. The old
residence was built in 1854, where the
Auditorium now stands Mrs. Veale
was known in the early DAYS as the
most famous Topeka entertainer. Cen
eral and Mrs. Grant were her guests
when they made their visit to Kansas
after the generals election to the
presidency of the United States All
the governors of Kansas were enter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-03

Although he was master of bad men"
government, and connected with Dor
der ruffianism, General Jim Lee said
Wild Bill was the most reliable fellow
is given by Mrs. Custer, who insisted,
physically, Wild Bill was a delight
to look upon. Tall, 1.-THE and free, he
rode and walked as if every muscle
were perfection"
Il don't believe Wild Bill ever shot
a man except in self defense" de-
clared General Custer. He was
product of the times that demanded
men of his type"
Ten desperadoes having a grudge
once visited him at midnight. They
announced they had come to kill him,
mence slaughter, Jim Hickox dis
posed of eight, captured two and
earned his affectionate title of wild
Bill"
Besides all these photograp hs, Mr..
Thompson has dozens more, each with
history interesting to patriotic To-
pekans. He is eager to communicate
with owners of old pictures; borrows
or exchanges them, copies them, and
returns them in perfect condition.
Topeka's First House.
In the front of Mr.. Thompson's
book is the copy of a painting by
Professor Worrall, showing Topeka's
of the warehouse of Parkhurst &
Davis, wholesale grocers.
Among other gems in the collection
are the old Kellam drug store, show
ing Sixth and Kansas avenue with
many vacant lots, potato patches and
stretches of dirt road; Bethany col
lege as it now is, and as it used to be,
with Bishop Vail standing benevolent
ly in the doorway; the first brick
yard in town, at First street and To-
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peka avenue, owned by J. J. Gage;
Constitution hall, where the legisla-
ture met, and where Brunt's drug
store now stands; the Topeka House,
torn down in 1870, on the site of the
present postoffice; the old State Jour
nal building, with the Capital in the
rear, amid charming pastoral scenery;
the east wing of the territorial capt.
toll; the installation of the cistern in
1880; Union hall, on the site of the
Warren NJ. Crosby building, and a
panorama of Topeka fifty years ago.
A. L. H
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-03

remark on the car going back. 1t was
about 4 o'clock when a detected, dilap-
dated something appeared in the front
hall of the Bowser mansion without
having rung the bell. Mrs. Bowser
looked at it, and the cat looked at it,
and while they We're still peering and
wondering it suddenly uttered these
words:
Woman, your murderous plot has
been laid bare in all its wickedness,
and you and I will have a settlement
this EVENING""
Then it dragged itself upstairs, and
the cat winked at Mrs. Bowser and Mrs.
Bowser smiled in return.-(Copyright
1912, by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-03

tanned at the house, from Robinson,
the first state governor, to Stanley,
who held office in 1900. when the
building was torn down. Colonel
manded the Union forces at the Battle
of the Blue, fought in Missouri, Octo-
Der %. 1864.
In Mr.. Thompson's collection is the
picture of an emigrant train, winding
down Kansas avenue.
The Prairie SchoOners.
Regular prairie ships explained
Mr.. Thompson, with pride; Sin the
early seventies we saw a lot of them
When they We're going west they sport
ed banners announcing Pixies Peak or
Bust. When they came back the peo-
pie on the street would shout, derisive-
", Pixies Peak or Bust. HIM. Re
turning to Our Wives F'olksi' And
those old fellows never had much to
say"
There is a snapshot of the old Bank
of Topeka Never see that picture
without thinking of Hugo bullock, the
contractor" Mr.. Thompson remarked
He was one of those fellows who
faster than he makes it. A stranger
asked him the names of the three
richest men in town, and he answered,
Me. Jake Smith, an the Bank O. To-
peka.'
Here's the dance -lall and the opera
house. Mr.. Thompson went on, with
Rowley's drug store occupying the
lower floor. First time I saw George
Crane he was acting here in amateur
theatricals. Captain Jin5s it was Mr.
Thompson chuckled. Crane was Mrs.
Jinks,' said he.
\ Picture of Wild Bill.
Mr. Thompson has a picture of
James Hickox, Abilene chief of po-
lice, popularity known as Wild BILL
He often trundled to town on his
high tricycle. and had MANY friends
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Flying Men Fail

victims to stomach. liver and kidney trou-
suits in loss of appetite, backache, ner-
vousness, headache, and tired, Hstless.
rundown feeling. But there's no need
to feel like that as T. D. PEBBLES Henry
Tenn, proved. six bottles of Electric
Bitters," he writes, did more to give me
new strength and good appetite than all
other stomach remedies used" So they
help everybody. Its folly to suffer when
this great remedy will help you from
the first dose. Try IT. Only so cents at
Campbell Drug CO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-03

out this way, do your" he asked as
Mr.. Bowser got off the car.
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