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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
Usage CAPITAL UAI.f
PRIMITIVE, HALF MODEtt>

pawhuska. capital ~ the Usage
nation. scat OF the government In
dian agency and the nesr~s, spend
ing point for the big checks II hands
out. 10 half primitive. half ultra
modern.
Pawhuska's streets. ana all the
dusty roads that wind toward " thru
the Usage hills. are bright with the
blankets OF the indiana and longest.
Ell with their hlsh powered cars. An
Usage will not ride IN a 'i.iSsie.'
There are hanks instead 90 saloons
here, otherwise rawhuska u a typl'
cal frontier town,
n 1. under tho million dollar
tree" beside tho agency that aue-
lions Of oil and gas leases are held
The bidders that gather for these
sai-a represent tho biggest oil inter
eats IN the world A lifted hand or
nod OF the auc,ioneet's head may
mean n deal az n half a million. A
single lessee at the last auction paid
1890 900 for the right 10 drili.
Only Rbou, 100000 acres OF osase
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
Worlds Richest People Face Poverty
Usage Indians Spend Oil Riches Fast

oil land have been leased. More
than 900 600 acres remain.
The social register of the Usage"
y considerably diluted With Indian
blood Ana a. a sixteenth or Dirty.
seconi % niKty fourth part of
osaGs hiood Il almost undetectabls.
strangers DO well 10 avoid careless
ailgsiona.
The pleasant. well dressed young
business man. Or the nhrcwd. susss
political power with whom you ara
talking probably 4. descended from
% married into the FIRST families"
Fcr the story ~ the osage- n. In
one respect. like that Of less fortu
nat. tribes. they are a vanishing
race. Only. they are not dying OFF.
bat marrying off.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07

attn strange. our children viii rot
be ready In 10 years 70 taks care Of
themselves In the white mans world
In 20 years more they will haNs
grown up and can manage their own
affairs. We ask the white mans
government TO go on taking care oi
them until then"
A. On. last quarterly payment
Of oil and gas money. they ~
eeiysd q total Of 81, ise.evo Last
week they received 500 apiece.
Payments during 1899 probably
VIII total sie.ooo apiece.
"A family of five Ossres VII
have $50. 600 % spend during the
y~ar->se. 900 In cash, N.isa .
month. Stas = dny--wishout woft
and without risk.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
Mistake in Bid,
Firm Won't Sign

OLYMPIA. May T.-BecaSise a
clerical error made IN ia bid $4,000
lower than intended. tho Western
Contribution Co. OF Seattle. refused
10 sign the contract awarded Il as
lowest bidder for tho heating and
power plant OF the new state capitol
group.
The work now goes 20 the next low
est bidder. Aibertson, Cornell Bros. 4
Simpson Co. of Tacoma
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
Denies Taxes Are
Higher in Seattle

Denial that seat,lo's tan rate wa.
higher than San Franciscos. az ad.
vertincments OF tho hay city have
claimed. was made by County ~
ssasor Frank u. Hull before seattle
Real Estate association. In Hotel
Butler, Thursday. Tho Cafkcek bill.
favorinE consolidation 81 county. city
and port government viii b. pre-
scented 20 the city council and county
and port commissioners for approval
before being placed before the next
legislature. II was decided.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
Elks Subscribe
Money for Site

Practically the full 100000 to buy
Lincoln hotel tract had been sue
scrIbcd by local Eiks Friday. Many
pledges were redeemed at the weekly
meeting Thursday night Eiks hay.
ing autos that may be put at dispo--
al OF q. A. Il. veterans Memorial day
arc asked to list their names with
Secretary BALM.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
Newest Ceorgette Blouses
Regular $3.50 Qualities at
$500

The best Of Spring Styles are represented
in these beautiful Blouses, of heavy Geor-
sleeves. silk embroidered. beaded. braided
and tucked fronts The colors include Flesh,
Peach Bloom. White. Gold, Orchid. Adriatic,
Bermuda, Dawn Blue and Navy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
Beautiful Neto Collars Of
Teneriffe Lace

Specially Priced for Saturday
One Of the daintiest neck finish
ings for the round neck frocks, and
smart also If worn as a suit collar.
In two widths, each with a band
Of Val. lace to finish. Regularly
priced at $3.50 and $3.50. Special
for Saturday selling at $500.
-Nsekwesr Section, FIRST Floor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07

Tomorrow, the last day of the
Sale Of Ribbons with extraordinary
reductions on Exclusive French
Importations, Elegant Metallic and
Silk Brocades Ri bons for
Sashes, Millinery. Lingerie, Can't
soles, Bags, Hair Bows, and for
Lamp Shades and all sorts of nov
city uses.
Ribbons. First Floor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
Toilet Goods

Large can of Jergen's Talcum
Powder, crushed violets, lilac and
rose. Regular 25c cans, at 15c Sat
urday.
-Jergen's Doris Rose Face Pow
der, in three shades. Regularly
SOC, at 39c.
-Usola Theatrical Cream, full
half pound. Regularly 35c, spe-
cially priced for Saturday at 25c.
Toilet Goods. First Floor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07

Greeting Cards, Booklets and
Notices, in artistic designs. Priced
at sc TO sl.00.
Stationery. First Floor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
300 Percale
Bungalow Aprons
$l.75

Splendid styles in very good
quality Printed Percales, in
light and dark grounds. All
cut full and neatly trimmed. In.
both regular and extra sizes.
A Saturday special at SITS
each.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
OIL OR NOT. THE
INDIANS WEALTHY

This money pours into the tribal
fund. for. according 20 Usage law.
the tribe takes pot luck" whether
there II oil on AN Indians land or
not. he Il wealthy now.
SO u happens that many q young
brave wears silk shirts and drives
hts automobile. and many Girl
whose creamy skin Ia barely tinsed
with copper. buys imported party
gowns and diamonds. or possibly
even a white husband. with the big
quarterly checks. And n IN. min.
erai rishts under former Usage
lands revert 10 the surface owners
In 1891. ms they presumably will
unless the trust period IL extended.
then their big incomes from nothing
At all win end too; for comparatively
few Indians sun own oil producing
land.
WHITE MANS LIFE
STILL STRANGE 1O US"
Old chief Bacon Rind says;
I'VE have lived the life OF IN,
white man only little while. II Is
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
Hats ae $500

These hats would regularly sell
for $3.50, $3.50. $1,000, $3.50 and
$500.
Owing to the active interest in
last Saturdays sale we were par
ticularly glad to be able TO secure
another, although smaller. lot of
these hats to offer at the same
extraordinarily low price.
Fine piping hats in the smart
tailored styles always so pretty and
suitable for girlish wear. In diff
ferent shapes and sizes and colors.
Some also with contrasting colored
facings.
Millinery, Third Floor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
Leather Belts

For Suit, Coat and Saoeoter
of plain cowhide, finished with
harness buckle. In tan, brown and
black; u inch wide. Specially
priced at 65c each.
Leather Goods Section First Floor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
and Slip-Ons

A broken assortment of styles
and colors. All regularly priced
higher, some at $3.50. Specially
priced at S7.45 for Saturday.
Sweaters Second Floor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07

Never judge the taxes . man pays
by the sise Of the diamond he wears
in his shiu from.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07

A Special Lot
Wool Sweater Coats
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
2SO Venetian Silk


I'm pink and blue. pink and white
and all pink. Trimmed with lace,
ribbon and embroidery. Sizes SO
to ~. A special value at s2.75.
First Floor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07

Tho trouble with good advice l.
hat few OF us recognize Il when we
hear H.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07

For Moeher's Day
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07

Womem's Mercerized
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
Philippine Gowns

of flesh batiste. Handmade and
daintily embroidered, with hand
scalloped neck and sleeves. Priced
attractively low at S5.95 each.
lingerie, Second Floor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
rs High Grade Suits
Specially Priced at $500

A very fortunate purchase of Suits
that would regularly sell at $4,000, $500
and $4,000, which will be sold here Satur-
day at $500 each. These are Jerseys in
Plain and Heather Mixtures; some with
brushed wool collars; all-wool serges and
models with silk lined jackets and silk
over-collars. These are but hints of the
splendid values in this Special Suit offer
ing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
rs Jersey Dresses
At $l2.75

"A clearance Of stylish Dresses
in dozen styles-Russian Blouse,
Overblouse, Straight-line, Braided
and Embroidered. Dresses former
ly selling at $500, s19.75 and
$22.50. All in one group Satur-
day. Sizes for women and misses.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07

and novelty figures. Every gar
Dnent with trimmings Of silk cord,
beautiful wide silk bands and satin
bindings and silk frogs in harmon
izing colors.
tn. Mems Section FIRST Floor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07

loo Women's and Misses Polo Coats, the regular
$500 and $500 kinds, at. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07

Lisle Hose
Shown in black, white, cordovan,
bronze. beaver, taupe, medium and
pearl gray. Not all sizes in all col
ors. Exceptional values at SOC
pair.
Hosiery. F1rst Floor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
800 Paianaa Suits
Exceptional Values at sI.f5

A special pur-
chase of unusual
interest because
of the extremely
attractive vari-
ETY. OF styles,
colors an d ef-
fective trim
mings.
of fine satin
striped madras,
crepeS oxford
cloths. soisette,
plain woven ma
dras. and very
sheer handker-
chief cloth - in
plain colors,
striped effects
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
A Very Special Purchase Of
200 Splendid Petticoats
Special at $5.95

-.Pettcoats that would sell for $3.50. $3.50
and $3.50 II bought in the regular way ALI
silk Milanese Jerseys. Jersey tops with Taffeta
flounces. and All-silk Taffeta Pcttieoats. in
both plain and changeable colorngs. A wide
range Of colors and sizes. They are the best
of Petticoat values at S595.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07
Girls Wash Dresses

Dresses formerly priced at $3.50
and 1896. Attractive styles in
good quality Bingham and cham
bray. in pretty plaids and stripes.
In becoming effects for growing
girls. The colors are blue, green.
tan. pink and rose.
A Saturday Special Value at
$3.50
-Miss.s Department. Third Floor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07

These Shapes in the latest styles and have Just
been received.
Including the large Picture Hats closefittng Tur-
bans and the always popular Off-the-Face style.
The colors Tanpe, Purple, Gray, Burnt Orange,
Brown Sand, Old Rose, Red Green, Black and White
also in combinations of Pale Pink, Light Blue and
Black
We win gladly pin trimmings on the Hats for you
dupng this sale
Very special values at $1.00.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-07

Pretty styles for ages two to six
years.
A smart little model OF check
bingham in pink. blue or green. has
collar and cuffs Of plain color, and
collar with n touch of hand en-
broidery. With Dutch pockets at
the sides.
--infsn,s Department Second Floor
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-08-27

A NDREW JACKSON, the inlet
= tered backwoods!Gan t"eaGing at
the heels Of John Quincy Adams, the
most cultured in al the line, presents
the sharpest contrast to be seen in
the procession Of presidents,
The first president born in log
cabin, Jackson could not claim as his
own even that lowly dwelling in the
North Carolina forest, hut entered the
world homeless and fatherless, Sprung
from poor Irish immigrants. his par
ents had been in the country only two
years when the father sank into IN
unmarked grave a few days before
Andrews birth, leaving his family
without a roof Or an acre.
No other among American leaders
received from the War of Independence
such legacy of bitter memories rs il
bequeathed to Jackson. That savage
struggle between Wing and Tory
swept away his brave mother and
both Of his brothers; scattered his kim
drcd and left him, at fifteen, alone in
the world.
A ragged, rowing waif Of the Reyo-
luton, he grew up as wild as weed.
With no hand above him, his high
spirits led him into the temptations OF
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-08-27
TREES GIVE ffIk.KLIKE JUICE.
Tropics Provide Pretty Fair SGbsti
- tute tor the Animal Product in
..i Use in Northern C!iines.

a. Il
In British Guiana and the West
Indies, particularly on the banks OF
the River Demerara, there grows 8
tree known to the natives as the llyG-
:hya, Which yields from its bark and
pith q juice slightly richer and
thicker than cows milk. The tree IS
about forty feet high and eighteen
inches in circumference when full
grown, and. the natives use its juice
as we use milk, it being perfectly
harmless and mixing well with water.
The Cingalcse have a tree-they
call it riaghuma-which yields n
fluid in all respects like milk; while
in the forests Of Para grows a tree
called the maSscnodendron, which.
gives a miIklke juice. 1t can be kept
for an indefinite time and shows no
tendency to become, sour. .... 81
On the other hand, certain trees in.
the valleys of Aragua and in Cauagua
yield a similar fluid, which, when cN-
posed to the air, begins to form into
a kind Of cheese, which very soon
becomes sour. =. 81.
In the Canary Islands there Is
tree called tabaya dolce, Of which the
milk, thickened into a jelly, is con-
sidered q delicacy. .*-s:s.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-08-27

ETRANkLIN PIERCE was the sec
4 ond dark horse and the third
New Highlander to enter the White
house. lie was chosen not as rep
resentdtive of New England, but rath-
er as an agent Of the south, and New
Hampshire debated half Il century be-
fore it grudgingly set up in the yard
of the capital at Concord statue Of
her only president.
A member Of the legislature at
twenty-ninc, while his father was gov
ernor, and twice a member Of congress,
he was Il senator of the United States
at thirty-three. Resigning when his
term had yet year to run, he after
ward refused a second election to the
senate and refused the govern0rship
The Mexican war tempted Pierce
from his retirement and. as brigadier
general, he served with Scott in the
advance on the city Of Mexico. Re-
turning to his family and first-claSs
law practice at Concord, General
Pierce, at forty-three, had no thought
that any further public distinction
awaited him.
Pierce was elected in a more sweep
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-08-27
NURSING SERVICE IS
."" RlPIDLY EXPANDING
This American Red Cross Work
FIourishing in Small Towns
Throughout Country.

More than $1,000 graduate nurses
have been enrolled in tile American
Red Cross to date and it's department
of nursing is daily increasing this en-
rollment. e
Tile department of nursing las been
authorized to maintain an adequate
reserve Of nurses for tie army and
navy. 1t will continue to supply the
needs of the United States Public
Health Service to which it has as
signed more than 1000 nurses in the
last year. .... .....
1t will assist in establishing proper
nursing service in foreign countries
where the American Red Cross has or
ganized hospitals, dispensaries and
schools for nurses. Courses in home
hygiene and care Of the sick have been
started for thousands of women vino
have never received any education III
this direction. Rural nursing which
was in its infancy a short while ago
has been put ahead at least decade
through the work of the department
of nursing and local Red Cross
chapters.
Public health nursing has been ey-
tended to many rural communities and
now tlourishcs actively in hundreds Of
small towns and counties. Nearly
thousand efficient nurses have already
been assigned to this kind Of work.
The department of nursing is unit
ing with other organizations in years
campaign in recruiting nurses for
training schools, in educating the gen.
erul public as to standards of nursing
education and in showing communities
their responsibility toward schools Of
nursing. 1t will endeavor to meet all
these needs as well us to continue the
enrolment of dictitianS who will be
utilized rs instructors in home dietet-
les, in developing nutritional clinics,
and in supplying dietitians for the
United States Public Health Service
and the civilian hospitals. .Ht
The Nursing Service will continue to
offer to women and young girls the
opportunity OF securing instruction in
home hygiene and care OF the sick in
every community IN the country. This
instruction has NOT only laid the f0Un-
dation for public health. but in soma
places has given impetus to the es:ab-
lishmcnt of hospitals and community
school houses.
'"As a community profits by the work
Of file nurse" says Miss Clara d.
Moves, director Of the department Of
nursing, at is logical that the COM
munity should be aroused to its re&?on-
sibility. The American Red Cross
stands ready to helpzin d general CAM
paign Of recruiting and must have the
support, sympathy and. understanding
of the medical profession as well as
the intelligent cooperation Of the
people at large"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-08-27

his primitive world, whose social
standards were 200 years behind the
times. Drinking, and carouSing, gam
Bling, cock fighting and horse racing
Young Jackson never took q dare, the
rustic sport once stalking his horse and
his all on a throw of the dice. i
bully among rowdies, he went his roy.
STEERING way along 4 road chat is NOT
to be laid down or the map Of conduct
as a course to the White House.
AS lie rose from chore boy and q
Saddler's apprentice to be i laWyei
and a judge OF the Supreme court o!
Tennessee, he cast aside the diSSipa'
lions of his careless youth, but he
never lost the spirit of the clansmaA
or subdued his ung0vcrnable temper
A bare cata!Og OF his quarrels an1
fights is too long TO be given here. In
most of them lie was fired with tnt
conviction that he was defending the
name of bis wife. This had been
brought into question only by his own
characteristic imprudence, when ne
fell in love with his landlady's daush'
ter. while she was yet married TO an
other, and. when he rashly wed hel
without waiting to verify the mere ru'
NOR that her offended husband HAD
obtained d divorce in a neighborin2
state. After two years Of welded life,
the toe hasty couple learned that th''
wc.nan's first marriage had only just
been dissolved and they had to make
2 spcc:acir of themselves as they weni
through another ceremony in order ia
be .unifc,i in lawful bonds.
+ Because his own impulSiye con-
duet had exposed his honest, devoted
wife TO, the S!ander0us tongues of th!
g0s$ips, Jackson was all the more sen.
sitive to her suifcIings. For sneerinG
ut her over Il bar one man was stood
UP at 81 PAGES and shot to death by
the avcngng husband, who kept hill
pistols in perfect condition through -
years, rs Barton says, for anyone who
dared breathe her name except II
honor.
Even at the sober age of forty-siI,
Jackson plunged into Il tavern brawl
at Nashville with Thomas II. Benton,
afterwarl the distinguished senator
from Missouri, and was shattered for
life by two balls. and q slug which
RcntonIs brother shot into his back
That was his last personal alteration
N few weeks be was called from his
led Of pain to taise part in Il public al
t?rea:ion between the United States
end Great Britain and, with his AN
ssf:1 in a sling, he rose to Go battle for
lis country.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-08-27
Bachelor" to the Rescue.

In street car the other day I sa:
oil ccrly behind i woman who was try.
ing desperately to unite face vcii.
l was fascinated by her, persistent but
-fruitless attempts to unite the veil
with. one hand while with. the other
Size Criticized her nose glasses, which
were helpleSsly cntangled in 1t. ! was
Just wondering why some woman pas
senger did not offer assistance, when
she turned to me and said: Pardon
me, but would you be kind enough TO
see. If you. can :unfasten this veil"
After frantic efforts, amid the sup
pressed merrimcnt of the passengers
I came out victor. Butt was aa5much
embarrassed MISUNDERSTANDING. H..
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-08-27


- There arc million ditch diggers
in the United States. +" .ut yas
One of them studied the soil every
time he dug a ditch. .s.'"'. t.tt
Mind you, lie studied the soil. -.--
To-day he is one CT the worlds
great gcologists. 1'1.' '"'. ~
Lots of you are digging bitches all
the time and the only thing you
think about is how heavy is the shov-
el full. =. a......,r. t.........'. :.
II Everything that you do leads to
advancement, but it is you, you have
got to advance. .s4u a..aag..
H DON'T ever get the idea that any
body voluntarily ever pushes any
body else along. '''". @"' -"..
When one person helps another
there is always q reason for it.
Perhaps you can find the key to
your success in life by finding out
why you've got your front name and
your middle name
When you start. to study yourself,
it is a good thing to start at your
BIRTH and trace yourself to the pres
ent time. r.a -H f-..
Find oct why you have youl
NAME-:t is a good strating point.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-08-27
Unpleasant Dreams.

=. A London chemist, dreaming: that
he had swallowed poison by mistake,
rose from the chair in. which. he had
fallen asleep and, so vivid had the
dream been, he went to the shop and
took an antidote But this, in the
absence of real poison, began 70 pol:
son him, and before he realized the
mistake tile error was beyond repair,
In another case man, after heat
ed argument with a visiting FRIEND
dreamed that his guest was IN his
room mOlesting him. He actually
"felt" rough hands on his body
jumped out of bed, and ran TO MS
friends room. There he attacked hlS
innocent "'assailant' so Violently thnt
the. latter. was confined to bed. for SER
eral weeks. ..u..s ...,.v "r