davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-16
National Bay State Shoe Co.,
B 296 Broadway, New York.
Public Trustees Sale

Whereas. james II. Gray. whose address ID
Springfield. Colorado. Rrnntor by his trust deed
dated October 18th. 1921 and recorded November
4th, 1921 in the Office Of Clerk and Recorder OF
Buea county. Colorado. in Book i07 at Page 237 Of
the records of snid county. conveyed to the Pub
lie Trustee of said county the following land In
said county. towit:
J Lots one and four of Section twenty-five and
Lots one. three, seven. eight. eleven, and the
southeast quarter of the southwest quarter OF
Section t,rentythree. all of Township thirtytwo
south, of Range fortyseven. west Of the Sixth
Principal Meridian. containing l70.G7 acres. in
trust to the payment OF one principal note
Of even date with said Trust Deed for $4,000,
payable to the order of Frank w. Roberts. i've
years afer date with interest thereon from date
payable semi annually and evidenced by certain
interest notes for $1,000 each and certain other
interest notes for $1,000 each.
And whereas. default has be en- made by the said
grantor in said trust deed in the performance of
tho covenants and conditions imposed upon him
by the terms of said trust deed In this. towi'I
Tha. said 81 nntor has failed 70 pay the interest
due said principal aote.
And whersa,. the legal b. lder Of the indebted'
ness represented by said note has hlsd with said
Public Trustee notice and demsud 10 writing, DE-
elarns said default and electing 70 declare ths
whole debt represented by said nots aud interest
thereon to date Of sale due and payable. and de-
mnndinR the sale Of said land under said trust
deed,
Now therefore. public notice is hereby given
that. pursuant 10 said notice. election and de.
mand. and under and under snd by virtue Of the
authority vested in me by said Trust Deed and
tho law. !. Jesse L. Homer. public trustee Of said
Baca county. will sell the above described land
for cash. At pubic auction. to ths highsst bidder
At the east front door Of the county court house
in Springfield. in the county Of Baca. and stats Of
, Colorado. on Tuesday the eth day Of February A
D. 1928 at II o'clock In the forenoon for the pur
pose Of paying said note. interest 70 date OF ssls
and the expenses Of this sale. and will give 70 thu
purchaser thereof = certificate Of purchass there
for as provided by law.
Dated January 20. 1873.
Jesse L. Homer,
Public Trustee Of Bses county. CoSe
First PubsIcatieo, JanuaJa6. 1879.
Lss4 Fusse7surr Febvussyy7. 1o&
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-16
sherif's Sale

By virtue CT an execution issued
out of the Clerks office Of The
County Court Of Baca county suS
State of Color ado. and to me di.
rectod. whereby I am command.
ed to make the sum Of City one
and 20 hundreds dollars ($51.e5)
and costs Of suit; the: amount of .
certain judgement rec entity OBJ
tained againt Jake Cameron in
favor of The Continental. Insur
ance Company, out Of the lands.
tsnements, goods and chattels Of
the said Jake Cameron l have
levied on the following property.
to. wit: The West Half of Sec.
ton Z. ii. Township 80. south Of
range 4S;,westof the sixth prin.
cipal Meridian, situated,in Bsca
county, Colorado.
Therefore, According to said
command. Ishall expose for sale
at Prblic Auction. all the right.
title and interest of the above
named Jake Cameron In and TO
theabove described property. on
Monday, the End day Of. April.
1928. at ten O'Clock .. M. at the
east front door of the cou, t house
in Springfield, Colorado. /. Dated
at Springfield this Let dsycf Feb
ruary. 1923.
"a: VIM. E. Dunivan,
Sheriff OF Baca county.
Jos. e. ,Terral. =
Attorney for plaintif.
Date of Observation-Disclosures. 2
Date q. last pablication-Mar. 2
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-16
Diamond Ridge

Well, after some delay we re-
turn again to let you know we
are still alive down here in
southeast Baca county.
We sure have had fine winter
| weather with little storm oc.
casionally.
! Quite number complaining
with flu or grip.
Able Nicodemus took load of
hogs to Elkhart last week.
Jake Hufford's butchered a
hog last Fri day.
Ray Nicodemus is getting a
well. John Wiley and Ivory
| Dotson are doing the work.
Quite large crowd at j. H.
Cobnrn's sale last week.
w. c. Wray's called on E. W..
Root one day last week.
( A. S. Huff ,rd butch cred a
| beef last Satur lay.
G. l. Tray is building a new
! house-his wife and Clarence
Root is helping him.
The young folks took Sunday
dinner at Pridemore's.
| 1t was a mistake about J.. B.
Wray being from Montana-he
lives in North Dakota.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-16
U. S. Gov. Unders
2,5 $4,000 Pieces

New Government Underwear
purchased by US to sell to, the
public direct at rs cents EACH
Ectual retail value $3.50 each.
All sizes-Shirts 81 to as, draw.
ers 80 to a.. Send correct sizes.
Pay .postman on delivery. or send
money order. r. Underwear is
not satisfactory. we will refund
money promptly upon request.
Dept. "a. The Pilgrim -Woolen
Co., 1476 Broad way. NsH York
n. Y c3-'.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-16
Dr.. Dowdy

TIE Only Expert Occulist and
Dentist, in southeast Colorado or
that comes to this portion of the
state,
l 6t glasses correctly where
Opticians and Optometrists fail
Two thirds Of the glasses in use
do not 1T the PERSONS eyes.
All diseases of the eyes cured.
Examination free. Glass eyes
Inserted.
In Dentistry | will duplicate
the finest and best work in the
state. Painless extracting $1.00
and all prices about one half what
you have been paying. Dr..
Dowdey, University Graduate
Lamar. Colo.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-16
Buster

After a long time we will write
again.
Well, Ibis month has been a
stormy one as Mr.. Gronndhog
saw mis- shadow in this locality.
There nave ben Its of sick
ness IN our nelr u OrhoOd.
Mrs. M. e. Coulter was in
Springfield several days last
week taxing treatment.
Mr.. Coulter and Earl Crocker
were on the sick list last week.
Tney We're Improving yesterday.
Mrs. Lowman has been very
low with pneumonia the past
two weeks, The family thought
there was a chance for her re-
coyery Saturday.
J. A. Mere was in Hollis,
Okla, two weeks taking medi-
cal treatm ent. He returned
home last week much improved
in health.
Lee and Charles Mere return
ed home from Plains, Kans., last
week.
F. A. Martins family have
been sick the past week also
Waiter Martins family.
Mrs. Killingsworth and daugh.
ters visited at Noah Pemberton's
Saturday.
The Sunday school at Kobb is
progressing nicely.
Carl Holladay's family have
peen sick with la grippe, but all
are up at present except Mrs.
Holiday, Though she is mend.
Ing slowly.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-16
Okley >

Not a very large crowd out to
our little Sunday school band
but we have quite an interest.
Mrs. Mat Lynch. is slowly inn
proving,
John Harris and family took
dinner with viii Campbell anu
wife Sunday.
Mrs. Smith is on the sick list
this week.
Miss 'Thelma Gefan visited
with Vivian Jones Saturday and
Sunday.
Lee Cook and family visited
in our neighborhood Sun day.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-16
Antelope Flats

Snow furris seem to be the
order OF the day.
Elmer johnson and family
visited several days in LanuaS
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-16

Word has e~sa received fem
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-16
LewiisMle

Lots Of sickness in this neigh
borhood.
Grandpa and grandma Blew
ens1aft'last week for. Okfaboma
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-16
Steaingtos ~su

We have had some changeable,
atmosphere during past two
weeks, and looking for worse
all the while. >. I
W. A. Thompson of Spring-
field was over one day this
week.
Mrs. r. B. Holt IL confined to
her bsd suffering from q severe
case Of tonsiIitis.
We regret to lose Geo , Erwin
Konkel f.om our ,midst. they
having gone to the Marian Br"-
an farm.
Several changes in town due
to some of the citizens moving
and new ones moving in.
J. F. Pullins has purchased
the r. B. Powell residence west
of M. E. church and will shortly;
occupy the same.
J. Radford was In town this
week from his farm 10 miles
north, and reports the loss Of 30
hans stolen.
Jay Nance Is down with the
fiU
W. R. Boggs, S miles east
made homestead proof this week
at Two Buttes.
Rev. Oaks is sick with influ-
enza.
Some in ferior broomcorn sold
this week for $345 per ton
what mis- take we all made by
loafing instead of growing
broomcorn.
[now you We said mouthfutl.
Mrs. Bart Sharrock is confined
to her room from an attack of
cold.
:.i,.: 4:-'----ff
Mrs. Fred Nlchoi. who has
been seriously sick, q reported,
improved.
John H. Davis, onsof. L. F.
DAVIS. who has been sick for Q
years, is reported to have te-
ceived his compensation for
army service.
Sol. Russell, living ten miles
southwest. was in town with .
Gagged porcupine. He shipped it
to Monett. Mo.
! Word has e~sn recsfv.d fem
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-16
Public Sales

We have purchased 122 0O0
pair U. 8. Army Munson last
shoes. sizes 81 to IL which was
the entire surplus stock OF one
of the largest U. S. government
shoe contractors.
This shoe is guaranteed one
hundred per cent solid ieather.
color dark tan. bellows tongue,
dirt and waterproof. The actual
value of this shoe is $500. Ow-
ing tn this tremendous buy we
can offer same to the public at
$2.95.
Send correct size. Pay post
man on delivery or send money
order. If shoes are not as rep
resented we will cheerfully re-
fund your money promptly upon
request.
National Bay State Shoe Co.,
c3- 296 Broadway, New York.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-16
"A Few Suggestions

Be careful with prop names-notice every
body-Omlt "Mr." when the given name or ini-
eis!s are uscd-rpcll days Of week III full-csn
sbbreviate titles before names. elsewsc spell In
suli-AbbrcviIte the state oniy when county or
postoalee 10 xiveh-"And." not g" Observe
this Sstrisly-''A little humor now md then Ia
seiished bv the best OF men, but leave out the
personal funnies, and all personals that might
1@spisase-Aail ietters Saturday when possible
Monday viii do. Tuesday has a chance. Wedn
Gay soolats.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-16
with Nannie's folks.

with Nannie's folks.
Lee Boles has been down on
the flats again.
Wes Monrow's have their new
house completed.
49, y.---,t .sSsl..ss~
Roy Hickcox has been hauling
straw from the Self place.
Bickford's and Oxenreider's
helped butcher a beef for E. W.
Fuller Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Doty and Otto Doty
and family are visiting In Pratt.
Kans.
Not many nut to the surprise
dinner at Geo. Coburn's Sun
day.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-16

DR.. Patterson M. b.
Physician and:Surgeon:
At mi. South 2 mi. East
Joycoy. Colo,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-05
LIFE INSURANCE SUIT
Concern Wants To Cancel st25.OOo
Policy Of Banker Who Killed Self.

Kirksyille, No.. April 5.-The
Missouri State Life Insurance COM
pany, it was announced today, has
filed suit in circuit court here TO can.
eel a S125.000 life insurance policy
issued 10 Lonnie F. Gibbs. cashier Of
the Huntsville Trust company, whose
body was found in the vault of the
bank March Is with a bullet wound
in the head.
A shortage Of more than 100000
is reported 10 exist in the banks &C.
counts.
The insurance company alleges
Gibbs understated the amount of
other insurance he had at the time
Of applying for the policy in Ques-
ton.
His outstanding life insurance is
reported 10 total S600,000.
After the death of Gibbs. his par
ents. who were beneficiaries under the
policies. pledged the insurance 10 COW
or any possible loss TO creditors of
the trust company.
The institution has been closed
pending an investigation BY state
bank examiners, which has not been
completed.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-05
Presbyterians Meet in Cdero.

Suer0, lex, ApFu me W oheh
Presbyterial OF the West Texas Pres
bytery OF the Presbyterian Church.
will complete a three-day conference
in Cuero Wednesday evening, al
which 100 or more delegates were pres
ent. Mrs. {. +. Carsncr of San An
tonic, formerly OF Victoria, is presi-
dent of the district conference. and
delegates from as far south as Browns
vile, as far north as kerrville and
Lockhart. as far west as Del Rio and
as far east as Port Lavaca and Edna.
were here TO represent their re.
spective localities. The address Of
welcome was made by Mrs. John y.
Pace. president OF the Cuero organi-
cation, TO which Mrs. w. ID. Pal
madge. made response. Mrs. Virginia
Staples Of San Antonio. Mrs. J. l..
Brock Of Bryan and w. +. Junkin.
TO China. were among the
principal speakers listed, consider
able rart Of the sessions being given
over to business.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-05
REPORTS STATE U. S.
HAS ASKED REDS TO
RELEASE ECCLESIAS1'
Former Patriarch OF All
Russia Once Lived in
America.

London, April 5.-The Riga CORE
spondent of the Times says it is re-
ported by reliable Moscow source
that America has unofficially request
ed the Soviet government to allow the
most Rev. DIR. Tikhon, former patri
arch of all Russia and metropolitan
of Moscow, but now under arrest and
awaiting trial, to proceed to America
where he formerly resided.
DIR. Tikhon abdicated as patriarch
last May, having been placed on trial
some time before that for resisting the
requisitioning of church treasures. II
was stated recently that the proceed
ings against him were to be trans
ferred to Petrograd.
Trotzky and Kamineff, who have
become virtually dictators, it is further
reported, are inclined to agree but
Bishop Antonin, head of the Soviet
supreme church administration, dis
suaded them.
Bishop Antonin explained that thC
Soviet church convocation summoned
for April 10 intends to place DIR. Tx
hon on trial before an ecclesiastiC
board and unfrock him after which
the Soviet tribunal may without hind
rance try him as an ordinary layman
The American request was refused
and TikhOn's trial. adds the CORE
spondent has been postponed pending
the convocation.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-05
S TAYLOR CITIZENS,
ACCUSED FLOGGERS,
ARE OUT ON BONDS
Chief of Police Included in
Quintet of
Suspects.

Georgetown. Tex. April 5.-Fivt
men. arrested yesterday after an in
vestigation by court of inquiry il
connection with the flogging by un
masked men of II. W. Burleson, trav.
cling salesman. last Sunday, were out
on bond today of S100G each OF
charges of assault with deadly weap
ons and $3.50 each for unlawfully
carrying of pistols.
Each of the men made bond lat,
yesterday. The will be held under
bond to await action of the gram
jury. which will meet in May.
The men are II. A. Hewitt. chic
of police Of Taylor, Tex; Sam Threa /
gill, Dewey Ball. DIN Gossitt. and
Murray Jackson. all of Taylor.
County Attorney Albert :. Evans
Assistant County Attorney Solar
Reinhardt. Sheriff Lee o. Allen OF
Williamson county, Special Attorncy
Harry Nj. Graves. Constable Louis
Lowe and Tom Russell Of Taylor con-
Quoted the court of inquiry.
The flogging occurred on the San
Gabriel river. near Jon..h. eight miles
from Georgetown. Burleson, a citi-
zen of Weir, town between Taylor
and Geo-.,etown. was taken from an
automobile. whipped and beaten OIL
the head with pistols. then brought to
Taylor and chained TO tree near the
city hall. according 10 the police.
Three buckets of creosote dip were
poured on him. Burleson said.
According TO Burleson's story told
the police. he was notified bv a preach
er that an attack was TO be made on
him and that he was handed card
bearing the name of the "Ku Klux
Khan No. 1I6. Georgetown"
He was told TO leave Off going with
certain woman. he said.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-05
Little Movie Theater in
Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Houses Gathering That
Pays High Prices for Pc
troIeum Rights on Indian
Lands.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Pawhuslia. Okla. April 5.-All the
world knows that that section of New
York called Wall street provides a
daily meeting place for gentlemen of
considerable means. But how many
ever heard of the Constantine Theater
in Pawhuska as a gathering place for
multi-millionaire captains OF indus
try?
If one of the uninitiated happened
10 look into the Constantine Theater
today-it's a little movie house-he
would see a nonchalant audience loll-
ing about. Nothing much. he would
conclude, some sort Of an auction 60
ing on.
He would be staggered to know that
q totaling UP of the combined wealth
of all those about the house would
give a figure reading like-well. some
thing like the national debt must be.
The oil kings of America and their
representatives formed the audience.
The play was for leases to probably
the richest undeveloped oil lands in
the country. The event was the Dist
lease sale of the Usage Indian nation.
$1,000 Acres Offered.
Thirty-two thousand acres of land
were being offered for lease, tract
by tract, TO swell the overlooking cof-
fers of the Osages, the richest aborigi-
mes in the world.
As the sales mounted during the
morning, belief was expressed by In
dian agency officials and oil men that
the S10,SSI 900 record auction of
June, last year, might be bettcred.
Today's sale attracted the largest
number of oil millionaires in the his
tory of the auctions and number
of the tracts placed on the block
were said to be among the most val
liable offered.
The sale got under way with the
arrival Of the oil men from Tulsa by
special train. They came from all
parts of the country, many accompa-
MED by bankers.
An official touch was given the
auction by the presence of Hubert
Work. new secretary Of the interior.
and Mrs. Work; Charles II. Burke,
commissioner of Indian affairs: SEN
ators Robert l.. Owen and J. W.
Harreld and other government Off
Gals.
Not the least picturesque part Of
the affair was the presence of a del
egation of copper-hued Osages, on
hand 10 watch the money roll in.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-05
PRIEST MESSAGE HOAX
Officials Unable to Substantiate Note
Sent Concerning Father Vraniak.

Chicago. April 5.-Officials of vir.
den, H., and st. Louis failed to SUBJ
stantiate telegram sent yesterday
from Buffalo. n. Y. to a Knights Of
Columbus organ in New York stating
that Father j. A. Vraniak. missing
pssost- of Virden, ILL.,. was being re-
turned to his home after being rescued
from his abductors.
Edward Houlihan of Chicago. state
heputy of the Knights of Columbus,
said he had communicated with Of.
ficials of Virtlen and st. Louis last
night and that he was informed that
Father Vraniak had not returned to
his home.
He said the message was probably
hoax.
Mr. Houliban was asked TO investi.
gate the new turn in the case by John
b. Kennedy, editor of the X. or c.
publication, 10 which the message
was directed.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-05
Fabulously Wealthy OHMen
Gather at Auction of Leases

Figures that would make the lay
person dizzy are dealt in quietly
and without any particular show of
concern. Col. T.. Walter of Skedee,
Okla, official .auctioneer for the
tribe, yields the hammer and in stem
torian tones calls for the bids.
Someone has suggested that the
Brewster OF fiction need not have
been driven toward nervous prostra-
ton in spending S1,000,000 a year:
with one nod of his head at an Usage
sale he could have spent it all and
more. And in return he might have
obtained the right to drill on a tract
dry holes.
The twenty sales prior TO today
brought into the treasury Of tho
Osages n total of S6S.7I5.g75 repre-
senting leases on more than GOO 600
acres. Resides the Indians collect n
royalty on ali oil produced.
The average income of each man.
woman and child from tho 1000 al.
lotments of the Usage tribe is apnrox-
imately $4,000 The lands have becn
allotted TO individuals. but oil rights
were reserved ms tribal nroncrtv and
are sold as such for the common hen
eft.
Hence. if oil is found on the prom
erty of one Indian he is no better
off than his fellows in the tribe who
hold allotments where there is no pro-
duction. Average production in the
fifteen Osace POOLS is now nearly
100000 barrels day. according 10
j. George Wright. Usage agent.
Col. Z. Walter has conducted all
the Usage sales. since the first in
1912. Little JUMPS up the bidding
scale at 100000 a clip mean nothing
to him.
In monotonous tones he calls:
what am offered!- Nine hundred
thousand dollars. who'll make it a
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-05
Insect Bite Fatal-Egyp-
tians Say Ancient Curse
Killed Him.
M0LESTED THE DEAD
Touched Poison Left in
Tomb % Centuries Ago,
b Some Think.
Nv the Associated Press.


Cairo, April 5.-The Earl Of Car
narvon, discoverer of the tomb of
Pharaoh Tutkenhamun, died early to-
day at a hotel here after a stubborn
battle against blood poisoning and
pneumonia following the bite Of an
insect.
Lady Carnarvon, who made hur-
ried trip to Cairo from London by
air and by sea, was at the bedside.
A daughter and son, Lord Portches-
ter. were also present.
The first word of the earfs illness
came on March 10, when it was said
that he was suffering from an in
lection due to the insect bite which
he had received at Assouan. He was
brought to this city, where physicians
found that the throat and tonsils were
affected.
The patient rallied from the first
stages of the illness, but on March
% there came a serious relapse, with
recurrence of high temperature and
the extension Of the infection TO the
left lung. Although the illness was
then diagnosed as pneumonia, the
earrs physicians expressed the opinion
that he would recover. However, both
lungs became affected and he grew
rapidly worse. The end came at
o'clock this morning.
Natives Are Superstiti0us.
Although medical science will at
tribute the earl's death to such an ac-
cident as might befall anyone who
entrusts himself to this climate, there
are thousands of natives who firmly
believe that the vengeance of the
pharaohs was visited upon the ex-
plorer who so patiently sought out
the treasurers of ancient Egypt.
Superstition has it that he who
campers with the tomb of an Egyptian
monarch is doomed by a curse of the
ancients and, consequently, the earl's
illness was pointed to as a fulfill
ment of the old legend.
There are also those, who believe
that the earl, in his work on Tutenk-
>Lamun's tomb, accidentally came in
contact with a poison left there 80
centuries ago to safeguard the king
in his last sleep.
Marie Corelli, the noted writer, re-
Gently declared that she called the
attention of Lord Carnarvon to the
beliefs of Egyptian mysticism and
also expressed herself as not surpris-
ed should any accident occur to
"those daring explorers who rifle the
tombs of dead monarchs."
Cites Reference.
She cited from an ancient book on
Egyptian history which gave long
lists of the treasurer buried with some
of the kings, among these "divers
secret potions enclosed in boxes in
such wise that they who touch them
shall not know how they come to
suffer-"
Lord Carnarvon was first reported
ill on March 10. His wife started
by airplane from London to his bed
side in Cairo, but was brought down
in Paris by a sudden illness that
seized her in mid-air. She finished
the trip by boat and rail, arriving to
find her husband somewhat better.
He was unable to fight off the poison.
however, and soon suffered a relapse.
This was followed by pneumonia.
The fifth Earl of Carnarvon was
born June &c, 1866, succeeding his
father to the earldom in 1890. His
mother was a descendant of the ia
nous Lord Chesterfield. author, states
man and man Of fashion.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-05
Prelate Executed i'm Cellar.

Warsaw, April 5.-MonsignOI
Butchkavitch, whose death was or
dered by the Russian Soviet govern
ment, was executed at o'clock Sat.
urday morning. He was taken to the
cellar beneath the Cheka building, ac-
cording to advices reaching here, and
made to stand with his executionei
behind him. He was shot with re-
vOlver through the back of the head.
While efforts was being made TO as
certain what happened after the ex-
ecution. the only information thus
far vouchsafeds is that the body was
removed TO an unrevealed spot.