Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1907 Page: 2 of 8
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BONES OF A MONSTER REPTILE
FOUND NEAR OKLAHOMA CITY
From the Knnsu« City Star.
In (Ih> red nhul<> pit of brick com-
pany in tin-suliurlm of Oklahoma C'ity
there wai found IuhI week Home fosnii
remain* ofnlnrKo prehistoric animal.
I,. Howell Lewis, of Oklahoma City, ia
aomethinK of a iceoloKist, having trav
elod willi a (feologiral survey party of
the itovornmvnt for several yearn. He
declares that the fossil remains are of
a "triceratops." a monster reptile that
lived In the Mesozoic age millions of
years ago. Mr. Lewis says:
"The fossils were found in red shale
bed at a depth of forty-five feet from
the surface. The surrounding walls of
the pit show that this animal came to
its death through a terrible volcanic
upheval. The outlines of great crev-
ices are plainly shown on the walls of
the pit, close to the spot where the re-
mains were found, and in all probability
the animal fell in one of these crevi-
rep, where Ills bones have laid for un-
told ages, probably twenty odd millions
of years.
"This huge reptile was about sixty
feet long, was about fifteen or twenty
feet high and weighed in the neighbor-
hood of twenty tons.
"In the Mtsotoic age. millions of
years ago. this hideous looking reptile
wallowed in the marshes and threshed
around in the dense vegetation where
Oklahoma City now stands. What is
now a level plain was then a great
marsh and the air was so warm that a
steam arose from it all the time. The
vegetation was rank and even rushes
grew to the present height of trees.
" The triceratops lived on this vege-
tation. His tail was unusually strong,
and when he reared upon his hind legs
to reach thirty feet or more up into a
tropical plant his tail and two hind legs
formed a tripod upon which he rested
•t ease.
"There were no men then upon the
earth. Man had not yet been created,
or come into being. Most wonderful
and biuirre animals roamed the earth.
Amoug the largest and ugliest of them
were the dinosaur*, to which family
this triceratops belonged. Some of
them were like huge lisanls, and some
were like birds in their structure. This
A "BUI" Club In
Oklahoma—Why Not?
The third annual banquet of the Bill
club No. 1 of the world was held in
Rxcelsior Springs. Mo. Bill Cowherd,
of Kansas City. ar,d Bill K Stanley, of
Kansas, the one an ex congressman,
the other an ex-governor, were the
guests of honor and the principal
speakers on the "bill of speach " Bill
Bryan, of Nebraska, who was counted
on as ore of the h;g attractions of the
bar.qu«t, was not able to present.
Invitations l-sd been sent to all the
honorary members, who include Bill
Warr.tr, Bill Store. Bill Nelson. Bill
Wallace. Bill Hearst, and scores of
other celebrated Bills.
As the impressive refrain of the club
poem emphatically declares all but Bills
ate batrtd from the club. This poem,
which was dashed off by Judge Bill
Eo* ler. who had not previously been
suspected of wooing the muse, has sumtw
more to the point, as witness these
vsrses :
"You of: have rode the goat, no doubt,
in this ledge or in that.
"You've had the seoond. first and thirvJ,
been blind as any bat.
But we don't o\>py any lodge, we're
differ* nt you see.
or when our parents named us "Bill"
® c took the first degree.
G. Cleveland is a democrat, a m n of
groat renown.
And Roosevelt is our rresident, yon
cannot keep him dowr.
ut they can't -om this lodge of ours,
they mvght as well keep still,
No matter 'tvut their pror.-.-.nence
they were not christened " Bi:'_"
And that s not poetic Ivense. either,
for th'. exthtaiveneas is earned beyond
the club room to the banquet hall, and
no one who does not answer to the
nan>e of Bill can have a seat at the
feat iv# board. A few years ago the
Ml club wa> organised, and here's
the exoasw for its exister.se. given
m the petnxw. for the :oc\vrwratx*i
dtgree:
"To enable all persons who were
chr.su Wilham. but commonly
ca! evi BiS, to form themse^res into a
rfub for tbe^r -.-utual bene?.;, <duca
tww cr.ljghtenment and meatal and
pk> secil deveiopswr.t of its members
t>T providing them w<th a jilace of k>-
cia'; (MeUngtL. entertainment, eor.versa-
tjflr. and .iebate. with ->e«is<fva)>ers. mag-
aj/.r,-s ard o'her current literature and
a p ace and the eq.i:, re-t for plaj:-g
ch«vker$^ 1^ . .ards ano other lawful
gamrs and o >>erwisie prox xiing far
the r e- erta: bet oo«j by sjch
Means as may bf lawful and appro-
prate, as may be provided far is its
sas. ali to tv ,xwe howvner. at the
«.i:^a'. expense of the members tv> he
cvv.iected in the forrr. .\f does and w*
with the iMwtiw or puryose ai rea
Ixnrvg peour.ian profit.'
The present off.vrs of the c) fe are
rre«.\W® . Bill Siav.
V'ieepM lmt Bill Wear
S*.-retary. BiS Hrder
fellow's head was six feet long. Upon
liia head wore three horns, and he had
a thick hide, protected by armor Had
we lived in those early days, probably
twenty millions of years ago, we would
have seen some of tlioao reptilians with
leathery wings, having power for rapid
lliglit. while we would have beheld the
earth virtually alive with thousands of
maatodonic wonders of various kinds
making loud and hideous noises as they
waged continuous warfare on each oth-
er for a livelihood.
"June 117 of last year was unearthed
in the same shale pit, and only about
live feet above where this one was
found, another prehistoric animal simi-
lar if not exactly the same species.
The remains of that one, however,
were not so well preserved, and the
discovery was made when l'rof. Chas.
N. Gould, the well known geologist of
the university, was on his summer va-
cation. Parts of its remains were
shown to l'rof. Gould, and he pro-
nounced it a most wonderful specimen
of prehistoric animal, but did not give
an opinion as to what he thought it
wag. He said, however, that it was.
in all probability, a triceratops. and
was supposed to have lived something
like twenty millions of years ago. He
predicted that still others would be
found in that locality at a greater
depth."
l'rof. Frederick A. l.ucas. of Wash-
ington, in his treatise on " Prehistoric
Animals of North America," says of
the triceratops:
"With one exception, specimens of
this animal have come from Converse
county, Wyoming, and no relatives have
been found abroad. They were huge
creatures, many times the sixe of an
! elephant. The most notable feature
was the presence of a horn over each
I eye. and the extension of a skull hack-
1 ward into a sort of overhanging frill.
| " Now and then a triceratops hail a
ahort horn on the nose, in addition to
the large horns over the eyes, but this
was the exception rather than the rule
ami we do not know yet whether the
presence of this horn was found only
in the males of some species or is the
mark of a distinct species."
Treasurer. Bill Flack.
There are four women members of
the Hill club, a condition which histo-
rian Bill Hyder explains as follows :
"The Bill club is without doubt the
most unique club in the world, and the
fact that the ladies give it their coun-
tenance and support is perhaps the
best recommendation for good charac-'
ter and high ideals. The Bill club is
especially proud of its lady members,
ami every mother's son of the Bills join
' in paying homage to the fair ones who
have joined their ranks.
" A lady who has been christened
Willie. Wuena. Wilma or Wil lamette,
can join the Bill club and be accorded
the same honors by the gallant mem -;
bers of the only Bill club in the world
State Socialists Con-
dem Action of
Supreme Court.
Condeming the action of the supreme
court of the V cited States in the sever-
est term, the state convention of so-
cialists called npoa all members of the
party residing in Oklahoma to spread
"the true meaning" of tbe decision of
the court or. refusing to permit hab«as
corpus proceedings to be brought to
e?ect the release of Messrs. Hey wood.
Mover an I Pet t bone from the Idaho
prawn, where they are held f.^r compli-
city in the murder of Governor Sten-
nenberg
The resolution as prepaned by the
committee <o ostingof L. S, Pdwaros
I. O. Jacobs and Ward Hubbard is as
folio wa:
Whereas. Our comrades. Herwxwi,
Moyer and Pettibone. now taugaiah in
jai! in the state of Idaho, and hare
beer deprired of their liberty for near-
ly a year and have beer, denied ihe
right of speedy trial which is g-.ver. to
every person, by the exirstitutiaa.
Be it resolved, that we coaden.-.r. the
dec >-ion of the supreme co«irt cf the
I'm led States ia which the said court
descended from its sworn duty and
nxade law delving car comrades the
r>pht of habeas corpus ia d.r*\-i viola-
te* of the constitution of the rcited
j States, that by aaid decision no mar. in
the I'n-.ted States has any s*c_r.tr of
life or l.bertv. that a person rsay he
kvtr-anpfci hut under this nfamo-.s ie
01S.XW h.s rights are not protected ur-
aer the ccn.s::t«t>. ■ that we aha col-
lectively anc .-d v.daaUy spr*a.i the
trve rr.fir.-.ng of this nefarious decision
and arouse the pass ve intellec: of the
true portent of the impend.r,g doom
that now hovers over our inprcsooed
comrads in. particvjir and s«ats a rrece
vient whereby the personal liberty of
every peracm is the Or. :ed Slates as
gaurar.:e*d under the const.tstio* .s dit-
treyed.
Tbe rep.irt of Secretary SSiy der
show irig t.Sat the number of Wal organ
izat Ntns has been doobwvi <?ur.ng the
last year and t_*iat the greatest percen-
tage of increase ir. membership was
from portion* of the territory where no
locals have been established, was sub-
mitted and adopted. In his report Sec-
retary Snyder recommended that there
be a closer and better organization in
order to carry the work forward.
Wood Hubbard of Dill, Okla., was
chosen state organizer.
The time for holding the next con-
vention will be determined by the state
committee, which will probably issue a
call for a meeting following the ad-
journment of the constitutional conven-
tion,
Lucille Mulhall Will
Go on the Stage.
St. 1 willis Post Dispatcht Miss
Lucille Mulhall of IG43 Washington
boulevard, fearless young horse-woman,
well known throughout the United Sta-
tes because of her appearance in her
fathers Wild West show on the Pike
and in many cities, is to go into vaude-
ville. She arrived at the Union Sta-
tion Tuesday from Kansas City, where
her father has just completed a con-
tract for her appearance in a number
of cities tor the rest of the season.
Her engagements will begin Jan. 20
in the Orpheum at Kansas City. After
several weeks in Kansas City she will
tour the Orpheum circuit for the rest
of Ute season.
Miss Mulhall was accompanied by
her father, Zach Mulhall, her sister,
Miss Mildred Mulhall: and her brother,
Charlie, when she arrived Tuesday.
The vaudeville act in which Miss
Mulhall will appear will be modeled af-
ter the Wild West show in which she
has taken part so often. Miss Mulhall
will ride on the stage on her trick pony
and will do the fancy roping on foot
and on horseback. When dismounted
■he will liiao horaea as they are driven
past her, catching them in different
holds. Her sisters Misses Mildred and
Georgia, and her brother Charlie, wil
appear with her in the act, Charlie will
do some bronco "busting" on the
stage. A cowboy baritone will also be
associated with the performance, and is
intended to add a romantic tone to the
performance.
Miss Georgia Mulhall said Tuesday
that the party would leave Jan. 18 for
Kansas City to prepare for the first
performance. "Our act will be similar
to the one we had when we made a
I short tour of three weeks some time a-
go," said Miss Mulhall. "It was liked
so well that they kept after us until
we agreed to return to the stage."
Cortelyou Fixed the Deck.
Before he resigned as chairman of
the Republican National committee.
Postmaster General Cortelyou got the
organization in such shape that the anti
Roosevelt combination can not control
it. There will be kicking and growling
in plenty all along the line over Harry
New, of Indiana, as chairman, but Mr.
New can not be displaced. Both the
President and Cortelyou are accustom-
ed to kicks about their management of
party affairs. Such squealing and
growling was never heard as followed
the selection of Cortelyou for chairman
of the Republican committee, and it
has been kept up ever since.
The President and his friends are per-
fectly well aware that the campaign of
1'HiS is going on right now. They know
all that has been done by the Hanna old
guard in cutting the ground from under
them in the south; they know about
deals in New England for the votes of
Vermont and otner states and they are
determined not to lose any tricks.
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Golobie, John. Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1907, newspaper, January 17, 1907; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112531/m1/2/: accessed May 3, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.