Pauls Valley Democrat. (Pauls Valley, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 1906 Page: 9 of 12
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KATY WINS IN
BIG LAND SUIT
THOUSANDS OF ACRES IN KAN
SAS ARE GIVEN TO RAILROAD
BY SUPREME COURT.
VALUABLE ARE IMPROVEMENTS
Disputed Land Appears in Right-of
way Grant Made in 1866—Will be
Appealed to United States
Supreme Court.
TOPEKA: Thousands of acres oi
the most valuable farm lands in Kan-
sas, together with a large amount ot
land located in towns and cities ol
the state is given to the Missouri
Kansas and Texas railway by a de-
cision of the Kansas supreme court
in the case of that railroad company
against Watson.
In July, 1S65, congress granted to
the Ur.iou Pacific Railway company,
southern branch, now the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Hallway company,
a right of way 200 feet wide from
Fort Riley to the south line of the
state. Afterward patents were issued
to private persons for land through
which the railroad runs without ex-
cepting the right of way. These per-
sons have treated the right of way as
being only one hundred feet wide and
in some case valuable improvements i
have been erected on the outer GO
feet on each side, which have been
occupied and used without disturb-
ance for many years. The railroad
company brought suit to oust these j
occupants and the court decided in its '
favor.
The land affected by the decision
lies in Geary, Morris, Lyon, Coffey,
Woodson, Allen, Neosho and Labette
counties.
Among the larger places touched
in these counties by the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railway are White
City, Council Grove, Emporia, Bur-
lington, Chanute, Parsons, Oswego
and Chetopa. The distance from Fort
Riley to the south state line is about
130 miles.
Mr. Watson, the defendant, is sim-
ply one of the land holders, and se-
lected as a figurehead in which to
make a test case. It is thought that
the case will be appealed to the su-
preme court of the United States.
The opinion was written by Jus-
- lice Burch who said the case must
'finally be decided in the United States
supreme court as an act of congress
is involved. From former decisions
of the higher court, Justice Burch
holds that the grant to the railroad
took effect immediately upon the ras-
fiage of the act and that all persons
who bought lands adjoining the rail-
road property took their titles sub-
|ect to the company's rights. This is
based on the fact that the officials of
the land department could not issue
patents to persons which would allow
the purchaser a title to the land
which already had been given to the
railroads.
The wide right of way was granted
io the railroad with the express pro-
vision that all troops and munitions
of war should bs carried free forever
and private individuals could not en-
croach uprn the right of way since
the country has been settled so that
the company can be deprived of the
land. , . ,
This suit should not be confused
with the suit of the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railway against the gov-
ernment for the land grant in In-
dian Territory In which Kansas is
acting as trustee for the railroad
company. The latter case is now in
the United States supreme court.
PHONETIC SPELLING IS ENDORS-
ED BY WOMAN'S FEDERATION
OF TWO TERRITORIES.
w. "VrWflMFN lIRf.F
The thinking, directing mind becomes ! vliUL
daily of more account, while mem ! MClif CVCTCUJI
brawn falls correspondingly in value [ [\rW \Y\ I I [VI
from day to day. That eccentric phll j "Ll"
osopher, Elbert Hubbard, sa;s In one j
of his essays, "where a machine will
do better work than the human hand.
we prefer to let the machine do the
work."
It has been but a few years since
the cotton gin, the "spinning Jenny"
and the power loom displaced tha
hand picker, the spinning wheel and
the hand loom; since the reaper ai d
binder, the lake and tedder, the mow-
ing machine took the place of the old
cradle, scythe, pitchfork and hand
rake; since tho friction match su-
perseded the flint and tlndsr; since
the modern paint factory replaced the
slab and muller, the paint pot and
paddle.
In every case where machinery has
been introdiyetf to replace hand labor.
the laborers l:?.ve resisted the change:
and as the weavers, the sempstresses
and the farm laborers protested
against new-fangled lo.oms, sewing ma-
chines and agricultural Implements,
so In recent times compositors have
protested against type-setting ma-
chines, glass blowers against bottle
blowing machines, and painters
against ready mixed paints. And as
in the case of these short-sighted
classes of an earlier day, so with their
MONKEY PLAYED MANY PART3.
NOW IN FORCt IN INDIAN SCHOOLS
Prominent Educators Favor Change,
Believing It Simple, Essential
and Popular—Is Dubbed
Fanatic Spelling.
GUTHlilE: A letter has been for
warded to L. W. Baxter, territorial
superintendent of public Instruction,
by the secretary of the Federation of j
Women's clubs of the two territories, J
requesting Mr. Baxter to adopt the j
use in the Oklahoma public schools!
of the revised spelling, as -outlined by [
Prof. Arthur D. Call, of the English
language. As understood, the Call re-1
vision is practically the same, and in !
fact Includes, the simplified words is-:
sued by President Roosevelt. This let-
ter to Mr. Baxter follows the adop-
provements shows that workmen are
the first to be benefited by them.
The invention of the sewing machine,
instead of throwing thousands of wom-
en out of employment, increased the
demand to such an extent that thou-
sands of women have been employed,
tion by the Women's Federation, in
imitators of to-day, the protest will ; their recent annual session at Law-
be in vain. It is a protest against civ- : (0n, of a resolution favoring simpli-
ilization, against the common weal. fled or phonetic spelling.
against their own welfare. -pjje superintendent of the Indian
1 he history^ of a 11^ mechanical Im territory schools, Prof. John D. Bene-
dict, who is directly under the juris-
diction of the secretary of the interior,
has received for use from Washington
the list of words designated by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Prof. Benedict fa-
vors the adoption of a few sensible
dm&juo ui nuaicu ua«o uccji tu, i
at better wages, for shorter hours and ! c ,^fes a" sa>8-
easier work where hundreds before There is a gradual cbanRe !n ,be
worked in "laborious misery to eke form of spelling going on constantly,
out a pitiable existence. It was so '?or years the spelling of words has
with spinning aud weaving machin been changing so gradual, however,
•ry, with agricultural implements—in that the people have hardly noticed ,
fact, it is so with every notable im : B." Mr. Benedict believes the adop-
provement. The multiplication of tion of a few words at a time would
books in the last decade is a direct: have been sufficient and the American
result of the invention of linotype , people would have taken readily to the j
machinery and fast presses. new form. He fears, however, that
The mixed paint industry, in which ! the change of three hundred words
carefully designed paints for house j at one time will not meet with sue- j
painting are prepared on a large scale j cess at the beginning. It requires
by special machinery, is another im- I time for the people to get accus- L
provement of the same type. The | tomed to the changes.
cheapness and general excellence of , Superintendent S. W. McCowan, of
these products has so stimulated the the Chilocco Indian school, has also
consumption of paint that the de- ; received a list of the Roosevelt three-
mand for the services of painters has j hundred words, and the Indiaa School
correspondingly multiplied. Before j journal, edited and published by In
the advent of these goods a well-paint- dian students at Chilocco, has issue 1
ed house was noticeable from its a c0,)y of tlle list for its subscribers,
rarity, whereas to-day an ill-painted 1
house is conspicuous.
Nevertheless, the painters, as a
rule, following the example set by
None of the words, however, have as
yet been adopted for use in the school.
The only paper in the new state now
, using the phonetic spelling is the
the weavers, the sempstresses and the na!]v rhoPnlx of Muskogee, of which
farm laborers of old. almost to a man. Co, 01arence B nouglas was recently
•ppose the improvement. It Is a real
improvement, however, and simply be-
cause of that fact the sale of such
products has increased until during
the present year It will fall not far
short of 90,000,000 or 100,000,000 gal-
lon;.
Hindsight Is always better than
foresight, and most of us who deplore
the editor and owner.
Mrs. John H. Burford, the wife of
Oklahoma's chief justice, is relating a
story of an Oklahoma woman who in-
variably terms the new order of spell-
ing "fanatic" instead of "phonetic."
Many Oklahoma newspaper men in
commenting on the use of the new
the short-sightedness of our ancestors form. agree with the woman,
would do well to see that we do not
in turn furnish "terrible examples" to
eur posterity.
AUTO HELPS FALSE HAIR TRADE.
Suppression •( Convents In
• imlnishcs Supply Considerably
Hon. W. M. Cross of Oklahoma v i'y
has announced his candidacy for sec-
retary of state.
SOLDIERS ARE TURNED LOOSE
Three Negro Companies at Fort Reno
Formally Discharged
EL RENO: The three negro com-
panies of the Seeoud batalllou of the
Twenty-sixth Infantry were dis-
charged al Fori Reno Monday by or-
der of President Roosevelt. 1 ho>
were dismissed from tho service be-
cause it Is alleged they refused to
reveal the identity of the men who
"shot up" Brownsville, Texas, last
summer. The negroes gave no
trouble. Many of them were veterans
in the scrvlce. Charles Dane, of Com-
pany lias been a soldier for twenty-
Jwo years.
Another veteran of Company 1) was
First Sergeant Israel Harris. He was
In his full dress uniform and the ser
vice stripes oa his sleeves nen.l>
filled the space from elbow to wrist.
Many of tho soldiers shed tears ns
they watched their arms being packed
In tho gun cases and sealed. They
talked of nothing but their discharge.
Most of them wcro completely dis-
heartened and have no plans lor the
future.
Paris.—According to the Eclair, at
the human hair market, held annually
at Limorges, this year's offerings wero
worth $200,004. One dealer alone on
the first day of the sale purchased carnjVal will be h°H
State Poultry Show.
OKLAHOMA CITY: The fourth an
nual meeting of the Oklahoma State
Poultry Association, to be held in con-
nection with the corn carnival and
France ' pure food show commencing Decem-
ber 3 and ending December 8, prom-
ises to be the largest event of its
kind ever held within the borders of
the new state. The arrangements
committee have selected their space
in the Gross-Gloyd building where the
There will be
Denned by Customs Men as a Bird, a
Handbag ancT a Dog.
On the travels of a monkey from
Genoa to Heidelberg an amusing f:\rco
might be written. A G^Wtui gefttl*-
men brought ffom southwest Africa
a tiny monkey weighing barely a
couple of pounds. From Tanga to
Genoa all -went well with the Lilli-
putian animal. It was a favorite with
everyone, and traveled free until
Genoa was reached, when its troubles
began.
Brought under the notice of the Ge-
noese customhouse authorities, it as
promptly deprived of its identity. It
was no longer an animal; it became
a bird, and as a bird, on which 28
cents was chargcd, it was conveyed to
the Swiss frontier, where, at a stroke
of the customhouse officer's wand it
was transformed into a cat at the in-
creased assessment of $1.56, and
borne by train to Zurich.
On its arrival there it ceased, as a
cat, to exist, and became a mere pack-
age—an Item of luggage that was con-
veyed to Constauco for the nominal
sum of 16 cents.
Still as luggage, though metamor-
phized from a package into a handbag,
it went on its way to Stuttgart, where
a great honor awaited it. 't was, on
payment of $2.04, exalted Into a dog,
and It was as a dog that It ended its
journey at the university town of
Heidelberg.—Stray Stories.
Size of Heads.
The average adult head has a cir-
cumferanee of tally 22 inrhes. The
average adult hat Is fully 6% size.
The sizes of men's hats are 6% and
6% generally. "Sevens" hats are com-
mon in Aberdeen, and the professors
of our colleges generally wear 7% to
8 sizes. a
Heads wearing hats of the sizes 6%
and smaller, or being less than 21
Inches in circumference, can never be
powerful. Between 19 and 20 inches
In circumference heads are Invariably
weak, and, according to this authority,
"no lady should think of marrying a
man. with a head less than 20 Inches
In circumference."
People with heads under 19 inches
are mentally deficient, and with heads
under 18 inches "invariably idiotic."
—Young Woman.
it Will Stay There.
"In my family medicine chest no
remedy is permitted to remain unless
it proves beyond doubt the best to be
obtained for Its particular purpose.
"For treating all manner of skin
troubles, such as Eczema, Tetter,
Ringworm, etc., Hunt's Cure has held
Its place for many years. I have
failed to find a surer remedy. It cures
itching instantly."
R. M. Swann,
Franklin, La.
She—"So you are a war veteran.
Did yeu fac^ the music like a sol-
dier?" He—"Well, yes. During an en-
gagement the bands stay in the rear."
—Harvard Lampoon.
Defiance Starch is the latest, inven-
tion In that line and an Improvemoat,
on all other makes; it is more eco-
nomical, does better work, take3 less
time. Get it from any grocer.
If a woman laughs a. a man's jokes
It's because he isn't her husband.
V
PE-RU-NA
FOR
CATARRH
jOF THE
Head.throat
sj lungsstomach
PDNEB.BIADDEF
AN
PELVIC
•4
'METALLIC
kmiDCES
For Remington
Rifles
For Winchester
Kifles
For Savage Rillts
For Marlin Rifles
For Stevens Rifles
For Afl Rilles
rT.M.C. cartridges
are universally prs-
f-rred bj sports-
men whowlsh to got their full money's worth.
Yotir dealer aelta-th«m. Free Catale jue.
U. M. C. c«rt*ldgf« arej^israntced, silo
standard «rm? when U.M.C. cartridges arc
u>cd as speclRod on laU-U.
THE UNION METALLIC
CARTRIDGE COMPANY
BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT
AgeneT . 313 Broadway - - New York
$4,80# worth. The average price per . pxhll)jt0rs from tnanv pnrts of the
kilogramme was *17. Young girls in I country an(j chicken faT Mnrs will bn
here from many
cltlf"* M'-rp than
the districts where travelers for hair
dealers make their rounds are perfect- ^ birds will be on e-hlhitlon. The
ly well aware of the value of their hair ^ntestg for ^ mmcy nm, r!bhnlls
and no .onger exchange it for a f.chu j )iromjsea to Incite considerable rival
or a boa or two or three meters of I 1
muslin. I "'
The increase in the demand is ex-
plained by the fact that fashionable
women wear more false hair than for-
merly. This is due to the development
•f automobiling and the suppression of
hats in theaters.
One chief cause ®f the dimlnutldn
of the supply Is the suppression of the special train from Fort Riley, Kan,
convents. These were one of the main His arrival was duly announced by
sources of supply. There is, however, j the Thirteenth cavalry in firing a 20-
SECRETARY TAFT ARRIVES.
Inspects Military Post at Fort Sll
Relative to Br' — it Post.
LAWTON: Secretary o' War Taft
arrived here Monday "mmin^ on a
no danger of a hair famine, as Italy
could furnish much more hair than it
doe? at present, and China and the
East furnish an inexhautible field.
From Clyde Fitch's Scrapbook.
Clyde Fitch, at a dinner that he
gave in honor of a noted dramatic
critic, read from his library of Bcrap-
books a western criticism on Hamlet.
The criticism, which was dated 1873,
ran:
"There is too much chinning In this
piece. The auther is behind the times,
and seems to forget that what we
want nowadays is hair raising situa-
tions and detectives.
"In the hands of a skillful play-
wright a detective would have been
put udoi the track of Hamlet's uncle.
shot salute. The big secretary was
as fat and smiling as when he left
the bench in Cincinnati to go to the
Philippines.
"I don't want any entertainment or
formalities," he said. "Let's get right
down to business."
He made an lnspect'on of the fort
and grounds, and it was said at t>:o
reservation afterwards that he wss fa-
vorably Impressed with the place as
a suitable location for one of the big
department posts.
He left Tuesday morning for Fort
Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas.
Before leaving Secretary Taft said:
"This is the best, military site in the
United States," and those In a pos-
tion to know say that he will recom-
mend the nocessary le.sislatloa for a
brigade army post.
HOW DEBILITY SHOWS
And Why Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
Are a Specific for Dangerous
Physical Declines.
The symptoms of general debility vary
according to tho cause but weakness is
always present, tv tendency to perspire
and fatigue easily, ringing in the ears,
sometime* black spots passing before
tho eyes, weak buck, vertigo, wakeful-
ness caused by inability tc stop thinking,
and unrefreshiiig sleep. Tho cause of
the trouble may bo some drain on tho
system or it may bo mental or physical
overwork, sometimes insufficient nutri-
tion due to skgu.stivo disturbance. In
i the Utter case there is genewtlly a loss of
appetite and a coated tongue as well as
] general languor and debility.
Miss Lulu M. Metzger, a stenographer,
| liviugat 71 Mill street, Watcrtowu.N.Y.,
| suffered for over a year irtn-.i general
i debility. "It wancansed by evor.sindv,"
she says, "and I hud 110 ambition, didn't
want to go anywhere, my food didn't
taste good, I was rnn down, lifeless and
lisllesK. 1 took medicines but they failed
to help me. Finally friends recom-
lueuded Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to mv
mother and she got some for me. I took
them for some time and was entirely
cured and have had uo return of the
trouble."
Dr. Williams'Pink Pills cure debility
becausn they actually make new, rod,
rich hht d, and as tho blood carries
uomriahuiuMt to all ihcorgansnud tissues
of the body, nerves ns well as muscles,
tint new UikkI stimulates the organs to
de tho work thiit uatnv" expects nf thorn
itud uermul bvullh follows. Not only
U this treatment suCieient to enro de-
bility but Miuuy severe nervous disorders
tis well.
The pilU are sold by all drnggists, oi
wiil bo sent postpaid, on receipt of price,
f<0 cents ptn- box, six boxes $3.50, by tho
Dr. Willimos Med k'ine Co., Sphcneo-
lady, N. Y. Scud for frco diet ix'rok.
Thompson's Eye Wate
NEW WHEAT LANDS IN
THE CANADIAN WEST
C flflfl Additional miles
u,UUU cf raiiway thij
vtrhare opened up a
largely increased terri-
tory to the progressive
farmers of \Ve*iera
.Canada and the Gov-
ernment of the Domin-
ion continues to k'ivc
ONE HUNDRKD AND
SIXTY ACRKS FkKE to avery settler.
THE COUNTRY HAS
NO SUPERIOR
Coal, wood and water in abundance; churches
and schools convenient; markets easy of access;
taxes low . climate the best In the noithern te^n-
perate zone I,aw and order prerailseverywhere.
For advice and information address the
SUl'KRIN THNDENT OF IMMIGRATION,
Ottawa. Canada, or any authorised Canadian
Government Agent.
J. 5. CRAWFORD, No. 125 W. Ninth Street,
Kuua* City, Mi iouri.
RF&niTPQ this paper de-
ItLallLAO siring to buy any-
■ thing advertised in
its columns should Insist upon ha\ ing
what they ask lor. relusing all substi-
tutes or imitations.
DOUBLE ACTION
06
JOINTED POLE CUTA
MM for
CircoUs to tha
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BittJniiiii,
fam..U.Sjt. ^
Bute's GRESY1.SG Ointment
j is a positive «ece.- #ity to ©vt ry cattleman, will
qmckly heal wonmla ami eorrs ®« nil animals,
! won first pre mini* at Texas Fair aud for
[ 40 year* ha* b<*e *taH4«r4 remedy for
SCREW WORMS AN FOOT ROT
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ft lb. srrew-top can-". Insist %n llttrJmiTa < resy-
llo Ointment- S« M by drutftflflts •"d arocor^ or
write CAUUOlJC auil' uo. Slff IOuK CITY*
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