Harrison Gazette. (Gotebo, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 7, 1906 Page: 4 of 8
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TAKES RELIGION FRCM SCHOOLS
harrison gazette.
OJIEBO,
British Court Decides People Need
Not Pay for This Instruction.
! London.—A decision given by the
OKLA- court °' appe*18 leaves the question
■ Df religious education in Great Brit-
===s.; ain in a peculiar position. The educa-
tion act of 1902 was Intended to
?ompel local authorities to pay for
religious instruction in the voluntary
schools, and led to the notorious
"passive resistance" movement under
which numbers of nonconformists re-
The postoffice at Delia, I. T., has fuge<j to pay the rates levied to cover
NEW STATE NEWS
Comanche has county seat aspira
lions.
been discontinued.
The first bale of cotton in Chandler
last week sold for nine and one-half
cents.
The territorial convention of Chris-
tian churches is in session at El Reno
this week.
this expenditure for church schools.
In the meantime the county council
}f the west riding of Yorkshire re-
fused to pay teachers ror the time
devoted by them to religious instruc-
tion. The board of education then
sought the assistance of the courts in
the matter, with the result that the
?ourt of appeals decided in favor of
the Yorkshire council.
If this decision should be upheld
by the house of lords, whither the
, case now will be carried, it will prac-
He suspects tically accomplish by a stroke what
the bill now in parliament of August-
ine Birrell, president of the board of
J H Martin, a prominent Lawton education, aims at, and, furthermore,
capitalist, has been asked to sell his it possibly may enable a large num-
lots at Pawhuska to a real estate firm. 1 ber of "passive resisters to bring ac-
which is engineering a scheme for a tion for false imprisonmen .
rru « K i n onnoors
John Garrett of Shawnee is investi-
gating the death of his brother Robert
at Kansas City, who was found dead
beneath a street car.
foul play.
$20,000 hotel in that city.
Sapulpa has a pay roll of $138,000 a
month, via the Frisco read. Sapulpa
is a division point on the Denison and
Oklahoma lines.
The entire trouble appears to be
due to the careless drafting of the
bill In 1902.
BUSINESS WOMAN AT 70.
Mrs. Warren, of California, Takes i.
Little Run Down to Maine.
The ice and electric light plants at i
Blackwell have been compelled to re- ; Norway, Me.—The sprightliness of
turn to coal burning on account of the : 70-year-old Mrs. Rebecca Warren, of
failure of the big gassers which were i California, who is here on a visit to
supplying them. ! the home of her childhood days, puts
_ Norway's old ladies to shame. Mrs.
The Indian Territory conference of
both branches of the Methodist
Episcopal church will be held at
Tulsa beginning October 18. Bishop
Berry will preside.
Warren has amassed a fortune and
is still in active business life.
Mrs. Warren married in Chicago
and went with her husband to Cali-
fornia when two years later she be-
came a widow. She opened a lodging
house in San Francisco and ran it for
11 months, when the house was de-
stroyed by fire, leaving her penniless,
to Purcell. A number of the officers
have already removed to their new
location.
SO 1(1 OUL uei iuici •- ▼->
M., K. & T. officials figure that the This suggested a scheme to her, and
recent high water in Indian Territory | she entered regularly into the busi-
will cost them a cool quarter of a ness of renting houses and filling them
million. I with room«rs and then selling out.
At the end of a few years she had
Vinita is building a large auditorium
and opera house in the heart of the
city. It is being erected on the right
of way of the Frisco railway.
C. W. Brown of Haskell has thirty
peach trees that yielded 1,000 bushels
of peaches, and they sold for one
dollar per bushel. The thirty trees
were on less than half an acre of
ground.
A number of Chicago capitalists are
in Ada, where they have closed a con-
tract with local parties to put in a big
cement plant. This will be the largest
factory of its kind in the Indian Ter-
ritory.
The Christian churches of Indian
Territory will establish a big univer-
sity at some point in that part of the
new state.
Muskogee business men will go to
Little Rock on the steamer Mary D.
the latter part of September to meet
the business men of that town for the
purpose of getting together on plans
for developing navigation on the Ar-
kansas river.
The Death Chamber.
By Stephen Crane.
The headquarters of the Oklahoma
Central railroad company will be gtroye<j Dy nre, jeavius u«i vcuu...
moved in the near future from Lehigh i fQr "ghe had carried no insurance.
„ * # | ghe money from friends,
and opened another house for lodgers,
I and when it was running well, she
sold out her interests in it for $2,500.
A sergeant, a corporal and 14 men of
the Twelfth regiment of the line had
been sent out to occupy a house on the
main highway. They would be at
least a half of a mile in advance of any
other picket of their own people.
Sergeant Morton was deeply angry
at being sent on this duty. He said
that he was overworked. There were
at least two sergeants, he claimed fu-
riously, whose turn it should have
been to go on this arduous mission.
He was treated unfairly; he was abused
by his superiors; why did any fool ever
Join the army; as for him he would
get out of it as soon as possible;-he
was sick of It; the life of a dog. All
this he said to the corporal, who lis-
tened attentively, giving grunts of re-
spectful assent.
On the way to this post, two privates
took occasion to drop casually to the
rear and pilfer in the orchard of a de-
serted plantation. When the sergeant
discovered this absence, he grew black
with a rage which was an accumula-
tion of all his Irritations.
"Run, you!" he howled. "Bring them
here! I'll show them—" A private
ran swiftly to the rear. The remainder
of the squad began to shout nervously
at the two delinquents, whose figures
they could see in the deep shade of the
orchard, hurriedly picking fruit from
the ground and cramming it within
their shirts, next to their skins. The
beseeching cries of their comrades
stirred the criminals more than did the
barking of the sergeant. They ran to
rejoin the squad, while holding their
loaded bosoms and with their mouths
open with aggrieved explanations.
A moment later the squad moved on
toward its station. Behind the ser-
geant's back Jones and Patterson were
Elyly passing apples and pears to their
friends, while the sergeant expounded
eloquenily to the corporal. "You see
what kind of men are in the army
now! Why, when I joined the regiment
It was a very different thing, I can tell
you. Then, a sergeant had some au-
thority, end if a man disobeyed orders
he had a very small chance of escaping
something extremely serious. But
now! Good God! If I report these men,
the captain will look over a lot of
beastly order sheets and say" (here
I $17,000 in bank. Her next success-
i ful venture was as a whole buyer
and shipper of fruits. It was Mrs.
! Warren who sent to eastern markets
! the first consignment of navel or-
anges.
WORLD'S DEEPEST SHAFTS.
The saloon keepers and the local
Anti-Saloon league at Hobart have en-
tered into an agreement whereby re-
monstrances against the granting of
saloon licenses were withdrawn upon
the saloon men agreeing not to violate
the law and to pay the costs of litiga-
tion amounting to $800.
Sheds Sktn Annually.
George R. Smith, a prominent oil , Helena, Mont.—John H. Price, a
operator, formerly of Muskogee, was mine superintendent, is shedding his
arrested at Fort Gibson charged with j skin, says a Philipsburg special. It
the forgery of a deed. He was ar I is a very peculiar piece of nature s
raignrd before Commissioner Hoyt work, the cause of which the medi
ind released on $1,000 bond for ap- ! cal profession has so far been unable
pearance September 10. Mr. Smith re- to explain. The shedd.ng of the skin
cently moved to Joplin, Mo.
When Oklahoma will be admitted
Into the union she will have six thous-
and miles of railroad in operation.
The Creek Indian Baptist associa-
tion has just closed its annual meeting
which was held three miles from We-
tumka. There were about two thous-
and people in attendance at this meet-
ing. and it was the largest that the
Baptists have ever held. There were
a number of the most prominent In-
dians of the Creek nation present.
September 4 began the payment to
the Osages which has been looked for- ,
ward to by the Indians and white set j that the latter organ had been moved
tiers In that reservation for some time, throe inches out of place There was
and $90 000 will be disbursed by the ] only a cavity where the left lung
Indian agent at Pawhuska. I 'bould ***e ****
anxious to keep him in an amiable
mood, all hurriedly grinned and
seemed very appreciative and pleased.
"I'll make this into a fortrn3S," he
announced. He sent Jones and Patter-
son, the two orchard thieves, oat on
sentry duty. He worked the ottters
then until he could think of no more
things to tell them to do. Afterward
he went forth, with a major general's
serious scowl and examined the ground
in front of his position. In returning
he came to a sentry, Jones, munching
an apple. He sternly commander! him
to throw it away.
The men spread their blankets on
the floors of the bare rooms, and put- j
ting their packs under their heads and
lighting their pipes, they lived in lazy
peace. Bees hummed in the garaen and
a scent of flowers came through the
open window.
There was a sudden little spatter of
shooting. A cry from Jones rang out.
With no little intermediate scrambling,
the serg??nt leaped straight to his feet.
"Now," be cried, 'let us see what you
are made of! If," he added bitterly,
•you are made of anything."
A man yelled: "Good God, can't you
nee you're all tangled up in my cart-
ridge belt?"
Another man yelled: "KeeQ off my
legs. Can't you walk on the floor?'
To the windows there was a blind
rush of slumberous men, who brushed
hair from their eyes even as they made
ready their rifles. Jones and Patter-
son came stumbling up the steps, cry-
ing dreadful information. Already the
enemy's bullets were spilling and sing-
ing over the house.
The sergeant suddenly was stiff and
cold with a sense of the importance of
the thing.
There was a howl. "There they are!
There they come!" The rifles crackled.
A light smoke drifted idly through the
rooms. There was a strong odor as
from burnt paper and the powder of
firecrackers.
The man who had been grazed on
the elbow still set up his bleat. Mor-
ton's fury veered to this soldier. "Can't
you shut up? Can't you shut up?
Can't you shut up? Fight! That's the
thing to go! Fight!"
A bullet struck Morton and he fell
upon the man who had been shot in
the throat There was a sickening
moment. Then the sergeant rolled off
to a position upon the bloody floor. He
turned himself with a last effort until
he could look at the wounded who
were able to look at him.
His arms weakened and he dropped
on his face.
After an interval, a young subaltern
of the enemy's infantry, followed by
his eager men, burst into this reeking
death chomber. But just over tne
threshold he halted, and remarked,
with a sbrug to his sergeant: "I should
have estimated them 33 at least 100
strong."
(Copyright, 19(6. by Joseph V. Bowles.)
Three of Them in the Copper Coun
try of Michigan.
Marquette, Mich.—The Michigan
copper country possesses the world's
three deepest vertical mining shafts.
The deepest of these is No. 3 at the ,
North Tarrarack property, its meas-
urements being 5,200 feet. To the
south at a distance of 4,000 feet is the
No. 5 shaft of the rame company
This ranks as the second deepest ver-
tical 3haft on the globe, its measure-
ments feeing 5,080 feet from the collar
to the bottom level.
Second only to these great openings
is the Red Jacket shaft of the Calumet
& Hecla company, which is down
4,900 feet and in which the copper
k_e was not encountered until a
depth of 3,300 feet had been attained.
The deepest incline shaft in the world
is the No. 4 of the Calumet & Hecla.
This shaft itself from the collar to
the lowest level is sunk ca the plane
of the lode for a distance of 8,100
feet, while from a drift at the bottom
a winze extends downward 190 feet
to the boundary of the property, giv-
ing a measurement of 8,290 feet from
surface, No. 4 shaft passes by the
Red Jacket shaft at the fifty-s:xth
: level.
■s
GENTLE REMINDER FOR PAPA.
Robbie Uneasy Over Time It Took to
Make Printing Press.
One day papa took Robbie down to
see the presses print the books and
papers and pictures, and the little
boy was much interested.
"Papa," sadi he, "let me come down
every day and run the presses."
"O, I couldn't do that," said his
papa,' "but maybe I'll have a little
printing press made for you, just your
size."
The weeks and months passed away
and papa forgot all about his prom-
ise, but Robbie didn't It was fully
a year later that he came home from
Sunday school and said: "Papa, teach-
er said that God made the world in
six days. Is that so?"
"I guess it is," said papa.
"The water and the dirt and the
trees, and the dogs and birds' nests,
and everything?"
"Yes."
"Gee, wliiz!" said Robbie, "that was
quick work. Six days to make all the
world, and you've been a year apd
ain't got that printin' press done yet!"
—The American Boy.
A Woman's Logic.
"You women are queer creatures,"
commented ihe bachelor.
Yes!" replied the pretty girl, who
"Now," said the sergeant, ambitious- ^ heard u often before; then she
waited for what was coming.
of his entire body is complete, includ
ing the nails on his fingers and toes,
and the process of shedding covers
a jterlod of from three to five days
This has occurred annually for 30
years. At the approach of the shed-
ding period Mr. Price becomes quite
ill, has high fever, and the skin over
his entire body apparently dries up
Had Only One Lung at Birth.
New York.—Physicians are making
an examination of the body of a man
who was born and lived 45 years with
only one lung. This is the second
similar case on record. The man. un-
known. died in Bellevue hospital. His
only lung was about one-half larger
than the normal lobe. The lung had
crowded the heart to such an extent
"We Can Beat Them Off."
the sergeant wrathfully Imitated the
voice of his captain): " 'Haw, eh, well,
Sergeant Morton, these men seem to
have very good records; very good rec-
ords, Indeed. I can't be too lard on
them; nc; not too hard,'" continued
the sergeant; "I tell you, Flagler, the
army is no place for a decent m?n."
Flagler, the corporal, answered with
a sincerity of appreciation which with
him had become a science. "I think
you are right, sergeant," he answered.
Behind them the privates mumbled
discreetly. •'This sergeant of ours, he
thinks we are made of wood. I don't
see any teason tor all this strictness
when wo are on active service. It isn't
like being at home In barracks. This
Is very different. He hammer* us now
worse .han he did in barracks. There
is no zrrat harm in a couple of men
dropping out to raid an orchard of the
enemy when all the world knows that
we haven't had a decent meal In 20
days."
The reddened face of Sergeant Mor- a gaze full of admiration, reproach and
ton suddenly showed to the rear. "A despair, and returned to his post. A
little more marching and much less moment liter he pitched forward, and
talking," he said. j thereafter his body hung limply out of
When he rame to the house he had , the wtndow.
been ordered to occupy, the sergeant The sergeant laid his rifle against
sniffed with disdain. "These people , the stonework of the window frame
ly, "we can beat them off easily if you
men are good enough."
There was a fusillade against an-
other side of the house. The sergeant
dashed Into the room which command-
ed that bituation. He found a dead
soldier on the floor.
"Patterson!" cried Sergeant Morton.
"Yes," said Patterson, his face set
with some deep-rooted quality of de-
termination. Still, he was a mere farm
boy.
"Go in to Knowles' window and shoot
at those people," said the sergeant,
hoarsely. Afterwards he coughed.
Some of the fumes of the fight bad
made way. to his lungs.
Patterson looked at the door into
this other room. He looked at it as If
he suspected it was to be his death-
chamber. Then he entered and stood
across the body of Knowles and fired
vigorously into a group of chanrning
plum treeu.
"They can't take this house." de-
clared th9 sergeant in a contempiuous
and argumentative tone. He was ap-
parently replying to somebody. A
man who had been shot In the throat
looked up at him. Eight men were
firing from the windows. The sergeant
detected in a corner three wounded
men, talking together feebly.
"Don't you think there is anything
to do?" he bawled. "Go and ret
Knowles' cartridges and give them to
somebody that can use them! Take
Simpson's, too." The man who tad
been shot in the throat looked at him.
Of the three wounded men who had
been talking, one said apologetically:
"My leg is all doubled up under me."
Meantime the sergeant was reload-
ing his rifle. His foot slipped in the
blood of the man who had been shot
in the throat
"Why, we can hold this place!"
shouted 'he sergeant Jubilantly.
Corporal Flagler suddenly spun from
his window and fell In a heap.
"Sergeant,' murmured a man, as he
dropped to a seat on the floor out of
danger, 'I can't stand this. I swear 1
can't. I think we should run away."
Morton, with the kindly eyes of a
good shepherd, looked at the man.
"You are afraid. Johnston; you rre
afraid." ne said softly. The man strug-
gled- to his feet, cast upon the sergeant
Here you are wearing fewer clothes
every year—openwork, pumps which
are cut much lower than shoes, waists
without collars, elbow sleeves, thin
frocks and no hats—and yet—yet you
put on long gloves on a hot day.
What for?"
The P. G. smiled sweetly at him as
she pushed her long-wristed kids up
with a fascinating gesture.
"Because they look so nice," she an<
swered.
Most Famous Saying.
"What is the most famous saying
ever made by man?" an editor asked.
Some thought that Caesar, others
Socrates, still others that Lincoln,
Some that Nelson had said the most
memorable thing, but finally the
palm was awarded to Euclid, the
mathematician.
Euclid went to Alexandria to teach
Ptolemy Soter, the king of Egypt,
mathematics. Ptolemy plodded at his
problems a week or two and then
asked Euclid impatitntly if there was
not some special, shorter way by
which he could be taught.
"Sire," Euclid answered, "there is
no royal reoad to learning."
He Thinks He "Knows."
"I can always tell whether a woman
is accustomed to reading newspapers
by the way she holds one," remarked
a business man recently. "She takes
it up in hap-hazard fashion, glances
irrelevantly here and there in an ab-
sent-minded sort of way, so that you
feel quite sure she isn't sensing a
thing she reads. Then she opens the
paper awkwardly and invariably sep
arates the portions of the sheet, a
thing that makes a man crazy in his
own home, for he loses track of the
departments and it is contrary to his
ideas of order.
must have lived like cattle!" he paid,
angrily.
To be sure, the place was not allur-
ing. The ground-floor had been used
fnr the h< using of cattle, and It was
dark and terrible. A flight of steps led
to the lofty first floor, which was de-
nuded, bur respectable. The sergeant's
visage lightened when he saw tire
strong wa'ls of stone and cement. "Un-
less th?y turn guns on us. they will
never get us out of here," ne said
cheerfully to the sanad. The men.
and shot with care until his magazine
was empty Behind him. a man sim-
ply grazed on the elbow was wildly
sobbing like a girl.
"Shut up," said Morton, wlihout
turning his head. Before him was a
vista of fields, clumps of trees, woods,
populate i with little, stealthy, lee'inK
figures.
He grow furious. "Why didn't he
send me orders?" he cried aloud. The
emphasis on the word "be" was im-
pressive.
Fire from Heaven.
On one of his expeditions into Cen-
tral Africa Prof. Drummond found
himself among cannibals, who cast
longing eyes on his person. It became
necessary to make an impression, so
Drummond produced a powerful mag-
nifying glass and. after an eloquent
exordium, called down "fire from
heaven'* by setting light to some long
grass by concentrating the rays of the
sun through the glass. After this the
natives had no appetite for a white
magician, and Drummond went on his
way rejoicing, laden with native of-
ferings.
Truthful.
'Tommy," said a father to his son.
"have you been at those six peaches
I put in the cupboard?"
"Father," said Tommy, looking into
his eyes, "I have not touched one."
"Then how is it your mother found
live peach stones in your bedroom,
and there is only one peach left on
the plate?"
"That," said Tommy, as he dashed
wildly for the door, "is the one I
didn t 'ouch.'"
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