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DAY DREAMS.
Day dreams will not do, boys.
Pleasant though they be;
Day dreams fruitless are, boys,
As rain upon the sea.
Vain it is to clhnb, boys,
Fancy's golden stair,
If the climbing ends, boys,
In castles in the air.
Not by stroke of hick, boys.
Can you win a name;
There's no royal road, boys,
Leading on to fame.
Those who gain renown, boys,
Don't with shadows play.
Heed the lesson well, boys,
Cast your dreams away.
Work lies at your hands, boys.
Tasks that must be done;
You must buckle to, boys,
Ere the set of sun.
Swiftly Jlles the time, boys,
Whilst you aimless stray;
Youth's bright day is short, boys,
Cast your dreams away.
Day dreams will not do, boys.
To yourselves be true;
If you would achieve, boys,
You must dare and do.
Have a purpose elear, boys,
Then with heart and soul
Follow where it leads, boys,
Till you reach the goal.
—Rev. David Johnstone, in Golden Days
The World Against Him
By WILL N. HARBEN.
Copyright. 1900. by
A. N. IfellogK Newspaper Company
CHAPTER IX.—CONTIM I:I).
Mrs.'Larcaster had several tim^s
taken short drives in the pony cart,
■which was always at the disposal of
the guests of Carnleigli, and so, when
she ordered it out at ten o'clock, no
one made any comment. As she
drove up near the dilapidated domi-
cile of the Pans haws she began to
shrink from her intentions. The place
certainly presented a torn-down, for-
bidding'aspect. in front, not twenty
yards from the porch, was a decaying
"rail fence and a gate that sagged to
the ciirth. The roof of the porch was
low and flat, dank and moss-grown,
and on it lay some pieces of ragjjed
cast-oft clothing on which two or three
cats lay sleeping i" the M,n- The two
sisters half lay, half sat on the porch,
and Mrs. Fanshaw stood in the front
doorway, her dull gaze on the cart
and its inmate. The dogs sprang
irom under the house and ran bark-
ing furiously to the gate, and Mrs.
Fanshaw, thinking that the lady had
stopped to ask some question about
"the road, as passers-by often did.
shambled down the steps and out to
the cart. She succeeded in driving thu
dogs back, and then leaned over the
gate o.pectantly.
"I called to see Mr. Ronald Fan-
shaw," announced the visitor; "is he at
heme?"
"Yes, ma'am," answered Mrs. Fan-
shaw; "he was up in his room jest
now. Won't you 'light an' come in?"
The room into which the aristo-
cratic caller was ushered had a worn
scrap of carpet from the door to His
"big, sooty fireplace. There were on
the walls several warped chromos and
crudely enlarged crayon portraits of
Fanshaw and his wife, also photo-
graphs of every member of the fam-
ily except Ronald, who had never
cared to have his picture taken. Mrs.
Fanshaw gave the visitor a turkey-
wing fan, and brought in some fresh
water. Mrs, Lancaster was sipping
it from the edge of the big cracked
tumbler when Ronald came down the
narrow creaking stairs and entered
the room. n
"You may not know who I am,
began Mrs. Lancaster, as he stood
waiting for her to resume her chair,
after she had risen and given him her
hand.
"You may rest assured, madam, that
everybody in this neighborhood knows
you, at least by sight. The poor and
needy have good cause for remember-
ing you."
She started at the sound of Ins
voice ar.u stared at him for fully
minute; her eyes were expanded in
surprise, and she seemed unable to re-
ply to his compliment. She put her
handkerchief to her quivering lips,
and when she finally spoke it was with
a visible effort at self-control.
I hope you will pardon me," she
i vnur vnicp is so like
the innocence of a man accused as thi
one was."
"It is certainly good of you to defend
them as you do," said the old lady, her
eyes still bent eagerly, searching^' on
l is face. "You have heard perhaps of
the capture and confession of the real
criminal?"
lie told her he had just received the
news.
"Then,** she went on, "the boy will
be released, will lie not .'
"Oh, at once, of course!"
"l)o you intend to see hint before he
leaves?**
lion aid told her lie was gomg to ride
to
ti 11 i
me- I knew that a long time ago, and | knows I meant it; but the sight o you
it has made me unspeakably happy." , might make *im rabid. -
"I discovered further," pursued Mrs. Ronald hesitated, but, 011 bui g
Lancaster, "that he does not hope ever , urged, lie took the revolver am. pu
to win YOU." Mrs. Lancaster's lips | into his pocket.
twitched a little. "It is that wlueli | "1 don't want iu.n row Iu ;
pains roe so much, lie looked so grand ting liU lips liimlv, * n' 1
when he made that admission. 1 al- shot . own in a public i m .
mest cried In his presence." "Now yoq talk'"* 1 'l "
"lie does not hope?" said Evelyn, I born American citizen. . i>.uc, anil
and then she caught her breath, low- j he. went off to unload lus .
ered her head and began to gather up Ronald had succeeded in banishing
her flowers, "lie does not hope?" she | from 1,1* miud the unpU:
;ated the words as if to herself, ni'.il | roused by Dave's fears. 01
In I
wlo
repe
I Mrs. Lancaster rose and followed her
1 up the walk to the house, and as the
town and persuade the prisoner to . girl, with bowed head and rigid mien,
ish his journey by rail. passed into the grand hall Mrs. Laneas-
Ah, 1 am so glad, for that- is what ter began to think that h\el\u lurseit
faltered,
that of
1 <
but your voice is so
dear one who was taken
jrom me a long time ago—my hus-
band. who met a tragic death dur-
ing the war. Last night when 1
heard you speaking in the distanoe 1
was reminded of him, and now—oh!
it is very silly of me, but—you can't
imagine how much your voice re-
sembles his, and—" (the speaker swal-
lowed something which seemed to
stick in her throat) "then your hair,
and eyes, and hands remind me of his
so—so very much."
Ronald had flushed red, and seemed
at a loss how to proceed.
"1 am sorry," lie said, finally, "if any
features of miue bring up sad recol-
lections" >
"J 11111 a silly goose," the visitor
«aid, with a little laugh, which was not
quite her own. "1 hope you received
the note I wrote you yesterday .
Ronald bowed. "It was the one thing
which sustained me—made me woj'it
on to the end. 1 almost lost hope yes-
terday afternoon. There was not a
man on my side, even the sheriff was
afraid to upen his mouth. A dozen tneu
liad threatened to kill me."
"I was almost sorry I advised you
to trv to save him, Mr. Fanshaw, when
the climax was readied and 1 realized
your own peril; but now that you have
triumphed X am glad I wrote you—oh,
so glad! For your work last night
has shown me what a uob'.e man you
are, and—"
"I think," he said, seeing that she
was not going to proceed, "that the
usual haste in such matters is not due
to the evil natures of these people,
but to a certain inability to believe in
1 came to see you about. 1 have brought
him a little "gift; I understand his
mother is old and needy. X hope it wi.l
not trouble you to deliver it to him."
"X shall do it with a great deal of
pleasure," he told her.
As she gave him tlie roll of bills
which she took from her purse her
eyes steadied themselves on his face.
"There is another thing, Mr. Fan-
shaw." she faltered. "1 hope \oti will
forgive me if I am presuming, but since
1 have heard how hard you are strug-
gling to fit yourself for your eliosen
profession I have been ashamed of my-
self for the Idle, aimless life 1 am lead-
ing'. 1 have far more money than X
can use, even if I were young, and you
see I am getting old. If you would only
allow me to instruct my banker to—"
He understood what she intended to
say and the flush which bad died out
cf iiis handsome face returned.
"It is most kind of you," he inter-
rupted, "and under some circumstances
1 might be glad to avail myself of your
benevolence, but in my struggles I have
found out that all the toil, all the sav-
ing, all the deprivations have really
been best for me. Beside* the worst
has passed. 1 find myself pretty sure
of admittance to the bar, and 1 have
really saved up enough to defray my
simple expenses for a. J'ear or so until
I can get started."
Mrs. Lancaster looked crestfallen, but
she did not press her point.
"Then 1 can only hope and pray that
all success may come your way, and
perfect happiness" (she suddenly
thought of Kvelyn and sighed).
He seemed to be reading her
thoughts, for he started and a grave
express-ion took hold of his featuies.
The color ran out of his face.
"I have made up my mind," he said,
simply, "that 1 am never to have ideal
happiness—the sort of happiness that
comes to sotnc fortunate people and
never to others."
She was sure that he was alluding
pointedly to Evelyn, and she felt a
sharp tug at her heart-strings, ller
eyes seemed to melt on his face; lie was
so like her dead husband, tlie sound
of his voice was sweeter than a lost
chord from some heavenly choir. She
stood up ami, offering her hand, she
pressed his fingers tightly.
"If I had my way you should have
all votir desires," she said, with a lit-
tle catch in her voice; "all, every one
of them, including the love of the
truest, purest girl that ever lived.
Then she saw his strength give way;
she felt his hand quiver and grow
limp in her clasp; his face was working
under tense emotion.
"X do not allow myself to think of
that," he said, with sudden firmness.
"That has been only a dream of mine,
a hopeless, vain dream, sent to teach me
how grimly real life is.'
Tears sprang into Mrs. T.anc&ster
eves and she choked up.
' "You must not lose hope," she al-
most sobbed, as she wrung his hand
and then quickly released it
lie laughed bitterly. "I never called
it hope at any time," he said. "She
has only been my dream."
She had reached the door and was
looking out into the yard where old
Fanshaw, in his untied brogans, hick-
ory shirt and jeans pants, was oiling
the axles of a wagon under an apple
tree. She overheard the low voices of
his two daughters on the porch and
Mrs. Fanshaw's heavy tread in the ad-
joining sitting-room.
"Remember," said Mrs, Lancaster,
"that you have a true friend over
there."
"Thank you," he replied as she passed
out. lie escorted her, hat in hand, to
the cart and assisted her to her seat.
Then, with a twitching lip, he stood
watching the cart as it rolled away.
Evelyn was in the garden gathering
flowers for the dining-table when her
friend returned. She held her arms
full of them when the old lady alight-
ed and came down the walk to her.
Evelyn studied her face in astonish-
ment.
"Why, dear Mrs. Lancaster!" she ex-
claimed, "you have been crying."
The old" woman wiped her red eyes
and began to shed fresh tears.
"lie is so like my husband," she said,
huskily. "So noble; such a grand char-
acter."
Evelyn's face lighted up. "I have al-
ways known that. Mrs. Lancaster. Now
vou roust tell me all that took p:ace
mind, every word that you said and
every word ho said." Evelyn drew her
down on a rustic seat; her whole body
seemed ready to listen. Mrs. Lancaster
told her of her offer to aid Ronald and
Evelyn broke out, impulsively:
"And he refused to accept it! I could
have told you that."
"Yes, he refused," and Mrs. Lancas-
ter gave his reasons in detail. Evelyn
raised a bunch of pink roses to lier
face; they were the color of her cheeks.
"Nothing," she said, with conviction,
"nothing under high heaven can keep
a man down with such a God-given pur-
pose as that."
For a moment the two friends were
silent, then Mrs. Lancaster caught
Evelyn's hand and pressed it tenderly.
"I made a little discovery this morn-
ing," she said.
Evelyn caught her eye and smiled,
still knowingly.
"You tjave discovered that he loves
had never really hoped
Seeing that no one was in the hall,
Evelyn wheeled round suddenly.
"I have never once thought that 1
that my love would be essential to his
well-being—his happiness," she said,
looking up into the expectant face of
her friend, "llut, Mrs. Lancaster, if he
should really need me, it would be my
duty, before God, to be by his side-
it would l>e my duty In spite of my
father's wishes, in spite of cverv thing
on earth."
An anxious look lay in the face of the
widow as she answered:
I think lie has thought the matter
over and decided that the idea of mar-
riage is out of the question. It was
that which seemed so sad; poor fellow!
he spoke of you as liis dream.
"His dream!" Every muscle in
Evelyn's face moved; her eyes filled to
the brim; it looked as if slie wanted to
say something1 else, but was prevented
by an overwhelming commotion within
herself. She turned suddenly and went
into the dining-room.
CHAPTER X.
The summer passed and the fall ap-
proached. The cotton, ripened, burst
its bolls and whitened on the browii
stalks till broad fields of snow lay 011
all sides of Carulelgh. For awhile K011-
ald had put aside his studies to super-
intend the picking, hauling and ginning
of his cotton. The weather had been
favorable and he had made a good crop.
He had not chanced to meet Mrs. Lan-
caster again after the day she had
called, and about the middle of August
he learned that she had gone back to
Charleston. His informant also hinted
that Evelyn was to follow her in Octo-
ber. lie was trying to forget certain
thoughts about her which had beat
themselves into his heart during the
summer, and though lie felt a sharp
pain over the announcement that she
was going away, he tried to look upon
it as providential.
There were other things, too, which
forced themselves upon his attention.
'REMEMBER YOU HAVE A TRUE
FRIEND OVER THERE."
Reports were continually filtering
through the gossips to him to the ef-
fect that Sydney Hart had sworn to be
revenged on him for having made him
the butt of ridicule on the night of the
attempted lynching. The newspapers
had given considerable space to the
matter, and the local correspondents,
being unknown to Syd, dared to write
what they would never have said to his
face. They made him out even a more
desperate outlaw, if possible, than he
was, and added a sting to these state-
ments by making a great hero of Fan-
shaw, who was described as having
every grace and virtue that could fall
to the lot of one man. Moreover, a lit-
tle parson, who was visiting in the
neighborhood, and was told before-
hand that Syd was in an adjoining
county, had taken the aflair as a tojwc
for his discourse, and among other
things which reached Syd with almost
telegraphic rapidity, he said that S\d
was a coward who was so much afraid
of his shadow that he did his evil deeds
at night. So when all these things had
rankled for two months in Syd's mind,
he decided that he could at once prove
his courage and get even by having it
out with Konald Fanshaw.
One day Konald was leaving the cot-
ton gin, which was about a mile from
the land he was renting, when Dave
rode up on top of a big load of loose
cotton.
"Hold on, thar, Ron," he called out,
"I want to speak to you."
Ronald paused and Dave got down
from the wagon and joined him.
"Look heer, have you got anything to
shoot with?" was Dave's anxious ques-
tion.
"Not a thing," returned our hero,
"why do you ask?"
Before answering Dave drew his re-
volver from his hip pocket.
"Well," he said, as he proffered it,
"you'd better take this, an' be on the
pnfe side. Syd Hart and Thad Williams
is in town, aiV they arc due 'long heer
about now. Syd may pass you without
a word; it's all owin' to his load o' rot-
He kinder likes me, an' I told 'im
11" thought
had crossec
tlie creek bridge :ir.<1 n ts i'l sight
of the dormer windows of Carnlcigh
when', down the deserted road, he heard
a man's voice singing a rollicking son;'.
It was Sydney Hart's voice, nr. d it - muf-
fled quality indicated inebriation, lie
was still hidden from view by a sharp
bend in the road, but 11 moment Inter he
came into sight, slowly riding along on
horseback. He did not recognize Kon-
ald till he was within some fifty yards
of him. Our hero saw him rein in his
horse suddenly and then whip out his
revolver. Bouald paused and put his
hand 011 his own weapon, cocking it,
while it was still in his pocket. He
was, for the moment, conscious of 110
other feeling than the in-linct of scH-
nation. Even then he hoped tlmt
liis antagonist had drawn bis revolver
only in a spirit of drunken brnviMo.
lint this hope was quickly put to flight
by Syd's erect carriage and the steadi-
ness of his aim, which was now directed
011 him. Syd laughed harshly .
"This is the moment that has been
sent in unswer to my prayers," lie sitiil.
deliberately. "Thar's been a sight o'
talk about yore spunk, but I never be-
lieved in it myself, l'vealways knowed
yore liver war white. Now. this heer
road is entirely too narrow fur mean'
you both to travel 011. You jest git into
them thar woods, ur I won't leave a
piece o' yore carcass big enough to bait
a gnat on."
"I don't want to have any trouble
with you. Hart," answered Konald, who
had still not drawn his revolver, "but I
w ill not allow any living man. drunk or
sober, to drive me from a public liigli-
way."
"You won't, hey V Well* we II see how
you like lead pills." Our hero saw the!
barrel of the revolver stonily itself, and
a blue ptilT of smoke rise from it, fol-
lowed by a sharp report. Itonald heard
the ball whistle by him. lie drew his
revolver, and, crouching down in the
road, that us little of his body might bo
exposed as possible, hi' began to tire,
coolly and rapidiv. His evi ry shot was
returned by the dodging man on thu
horse, which, frightened by the lire
above and in front of him, backed into
the low bushes that bordered the road
011 the I, ft. From behind these bushes
Syd corttimed to lire, and wherever
Konald could catch sight of him
through the foliage lie coolly directed
his shots. Konald did not know which
of liis last two shots had done the work,
but suddenly he saw the horse plunge
into the road without its rider and start
down towards Carnleigli at the speed
of a runaway
ITo lie Continued.]
THE DEAD MAN'S PLUM BUSH.
\ GrcuHonic Ih<1 inn Tnlt* Ili'lntftl
liy a Child of lli * Tribe W l«o
Became t'ivili cd.
One autumn afternoon many people
streamed toward tlie dwelling of our
near neighbor.
On our way 1 ran ahead of my moth-
er, and was reaching out my hand to
pick some purple plums that grew on a
small bush when i was checked by a
low "Sh!" from my mother.
"Why, mother, I want to taste the
plums!" 1 exclaimed, as 1 dropped my
hand to my side in disappointment.
"Never pick a single plum from this
bush, my child, for its roots are
wrapped around an Indian skeleton. A
brave is buried here. While he lived
lie was so fond of playing the game
of striped plum seeds that, at his
death, his set of plum seeds were
buried in his hands. From them
sprang up this little bush."
Eyeing the forbidden fruit, I trod
lightly on the sacred ground, and
dared to speak only in whispers until
we were many paces from it. Since
that time I have halted in my ram-
blings whenever 1 came in sight of the
pluin bush. I grew sober with awe,
and was alert to hear a long-drawn-out
whistle arise from the roots of it
Though 1 had never heard with my
own ears this strange whistle of de
parted spirits, yet 1 had listened so
frequently to hear the old folks de-
scribtt it that 1 knew 1 should recognize
it at once.
The lasting impression of that day
as I recall it now, is what my mother
told me about the dead man's plum
bush.—Zitkala Sa, in Atlantic.
Governor Barrios' Report. | institutions of learning, with $50,000,000
Guthrie.—The annual report of Got- taxable valuation ami 813^,000,000 real
ernor C. M. Barnes io the secretary of , wealth; with products of farm, factory
tlie interior wus given out by his pti- and mines aggregating $75,000,000 for
vate secretary Mr. Wenner, on orders the fiscal year, with a soil whose fer-
from the governor, who is now in tillty seems wonderful, with a climate
Washington. Oklahomans receive more unsurpassed anywhere, with cropi sur-
inquirieu regarding minerals, oil and passing those of many of the leading
gas dcvelop.-iuents, taxes, churches and Agricultural states, with wavinggrain,
schools than any other topics. Of fruit laden orchards and vineyards
mines and minerals of Oklahoma, the and cattle upon a thousand hills, with
governor says: I churches and school houses and uni-
"So little real mining has been done
In the territory that the mineral de-
posits should more properly be classed
under the head of undeveloped le
sources. Coppc" is being profitably
mined in tiie extreme western end of
versities and a people as loyal and true
and patriotic as ever breathed air of
heaven, Oklahoma today stands knock*
ing at the portals of the Union, ex-
pecting soon to place upon the starry
tield of the nation's banner a star
Heaver and other mineral deposits of whose brightness will never grow dim.
value exist there. Coal is mined to a • people of all classes and con-
limited extent in Pawnee county u"^ | tutions less favored in there surround-
in the Osage reservation, but veins of j! i„g8 anj opportunities Oklahoma ex-
varying thickness and quality i>Hve , tends an invitations to come and share
been discovered also in Payne, Lincoln, | jn bounteous plenty accorded this
Logan, Pottawatomie and Garfield
counties and in the Kiowa and to- Speaking of taxable property the re-
manche, reservation. It is in this lat j pQrt says:
ter reservation that the greatest min- . ^ ^ a88l.Med valuation of the
era! wealth of the territory lies here I „,is ,.u,338,0m au in.
bus long been a belief that gold and , ^ ^ nf .,4- over lsu9. Property
silver and other precious metals existed , ^ ^ ioo #t ttbollt ono.lhird
in large quantities in the western
counties, which occupy a considerable j c^s 1 %a l,c
portion of the reservation, but a care- j a loma coui
v, . . . . ^ 4lltlf valuation this year. The territorial
ful investigation convinces >"• «£* 1t„ in oU,shoma has always been less
there is lilt c groun or , than the state tax of most of the states
and if these ti,eta s are to be found „£ the Unj d lhe ,ute
there in paying quantities it will be iu
veins deep in the solid granite rnoun-
id wonderful commonwealth."
Every county except
Oklahoma countv shows au increased
tains.
"Lewis and Clark, in the report of
their explorations in the southwest, concnli territorial tax
Crection and support of
tell of indications of cobalt, asphalt,
zinc, iron and copper in these moun-
tains, and there is no doubt of exist
encc of these and other mineral depos-
its which were declared to exist there
by the oflicers of the various army ex-
peditions made into that country dur-
ing the first half of the century. This
country will he open to settlement and
subject to the United States mining
laws within the coming year, however,
and it will then soon be known wheth-
er the deposits of these metals are ex-
tensive enough to maUe a prosperous
mining region.
"Asphaltum is to be found in various
places in this reservation, several well-
is reduced
still lower this year. The total terri-
torial tax levy for 1900 is 5 10 mills
divided as follows:
Mills
3
territ rrial
normal school at Edmond 5
Support of a territorial normal
school at Alva 5
Erection and support of the uni-
versity at Norman 5
Support of tlie Agricultural and
Mechanical college at S ilwater
Support of the colored Agricul-
tural .and Mechanical college
at Langston
Support of thoschool for the deaf
and duuib 4
Hoard of education fund 5
"In the first few years of the terri-
tory local tax rates were excessively
high, but when the fact is considered
. .1
. .1
having penetrated great beds of it, ami | j|,at two years elapsed before any
evidence of oil ami gas are found on j t ix«*s could be collected, that land was
every side.
"Excellent indications of lead and
zinc are found iu the Osage reservation,
in the Glass mountains in \\ oods coun-
ty and in several of the eastern conn-
ties of the territory, and all of the min-
erals mentioned are found in various
parts of the Indian Territory, the coal
beds of that country being practicably
inexhaustible."
On the subject of oil and gas the re-
not taxable and what little personal
propeity there was was listed for tax-
ation at about 25 per cent of its real
value, it can readily be seen that the
tax was not oppressive or exorbitant. ...
port says: Hot li oil and gas have been | interesting statistics concerning the
found in wells near Granite, Greer | lands taken and the amount yet open
county, just over the line from the
Kiowa and Comanche reservation, and
in close proximity to the Wichita
mountains, within a few weeks. A
gooil flow of gas was struck in a well
put down in the northeastern part of
the territory two years ago, and an
eastern company is putting down a
number of wells in the eastern part of
the Osage reservation. Oil is being
piped from these wells in considerable
quantities.
'In Payne and Pawnee counties are
several springs where the water is pol-
luted with oil, and lu the Chickasaw
nation and the Kiowa and Comanche
reservation are oil springs and large as a whole, is strictly a cattle country,
depositsos asphaltum, which are but I although there ure very line and pro-
the residue of great lields of oil. | duetive farms in the river valleys or in
Quite Irish, That.
A friend of mine has an Irish serv
ant, who is an old soldier who brought
am ugly scar or two from India. One
day he was describing his part in a
battle—the long wait, the nerves tense,
the advance, the gallop, the charge-
how the rider some yards ahead of
him fell from his saddle and shot his
own horse dead with tlie death grip
of his fingers on his revolver as he
dragged; how the men behind uttered
oaths at the sight, and set their teeth
to win.
"And what struck you most when it
was over, and you looked back on it?"
asked my friend.
The servant reflected a moment, and
then, with simplicity, replied:
"What struck me most forcible, sir,
was the bullets that missed me." Quite
Irish, that.—Paris American Register.
Plenty of Public Lands.
Guthrie. In his annual report to the
Secretary of the Interior, Governor
Barnes devoted a chapter to the public
amis of Oklahoma, iu which he gives
for settlement. In part lie says:
There are still 5,733,385 acres of va-
cant govcrmant, land in the territory
subject to homestead entry. While
much of this land is broken and rough
and the most of it unfit for farming,
there aie still many quarter sections
to be found upon which the homeseek-
er from the crowded sections of the
North or East can flud a comfortable
home and attain a competence in time
by proper management, About all of
this land is suitable for grazing anil
offers an iuviting tield for stock raisers.
Nearly half the vacant land in the
territory is in beaver county, which.
At one point near Fort Sill asphalt-
um oozes from the giound and the liq-
uid beds of oil bate been penetrated in
digging wells. Natural gas also es-
capes from a nnmber of wells and
springs in that section of the country.
Paying wells are being putting down
in all parts of the Creek country just
east of Oklahoma, and good indications
have beeu found in a tost well being
put down at Guthrie.
There can be no doubt of the exist-
ence of both oil and gas in paying
quantities in portions of the territory."
Speaking of social religious condi-
tions the governor says:
"The territory as a rule has been
peopled with the more active, progres-
sive and energetic element of the vari
ous states of the Union, and they have
commingled together forming a social
life as pleasant, enjoyable and profit-
able as that of any section of the
Union. All kinds of social functions
irrigated districts. In a cattle country
the 1C0 acres to which a homested set-
tler is limited is not enough, and I be-
lieve it would be to the best interests
of that county and the territory at
largo to restore to that section the
rights of pre-emption and timber cul-
ture which were takeu from the set-
tlers there when that country was
made a part of Oklahoma territory.
Limited to 100 acres of land the poor
settler canuotcompete with the large
cattlemeu who predominate the coun-
try, but if he could obtain possession
of more land under these acts he could
launch out iu the stock business in a
manner most profitable,
Started to "Take the Town."
Mountain View.—Four men all mem-
bers of an organization known as the
Hughes gang of Oak creek, came in
here Saturday night with the intne-
tion of "taking the town." Marshal
prevail in the various localities; every \ jegs0 Morris and Deputy Marshal
town of any size lias an opera house j ^Cl.e8 found the men in the Exchange
A Weedy Heart.
Reggy—-Miss Gwace, if you allow me
to call you "Cigawette" I will love you
more, weally.
Miss Grace—But why do you wish to
call me "Cigarette?"
Because I have a tobacco heart, you
gut.
one day If he ever harmed you I'd make
u sifter out'ni his damn eareass, au' he | know. —Chicago Evening News,
where excellent theatrical and 0|>era
troops perform, Lecture courses, con-
certs and oilier entertainments are lib-
erally patronized; the eliurch social is
found here as elsewhere and there are
numerous public and private recep-
tions, balls and banquets, where the
dress of the participants, the oratory
and the social intercourses is fully up
to the standard of the most advanced
eastern city.
"AU fraternal organizations and so-
cial orders have large membership and
women's clubs are found in most of the
towns of the territory. These clubs,
through the territorial and local feder-
ation, are doing much to advance the
higher interests of the territory, help-
ing in the improvement of the public
schooia, inaugurating public libraries
in many of tlia towns and fostering the
spirit for the improvement and beauti-
fying of city homes, alreets and parks.
With 400,000 people, with W0,000
sulooii. After the smoke of the battle
had cleared away it was found that
Marshal Morris anil William Hughes
Were fatally injured. Three others
were seriously injured.
Agent Sharp Indicted.
Among the indictments returned by
the United States grand jury at l'er.-y
is one against A. Sharp agent for the
Otoe and Missouri and Ponca Indians.
Sharp was indioted for demanilii«f anil
receiving money from the cattlemen
who were leasing grazing lands, before
he would complete the leases. He was
removed from office a year ago, Major
Jensen being appointed in his stead.
Sharp lives in Maryland.
Child* Horrlbl* Death.
Oklahoma City.—Little Ruth Rash,
thu six-year old daughter of Charles.
~ l
Rash, a section hand on the Santa Vol
children in'her publTc schools and 2',000 I was drowned in an outhouse adjoining
young men and women in her higher | the section house.
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