The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, November 16, 1906 Page: 3 of 8
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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 Rlght-of
way Grant Made in 1866—Will be
Appealed to United States
Supreme Court.
TOPEKA: Thousands of acres o\
the most valuable farm lands in Kan
jBas, together with a large amount ol
land located in towns and cities ol
the state Is given to the Missouri
Kansas and Texas railway by a de-
cision ot the Kansas supreme court
In the casd of that railroad company
against Watson.
In July, 1866, congress granted to
the Union Pacific Railway company,
southern branch, now the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railway 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
have been erected on the outer 50
feet on each side, which have been
occupied and used without disturb-
ance for many years. The railroad
company brought suit to oust these
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-
tice Bureh 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 Rurch
holds that the grant to the railroad
took effect immediately upon the pas-
sage of the act and that all persons
who bought lands adjoining the rail-
road property took their titles sub-
ject 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
to the railroad with the express pro-
vision that all troops and munitions
of war should be carried free forever
and private individuals could not en-
croach upon the right of way since
the country Uai b">en settled so that
the company can be deprived of the
land.
This suit should not be confused
with the suit of tho Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railway against the gov-
ernment for the land grant in In-
dian Territory In which Kansas is
acting as trusteo for the railroad
company. The latter case is now In
the United States supreme court.
The Age of Machinery.
We live in the age of machinery
The thinking, directing mind becomes
dally of more account, while mere
brawn falls correspondingly in value
from day to day. That eccentric phil-
osopher, Elbert Hubbard, says In one
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 tho
hand picker, the spinning wheel and
the hand loom; since the reaper and
binder, the rake and tedder, the mow
ing machine took the place of the old
cradle, scythe, pitchfork and hand
rake; since the friction match su-
perseded the flint and tinder; since
the modern paint factory replaced the
slab and muller, the paint pot and
paddle.
In every case where machinery has
been Introduced to replace hand labor,
the laborers h;.ve resisted the change;
and as the weavers, the sempstresses
and the farm laborers protested
against new-fangled looms, sewing ma-
chines and agricultural implements,
so in recent times compositors have
protested against type-setting ma-
chines, glasB 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
imitators of to-day, the protest will
be In vain. It is a protest against civ-
ilization, against the common weal,
against their own welfare.
The history of all mechanical im-
provements shows that workmen are
the first to be benefited by them.
The invention of tho 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,
at better wages, for shorter hours and
easier work where hundreds before
worked in laborious misery to eke
out a pitiable existence. It was so
with spinning and weaving machin-
ery, with agricultural Implements—in
j fact, it is so with every notable im
i provement. The multiplication of
| books in the last decade is a direct
! result of the invention of linotype
machinery and fast presses.
Tho mixed paint Industry, in which
carefully designed paints for house
painting are prepared on a large scale
by special machinery, is another im-
| provement of the same type. The
cheapness and general excellence of
these products has so stimulated the
consumption of paint that the de-
mand for the services of painters has
correspondingly multiplied. liefore
the advent of these goods a well paint-
ed house was noticeable from its
rarity, whereas to-day an ill-painted
house is conspicuous.
Nevertheless, the painters, as a
rule, following the example set by
the weavers, the sempstresses and the
farm laborers of old, almost to a man,
j oppose the improvement. It is a real
j 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,«00,000 gal-
lons.
Hindsight Is always better than
foresight, and most of ns who deplore
the short-sightedness of our ancestors
would do well to see that we do not
in turn furnish "terrible examples" to
our posterity.
KILLS WIFE; SHOOTS HIMSELF,1 MONKEY PLAYED MANY PARTS.
Hon. W. M. Cross of Oklahoma City-
has announced his candidacy for sec-
retary of state.
SOLDIERS ARE TURNED LOOSE
Three Negro Companies at Fort Reno
Formally Discharged
EIj RENO: The three negro com-
panies of tli* Second batallion of the
Twenty-sixth Infantry were <hs
charged at Fort Reno Monday by or-
der of President Roosevelt. They
were dismissed from the 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 service. Charles Dane, of Com-
pany D has beer, a soldier for twentj-
two years.
Another veteran of Company 1) was
ITIrst Sergeant Israel Harris. He was
In his full dress uniform and the ser
vice stripes on his sleeves nearly
filled the space from elbow to wrist.
Many ot the soldiers shed tears sip
they watched their arms being packed
In tho gun cases and sealed. 'I hey
talked of nothing but their discharge.
Most of them wcro completely ills
heartened and have no plans for tho
future. •
AUTO HELPS FALSE HAIR TRADZ.
Suppression of Convents in Francs
Diminishes Supply Considerably.
Paris.—According to the Eclair, at
the human hair market, held annually
at Limorges, this year's offerings wero
worth $200,000. One dealer alone on
the first day of the sale purchased
$4,800 worth. The average price per
kilogramme was $17. Young girls in
the districts where travelers for hair
dealers make their rounds are perfect-
ly well aware of the value of their hair
and no longer exchange it for a r.chu
or a boa or two "or three meters of
muslin.
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
of automobiling and the suppression of
hats In theaters.
One chief cause of the diminution
of the supply is the suppression of the
convents. These were one of the main
sources of supply. There Is, however,
no danger of a hair famine, as Italy
could furnish much more hair than it
doc at present, and China and the
East furnish an inexhautible field.
Divorce Case Ends in a Double Trag-
edy at Tuttle.
The little town of Tuttle, I. T., fair-
ly reeked with tragedy Saturday aft-
ernoon and a scene was enacted there
that cost two lives, and came very
near being the death of another. John
Swalley, a prominent farmer living in
Tuttle, shot his wife, Mrs. Emma
Swalley, through the head, killing her
almost Instantly and seriously wound-
ed her attorney, Mr. Robert Burns, of
Chickasha, then turning his smoking
gun upon his own self, and viewing
the work already done, blew his
brains out.
The story of the killing and suicide
Is a grewsome affair, and one that
will never be forgotten by those who
were in Tuttle at the time.
Some weeks ago Mrs. Emma Swal-
ley sued her husband for a divorce,
alleging among other things, incom-
patibility of temper. There were more
serious allegations, but these were
naught beside the one feature of his
being of such a character that she
was not able to live with him. She
employed Mr. Burns to represent her
in the courts, and had gone to Tuttle
to make ready for the case.
Mr. Swalley had asked for a meet-
ing with a view to effecting a recon-
ciliation, and during the interview at
Tuttle pulled his gun with the words:
"I guess I'll settle this right here and
now."
SPECTACULAR
IS CEREMONY
UNION OF BAPTIST BODIES AT
SHAWNEE LAST WEEK.
Passed Resolution of Amalgamation
and Then Exemplified It by
a Street Parade.
SHAWNEE; The Indian Territory
Baptist assembly completed its work
Friday at the First Baptist church
and adopted a resolution to unite with
the Oklahoma assembly, which was in
session at the M. E. church, south.
The Indian Territory assembly, con-
sisting of several hundred members,
forming a double procession three
blocks long, then marched west on
Ninth street to Main and Beard, where
they were met by the Oklahoma as-
sembly, equally as strong, that assem-
bly having previously adopted tho
resolution to amalgamate. As the
two bodies of ministers and laymen
met, the "spaces between the march-
ers were widened and the two united,
first an Oklalioman, then an Indian
Territory delegate, all down the long
line, thus typifying their perfect
union as the great Oklahoma Baptist
assembly, with 1,600 delegates.
As no church in the city is large
enough to accommodate the entire
joint assembly and the crowds of
spectators, tha Becker theater was
pressed into service and the remain-
der of the services were held there.
The last sessions of the two assem-
blies before they amalgamated were
stirring In the extreme. Little sorrow
pervaded them at the thought that as
individual assemblies they were to
pass away, but there was a profound
joy in the fact that they would hence-
forth be united as one of the strong-
est and greatest bodies of Christian
workers in the countrv.
The assembly continued until Mon-
day night, and besides the election of
officers, appointments of committees,
and other business there was a num-
ber of addresses by the best sermon-
izers In the Baptist church. Sunday
was wholly devoted to the work of the
Master.
General Wm. R. Shafter, retired,
who commanded the American troops
at Santiago, Cuba, during the Spanish
war, died Monday at Bakersfleld,
Cal.
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 scrap-
books a western criticism on Hamlet.
The criticism, which was dated 1873,
ran;
"There Is too much chinning In this
piece. The author 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 upon the track of Hamlet's uncle.
Defined by Customs Men as a Bird, a
Handbag and a Dog.
On the travels of a monkey from
Genoa to Heidelberg an amusing farce
might be written. A German gentle-
men brought from 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 was
promptly deprived of its identity. It
was no longer an animal; it became
a bird, and as a bird, on which 28
cents was charged, 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 Constance 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. It 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 clr-
cumferance of fully 22 inches. 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.
Heads wearing lijits of the sizes 6%
and smaller, or being less than 21
Inches in circumference, can never be
powerful. BetweeA 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.
co«tC0LDS
FOR
CATARRH
/OFTHE
HEAD.THROAT
mLungsstomach.
pdneks.bl4dder
AND
PELVIC
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, j
Did you face the music like a sol- {
dier?" He—"Well, yes. During an en- j
gagement the bands stay in the rear." j
—Harvard Lampoon.
METALLIC
kmnwES
Defiance Starch is the latest. Inven-
tion in that line and an improvement
on all other makes; it is more eco-
nomical, does better work, takes less
time. Get it from any grocer.
If a woman laughs a. a man's jokes
It's because he isn't her husband.
Far Remington
Rifles
For Winchester
Riiies
For Savage Rifles
For Martin Rifles
For Stevens Rifles
For All Rifles
! U.M.C. cartridges
are universally pre-
P"fcrrcd by sports-
men who wish toper their full money's worth.
Your dealer sells thorn. FreeCatalogue.
U. M. C. cartridge are £u«ranteed. also
standard arms when IJ. M.C. cartridges arc
u>ed as specified on labels.
THE UNION METALLIC
CARTRIDGE COMPANY
BRIDGEPORT. CONNECTICUT
Aper.cy: 313 Broadway - - New York
r
HAS NO JURISDICTION.
Territory Canvassing Board Refuses
to Hear Contest Cases.
MUSKOGEE: The districting and
canvassing board of Indian Territory
has refused to consider the contests
iu several delegate districts, giving
as a reason that it does not come
within the jurisdiction of the board.
It is held by the members of the
board that they were only authorized
to district tha territory and to can-
[ vass the votes.
It Is expressed as tho opinion of
the board that while It does not think
the law gives them thl3 authority
that the contests should be heard bv
the constitutional convention, as is
done in case a seat in the legislature
j is contested. After the contests are
derided according to this construc-
tion of the law, the successful dele-
gate may tako his seat and particl
! pats In the convention.
Fire haa totally destroyed the par
sonags of the Cumberland Presbyte-
l rlan church at Ardmore occupied by
j Rev. H. L. Walker. Loss $3,000, in-
I snrance (2,200.
HOW DEBILITY SHOWS
And Why Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
Are a Specific for Dangerous
Physical Declines.
The symptoms of general debility vary
according to the cause but weakness in
always present, a tendency to perspire
and fatigue easily, ringing in the ears,
sometimes black spots passing before
tho eyes, weak back, vertigo, wakeful-
ness caused by inability tc stop thinking,
and unrefresiling sleep. The canse of
tho trouble may bo some drain on the
system or it may be mental or physical
overwork, sometimes insufficient nutri-
tion due to digestive disturbance. In
the letter case there is generally a loss of
appetite and a coated tongue as well as
general languor and debility.
Miss LulaM. Metzger, a stenographer,
liviugatTl Mill street, Watertowu, N.Y.,
suffered for over a year front general
debility. "It was caused by overstndy,"
she says, "and I had no ambition, didn't
want to go anywhere, my food didn't
taste good, I was run down, lifeless and
listless. 1 took medicines but they failed
to help me. Finally friends recom-
mended Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to my
mother and she got some for me. I took
them for some time find was entirely
cured and have had no return of the
trouble."
Dr.Williams' Pink Pills cure debility
because they actually make new, reel,
rich blood, and as tho blood carries
nourishment to all tho organs and tis.- lies
of tho body, nerves as well as muscles,
the new blood stimulates the organs to
do thu work that nature expects of them
and normal health follows. Not only
is this treatment sufficient to euro de-
bility but many severe nervous disorders
as well.
The pills are sold by all druggists, or
will bo sent postpaid, on receipt of price,
60 cents per box, six boxes $',1.50, by the
Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenec-
tady, N. Y. Send for freo diet book.
t afflicted with I
•ore tjua, uu f
NEW WHEAT LANDS I?1
THE CANADIAN WEST
iSlil
R nnn additional miles
d.UUU of railway this
year hare opened up a
largely increased terri-
tory to the progressive
fanners of Wtsiern
Canada and the Gov«
TniBfiit of the Domin-
ion continues to give
ONK HUNDRED AND
SIXTY ACRKS FREE to every settler.
THE CGUHTRY HAS
NO SUPERIOR
Coal, wood and water in abundance; churches
and Hchools convenient; markets easy of access;
taxes low; climate Hie best in the not them tem-
perate zone. I,aw and order prevailsevery where.
J<or advic*" and information address the
SUPERINTENDENT OF IMMIGRATION,
Ottawa, Canada, or any authorized Canadian
Government A Kent
J. S. CRAWFORD, Na. 125 W. Ninth Street,
Kama# City, Misaauri.
PFAnFPQ of this paper da-
ltLril/LU J siring to buy ary-
—«wmnaMMumm—f ; ling advertised in
its columns should insist upon having
what thty ask for, refusing ail substi-
tutes or imitations.
D3U8LE ACTION 0/ JOINTED POLE CUTA
Send ftr
Circulars to Wis
CUTAWAY
111'-, I.
Can i s v
Buchan's GRESYI.IG Dintmenl
Is a positive necessity to every cattleman, will
quickly heal wounds and sores on all annuals,
won first premium at Texas State Falr^ndfor
40 years has been the standard remedy for
SCREW WORMS AND FOOT ROT
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