The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 130, Ed. 2 Sunday, September 23, 1906 Page: 2 of 8
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THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1906,
A HARD JOB
FOR WELLMAN
First Arch of Balloon Houae
Started
BIG MOTORS UNDER WAY
More Visitors Arrive at Chicago
Newspaver Man s Head-
quarters in Norway—French
Tourists Have a Thrilling Ad
venture •
Record-Ronald House Spitsbergen,
Sept. 22. Walter Wellman writes us fol-
It.wa to the I'litcago Reooid-Herald: Here
a-re a few more extract* from Lb* expedi
tlon Journal concerning otir dally life at
this outPosT:
July 24 —Today "Engineer i,i went sal |
and his force begun work on the first (
of the thirteen g>i -at arches w.ikch are to
form the skeleton of the balloon houae,
ituiiinuK'h un tliese frame* were not
ready-tnude Jn .Norway, ua had been
I>! ui ii«*l. and must lien* he bu41t out of
a took timbers. u waa nee® *ury to ♦root
a strong binding- bench on which to
fashion tho huge bowa.
HrelJrnnary to this u UwentaaJ paint-
ed the line* of t.ie aivhes upon tli*s ex-
pensive floor, in much the na.nia way tho
ysoht designer in.-uk* off feje curve® in
a nhip-loft.
I More visitor* Tho 111*. Do Fns«*-e
ram* In Inat night with 1-jO tourists
aboard, ami today our moip has been,
fairly overrun with < iisrnning people of
tooth sexes
Greet a An Old Friand
Roma of them we ara particularly glsd
<« meet, notably .VI Oliver, our old friend
of "Parle, who organised the tour, and j
who la well known In Cae sclecitWIe clr- ■
eles of Kuoxipe. I r. Otto Nc rde<iakiold,
aon of the faanoua f wedl«h explorer, who |
t-.an hlmsolf done admirable work In the (
antarctic, and who waa among the first j
men of experience and Judgment 10 com-
ment the plan of thla expedition, hla
words of discernment and appreciation
coining at a time when a good deal of
Ignorance na to the real character of the
project waa rife; and Al Qullaume, di-
rector of the International bureau of
weight a and meuaurea and acting t r<ai~
dent of the internal f!onal coiiMiilsaion of
aeronautics.
The night before tils arrival here M.
OuMaume had delivered a lecture 10 his
fellow passengers on aerouauttics in gen
eral, and I wuh urge d to go on )>oard for
dinner and gi\e a talk concerning our
pinna, but w<is too rnuoh occupied to ac-
espt. Mr. Hervieu went In mv place, and
gave l*«t preach friends aa Interesting
di course as to our work.
Guests of Friesland
Major llereey and myself took lunch-
eon with ('aputin 8nethl ro and his ohtef
off,.w« aboard tl.e crulner Krleaiand to-
day, and greatly enjoyed vur toour with
in«se g.nlal l>ut«o gontlemen We are
under obligations to the hv-ieahunf for
m 11 ri* us a large supply of rope of wlwch
we suual In great need for tlie work of
•rectng the arc lies of the imI loon-houae.
M {Vdardeau started Uie lug motor of
Hie airship today, end tomorrow wo are
gotng to try to raise the first arch of the
balloon shed
Weather fine, with southerly winds.
July 26 A gullnnt but unsuccessful ef-
fort was made <today toy Mi, Reiaenberg.
aaetsH<«l by all our party and Mte « rew
of the Wthjof to ra ra the first arch of
the baJloon-house. Tiie effort was * tall
tire because our shear legs were only
thirty feet high, while the aroh at the
perpendicular I fts eighty-two feet a
elertder bow of skillfully fashoned wo&d
but unable to withstand the stress put
upon It by the short pull of inadequate
tackle.
Work Proves Difficult
It is. ki fact, an aroh eighty-tw* feet '
Mgti. with a htuw of equal width, and
only six Incites tldck. and the failure ofj
tfvs effort to hasten the erection will |
not surprise anyone fai M*nr wrlth engin-
eering 1*« theie Is nothing to do but
to have n ntrse to Mr TJwenlaal's plan ,
and put up a pyramidal lifting cmae
ettghty feet high, even If It doe* take
several daye of our precrou* time
The e plsrKt«« wan not * thout its value I
In the first place. It taught us that some
tknen the more ha«te ti* less apeoti. and |
la tlie second pla« e Mr He aenl>erg ha\- j
lug acknowledged Ids failure In right
•nanly fashion, and pl«>dged his earnest
oo-oiteration wlfto 'Mr I.w<mtaal's plan,
1 took ooi«ston to remark that this wan
rhe spirit wi i h must control all of us,
as we all had most d fficult tasks t« per-
form, and everyone needed the hearty
am>ist«nc« of hla comrades All hands
v-oiite.1 till near midnight in an effort
to reoovar * p*rt of U* lost da>
Steamer Express Missing
We are aorr.ed an to the wheieubontn
of the Utile •■toainer Kxpress. which left
toere nearly a week ago for a run to t Te i
ice pa4*k. H«rr l<arner promising to be |
back In three days. Hlie ia a frail llttla
craft, and inay be in trouble with the!
I If she doen not allow up soon we
•hal seiul tbe IMtiijOl after her
Weather--Kltie. with little wHid. If the
America wore oul>- ready for hsr trUils
J ily % W<ith the n«'Wspa)>er para
gn t hers of Amcm* a aitiy and good
spirited lot t'i«y are—iherc is no more
j«puL\r subject to jest than tha artlc
relief exiieditton WlMHtvrr an aitlc et-
jwdi-iion is announoed the Jokers at once
rta*t irp tbeir pert paragraphs about the
raVef expetMtlon, wjhirh. u«Hx>rding to
their View, must quickly toe dispatched
1' search of It. To ttiem it mat-era lutie
that r 'Hef expn<titiion* are actually quits
Itifreqven' tn arcf.c annain and wholly
out of date in these later da>*. when
♦very traveler In t'i«eo regions expects
to and > g- nerailv able to tHke rare
himself. Thay do not stop for a littIf
thmc like that
Story With s Moral
To the professional Jokor and V ng |
may be fhostiali the arctic rak'ef evpedt-
tlon la v««ry iium*i what the woodoliucs
was t* Jlenry WVrd llsecher's d« g Ones
tbla dog saw a wood< huek dm: Into a
tmie in a stone wall "f oiturne he ga\-e
ehaae «a<1 paw<ed an<l dug h s way as far
as ne could after hie prey. But tho
woodohuck escaped. The next day the
di g went lx< k to t ie hole In to* wall
and renewed operations with Ik same
result. Ahe day aftor and tlw day after
that day he did it og.nn.
By tills t-me it had benoine a habit,
and so every afternoon, after he had
slept under the kitchen stove as much iif
his dogskin could hold he got up, \owned j
stretched Ills legs and wollloqulzed "well ,
it in about time I was going after thn/t I
woodchuch of onne once more" Ami,
away he weiy, barking and scratching.
and clawing, to hla hole ■ it tho Mall
where he had onoe seen tho woodchuch I
enter.
1Ie wan a young dog when th«l* stage,
of Ms life began; in time he ern * middle
aged and sedate, and finally old and dc
rrepUi and laiy. But the habit waa now |
strong upon bib. Every ay. rain or shine
wlntar or summer, found him at ills post
of duty. Nothing could his habitual
ardor, nothing quench* his yelping «n
thusiasm.
In the end. of course, he <JJed, a very
old, a toothless, a clawless dog. But
to the lost he maintained his solitary
vlglj; with hia dying breath be murmured
that he felt perfectly sure there was a
woodchuck In that hole in the wall be-
rauyt lie bad seen the beast enter and
had never seen him <*ome out
Taltlng pity on the \>oor paragtaphers,
who have been barking about relief ex-
peditions for a century or more, we have
concluded that there ahail be really and
truly a relief expedition hare in Bpitx-
ber«(i-n. and tonight we sent the FVlthJof
northward to look for -the ■missing Bx-
preas, w«tb Major Jlersey In charge, ln-
atructed to search the north «"oaat for a
day or two. tllerr learner, the charterer
of tlia little s:earner, is said to have a
favorite theory abut in case of atorm
the aafest place for a ship is in the loose
Ice which may generally be found near
the pack. This theory would he nil right
for a staunch lce-ves el like the Frlth-
Jof, with her heavy timber* and hull
of green-heart, but not for a steel boat
lake the Kxpress.
Our photogna/pher and cinematograph
operator. Mr Rosemun, is, aboard the
Express, and *o we are not altogether
unselttlsh In the sea-Ch. We need hinl
here at headquarters.
Tourist Boat In Trouble
July 27.--Tbe Krithjof returned this
morning with an arctic story Our relief
expedition had developed a surprise. It
was not tbe Express that had fallen n-
to trouble, but tbe Prencii tour-at ship.
She had run upon a rock at Hie mouth
of iJted Bay. "With her own engine* she
could not get off
According to all reports tliere was
something like a panic aboard when 'he
passengers realized the gravity of their
situation Tihei captain ordered boats]
ashore, aud a considerable number ofj
passengers were landed. Fortunately the
Express was not far away, and for-
tunately, also, the Pries <nd was at
Wide Bay, whither the 1 resn steamed
as fast a* she could for help.
The Dutch oruiser came and with con-
siderable difficulty pulled the French-
man into clear water. If the Friesland
had no? «*hanced to be near by, it Is quite
•probable the He de Prance would bava
been lost, and a pretty pickle h«r tour-
ists would have found themselves In.
Needed Proper Charts
There Is the mote surprise that ahe
should have gvme aground when it is re-
tnenibwed Wiat. thanks to the admirable
eoundlngs taken by the Prince of Mon-
aco a few years ago Red Bay and ite
entranoe are tlioroughly charted, and tl.e
pilot of the lie de France wus none oth-
er than our old friend Oapta n <KJeldsen.
one of the b-sl arctic skippers In Nor-
auy. as we know. l ecauif>* we have been
many tlmea -hi the orow's-neat with Mm
•«'ekWig a way out of nasty situations I
Tim iindereiaruling Is that there were
no proper clsu-ts aboard
When tourist ships go roam:tig the arc-
tlo seas they should beware not only the
treacherous ice-pack, but the long
tongues or rocks which In many places
run shoal 061 from tlio headlands of
those crirmiilltig coasts •
WAI.TF.R WBIihMAS.
INDIAN LANDS
ARE VALUABLt
THE "GRAMMAR PREPARATORY
Name Given a School Where Dull:
Children Are Transformed
Writing of Springfield, the 'Vity • .f
Spetlal Scboole." In Everybody's fi t-
Sept ember, Marlon Mstl'i* sa>>
•It waa found that In the grammar,
and primary grades the teachers we (
often hamtnpered in their work by PUij
plls cunslderably older than oth-'rs of
the same grade. They ;vere gcuert'iy
pupil" who needed more IndivMuelj
help from the teachers than it la pus I
slble to give in a regular grnle and
their sise. as well aa their ag.\ natle
them conspicuous an dull and '>a< kward
pupils. To give these children the In-
dividual help needed aud to rell«vj the
primary and grammar teacher*, a in m
a as reserved for them in one of i'i«
regular school buildings, this iv iu to
be kinta 11 as the grammar prepara-
tcry." There are now four g.ummar
preparatory schools, and iu ttiern dull)
pupils are being rapidly 11 nnaforme«.'j
Into bright, interesting boys 1 id giil .
"There are many raasous why tho^o
children are backward. Some hue
not been able to attend school )egu-|
larly on account of illness; other-j have
. I tne fro intowns where the school sys 1
tem la wholly different from Spri-ig- |
tied s. and they do not ms«t tlie re- 1
quiremeuts of the grade In whicathty
have been plated. «tiners mo.'ud about!
from plai e to place so mui h that tl-.eyl
have dionpetl behind iu their studio*, ;
still others are foreigners who h;-vej
been hindered by Ignorance of the I
English language, and then then* it th-
Ino or girl who needs IndiviitiAl t*
tetitioii because of hie or ber pe. uliar
disposition So soon aa a pupil .s
brought lnt . oae of these echo's the
teacher studies him tu discover the
precise cause of his ba< kw 1 dne.ss ut d
then trlee to remove this ca .|«*. If ne
doss not know the language, ahe t.-acn-
es It to him little by little. If he has
Iw-en hampeted by olrcumstcn. oa, she
gives him a lift in his lessons ana
soon has him ready for rsgui.ir >>iu<le
work If he Is incupaclated by phyl-
<al ailment, she ..insults with his is.*
ents and with physicians t.i relieve
him if the pupil Is merely slow, she
takes infinite pains to ettcou awe h m
to work out hla busineas in his own
way." e
Bulk of Big Pasture, "Second
Class"* However
PLENTY OF TIMBER THERE
Great Part of Government Re-
serve Soon to be Opened t<f
Settlers is W«U Watered-
Brief Summary of Character-
istics Given by Department
Washington, flept. 22,-JThe Oklaho-
ma pasture lands, soon to be opendU
to settlement, consist of thirty-four
townships, five of which are fractional
The surveyor's returns, made in 1871
ami 187ft, on tlie in the general land
office, give data which can be used to
advantage by the prospective home'
steader in that region The field notes
of ths surveyors will be available at
several local land offices prior Iu and
during the time of the opening.
* The great bulk of the iOo.OOO acres
In tho I'iowu, Comanche and Apa< he
reservation la classed as second-rste
soli, from fair to good cn an average.
Practically every towuship has more
or less timber, and the major portion
of the land is well watered. The fol-
lowing description, tt^ken from the sur-
veyor's reports, gives a fy ief summitry
of the characteristics of the land and
soil, timber, water, roads, and other
detail*. With this data and a map of
Uklahrjma, it will be found easy to lo-
cate tlie most desirable lands
Surveyor's Description
Township 1 north range * west—
Surface generally rolling, mostly prair-
ie, *and soil good second rate: land well
watered by the numerous smnll
streams *and tributaries c(f the kittle
Beaver creek, which "rises in the
northeastern part of tho township,
taking a southwesterly direction
passing out through section 3ll. Tim-
Iter consists chiefly of oak. elm, cot-
tonwood and haekberry, which Is prin-
cipally confined to the banks of the
streams. Some post oak of very good
quality may be found in the north-
eastern part of the township. The
Abilene, cattle trail enters the town-
ship in section 2D, bearing northwest
and north, passing out In section 2.
The Fort Sill and Arbuckle wagon
road enters In the southwest quarter
of sectUn 7. bearing southeast; when
in section 23 it Jo^ns the Abilene cattle
trail passing through section So.
Township 2 north, range 8 west
The upland is generally rolling: soil,
second rate. Bottom land surface lev-
el, soil first rate, and well adapted for
agricultural purposes Land well wat-
ered by little Beaver and Stinking
crooks, with their numerous tributaries.
Timber chiefly post and bla- k oak.
The elm, walnut, cottonwood and hack-
berry timber Is principally confined to
the banks of streams. The "Abilene
cattle trail enters the tnwyshlp In
in section 3b, bearing northeast and
passing out through section '-'7i
Township & nc.-th, 'range 9 west-
Surface high and lolling, mostly prtklr-
le; soil second rate. Timber chiefly
of post, black aud jack oak, second
late quality. The land Is well wat-
ered by small streams and springs the
banks of which are generally lined
with elm cottonwood and walnut tim-
ber.
Township 4 north, range 10 west —
Surface, high and rolling, mostly
prairie; soil second rate and -well
adapted for agricultural and farming
purpose*. Timber chiefly of post and
black uak, second und third rate qual-
ity. latnd well watered by numerous
springs and small brooks, the ganks
of which are lined with elm, cotton-
wood and haekberry timber.
Township 5 north, range 10 west -
Surface igh and rolling, mostly prair-
ie. soil second rale. Tho* land Is w ell
watered by numerous small streams,
the hanks of which are lined with elm.
cottonwood and post oak timber Gyp-
sum abounds in large quantities along
th© brooks and hills. The soil is well
udn*pted for cultivation.
Township 4 north, range 18 west—
Surface nearly level and generally
smooth prairie; soil mainly s<<'ui^l
rate, «f 11 fair quality The south-
eastern portion is covered with a
scrubby growth of scattering mesquite
brush. The* whole township Is Inhab-
ited by prairie dogs. Hood oak. cot-
tonwood, hackbirry and pecan limber
Is found along the bunks of Klk creek,
which enters tho jownship In* section
flow s in a south westerly direction
passing out through section 18.
Township 5 north, range 18 west —
Surface generallyssltghtly rolling, soil
csi an average and second rate Klk
creek enters the township nlsection 4.
coursing south and passes out through
section 32. The banks of this stream
'are lined with mainly elm. oak and
cottonwood of a ^>od quality
Township 4 north, range 19 west -
Surface of tho central aud southwest-
ern portions high aud rolling prairies,
soil sandy, second aud third rate. The
modintains are confined to the extreme
northwestern corner of the township,
and sre rough and rocky The north
fork of Bed river enters the township
on the line between sections 7 and 18,
coursing t, irtheast to « ti ^1 1, niaklifc
several bends, theme passing south
between sections 35 and 36. River
water salt> Sonic small groves of
postwik may be found In set tiona II
and 16. * 4
^Township & north, range II west
Hurfocs. with tho exception of the
mountains, is gently rolling prairie;
soil se> ond rate West half of the
township covered with scattering ines
quite brush Land-watered by small
streams, the general . oursea of whith
are south and southeast. Timber
principally elm and cottonwood, and
confined to the bauks of the .-te«>k-
The mountains are high,jpery rough
nd rocky, and well distributed ovar
the township.
Tow nship 1 south, range " west—
Surface nearly level and the soil, on
sn average, secc/nd rate. Timber chief-
ly post aud black oak und is principal
ly confined to the southeastern part
of the township. Land well watered by
small streams, the banks of which art;
cave^jfd with scattering cottonwood
and elm timber. The greater part of
this township is well adapted fo
farming and grazing purposes. The
best soil Is in the northeast part of
Die towuship.
Township 4 south, range 11 west-
Surface generally level, mostly prairie.
Soil good, first and second rate, and
well adapted for farming#and agricul-
tural purposes. Well watered by
Cache creek. Its west branch and num-
erous tributaries. Cache creek enters
the township In section 1, the west
branch in section 6, forming a junction
in*section 13, and passing out through
section 24. Timber consists of cotton-
wood, eJm, haekberry, pecan, burr and
post oak of a good quality, aud la
principally confined to the banks of
the streams. There are a number of
wagom rrftids, which bear northeast
aud southwest, along the north side
of lite timber
Township 6 south, range" 11 west-
Surface very rough and rocky except
near the river bank, where It is low,
gravely and snudy prairie. Boll sec-
ond and third rate. 8mull amount of
cottonwood, haekberry and elm timber
along the river banks.
Township 1 south, range 12 west—
Surface rolling prairie; soil second
rate. Land well watered by numerous
small streams, the general course of
which Is southeast. Timber, chiefly
elm, haekberry, ash, pecan and cotton-
wood, confined to the banks of the
streams. A wagon* road enters the
township In section 1, 1 tears southwest,
leaving through section 33.
Township 2 south, range 12 west—
Surface rolling, mostly prairie soil
secoud rafts; land well watered* by
West Cache creek and Its numerous
tributaries, creek enters the township
In section 6. coursing southeast, piss-
ing out through* section 35. The bot
tom land bordering this stream Is well
adapted for farming purposes; timber
chle/fly elm, oak. cottonwc^l, p*
haekberry and walntft of a fair quali-
ty. A road enters the township In sec-
tion 4, bearing south southwest, leav-
ing through section 31.
Township 3 south, range 12 west
Surface gently rolling prairie; soil on
an average second rate; well watered
bv numerous streams, the principal
of wfiich Is .Wilt Cache Creek,
Bering the township iu section 2, cours-
ing southeast, passing out through sec-
tic y 12; timber chiefly elm, oak, pecan,
haekberry and cottonwood confined to
hanks of streams.
Township 4 south, range 12 west-
Surface gently rolling, mostly pralrla;
soil.on an average second rate; land
well watered by small streams,
general courses of which are east
i ANOTHER BIG OPENING a
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Thepastures of the Kiowa--OGinanclie County g
o is the next and we have now ready, for sale the jj
S FIELD NOTES together with a large MAP g
giving ail the information pertaining to the g
J. opening • of the BIG PASTURE. From the g
Field Notes You can get a correct description ^
of every section of land in that country, and
from the map you can easily find it.
The-Successful Man in all.
Land Openings is the Posted Man
This is the Last Chance to Get a Home S
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haekberry and elm'timber. Seme old
roads boar northeast and southwest
through the northwestern part of the
township. Red river enters the town-
ship iu section*33. courses northeast t(fj
section 35, thence southeast, passing
out through section 36.
Township r> south, range 14 west—■
Surface of this fractional township
is inoatly rolling, sandy prairie; acjil 1
second rati, of a poor quality. Tini*|
ber, scattering elm, cottonwood, pecan,
and walnut. Red river flows north-J
easterly through the township from!
tlie j section T to section 4.
indj Township 2 south, range 15 west -
southeast; timber, elm, haekberry. ash,I Surface mostly gently rolling prairie,
chlnaberry, post oak. pecau, and cot- "ull second and third rate, Some
tonwood <>n hanks of the streams.
Township 5 south lalife 12 west
Surface generally rolling prairie; soil
tsAcond and third rate, southern por- Augur wage us
tlon generally sandy: timber mainly the township from section
cottonwood and haekberry. mostly! I'*-" 32. The land is well watered
rough, uneven and badly broken
ground may be found in different lo-
calities. The Fort 8111 and Camp
through
to sec-
coniined to banks of streams. Red
river outers tlie towfiship in s-Mion
30, flowing east, where it enters, and,
bearing north, passes out through sec-
tion 13. It ls*a slow, sluggish stream,
with Htrong. blackish water, and its
banks nre lined with scattering cot-
tonwood trees.
Towunhip 1 south, range 13 west —
Surface gently rolling, mostly prairie;
soil second rate and <well adapted for
farming purposes; well watered by
small streams. The banks of which
are skirted with pecan, cottonwood,
elm. hai kbe/r.v und chlnaberry timber
of a fair quality
Township 3 south, range 15 west—j
Surface mainly gently rolling prairie;
soil, on an average, second rate of a
good quality. There are two largrl
* reeks. OM fUlering in MOtlOB 7, tiow - I
ing southeast, and passing out through I
section 24; the other enters in section
4 and passes out through section 13;
numerous sireams, the principal ofl 'he banks lined with haekberry ihlna-
WUdl 1- Wmt Cache creek. WhJefc M>| NWy, pOCftD. ttm Ud ash timber,
ters the township in section «. courses 1 *Vlth the exception of mesqulte brush
southeast, passes out through section!"1 some portions, the timber along
ii. timber, cottonwood, elm. pecan,! these creeks Is all there is in the town-
burr and post oak. on banks of 1 ship. Fort Sill and Camp A\igur road
streams. > passes through the western part of tlie
Township 2 south, rang" 13 west— 1 township, bearing north and south.
Surface gently lolling prairie; soil, Township 5 south, range t15 .vast-
good, second rate; timber, cottonwood, 1 Surface of this fractional township Is
elm, haekberry, chlnaberry, pecan su4 mostly rolling, sandy prairie soil s.re-
ash, on banks of streams Many por- "tid and third rate, land* bordering
Hons of the township are covered with ; the river In the eastern portion is low,
| prairie-dog towns. marshy and full cf slough ponds. ^Tlie
Township 8 south, range 13 west—« timber consists of cottonwood, hack-
I Surface gently rolling, mostly dog-1 berry, elm and chlnaberry, aud Is con-
town prairie, soil of reddish clay. | lined to the river bunks. Camp Augui
'second rate. b ;th upland and bottom He* mostly In section .6. lted river,
land, well watered by numerous small, pursing southeast, crosses the tow n-
I streams, th! banks of wiUch are skirt-' ship from section i to section 12.
e«| with cottonwood, elm. pecan, hack-1 l*s4geftT ll.TV VvgbsflnortntV o oe
berry, post oak and burr, cak and Township 4 south, range U west—
chlnaberry timber. A road enters the Surface, mostly gently rolling prairie;
township in section 1. bears southwest, soil secoud rate of a fair quality, tlm-
leavlng through section 31. I her, cottonw ood, #4m. haekberry. with
Township 4 south, range 13 west pecan and ch'4^ rry, principally on
S^urfa <^le\el or gently rolling prlarie,! banks of a small creek In the western
California
Commencing August 27th, and continuing until
last day of .October. The Old Pioneer Santa Fe
will again lead the procession by re-instatiug the
$25.00 'Colonist rate to California. Tickets on
sile daily after ajx>ve date, only
325.00
There is a great demand for labor of all kinds in California
and.those desiring to spend a few months there should have no
trouble in finding lucrative employment. The Santa Fe takes
you straight through, direct connections; and 011 trams that are
as safe and comfortable as modern railroading has yet procured.
Call at Union Station, Phone No. 9.
M N. COCHRELL,
SANTA FE. .
Red river enters the township In sec-
tion &. the general course of which is
east, passing out ttyough section 1
There Is some scattering timber along
the banks.
sith
tne greater portion covered
prairie-dog towns, soil is second rate
of a fair ajuality, timber, cottonwood,
• hi and hrickbeyy. found only along
the banks of a creek In the northeast
portion of the township. Red river
flows southeasterly through* the south*
ern portion of section 31
Township it south, range 18 west—
Surface mostly rolling and gently rol-
ling prairie; soil second rale. I/.tnd
bordering river is heavy, rolling pur-
part of the township Tliere are sev-
eral roads In the township, the prin-
cipal of which are Fort Sill and Camp
Augur ruad. which enters lti section
31. bearing worth and leaving through
section 5, aud another which enters in
section 31, bearing northeast, and leav-
ing through section 24.
Township 2 south, rang* IS west —
Surface generally rolling and mostly
covered with scattering mesqulte
brush, soil on an average ts second
pecan, rate; well watered by numerous small
lilnaberry timber. The streams, the ba^ks of which are skirt-
Is level*dogto,wn prate ed with scattering haekberry, elm, and
cottonwood timber.
Township 8 south, range 16 west-
Surface rolling prairie, soil seconl
rate. A creek enters the township In
section C, flowing nearly east ana
leaving In section 13. the banks of
which are skirted by elm, haekberry
and cottonwood Several dry creeka
and runs In the township. A wagon
read enters In section 24, leaving
through section SS.
Township 4 south, range 16 west-
Surface of this fractional township Is
mo8tl> gently rolling pmlrte; a ill sec-
ond and third rate The sandhills are
ccnilned principally to the southern
and southwestern portions of the
township Red rivet enters the town-
ship in the southwestern quarters of
section It), coursing southeast, pass-
ing out through section 82. laud Is
uoorly watered Some scattering cot-
tonwood, hs ok be rry and elm timber*
may be found along the rivers.
Township 5 south, range U^ait^
Surface if this fractional township Is
rolling soil sandy, poor third rate.
le. with'some cottonwood, ash,
haekberry und
nortlft-aat orner ts level "dogtc w n f
lteil river a shallow stream ubout one
mile in width, enters the township in
section 6. flows in a southeasterly di-
rection. jtasslng out in section Jft.
• Township 2 south, range 14 west —
Surface rolling prairie: soil second
rate Creeks generally dry and their
banks lined with timber, consisting of
elm. haekberry, chlnaberry, pecan and
cottonwood.
J'ownshlp 3 south, range 14 weat
t'pland In this township generally rol-
ling•prairie, soli se. ond rate% Crook
bottom lafld i* mostly level; soil llrst
and *• ond rate Weil watered by Uie
numerous streams, the banks of whloh
are skirted with elm. ash. pecan.Wiack-
berry ^ cottonwood. Two old wag-
on roads l)eu!«n)or|})ft4j|t and southwest,
through the southeastern corner of the
township. .
• Township 4 south, range 14 w«at
SulTa . of ins fractional township is
generally high and rolling prairie; the
s«'il 19 ond i.i*i The general course
of the . reeks is south and southeast,
the bank skirted with cuttonwoou,
CHINESE CUT THEIR QtfES
Surgeon-inCheif of Imperial Navy Hae
Made the Declaration
J<Yom the Son Frnn<iseo Chronicle.
The greuAeat change that has ever
happened In the customs of a people
is now going on In China. The an
clent and hcwiorsble pigtail Is being
cut from the heads, of government of-
ficials, high and fow. The merchants
an 1 profeHslnnal men are cutting 't
off. likewise, even the Son of Heaven
himself has.paid a visit to the barber
und is now bereft cf the sublime ap
pendage which hts subjects were wont
to venerate. ,
The tiuthority for these statements
Is Captain llo Kau Yuen, surgeon In
chief of the imperial Chinese navy,
w ho Is at tne head of a party of Chin-
ese officials at the St. Francis hc4fl!
Among the members of the party are
Dr. S. W. Tschen, who .auks as cap-
tuin in the Chinese army, and t
Itude'nts. Chen Shea Ylng and Yeh | bright, bitter, epigrammatic paragraphs
Fong Teh, who are to enter the T'nlted ] attaching the author's latest novel.
States naval academy at Annapolis
Dr. Ho Kan Yuen and Dr.
Tschen are the ofthi il representatlvf>
appc.lnted "by Uie Chinese government
4o attend theonferenre <>f ln lltai*
und liftviI surgeons which will be he'd
at Buffalo nest month. A11 effort Is to
be made at this conference, which will
t>e attended by military and naval
surgeons from all parts ct the world,
to form an international association
und arrange for regular convictions
at which th« progress und the prob*
lerns of the profest lon may be consid-
ered.
Speaking of the present conditions
In Chins, Dr Ho Kan Yuen said; •
"At present the whole ■ tilnese peo-
ple are undergoing what perhapa. Is
to be the greatust s<< tsl and political
reform In history. All the better das
*es of Chinese sre determine I on the
accompllshmnt of these reforms
Schools have been established all over
the country, and. while It may take a
generation to educate the jteople 10
J hat point when The> will see the fol-
ly ef the old supfrstltkns that have
ruled the masses ln China for thous-
ands of years, we are determined to do
3
*
a
it. On« <<( the most significant fea-
tures of tho present movement Is ths
cutting off of pigtails, which have al-
ways been worn In our country
Officials of the government have taken
the Initiative in this movemene The
UHTchants %nd business men are fol-
lowing the example and within a fpw
years I expect that the masses of the
people, the Chinese farmers end cool-
ies, will cut their pigtails off too.
''In the army and navy many re-
forms have already been Insgurated.
We already have 700.000 men in our
army who have been thoroughly dril-
led in modern tactics under the new
army regulations."
INITIATIVE OF mjTHORS
What Some of Them Do to Promote
Discussion of Thair Books.
Commercial devices to which the
modern novelist hus stooped are thus
pointed nut by Frederick Trevor Hill
In an article on "The Dcilar-Mnrk and
the HalltMark of Fayie," in the Sep-
tUnbor Everybody's
"Not long ago a writer of modern
'fame' called on a Journalistic acquain-
tance and proposed that ho write somo
Why in the world should you want
me to do that?' inquired the astonish-
ed Journalist. 'For business reasons,'
was the calm reply My reviews have
been very favorable, but the book
doesn't seem to be going aa well ss
my Isst, and I think some hot-sho*
would do It good.'
"It Is no exaggeration to say that
the high road to literary fame Is well-
nigh deserted But the shor cuts ere
so crowded that the adventurers bump
one snother at every stop. Rumor lias
It that one aspirant for Immortality
personally visits every book-stall In the 1
large cities and presents an auto-
graph copy to the chief salesmen be
fore his volume ia marketed; another
makes It his business to procure test-
imonials frem public characters
every book he offers; and a few years
ago a fancy-dress ball was given ln
Washington by nn author whose guests
were actually requested to lmpers<gi-
st'- the characters portrayed iu their
hostess * latest tome! Report does
not aa\ whether the masks saved the
wearer s races, but the laughter that
ills supreme e ffortproeh.n'ishdr rdsa
happily undisguised."
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