The Kiefer Searchlight. (Kiefer, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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neIkfz?z:cl:!iel11 LEOPARD ATTACKS
THE SEARCHLIGHT CO.
KIEFER
OKLAHOMA
NEW STATE NOTES.
Dillon <’. I.eater of Pittsburg count)
lias made formal announcement of his
umlidat) for the democratic mimina
tion for state printer.
NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN UNION
El Ucno Lodge I O. (). F. is plan
tong to build a lionn' of their own and
will open negotiations for ground in
ilit neart fullin'.
JIG CAT SPRINGS FROM PERCH
AND TEARS AT HER
THROAT.
DRIVEN OFF WITH IRON ROD
The business men of Henryetta or
gaolced a commercial club last wet.-,
to b<‘ known as the (Vial, oil rnd Has
FtuunerHal dub of Henrietta.
In arranging the progtum lor tie
Unrein day celebration and hamiuet.
Previously Gentle Animal Spoils
Plans of Mrs. Pauline Russelle to
Support Herself and Two Children
by a Thrilling Act.
New York.—The special devil that
makes Jungle eats turn bud in a Hash
Lawton ignored the (!. V It. and mem got into Clayton, a fine, big, heauti-
bers of the local ( amp are up n arms.
1-'. C. Clark has pun Im-ed the Big
tally marked leopard at Huber’s mu-
seum recently lie turned suddenly
upon Mrs Pauline Russelle, who was
heart Chronicle of C. M. Mandevillo. driving him and his mates through a
who has had charge of the pipi i for a rehearsal, knocked her to the floor of
y< ar. Mandevillo is only IT years old
the cage with a swing of his forepaw
and tore her throat so badly that sh(
• .swing two ,nay oev,‘r Hve to walk out of llelle
ixui Paten, a trust
years in the penitentiary, and whnta
si ntenre doea not expiie until next
August, escaped fron- the penitentiary Mrs hp‘auso "h« had •*;
mi hospital.
It was th(> hardest kind of luck for
at McAlester last we. k.
\ teach *rs- association to comp.ise
l!> counties of northern Oklahoma and
with u membership of about 1,000 hi
five teachers, will be organized u:
Yinita ill April.
peeled to get a new start in 11m world
by exhibiting Clayton and the other
leopards, Arnold and Roy. She needed
the money sorely. She had been out
ol work and there were two children
down In Virginia to take care of as
wi'U as herself. Huber, the museum
man, had promised her a three week
engagement beginning January 17.
Her leopards were caged on the top
State headquarters of the Oklahoma
Womans Suffragi League haie been uoor 0y Huber’s, and slut had been
established in Oklahoma ( Ity. and are jraluliiK them there for three months,
under the directlcn of the state presi- 11‘actiliiy; them all the parlor tricks
lent Mrs. Kate ti. niggers of Morrow. can p,, driven into a leopard’s
- skull. The three were young and nb-
\t the request, of Otoe Indians in sol lit el y green when she got. them,
Oklahoma the Otoe boarding school at and they had taken to training read-
me Otoe agency in Noble county, un lly and Intelligently
dor supervision of Ralph P. Stun ion she dressed for her work in a loose
will he abandoned at the eud of the blouse, corduroy trousers, a short
fiscal year.
skirt, and high boots. Over her
blouse she buttoned a short coat heavy
Wiu. H. Murray, president of the with spangles. The hoots and trousers
constitutional convention and speaker were necessary because the big cats
f the llrst house of representatives, are likely to nip and scratch at any
has authorized his announcement for time, not necessarily trom meanness,
;ne democratic nomination for govet- (Tint just bemuse the in teetli and claws
llo| are very long and sharp and catch in
_______ things when they get playful.
Harry Hendrickson, her helper, who
If the plans of K. K MacTyre. a
i ipltalist of Cleveland, Ohio, are car s,unds by with u sharp-pointed Iron
ried out. Muskogee will have at. an (a8° ho ,nl«ht b,‘ m‘pdpd' wa8
nunl county fair, beginning imx, sun. *at,i"fi tur hpr wuhpn fhe in,°
] the cage. Frenchy, the sweeper, was
* 1 the other person in the room.
There were certain signs that all
Pardon, l1 A But—
The best you get from the worst
of men is more desirable than the
worst you get from the best of men.
but to get the best from the best, of
men and escape the worst from the
worst of men is to get the best of
the worst of men.
Others Did, Also
The charge is brought that George
rourse lie did. Washington was not
Washington ate wiili his knife. Or
In all respects ahead of his time.
Equestrian Feat
Ju t aft11 the outbreak of the Kafir
war Sir Harv Smith, carrying Ui*
news from Cape Town to Graham*
town, covered 700 miles in six day*,
riding across a wild and nearly trv !.
Ires country.
'/XBiz, 2/Ksmm) and ptyujzn by the king in
GicmG rm GouwjwmN constitution
Rich Mexican State
The state of Jalisco has long bvii
known as one of the richest in the r>
public of Mexico iu agriculture an
mining.
First Victorious Balloonist
M. Blanchard was the first man t>
cross th** channel in a balloon, ilii-
was a^coniplished in 17S;*. and for t
\PE TOWN—All the colonies
comprised in the South African! ypnj j ,,uj. xvi rewarded him wllHi
union ate Immensely pleased ' ,,0, .p,,, t,f
with the appointment of Herbert
Gladstone as governor general of the
union His personal charm is admit
ted by friends and foes alike, and it is .
confidently believed that bis appoint N'"‘,,a"° * . . ‘
Spectacles for a Bird.
Recently a raven in the London
tm lit will go far toward consolidating 'or r'a,»r*l‘11,1,1 actually
the union of the various races in ; provided with sp< < ta( w tc \ a.
South Africa. Especially pleased art
the South Africans with the act ol
King Edward in presenting to the
union the table, inkstand and per
which he used in signing the Soutfc
African constitution.
Gov. Gen Gladstone is the fourth
son of William E. Gladstone, the
’Grand Old Man" of Queen Victoria's
reign He was born in London in
1854 and was educated at Eton and
Oxford. From 1877 to 1880 he was a
lecturer on modern history in Iveble
college, and then, after acting as his
father’s secretary for a year, he
served as Junior lord of the treasury
Later he was financial secretary of
the war ofiice, under home secretary
and first commissioner of works In Sj)Ursv>
the Asquith liberal ministry he has
fitted to the eyes by means of a kind
of hood. The improvement in the sight
ivas obvious.
Already Occupied with Rakes
The wife ot a Kansas City saloon
keeper asked him why he didn't gath
er up ttie leaves which littered his
yard and burn them. "The truth ir.
he replied. “1 can't leave the nl. -
long enough to rake the leaves."
Pertinent Equipment
“Pop, auntie read me a sinry Uu
other day about a flower fairy who
rode the horse chestnut." "Yes, son
“Well, when the flower fairies ride
horse chestnuts, do tiny use lark
I been home sectary.
FISH RAISING PAYS
item, but destructive methods and
nirr.
Tin I lined States senate has ( on
trainers of wild animals recognise the
! for a much later era to take up the
Acre of Water Worth More Than j cultivation of the water.
There are no figures available as to
firmed the appointment of S. (’. Tin. ,ninute th(,y pilt root in u cage that
moils as postmaster at Aline. Mr. line some(jilng was wrong with all the ani
mens is editor of the Aline Uhrono llKl|s
eeope and a leading citizen. \\heu she tried to make them
| jump up to the little platforms fixed
Similar Amount of Farm Land
overfishing have practically exhausted
them. Lake trout are said to be
j doomed to the same fate unless the
United States bureau of fisheries is
successful in its efforts to propagate
i he fish to an extent sufficient to main-
tain the supply.
Making Fun of Limburger
A Denver scientist says liuiburgei
cheese will cure cancer If cancer
results from a specific mu robe ann
that microbe is a self-respecting bug.
the introduction of a slug of liitibu'
ger in the theater of his activities
should cause him to withdraw i hig';
dudgeon.- Louisville Fouriei Jou ii
the quantity or cash value of the fish
Ti e Lake of the Wood produces nn-
Diplomacy
A lecturer vho recently
alverti* d
Batteries A and B. First Field Artil around the cage. Clayton balked,
lery, at Fort Sill, pursuant to an order packed away, and crouched in a cor-
from thp war department, are expert- per of the cage While she ivas
• d to leave lor the Philippines Feb. threatening him with the whip the
27. I other leopards got out of hand.
_ . annually taken from the inland waters j niially a ha,f n,llli°n Pounds ye''ow
! of the state, but some idea of what >ke and an p(lual amount of white- that he would "deliver a plain U.lk
Retiring Executive Agent of Minnesota this source of natural wealth is now I fisl> a,ld P'ekcrel. fifteen years ago ,0 j,jajn pf.op]e," complains tha‘ no
Game and Fish Commission Give* worth, regardless of anything which on<‘ lakl' produced an annual catch Wojnt-:i atti ruled. Some people are
Figures to Prove His Claim might be reached from the fact that ,,t n 1 ,'00,000 pounds of sturgem and nejt|,,.r por;1 with diplomacy n« v
—Carp in Demand. $1,000,000 worth of the rough varieties a Rreat QtiantRy of caviar, hut last ac],jt.ve diplomacy nor have diplom-
are annually shipped to eastern mar-1 >i>ar ,ho st,ir«eon catch (";0™ed t0
Modifying a former opinion Utoi
nt'y General West held in a letter to
Adjutant General Canton last week
that boys under 18 cannot be enlist
ed in the Oklahoma state militia.
Governor Haskell, last week refus-
ed an Illinois requisition for W. A.
Xdaius, a Tulsa policeman, charged
with working a "con game” in Mar-
etnll, 111., and securing $10 thereby.
It is reported that the wheat acre
age in Oklahoma is larger than in
former years, and the outlook for the
coining season is very promising.
The Fhickasha Street Railway com-
pany with $150,000 capital, which pro-
poses to build an electric line iii
Fhickasha and into parts of Grady
ci.unly. has been chartered.
Governor Haskell gave the house as
hi.> reason for not complying with tin
law and appointing an additional
judge for the Muskogee district that
such official ivas tint needed, where-
upon a bill ivas introduced repealing
the additional judge act.
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St. Paul, Minn.—Which is the more J ki ts by commercial fishermen from in-j pounds, and now a closed mu-
valuable from the standpoint of pro- terstate and International boundary son 01 ,Ive >*’i,rs **y international
duction, an acre of land or an acre of waters, including the Mississippi river [ •'tgre;’I1',‘nt is proposed,
water? ! and Lake St. Croix between Minneso | From \\ inona to Grand Marlas,
Lucy’s Way
One day as grandma was sewing
i , .. . . _. c ... b( side the w indow the attention of
At first sight the probable answer ta and Wisconsin, that part of Lake along the eastern border ot the state, .. ,, . . . . .
In most cases would be that au acre Superior known as the north shore, brook trout are common and bass are
acy thrust upon th°tn.
of land would produce more than the I Rainy lake and Lake of the Woods
same space of water. Whether the
crop be corn, wheat, oats or other
grains, or even timber or other prod
uet, the solid ground would seem to
have the call.
everywhere Tourists and city dwell- vas sud'l<‘nli " tacted in the whit(
More than half of this total Is made j rrs look eagerly forward to the dates ha:r* in her Krandmothers head, ane
up of the despised German carp,
which is caught in the Mississippi,
when they are permitted to seek these ' limbing upon n hassock she began to
aristocrats of the finny tribe. It is out the white ones. "What on
and it is said that, in spite of the! an encouraging fact that trout fish- earth ,trc you doing, Lucy?" n-
heavy draft w hich has been made upon ! i«g is constantly becoming mere w ide- claimed grandma. Oh." replied Lm >
Carlos Avery, retiring executive | this source, the catch every year Is ly extended, due wholly to artificial "I am just picking the basting thread*
agent of the game and fish com mis-1 increasing. It is the opinion of Mr.! propagation arid planting, without rut of your hair, grandma.”—[te! e
sion. however, has a different opinion 1 Avery that some legal method should which there would be no brook trout, ator .
in the matter. He declares that under I be provided to allow this variety of At present Minnesota ow ns three ,
proper scientific conditions an acre j fish to be caught from the Minnesota
of Minnesota inland water will pro- ! river and some of the interior lakes,
dtico more than the average acre of j as they are increasing in numbers and
the land of the state. This estimate threaten thu better varieties oi game
does not refer to possibilities of fish.
rivers or other bodies of water from 1 The hulk of the north shore eatch
the standpoint of the carrying trade, j consists of lake trout and herring Deerwood lor bass, with pike perch in
but solely to the possibilities of the, Whitcfish once formed an important1 prospect as soon as needed,
fish supply. j ..............
hatcheries equipped for the production Strength Misplaced
of fish fry, which represent a per- j “There are some strong fealur-*
manent investment of $100,000. The mentioned in Mr-. Fakit’s boarding
St. Paul hatchery is equipped for the ]ldUs(, advertisement’’ - Ti en I’ll t
production of trout, pike-perch; Glen- ,(U, ir tll, (onVt. am: 1. ft out Hi •
wood for trout, pike-perch and bass; pn-,..
IN THE REALM OF BOOKS
Crouched in a Corner of the Cage.
Nine indictments against Fortner
Hist riel Judge W V Maben, eight
(h.uging bribery and one charging
embezzlement, wore quashed by Dis-
trict Judge Stilivell S. Russell of Ard-
more at Tocniuseli last week.
Tin Hi Reno board of aldermen ha*
granted a year lease of a plot of
ground owned by the city, to the Pio-
neer Car 'ompany for the erection of
permanent building for the manufac
lute of the Pioneer automobile.
After four vears of litigation Mus-
kogee has been ordered to pay ever
to Judge ('. W. Raymond $s. 1 ;JT for a
part of a lot which was confisticated
by the city mer the protest of Ray-
mond and a part rf it tiseu on which
t.g construct a viaduct o\> r Hie M. K.
«<• T„ railroad tracks.
Dr. Henry C. Evans, president of a
Presbyterian college, at Milford, T \
has been offered the presidency of tin-
Presbyterian college at Durant, now
under construction.
After a trial lasting three days in
the superior xmrt at McAlester Mrj
tic Smith, alias "Big Myrt." was found
♦milt) of manslaughter and sentenced
to eight, years in the penitentiary.
Sbe was charged with killing police-
man Dick Bell at HalleyiHie while
he was trying to arrest her.
jumped to the tloor and crouched fiat
on their bellies
She lashed t'laylon with the whip
until tie ran round and round the cage,
whining with rage and fear. She
forced him into the corner nearest the
platform to which she meant to make
him jump, and cut him again with the
whip He took tho jump, landed on
the platform, caught his balance and
snarled down on her.
Something caused Mrs. Russelle to
lose her nerve as the leopard gatli
ered himself together She ducked her
head, turned half way toward the
door ol the cage, and cried to Hen-
drickson to hand her the iron spear.
That instant Clayton shot off his
perch, straight for her head. She
tried to throw herself nut of his way.
but a forepaw clawed her head as she
dodged, and the force of the blow sent
her to the floor of the cage The leop-
ard w as on top of her in a flash, plant-
ing his forefeet on her breast and
catching her throat in his teeth
Frenchy ran screaming out of the
room Hendrickson fin'd his revolver,
but the animal was facing tho othe:
way and the blanks did no good Then
he caught up the pointed rod and
drove it into Clayton’s side again and
again
Tin animal released Mrs Russelle
and threw himself against the bars,
reaching for Hendrickson Badly hurt
as she was, the woman had cnougti
strength left to release the catch, slide
the door part way open, and let her-
self drop to the floor of the room
Her.-Jricksor drafted her away from
;he c»ge
It is probable that even the citizens j
of the state who are familia*- with
the facts that the lakes are numbered i
by the thousand do not realize w hat a j
wonderful possibility of malth to the
people is here unfolded One fifteenth ,
of the total area of the state is water i
In round numbers this may be placed
at it,500.000 acres Placing Hie an r-
age production of Minnesota land at j
$10 an acre and admitting an acre of
water to be equally productive, if no
more, the total possible output from j
the lakes and rivers, which now yield ,
comparatively little, would amount to:
but little short of $100,000,000 annu-
ally.
Such figures are indeed tremendous, I
but they are entirely within the range
of the possible, and illustrate effee- j
tively some of the undeveloped re- J
| sources of the state and what mod-
ern scientific methods may accotn- 1
pllsh.
The cultivation of the soil has been
one of the principal occupations of the
* rare since man firs* emerged from
rudest savagery, but it. has remained
Led by Thoroughbred Dog
Blind Man and English Setter Leave
for Another Sojourn in the
Southern States.
Reading. Pa. After sojourning in
34 states of tho union, blind G. W.
Saville and his setter dog. Joe Rod-
erick, who recently returned here
from a western trip, are off again on
a tour of the southern states for the
winter. If Reading ever had a noblo
dumb animal, accomplishing a noble
work, it certainly is Joe Roderick. It
takes even a man with unusual grit
and determination to lead au unfor-
tunate blind brother man around this
world, to make his dubious way; but
for a dog to do it. and do it as well
as many a man could, has attracted
and is attracting wide attention
This noble beast formerly belonged
to a Reading gunner, but when G. W.
Saville begged the gunner to part with
Patient Saves the Doctor
Tnen Goes to the Hospital to Be Op-
erated on—Team of Horses
Ran Away.
Bloomsbnrg Pa —With the physi-
cian who was bringing him to the Jo-
seph Ratti hospital at Rloomsburg.
pinned fast under ids sleigh, Matthew
Lawton of Millville, himself in a seri-
ous condition with appendicitis, the
other day saved Dr. Everett of Mill-
ville from terrible injury by tuniping
to the horses' heads and stepping
them after they had demolished the
sleigh and were dragging Dr Everett
along the road.
laiwton's condition was so serious
that an urgent call had been sent to
the hospital to have the operating
room in readiness for them upon their
arrival. They had reached a poini
about half way between Dloomsburg
and Millville when the physician, who
had suffered a fractured wrist about a
utek before when lie slipped on aa
lev pavement, lost control of the team
and it ran away.
The doctor and patient reached the
hospital late at niRht 1-awton ap-
parently suffered no ill effects from
his experience.
him be could not refuse a hlindman's
request, knowing that ihe dog would
at least afford some amusement to
him. lie did more than that Never
have man and beast become more
strongly attached to each other than
have Joe and Mr. Saville. The latter
is poor and depends upon the (liar-
itable folks of many states. His home
is in this city, but he is a great trav-
eler.
Joe can do almost anything but talk
He opens the doors of homes, mak< :•
signs to his master when they are
about ready to ascend in an elevator,
and lias in hundreds of ways protected
Mr. Saville from harm and led him
away from trap doors and cellar open-
ings.
Joe is a member of flie American
Kennel club, where be is registered,
and is a descendant of the Great
Fount Gladstone, the greatest English
setter ever brought to the United
"The Bill Toppers," a Story of the
Trieatre, a Pronounced Success
So rimid and wide-spread the
growth of the vaudeville form *>f
aiiiu-“inent that there is hardly any
•civn so small but that it lias its
Moving picture show with an act <u
two of "liizli class vandevillee.” Thus
lies the ni ?rest in variety actors and
acquaintance with Hu* stars of vaude
ii”1, at least by reputation, grown
that a book portraying in a most in
'ti 'ly intercs’ing manner the inti
n at* del tils of the lives of this class
(f theatrical performers Is bound to
he a great success.
Hobbs-Merrill’s latest offering is
"TIi*1 Bill Toppf i s. as the hepd-liners
in vau'levilh are known. The story
's sure to create a sensational intei
e«t, net only with ill who love the
theatre, :.ut also with all who lovt
our > oiuiioii human nature.
States Joe himself has scored 100
points, and is elegihle to the kennel
shows on both sides of the Atlantic.
OKLAHOMA DIRECTORY
Boy Saves Five Lives.
Biloxi, Miss.—Harry Hilden, 14
years old, comes near holding the rec-
ord for one of his age as a life-saver,
it is believed. When young Hilden
went to the rescue of Theodore Ryan,
years old, after the latter had
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Oklahoma Hon-
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Civilization has cheated man into
wearing a thermometer on his uffec-
tions.
twice sunk beneath the waters of
Biloxi bay, it was the fifth time that
be has saved a person from drowning
Fault Finder by Profession.
London.—Asked what his profession
was, v witness at Salsford replied that
he was a fault finder, and explained
that he sought for and remedied faults
in telephone wires.
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