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bill to
remove
restrictions
(Continued from Page One).
Washington, Jan. 28.—(Special >
It Is the belief here that the McGuIre
administration restrictions bill, lntro-
dun (I into the house today, will >* the
basis of all restriction tefiflatlon by
congress this winter. The bill follow*
In full:
•He 1* enacted by the senate and
house of representative# of the United
S'ules of America in congress assem
bled, that from and after sixty da>s
from the passage of this act, the statu*
of the lands allotted heretofore r
hereafter to allotteea of the live civil-
lied tribes, as regards restriction* on
alienation or encumbrance, be as fol-
lows: All lands. Including home
stead*, or paid allottees enrolled as
Intermarried whiten shall be free from
all restrictions. All lands, tnrtud.ng
homesteads, of said allottees enrolled
*.< freed men, shall be free fr m all
restrictions, but sales or encumbrance i
of th*ir lands prior to March first,
nineteen hundred and nine, shall be
void unless the adequacy of the con-
sideration and the fact of Its actual ;
payment or security therefore b.- ap-
proved by the secretary of the In'erl r
All lands, including homesteads of sa^d
allottee*' enrolled as of le-1- than half
Indian blood shall be free from ail re-
strictions All lands, except home-
stead*, of said allottees enrolled as
mixed blood Indians having half
of an act entitled 'an act to provide
for the final disposition '.f the affairs
of the five civilized tribes in the In-
dian Territory and for other purposes'
approved April twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred and six, is hereby amended
by substituting for the words 'United
.States commissioner' at the end of said
section the words 'a judge of a county
court of the state of Oklahoma '
"Sec. 8. That the death of any
allottee of the five civilized tribes
shall operate to remove all restric-
tions from the alienation of said al-
lottees' land; Provided that no con-
veyance of any interest of any full-
blood Indian heir in such land shall
be valid unless approved by the court
having Jurisdiction of the settlement
of said estate."
policy of
government
(Continued from Page One).
ment of the Issue of tbe new secur-
ities had already, to a Urge extent,
accomplished its Intended purpose and
had made it unnecessary to issue more
than a fraction of the full amount.
The U«ue of these securities was sus-
pended therefore before the date first
named for closing the receipt of sub-
scriptions, the total amount of the mb-
gcr (itloiM having reached 500.
The amount U>aed was only 115.-
<34,800. A-« al! of the>e were register-
ed and issued to national bank? with
■V* ndervar ! r g thst they should be
used as a basis far increasing their
circulation, or to secure public de-
po t% they are all on depos'.t w!th the
treasurer of the United Slates for
these purposes.
While the awards of two per
bond* were made primarily to the
highest bidders among national banks,
the effect of the awards was to dlstn
bute the bonds among banks In forty
of the forty-six states of the union
i The one year r-ertlficates were distrS
1 buted less widely but were taken, how
J ever, by Institutions In at least eigh-
teen states.
The Issue of the Panama bond#
would have been required in any case
within a short time to meet the ex-
penses of constructing the canal and
the secretary of the treasury, it is ar
gued. could hardly be held responsible
for the effect of such Issues of volume
of b*nk note circulation whatever
might be his opinion as to the deslr
ability of the inflation which might
result. Practically, therefore, the re-
oil men oppose attorney gen-
eral west's plan of taxation
Ride Cataracts in Dread Canyon
Claim It Would Be Double Taxation
the Individual
and Would Swamp
abroad aa well as in this country and
gives figures concerning the export of
merchandise to show the energy with
which the economic resources of the
country were devoted to the relief of
th« situation, the excess of exports
over imports rising from 11.4(4.404 In
nior« than half ir.-iian b) i. -rid'! " *• ^ to $.. ♦ in D -
fre«- from a r- t A ! h ■:*. - 1 "; '"r- 1
steads of said allotteea enrolled aa Secretary Cortelyou defends the 1s-
mlxtJ blood Indians having half or sue of Panama t~.nds and treasury
more than half Indian blood and all certificate- by saying that it was ad-
allotted lands of enrolled living full- - vlsable to take some strong and reso-
bloods chail not be subject to allena- lute « ep which would convince the
lion, contract to sell, power of attor- public, both at home and abroad, that
ney, or any other encumbrance until 'be go\ernment was thoroughly alive
April : erity-sijtth, nineteen hundred ' • the .-.'uat n and determined to gi\e
and thirty-one, except that the secre- | aid In every possible legal and
appeared from circulation from the
time o! the suspension of the Knick-
erbocker Trust company until confi-
dence was practically restored in De-
cember is stated as approximately
$288,000,000. This amounted sub-
stantially to one-tenth of the entire .
estirnare mono in rculation In the = P<> *i >IUty reding upon him relates
United Sta• * s ! >n'y to the H5.43C.500 in the one year
! certificates and will terminate wltl
their maturity and redemption on No
vember JO of the present year.
Concerning the distribution of publb
moneys in banks throughout the coun
try. the secretary says that this has
been done without regard to partisan-
ship ar\d no section has received other
«han the fair and impartial considera-
tion to ^-hlch it is entitled. It Is
ed upc
cretary of the treasury touch-
the gravity of the situation
tary of the Interior may
restrictions, wholly or In part, under
such rub - and regulations concerning
terms of sale and disposal of the pro-
ceed- for' the benefit of the respective
Indians, as he may prescribe. The
secretary of the Interior shall not be
proper form.
Concerning the allotment of the new
Issues of securities he says:
"Their character was such that it
was anticipated most of the subscrip-
tions would come from national banks,
that the two per cent bonds afforded
prohibited by this act from continuing "urh privileges to national banks as a
to remove restrictions as heretofore ba«M >f n e cireulatoi: that there
and nothing herein shall be con-trued were strong Inducements to the bank
to lmpo-e restrictions removed from
land by or under any law prior to the
j>a->. ge of this act.
"Sec.'2. That all lands allotted to
allottee- of the fie civilized tribes
and subject to restriction may be
* leax'd b> Its owners or In the case of
minors a? provided In section six here-
of for periods not exceeding five years
without the privilege of renewal, ex-
cept that oil, gas or other mineral
leases of any such restricted land®,
whether of adults of minors, may be
made with the approval of the secre-
tary of the Interior and not other-
wise.
"Sec. 3. That the rolls of citizens
and of freedmen of the five civilized
tribes approved by the secretary of
the Interior shall be conclusive evi-
dence ii- to th ' age and th" quantum
of Indian blood of any enrolled citizen
©r fri ' dman of said tribes to determine
questions arising under this act.
"Sec. 4. That all land from which
restrictions shall have been removed,
•hall be subject to taxation and all
other civil burdens as though It were
the property of other persons than al-
lottees of the five civilized tribes. The
land of allottees enrolled as freedmen
•hall be subject to taxation from and
after sixty days from the passage of
this act.
"Sec. 5 That arty attempted aliena-
tion or encumbrance by deed, mort-
gage contract to sell, power of attor-
ney <i rother Instrument or method of
encumbering real estate, made before
or after the approval of this act, which
affects the title of the land allotted
to allott«e« of the five civilized tribes
prior to the removal of restrictions
therefrom, and also any lease of such
Restricted land made after the ap-
proval of this act contrary to the pro-
visions for leasing in section two here-
of. shall be absolutely null and void.
"Sec. f. That the provisions and
property of minor allottees of the five
civilised tribes, except as otherwise
specifically provided by law. shall be
subject to the Jurisdiction of the pro-
bate courts of the state of Oklahoma
The secretary of the interior Is here-
by empowered, under rules and reg-
ulations to be prescribed by him, to
appoint such local representatives for
th* eastern district of the state of Ok-
lahoma as he may deem necessary to
care for the allotted restricted land
©f allottees, whether adults or minora
t>( the live civilized tribes, including
the sale thereof when restrictions are
removed In a qualified way by act of
the secretary, oil, gas. and mining
lease* of adult*, all leases of minors,
and the disposal, for the benefit of the
Indians of the proceeds of such sale**
and lease*. Said representatives shall,
without charge except necessary court
fees. If any, care for the restricted al
lotted land of minor allottees of the
five civilized tribes and shall annually
account concerning such land, both
to the secretary of the Interior and to
the respective probate Judges having
jurisdiction of the persons and prop-
erty of such minors. The probate
Judge may appoint the representative
af the set re tary of the Interior having
charge of the restricted land of any
auch minor to act as guardian for such
minor without fee or charge, except
necessary court charges and expense*
incurred under order of the court.
Supplemental to the funds approp-
riated and available for expenses con-
nected with the affairs of th«. five
civil iced tribes, there Is hereby ap-
propriated. for the salaries and ex-
pense" arising under this section, out
of any funds In the treasury not other-
wise appropriated, the sum of sixty
thousand dollars to be available Im-
mediately and until July first, nine-
teen hundred and nine, for expendit-
ure.- under direction of the secretary
of the Interior.
shown that the amount of public de-
po« ts on August 2 w«:* about 1115
00" 000 of which the New York banks
held $28,253,286. On November 7, the
figures show public deposits through
th* country amounting to 1222.353.-
252. In connection with this state-
ment the report says:
• While the banks of the state of
New York appear as holders of public
moneys to the amount of 26.8 per cent
of their capital and surplus, the banks
of the New England, eastern and mid-
dle v estern states, taken as a whole
and Including New York, show a per-
centage of deposits to capital and sur-
plus of only a little more than 15 per
cent The banks of the southern,
western and Pacific states on the
whole show a proportion of nearly 18
per ct-nt. With the elimination of New
York from the eastern group, the per-
centage of the remaining eastern and
middle western state# Is only about
112."
Details of the distribution appended
b> the report shows that the present
deposits are divided among 1.421
banks. Considerable space devoted
to showing that great care has be.-n
taken in distributing the deposits and
much consideration is shown to com-
munities where particular trade move-
ments involve a special demand for
currency at certain intervals.
outside private Investors, who would
find in the bonds nothing more than
the best form of security paying only
two per cent per annum; and that it
was exp'-i ti (I—and this expectation
was fulfill .! that the bonds would be
used chiefly as a basis for additional
note circulation and that such circula-
tion would contribute its share to re-
lieving the acute pressure of currency
which existed throughout the country.
Even If there had been no other
Justification for limiting subscriptions
to the national banks this considera-
tion—that the bonds would be
to meet the pressure for currency— Afler bussing at length the policy,
would. In the opinion of th« d.part- th" nhmild kdop, |n
ment. have Justified an absolute re- * 10 " obligations, the
strictlon to the awards.
"The legal right of the department
to make allotments of the bonds and
securities to such persons and banks
and In such amount- as it might see fit
can hardly be called in question In
view of the fact that the circular
offering the Panama bonds contained
this distinct provision:
" The department also reserves the
right to reject any or all bids, if deem-
ed to be to the Interests of the United
States to do so.'
report hints in a general way at a
possible treasury deficit at the close
| of the current year, the internal rev-
enue collections for the six months
ended December 31, 1907. showing a
decree*e Jn customs receipts of f«,-
H38.000 and in internal revenue re-
ceipts of 15.220.000, with the proba-
bility that the rate of decrease during
the remaining half of the year will
still further decline.
Anticipating the financial wants of
the Immediate future. Secretary Cor
"Obvlounly, « far a« the offer of "'y"u ln,lma,M th«« lf new lo^nia-
securities was Influenced by the desire
to ^prevent distress In the money mar-
ket. It would have failed of this pur-
pose If awards had been made, even
to bonafide bidders, which would have
tlon does not relieve him of the guard,
ianship of the money market that has
lately arisen, he must make provision
for relieving it by making deposits In
the autumn when the demand for
resulted In large draft, upon the re- I??""' " """a"* "'<• greatest. For
nerve money of th. banks and would purpose alone, under the present
not have aided In draw n* money from hr consider* It expedient to
private hoarda. It was therefore de r"luee the present volume of deposit,
elded tn the case of the Panama bi.nd p"b"c ln bankr The mi-
lo make no awards to Individuals In ,urln* 'hrf1 per cent bonds will also
eapeas of 110,<*00 It w„ also decided """
to accept the highest bids of national
banks for the remainder of the Issue
after these minimum allotments to in-
dividuals."
The total bids/or the Panama canal
bond", continues the secretary,
amounted to 9L',220,604,580, or more
than 44 times the amount offered. This
fact, not heretofore made public,
would have stamped the loan as an
even more remarkable success than it
was. If all these bids could have been
regarded as made in good faith by
responsible parties. Examination of
the bids showed, however, that many
of them were not only speculative*In
character but that they were made in
many cases for very large amounts by
those who were t«ersonalIy Irrespon-
sible and incapable of having made
even the smallest preliminary payment
if such payment had been required
When the awards were made, there-
fore. the bonds were awarded with-
out hesitation to national bank- in
those cases where the prices off. red
were 102^ or higher, and where the
bid appeared In other respects to be
made in good faith and with full ca-
pacity on the part of the bidder to
execute his contract. The amount thus
awarded to national banks was $24.-
298.040. The awards made to indi-
viduals were limited to those cases
where the amounts subscribed for
were for $10,000 or less, because such
bids had at least prima face appear-
ance of good faith. Even upon this
basis the payments made after the al-
lotment of the bonda showed that a
considerable portion of these small
bids were speculative.
There was less margin for specula-
tion In the case of the three per cent
certificates because as the report snS.
their term of one year did not follow
for any considerable premium with-
out extinguishing the amount of in-
tereat. They were Issued at par. and
this made them Immediately available
as It was not neroaeary to secure hi
as In the case of the Tana ma bonda
* therefore afforded a convenient
means to the banks at once to Increase
'-Irculatlon. For thl. reason the
secretary of the
require funds. "The department," says
he. "Is firmly convinced that the cash
balance now on hand Is not more than
adequate to meet all these require-
j ments, and that no well founded crit-
icism can be made against Its policy
of increasing the balance temporarily
by the sale of securities with the In-
| cldental purpose of preventing grave
financial disaster."
On the subject of remedial legisla-
tion. the secretary says that In every
measure of relief the treasury has
, taken, he has felt that he was bound,
under our existing fiscal nd monetary
system, to have regard not simply to
the operation of the treasury, but to
their effect upon the financial condi-
tion of the country. He has not as-
sumed thl* obligation willingly and
1 would be glad to be relieved of It at
least In part by suitable legislation and
I If recent events should lead to Intel-
I IIgent legislation tending to adapt the
movement of currency more nearly
. automatically to the requirements of
j business. It would be a source of grati-
fication to the secretary and would
greatly diminish the sense of respon-
sibility which must weigh heavily
upon any occupant of the office under
conditions such as those of the recent
crisis.
"S«C 7. That no contest shall be o* ne treasury thought
Instituted after sixty days from the I l*™P«r to announce at an early date
d>«te of the or'glmil selection of any 'hut olt*r* from Individuals would no
allotment hcreufter made, nor after ! ,0"*, r k* received and It was ultimute-
nlnety days from the approval of this ,y to make no allotments ex-
a< t in case of such selections made , ^,'p, t0 n«MonaI banks This decision
prior thereto by or for any allottee of dictated by two consideration^ -
the five civilized tribes. «nd. as early de dra b stimulate the Issue
thereafter as practicable, deed or pat- ,)f bttnk nol# circulation for u period
•ni shall Issue therefor. vhlch would relieve the crisis, and
"Sec. $. That section twanty-lhrea ' ",di !he fa,,f tbat the announce-
AGREE ON
DATE FOR
ADJOURNMENT
Topeka, Kan , Jan. 28—The leg-
islature will adjfurn Saturday at noon.
This was decided by a vote of the
senate today The aenate will take
up the bank deposit guaranty bill this
afternoon.
The house today adopted the con-
ference committee report for a direct
primary by a vote of 103 to 4.
GOVERNMENT'S
POLICY
SUSTAINED
Ottawa, Ont . Jan. 2f.—It was early
today when the house divided on the
amendment of the Hon. It. L Borden,
leader of the opposition cennuring the
government for Its policy In connec-
tion with Japanese Immigration. The
amendment was lost 45 to 100
ll'Tc on HumIiicw.
J. C. Greer of the flreer Filter com-
pany Is In the city looking after the
business Interests of Ills company.
Special to The Times-Journal.
Tulsa, Ok la., Jan 25.—Attorney
General West, when he was ln Tulsa
trying to c:„-se the joints had a con-
ference with some of tha county offi-
cers including the tax assessor. He
told th« tax asse< >r to go after the
oil properties and as«e^s the value of
the lease the production of the well,
the casing in the well, the pipe lines,
oil In storage and all improvements.
The assessor called the attention of
the attorney general to the fact that
in other states oil properties were
not taxed on any such basis. The at-
torney general replied, according to
the officials present that the taxation
systems of forty-five states were wrong
and that Oklahoma was the one to
show them tow to do things right.
The assessor then called the atten-
tion of the attorney general to the
fact that the assessor of Neosho coun-
ty. Kansas, had tried this system on
about four years ago but he ran up
against an injunction and. finally, a
decision of the supreme court of that
state and not only did he lose out but
the county was deprived of the use
of the money during the pendency of
the suit
The attorney general said the su-
preme court of Oklahoma were two
different propositions.
The oil people have prepared a
-•..•ement showing tt'.e taxing laws of
all the states in the union where oil
is produced. It is shown that in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia
Indiana. Illinois and Kansas no at-
tempt !s made to tax the value of the
lease because a lease Is nothing but
the evidence of ownership. It is a
mere piece of paper and as such has
no value. It Is the property con-
veyed or covered which may or may
not be valuable. And the man never
lived who could tell what the value of
piece of oil property Is worth.
Properties produce a thousand barrels
of oil today and tomorrow the pro-
duction runs down to less than half
that amount. How Is the assessor to 1
tell? How can an assessor see what |
the mineral contents of a hole In the
eround are or even then tell how
much they are worth That is the
whole proposition of taxing the value
of property covered by a lease and the
same thing holds good with reference
to the production of the well because
no man can tell with any degree of
certainty whether a producing well
today is going to give any oil to-
morrow.
To tax the production of an oil
well and then tax the oil In storage
is, in the opinion of all the producers,
louble taxation The oil In storage
Is part of the production of the well.
tax Is Imposed on production
ba«ed on one day's run and then the
oil in storage is also taxed It amounts
to taxing the same property twice.
The basis of taxation In all the
property of the well. The producers
contend that a sheriff with an execu-
tion could not levy on the oil ln the
ground because he does not know that
there is oil there and even lf he does
he cannot knom- to what extent or how
long It will be there. But a sheriff
can reach the pipe, the derricks, the
power plants, the tanks and contents.
These the producer Is willing to pay
taxes on and they are the only things
he thinks he ought to be taxed for.
Ignorance of conditions all over the
oil country was demonstrated by the
attorney general when he Informed
the assessor of this county that oil
production was estimated to be worth
$1,000 a barrel. There was a time
in the long ago In Pennsylvania, when
supply was not equal to demand when
oil production was worth something
like that. But it has never happened
in the Mid-Continent field. Produc-
tion In any quantity can be bought ln
the Glenn pool, the most valuable
property in the state, for less than
$200 a barrel and ln other parts of
the field there are men anxious and
willing to sell for $100 a barrel and
In many cases for even less. There is
a property close to this town which
can be bought for $50 a barrel on
the basis of 100 barrels daily produc-
tion. The attorney general's estimate
Ls ridiculously hign, Is out of all
reason.
If the system advocated by the at-
torney general is put into effect It
will mean the practical forcing of the
Individual operator out of business.
The big corporations can pay be-
cause they have the money and oper-
ate ln several states Dut the individual
operator who has all his money tied
up in an Oklahoma lease and who has
already suffered grevlously through
the rules and regulations of the Inter-
ior department, will be ground to
pieces by the very state which pro-
fesses to be moved by a policy of
the extermination of monopoly and the
promotion of the interests of the In-
dividual. No man can stand for such
a system. It would mean ruin.
If the system advocated by the
attorney general Is tried on It will be
contested. The oil operators in Okla-
homa have Invested millions of dollars
without profit and they are not go-
ing to see it practically confiscated by
the state They will try the courts to
the end of the law before they will
pay such exorbitant and unjust taxes.
They are ready and willing to accept
the same basis of taxation as Is ap-
plied to the oil industry all over the
United States. They have been too
hardly pressed during the past year
to consent to the trying on of an
Innovation In taxation which simply
snells disaster to them In the end.
They will Inform the attorney gen-
eral of conditions here and they will
endeavor to show him where he Is
wrong. Falling in the effort to get
justice without a struggle they are
states ls to tax the physical, tangible ready for eventualities.
edward opens
parlament
(Continued on Page Two.)
tors would disturb the king, they
threatened to make things interesting
for the members of the house of par-
liament, particularly if there was no
mention of suffrage in the speech from
the throne. Greater precautions could
not have been taken if an anarchist
uprising had been feared. The only
ladles admitted to the galleries of par-
liament were those for whom members
vouched In writing as their wives or
relatives, and the police who were on
duty around Westminster and
throughout the houses of parliament
were instructed to keep especial watch
over all women.
Premier Sir Henry Campbell-Ban-
nerman, whose health Is still feeble,
.i•* the only cabinet minister absent
when King Edward ascended the
throne.
His majesty in his speech referred
In conventional words to the visit of
the German emperor which he said
could not fall to c onfirm the friendly
relations existing between the two
powers, to the death of King Oscar of
Sweden and the conclusion of the Rus-
sian agreement. Acting in the spirit of
this agreement. In spite of the compli-
cations In Persia, the two governments
had maintained a policy of peace. Con-
tinuing. the king said:
"My government nave Joined with
the governments of Prance. Germany
and Russia In a treaty for the preser-
vation of the Integrity of the kingdom
of Norway."
Referring to The Hague peace con-
ference the king said:
"The various Instruments annexed
to the final act of that conference
•how the progress that has been made,
and they are receiving the attentive
consideration of my government. One
of the most Important of these instru-
ments establishes the great principle
of an International court of appeal in
prlxe ca*es Mv government are con-
sidering the question of inviting rep-
resentatives of the lending maritime
nations to attend a conference In I«on-
don next autumn with a view of com-
ing to an understanding on certain Im-
portant points of international law for
the guidance of this court.
"The condition of the Christian and
Mussulman populations in the Mace-
donian vilayets show no Improvement
The bands of different nationalities
continue to pursue n campaign of vio-
lence and the situation gives serious
cause for anxiety The great powers
of Kurope have ngreed to present to
the Turkish government a scheme fi r
the Improvement of the Judbiary in
that region and my government heve
made further proposals to the sullen
and also to the great power* for (test-
ing effectual!*' fhe principal
causes of this disturbance"
On Hunting Trfj .
G B. Stone and l> W |J..K,n left
daribod
move
south
Enormous Herd Crosses Yukon
River Severity of Winter
Believed to Be Cause
St. Paul, Jan. 29.—A special to the
Dispatch from Seattle, Wash., says:
The largest herd of caribou eve'V
seen In the wilds of Alaska ls now
crossing the Yukon river working Its
way southward to escape the frigid
cold of the Arctic region. Prof. Jo-
seph D. Terryl, geologist, and several
men connected with the United States
survey in Alaska have just sent reports
to the coast of the emigration of the
animals.
The herd has been moving for 100
days now, and there seems to be no
end to the string as far as the eye can
see it Is estimated that over 100,000
caribou have crossed the stream and
wended their ways Into the fastnesses
of the mountains of the lower Yukon
t' rrltory It is believed that the win-
ter K unusually severe, which has had
the effect of driving animals south.
Grand Canon, Arlx., Jan 25.—Some-
where in the bottom of the Graud
Canon and below the foot of Bright
Angel trail, two men In one sixteen
foot rowboat are being hurled through
the rapids of the Colorado river with
their destination, the Needles. Cal.,
more than 300 miles distant, and their
starting point, Green River,
more than 400 miles at their backs.
In this one flimsy craft these two men
are attempting to perform a feat that
has been accomplished suct^safully
only twice In history—and then by
large, well equipped parties with
much heavier and bigger boats.
Behind them up the river, five
miles above here, lie the remains of
one of their boats, wedged fast be-
tween two bowlders at the foot of the
famous Sockdologer rapids—where
the river plunges down in a continu-
ous series of cataracts for ten miles,
with a total drop of 210 feet.
Two hundred and fifty miles far-
ther north Is the third boat with
which the little expedition started. Its
occupant, the organizer of the trip,
has disappeared. Whether a victim
of the river, which has claimed for its
own almost every man who ever tried
to conquer Its fearful rapids, or a de-
serter, traveling overland to the near-
est habitation In southern Utah—the
fate of this third man is as yet un-
known to his former companions.
The two men who started down the
river from here are Charles S. Rus-
sell, of Prescott, Ariz., and E .R.
Monett, of Goldfield, Nev. The third
man was Albert Loper. a native of
Louisiana, Mo. Russell is 31 years
old and Monett only 23. Loper. whose
enthusiasm over the expedition seem-
ed to suffer a serious setback after
the first rough water of the trip, was
the eldest of the trio, 3 3 years old.
When Monett's boat was smashed
Into fragments in the rapids five miles
above here the men at first thought
they must abandon their attempt to
make the entire 752 miles of their
planned trip. Finding, however, that
by sitting of the steel covered deck
of the little boat stiil remaining. Mo-
nett could ride with his companion
through all except the roughest water,
the couple decided to continue their
fight against the river.
Except for Maj. J. W. Powell's trip
in 1869, In which he used four boats
and ten men, and for Robert B.
Stantons expedition twenty years la-
ter, in which sixteen men and six
boats were engaged, every attempt to
make the passage of the Colorado has
ended In disaster to the participants.
Both Powell and Stanton found It im-
possible to duplicate their records,
when each two years after his first trip
tried to cover the same distance a
second time.
The object of Russell, Monett and
Loper, all miners, ls to discover the
possibilities of placer mining along
the river bottom. It has taken nine
years to make their preparations. The
money with which they bought their
outfit and provisions represents the
combined savings of the men for many
months.
The start was made down the Green
river on September 20. Four days la-
ter the trio had reached the junction
with the Colorado, having covered
the 120 miles In less than five days.
From this point to HIte, a small town
near the Arizona line, the first bad
water was encountered In the forty-
one miles of Cataract canon. Loper's
boat met with disaster here—dashing
on a rock and knocking a long rent
In Its side. The party managed to
reach Hite, however, towing the dam-
aged boat.
Loper had acted as photographer
of the expedition and had the camera
and plates in his boat when it was
filled with water. Examination show-
ed the plates were ruined and the
camera shutter badly rusted. It was
therefore, decided that Loper should
ing « n either side to an average height
3,000 feet and had come through
safely the worst rapids so far of their
entir< trip—at one point there being
fifty-seven falls of from sixteen to
twenty feet in a distance of nineteen
miles.
The adventurers entered the Grand
Utah, | canyon on^December 20. The good
luck that had attended them from the
start pi vailed and they managed to
force their way without damag to
either boat down over the almost
continuous cataracts for five days.
Christmas found them only fifteen
miles above Bright Angel. In describ-
ing the i;<jnner of their celebrating
the day. Russell remarked casually
that they certainly hung up their
stockings to dry. Their Christmaa
camp was on a narrow stri/ of sand
with a greater supply of drift wood
.it hand than they had found at any
point along the river.
Beginning immediately belqw this
camping place and continuing for ten
miles the river dashed madly through
that stretch of foaming water called
the Sockdologer. After the first min-
ute the cockpit in which each man sat
and «h . h i- atiut off from the rest of
the boat by water tight compart-
ments was filled to the gunwales with
Icy water. Hnndreds of times gr«at
waves totally submerged them.
With less than a quarter of a mile
still to be covered before the less vic-
ious water below was reached and Just
as Fussell was sweeping around the
last great curve, he heard his com-
panion cry out In terror from behind.
Before he could turn to see the cause
of the cry he was driven round the
curve.
Mooring his boat to the bank at the
foot of the rapids as quickly as pos-
sible, Russell half climbed, half wad-
ed, along the shore of the river and
made his way back up the side of the
rapids. Monett, his boat wedged be-
tween two Jagg d r ks. was hanging
desperately to the gunwale of the lit-
tle craft—his body straightened out
horizontal by the rush of the water
about him. The boat was completely
wrecked.
When Russell threw the rope to his
companion he was astounded to see
the boy carefully work his way closer
to the boat and begin to tie Its con-
tents securely to the only means of
saving his own life. Against the roar
of the rapids it was useless for Rus-
sell to yell that his comrade let the
provisions go and save himself. Four
times the boy let Russell haul sld-s
of bacon and sacks of beans through
the thirty feet of death dealing wat-
ers between him and the shore before
finality h caught the. rope and let
Russell drag him to safety.
The loss of the boat seemed at first
to mark the end of their attempt, but
Monett insisted that they try the plan
of straddling the stern of the boat
remaining.
"If v« strike the rough water 1
can always swing overboard,", he
urged. "And we've needed a" drag
that wouldn't get fouled in the rocks
all along."
It was a magnificent exhibition of
this young man's entire ignorance of
the word fear.
Before proceeding further the men
pitched camp at the foot of the rapids
and made their first comprehensive
investigation of the formation in the
granite. Although neither man would
divulge the nature of their discov-
eries, It is interesting to note that
they spent ten days at this point.
It was noon, January 6. that the
trail party from the hotel on the rim
at Bright Angel, forty men and wo-
men. eating their luncheon at the
river shore, saw two men swing out
of the rapids 200 yards up the river
and row leisurely toward them. In
the thirty years that tourists have vis-
ited the bottom of the canon at this
point it is safe to assert that not one
remain behind at Hite and await the I ever saw a sight like this
pis*
d
state
:dlice
bill
-atlon of the open eason.
('arson( Nov., Jan. 29.—The Nevada
legislature met yesterday with a clear
docket, the police bill having passed
and gone to the governor who will
sign It before the day la over Word
ha* been forwarded to President
It evelt notifying him of the pass-
age or the bill.
\ resolution v\ - introduced In the
house asking the president to retain
the troops in Goldfield until May 1 In
order to give the state of Nevada time
to form and equip the police as pro-
vided In the new law. The resolution
was referred to the committee of the
whole and will be taken up and adopt-
ed as soon a« the state printer can
furnish copies to members.
To Build Residence.
E. L. Farrinfton thla morning took
out a building permit for the erection
of a $2,400 residence at 806 Rait Ninth
street He also took u second permit
f • ! I ,i npr glMl addition I his
m* at r. Park Place, und to make
i " ' ' ' 1mon\ em .mi: > whose tutal cost
( will be about $2,000.
arrival of a new shutter for which he
had written. It was agreed that he
need not thus be delayed for more
than two weeks, and should be able
to rejoin his oompanions at Lee's
Ferry, 140 miles below Hite, within
twenty-one days.
Accordingly Russell and Monett
pushed ahead and put In many days
prospecting along the shores of the
river through Glen canyon. After
forty-three days of waiting at Lee's
Ferry, Russell and Monett determined
that their own safety, If they were to
complete the trip before their now
rapidly decreasing supply of pro-
visions was exhausted, forced them to
start on without Loper for whom they
had waited more than tw^ce as long
as the time agreed uporr/^^
Friday, December 13, had no ter-
rors for the Intrepid pair and they
started on down the river on the
morning of that day with the sixty-
six miles of Marble canyon in front
of them acting as an Introduction to
the 217 miles of the Grand canyon
below.
Tn seven days they had passed this
part of the roarng stream through
perpendicular walls of marble tower-
Jan. 31-Feb. 7.)
State of Oklahoma, County of Okla-
homa, bs. In the County Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Caro-
line Burnslde. Deceased:
Notice is hereby given, In pursu-
ance of an order of the County Court
of the County of Oklahoma, State of
Oklahoma, made on the 13th day of
Junuary, 1908, the undersigned ad-
ministrator of the estate of Caroline
Burnslde. deceased, will sell at private
to the highest bidder, subject to con-
firmation by stld County Court, on
Saturday the 8th day of February. A.
D. 1908. at 12 o'clock m.. at his office,
2101- W. California Avenue, Oklaho-
ma City, all the right, title and inter-
est that the said estate has, by opera-
tion of law. or otherwise, acquired In
and to the following described real
estate situated In Oklahoma Cltv. Ok-
lahoma County. State of Oklahoma,
to-wlt: Lot Twelve <12> In Block
Twenty-four (24 In Military Addition
to Oklahoma, City Said real ' .state
will be sold on the following terms, to-
wlt: Cash.
Bids for the purchase, thereof, must
he In writing and mu«t be filed In the
Countv Court, or dellv red to the un-
dersigned Plrd Oee at his office. ?10'4
W California Avenue. Oklahoma Cft>
Dated the 29th day of January.
1108.
During their stay here the travel-
ers were feted and made the heroes
of the hour by both the men and wo-
men guests. When they departed tho
entire community accompanied the
two men to the river edge and bade
them an enthusiastic farewell.
From now until they reach the
Needles they will see no living hu-
man beings. N'ot a house stands with-
in twenty five miles of the river bed
throughout the whole 332 miles of
the journey still before them. For
the next three or four weeks nothing
probably will be known of the navi-
gators' fate.
Funeral Held Today.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary F. Parker,
16 East Seventh street, who died very
suddenly Monday evening, will be held
from the residence at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning, the services being In
charge of Rev. Forest Maddox.
Dontti of An Infant
The infant child of James Gough,
7 West Sixth street, died early thla
morning. The funeral will be held
from the house at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION.
< Weakly .i..n, ti Feb. 14.)
State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma County.
In the District Court t>f Said County.
Mary Sterry, Plaintiff.
William Sterry, Defendant.
Said defendant, William Sterry, will
take notice that he has been sued in
the abov, named court for a divorce
on the grounds . f abandonment and
non-support, and you. said defendant,
must answer the petition filed therein
by said plaintiff on or before the 13th
day of March, 1808, or said petition
will be taken as true and a Judgment
for said plaintiff will be rendered ac-
cordingly.
Attest: HATHAWAY HARPER.
Clerk.
it) By AWK HOOVER, Deputy.
GIDDINGS. G11 >DI.\< IS A LINDSAY,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
i III p\i ito\s WON.
Complying with an order recently Is-
sued by the corporation commission,
the Frisco ay icm will announce a
schedule shortly fo^ a new passenger
train service b. tween Quanah. Texas,
and Lawton. Okln.
FIR!) • EF..
Administrator.
When th
effect the Frisco <1
from the service but
line |. M inned the
m(salon to again or
ated
The train will lr
morning and return
t fare went Into
ipped thla train
he patrons of the
orporntlon com-
r It to he oper-
o L
oh evening.
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