Claremore Progress. And Rogers County Democrat (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1914 Page: 3 of 8
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/£> CHARLES NEVILLE DUOC o
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
OF SCENES IN THE PLAY
"How'd ye lit hurt?"
He shook hi* head.
"I wan painting—up there," he laid;
"and I Kuens I got too Hbaorhed In the
work. I stopped backward to look at
the canvas and forgot where the edge
waa. I atepped too far."
The man roae to hU feet, but he tot-
tered and reeled against the wall of
ragged atone. The blow on his head
had left him faint and dW«y. He aat
down again.
"I'm afraid," he ruefully admitted,
"that I'm not quite ready for dlecharge
from your hospital."
"You jest aet whore yer at." The
CHAPTER I.
Cloae to the anrrled backbone of the
Cumberland ridge through a aky of
mountain clarity, the aun soomod heal-
tatlug before Ita descent to the taorl-
«on. The sugar-loaf cone that tow-
ered abovo a creek cullod Misery waa
pointed and edged with emerald trac-
ery where the loftiest timber thruat
up Its creHt plumes Into the aun. On
the hillsides It would bo light for
more than an hour yet, but below,
where the waters tossed themselves
along In a chorus of tiny cascades, the
light waa already thickening Into a
cathedral gloom. Down there the "fur-
rlner" would have seen only the rough
course of the creek between moaa-
velveted and shaded bowlders of
titanic proportions. The native would
have recognised the country road In
these "tortuous twlsttngs. A great block
of sandstone, to whose summit a man
standing In his saddle could scarcely
reach hla fingertips, towered above
the Btream, with a gnarled acrub oak
clinging tenacloualy to Its apex. Loft
lly on both sides climbed the moun-
tains cloaked In laurel and timber.
Suddenly the leafage was thrust
aside from above by a cautious hand,
and a shy, half-wild girl appeared in
the opening. For an Instant she halt-
ed, with her brown fingers holding
back the brushwood, and ralBed her
face as though listening. As she
atood with the toee of one bare foot
twisting In the gratefully cool moss
ahe laughed with the sheer exhilara-
tion of life and youth, and started out
on the table top of the huge rock.
But there she halted suddenly with a
startled exclamation and drew instinc-
tively back. What she saw might well
have astonished her, for It was a thing
ahe had never seen before and of
which ahe had never heard. Finally,
reassured by the alienee, she slipped
across the broad face of the flat rock
for a distance of twenty-five feet and
paused again to listen.
At the far edge lay a pair of saddle-
bags, such as form the only practical
equipment for mountain travelers.
Near them lay a tin box, littered with
small and unfamlllar-looklng tubes of
soft metal, all grotecquely twisted and
stained, and beside the box was a
strangely shaped plaque o'f wood
smeared with a dozen hues. That this
plaque was a painter's sketching pal-
ette was a thing which she could not
know, since the ways of artists had
to do with a world as remote from
her own as the life of the moon or
stars, it was one of those vague mys->
teries that made up the wonderful life
of "down below." Why had these
things been left here In such confu-
sion? If there was a man about who
owned them he would doubtless return
to claim them. She crept over, eyes
and ears alert, and slipped around to
the front of the queer tripod, with all
her muscles poised 4b readiness for
flight.
A half-rapturous and utterly aston-
ished cry broke from her lips. She
stared a moment, then dropped to the
moss-covered rock, leaning back on
her brown hands and gazing intently.
"Hit's purtyl" she approved, In a
low, musical murmur. "Hlt'a plumb,
dead beautiful!"
Of course It was not a finished pic-
ture—merely a study of what lay be-
fore her—but the hand that had
placed these bruah strokes on the
academy board was the sure, deft
hand of a master of landscape, who
had caught the splendid spirit of the
thing and fixed it immutably In true
and glowing appreciation. Who hp
was; where he had gone: why his
work stood there unfinished and aban-
doned, were details which for the mo-
ment this half-savage child-woman for-
got to question. She waa conscious
only of a sense of revelation and awe.
Then she saw other boards, like the
one upon the easel, piled near the
paint box. These were dry, and rep-
resented the work of other days; but
they were all pictures of her own
mountains, and In each of them, as
in this one, was aomething that made
her heart leap.
To her own people these steep hill-
sides and "coves" and valleys were a
matter of course. In their stony soil
they labored by day, and In their shad-
ows slept when work was done. Yet
aomeone had dlacovered that they held
a picturesque and rugged beauty; that
they were not merely steep fields
where the plow was useless and the
hoe muat be used. She must tell Sam-
son—Samson, whom she held In an
artless exaltation of hero worship;
Samson, who waa so "smart" that he
thought about things beyond her un-
derstanding; 8amaon, who could not
only read and write, but apeculate on
problematical matters.
Suddenly she came to her feet with
« swift-darting Impulse of alarm. Her
ear had caught a sound. She cast
searching glances about her, but the
tangls was empty of humanity. The
water atlll murmured over the rocks
undisturbed. There was no sign of
human presence, other than herself,
that her eyes could discover—and yet
to her ears cam* the sound again, and
this time more distinctly. It was the
sound of a man's voice, and It was
moaning as If In pain. She rose and
searched vainly through the bushes of
the hillside where the rock ran out
from the woods. She lifted her skirts
and splashed her feet In the shallow
creek water, wading persiatently up
and down. Her ahyneas waa forgotten.
The groan was a groan of a human
creature In distress, and she most find
and succor the person from whom It
came.
Certain sounds an baffling as to di-
rection. A voice from overhead or
broken hy echoing Obstacles does not
readily betray Its source. Finally ahe
atood up and listened once mora In-
tently—her attitude Ml of (hn ear-
. girl rose and pointed up the mountain'
. . . ... „ . sldo. "I'll light out across the hill and
Then she turned and dlHaPpearod In ^ ^ mulo „
the .loop cleft between the gigantic und whofo „ 8omionr he
bowlder upon which she had been sit-1
ting and another-small only by com-1 of "the "vol,ey"wouid shortly thick-
parlson. There, ten feet down. In , , darknelI. and that the way
Inquired. Ho realized that the bot-
narrow alley littered with ragged
Htones, lny the crumpled body of a
man. It lay with the left arm doubled
under It, and from a gash In tlio tore-
head trickled a thin stream of blood.
Also, It was the body of such a man
as she had not seen before.
Although from tho man came a low
groan mingled with bis breathing, It
was not such a sound as comes from
fully conscious Hps, but rather that
of a brain dulled Into coma.
Freed from her fettering excess of
shyness by his condition, the girl
stepped surely from foothold to foot-
hold until she reached his side. She
stood for a moment with one hand on
the dripping walls of rock, looking
down while her hair fell about her
face. Then, dropping to her knees,
she shifted the doubled body Into a
leaning posture, straightened the
limbs, and began exploring with effl-
clent fingers for broken bones.
She had found the left arm limp
above the wrist, and her fingers had
diagnosed a broken bone. But uncon-
sciousness must have come from the
blow on the head, where a bruise was
already blackening, and a gash still
trickled blood.
She lifted her skirt and tore a long
strip of cotton from her single petti-
coat. Then she picked her bare footed
way swiftly to the creek bed, where
she drenched the cloth for bathing and
bandaging the wound. When she had
done what ehe could by way of first
aid she sat supporting the man's
shoulders and ahook her head dubi-
ously.
Finally the man's lids fluttered and
his lips moved. Then he opened his
eyes.
'Hello!" said the stranger, vaguely.
"I seem to have—" He broke off, and
his lips smiled. It was a friendly, un-
derstanding smile, and the girl, fight-
ing hard the shy Impulse to drop his
shoulders and flee Into the kind mask-
ing of the bushes, was in a measure
reassured.
"You must hev fell ofTen the rock,1
ehe enlightened.
"I think I might have fallen Into
worse circumstances," replied the un-
known.
'I reckon you kin set up after
little."
"Yes, of course." The man suddenly
realized that although he was quite
comfortable as he was he could
scarcely expect to remain permanently
In the support of her bent arm. He
attempted to prop himself on his hurt
hand and relaxed with a twinge of ex-
treme pain. The color, which had be-
gun to creep back Into his cheeks, left
them again, and his lips compressed
themselves tightly to bite ofT an ex-
clamation of suffering.
"Thet air left arm air busted," an-
nounced the young woman, quietly.
"Ye've got ter be heedful."
Had one of her own men hurt him-
self and behaved stoically it would
hbve been mere matter of course; but
her eyes mirrored a pleased surprise
on into darkness, and that tho way
out, ungulded, would bocoine Impos-
sible. "It sounds like the name of a
strong man."
"I meanH Samson South," she en-
lightened, as though further descrip-
tion of one so celebrated would be re-
dundant. "He's over thar 'bout three-
quarters."
"Three-quarters of a mile?"
She nodded. What else could three-
quarters mean?
"How long will It take you?" he
asked.
She deliberated. "Samson's hoeln'
corn In the fur hill Held. He'll hev
ter cotch his mule. Hit mout tek a
half-hour."
"You can't do It In a half-hour, can
you?"
"I'll Jest take my foot In my hand,
an' light out." She turned, and with
a nod was gone.
At last she came to a point where
a clearing rose on the mountainside
above her. The forest blanket was
stripped off to make way for a fenced-
in and crazlly tilting field of young
corn. High up and beyond, close to
the bald shoulders of sandstone which
threw themselves against the sky, was
the figure of a man. Ab the girl halted
at the foot of the field at last, panting
from her exertions, he was sitting on
the rail fence, looking absently down
on the outstretched panorama below
him.
Samson South wae not, strictly
speaking, a man. His age was per-
haps twenty. He sat loose-Jointed and
Indolent on the top rail of the fence,
his hands hanging over his knees, his
hoe forgotten. Near by, propped
against the rails, rested a repeating
rifle, though the people would have
told you that the truce In the "South-
Hollman war" had been unbroken for
two years, and that no clansman need
In these halcyon days go armed afield.
Sally sat mountain fashion behind
him, facing straight to the side.
So they came along the creek bed
and Into the sight or the man who
still sat propped against the mossy
rock. As Leacott looked up he closed
the case of his watch and put It back
Into his pocket with a smile.
"Snappy work, that!" ho callod out.
"Just thirty-throe minutes. I didn't
believe It could bs done.'
Samson'a face was maskllke, but
as ho surveyed tho foreigner, only the
Ingrained dictates of tho country's
hospitable code kept out of hla eyes
a gloum of scorn for this frail mem-
ber of a sex which should bo stalwart.
"Ilowdy?" ho said. Then he added
suspiciously: "What mout yer busi-
ness be In thoso parts, stranger?"
Loscott gavo the Odyssey of his wan-
derings, since he hod rented a mule
at Dixon and ridden through the coun-
try, sketching where the mood prompt-
ed and sleeping wherever ho found a
hospitable roof at the coming of the
evening.
"Ye come from over on Cripple-
shin?" The bay flashed the question
with a sudden hardening of the voice,
CHAPTER II.
Tamarack Splcer.
Groan Mingled
Breathing.
-I'm shore a fool," afta announce*,
half aloud. IT* ahora a flumk toaL"
at the stranger's good-natured nod and
his quiet refusal to give expreselon
to pain. It relieved her of the necea-
slty for contempt
"I'm afraid," apologized the painter,
'that I've been a great deal of trouble
to you."
Her Hps and eyes were sober as she
replied.
"I reckon thet's all right."
"And what's worse, I've got to be
more trouble. Did you see anything
of a brown mule?"
She shook her head.
"He must have wandered off. May
I ask to whom I am Indebted for this
first aid to the injured?"
"I don't know what ye means."
She had propped him against the
rocks and sat near by. looking into bis
race with almost disconcerting steadi-
ness; her solemn-puplled eyea were
unblinking, unsmiling.
"Why, 1 mean who are your* he
laughed.
"I hain't nobody much. I Jest Uvea
over yon."
"But," Insisted the man, "surely you
have a name."
She nodded.
-Hit* Sally."
"Then, Mlsa Sally, I want to thank
you."
Once more ahe nodded, and, for the
first time, let her eyes drop, while she
sat nursing her knee*. Finally aho
glanced ap and asked with plucked-up
courage:
_ _ it tore name
her
Sally clambered lightly over the
rence and started on the last etage of
her Journey, the climb across the
young corn rows. It was a field stood
on end, and the hoed ground was un-
even; but with no seeming ot weari-
ness her red dress flashed steadfastly
across the green spearB, and her voice
wae raised to shout: "Hello, Samson!"
The young man looked up and waved
a languid greeting. He did not remove
his hat or descend from his place or
rest, and Sally, who expected no such
attention, came smilingly on. Samson
was her hero. Slow or utterance and
diffident with the stranger, words now
came rast and fluently as she told her
story ot the man who lay hurt at the
root ot the rock.
"Hit hain't long now tell sundown,"
she urged. "Hurry, Samson, an' git
yore mule. I've done give him my
promise ter foteh ye right straight
back."
Samson took off his hat, and tossed
the heavy lock upward rrom his fore-
head. His brow wrinkled with doubts.
"What sort ot lookin' teller air he?"
While Sally sketched a description,
the young man's doubt grew graver.
"This hain't no fit time ter be takln'
In tolks what we hain't acquainted
with," he objected. In the mountains
any time Is the time tq take In strang-
ers unless there are secrets to be
guarded rrom outside eyes.
"Why hain't It?" demanded the girl.
"He's hurt. We kaln't leave him layln'
thar, kin we?"
Suddenly her eyes caught sight or
the rifle leaning near by, and straight-
way they filled with apprehension.
Her militant love would have turned
to hate for Samson, should he have
proved recreant to the mission ot re-
prisal in which he was biding his time,
yet the coming of the day when the
truce must end haunted her thoughts.
She came close, and her voice sank
with her sinking heart.
"What air hit?" she tensely demand
ed. "What air hit, Samson? What
ter hev ye totched yer gun ter the
field?"
The boy laughed. "Oh, hit ain't
nothln' pertlc'ler," he reassured. "Hit
hain't nothln" ter a gal ter fret hereeir
erbout, only I kinder suspicions
strangers jeet now."
"Air the truce busted?" She put the
question in a tense, deep-breathed
whisper, and the boy replied casually,
almost Indifferently.
"No. Sally, hit hain't Jest ter say
busted, but 'pears like hit's right
smart cracked. I reckon, though," he
added in half-disgust, "nothln' won't
come of hit"
Somewhat reassured, she bethought
herself again ot her mission.
"This here turrlner hain't got no
harm in him, Samson," she pleaded.
'He 'pears ter be more like a gal than
a man. He's real puny. He's got
white skin and a bow of ribbon on
hie neck—an' he paints plctchers."
The boy's face had been hardening
with contempt as the description ad-
vanced. but at the last words a glow
came to his eyes, and he demanded
almost breathlessly:
"Paints plctchers? How do ye know
that?"
"I seen 'em. Jle was palntln' one
when he tell offen the rock and busted
his arm. It's shore es beautiful es—"
she broke off, then added with a sud-
den peal or laughter—"es er pictcher."
The young man slipped down from
the fence, and reached for the rtfle-
The hoe he left where It stood.
"Ill git the nag." he announced
briefly, and swung off without further
parley toward the curling spiral of
smoke that marked a cabin a quarter
of a mil* below. Ten minute* later
and, when he was affirmatively ans-
swered, his eyee contracted and bored
searchlngly Into the Btranger's race.
"Wbere'd ye put up last night?"
"Red Bl|l Hollman's house, at the
mouth or Meeting House tork; do you
know the place?"
Samson's reply was curt
"I knows hit all right."
There was a moment's pause—
rather an awkward pause. Lescott'e
mind began piecing together trag-
ments ot conversation he had heard,
until he had assembled a sort ot men-
tal Jigsaw puzzle.
The South-Hollman reud had been
mentioned by the more talkative or
his informers, and carefully tabooed
by others—notable among them hla
host or last night. It now dawned on
him that he was crossing the boun-
dary and coming as the late guest ot
a Hollman to ask the hospitality of a
South.
"I didn't know whose house It was,"
he hastened to explain, "until I was
benighted and asked for lodging. They
were very kind to me. I'd never seen
them before. I'm a stranger here-
abouts."
Samson only nodded. If the explana-
tion failed to satisfy him, it at least
seemed to do so.
"I reckon ye'd better let me holp
ye up on thet old mule," he said;
"hit's a-comin' on ter be night."
With the mountaineer's aid, Lescott
clambered astride the mount, then he
turned dubiously.
"I'm sorry to trouble you," he ven-
tured. "but I have a paint box and
some materials up there. If you'll
bring them down here, I'll show you
how to pack the easel, and. by the
way," he anxiously added, "please
to handle that fresh canvas carefully—
by the edge—It's not dry yet."
He had anticipated impatient con-
tempt for his artist's Impedimenta,
but to bis surprise the mountain boy
climbed the rock and halted before
the sketch with a race that slowly
sortened to an expression or amnted
admiration. Finally bo took up the
square of academy board with a ten-
der care ot which his rough hands
would have seemed Incapable and
stood stock still, presenting an anoma-
lous figure In his rough clothes as hla
eyes grew almost Idolatrous. Then
ho brought the landscape over to Ita
creator, and, though no word was
spoken, there flashod between the eyes
or tho artist, whoso signature gave to
a canvas tho value ot a precious stone,
and the Joans-clad boy whose destiny
was that ot the vendetta, a subtle,
wordleHS mosenge. It was the coun-
tersign ot brothers-ln-blood who rec-
ognize In each other the bond of a
mutual passion.
Tho boy and tho girl, under Lescott a
direction, packed tho outfit and stored
tho canvBB In tho protecting top of the
box. Thon, while Sally turned and
strode down creek In search of Los-
cott's lost mount, the two men rode
upstream In silence. Flnnlly SamBon
spoke slowly and diffidently.
"Stranger." ho ventured, "ef hU
hain't askin' too much, will ye let me
see ye paint one ot them things?'
"Gladly," was the prompt reply.
Then the boy addod covertly:
"Don't say nothln' erbout hit ter
none or these tolks. They'd devil mo."
The dusk was tailing now, and the
hollows choking with murk.
"We're nigh home now," said Sam-
son at tho end ot Bomo minutes' silent
plodding. "Hlt'a right beyond thet
thar bend."
Then they rounded a point ot tim-
ber and caine upon a small party of
men whose attitudes even In the dim-
ming light conveyed a eubtle sugges-
tion ot portent.
"Thet you, Samson?" called an old
man's voice, which was still very deep
and poweriul.
"Hello, Unc' Spencer!" replied the
boy. ,
Then followed a silence unbroken
until the mule reached the group, re-
vealing that besides the boy another
man—and a Btrange man—had Joined
their number.
"Evenin", stranger," they greeted
him, gravely; then again they fell
silent, and In their silence was evi-
dent constraint.
"This hyar man's a furriner," an-
nounced Samson, briefly. "He tell
often a rock an" got hurt I 'lowed
I'd totch him home ter stay all night."
The elderly man who had hailed the
boy nodded, but with an evident an-
noyance. It seemed that to him the
others deferred as to a commanding
officer. The cortege remounted and
rode slowly toward the house. At last
the elderly man came alongside the
mule and Inquired:
"Samson, where was ye last night?"
"Thet's my business."
"Mebbe hit ain't." The old moun-
taineer spoke with no resentment, but
deep gravity. "We've been powerful
oneasy erbout ye. Hev ye heered the
news?"
"What news?" The boy put the
question noncommittally.
"Jesse Purvy was shot this morn-
IllljlllllllUl
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STATE CAPITAL GOSSIP
Bids Rsqusttsd On Capital
Oklahoma City.—The contract for
the construction of the Stole capltol
will bo submitted to the forthcoming
legislature for Its approval or rejec-
tion, according to announcement by
Chairman W. It. Anthony of the cap-
ltol building commission.
llltls for the construction of the
building proper have boon called for
Big 8hlpmsnt of Tax Stamps
A shipment of eight million war tax
stamps, Including all denomination*
from one-half of one cent to 1100, has
boon received by Hubert L. Rolen, col-
lector of Internal revenue for Okla-
homa. It was the largest batch of
slumps of any kind ever shipped Into
this state at one time.
"With the supply received and thosw
on hand," said Collector Rolen, "wo
by the capltol commissioners. The (will he able now to fill all orders lm-
t*- 7
while Ilia ipgl.luturG "" ' " ii.nd Ih. tores or ti.. oftlM will Co r
Figures given In all of the bids will qulred t0 work „iKht and day."
be tabuluti-d by the commission and A Bhortage jn t|ie supply of two-cent
a statement and recommendations I ttn(j ^,,.^>1,1 documentary stamps ha#
submitted to tho legislature. The com- j prevented the collector's office from
mission, It Is announced, will not milug applications as fast as they ac-
The boy vouchsafed no reply.
"The mail rider done told hit. . . .
Somebody shot five shoots from the
laurel. . . . Purvy hain't died ylt
. . . Some says as how his folks
has sent ter Lexington fer blood-
hounds."
The boy's eyes began to smolder
hatefully.
"I reckon," he spoke slowly, "he
didn't git shot none too soon."
"Samson!" The old man's voice had
the ring of determined authority.
"When I dies ye'll be the head of the
Souths, but so long es I'm a-runnln'
this hyar fam'Iy I keeps my word ter
friend an' foe alike. I reckon Jesse
Purvy knows who got yore pap, but
up till now no South hain't never
busted no truce."
The boy's voice dropped its softness
and took on a shrill crescendo of ex-
citement as he flashed out his retort.
"Who said a South has done busted
the truce this time?"
Old Splcer South gazed searchlngly
at his nephew.
• (to bE continued.)
officially accept any bid or enter Into
a contrnct for the erection of the
building until after tho legislature has
been given complete Information con-
cerning every bid submitted to the
commission.
The commission placed advertise-
ments some time ago calling for bids,
but they were recalled for various
reasons, one of which was that many
of tho contractors who wanted to bid
on the work would not. have hud the
time, It Is said, to gather the neces-
sary Information concerning prices of
material, etc., by the time the com-
mission called for the bids, which was
on December 17.
After the new advertisements were
given out, Chairman W. B. Anthony of
the commission gave out the follow
ing statement:
"The reason why the commission
decided to change the date for open-
ing bids for the completion or the
state capltol from December 17. 1914,
to January 14, 1915, was the tact that
attention ot the commission had been
called to the necessity for an exten
sion of time to enable bidders on the
job to complete their figures, owing to
the great difficulty in getting satisfac-
tory recommendations upon the Okla-
homa stone and other materials to be
used.
"It was the original Intention of the
commission to receive bidB up to De-
cember 17, and at that time to open
and tabulate all the figures and pre-
pare a recommendation to submit to
the legislature when It meets in Jan-
uary and to request its advice as to
whether or not the contract should be
made in accordance with the commis-
sion's decision.
"The extension of time for receiving
bis will not change this policy for it
is the intention of the commission as
soon as possible after the bids have
been opened to decide which, in its
, opinion, is the lowest and best bid,
and to request the advice of the legis-
lature as to whether a contract shall
be entered into in accordance with
the specifications and bids.
"This policy of the commission has
not been one of delay or loss of time,
but one made necessary in conserving
the best interests of the State. In
fact, it has been the policy of the
commission from the time it was or-
ganized to facilitate, as far as possi-
ble, its work, and being prompted by
the desire to complete a capitol for
the people of the State in the very
shortest time possible, the work of
constructing the foundation and sub-
basement frame and a basement floor
slab was undertaken and has pro-
ceeded with such rapidity, efficiency
and economy as will certainly com-
mand the approval and commendation
of every taxpayer of the State who
feels a sufficient interest in the mat-
ter thoroughly to investigate the facts
and form his opinion therefrom.
cumulated.
As soon as all who have applied for
stamps have been supplied the field
force of tho revenue collector's office,
which has been required to assist the
office squad since about November 25,
will be sent out to commence the work
of checking up. Although a great ma-
jority of all the personB affected by
tho tax have paid their assessments
there are undoubtedly scoreB who
have failed, some who were not in-
formed of the tax. Collector believes.
Tobacco dealers, pawnbrokers and pool
and billiard hall operators are be-
lieved to make up the major portion of
those who have not paid.
Dusted with taking In money and
dispensing stamps, Collector Bolen
has not had opportunity to prepare a
careful estimate of the amount of
money derived by the government
from the war tax revenue in Okla-
homa. He believes now, however,
that the Bum will be greatly In excess
of his first estimate of $125,000, prob-
ably passing the $200,000 mark.
Hardware Men Meet.
The Oklahoma Hardware and Im-
plement Association eloBed a conven-
tion after the election of an Oklahoma
City man, H. O. Davis, to the presi-
dency and selection of other officers,
as follows:
S. S. Reed of Pauls Vallev, vice
president; W. B. Porth of Mustang,
reelected secretary-treasurer; James
Drown ot Edmond, Henry Borklund ot
Cashion, G. H. Walters of Wagoner, J.
E. West of Headrick, A. W. Kava-
naugh of Alva. C. H. Crum of El Reno,
J. T. Laughney of Muskogee and H. O:
McClure of Tulsa, members of the
board of directors; N. A. Stone ot
Shawnee, delegate to the national con-
vention: Ben F. Ridge or Duncan, to
the standing legislative committee in
place ot J. T. Laughney, made a
director.
HISTORIC FIND IN PALESTINE
Chlcagoan Reports Discovery of Floor
of Church Dating From Third or
Fourth Century.
Dr George L. Robinson of the Mc-
Cormlck Theological seminary, who
has returned to Chicago after a year's
study of ruins in Palestine, reports
the finding of an ancient mosaic floor
one mile south of St. Nebo.
"The floor was discovered by an
Arabian farmer who dug into the
earth to build a foundation for a
barn," he said. "The floor was In
one ot the early Christian churches
and waa built in the third or fourth
century.
"Flowers, animals and Greek in-
scriptions arc inlaid In most artistic
manner. The mosaic Is tn a perfect
state of preservation and looks as
though It might have been laid yes-
terday." _ .
As a result of his studies Doctor
Robinson has come to the conclusion
that the true Kadesh of Moses and
the Israelites Is properly located at
Aim Kadees. Doctor Robinson said he
believed that the Catholics were cor-
rect in their contention that Zion is
located on the southwestern hill of
Jerusalem and that Calvary Is under-
neath the church of the Holy Sep-
lucher.
Muat Have Some Evidence.
"1 tell you. Jack." said the entbu-
slast In the Berliner Rlustrlrte Zeltung.
-I have a new car that Is wonderful!
It runs so smoothly that you can t feel
It; it makes no noise at all. and there
is no smell of gasoline! And speed.
It goes so fast that you cant
Brooks Re-Elected Harvard Club Head
Dr. Stratton D. Brooks, president of
the state university, was re-elected
president of the Harvard club of Ok-
lahoma at the annual dinner. Rolin
E. Gish was re-elected secretary-
treasurer. Among the prominent out-
of-town guests present at the dinner
were Prof. J. K. Hosmer. well known
historian, of Houston, Texas; Attor-
ney A. H. Morse of Coward and
Morse, of Kansas City, and Hon. S. P.
Freeling. attorney general-elect.
Dr. Brooks acted as toastmaster.
One of the features of the evening was
the reading of a message of greeting
from General Leonard Wood, former
chief of staff of the United States
army, and now commander of the de-
partment of the east, who passed
through Oklahoma City but was un-
able to attend the dinner.
of a mil* helow. Ten minute* i«er see 11"hllr'lL^melU^or
hi* h*r feet swung against the ribs You can tfwI' .^ ie nn do yoa
of a gray mul* and hi* rifle lay hal se* It? llow und^thenn do yoa
the unsaddled wtthan. | haow yea ve got a car, imbt
MEASURING LIGHT OF STARS
With Improved Instruments, Johns
Hopkins Professor Hopes to Se-
cure Most Important Results.
A recent number of Le Radium con-
tains a paper by Dr. A. H. Pfund of
Johns Hopkins university. In which
he describes some preliminary tests
he has made of a new apparatus for
measuring the light of a star. The
work was done at the Allegheny ob-
servatory. the Keeler 30-inch reflector
being used. In the focus of the tele-
scope, either of two small blackened
disks, which formed the junction ot
a thermo-circult, could be placed. The
wires used for the thermo-element
were alloys of bismuth and tin, and
of antimony and bismuth respectively.
They were enclosed In an evacuated
capsule, closed at one end by a plate
of fluorite and substituted for the eye-
piece ot the telescope. The thenno-
current was measured by a moving- ,
coll galvanometer. The sensitive- j
ness of the arrangement was such that
a candle at a distance ot 80 miles
would give a deflection of one mil-
limeter. The deflections obtained
from celestial objects were: Vega,
7.5; Jupiter. 3.0; Aitalr, 2.0 millime-
ters. The author hopes, by using a
more sensitive galranometer and ma-
terials for his thermoelements, to In-
crease the sensitiveness considerably,
and In this way to open up a new field
of astro-physical research.
Old Age.
"My son. you want to stop this run-
ning around nights."
"It don't hurt me, father."
"Yes. it does. It will make you old
before your time."
"Well, that wont lay me up. Th*
world Is thousands of years old. and it
runs around night* donl HI"
Ruling On Indian Taxation
Tax exemptions on allotted Indian
land run only so long as title to the
land remains in the original allottee,
according to an important opinion
dealing with the taxability of Indian
land, which has been given in the su-
preme court by Justice F. E. Riddle.
The opinion is given in the case of
the county treasurer and the board of
county commissioners of Okmulgee
county versus Cornelia S .veet and oth
ers.
Cornelia Sweet and her associates,
purchased some town lots which were
a part of the allotment to Sarah
Smith, a Creek freedwoman. They re-
fused to pay the taxes on the property
contending that it was exempt under
various acts of congress dealing with
allotment of land to Indians.
It was found that the Smith woman,
through the proper procedure, had all
the restrictions removed from her
land some time prior to the convey
ance to Cornelia Sweet and her as-
sociates. The court held that when
the exemptions were removed and the
land deeded to Cornelia Sweet the tax
exemptions were removed.
The opinion of the higher court re
verses the district court of Okmulgee
county, which held the tax exemptions
on the land were still in effect.
Famine in Revenue Stamps
Hundreds of war tax stamp orders
that have been received by Hubert L.
Dolen, collector of internal revenue
for Oklahoma, cannot be filled now
for the reason that no 2-cent and 10-
cent stamps are in the supply on hand
at the collector's office. A shipment
containing these denominations Is ex-
pected dally.
"Persons who have sent in applica-
tions and haven't received answers
are flooding the office with letters of
inquiry," said the collector. "It will
greatly help us if they will not write,
as the volume of mail to be opened
will be lessened. The only reason all
orders have not been filled is that we
have not been furnished with suffi-
cient supplies of some denominations.
As soon as we receive them all ap-
plications will be answered."
Hennessy Resigns As Aggie Officer.
Ben P. Hennessy. for the past three
and one-half years secretary of the
state board of agriculture, has an-
nounced his resignation, effective the
first of the year when the change in
state administrations is made. His
formal written resignation was pre-
sented to the board of agriculture at
its last meeting, but the board took no
action at that time.
Mr. Hennessy has announced his In-
tention of retiring for the time from
public life, and of moving to his farm
near Watonga, in Blaine county.
New Incorporations
Secretary of State Den F. Harrison
has granted the following charters-
Loho Oil Company of Tulsa, capital,
$50,000; Incorporators, E. A. Hosier,
Kansas City; Cyrus S. Avery. Thad O.
Day, Tulsa. The Corona Petroleum
Company of Nowata, capital. ?.".'>no-.
incorporators, L. P. Clark. ("ofT'-lfy-
ville. Kans.; Hugh Dransnn, Hal Ax-
ley, Nowata. Industrial Oil and Gas
Cornpanv of Tulsa, capital. $5,000: in-
corporators. Sam Sitrin. Albert H.
Bell. Tulsa. Thomas Drilling Com-
pany of Tulsa, capital $3,000.
Higher Oklahoma Rates Suspended
Washington—An Increase ot freighl
rates, ranging from 5 to 20 per cent on
fresh meats, packing house product!
and other articles in peddler cars
from Oklahoma to other states, was
suspended by the interstate commerce
commission until March 20. An in-
vestigation will be made by the com-
mission into all of the increases in
| rates proposed by the western and
I southwestern railroads, the tariff!
suspended being only one phase ol
the inquiry.
Body of Campbell Exhumed
In order to determine the exact |
tause of his death, the *ontfnts of the I
ftomach of W. H. L. Campbell, for-
mer clerk of the supreme court, who
died suddenly at Tulsa several weeks
ago. have beon sent to the laboratory
at the state university for analysis. The
exhumation from Fairlawn cemetery
took place several days ago. State
Chemist Dr. Edwin DeBarr Is in
charge of the analysis lamraac*
companies in which Campbell s dfe
was insured. It Is said, have request
ed proof of death. |
Teachers to Meet at Oklahoma City
The annual convention of the Cen-
tral Oklahoma Educational Associa-
tion will be held Friday and Saturday,
February 19 and 20. It was decided
Saturday by the organixations execu-
tive committee at a meeting here.
This association, composed of thirty
counties In the central part of the
state, is 'he largest sectional division
of the state organisation Th- con-
vention. at Which they expert an at-
tendance of from 1,50") to i.O°« teach-
er*, will be held In Oklahoma City.
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