HARRISON GAZETTE.
Published every Friday at Harrison
Oklahoma, by
GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY,
Subscription, per year V.OO
E. W. Kimber, - H. W. Dim..
Editors and Publishers.
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Postofflne at Harrison. O. T.
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A bill opening t ) settlement
505,000 acres of i. n J in the
Kiowa country was introduced
in the house a few c.'a s ago
b) Representative Stephens
of Texas. It provides that
480,000 acres in the Kiowa,
Comanche and Apache reser-
vations set apart for grazing
purposes by the secretary of
the interior 2nd the 25,000
acres set apart as a woo l reser-
vation, shall be opened to
settlement by proclamation of
the | resident with'n three
months afier the passage of
the act, and sold at public
auction to the highest bidder
for cash, the money arising
from the sale to be paid to the
Indians.
The official opening of ti e
gathering of prince#, held to
Ce lebrate the accession of Kino
Edward, as emperor of India,
took place in Delhi, Iiidia, on
Monday last, w hen Lord and
Lady Curzon made a state
entry into the city, riding at
the head of a magnificent pro-
cession, mounted upon "Grand
Tusker, the largest elephant
in India. Seventy elephants
used in the parade were mount-
ed by dignitaries, of more or
less importance, from differ-
ent parts of the realm, and
one hundred and fifty more
ca: ried their brilliantly attired
retainers. The guns from the
saluting battery thundered out
a royal salute as the viceroy
passed, and the entire company
of elephants gave an answer-
i g salute by throwing their
huge trunks in the air and
loudly trumpeting. The scene
is described as a truly impos-
ing one, and it was witnessed
by great crowds of enthusiastic
spectators.
QRASS HOUSE OF WICHITA8.
The finest house ever de-
signed by a redskin is the grass
house of the Wichitas, a tribe
that at present live in southern
Oklahoma. ' They ^re the only
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STOVES.
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iWood
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fCoal
Pipe, i
Little, !
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Short.
O. H.MINTON & BRO,
Here Is the place to buy your pipe.
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•xi be that ever accomplished biing removed to a thickn 4S
successfully the erection of a of about eight inches. ?>;i Talo
aass structure. Soon they grass so 1 is the oily kind that
ire to abandon these huts and will answer the purpose of the
ake up their humdrum reser- bui'der. He commences to
vation life in two-room, frame lay the foundation as does the
.hacks, which are being built stone ma on, digging away
tor them by the governnient. the earth to a dspth of about
The grass house it is claimed, one foot. The grass portion
is far from being healthful; of the chunks of sod ar'% laid
but it is certainly very com- to the outsid-, and the house
fortable. is built to a height of twelve
There are but about fifty of to fifteen feet, in the form of
the old men of the tribe alive a j c inted dome. There is no
today who understand the art hole in the top ior smoke 10
of building these houses so pass our, the latter being ear-
that it will stand. And these ried away through a pipe on
refuse to wprk, even lor gen- the outside of the hut. The
erous wages The govern- door is usually in the south
ment has offered these grass- and there are no windows,
house builders lucrative em- Through each tuft of sod is
ployment to construct some ru„ a willow reed string, and
houses that may be preserved these strings arc bound clear
as models of an ancient art. around the structure. The
But they refuse, and the grass gr;lss remains green, and will
hut that used to dot the prairies j,r0w if there is plenty of rain. !
of the Wichita reservation are It is not at all uncommon to'
now being torn down. The SCe the sides of these grass1
Wichitas are determined that houses turn green as spring'
their huts shall not survive approaches, just as do the'
them. 1 pastures near them. The'
Appearances arc often de- houses are very warm in win-
ceiving. One can look upon1 ter and cool in summer. They ;
a grass house and imagine it J nevcr leak. Often the Indians
is an easy thing to build But have barns made of the same:
not - so. It is indeed most material. But in thesi '
intricate. The grass is gath-
ered early in the spring, when
it is yet fresh. The sod cut-
ting usually takes place im-
mediately after a rain, the sod
day s1
the redskins are made to live1
in frame shacks, and the once i
famous grass house will soon I
be but a recollection.—Scien I
tific American.
(First j ublished Dec. To, '02 ).
c*nte*t r.^rirt.
A sufficient contest f.'davit
having been iile<! in this oii~!.>:
by Columbus M. Rutledgc,
contestant, against homestead
entry No. 6138, made Nov.
1901, for n. w. 1-4, sec. ,
twp. 5 n, range 15 w. i. in.,
by Hans. H. Haumgarn, Con-
testrc, and also against home-
stead entry No. *814.2 mad'!
Mar. 25, 'c?, for the same tract
of land, the same being trans-
mutation of S. I). S. No. 24;
by August R. Doeschcr. in
which it is alleged that both
Hans H. Haumgarn and Au-
gust R. Doescher have aban-
doned the said tract of land
tor more than six months, and
that said default still exists
said pas ties are hereby noti-
fied to appear, respond an 1
offt r evidence touching
allegation at 10 o'clock a. m.
on April 21, 1903 before tin:
Register and Receiver at th •
United States Land Office in
El Reno, Ok la.
The said contestant havin g,
in a proper affidavit, filed
Dec. 11, 1902, set forth facts
which show that after du •
diligence personal service ot
this notice can not be made, it
is hereby ordered and directed
that such notice be given by
due and proper publication.
Hammer & Babcock, Ally's
for contestant.
rhomas R. Rkki>, Receiver.
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Th  Dixie Ntora, at Hobart, will pay
the railroad fare to lUbait auil rt
turn, to all poraoaa from ilarriaon or
ricinitj who puruhaaa at leaat tft.fco
vtvrth of meruhaariita at thalr at or*
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