The New Era. (Walter, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 10, 1907 Page: 2 of 8
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Office over Walter Hardware Co
Phone 20
WAR IN THE DESERT
JAMES B SCOBEY
Notary Public
REAL ESTATE LOANS AND INSURANCE
Especial Attention Given to the Sale of Farm
Properties
-Fire Tornado and Hail Insurance-
FARM LOANS
THE NEW ERA
J W JOHNSON
Editor and Publisher
Telephone No 74
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One year $100
Six months 60
Published Every Thursday
Entered as second-class mattir
Ootober 8 1S01 at the post office at
Walter Okla under the act of con-
gress of March 3 1879
Freddy’s Profession
When I’m a man I’d like to be
Something big and greatr
An admiral who lives at sea
Or Governor of my State
I’d like to be an engineer
Who runs the State Express
I’d like to be a brigadier
And eat my meals at mess
I’d like to keep a candy store
Or write a book or two —
About the countries I explore
From here to Timbuctoo
And then I think it would be fine
If I could — by and by —
Be captain on a baseball nine
A Sampson or a Schley
So now I think I ought to grow
The quickest way I can
For what I’d really like you
know
Is first to be a man
But when I ask my Uncle James
What he would most enjoy
He laughs at me and exclaims:
“I’d like to be a boy”
—St Nicholas
Side Walks to the Depot
Shall we have a sidewalk to the
depot? This is a question that
was much discussed last winter
and at one time there was almost
enough money subscribed t o
build this much needed sidewalk
but March brought dry weather
and we began to hear new com-
ers and that other class who
prophesy talkabout this droughty
country and the sidewalk matter
was dropped but the winter
season approaches again we see
the need of this sidewalk The
train in the evening is almost al-
ways late and the cab cannot al-
ways accommodate all those who
have the price saying nothing
about those who haven’t and
those who prefer walking and
many times homeseekers are
compelled to walk to town and
all over town looking for lodging
through the mud and water
which makes them feel like tak-
ing the morning train out of
here Last Friday night the pas-
senger arrived at 11 o’clock and
the road to town was as muddy
as it has been this year and a
large number of people got off
the train Many of them had to
walk This condition of affairs
should not continue through the
winter It has continued too
long now If the town will not
build or cannot build sidewalks
and there is no way of having the
property owners build them then
W must build them by subscrip-
ts l
Frisco Train Plunges Through
Bridge
Clinton Okla Oct 4 — Crash-
ing through a flmsev bridge span-
ing the Washita here Frisco
freight train No 312' consisting
of the engine and 32 cars plung-
ed through the murky Waters of
the swollen stream and into the
quicksand at 230 o’clock this
morning carrying Fireman
Claude Blue of Enid to his
death and giving the other mem-
bers of the train crew a close
call for their lives
This is the third Frisco train
to break through wooden pier
bridges across the Cimarron and
Washita within a year It was
half a mile in length
A passenger train was due
here a short time after the
freight left and had the accident
not occurred scores of passen-
gers might have perished
Of inferior construction and
further weakened by flood wat-
ers from the recent rain the
tressle tottered back and foith
as trains crossed soon after the
river began to rise Train crews
had been ordered to run slowly
on the bridge and the crew of
No 312 was obeying orders when
the accident occurred
Conductor white was riding on
the pilot endeavoring to inspect
the bridge as his train crossed
As the bridge fell he leaped
ahead and reached a part that
stood up Engineer Riggs who
was making his first trip leaped
through the window of the cab
into the river The two brake-
men swam to a car upturned on
end in midstream and perched
there until morning
Fireman Blue wp crushed be-
tween the engine and coal tender
as the bridge gave way His
mangled body floated down the
stTcam and was not recovered
until this afternoon
It will be days before traffic
cap be resumed
The Oklahoma Post the lead-
ing Republican paper in the ter-
ritory which went into hands of
receivers a short time ago ap-
peared again Monday as daily
and weekly managed by R T
Jacob trustee It is a four-page
seven-column with three pages
free patent and a front page
made up from the other dailies
To Whom It May Concern
“This will introduce and recom-
mend Dr D C Williams to any
community or any patient as a
gentleman and healer I have
taken his treatment and I im
proved under it and I would
have done better had I been in a
position to have taken it regular
I would have been intirely cured
Any favors shown him will be
appreciated
P M Bakeii M D
City Health Officer and Mayor
of Walter O T”
Walter Okla Oct 7 1907
A father never realizes how
hard it is for his child to learn
long division until he tries to ex-
plain it
WHERE TRIBES MINGLE IN
FIERCE CONFLICT
Traveler Deccrlbaa Scenes of Carnage
That Accompanied the Conveying
of Caravan Across the Vast
Waste of Arid Land
Lieut Boyd Alexander describes an
Incident of travel In Africa: “Previous
to my work on Lake Chad I had the
fortune to witness a Tubu raid upon
the Mecca caravan At that time the
Yo districts were In a most unsettled
state natives went about fully armed
and only traveled by night for fear of
the Tubus who were on the warpath
These people are the nomad robbers
of the Sahara and lead a camp life
Armed with long spears and mounted
on small quick ponies and camels
they cover long distances concen-
trating suddenly when a raid Is con-
templated afterward to scatter and as
quickly disappear Many of the law-
less Mobbur are their worthy allies
acting as spies and sharing a portion
of the spoils While the last great
Mecca caravan was traveling through
this country escorted by th kachella
of Yo and his horsemen it was heav-
ily ambushed near Bulturl a two-days’
march from Yo The Mobburs opened
the attack by flights of poisoned ar-
Otvs while the Tubu horsemen
charged on the flanks cutting off num-
bers o? the flocks of the caravan
which spread over two miles offroad
and numbered 700 people and nearly
1000 cattle
“With the loss' of 12 men and 30
horses killed the kachella who had
eight spear wounds with his 100 horse-
men kept the enemy at bay and un-
der the protection of darkness brought
the harassed caravan into Bulturl
where for five days the Tubus hem-
med It In On the fourth day the
kachella managed to get a runner
through to me and begged me to
come and rescue him Accordingly
with all the arrow men and horsemen
I could muster at Yo I reached Bul-
turl In time to relieve him At day-
break we moved out of town prepared
to fight our way back to Yo It was
splendid to see the kachella a man
over six feet in height mount his
horse and receive the homage of his
warriors First came troops of ar-
row men who silently advanced and
shook their bows at him then the
horsemen clad in cloaks ornamented
with patches of color upon horses
dressed In thick arrow-proof coats
came on In line and raising their
pears above their heads formed
round him
“For nearly two days a running fight
ensued and the caravan tolled pain-
fully along enveloped In the dust of
charging horsemen It was a pictur-
esque sight Whole families were
there driving their Cocks and carry-
ing with them all their worldly be-
longings and their children perched
on the backs of bullocks and camels
Among the pilgrimage there traveled
pale-faced Fulanls Husas from 8oko-
to handsome dark-skinned people
from Melle and Timbuktu and many
mallams or priests turbaaed and
and clothed la white walked calm
and heedless of the danger Incessant-
ly telling their boad When close to
To the Tubus cleared off and' the
kaehella’s warriors concentrated and
advanced past ‘me In a long line to-
ward the Jowu and 'then the women
and children crowded round the king
asking the news All night long the
hours were broken by the wall of
women calling upon their dead men
to return
Th t-'lret Barehaek Rider
TUdug on a broad pad atrapped on
horse’s back Is-very old bareback
naing Is comparatively new It was no
longer ago than 1854 on the Fourth of
July that E B Washburne’s circus
playing In Boston was packed to suffo-
cation by the announcement spread
broadcast that on that particular day
for the first time in the history of the
world a man would ride three times
around the ring standing upright on
the bareback of a gnllnlng horse!
The rider Robert Almar actually ac-
complished this feat and also he car-
ried an American flag which he wav-
ed thereby arousing tremendous en-
thusiasm Contrast that with the pres-
ent when there are scores of riders
who can turn a somersault on horse-
back A clever hoy can be taught In
about three days to stand up on a
horse and ride around the ring—
Everybody’s
Justifiable Inferences
Farmer Pasterlot (discussing liter-
ature with the new boarder) — Ther’
wuz one book thet my son BUI thought
a heap of when he wus t’ hum — all
about swattln’ an’ biffin’ an’ blood
"One of those swash-buckler ro-
mances I presume Do you recall
where the scene was laid 7
' Well I took It t’ be a Jersey story
from the name of It ’Twux called
The Three Muskecteri”— ruck
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Q W BROE Pres
J O DOWD Treas
The Walter Hardware Co
Incorporated: Capital Stock $50000
FOR
FURNITU
Stoves
Ranges
Hardware
Implements
Wagons
and Buggies
M9VmamHMmaMBM9mMaNmmaaiMmMMaamnmimiiHm
We carry the Stock we make the Prices we
occupy 10500 feet of floor space you are in-
vited to come and look over our stock We will
not be offended if you dont see fit to buy
WALTER OKLA
Just Received-A Gar
of Patent Lath
WE SELL AMERICAN PLASTER
THE BEST ON THE MARKET
Walter Lumber Co
The English Furniture Co
Have bought the entire stock of
Musical Instruments from Jno
G Ralston and will carry a full
stock of : : : : :
PIANOS ORGANS AND OTHER MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
LATEST SHEET MUSIC
All Kinds of Musical Stock
ENGLISH FURNITURE CO
FOR THE
BEST AND FRESHEST GROCERIES
—GO TO—
W C CANNON The GROCER
He Will Save You Money
Telephone 8 Free Delivery
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Johnson, J. W. The New Era. (Walter, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 10, 1907, newspaper, October 10, 1907; Walter, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2081991/m1/2/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed July 5, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.