Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 150, Ed. 1 Monday, July 3, 1911 Page: 6 of 8
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CHiCKAtHA DAILY tXMItS CHXKASHA CKLAHOJB. . .
A Widow and a
Railroad
THE SHARP-
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By IVAN MROMKY
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CFT-t 11. fcr iUn-!fe4 I4t-
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At pretent tdt'.um par's f;f th
ronrit r tal ' r fn ttJ of bridfr
d4 rbr r no fond utailabt In
tf. tonMy nwy cpab! of i:rx
fc''f-i! to !? piirtoa. It $ wholly
Imunrtiruhift to ob'aln money wt'h
MH 16 fculld brides by tt. levy 6f a
d!rcy for tb.-if vnryj; but the
law fr6v!d way whereby the cmto-
trt bond way be Issued and so'd
- 1 a fur. -J !n that way created out
of which tridgea may be built. A?
the pr.-rt lime Crady county has
So iijfsfsfld'ng tonfld !ri!eb!dn
of tsoiiy) ? l"' '! f which J.a
t n o"l for f rwHri county tr'dga
If ) bIrd that all of the Interest
(find j" r ).(- a portion of the sinking
furd) for the proposed new tlo.Wt
iMiif r ;i n tak'n tar of out of
it!r. ii tti'hont ii ict.-
'y of lyinr ny ;' Sal or d(J.'lion-
il st for that p'jrpo. V M! the
.?;? r t; !y ripx-ld. thli com-
rr.'ni!r.r (Jo not wish 'o incur ffta
rpii of a i:f "-i! ! mi for vof-
ifig oln th projVcil tor.d !ni ui.I
tlr In g r3on.itl probability of an
ff.nns'! r!ilt of u'b f-lscilon
f!. '!.1 ore b f-H'l n1 bM. Tba
jir '; tbff-forft of In I own lc"r
1 to r!l upon tb faxpaycrit of Cr-
dy county to fnfrw if tb-lr rotinfy
r it nrln!orir oft or bffor Monfiav
3 i!y 3rd. whether tbiy or !i faror
of or o(poed to tbe propowl bond
fj an fcwlfib'ifore net on. 1 bl
r.-i.ij- b d( lt1T b7 n'f;rrraUv or
infriiiv pftltlon filed with J. D.
Lfridify roiinty frlfrk or by lwtter
rtttm to or personal irifritleipi
with tb fornrnfuRioiftrx
Ttii brl'Vr to be bnilt Mn Irnper-
lT!y n-i!-d at b'-for tt'd. un-)-
It thall apr to thwommlHiiIon-
T tbt thu fftitlient Of thl taxfriy-
at 1st opposed.' to tbo proposed band
the clftf 'Jon III be ca'lcd. 111
8. f rd;iaf wi n l;w.
Iwib t Ctil -k(.Hl.a th! June 2fith
Board of county or.mmlnlonrf.
rr f. Johns
Chlckha.
W. M. T-t7ftBIKY
Hush Spring
JOHN M. I'KNN
( m" J Aiubor.
J'.y .H P. JOM.NH Chairman
6 27-4ldltw
HAPPIEST GIRL. IN LINCOLN.
Lincoln' Nib. girl trlt(' " bad
t'-n uiling for fcoHie time with cbron-
l const ipt.ion tmd utomiicli troiible I
bfgan taklriK C'huniborlalu'i Ktomnth
tend Llvr Tablptn and In three dayi
I wan able to bi up and got bfitur
right Rlong. I am the proud!t irl
In Lliicoln to find bucIj a good nifdl-
tin." Kor al by all dalr. il.w
" tPlml publlhed July 1 1911.)
BMERIFF'S SALE.
State of Oklahoma (Jrady county a.
Notice in hereby given that in pur-
tunnre to su order of al lnniied out
of thfl Buperlor court S iit'idy county
Oklahoma on tho Mfi ;ev of June
1 it 1 1 . in on action whereh. F. K. llld-
die was plaintiff and Kll RtunbrotiKh
J. L. lienuett and J. W. Trenton wore
defendanU dlierted to Hie tlm under-
iKned nherirt of Grady county Okla-
homa commanding me to levy upon
itppralne ittid aell the following Je-
prvpetiy. to wit: Lot. five &)
and went fifteen (if) feet of lot nix
(6) In block V.t In the city or Chlck-
Bhn Orndy coiitity Oklahoma bh per
tlit4 official tuap and phut thereof to
n;iflKfy judgment and decree of fore-
cb.iiiito In favor of mild plaintiff and
tijt.iltmt. ifild defeiidanlB ohlained and
made In mild court ota the 2!th day
;t June A D 1II1 for th tuiii of
$215.50 and coum with Inter-
rut thereon at ten per cent per Rnnnm
rrom the lif'th day of Juno 15111 and
i(iii airrtilng 1 will on the 1t day of
AiiciiBt litll at tho hour of nlna
o'clock a. in. of Riild dute at the
ft iint door of tho court bonne In the
city of Chlcknuha tti ald county and
tale offer for lain and aell to the
highest bidder for canh unld property
above ilenctihed or no much tltereof
will urititify naid judgment Interest
and coHtn.
WKnesH tny hand Ihli Ihe 3nth day
t.f June A. t) 1911.
JOHN C. LRWtS.
Hherlff of f.rady county. OklaliomR
lly II W fVfithernton
T l :mi Pi-puty
For summer clhirrhora Irt children
ftuiiyi nlv'e Chnmberlaln'n rollo
t'tiitlctrt and Diarrhoea remedy and
;i!or oil and a speedy cure In ccr-
tnUi. tr ;! br ail d'Hl-r. d' w
fun Arthur were succber of
wtimm .d .fcl;4f-o tbut f ta b
frtrnw. BlbKMUrlj Bsb they wm
ttW t.!i w8.9 ty tt-it omit em-
Kebt 8fil lb cbrdren b the eofint
ttrtt iruu. IiUf-lpHfl
! amoRf tb ftuf slti. .d r.'.t'i; t
it thu totetr I't-ftTtMi to hit thirlr
ttiUn 1rl ti.r to Mug rJriit-
4 frm tfe"Bt. enerl J$?omI
Ihe TrotsB ('(rffiUiUCilfr el thm Km-
p; by bsir. Lin on m'.fn In Port
Arthur o it a not rftarkati rLt
br ffl)oet Nlt. lc 1 tbut
tuu.ir of . lii dr-!i durlnf tbe
Wf-re p: yir.if ateut in tbe fortr- and
otntirii4 !;.. ti tbe g'Jii on It- ram-
fmrt. fXre4 to br id nbcii. but
tbM enihfed men er not allowed to
have wives or children with tbin.
frx-it Vj.t Touixky w a f"8-
cer of renown tin wh In charge it
one of the )! ienn on Two Houftred
rel Ttitc -Meter bill Sitd (1 -t more
dmnjt" to the Jt'tn' with lii
piece ttiau any gauoer In tb tinMsiino
army.
With Tomsk y wan I you op abarp-
hoiiter riauied Alexin ivif ff dead
fcbot who did rmwt of tha rtfta Work
pickioK off Japanewt wb'i were "work-
in rim Hi at were Uoinj especial rtani-
fe. While the aergeant fii firing lm-
tieuae bnllx from bla pet cannon in aa
effort to sfience some Japanes gun
that If left iou would aurely make
n importiirit breach 1'efroff would be
pP klriK off tiue by one the timiem that
were dlr-ellii the f5riu.
I'etroff w a io-re boy. Not 8 balr
had shown Ikwlf on bin face not even
a bit of down. That on bis bead was
of tho lltit'-t of the light northern
hne while bin eye were n correspond-
ing azure. He seemed very much at-
tach" to the blfs man who directed the
big (tun. with hi nhmky hair and
beard and fierce mmitinliloa. Indued
each seemed fitted for his -especial
work. Tomaky to send forth tho Kf"1
cannon balls weighing a couple of hun-
dred pound Petrofr to dispatch the
Ibin lcwdeu liullets
Tonjky kept .on dismounting kuiis
and doing other damage to the Japa-
nese until he beenme fumed amon his
comrades for the most useful alne
man In the Husslan army. They used
to say "If all our generals could be
turned Into Tomxky Runners tho Japa-
nese would never take Port Arthur."
Itut at last the Jsi Rot on to the
fact that this wholesale destruction of
life and ordnance was due to one man
mid they were not long lu locating the
big K'tmni-r on Two Hundred and Three
Meter hill. Then they called for one
of the best sharpHh.Kiters In the army
and pointing out Tomnky to him. or-
dered the Jap to eliminate thu big Hus-
sian. Once tht gunner was located
ami a aharpHhisiter especially detailed
to kill him he had not long to live. H
happened thut after he was pointed
out he did Hot ahow hlmfetf Tor some
time but as neon as he did ho received
a bullet in his forehead that Untuned
bis career.
The rief of his assistant at his loss
Was touching to see. I'etroff was af-
fected to tears. The Husslau jieasant
soldiers who were more lllte cattle than
men could not understand how a man
could Weep. Hot presently Petroff's
fwilluic changed from grief to revenge.
Ills comrades could utiderstaud that
nd as they saw I'etrotT take up his
rltle and 'hint It s if It were n dear
child they looked at one another as if
to a.:
"Now Pelroff Is a man aaln; he
will make Ihe little monkeys pay fur
killing the big sergeant."
From that time Petroff was always
behind the ramparts watching through
a jMirtholo for some Japanese to stiow
himself. When one did so but an in-
staut would elapse before he would
pitch forward or backward and it
would bu disco vered by h! compnn-
ions that he hud either Ien killed or
mortally wounded.
Every time Pelroff killed a Japanese
lie would punch a hole in his cap. As
the alege went on the holes became
bo numerous that there was acarcely
room enough for them nil. in time
they pawned the hundred mark. But
this did not autlsfy the young marks-
man and be went on relentlessly mak-
ing one Jap after another bite the
dust till the surrender came when he
had 11" holes punched In his cap.
There were 4L'(X0 prisoners taken
by the Japs In the surrender of Port
Arthur. One day when a lot of Rus-
sians were lined up to be marched to
tranKirt a woman passed. She was
dressed In feminine apparel except the
big military Russian cap. The sol-
diers laughed and Jeered at her. Tak-
ing oft her cap she held it up to the
light showing punctured like a cluster
of stars.
"Do you see tbatf he said. "Each
hole stands for a Japanese killed be-
tauue they killed my husband."
"Who was your husband?"
"Bergeant Tomsky."
"And your
"Alexis retrod" his sharpshooter."
"What! You Alexis Petioff the
sharpshooter who bus killed bo many
of the Utile devils?" S
"Ii)k at the holes. I hate had one
of the devils for each hole."
"Well well! And you. being a wo-
man have only to put on skirts and
you will not have to go to the detesta-
ble lilniid"
"No: 1 nm gning bn-li to Russia to
iovk. after our cbJUtit'u."
Tb I aad S rilrrsd bad !- U5.-1
to etSsii&a! a tn aiii curve oo its
B&e by a cm cm 1 twit the !.
U Tf. c-Tirre bad be-a u arte to
res li a boom towu wbkh bad later
ba fire swept and tbea abandoned.
The Widow I art- r rt-li. t of a farmer
Kil Oii the line of the rejected cot-
off. It must ran between two lake
on fcer farm arid the tetbmni was only
ev-ii(y feet wide.
There was iot a douft on tb part
of the railroad people CuaX the wblow
would ell the ritjbt of j for il'
cr so. rtay a company lawyer
paid b-r a call. Tie was a man of
fifty about tb widow's sire rd the
two bad not 1u.kl tea minutes before
it developed that ttey ul to go to
school f r'-ther as children. When it
came to ; k log of the right of way
the lawyer treiited It as a trifling mat-
ter. All other landowners on the line
hsd granted it for nothing but in Mrs
farter's case tb-y would pay tV If
she would bind herself to keep fpiiet
about It.
"I won't say either je or no today"
she replied. "There's something I
want to remember about our s' hool
days some Incident of importance that
you were connected with. 1 guess 1
can think it up tonight and you can
come back tomorrow."
The lawyer departed thinking the
Widow a bit odd in her ways and he
was back In due time next day.
"Look here Sam Davis" said Mrs.
Carter as they were seated. "I was
purty sure there was some Incident
and It has come to me. You know
there was a hill back of the school-
bouse at Wharton?' 1
"Yes."
"And we used to slide down on Bleds
nd boards at recess and after achool''
"So we did."
"One noon you asked me to ride on
your sled. Halfway down the hill It
upset and I lost a big cud of sum 1
was chewing."
The lawyer laughed and slapped his
leg but the widow had a very serious
face 'i she went on:
"And so your old railroad has got
to pay me a thousand dollars for the
right of way. I'm going to get even
for that lost gum."
"A hundred dollars Is a bl price
widow. It'a land that you make no
use of."
"But I may Aeclde to make use of
it. No; the raiiroii in save u ror u
thousand tlolliu. but not a cent less
"It can condemn the laud under tho
law you understand and lu 'hat case
It would get It for $10."
"Well let 'em go ahead."
k .Hie railroad company didn't care to
go ahead until it had exhausted other
means. It would raise Its figures and
It would send other lawyers to her.
Meanwhile the widow consulted a law-
yer in the village. He was a one horse
lawyer but he was posted on tho thing
she wanted most to know. Iu certain
states a railroad cannot secure the
right of Way through a dwelling house
by condemnation proceedings. If the
owner asks an exorbitant figure the
value Is to be set hy three adjuceut
Inndoxwwra. This law applied In the
widow's case or soou would. Hint at
once ordered lumber to build a" ahanty
on that Isthmus and within a week
Blie was living in it.
The railroad sent on another lawyer
who offered I'JOo for the right of way.
Mrs. Carter was firm. Then another
luwyer and f lot). Mrs. Carter wns
firmer.
Railroads often seize by force what
they covet hnd then fight It out la
court. The idea was to do It iu this
case. M rs. Carter borrowed every shot-
gun for a mile nrouud und was ready
for battle. 8he actually Bred a charge
of bird shot thut entered the legs of
three trespassers and sent them howl-
ing. Then the railroad people got a
minister from the village to go down
and talk with the widow. He saved
his breath even If he didn't earn his
money. The feOuitmt aha understood
his errand she said.
"Now parson you don't want to butt
Into this. Your business is to preach
of goodness and heaven and angels.
Mine is to bent the railroad. You go
right back home iind leave me to run
thing here."
Then the fnllroad offered $500.
"Jmst half tny figure!" was the wo-
man's reply.
Tle-n they failed for a commission of
three to view and value. They were
three farmers and were good friends
of Mrs. Carter. They put the value at
?20O0 One of their reasons was that
the passing of trains would make the
fish In the two lakes very nervous.
Another was that the whistles of the
locomotives would prevent the widow
from hearing her clock strike and
might set her roosters to crowing an
hour ahead of time.
When the award was made known
the railroad company wanted to set-
tle for $1rW.
"1 don't want but a thousand" ald
the widow. "That has been tny figger
J right along. However I want Sam
Andrews to bring the money and tell
! me he's mighty sorry about that gum.
and If It wns to do over agin he'd help
me to find the cud tf It took all day."
And Lawyer Andrews appeared and
laid down the yellow bocks and made
Ihe Imndsotnest Wind of fin apology
and i tieuith Inter the railroad was
u ting the short cut and the engines
were tooting at Mn Carter aa ba
atowd iu her door. ;
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Evans, George H. Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 150, Ed. 1 Monday, July 3, 1911, newspaper, July 3, 1911; Chickasha, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc729847/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.