Cherokee County Democrat (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1913 Page: 3 of 8
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CHEROKEE C OUN1* DKMOCRA*. TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA.
missing kflfer
girl ......:::
KIEFER, Okla., Jan. 4.—One of
the most hienous crimes in the an-
nals of this place was discovered
late yesterday when the body of 9-
year-old Delia Brown was found on
the top of a mountain only 100 yards
from her home.
The posse who were hunting thr
men accused of tho killing returnee*
from the rugged mountpin dlstric
southeast of here with two youm
men whom bloodhounds trailed
from the spot where the girl wa-
found. Hundreds of citizens gather-
ed a-ound the iall where three mer
were taken early in the evening af-
ter the girl hp.d been found, her
free and body b:\dly bruised and
scutched and a huge stone lying
on her head. She was still living
v ben found, but was unconsclou"
Her iknll had been crushed, evl
dently by the rock which pinioned
her to the ground.
Late in the evening the mo'
surged to the jail. Intent upon tak
ing possession of the three tramp?
who had been arrested upon sur
plclon, but these had already beer
spirited away to Sapulpa by the of
fleers, who fenred a Ivnehlng. S'
the piob waited impatiently to hea'
from the members woh had follow-
ed the officers to the hou?e in th
woods. Twice the four bloodhound
guided bv their owner, F. J. Bays o'
the Bays detective agency of Mil?
kogee, followed the trail from th'
spot where the girl was found tc
a cabin, five and a half miles south
east in the roughest and wildest
part of the country. Guards werr
placed around the house and as-
MUSKOGEE MAYOR AND
CITIZEN HAVE SCl:AF
slstance asked for, since it Is b"-
lieved that the man In the house will
make an armed resistance.
T ne appearance of the girl Indi-
cated that she had been assaulted
first and then taken to the mountain
spot where she was found, and there
left for dead, after her assailants j
d beaten her head with the stone.
The girl had been taken to the spot
-lome time Thursday, too, as the
spot where she was found had been
gone over again and again by the
earrhers Thursday afternoon an!
night and early yesterday morning.
Business was suspended yesterday,
vhlle the entire population of Kie-
er, more than five hundred men and
■hlldren. searched for the girl, for
vhom the night before two hundred
men had scoured the hills.
I'pon one of the men arrested
ere found stain" that indicted that
he had been implicated in the crime
ind this evidence started the threat
if lynching the men In Jail. Threats
rrew more ominous when it w
'erned that the little rirl had die'
^t seven o'clock without rerilnl'1-
•onsclousness. Only the insiiPi-
•iency of the evidence against ti'
nen kent the mob from actinc. Ti
■riake doubly sure th^t the bloo'
Sounds were not mistaken in their
--all F. J. Bays last night tool: them
nee more over the trail to t'"
house In the woods, and It 1« fold-
ed that the mob will conr'der ti"
vidence of the bloodhounds suffl-
lent to cause It to work summary
>unlshment.
The child dlsapneared Thurs^av
"orn'ng after her mother, Mrs
George Brown, prominent resld- n*
if this little oil town, had smt 1" '
o a nearhv grocery store on an er-
•and. When the little elrl f.iiV '
'o reappear, the mother notified tlir
neighborhood and the search he-
rnn. She refused to believe th r
•oul plav had been practiced unti
t.re child was found Both parent!
were postrated at the trage !y.
NAMES ROCKS
FOR SffiREIARV
TRENTON, N. J.. Jan. 4—Senator
R bert L. Owen of Oklahoma yes-
terday presented to President-elect
Wilson the name of Robert Rogers,
in Oklahoma lawyer, for the post
f secretary of the interior. Whet
Senator Owen left the governorV
office, he declined to say whom In
had talked about with Mr. Wilson
I he president-elect later declared
Shat Senator Owen had come to
speak for Mr. Rogers.
"Senator Owen dwelt upon the
l'act that Mr. Rogers has a genera'
•iractlce in which he has distinguish
1 himself," said Mr. Wilson. 1I<
•< 1. d also that Mr. Rogers ha,',
tn prominent as a progresslvi
mocrat in Oklahoma.
Mr. Rogers was a class mate o'
r. Wilson's at the University of
,'lrglnln, but they have not seen
•h other since, the governor said.
Reports that Senator Hoke Sinit
f Georgia was to confer with bin'
oncernlng the appointment of a
overnor for the Panama canal zuni
ero declared by Mr. Wilson to bi
vlthou' foundation.
The governor will be at Princetor
oday, but does not expect to Bee
uybody. lie Intends to catch u]
Hh hl>! correspondence and take r
ve wile walk in the afternoon.
GIRL'S
WILD
MIDNIGHT
RIDE
To warn people of a fearful forest
fire In the Catsldlls a young girl
horseback at midnight and sav-
Ml'SKOGEE, Okla., Jan. 4.—P.
B. Green and Mayor W. P. Miller en-jrode —
gaged in a list fight in front of the ed many lives. Her deed was glorious
Prince:-* Cafe, on West Broadway I but lives are often saved by Dr.
yesterday afternoon with the result | King's New Discovery In curing
that the mayor proved to be In the lung trouble, coughs and colds
white hope class. The head of the! which might have ended in con-
city's official family proved to be'sumption or pneumonia. "It cured
the victor. Both men were arrested me of a dreadful cough end lung
by Patrolman F. E. Freeman and disease," writes W. R. Patterson,
taken to police headquarters where Wellington, Tex., "after four in our
their names were entered on the po- family had died with consumption
lice blotter. The charge against and I gained 87 pounds." Nothing
them is disturbing the peace. The' so sure and safe for all throat and
fight was the result of a grievance lung troubles. Price 50c and $1.00.
which Green has held against the Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by
mayor since the spring campaign. Crew Bros.
Ttie Round. Oak Is at Home in Every I/a ad
f
k
A Home Scene in Hammerfest. Norway
Heat == Durability == Appearance
Naturally you look for—and expect—those three qualities in ANY
heating stove yon may buy.
But—
Von can get HEAT out of almost any kind of a stove—If you start
a fire in it and keep piling in the fuel—and enough of iU
And almost any kind of a stove will last a long time—if you stick
it away in some seldom-used room and light a fire in it n half
dozen or so times each winter.
While appearance, of course is merely a matter of proportion,
ornamentation, and stove polish.
The Round Oak Double Burner
is not just "any kind" of a stove. In fact, there is no other stove
on earth in its class. A strong statement? Hut it is justified.
It is the truth.
The HOI'ND OAK Double Burner Is the only stove made that has
n DOUBLE hot blast. Any number of heating stoves have a single
blast which feeds one side of the lire only. But the DOUBLE hot
t,|,,st—it patented ROUND OAK feature—FEEDS Al,E AROUND
OVEIS THE ENTIRE TOP OF THE FIRE producing the most
nearly perfect fuel combustion that has ever been obtained. The
result is the greatest amount of heat from the least quantity of
fuel, a small amount of clean ash, no clinkers, and no soot and y;as.
'Round Oak" people guarantee it—so do we. Cull and
examine it.
A.B. CUSAC
Robert Rogers, mentioned in thi
bove dispatch Is a practicing at
i liey at Oklahoma City and a warm
ersonal friend of Senator Owen
,'ttle w as known In Oklahoma pol'
leal circles of any preconceived
lan on Senator Owen's part to men
ion Mr. Rogers' name for a cabinil
ositlon.
MISS HELEN COX
MAXEV GAINING IN
SPfAKMP RACE
OKLAHOMA CITY Jan. 4—Cover,
nor Cruce faces defeat at the handu
jf the coining suasion of the legls*
.iture, which convenes hero January
0. Ho will probably lose his candi-
late for the speaker of tho hou e,
'.ill hear his administration de-
lounccd find Bee several investlga-
ions started, according to reports.
V rumor has been heard that cf-
orts would be mado to impeach
lini.
With the convening of the fourth
egislature hut three days away, tho
;overnor at last finds his forces
ighting with their backs against
he wall. John J. Crawford, of
\da, tho administration candidate
or speaker of the house, has been
teailily lo ing ground for the last
veek and last night a poll of the
'cprcBcntatlves who have plcdg-
■d their votes showed Crawford's
i length at 21: J. Ilarvry Maxey, of
luskogee, with 20 votes; H. H.
Jmlth, of Shawnee, seven votes, and
1. Roy Williams, of Lawton, 14; a
otal of 02 out of 80 democratic
members.
LABORER DIGS UP
EORlUNE IN GOLD
CLAREMORE* Okla., Jan. 4.—
•Vhile laying an oil pipe line si>
niles east of Nowata, n.?ar the vil
ige of Oglesby, just on the edge o
.Washington county, George Hard
ook, a laborer, dug up $37,500
aostly in gold coin of the denomina
'on of twenty dollars.
Hardsook was digging the trench
n which the line was to be laid
vhen down less than two feet, Ik
truck the treasure. At first ht
hought he had merely found a few
lieces, but upon a more thorough
arch hi discovered that the plac
• as literally filled with gold pieces
The money had been placed in a
ick, evidently many years ago, a;
he sack had long since rotted,
leaving only the traces of the cloth.
Practically all the money was in $20
old coins, except $200 in silver.
How the money came there I
:ere speculation. It is probable
hat It represents the booty of one
f the gangs of bank or train rob
ers that infested this section twen-
v years or more ago. At that tlmi
he Daltons, the Starr gang and th<
'ook gang were in the height ol
heir power.
A peculiar feature of the matter I:
he fact that Hardsook will only se-
urc asmall share of the money,
he law of Oklahoma makes the fini
belong to the owner of the land
nd it is understood that steps have
iheady been taken by the owner tc
acure the money from Hardsook.
Miss Helen Cox, charming daughter
of the newly elected governor of Ohio,
has been visiting Miss Genevieve
Clark in Washington. She is not yet
eighteen years old, and atterds a
girls' school at Waterbury, Conn.
WOULD INDUCE CHEROKEE!*
TO TAKE ALLOTMENTS
CLAREMORE, Okla., Jan. 2.
i effort is to be made the present
rek to Induce 1100 Cherokee Ind-
ons, who for years have refused tc
ccept the deeds to their allotment!
o accept the same and secure what
ver of revenue that can be pro-
ured from the same. Those Ind-
ins have persistently refused all
fforts oil the part of tiie govern-
nent to allot them lands. The-,
re mostly members of 'he Kee-to-
ah society of which Mrs. Susan
Sanders is their prominent agitator
bout 40 of them refused and havi
never received their share in the
ayment of three years ago, amount-
ng to $133.00. They will be visited
Ills week by an agent of the gov-
nment who will try to induce
hem to accept their allotment.
Why buy unreliable pianos and
irgans of unreliable strangers who
et your money and go, when you
til buy standard pianos from J.
"I. Smith—who sells direct from
he factory—warranted a life time?
LEG AL NOTICES
NOTICE OK HEARING I'ETITON
FOR PROOF OF HEIRSHIP AND
APPROVAL OF FULLIILOOD
DEED.
A HERO IN A LIGHTHOUSE.
For years J. S. Donahue, So. Ha-
en, Mich., a civil war captain, as a
ishthcuse keeper, averted awful
«vrecks, but a queer fact is, he might
>ave been a wreck, himself, if Elec-
ric Bitters had not prevented
They cured me of kidney trouble
n i chills," he writes, "after I had
iken other so called cures for
ears, without benefit and they also
improved my sight. Now, at seven-
ty, I am feeling fine." For dyspep
da, indigestion, all stomach, liver
ad kiiney troubles, they're with
out equal. Try them. Only 50 cts
it Crew Bros.
The
POULTRY NOT MAILABLE.
Complaint has been filed with the
luthrie post office by John Ander
on, a farmer, because Luther Ar-
nold, a rural mail carrier out of
uthrie, refused to accept for par
■Is pest delivery a hen that Ander
on tied to his mail box with
Venation address card tied to her
leg. Anderson thought, he said, that
live poultry was mailable. A Guth
"•le woman apparently thought the
same. Se tried to have two live
canary birds sent by mail.
DOGS FIND DEAD BABE.
LAWTON, Okla., Jan. 2.—Wrap
ped in a paper and white muslin
■loth, the body of a baby girl
> hite, not more than 24 hours old
as found buried in the banks of
^ache Creek when boys were plny^
nrr there with their dogs. The
logs had dug it partly from the
burial place. No marks of violence
were found but officers are invest!
gating to find possible crime.
SURE THING.
"Why don't you co-eds wake up
2nd t?ke part in football?"
"What can we do?"
"You could organize a corps of
trained nurses, render first aid
have a class yell, and add- a great
deal to the gtme "
X-MINISIER CHARGED
ATTACKING LITTLE GIRL
OWENSBORO, Ky., Jan. 2.—
lenry C. Hoffman, formerly a Meth-
dist minister and head of an or;
ihans home at Deland, Fla., is
inder arrest here charged with
iminally assaulting an eight year
ilil girl, an Inmate of the instltu-
ion. The warrant for his arrest
as mailed from Deland. Hoff-
man who has made his home here
ince September is fifty-nine year.--
ild and married. He alleges his
irrest is spite work.
The state of Oklahoma, Cherokee
County, In County Court.
In the mater of the estato of Lrdel
Kingfisher.• dcceaced.
Notice i- hereby i lven that Black-
. x Kingfisher and Polly Kingfisher,
!aiming to be the hi Irs at law of
he Bald Isrdel Kingfisher, doceasod,
.is petitioned this court for a hcar-
pg for the purpose of determining
lie heirs of the raid Isrdol Kinglish.
•r, deceased, and for tho approval
>f their warranty deed to certain
■ ;;1 o tate belonging to s^ild Isrdel
vingfisher, deceased, dcscreibed in
.lid petition and that said petition
ias been set down for hearing on
Ionday the 13th day of January,
013, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
t the County Court room in the
ty of Tahlequah, Cherokee County,
Oklahoma.
J. T. PARKS,
Judge County Court, Cherokee
County.
W. H. KISNER,
Atty. for petitioner.
First published Jan. 2, 1913-2tw
NOTICE OF
S \ TiE
OF REAL
ESTATE
COST OF TWO WARS.
Interesting in these days of war
ire tho figures that tho Japanese
,'overnnient has just given out in
nswer to the request of two depu-
ies in parliament. They are the
irst published statistics on Japan's
last two wars, those with China and
. ith Ru=sla.
The first lasted 283 days, from
August 1, 1894, to May 10, 1895.
I he total expense was in round
number $16,775,000. The ship?
>f war had a total tonnage of 63,-
• 00 and the cost per ton per day
vas 55 cents.
The war with Russia lasted 614
'ays, from February 10, 1904, tc
October 16, 1905, and the cost was
! 112,575,000. The naval vesseh
'lad a total tonnage of 283,100 and
he copt per day was 29 cents. The
s;reat difference In tho cost of op-
eration of naval vessels comes from
he change In types. The big bat-
tleships and armored cruisers of
the present are not so expensive to
keep in service in proportion as
were the small cruisers of the de-
cade beiore.
In giving out those long^guarded
statistics the Japanese government
was careful to state that they did
not include vessels that were lost
nor was any account taken of the
captured Russian ships.
WORKMEN RAZING HOME
OF FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
State of Oklahoma, County of
Cherokee. In County Court.
In re guardianship of Eli Carey, a
minor, Dick Carey, guardian.
Notice is hereby given that In
lursuahce of an order of the County
"ourt of Cherokee County, State of
""klahoma, mado on the 21st day of
December, 1912, tho undersigned
uirdlan of the estate of Ell Carey,
i minor, will sell at private sale, to
ihe highest bidder, subject to con-
innation by said court, on or after
•he 18th day of January, 1913, at
Tahlequah, Oklahoma, all the right
title and interest of the said Eli
Carey, a minor, in and to the fol-
'owlng described land, situate In
Cherokee County, Oklahoma, to-
wlt:
The S. 19.59 acres of Lot 1 and
Lot 2 of Section 18, Township 17
North, Range 21 East, containing
r.8.88 acres, more or less.
Said real estate will be sold upon
•he following terms and conditions,
to-wit:
Cash to be paid upon delivery of
deed.
Bids for tho purchase thereof,
must bo in writing, and must be ac-
-ompanied by a draft or certified
•heck for ten per cent of bid, and
niav be filed In the County Court,
'elivered to the undersigned at Hul-
bert, Oklahoma, or delivered to J.
I. Coursey, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Dated this 31st day of December,
1912.
DICK CAREY,
Guardian.
First published January 2, 1913,
3t-w.
ATTACHMENT NOTICE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Work-
men began Tuesday the destruction
of he old home of Francis Scott
Key, author of the Star Spangled
Banner, where Key lved from 1820
tc 1880. The Francis Scott Key
memoral associaton failed n its ef-
forts to raise money to preserve
the structure. The building is
about 125 years old and stands
near the esqueduct.bridge in George-
town. District o! Cohimbl*.
Before M. O. Chormley, a Justice of
the peace of Tahlequah township
in and for Cherokee county, Ok-
lahoma.
J. E. Dickey, plff. vs. J. A. David-
son, deft.
Said defendant is hereby notified
that on the 7 day of Dec. 1912, an
order of attachment, for the sum of
'458 was issued by the above
named Justice of the peace airalnst
his goods, in the above entitled ac-
tion; and that said cause will be
heard on the ?o day of January,
1913, at 10 o'clock a. m.
J E. DICKFY, ,
•Piainti-ff
Attest:
M...O. GITORMLFY. .
Justice of the Peac*. .
Flfst published Dec. 19, 19T2,„
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