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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1915)
fr ,. . cm -H,r niiftaJjiWiii rMfc. la -dh4 jt?b " i rtirfto&iiii'r 1 s RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF .0 m 1 . GIRL WINS LAND BY GREAT RIDE Beats Men in Famous Race for Homes at Oklahoma Opening. RECALLED BY FESTIVAL Twenty-Second Birthday of Town of Jennings Brings Dnck to Memory of Old Timers Thrilling Story of Early Days. Jennings, Okln. Not for Al Jen tilnga of "Denting Hack" fame, but foi Joo Jennings, nn early day character In this Bcctlon (if the Southwest, cow hoy, horso trader and general rousta bout, was the town of Jennings named according to Col. George McKlroy, the last of tho cowmen still In tho business In this part of Oklahoma. Tho original townslto of forty acres was given by Joe Jennings upon re ceiving a promise that tho town would bo given his name, McIOlroy says. Tho Pawnco Indian country, Includ ing tho old Oklahoma trlanglo, in tho center of which Is Jennings, was opened to settlement along with the old Cherokee strip In September, 1893, Just twenty-two years ago. A number of tho towns within tho strip have just been celebrating tho event of their twcnty-soconil birthday with appropri ate ceremonies. Tho strip extended westward from tho western boundary of tho Cherokeo nation, about thirty miles cast of Jen nings, to tho Colorado and Now Mexico border, including at ono time, it is said, tho famous No Man's Land, which is now divided into tho counties of Cimarron, Texas, and Heaver. Chose Daughter for Race. Tho story of how Jennings was homestcadod and named is Interesting, therefore, at this time, when tho twenty-second birthday of tho town has Just been observed. Joo Jennings had been a resident of this part of tho Indian country for Bomo time, according to Colonel Me Elroy, and had raised a family here, Made the Race for a Quarter Section. including a half grown duughtcr, then porhapB slxtocn or seventeen years old. She was tho typical country raised girl of tho border day period, ablo to rido, shoot, hunt and throw a lasso. Jennlng's conceived tho idea, when announcement of tho strip's opening reached him, that this half grown daughtor should make tho raco for a quarter section of land, which tho family would homestead. Tho raco for homes when tho Chero kee strip was opened to settlement will go down in tho history of tho South west as tho greatest horso raco that was over pulled off under tho sanction of tho federal government. Few Knew She Was a Girl. Thero wcro several thousand choico quarter section farms ns tho prizes, nnd men camo from nil sections of tho United States to mako tho raco and win a claim if possible Tho swiftest and most seasoned horses wcro select ed whorover they were obtainable, for all tho riders know that by tho men and animals with tho best staying Qual ities would tho farms bo won. Among tho riders into tho Pawneo country was tho half grown Jennings girl, and sho proved her ability as a horsewoman. Dressed In men's clothing, with hlgh-heelod boots and spurs, sho en tered tho raco and won a claim, a tract of valloy land lying between two long ranges of low hills, ono of tho prettiest natural spots in tho entire strip country. Having won tho claim, tho family evidently did not caro for It, for before long three-fourths of it had been sold to John Simmons and tho other 40 acres had been given for a town site on condition that tho now town bo named Jennings. Tho family thou left this section of tho country, and in la ter years It was reported that Joo Jen nings was living in Old Mexico. Baby With Two Heads Soon Died. Camden, N. J. A baby girl, weigh ing 18 pounds and having tnreo per fectly formed arms, two heads and four legs, was born to Mrs Dranzy Zaneskl of this city. It dk-0 within a low hours. i k Kim Hubbard Essays ! A f i t-Q?,l? cm! i : : ; ; f&8k No Family Doctor Could Expect t' Enjoy th' Full Confidence an' Respect o' His Patients Unless He Had All th Space on His Face Under Cul tivation Except His Nose an' Forehead. TH' PASSIrT 0' WHISKERS By KIN HUBBARD. "It hain't been so many yenrB ago Blnco you could Bland on th' comer an' como purty clo3o t' gucssln ever' fcl lor's ago who passed along by th' cut o' his Jib," said Hon. Kx-Edltur Calo Fluhnrt. "O' courso our estimates wcro based largely on th' length an' stylo o' whis kers. T'day whiskers are th' excep tion nn' th' feller who throws himself on th' tender mercies of n capahlo har bor can easily pass for thirty-two till he's seventy-nine. "In th' olo days when whiskers wuz th' height o ever' feller's ambition nobuddy wuz over taken fierlously un til they showed unmlstnknblo evidence o' thcr ability t' grow a beard. After a feller raised a full set o' crisp, glossy whiskers, either red or black, ho at once becamo cltgiblo t' discuss th' most momentous questions, cither na tional or international. Whiskers de noted n mature mind. Professional men cultivated them in largo bunches. Sideburns wuz in high favor. Somo times they wero under control an' sometimes they were allowed t' foller thcr own inclinations. Pull sets wero all th' rago with medical men, an' no family doctor could expect t enjoy th' Is Ther a Photo o' a Yo-Jth Leanin' Agin th' Talcum Can on her Dresser? If Ther Is, Study th' Necktie an' Hair Cut Carefully Before It's Too Late. TODAY'S GIRL By KIN HUBBARD. When th' avcrago mother gits t' revlowin' th' past sho can't help com parln' th' pleasures an' opportunities o' t'-dny with th' Blow goln' common placo diversions o' her uneventful girl hood. So sho sets on th' vcrandy In th ovcnln' nn' smiles nn' quietly con gratulates her daughter as th' tender strlplln' hops Inf a mouso colored six cyllndor Juggornaut an' spina away In a cloud o' cigaretto smoko with somo irresponsible pompadoured caterpillar. "Let th' poor child enjoy herself while sho kin fer sho'll bo married soon enough." That's th' modorn mother Instinct croppln' out, but it hnint th' motherly instinct o' th' olo Plymouth hen that never loses sight o' her chicks till they aro feathered out un' on a payln' basis. Th' mothor o' t'day thinks that bo causo sho safely tided o'er th' wiles o' th' 1880 Lothario with hla pink gum drops an' yeller-buggy that her daugh tcr Is too smart t' bo carried away by a shepherd's plaid suit an' caviar an' lobster f music. Our girls aro growln up too fast. Wo no longer son th' meekness that used t' lurk under th' long lashes o' Miss Sixteen Th' sweetness too, has vanished. Th' rarabo Hush that once enveloped her fnco at th' slightest slip o' th' tonguo Is off th' job Th miss o t'day is interestin' but not girlish. Hut after all ther Ib much t' admire in th' now girl's pluck her olTort t' bo solf-sustalnln' nn' her aversion t' dishwater. We lovo t' eeo hor goln down town t' work, when th' economic conditions demand It, with a spool box full o' angel food. Wo love t' see her full confidence an respect o' hlB pa tients unless ho had nil th' spaco on his fnco under cultivation oxcopt his noso nn' forehead. A feller's ability wii7 measured by th' length o' his whiskers, an when they wuz Btreakcd with gray his judgment wuz supposed t' bo rlpo an' ready t' pull. "Onco In n while somo fcllor wuz darln' enough t' wonr a smooth face, hut ho wuz soon drowned out o' th' conversation. If a young, barefaced squirt proposed t' a girl sho would call him for Ills presumption an' say: 'Ho gono! When you kin show mo a nent. closo-rcefed. velvety mustache I'll talk business, but not until.' A girl used t' bollovo that n feller that could work up t a firm, evenly spaced muslncho could easily master nil th' later prob lems In llfo. "A fuw architects Btlll stick f th' olo tlmo Van Dykes an' wo occasion ally meet a government employee who nlaiula deilnntly under th' civil scrvlco laws wcnrln' a hedge. Th' trallln' nr butus, or Wild Hill mustache, Is almost extinct. It wuz undermined nbovo th' lip nn allowed t' droop from either corner o th' mouth after th' fashion o' cypress mosu. In somo sections whero land sells for eighty cents per aero wo not Infrequently meet human bcln's wcarln' a tangled mass Inter spersed with cowlicks." -:; "!. ' - ! vPI Bllis" III ifrf homeward bound with her noso erect after th' business worries o' th' day. Hut wo miss th' ole indescribable somethln' about th' girl In her teens that used f mako us stutter an' trern bio In her presence. Wo wonder If sho's glttln' all th' homo trnlnln' that's comln' f hor. T'day th' charm o' girl hood Ih jlst as liable f git rubbed off under th' soft glow o' th' parlor lamp or among th tango dancers at a week end party as In th' factory er under th' careful scrutiny o' tho' pompous lloorwalkor. What Is your daughter rcadln'? "Vanity Fair" or "Deserted on Her Weddln' Morn." Is sho slngin' "8weet Gonovlovo" er "Mlnglo Your Eyohrows With Mlno?" Doos sho leave anythin' fer th' Imagination when sho dresses up? What Is Bho playln' on th' plan ner? "In th' Gloaraln'" or "At th' Dovil'B Hall?" Does sho Blgh fer a Shakeapearoan revival or Is sho lookln' forward f a musical show? Is thor a photo o' a youth lcanln' agin th' tal cum can on her dresser? If ther Is, study th' necktio nn' hair cut care fully boforo it's too lato. Father Is th' ono f talk f daughter. Ho knows what's goln' on downtown Let him fcrglt his business fer an' hour or so an' tako th' llttlo girl Hint only yesterday set on his kneo nn" naked r seo his gold tooth out under th' willow treo near th' pump an' tell her that when an automobllo goln I forty miles an hour hits a telephono ' polo thcr Is no appeal that a gown o' gray radium Bilk with green stripes i . u w ftfuuii until lliuimu IH ns trnthln' t' n clear conscience, an that many a heavy heart beats behind a pair o' perfect eyebrows. (Protcctod by the Aduma Nowspapci Service.) TRUSTFUL MAN SEES A GENT WITH FITS Stranger Puts Trustful One's $63 in Sick Man's Wallet to Show They're Honest. Chlrago. Joseph It. Posledsy's es loom for his casual stranger compan ion kept rising ns they strolled east on Mho Island avenuo. For Instance, his kindly courtesy to tho wretched sick matt, who now speaks "(ii)od sirs, 1 nm nn epileptic, nnd 1 want to get a car at llnlsted street Will on help me?" "Nes sir," and tho poor fellow of fered to throw a few samples In hla lliie light thero on the curb. Ho was eager to do It Hut Mr Poaledsy nnd his companion restrained him. Tho stranger said that ho could not bear Offered to Show a Few Samples. to let tho epileptic llnd his wny alone to the cars. "Hut how," whined tho fitful gent, "how am I to know you'ro honest? I carry a largo sum of money." "Wu'II put our money In your wal let, won't we, Posledsy?" said tho ge.ilal stranger ns ono humors a de fective "Then you'll bo safo." Mr. Posledsy's JOU wns accordingly transferred. At tho car junction tho epileptic returned Mr. Posledsy's wal let. Spaco Is tight, and It Is scnrcoly worth whllo to relate what tho trust ful Mr. PoslcdBy found on opening his wallet, when ho reached homo nt 2215 Sawyer avenuo. TRIBE OF HEAD BOILERS University of Pennsylvania Expedi tion Discovers Mundurucus Indians' Home. Philadelphia, Pa. Tho University of Pounsylvnnia'H museum'H Amazon expedition has forwarded an nccount of its discovery of tho original habitat of tho Mundurucus Indians, n llttlo known trlbo of savages who behead their enemies and then boll tho heads. Dr. William C. Furnbco Is In chnrgo of tho expedition, which, after won dering for months in Hrazlllan wilds whoro whllo men nover boforo had penetrated, is now In civilization again, for a tlmo. Doctor Farabco passed a long tlmo among tho savages, studying their language, their manners and customs, and mnking a vocabulary nnd writing down much of their folk loro. As a result ho expects to settlo absolutely tho long-vexed question of tho rela tions of this trlbo to tho Tupl. GROWS IN SHAPE OF CROSS Peculiar Plant In a Michigan Library Is Exciting Much Curi osity. Marquctto, Mich. In tho public li brary building, in this city, Is n plant which Is growing in tho shape of a cross. Tlrreo years ugo Petor Dolf, tho custodian, had somo clover grow ing in a pot. Out of this clover sprang the stalk of a etrango plant which grow upright until this summer, when two shoot3 branched out near tho top at right angles with tho stalk and formod a CTOBB. Mr. Dolf has had amnteur botanists and exports from tho Northern Stato Normal school oxamlno tho plant, but nobody knows what it is. Ho doos not remombor planting anything hut clover In tho pot. SNAKES IN SCHOOL LOCKER Scare Girls, Who Now Pick Steps Be cause Some of the Reptiles Escaped. La Crosso, Wis. Normal school maidens aro walking circumspectly slnco tho discovery of a nest of so called water moccasins, deposited in a locker by a roptlHan mother evident ly anxious to obtain education for her family. Thero was real oxcltement when tho nest of small reptiles was discovered. With tho opening of tho locker tho snukes darted nut and about tho Moor mid thoro was a scramble, Somo of tho snakes met violent deaths, but Bovoral wriggled Into holes of uafety. Hcnco tho clrc'"w,otlon. AY J ' "'' SUDDEN Caused by Discui Tho close connection which exists between tho heart and the kldnojs la well known nowadays. As sunn aa kidneys aro diseased, arterial tension Ib Increased and tho heart functions aro attacked. When tho kidneys no longer pour forth waste, uremic poi soning occurs, and tho person dlea run! Mro cause Is often glvon as heart dis ease, or disease of brain or lungs. It Is a good Insuranco against such n risk to send 10 cents for a largo trlAl package of "Anurle" tho lntost dis covery of Dr. Pierce. Also send n samplo of your water. This will bo uxnnilned without charge by export chemists at Dr. Plorco's lmnllils' Ho. tel, HufTalo, N. Y. When you suffer from backncho, frequent or Beauty urine, rheumatic pains Itoro or there, or Hint constant tired, worn-out feel ing, It's tlmo to write Dr. Plorco, do flcrtbo your symptoms nnd gut hla Hvcry man must catch cold for him HClf. To keep cli'im nnd healthy inke Dr. IVicp'h I'liM-Miit Pellet. 'Iliey regulate hur, liouoW und hUmmch. Adv. Explained. "I'll say or.u thing for Dlggs. Ho never gets n b oiled head." "That's true. Solid bouu doesn't swell very easily." The Remedy. "Ilcen taking anything for Hint cold of yours, old man?" "Yes, but I'm willing to tnko nn other, If you'vo got tho prlco." And Tony Suffered. "Thoy any Tony's Injuries woro tho result of n practical Joke." "Yes. Tho chappies told him that a big, burly fellow In tho smoking room was deaf and dumb, nnd Tony walked over to him with a sweet srnllo n.ul told htm ho was a fool." "Well?" "Tho man wasn't denf nnd dumb." Conservation. "And," continued tho lecturer, "I warrant you that there Is not a mnn In this entire ntidleueo who has ever lifted his finger or In any wny at tempted to rtop this awful wnstu of our forests and our lumber supply. If there Is I want that mun to stand up." There was a slight commotio.. In tho rear of tint room and a nervous llttlo man roso to tho occasion and to his foot. "And now, my friend, will you ex plain In just what way you have con served tho forests of our nation?" Arid with tho utmost grnvlty and sincerity tho llttlo man said: "I have used tho samo toothpick twice." Harper's Magazlno. 81 HP? !! Hi !8 HaKiiiii lilJiik BSl I::::: :: iiHflPy sijiwnn :; MssjiniLiiB " 11 niDlnifini r'niiilll I IllH I Building For Years to Come In the erection of modern buildings the primary thought is for endurance. The same thought should be given to building our own body and brain but few give it This building process requires certain essential food elements which, within the body, are converted into the kind of brain, bone, nerve and muscle capable of enduring tho severe tests of work and time. Grape-Nuts FOOD is scientifically made of whole wheat and malted barley, and supplies, in splendid proportion, all the nutritive values of the grains, including their vital mineral salts, which are all-important for life and health, but lacking in much of the food that goes to make up the ordinary diet. A daily ration of Grape-Nuts food is good "build ing" for sound health of years to come. "There's a Reason" Sold by Grocers everywhere. DEATH o of the Kidneys medical opinion, without chnrgo nb solutoly free 'IIiIb "Anurle" of I)r Plorco's la .'17 times more nctlvo than llthla, for It dissolves uric acid In the system, ns hot water does sugar. Simply nsk for Dr. Plurce'B Anurle Tablets. Thero can bo no Imitation, livery package) of "Anurle" Is suro to bo Dr. Plorco's. You will llml tho slg nattiro on tho package JUHt as you do on Dr. Plorco's Fhvorlto Prescription, tho ovor-fnrnoUB friend to nlllng women. Worry Is n frequent cause and sometimes a symptom of kidney dis ease Thousands have testified to Im mediate relief from these symptoms nftor using Dr. Plorco's Anurle Tablets for the kidneys nnd backache. Dr. Plcrco's Fnvorlto Prescription makes weak women strong, sick women well. No alcohol. Sole, In tnhletH or liquid. A lot of people are disappointed tr love after man Inge. Wrlln.lltirliiprynllrmoilyCo.iflilrnKO fur lllmtriitod )Mik in tlm Kyu Kroo. Dangerous. "I see a great magnate has tried digging coal In ono of his own mines" "Now ho rimy reall.o what hard work It la and rnlsu wages." "Yea, and ho may fool justified In raising tho price." Louisville Cour-ler-Jnurnnl. Not Necessary. "Hollo! la this tho telephono com pany? I'd like to have n telephono In stalled In my house." "Very well, rnadamu. Would you llko a pnrty wlro?" "No, 1 think not Wo don't expect to entnrtaln very much this winter." The Only Wny. "I wish." said tho pnstor, "that wo could Induce your husband to attend church mora rcgulnrly." "I don't know how It could bo man aged," replied the delinquent's wlfo, "unless you could arrange to have It rain every Sunday so ho couldn't play golf." Wireless Sent Many Miles. Following oxperlmuntn extending over n porlod of suvornl years, wire less communication has been estab lished between n now station at Funn bashl, near Yokohama, Japan, and tho Hawaiian Islands, over n dlstnnco of 3,1(80 miles. Wireless communication botweon Hawaii and tho United States hns been maintained for about a year, and now messages will bo regularly transmitted between tho United Htutus nnd Japan, by way or tho Hawaiian Islands. ?l s V 1 5 a i SI !l bKSlB WHMM mmmut mm MM MW pmmHM4mmmmJHMtm im rini (imnvari rpn