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" , NI\V " iomhrnelllJ. ; aIda'
' . . . 1101111rulll Indlall 'J'clTl.
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wries ) , enllrt'll lIu' IInloll I
fJlalo r\o\'olllhf't 11 '
.J na n (111 \
. . . , wllh n lolHllalloll ) er ? IIbnut
lI OOOOO. 'rill''cl'lIm'tlt (
. ( " /9IH ( follr drstrlcln mlm llIg ) " ul10ws II
MioIllluUon of J ,10 ! , OOO , III lliltHthm to
.ho IlonOlllt : rOllll1ll1g In tIll ! foUl' mhlH'
ill' ' ; dllirlct ( a tlllnlhor of Itltllullf ! , lIut
lIt'lIHI ( hy the cOII llslaknrn aw '
. . ( 'yel1 10 IHlVO hooll olnltt < . 'd from IW'I
< ) f'OI'JJII10Ilt Con3\IB \ totu.l , . '
'I'ho Jtullnn lu pasGlng Ollt ur the
hIe ot OltlnllOma Into Ila hOI' \ { ' , Bllt
111 fa villi Uti milch III c'vhl'lwO In
( idalJOmn no tllo negro "I ill n 11\111\1'01' \ '
-r 1I0rthtlrn ntntes : nOtonll:1 : 1)'lIo\'cl1 ) (
to 110 ullra-consorv fJhow Ihat Iho
I\(1W Mute 'of ' ' klahollJa cunlaillfl 72"
.10 ( ) Jndlnhn. Only t aLullt ' 10,000 or
i honC' , ! I 0 \ ve ; 1' , nro mOrl' UIIltIIl'c'e. \ .
'J\Jl.rl'I' I loOtl. ' 11ho w\hl \ 1111111\111:1 : of
Oidahonm exlt ! only lu IIlslorr. ' 1'ho'
f"utlnUtn of the Ilcesont III :1IJ.lIIStllll
fllllua1r ! to the whltt1IIan'fJ ( : 1\11I IU' :
tJI. . ,
' : OJoJatlOlIIn" la a. , Coma'lcllt. 1I111111n
uor1 1 , Glgl rylnr. the "Lund , ( lL llllll'a\t' \
( :011 : : ' ur I y' 1.110 , { a II'0(1 / ( cOllld , not
olcrt ct mores comfol.titblo ) llnco foc It
hOllle. : Jj"or InlIILIICO ! : , (1vorylhll1f , ; gC1(1I1
4.1J c ! . whloh that. cllBlInJ.'III:1hod ; ! : [ ICI"
onn u might doalro Iu olJlulnalJln
fCJJOltlnllollll1. . ( IoU , Upon IL tJlnglo
QJlahllll1ltarnl -ci l1' 110 ( 'Olgcowln \
.IlnJlt1l.nneolllly UI ( , ( Icudllplll that
I'OW III nil the fJtnton froU ! 1\1ulno to
fJalr ! l'nlu , Corn and coUon Ihrlve
I.ilto II ) ' uldc , / ' '
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Am < 12lng Ni1turi11 ReG : > crcen.
Within flit llOrdorli OhlullOl1\1I In
tt O\In ( olmvo vaat ulrlt.ches , of colIl :
tJlJds : nalural gns , nlsn , la IlIJ11I11111 nI. ,
, yflilo I.ho silltO't1 reIJOUCC'S In ImU , 1\a.
1"lit'toll ( ( ; gr lnlto und i i'hle , Illlllllltl , " ,
tlanc , zinc , 101l1l , COJll'OI ' , gOld \Inri tim ,
her , 1.laco . It. mllon , " , tbo 1II0t ! desll'ablo
HC'c\ons ! \ of the 'counl.ry fOl' luveHlors ,
1.lghlcen ' : ) 'cars11 : lhl { ; t'ettt , 1ItJ\\ '
\t1\lo wa ! ! n catllo l'nngo IIncl Indian
hunUnlf ( ; round ,
'I'hol first' rush Into , OlllltllC1l\lIl wnR
\III l\1ontIlY , April 22188tl / , .On tlte
JIIOl'ntng of Umt'IIIlY : I.lllhollla CIt . ,
the prcnent. JUotropollU of the Btalo ,
thM known 'lln OItlnbol\lU Station ,
, , : ollHlatotl of halt n. clozon IHlIlllJ bulle } ,
I gs , the Stmta I FQ atntion , Jicction
1 [ " " - - , ' > " , < , ; . ' ' "c ' ; , oil . . . : . . . . u . . . . . , I ' ,
Slate Is Democratic.
Oklahoma will Ill'ohahly ho Domo' ,
cmLlc 11llolltlca fOl' SOIllO tlmo to. .
I COtnO , Tilll govOI'/loN'llict , C. 1\1. Hoa , :
Itcl1 , of I\tth.\lwgo \ , recol\'l'11 a mlljoclly :
o [ : ! 7OOO'oi g. ' 1'110 < < tnto will CUft' '
tilllll'odmnl.cly 250,000 "oles , ' ( If whlclt : .
numlHJr frolll 10OO ( } , to lliOOO III'C hy.
lICltru ! voters , ' 1'110 majOl'II ) ' for pro.
IIIIJll.lolI wa3 IIhout 20,000 , Of lito 12
UOlltlhllcnllfl III the eOIJHlIllILlolial con. .
VOII\OIl ( \ six came fl'olll each slcIt' of tlto :
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new otatd , i
OCJV. 1I11:3lt1I : Is ( IIII' of 'tho 1Iower !
l'esldC'ntg of the Htatt' . luwlllJ ; enc : .
thcfI. ! fl'OlII Ohio , OlllOl' omcorri 111'0 :
LloulOlll\llt JOVI'1'IIIGeorgo ( \ lIelllun ' ,
of m nt'nO ; Iwct'Jtar ' of statc , "Bill" "
CrosH , f Olclahomu ClIy , whmlO
fl'lollrls 1U ' ho wuulll 1I0t ho recog.
II I 1.Oel If'refcrwel 10 UR "William
CI'OU ! : ! : " trelUlIU'Cl' , J , B , l\I nofeo , of
Anlldal'la : : attortlc ) ' gOIlOl'ul , Cbarles
West , of gnlll , lUll I chairmull of the
cOIllmlBoloners of cOl'llorn\olls ( \ , .1. , J.
MChllnter.
The Htule In IH'lmnrlcII 1mB ! lnlectcul
10 roprescnt hOl' III thu 1I0lHtll ! the firat.
hlltul mun whu h\I ; ( n'QJ' Hilt in' tlmt
hody , IIp Is ' 1' , , ' . Glr ( , whq ! Iat"lils
IIIEht when IL bur , in MIsslsIPIII ! ,
where he WIIS 110m. JIo has IJUI'\'od lu
the tel'l'Uorlnl IcgI6Iatllrt. . Hobort
Leo OWOII , who will bo elecled nB UIO
oth'r sellalol' , II ! It tolally 1l1foront.
IYllo. Bom III Vlrslnlll , ho IH 0110'
olghlh Chorol < co IlIdluu , aud I looked
UpOll aa an extreme cOIIHorvntlvo. 110
dlulhtElIlHhell hllluolf Il ! : ! n law 'ol' hy'
earning a fee of $ l OOOO In n. olnglo
caHO , Both these lI\on hl1.\'o boon
choHen hy the DOlT\ocratic \ Irhnarlol ! : ,
which IH equivalent to thclt' olocLlon
hy the 1011sllIl1I1'0. or thc rOllrOl1nta. !
Uvea Bird S. McGul ! " ! ! , foJ' flOII\O yellrs
I torrItorlal dcleglll.o frum Oltlnhomd , In
, COlI I'OSH , 11:1 the oul ) ' HOlltlbllcan of
the I1vo elected , Olhol's nro m , IJ , 1,1ul.
1
tOD , IL brOUICI" of Senator li'ulton , of
Ol'OgOll , Socolld dlHlrlct ; .Tnmes S.
} ) uvoullort , 'l'hll'll 11Iutrlcl. ; Charles D ,
Carter , I'mrth dlHtrlct , and Scott
1"I\I\'lIs , Fifth lstrlct.
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Metropolis of New State ,
' 1'ho largest cll. ) ' 011 thQ OkluhOJlln
n1l10 II ! Oltillhomll City , wllh a Ilollllla.
LIon of OOOO and 40 milcH of aBphalt
IJavcmlmts. l\1uBltoJce , In the Indlall
'J'ol'l'ltory hnB Illlllallon of 2 ,000 ,
which rOllcosonttt It growth from : , ( iOO
_ I / 'PFioMINENT ' MEN J"OF "NEW " STATE. .
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: P.rcoldent of ConstltuUonal
i . Convention.
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bouse , UIlIt ( ' ( { Rlates cluurlel'1I1aRlor'a
hOUBO , : stngo oUlco , and IL nmull Imllll.
HI u8M as n. hotel. lIct\\'Ot1I uMn
: md I1Ullcot. of Utnt. duy OI < lulwmn Sta.
tIon hocamo ' 1Lo.wn of IiOOO llOUplc ,
WIUlIn n month 1,1.G9 Il11l1 l1\a ( , ml\ny
. ) t lhOIll ugly , tmnllOrary 11 t'l'n\1'H \ , were
trcctOt1.
.AntI (10 OltlahonUl CltJ. hUH con tin.
uN La crow until It. now claims 1\ I ) ( ) ) } '
.JIa.Uon of 4GOOO , 'modeM' flchonln mIll'
atlllt ; ' 484 clllldron thl" your , aR
t/t / alnl ! , 7,37 , Il\st yea ; I.lIIlIclInga ( In.
l lIding lon.swry kyaCrI\t orH ) aggru.
t ; Ung In value ; lGOOOOOO lJankll
hlwhlg nn I ; gcosut ClJllatIud tmr.
pt\l ot$1OOO,834 , nnll dOIIOS ) ( uggl'o.
. , ltlng G,1 49OOO i01lt. i ) . ofllco l'Ccohllll
i n jl9 ! ngrrognUhg $ lUliO 9 , anll
'I' ' " ( JI ; hl tOlluago Into UlIIt of pkla.
91JOlt , Ollr lu 11'toa . 1122 , f > , n : : tuU , \ ,
, , U f-lJ.orl ! ! i } , nnr.tl ! nrp. \ . cCIUtIOUlI\ ! ,
plty , ! 11\1 \ } Im : r JI' ' I ! 2OI'.1''faclun'- ;
, { f.'lftxt ' $ ; , h c.altf"o'r 3 fever 1mt ; ' 'UUI' :
' , nd 't,1.7G' jtlnr ) ; holtll ( ' ( 'II\JlIU ' lJ , It
. gdn of 230 or th ( > yom' .
I _ _ _ v. - _ u. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . "
Hannibal's MO < ln M n.
" "Coming homo on. tllo J\Unllolcllllm , "
Id 1'St. . . 'J nCIh , girt , "wo tooltIII It'
oott t.Jon for " ,116 , vldowa IUttl orllhnnB
ot ' all fa , t\nd Mark "l'WlIlu Ilrofacoll
P1u ( c9UcoUonVUh a tlll't ' On moun.
.oas. no urged us to 110 geuorous III
\f/ur \ / oflcrlngnot to bOU\IQ \ It. certlLlt\
f10\l\ : old man from Ha nH\I. ( }
" " 'Tho . . 'cauosl IUl\n 1 ( 'OI' . 1mow , '
< < " , sld ! , 'UV d , In I1 nUllml. He twill
hs ( son.lnlaw lho lUlU of IL01' ) ' flue
( Cw ' . .hd' lh n ' 't'cf\I ( ld.t < < . . . .61Q tJI
IUU' ' " with the younEi ( t'llow on the
t C.zrLA3./21.L. . 1- .
Governor ,
IIcoplo In HIOt ! . 'rho lIOW stah. ! w11l
have ( } O bnultu , of whloh 27 111'0 na.
( \onal \ , the InUol' with doposlts of $50 , "
00(1,000 ( i 2:1 : cotlonocll ! 011 111 111 S , more
thun It hundred flullr l lI1a , fiO lIally
pUllers mill mol'o than 400 ISRual !
woolth' ,
Olclahom" alonc hall In 1DOG SG,90S
fa III Illes , of which IIIOl'e tbnn GOOO
owuoll tholr hOll1os , 'uull of lh'so 50. .
000 were frco from mOl'tga1cR , 'J'he
Ilvorago Ilrlco for Ol < lullOmu Illull In
IDOa waa $18Hi : ' '
Ilcr aCI'o , 'till ! tlcCOaR (
of $ :1.25"om : \ the provlous ) 'eltl' , 'rhe
now IJtnto hUII : lhoullUllIl1I of IlCl'CS 01
unnllpl'Clllrlntoll public domnlll , cOlli
lauels of wllllllortul capacity , 011 wOlla
IlRllhnlt lwclll of I'olll wII.th , lIud al' '
, of UtcHI ! pl'ncllcnll '
) IInclovolopell , tc
nil ) ' uothlul ; of the VUlltllcsa : of hol' Oil
lIurtllntk-a ! to UIO llllIl" ) of the aoll ,
D'r.nvl' from All States.
, nr l llhl ) ' not 1II1J1.t 11InnOOOO : ! ( 0
Ot.lahonU\'jI : ] , GOOOpO roshloutn are un
Ih'o Ol < lllhOll1l1UlI , ' 1'hlll now Htato It
nul t 'lllcul ( If UU111I : I' tltmlltl' aecUul
. . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - < _ . - - . . - . . . - -
groulIA thnl Ito 111111 sold h\111 \ ouly th
front. hair , "ho tnn.III.II\w ! was nib' '
'coml.Olleet . to I'rtlvlclt ' ull the cow' :
fudcler , fiJ1d to CUI'r ) ' wUOto ( hOl' twlcl
1dny. . Flnlll1- : ' the cow , butlO < l , UII
0111 mlln through a IIl1rhJe't ' wlro fOllce
atHI Ito ailed ha ( Ronln.law for $ l
c\nmagCl \ ! ! . ' "
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"hc dOllr Irla wo\'o CClIUI"u'lrlf , ; notf\ :
01.1 RII\.Ij.ecla \ of morc or leaa In Jlort
nnco.
" ) 'our bqnu e1U1s'lither ) H\ljhfUI \ , '
onld StQlIu.
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ttll1l1un h ! cOllct'l'IIod any l1Iurc UUIII It
If ! 1111 fur nil 11.11 ngrlculll1t'al IIl'uducl.tI
al'o concl'l'lIod , Norlhel'nurll , lIol1th.
Ortll'rll , tHU ll'rnol'H lind' wOHll'rnNu
thm'o all ' ,
mlnglo hnrmonloulJly , gl'ow
liltprOIJIIN'Ol1fJ ; together , gVCI' ) ' nlntt !
hI the union IH rOJu'c cnled b ) ' at Joaat
GOO IIntlvmJ.
A fJllbHtnnllnl evldcnce or the Inlel.
loctual worth oC OklahontlU1H genol'llllr
IfJ the number oC modern I1nll ) ' I\OW/J. /
papora which they support. I."utlllt'r.
nlOro , lho } ' hl\vo good schools , IIbrn.
rica lUIII chlll'che .
OklahonUl ltali a mol1ol'l1' 111Iblle
school yttom ! S1IIIlIOI'Iod hr the In.
COIlIO from It $31iOOOOOO IlIlhllc school
funl1 mld , loeal { lIxallon. 'rho " 31 ,000 , .
000 ( und" cUIltllJts ! or :1,100..876 : ! lures
or IlIlId'nluoll ut $30,000,000 , the In.
COIllO from tllo rcnlal of which
nmounla to about $ GOOOOO 1101' ) 'onr ;
m\(1 $ GOOOOOO lIald hllo the school
fUlIll by Indlun 'l'err1tor ' III lieu of
IUlld , nil of the 3,100,875 ncreH belllg
In the former Otlahoma ! territor ) ' .
1'ho orlglnnl Ul't openlllg Oltlaltomr.
torI'Hor ) ' 10 tJetllenwllt I'osol'ved In
1\11 lhat aectlon or llie torrllOl' ) ' then
throwlI ! IPOII 80c1l0:19 IIi nnd 36 , In
every towllshlll fOl' lhe bcnotIL of the
11\lblio \ schools of the futul'O Rlall' ,
Ench liuccosslvo nct provIded fot' slnll.
lar resorvatlons nnd the statl'hoc en ,
ILhlln ILct made : lIldltlonnl gruntK tll
the hlgbl' educntlonal InsllluLlunfJ , re.
ulllng in the 1lg total above namcl1.
'fhe Hlato will docldo whethcl' thc
school lund-j shall lJe , sold. All 111'0'
ceel1u from sale of the Hchool lanc ! ! !
lIIullt bo turned Into the school funcl
an fon..el. remalll Inlacl.
Fine Sttb University ,
The IlCJad of the 1IIIblic school B'S'
tern of OlclllhonH\ the "talo unl\'cr"
slty. locnted nt. NOl'mnn , opcn 10 fo.
male a well aH male uludenl ! { . mul ;
comllrlsln , , ; a col1e1.o of nrts and ! lcl ,
encos , a. schoul or lUodlchW , n. [ 'Ichool '
of appllodJclenco / , a school of lhnrm.
acy , n. Hchool of mines , a Bchool of fine
artand n llrOllal'atOl' ' school. ' 1'ho
cnmIIIIS , consisting of GO ncrCH , 1I0s al
a sll ht olovatlon , overlooldng the
South Canollllln rlvor , Unl\'orslty
hull waR built fi'ears ago at It cost ,
of $70,000 , Science 1mB Is a new
bulldhlJ ; , G3 br 1 r ; feet , of gra ) '
pressClI hrl k. The unlvOl'Hlty is also
pro\'l OlIVllh IL IIhrary bnlldlng gl\'lHt
by Amlrow Carnogle , amI a g'mnasl.
um , 55 by 100 feet , 'rhoro are fOllr
other buildings , two of wood , devotcc1 ,
tn ongh1eerln"g worl ( , and two do\'oted .
to the anntomlcal laboralor ) '
The olhor advanced pUblic cduca.
tlonal Institutions of Oklahomn arc an
agricultural nncl moclmnlcal collce ! ,
thrco statc normal schoolR , a un 1\01"
slly preparatory school , a colorc
agricultural al1l1 normal ulilverBll ' ,
and a school at ChJlocco , on Il I'csor.
vutlon contalllhtf , ; snoo "frcs or ! lgrl.
cultural Innd , fOl' the education of In.
dlan boys and glrlfJ in Iho hlghol'
brnnellcs , of learning.
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Coler Line Drawn.
, l'bo 1:11I1I00'\'lslon : of Instruction Is
vested III a board of education , IIf
which the stall. ! superlnlendent of IlIIh.
lie lustrucUolI is Ill'eRldont. and the
govel'lIor , secrotll1' ' of HtutO alld ut.
tornor gonoml :11'0 memhors oxomclo.
A color IIno 11:1 : druwu all uogroC's in
Olclahoum , selll\rutu Hchools.Iolng \ Jlro.
vl\lcdor \ _ 110gQ ch.tllh'on : , . bl\t wlttl the
IIluno Ilccomlllcll\t1ol1 ) ! as the schools
I for \vhllc. chlldl'ill1 , 'Rdllcatlou Is com.
lll\lsory , I'
I ' 1'ho Cltllocco Inl1lan so1lool Is ono
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IIUlulloll'l III Oklnlwl11l1 , Ahoul 3,000
or It , ! H fl : WI"'K 11 : ' ( ' III l'ull1mltoll ,
the rUMt IIII , , III IIWUUor IItIftllC ( '
I\lull , ' 1'hl:4 : HIJhoul hO-l : 70U to SOO tllIt.
dOlltll , 'ill IlIslrudnrtl , mOl' ( ! then 10
1.III1IlInga ( , ntHl IH 111I0\\11 : lH 1ho b AI
hlHtIlllllolI III thl ! Jnrllall sorvlcJo for
h1111ll1'tllI In'llclclI ! I n rtcl1ltural
ImowlCllgtJ tn Inllnu ! i. In udtHtloll to
aJrletlltlll' ( ' , Htoul. miRing , dalryln , " "
ote" nil utlt.IInll' ! / ' ; o ! ' InlluKlr : . ' nrc
tllu hI. fit Chllocco.
" Oktllhomll , hal ! 11I01'0 tban 1,200
nH\J1l1factllrln plUUH ( , t'Cll'eHentluJ. ) ; In.
vostUlIJutsI r.t'egallnf , ; $2 , OOO,000 ,
ulld 11\'lng omllloYllwut to 10,000 wng ( '
cornerH , ' 1'hclu ) llnntt : Include flour
mlllll , 011 mlllH , eotlon glng , broom
lactoncH , hl'lelc and Ulo work 14 , sa1l
work" , Ctlmlnt fIlCtOrJl' ! ! , woo < 1Ollwan'
/Iud cutTlnI' ; WOI'/U. / . .
011 Fields Are Rich ,
SOl\\O of the rll1hosl oil flolds In
America lire III Oklahoma. 'I'11l' lllonu
Pool 011 distrIct. , south of ' ! 'ultm. be ,
lween Hed I,101'k lIuel Moun lI , 111ls hl' :
twocntriO aud GOO produclllg 011 woll-l.
with n lotnl eaJlUclty uf 100,000 bar.
rl'la a duy. 'rho fh'lIl of tl180 wollu
wns Hlmlt in DCCl'lIIbol' , IDOIi , PI po
IInos have Icoll , conatrllclC$1 $ for the
truuslIol'tntlolt of thlH 0\1 \ to the 1'oxns
scnbour < t : tIII ! to thu relln'rll's lit Whit.
lug , lucl. 1\lol'c UIIIII $10,000,000 has
heon in\'oslcll In ttn1tH : , 111II1I1I1n sla.
tlon : ! , and pipe IIncs III 'J'IIlm ! county ,
gnstc-rn 01 < 1 ahollJ a , which IR not SQ
unlf : > t'mlr ( wen HI ! tbe Wl.'sl.oru lJOrtiun
o ( the stale , lH'odllco ! : ! more than
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: .1,000,000 tons of cOlli u' ) 'car , for
\thlch lis mines rccel\'o nbout GOOO , .
000. ' 1'110 coul field extends from the
\'iclnlt ) ' of . 'I'ulsa on UIO uorth tl , ) the '
'l'cxas II no.on tlto soulh , antI lu morc
tban 100 , 'l'he state con.
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ILAHOI1A CITY .
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lalnn ahout 10 [ ; coal mines , employing
nhollt. 10,000 OIlOl'utors.
The } lrlnolpl11 rlvcn of Oklahoma ,
al1 of which How toward tho' soulh ,
cast , uro , naming them fl'ow norl.h to
sOllthrkamms , SaIl I.'ork , Clmarr n ,
North Canndlun , Sonl.h Cmmdluu.
Wachlta ami Hod ,
'l'he go'ernlUontCjllire ) what is
now Oklahoma mm'o tha \ ccntllr '
ago under the tcrmll or the LouIsiana
Purchase , Earl ) ' In the century the
governmcnt set thlH lau aparl for
the sogrcgatlon of the various Incllan
tribes , then bcing l'n Wl'st by the
advance of whllo nctt1en . lIcnco.
wblle MissourI , Kansas , Iowa' , Ne.
braska , Colorado and other Loulslnna
Pnrchaso states were bolng popttlale ,
'Olclahoma remained ( or 80 'ears n
wl1d 1lHlIl1n Camllng gl'Otlml.
At the lime of the ollonlns al1 of
Olcluhomlmcoll [ that. portion tukon
rrom ' 1'exus in the Gl'eCl' county hound ,
r ) ' tllsl1l1to an the narrow "trill he.
twecn Kunsas nml 'I'exlls , extondlng
to the Colorado nnd Now Mexico l1nos ,
waR Inclll e ( { ill UIO Indll\lI 'rerrltory.
Ol < 1ahoma torrllory , which was holl1
b ) ' the foVorlllllellt for the use of the
1I\(1I11nB , bnt. hul nQ\'ol' been asslgnod
to un ) ' h'ille , conscquoully conslstell
In these days of enl : ahout , OOOOOO
acrcs. 'l'hol'o occnrl'ed the 1I1'1It gl'Cl1t
rllsh for homef1 , wlt'tch 1J1'0ugllt inlo
exlsleneo OIahoma } Cllr , From time
to time Iho gCl\'ernmcnl trnll ! ferred
olbor pOI'I101\3 \ of land from the Indian
1'crrltor ) ' to Oklahoma tcrrItClr ) ' for
sottomont. ! 1Iy whiles , until , when the
Oklahoml\'lndlnn 'l'orrllor ' statehood
. ! JIII lJaHflUll , all that remalncd ( Jt In.
dlan TCl'I'ftory were the t"I.sUl'\'l\tlons ! .
of lho Choctaw , Chhlmsaw : , Chol'O'
leec , Creek , fomlnolo : III Qllu\1aw \
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Oldahoma is larger In 1rei1 than Indli1na and Ohio combinctJ ,
Okl < lhol\\a will be thc twentythlrd state In the unlQn In point of
population ,
Oklahoma has 5,500 miles of railroad ! : , 700 b < lnlts and 50 di1ily news ,
papers ,
Oklahoma's metcopolls , Okl < lhoma City , has forty miles of asphalt
p < lvements ,
Okl < lhoma'o constitution Is the biggest In the union , belno mOld : : up
of sixty tHousand words. I
State wide prohibition is provided In the constitution ,
The "Inltlatlvc nct ; referendum" arc In the state constitution 31d
extend also to munl l lltles , '
Oklahomi1 has 21 69 full blcoded Indians and 50,670 part Indians.
Many of them are hlghly civilized ,
Oklahoma Is a "corn state , " ralsina 150,000,000 bushels last yeaI' .
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"naRhflll ! " echocd111hel. : . "Wh '
lJaRhful 113 110 1\111110 1'01' It. " .
"W ) ! ) " . dn't : . 'OU CItCllllruu : him' ! "
qucr/Hl / hot' fl lend.
"I lun-c tl'lcd , " nllswl'r cI [ abel , " ! Jut
the altoll1llt. Willi It m : talr f"Uuro. Oul ) '
' 1IIsl IIlght I Imt IIU ulollo on tJlO flofa
antl h per 1tcl [ till in 1chnh' at ! fur
a\'II ) ' us ho cOllld Jot. I I\lk d him If
ho tUellI't think It Rlrnnso thnt the
lonlh ! oC a mlln'l ! ul'ln'IIS the sumo I
. . , sUB _ lnCO around n wOlltlln''ul _ t I\nll' \ '
' \ hllt d'o } 'OU lhlnl. ho dIcU"-
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"JU ! 1. whnt any scnHible man.'oull1
lu\\"c rlom-l1'Ip.11 it , I suppose , "
" : ' \ot IlU " thanlc 'IItI , 110 nslwd f ( 1
cOlitl ; I1ml 11 Illoco lit string s'o w'o
cou\ll \ tnOIlSUro 1\ul1 aeo If it To'US t fuct.
Ain't ho the , limit ? " ' "
The Limit.
" 1'hcro'R noISO talking , " sn.ltl . Mrs.
Howll ut ! . " ( y blls\.lnnd \ Is the crnnk.
lest mlm thnt 00drow \ the breath of
! [ ! . ' } 'hero Is only ono Hmo In the
) 'cut' when ho feels HI.c golns to
cuurch , nnll that's when lho church b
olosoll fnt. the 'Sllt mot'vacaUbIl.1"
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ONCE A BElLE ;
NOW A HERMIT
MRS. MARIE A , RIEDESELLE
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DWELLS ALL ALONE IN BIG ' !
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SANTA ANITA CANYON.
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SUBSISTS ON FRUIT ALONE
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Dooks < 1ncJ Piano Arc Her Only Com.
panlons-Drcsses In Simple Garb
ilnd Declares Hcl's Idci11 Ex.
Istence ,
Loa hngcles , Cnl.-Tucltecl nwnr In
: J. scquostered nook or the Dig
Anita can 'oll , whel'e aho Is 11..ln < ; the
lIfo or a hermit , 10 1\IrH , Marlo A. '
( 'sello , who Ilt one tlmo wus Hlel1'l
erell ono of the most benutlful or New
Yorl , ' long I1no of handsome wOmen. I
The once famolls beauty now sleolls I
011 a bed of 111110 lIel.tlles , which sho' ' .
rellS'lousl ' gathers fresh C\'ery dll ) ' .
Her fee Is fruit and berrlcs tbat she
gathl'l's frolll trees : md bushes uround
her hermitage ,
'Vh"n " , seen b ) ' n rOlOrtm' roccnllr ,
the hermit waR nt Hrat reticent , hut
finaUr , 'us Inducl.ll to tnIl , ahoul. hel'
oxllonce ! : ! In hel' lonely CII 'OI1 , She
would not. rclnto the ch'cumatlln clJ
wbtch le to hol' goln ! ; Into seclusion
and firm1j' refused to' talk about. hcl'
husbmul , ,
"I sllent se\'en ) 'cal's In Alnakn , "
a11e to1 the reporlel' , "nud those C\ "
n ) 'ears'CI'l \ & the most mlsel'able of
my Ufe. I endured Ittrdshll ! after
hardshlII , and the only frl.ends I could
claim for my own \Vero the ogs ,
When 1 left Alnslca I could not bOal'
. to lea..e them. ' I cou1c1 not shh ) t.hem
out. of the countr ' , so I had lbem
kJ11ell and sldnned , "
She showed a number of Ealdmd
dogsltlns , wblch carJletcd Ula Hoer of
ltcI' cabin , as proof ,
, "nut , lhen , 'ou lwant lo lenow how
I came to ho an inhabltaut of this
lonoh' can 'on , WcU , I just came here ,
that was all. I live on fmw [ aud bel"
rles-nothlng cooked-aild
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aomellmcs I go for c111 'S with nOlhlng
more than an orange to sustuln mo ,
"Then , too , " she cxplnlned , "I am 1\
great belle\'er In fasting , I weut : : !
days In Jun without morc limn n.
drlnlc of watcl' at Il limo , and last
winter I fasted fm' 20 days. Of
course I lost much 1Ics1l , but slln I
"My Llr Is Llfe. "
ltOJt ) on wllh the fast nud now fcol
lIke n new woman Illtogethct' .
"You must not expect to see much
of a home hero in the canyon. g\'ory.
thing 1 have here Is and'lnade , ex.
cept mr ; plnno. which I till're1 out of
nll the things I had In the east.
"I sUPPOSO 'ou woneJor why I 11\0 ,
out here nil aloue , It docs sccm
oll'angc , hut , nh , this IB the life to
live ! It Is the lIfo of 11 free woman ,
unchecked alii } fl'eo from the tram.
mels of a IwrdleJ clvJlJzalion which
hlntls its de\'ulcm to the lctty conven.
tlonnlltles of life ,
" 1\Iy mo Is life. It. Is not a mel'o
oxlstenco , I lmve something 10 Uvc
for-the blrl1s and the trecH , and the
sunlight. Rome day I nm cominS' out
of my stloH an pl"Oclalm the real jo '
of living to the world ,
' , 'Threo ) 'cars I\gll I was. thought to
be d'lng , Now I am healthy ancl 1'0'
bust , I hnvo stndlecl to gain mental
control OVCI' m ' hody and I huvo nc.
COlllllllshe thut 111m rIght hel'e.
"During hormltago I have rend
ull the authors , " ! : lite asserled , poillt.
Ing to a lIbral' ' In a corner of the
room , "I love Plato nn ShaltC pcaro
un all the rOBt , hut the : \IIthor Wh080
works havc hoon of the moat use to
roe is SOCl'nteR , "
Tbat she walks nbOl mlles n ,
clay nnll lIycs ent1l'el ' upon uncoolwd
fooda is the reUSon Mrs , Uehlctlolle
giTes fOl' hel' '
romul'lmblo health. 8110
shows evillcncos or having 110011 a
wOi\llorrnll ) ' boautlful woman In hcl'
dn ' und Is slill lUlIHIsolllo hI a Illhe ,
sumous wn ) ' .
She slcaks [ with the cloul' clllmcia.
lion of a wl.nbl'CH } woman and hOl'
convorlmllon Is raUonul , nnll strlklllg1)
'to the I.olnt. . lieI' taste In CloUlltlt ;
l'Unll o , the slmplcst. or r.arbH ; , A ablrt.
, wnlsi n Itlrt.am hel' uRual COS t1nlO ,
The hermit is unlquo In 1\01' \ ropdos
of uro RIIII'Io's on living. but ov'n
her pl'actlcnl oxplu mtto\l of why Rho
\IltCs \ the outof.doom oxlitonco ! IOUVCH
ono to belll.vo that thcro In ! l deofJlI' !
bnd perhaps morn roull\nUo I'lJaSOl ( or
hol' n\Jsolulc socllllllon , 1101' llCu 1 3 u
romance in Ilsclf ,
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WILD WOMAN IS SEEr !
IN CANADIAN FOREst
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LIVES IN HUT WITH A NUMBEP-
OF DOGS AS HER ONLY
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OUnwn , Onk-A TC'porl o [ Il von ry
t'ol\n\1llg \ wild In the foreatH' a\lout \
Blul' aCIl lace ! , , not fnl' frQJ11djlls : Glt . ,
hnn heen hl'ougbt hero by Prof.
l\Iacaule : . ' , ot lIarv3t'd unlverllty , wlto
hua IlOon tpcudlu ; some limo In Umt
IICCtioll of the couutry.
IIo f3t'i : . OS thut whllo hunting ( JIll. !
liar III the n-C:11t e \ \ ' the Gallnp-tll
river It ccurrylng In the unltorbruBh
causcd hI tn to f.Juic'kI ) ' turn biB rHlo
11the direction Ir qto s01m ! ) . To
hIs ! : ! \II'prJio ! Ul wil taco , of IL hu.
man hOhlg' , lunnell to n. dark hrown '
br oXl108uro to Hun and : llr , frmnc
by mnRIINI ( Ii dut'1 ( , conrKO 11311' , ntllt
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unmlstukahly thu f lco of It woman , }
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She Turned and Fled. '
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peorcrl at him from the altac1ow3.
The hunter quietly upproached hcr.
hut before ho coul speak aho tUfntcl !
nnlt 111311.
Pl'Of , l\Iacauley says she scemed
to be dressed in nothing more sub.
staullnl thau leavcs , entwined and
mattcII 1.ogethor so ns to form It
covering for her bodY. Ho made in.
lJull'los , in U1O. nelghboi"hood and
found that olher persons besides
himself had sc n the womall. She .
IIvos in olltmlo in a smull , Jew hut ,
In the Il1terior of which UI. > Ilemo\l of
modlum slzo could sland nprlghC , She.
hfta no companion sa\'o a number 01 :
lIogs , which belp her In 1 > ro uriit
fooll 11\ the forest. A rUle Is Included
In the 118t. of her possessions , hut : rot.
mllnltion hall been refused her , . .
It appcars that. owing to an Injury
done t 1 f. ! WOlUItU yearu ago 'sho has .
e\'er sln e a111111nod humdu socliityamt
lived in tIte dcpths of the bliSh , How
she IWC1)S ali..o during the severe . . . . )11' )
ter is : t 1II 'stCI'Y ,
MONKEY JAILED FOR I'-'IISCHIEF. I
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Commltnent ! on File Against Him . . .
New Jersey Prison.
NoBrtll1swiel ( , N , J-A 80uth
Amol'lcnn monlwy bas been ommltted
to , the Ml dlosox counly jall hero for
l1Ia1lclon8 mIschief , and there Jp an au , I
thentlc commitment ou mo t1tainst ,
him ,
"WhclI I wns In charge of ahcl'll'l:1 :
llepuJcs 110\:11 t Sa 're\-mo several
months : l o , " salll 'Varden Charles / ' " '
Hogol's , "tr 'lng to Iteep strikers from
rUlUllng away WlUl the clay pita , I got
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acqualntod with this very snmo .
monkc ' . 110 seemed to take to mo
right. at. the start. One night I saw
hllll at a hOlrl : , and 80010 fellows were
feeding him on beer ,
"Pllt Farlcy , the constable , . s IIII . t .
right. ont. thnt he woulll nn-est the
mOIlIe ' If he broke the pence of that
comllllllllt ' , An the other nlgbt Uw
1I10nl { alllllled out of his cJnln ) amI
wont out fm' a stroll , Casper Shiller. '
the jUlIlIco of the peace , hnB-ot' had I
-as fine a garden of flowcl's as you
waut toeo. : : . The monk visited thnt
'ard , all when ho got throu h you
couldn't t nil n culllstephus chlncsls
f ' < lIn n ol'nnlum.
"Yes , Shulol' was mall , lIe WitS
wuntlcl'lng what to det with' the
IIIonltC ' , when nlong came Fnrley Ilnl :
toll1 him he ought. to scn It to jaU.
lIo's enlcre tllus Petro Pnrbuza.
YOII can see tOl' 'ourso1f. Ho's an Intemperate -
temperate cuss , IIo brolco the medl.
clno chent the ether night. Ho 1:1ust
hn\'o thought it It wine cellar. He
tlldll't Imow the dlleronce unUl 110
lU\l1 d1'l1l11 : It holllo of lo lne , antl It
didn't hotbel' 111m a bll , "
Brave Girl Routs Bandltn.
l\Unncapollsl\Unn.-nr'nvfng the tJan.
gm' of helng shot by bapl , robbers , who ,
had hllon tll'lvon ftom : thp'lr 'wQf ! lIy
ltm' fatlwr : tn ' broth r. Ruth ' 'I'rump ,
the 1 'rnllr'old daughter of John
' 1'1'111\1\1 \ of Hoh\.lhlstlalc \ , a suburb ot
l\hllll' [ ( ) ( ) , mn lhrough the darkness
to 1110 town hall anll rang an alarm
which H\1l11nlOned the clllzcna , wIn
1'IIsholl , fcaulily Clnd , Into the stroetll
III llllrsnit of the bmullts , who oscupee !
nettH' ! L hattlc.
Haers : P ll Teeth of VlcUmB.
1\l11wuulwo-Hnzhlg has ItOne to Iho
Iltnlt In nortltcn\ Michigan , uccordln
tl > IL t\lspntwh \ fro -Huncpck. In RQCI , .
lund , n01there" huzora In the ImbUe
IIchools acled Its dontlstn tor theh'
\"lcl1ms , Onc 1I0y lost 80 many tCOUI
thnt he WIlS mnllo 111 nnl1 was Corc'Jl !
b ' his } laronls to confess whut caused I , ' -r )
the u'oulllo , 'rho lulZora were urroat. ,
oil , hut UIO cnsoaroro actUol ! o of
c..urt . : , . ,