The Chickasha daily express., August 17, 1907, Image 3

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A MODEL CITY IN WILDS
GLADSTONE, MICH., A THRIVING
INDIAN COMMUNITY.
Tewn Owned by Lumber Company It
Full of Industrious, Happy Red
skins Who Have a Govern
ment That le Ideal.
Gladstone, Mich. Few If any com
munities In the lumber districts cf the
mrth country ran boast of conditions
more ideal than the village of Nahma.
Delta county. The town possesses an
electric lighting system, a water
works plant, a well-equipped fire de
partment, an opera house, a first class
.hotel, schools, churches, wide, well
graded streets that are lined with
shade trees, a natural park of pictur
esque beauty and a fine water front.
Nahma and the country for 40 miles
back are owned by the May do Noqnot
Lumber company. This concern is
nne rf the largest and moat successful
In the upper peninsula, and it shares
Its prosperity with Its employes. Dur
ng the busy season tho mills of the
POPULATION OF NEW STATE.
More Than 1,000 Census Enumerators
Start Work in Oklahoma.
Washington. The actual work of
enumeration for the special census
of Oklahoma and Indian territory has
lieirun. The work is being done by
t.O.'.O enumerators.
The census bureau here has been
notified by Its representatives, who
have been on the ground for some
t!x3 r.;ak!r.R preliminary arrange
meats, that the ln'."rm,d'a'? defafla
have t "-n fompltte'' and that every
tMr.r Ia In readiness for receiving the
p-turns. The compilation and the tab
r.lM'on win be dune in Washington.
The constitution convention, which
was reconvened shortly after the pres
ident directed that the census be tak
en, U cnp;;atin,? with the represeiiUi-t!v-s
of the government and has ap
pointed a committee for this purpose.
Many errors were found in the new
boundary, which required a great deal
nf hard work to straighten out, and
the Washington officials have been
able to render the local authorities
mnr-h valuable assistance In the mat
ter. Several clerks have been sent out
to the proposed stnte for office work
in connection with the enumeration,
but the enumerators have been se
lected from among the Inhabitants.
The supervisors are undev strict or
ders from Director North to make a
complete and careful record of every
Inhabitant that should properly be
enumerated.
INVENTS SELF-HANGING DEVICE.
Former Baseball Pitcher Tests New
Plan on Negro Murderer.
Pittsburg. To save the nerves of
tender-hearted officials. Sheriff A. C.
Gambert, formerly a pitcher on the
Chicago National league baseball
team, the other day successfully put
Into use a self hanging device of his
own Intention. The device was tried
on Howling Green, a negro wife mur
derer, who went singing to the gal
lows. While the deputy sheriff stood on
tho trap placing the noose ahcal tho
condemned man's neck the sheriff
stood wilh a wire held tight in his
hand. Tho action of the deputy in
fcti-ppiug off the trap loosened tho wire
and the weight of tho murderer sprung
u.
Green's body darted through tho
opiiig in the floor of the gallows and
death, tlfo physicians said, was almost
instantaneous, tho man's neck being
broken. It Is claimed for tills device
that no one person bears the odium of
being a hangman, the condemned man
doins mors than ills part.
machine tool at Osborne college, the
company employ over 3(10 men, and
tho logging camps use 400 more. To
transport tho timber from forest to
town a private railroad Is operated.
It possesses 40 miles of trackage, its
own telegraph Bystera and 100 cars
and four locomotives.
Every board of the many millions of
feet of lumber produced is sold on the
dock at Nahma and transported from
there by the purchasers. But little of
the. product is moved by rail and the
great portion of it is taken south and
east on vessels. As a consequence the
winter's output accumulates on doz
ens of docks that aggregate several
miles of water frontage.
The ships which transport the lum
ber are loaded by Indians, a branch
of the Chippewa tribe, who live at
Nahma. The men are paid 45 cents
an hour for this work. The Indian
village la ruled over by Chief Klssis,
a venerable red man of S4 years. His
habits are perfect, but his example
of right living fa not generally follow
ed by hla tribesmen. In fact, they are
gluttons, when their financial clrcura-
SECTION
GIRLS OUST MEN
Canadian Civil Service Monopolized
by Members of Fair Sex.
Montreal, Quo. It is shown by an
examination of the appointments of
unmarried eirls to the civil service of
Canada, in connection with the new
civil service commission, that In an
other ten years at the present rate of
increase them will be more laoioiul'
gills In tho inside service than men.
The commission of 1SS6 looked Into
the question of female civil servants,
and found numerous objections to their
employment. The Commissioners re
ported that tho girl3 would have to be
placed in rooms by themselves and un
der the immediate supervision of per
sons of their own sex.
Subject to this the commission saw
no objection to gins being appointed
as clerks of the third class under such
regulations as might be laid down with
the sanction of the governor In coun
cil. But today women are found in
every department of the state, occupy
ing rooms in common with men and
seeking no higher advantage than the
right to equality with them under the
regulations. The St. Patrick's Calen
dar, an influential Roman Catholic
newspaper, expresses the belief that
the appointment of so many unmarried
women in the service makes for the
upsetting ot social conditions.
Girls who enter the service frad
themselves bound down by their en
vlrouuitut Li'e becomes for them
boree'' the n;o;;f-y they have irn5o in
the wi!s in winter they sober down
and wait for the first bout to come in.
Then they work like beavers, and
when the vessel is loaded another
orgie is held. Hard work and jubilees,
in fact, alternate until navigation
closes in the fail. Tho squaws can im
bibe as much as the bucks when they
get the chance. Chief Kissis ha3
never taken a drink, used tobacco or
uttered an oath In his life. He labors
industriously In the endeavor to teach
thrift and sobriety to his followers,
but bis efforts thus far have been al
most futile.
The residents of Nahma, instead
of finding life lonely and irksome,
have many amusements and are a hap
py lot. They have literary and danc
ing clubs, theatrical entertainments,
snow-shoeing and tobogganing during
tho winter, while in the summer recre
ation is found in baseball and boating
and picnic parties. The day of tho
heavy drinking, gambling mill worker
Is gone; in his place i3 to be found
a well-dressed, Intelligent man of good
habits.
The government of the village is s
model. There is only one saloon al
lowed to do business of Nahma, and it
Is under the supervision ot the lumber
company. Gambling Is strictly forbid
den. The place closes at nine o'clock
at night and does not open until seven
o'clock In the morning. All electric
lights In the town are extinguished at
9: CO o'clock, and, except when som
sort of entertainment is going on, the
community retires at a healthful hour.
There is one physician in the town, a
man of unusual ability, an he ia paid
for his services on the assessment
plan.
ROOSEVELT A HAYING FAKER7
Senator Knox Tells Story on President
to Elks' Committee.
Philadelphia. President Roosevelt is
somewhat of a nature faker, according
to Senator Philander C. Knox, Penn
sylvanta's presidential aspirant, whe
told this story to the Elks' commute
at Valley Forge:
"President Roosevelt," he said, "was
surprised by a Kansas delegation at
Oyster Bay not long ago. The presi
dent appeared, coat and collar off
trousers hitched by belt, and mopping
his forehead.
" 'Ah, gentlemen,' he said, 'delighted
to see you, delighted, but I'm busy put
ting In my hay, you know. Just come
down to the barn with me and we'll
talk it over while I work.'
"Down to the bam hustled delega
tion and president. Mr. Roosevelt
seized a pitchfork, but there was no
hay on the floor.
" 'John, John,' shouted the president
to Bounds in the hayloft, 'where's all
the hay?'
" 'I ain't had time to throw it back,
sir, since you threw it up yesterday,
sir,' came a man's voice from the loft."
OF CANAL
FROM PLACES
social condition that seldom leads to
marriage. They find themse'ves in a
few years In the receipt of a salary
that practically makes them independ
ent and places them out of the reach
of the average young man willing to
marry, which, says the Calendar,
brings Ha compensation in the shape
of freedom fmm women's legitimate
burden ntit h monns to mU life
otherwise pleasurable and satisfying.
GIVES FORTUNE TO OLD NEGRO.
Entire Estate Left to Servant to Sat
isfy a Debt.
Philadelphia. -Members of 6ome of
Philadelphia's oldest families! are an
noyed by a remarkable act of one of
their relatives, the late Mrs. Sarah
Wain Ilendrlckson, a descendent of
William Penn, who died in March, at
her home in Walnford, N. J., SI years
old. Fourteen months before her
death, it has been learned, Mrs. Ilen
drlckson signed over her estate, in
cluding the family homestead, por
traits, jewels, silver plato and antique
furniture, to a colored man, John Wil
son, who had been In her employ 40
years.
Mrs, Hendrickson was a childless
widow, and gave her property to the
colored man, it Is said, to pay off a
debt of upward of $3,000 which, he
claimed sho owed Lira on accouat c
uujaid wages, aud small loans.
SUMMER COLONY AT NEWPORT
WILD OVER GAME.
Many Prominent Society Women Give
Up Their Whole Time to It
Golf Clubs Again Popu-
lar as a Result.
Newport, R. I. Newport has the
fcrid,";? T.'h'.st er"" So has Narratran
sett Pier and Bar Harbor, but it is at
Newport that the epidemic is most
virulent. .
Here pursuit of the game has be
come an obsession. Big sums of money
are won and lost every day at the
tables. Women in most instances are
the most inveterate of the gamblers.
The flushed face of the woman gam
bler can be seen daily In carriages that
flash along Bellevue avenue. Her ner
vous, eager manner betrays her. At
ordinary social functions she waits pa
tiently for the outsiders to depart in
order that tho elect few may creep
away to the boudoir of the hostess for
an hour at bridge.
Bridge Is not the only game. More
than one splendid villa here now con
ceals a dainty roulette wheel and a
private faro layout for the delectation
of the elect.
To such an extent has the passion
for play gone that some of the older
heads are seriously discussing the or
ganization of an anti-gambling crusade.
The effect of gambling on the nerves
of some women in the younger set, as
well as on their pocketbooks, is cre
ating alarm.
And then the golf club claims atten
tion. The golf club had run to seed.
It was so far away it didn't offer any
particular diversion after one had made
the long journey out to the place. Of
late, however, unwonted prosperity
has come to the club. Bridge whist
did it. Confronted with a situation
that spelled ruin for the club the man
agers appointed a women's committee
to tahe matters in hand. The commit
tee turned to bridge whist. Now the
golf club has become one of the most
popular institutions at Newport. Mem
bers even occasionally play golf as a
recreation after several hours of en
ervating play at the tables.
Here it is that the passion for bridge
Is seen at its height. On a recent
afternoon there were eight tables go
ing. Refreshing breezes swept in from
the ocean. Half a dozen of the best
known women in New York and Phil
adelphia society lounged outside on
the terrace. Within at 1-rast 20 young
women and a few men toiled feverish
ly at bridge.
Among the stories they tell sub rosa
at the golf club Is one of a young wom
an who has won enough during this
season to buy a handsome automobile,
and another young woman who lost
so much that her father threatened to
cut off her allowance and refuse to
stand responsible for any of her debts
if she does not quit the game. There
are other stories of matrons who are
heavily in debt to their fellow-players,
and a couple of men who practically
support themselves by means of their
winnings.
WEDS GIRL, WONT TELL NAME.
Millionaire Hearne Married to a Miss
of Seventeen.
New York. A millionaire of 50
marrying a beautiful brunette of 17
summers is the latest romance of the
Waldorf-Astoria.
The groom is W. H. Hearne, of
Wheeling, W. Va., a member of the
Pennsylvania staff and a brother of
the lato Col. Frank J. Hearne, at one
time president of the Colorado Fuel
and Iroa company.
-The identity of the bride Is not re
vealed. Her husb'ind says, "It's none
of the public's business." Just, where
the marriage took place cannot be
learned, but it is supposed in the
west,
The couple met for the first time
a few weeks ago at Kansas City,
while Mr. Hearne was visiting his
sister, Mrs. Annie Armour, and bis
bride was the guest of Mrs. Kirk Ar
mour. Soon after Mr. Hearne's daughter,
Mrs. Archibald Mitchell, was sur
prised on receiving this telegram
from her father:
"Meet me in Wheeling. Am going
to be married."
'The daughter hurried to Wheeling,
but her father failed to appear. A few
days ago he and hi3 bride arrived at
the Waldorf-Astoria. Their devotion
to each, other attracted considerable
Danger In Handcuff Game.
Washington, Pa. -As a result of his
efforts to emulate a handcuff exrert
whom he saw at a traveling show,
Thomas Garbert, aged 22 years, Is
dead at his home at Roscoe. The
young man kept up his practice dally
and learned to release himself from
all kinds of locks and entanglements.
While- trying to free himself from an
especially difficult position recently he
strained himself so badly that dropsy
set in, resulting In death.
Biggest Kansas Baby.
Kansas City, Mo. A baby boy that
weighed laH pounds arrived at the
farm of Cecil Van Berger, near Shaw
nee, In 'Johnson county, Kansas. It Is
the sixth child born to Mrs. Van Ber
ger. None of the others weighed more
than eight or ten pounds at birth,
"The child is healthy and well devel
oped," said Dr. E. P. Chace. "It is, 1
think, tho largest baby In the state of
Kansas, without a doubt" The moth
er Is a native of Bekium.
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Mr. S. F. Edge Trying for
FARMERS BUYING AUTOS.
NEW SIGN3 OF PROSPERITY OB
SERVED IN THE WEST.
Manufacturers of Motor Cars Cannot
Make Machines Fast Enough to
Supply Demand from Tillers
of the Soil.
Lincoln, Neb. Western agents of
automobile factories assert that if the
machines could be obtained hundreds
of autos could be old this summer to
the farmers of Nebraska and Kansas.
As it is, the residents ot the country
towns and the farmers are buying
more of the benzine buggies than the
cities, and there is scarcely a country
town in Nebraska in which there are
not more automobiles in proportion to
the population than in Lincoln or
Omaha.
The prosperity of western farmers
has become an old story, and this pros
perity Is going to be augmented this
year by another big crop of whea and
corn and oats. Most of the farmers in
the state could buy a medium-priced
machine Just as a luxury If they want
ed to, but the manner in which they
have amassed their money does not
lead to extravagance of that kind.
When a Nebraska agriculturist adds
to his machinery collection he buys
only that which will be of use. That
is why he is just now turning to the
automobile. The favorite farm type
is the runabout, largely because of its
low first cost. The prudent farmer
figures that with good carriage horses
bringing $150 to $250 each iu the mar
ket he is foolish to utilise them in the
pleasure jaunts and bis journeyings to
and from church.
If he uses his work horses to go to
town or about the country, he deducts
just that much from their working
capacity on the farm. By using an
auto he saves the horses fresh for 'die
farm work, ho can transact his busi
A SMALL COIN
New York Motorman Searches Tracks
Fifteen Minutes for Quarter.
New York, There was much excite
ment on the Bowery the other day
when a motorman on a south-bound
Third avenue surface car tied up the
line for nearly 15 minutes trying to
find a 25-cent piece he had spied in
the center of the track. The coin was
ying in the groove of the rail. When
he brought the car to a stop the
wheels cf the truck were directly over
!t
Thi3 the motorman did not know,
and he crawled under the car to
search for the coin. A large crowd
?oon gathered, thinking something was
wrong. The discovery was made at
Gmnd street, Just at the time when
the streets were badly congested and
traffic was at its height. Several po
licemen soon arrived and wanted to
know what all the trouble was about.
It Wasn't long before the crowd learn
ed what the motorman was after.
Several men and boys, including a
couple of street-cleaning sweepers, im
mediately joined in the search. After
crawling about for ten minutes in vain
the motorman had an Inspiration that
She coin might be under the wheel.
He told the conductor to start the car
on about a foot Then there was a
scramble. Boys, men and street-cleaning
sweepers made a rush for the bit
of money at the same time. Tho mo
tot man, who was the nearest to it,
after a hard struggle, knocking the
men and hoys aside, finally got it.
By this time the street was blocked,
fcnj the drivers of trucks were ycLUkg
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ness quicker and get back to the farm
In a short time, to his financial better
ment. LAD OF 7 CROSSES SEA ALONE.
Adorned with Many Tags Before K
Reaches New York from Russia.
New York. Adorned with a motley
array of tags, which were pinned on
his coat, shirt and trousers in many
cities on the route from far off Minsk.
Russia, to this city, seven -year-clrl
Benjamin Meyerson is quartered ia
the Hebrew heme for immigrants it
this city. He is bound for Omaha
where his parents, who left Russia
several years ago, now reside.
The boy remained with his undo
until recently, when his parents sent
for him and he was started alone v;
what probably has been the most r
markable journey ever taken by a lit
tle fellow of his age.
Benjamin's uncle tagged him so that
the railroad men might know where
to ship the tiny human freight. I.la
also appended to the boy's coat a re
quest that wherever tho wee journey
er stopped he should be bathed. The
child has been scrubbed in a score ci
cities.
At each point where the toy
changed cars he was retagged until
when he arrived two days ago on tlw
Etruria he looked like a misshaped
trunk that had gone through tba
grand tour.
Woman of 92 Fine Sprinter.
London. Sydney Talbot, the f-S'-year-old
American marine cr.siarr
whose activity has ben told of, ha
rivals. At a charitable fete given for
the aged poor in Buckinghamshire
prizes for flat races were won by t"
men aged 83 and &6 years respective
ly. In one woman's race a dame of S3
sprinted finely, but was beaten by a
younger competitor.
BLOCKS CARS.
like madmen. A string of cars ex
tended back almost to Fourteenth
street. A crowd of nearly 1,000 per
sons had gathered and the polica
had their hands full la dispersing it
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BILLION LOST ON CRIMINALS".-
Caring for Vicious Costs More Year!?
Than Nation's Wealth Grows.
Washington. "This country spend.9
$6,000,000,000 annually on the crim
inal, pauper and vicious classes, 2.-,f
tho zv.t.zz.) increase cf tvcalth !3 czr
$5,000,000,000. Does not that lot as
if the public were bankrupt?"
This statement was made in 8 fct
ture by Dr. Charles J. Bushneil, who
is conducting a model public play
ground here. He is a graduate cf
Heidelberg university and an author
ity on civic matters.
Dr. Bushnell's figures are taken, hb
he says, from reliable sources ami
represent years of careful study. V,a
challenges anyone to disprove their
accuracy. He and his wife have Toadw
a special study of what they call iim
"social illness" of the United State.
Continuing, Dr. Bushnell said:
"Why, the $5,000,000,000 that tUs
nation spends every year od its crim
inal cases equals the amount spent n
all churches, public libraries, tii
Young Men's Christian association,,
tho Salvation Army, public hospitals,
asylums for the Insane and ail benev
olent institutions. The average fac
tory hand earns $440 a ya- vinlar
it is estimated that the average crim
inal costs the public at least $1.J33 a
year."