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Show UIUUINQ PANAMA CANAL f the opt I Bont ock Ialand persisted InEnid, a the calling the 00 cr S"1 1 1 fight was slid Enld between the two towns, with GUSTAF A PLEA8ING BLEND OF the railroad supporting its DEMOCRAT AND ARISTOCRAT. site and refusing to stop trains at South Enid. In that year popular resentment reached a pitch where It was danger Applies Hlmsslf with Greet Diligence ous to life to ride on the railroad be to Taeke of Administering Govwe Kansas and Texas. On numsr ernment Not a Soldier by ius occasions bridges were burned Nature. along the line, and in each Instance Wln Dte wai found Stockholm. Sweden's new King near Gustaf, Is proving a worthy heir to the Rock Island-Be- tter build A great traditions running hack not depot In Enid. only to hls own martial ancestor, becam wo'rlre.Ck frQuent, tracks but to those which go back to orn or blocked. Conductors hls u? Z trains going country's great hero, hls own through were srrested and he Is meeting hls 7vfor vlolat,n ordnances namesake, great responsibilities with an earnest5 Cl,y' 8nd everything ness has only In notable InPossible was done to harass the road. stanceshistory associated with kingship. A The city Itself became an armed camp, Interwho recently every street patroled at correspondent night to keep unknown men out for fear It viewed the king In hls working quarters found him not only busily enwould be burned. Every afternoon at two o clock the flrebell but gaged, very serious attenrang and tion to the devoting the people of Enid assembled numerous matters of state on the brought before him, for Guataf has public square to listen to fiery come to the throne at a crisis In the the against road and hear history of Scandanavia, due to the plans for further action. A few months after the secession of Norway awakening slumfederal troops were imported opening to pro- bering antagonisms and rousing a new tect the railroad's property In Pond spirit In the people. The king la conCreek and Enid. Word that they scious of these dangers, for hls Inter est In politics has been always keen were coming was received In advance, and when they arrived In Pond and personal, and he brings to them a trained mind and a sympathetic unCreek on their way south they were met by a committee. It was shown derstanding. The king still occupies the apartto the officers that the troops were being used by the railroad against ments of the crown prince, and they the people, and that It was not a fair are small enough to make one reflect fight. On this information an order how little of a royal palace, sb of a Is at the exclusive disposal was given for no man to alight from royal life, the train, and the soldiers returned to of a monarch. They are working Kansas. quarters, too. Messengers come and So notorious did the loss of life and go; telegrams and letters arrive; minproperty and the reign of lawlessness isters and officers in uniform pass to become that congress finally took a and fro; stewards and chamberlains band and ordered the Rock Island to hurry from one place to another, and the telephone works hard. The small, put In a depot at South Enid." Senroom is as busy as a stock ator Teller of Colorado and Senator Berry of Arkansas championed the broker's office. If King Gustaf is a descendant of city s cause on the floor of the upper house In a bitter debate between the one of Napoleon's marshals he is none friends of the Rock Island and the the less Swedish for bis French defriends of the government townsite. scent He has assimilated the charHoke Smith, then secretary of the In- acter of the race he governs. Like the terior, stood by the official plat and aided In getting the bill passed that gave Enid a depot The first train stopped In Enid 16. 1S94, while the Inhabitants of the city were holding a great anniversary celebration. From that tlm on trains stopped regularly. North Enid, however, died hard, but gradual-l- y It was forsaken. Within the last five years almost every building of Importance has been removed to this there Is not a store, city. To-dapost office or building of Importance where once there was a thriving and promising city numbering thousands of inhabitants. A movement has been started to celebrate the abandonment of the sta tion. l0td e, iLSlA" Ot t re tk kin ml ! !. :l(ti Cpynibt by WMa i;. Steven, chief engineer of the Panama canal, resigned hie 1907, and President Roosevelt decided to turn the work February, petition of completing the Isthmian waterway over to government officials he selected . Geo. W. Goethals, U. 8. A., as chief engineer to superintend the work. Col. Goethale Is also chairman of the canal commission. The work of completihas canal progressed very satisfactorily since he has taken charge. ng the When John F. In ii :is Lleut.-Col- t win iSlw CITY WINS CONTEST ICTZ1 en ill ui railroad in ernment townsites had been laid out, hut the railroad, In order to keep for BITTER FIGHT. irS taelf the splendid profits that would accrue from the added value to lots In the future business mil centers, refused Attempt of Rock Island to Establish to agree to the government townsites City. Is Own Townsite of Its and established townsites of its own d-Victory two miles distant from the officially Accomplished platted ground. This was done In the by Aid of Senate. cases of Medford, Pond Creek and Enid, Okla. The last chapter In the Enid, but the fight all centered at the last named place because it was bemost historic town fight of the southlieved, as afterward developed, that IslRock when the west was written this wfas the most Important point In abandoned Its statlod railroad and j. Twelve hundred acres of land were 1U North Enid and moved the effects of bought by the Rock Island from the Enid the office there to this city. Cherokee Indians prior to the opening claims the distinction of being the two miles north of the townsite of ING a jonljr city that ever whipped Enid and a future city laid out. A In a townsite fight and that ever the at that time south station, In succeeded the United of Wichita largest enlisting to the Texas line, was States senate's aid to bring about such erected by the railroad and the infor. via 'a result. mation given out that this was to be When the Cherokee strip was a division point with shops for all !Tiry ton the the southwest.' But no depot was .opened for settlement in 1893 jRock Island had the only line across erected on the government site two the strip from north to south in the miles distant. IRYI western part of the new country. Gov Thirty thousand persons assembled enid.okla., whips Abandone- m rall-jroe- d 3 Spring' Spliflti e motel UNIQUE GIFT FOR FLEET. Inmate of I Hospital Knitting Flag for Admiral Evans. Wash. L. L. Martin, a grocer In San Francisco, u put out of business by the big Jre. He came north seeking work, "nally becoming a Btreet car conduc-o- r here. Four months ago. In a fog olllsion on Pacific avenue, he had one ( broken In 22 places and the other n live. Surgeons determined to save ii limbs rather than amputate. They ere Incased In plaster casts. For our months Martin has been In a cot u the Fannie Paddock hospital await-n- ( the knitting of his shattered id hsn tot during within iumM lusandi i wnes. I Years ago, while living on a farm In 'alla Walla, Martin was n aged woman. eeks he spent his time 0! dI itiesl taught knit-bFor several in the hos-lt- y a I , IS II JIFF! - One-Thir- d herself. SoXT J?"' Vice-Chance- l. 1 Ctab I give no single person best: No hulking slant frightens me! The llttlo man threw out hls chest. "I wish you had been there to seo- - For I told Brown exactly what Of course." I thought of hint. Yoh! to hls facet Then buy my patent." I 'guvs it to him very hot;' He unrolled a package and brought And called him names hls conduct, base. to light a shot, a tin funnel, and a quart of ashes. "But did he not assault you, pray?" "What on earth Is It?" asked the A friend Inquired. He sliook hls head. "Brown spoke In such an angry way dealer. 1 left the telephone," lie said. It Is Bronson's patent safety shoe. Iotslle Thomas. Here's the Idea. In winter our pavements are dangerous from Ice. By HIGHLY COLORED DIALOGUE. sprinkling ashes on Ice you produce decomposition, and render walking safe. Do you follow me? But" Oh, course you dont; but I'll exshoe. plain. This Is a double-soleThere is a space between the two soles, and the toe and heel ends are open. You fill this space with ashes, and. when walking, they slip out In advance of you. "The Idea!" Yes; I worked 22 years on the idea. This funnel fits Into the heel of the shoe, and !b used to load up with. But the ashes?" "Oh, you hire a boy to follow with a pail of them. When the shoe Is empty you whistle, and he fills It up again. There' nothing like it. I can walk 20 miles a day over a perfect sheet of Ice. Will you give me an d order?" He somehow failed to get It. FOR SORROW. CAUSE Gray I'm in tbe pink of condition, old man. but I feci pretty blue because everybody tells me I'm looking awfully white. Brown Well, I think that a chap who gets blue because be Is white must be terribly green or have a strong streak of yellow in hls makeup. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. 8tung. Say, pop." "Well, what Is It, son?" Did you know that New York Is twice as big as London?" Eh? No such thing! Who told you that?" But It Is. daddy. What! Youre dreaming, young man! Will you bet It isnt? No, no; I never gamble. "But, dad, will you give me a dollar lf I'm wrong?" Eh? Certainly. All right I'm wrong give me the dollar! Judge. papa just boo-hoBobby Boo-hoslipped and broke hls leg! Passerby Never mind; hell be better soon. ! Bobby Every one saw him ! fall but me. CAUGHT IN THE ACT. itscrir" t, Boo-hoo- Swedes, he is a pleasing blend of arisProfitable Investment. tocrat and democrat. Ills family Yeas, drawled the old postmaster might be called in evidence of the of Bacon Ridge, Jeff Weatherby democratic strain, for of hls brothers an ostrich from a circus and bought one is a doctor and another an artist, started an ostrich and neither can be styled amateur. But the ostrich died. farm, but, by gum, this proof of atavism is not needed Then I suppose It was a dead loss? If one talks with hls majesty. His atremarked the hat drummer. titude toward life is frankly demoOh, no. Thar were so many hoss cratic tempered, perhaps, with a vein shoes and bolts and rivets and screws of sadness that may be born of the In the bird's stomach that Jeff opened moment. up a blacksmith shop. Chicago Daily Gustaf is not considered to be a sol- News. dier, though the descendant of one of Napoleon's great marshals and ruler of A Gentle Reminder. a land made glorious by the martial There! growled Mr. Suburbanite, deeds of Gustavus Adolphus, That he as he stored the snow shovel In the lacks this particular capacity is not farthest corner of the basement, ding due to a lack of courage. Those who you, I won't have to wrestle with you know him best declare that if war for a few months, anyway!" menaced hls country he would place Turning suddenly around In the himself at the head of the army as dark, he fell over something that gave readily and as confidently as he as- forth a nerve-tearinrattle and click. sumes the government. Officers do not With a wild shriek he fled up the celhesitate to declare that had Gustaf lar stairs before the r been king in 1905 the preparations of could catch him. Judge. the headquarter staff would not have been In vain, and the kingdom would His Ambition. not have been divided. Happily, the sins. cannot climb too high nor roatn danger of war has ceased to be Im- You Bo far I shull not care; minent, and the energies of both coun- My love shall come to lure you home tries are turned to peaceful rivalries. And keep you captive there. If not a soldier, hls ajosty In, at HE. any rate, a sportsman. He rides like TIs true all that you say I knowr; a centaur, is a crack shot and plays Now If you'll got your dad tennis like a Doherty. Some of hls To tlx It so I neednt go I'll slay hors and be glad. subjects hint that It would be more In -Chicago Hecord-Horah- l. keeping with the dignity of hls position lf he played tennis only with hls PERHAPS. courtiers! They forget that the true sportsman Is tho true democrat, and that sport even the sport of kings Is not only a bond, but a leveler. To these exercises and to music of which also he Is a devotee hls majesty will have little time to give. The duties of king In Sweden are no sine-cur- e He must preside over every rounell of state, und Is responsible for every act of administration. Some people consider him Impatient of discussion and detail, but those who know him best declare him to be the emlKKlIment of steady endurance. Hls courtesy and good nature are inexhaustible. g wristlets, robes for buggies and other small articles, Mch were purchased by street rail-f- Copyright by Waidon ttwovtt. The war department hae ordered eeveral balloon of this typo for tho employes. With the money thus isd O filmed Martin Experiment will be made by the eignal eervle branch Ij determine rest' army. vs bought a supply of red, In time of war. Wte Its practicability Writ and blue yarn and began the i . Spett of 8 large American flag. Vm .facture Utah. J8 now near,y complete. Not The time made by Healer appear uul this week did he announce the Incredible In view of what he bad to urpose of his STEER work. He desires to do. His pony ran 100 yards before the resent the flag to Admiral Evans on lasso's loop fell over the steers giant ot the battleship fleet at horns. That moment the pony turned, He will be able to .!nclKC0digging his hoofs into the ground, OKLAHOMA h(mt,lta' In six weeks on MILTON BEALER OF braced himself and waited. rnt.k a,ltl wl11 Probably BREAKS WORLD'S RECORD. The rushing steer reached the limit rT Journey to tan p68, fnd .,ra1nrl8 of the rope end turned a complete personally n, present Patriotic gift to the American navy. somersault, landing on his side with R.DE1I Ox la Chased, Laaaoed, Thrown and a thud. Unable to use hie head, tbs steer could not rise. of a Mlnuto Bound In wife betrayed Healer was not on the pony. The Before Crowd of Ten Thoumoment ho saw the lariat land Vith very sand Peraona. H,nd Dpped In Salt Water 8he well over tho steer'B horns he slid Talked In Sleep. from the pony's back and ran toward Enid, Okla. Before 10,000 persona. the roped beast. With six feet of of Nlnnekah. Okla., An IucmIIm1, N JL he tied all four feet of the steer sea captain Milton Dealer rope broke the world's record for lassoing that lf 1 would In such a manner that they the put wild steer tho other day. together be freed, Jumped on the ,rpln Person In salt wa-n- and roping a not could "r that The flat. was 20 seconds his hand and removed raised nberson Would answer truth-'e- Uealer'B time beast, was W. E. Carroll of former champion ions to the Judges snd a as signal ,hat I mlsbt ask 7 of hin hat U wlth he was through. Mangum, Okla., who had a record that ' Sha tim spectators In'' uwered Carroll witnessed Hea21 seconds. third part of a In the done All this ,U08tion '17 and gave the declared him the Is Just 1 needed t0 bring lers groat feat and single minute. Milton Bonlor '? dlvorcl I'U, .!nt He has spent his world's champion. old. 35 22 years Panhandle of past Thirty steers front tho for thin oc- life on a ranch. l&t oausiVv', startl,nK statement 1( n ) 6 Chancellor Walker Texas specially Imported of the lasso. triewe Produces an Odorlets Onion. ,n the d,vorce ault casion wero the objects Richard tI11"11 ranch acre Francisco. Wing Hop, a ChiSan 20,000 a "f South Amboy. Thoy canto front tho of nese gardener, who owns a small truck and were os wild as the plains :Uu'ory Kronds. Two ve farm near Fresno, has made the startcould produce. 'land h!U"b 8 hla own coun southwest announcement that he has particiwidely known cowboy ropers mounted ling Walker h ,ak'd by Burbank and produced an each contest, f he men the namfiS pated in the For years Hop, who X0b,alned onion. odorless with 1,6 he charged his on his own pony. for Burbank, has worked with i,. was formerly range steers When cue of 'ulted on the production of an was the lmi,"0,',r conduct he ex-1working he been corral the 'il that eight ,iuer. n,othod' Tague released front which would have all the taste e across the field until to '.me onion 6 foilnd Rfter chased of the normal !8 marriage in hi stand and, If and other qualities lot- - In front of the Judges' would be free or the disPossession a but vegetable, of h r rato spec ninn. Mrs offends so meny then running at a high agreeable odor which foot the a crosB-Bulhe has sue claims nam- - a flag was dropped and be Now swinging a lariat, persons. wal c&8 "!)1, but his phase of ponY, with his rider seeded. the steer. not brought out dashed down the field after knitting Ce King Gustaf. TYPE OF DIRIGIBLE BALLOON Tacoma, 0 hawk-eye- DEFINACE Boo-hoo- HAS ROIN .tion Do you want to make a fortune easy aa a wink?" queried a man, with a lop shoulder, to a shoe dealer the other day. Sep-temb- er irecd ecth, iar jte ml HIS GREAT INVENTION. low-cellin- I boreal 1 v flt lawn-mowe- l Value of Portable Treaiures. The chimneys of the Wilsons cabin was made of sticks plastered together with clay. When It caught fire one night the whole, bouse burned In spite of Aunt Marla's utmost efforts t j put out the flames. A white neighbor met young Tom .Wilson the day and said sympathetically: "Sony to henr your mother; ;n bln burned down, Tom. Did you loso i.t much r "No, sah; no, sah;' returned the boy, cheerfully, "I was off at church, so I had my coat on." Illustrated Sunday Magazine. The size a man feels on being caught with hls friend's best girl. Crafty Girl. said the mlBS who was writing a love letter, "every time I write e & word and am it la spelled correctly I make a blot over It." "But don't you think he will be auspicious of so many blots?" asked her chuin. "No. Indeed. You see, I Just draw a little heart around It and he thinks every blot Is a kiss." Chicago Daily News. Yes, not-sur- Adding a Third Sin. Pastor Goodman Working on commission, are you. Brother Ilaxllde, and using your Sundays as well as weekdays? That Is the reason, I presume, why I have not seen you at church for a long time. Parishioner Yes, doctor; I am sinning both by omission and commission. Chicago Tribune. Madam Plug We had our automobile made to order. The Limited Inn, Miss Sparks I suppose you had to Dont I get any sheet on my bod to to got one big enough to hold you! night?" demanded the Irate drummer. "I'm afraid not, pardner," yawned Chicago Journal. the proprietor of the One Horse Inn. A Pessimistic View. One of them thar actor folks that is Do you believe lit leap year pro- stopping here borrowed it." Borrowed It? posals? I don't know that I do. It seems "Yes, he is down to the opera house rather like jumping at chances," taking the part of the ghost in Ham. Baltimore American, let Chicago Dally Ness |