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Show TO RETAIN POSITIONS ABERNATHY AND PORTER WILL CONTINUE AS MARSHALS. President Pleased With Records of Noted Wolf Catcher and of Cow-buy Cow-buy How Former Secured His Job. Guthrio, Ok. Tho good records as wolf catcher nnd cowboy that first secured se-cured for John R. Abornathy and Ores-venor Ores-venor A. Porter their positions ns United States marshals havo proved sufficient to retain for thorn theso positions po-sitions nfter statehood. Both men came Into theso positions untried, but both have had clean records, nnd whllo recontly In Washington thoy wore both assured by President Roobo-vclt Roobo-vclt that they would bo reappointed, JOHN R. ABERNATHY. (Wolf Hunter Who Will Retain Job as Federal Marshal.) Abernathy for tho westorn or Oklahoma Oklaho-ma district for tho now stnto, and Por-tor Por-tor for tho eastern or Indian territory district It was whllo on a lobo wolf hunting trip In tho "big pnsturo" in southwestern southwest-ern Oklahoma that President Roosevelt Roose-velt first met John Abornnthy. Tho hunting trip hnd been engineered by Colonel Cecil Lyon of Texas and at the suggestion of President Roosevelt that some good man bo procured to look after tho details of tho trip Col- 5 oncl Lyon recommended "a hunter by, tho nnmo of Abornathy living down in Oklahoma, who with his hands could , HH catch tho lobo alive." ' S3 This description pleased tho prcsl- jH dent and instructions wero given to 9! secure Abernathy's services for tho jfj occasion. This was dono and Mr. H Abernathy arranged tho dotails for O tho hunt in tho "pasture." " o w president's delight Mr. AbornatL EB formed tho feat of catching r m wolf alive with his bare hands. M Tho week's hunts in tho "pnsturo" S wore Very successful, tho president w was highly pleased and ns a result. j Mr. Abornathy was lator appointed I United Stntcs marshal for Oklahoma, J a position that pays an annual salary of $5,000. I Following tho nppolntmcnt of Abcr- 1 nnthy as marshal tho facts of his ox plolts as a hunter nnd trapper wor 1 published widely, not only in tho United States, but oven In England, 1 Franco and Germany. K "Grovo" Porter, a youth attending I tho St. Paul military school at Garden City, L. I., caught tho cowboy fovor as a result of tho talcs of adventure-that adventure-that drifted back to civilization In connection with tho cowboy experiences experi-ences of Theodore Roosevelt, at that timo In tho West Tho dlscaso proved incurablo as far as Porter was concerned nnd ho went to Cheyenne, Wyo., n tenderfoot and nt a tlmo, too, when it took nervo for n tenderfoot to remain in that locality, lo-cality, j. Porter was born about 3C years ago. v In Frederick county, Maryland, Vnd when ton years old was placed by hia parents in tho St. Paul military school, from which ho ran away to becomo a cowboy. "Grovo" Portor, although but a ' youngster, had tho nervo, however, I and ho stayed In Wyoming. Ho so- , cured employment immediately and rodo tho rango for six years. Tho cllmnx was reached when Porter Por-ter was appointed deputy marshal and served during tho hottest period ever known in thnt state. This, too, was-tho was-tho first work as a peace officer for Portor, although not long afterward he was commissioned a deputy sheriff In Lnramlo county, and ho had four years moro of strenuous life as nn officer. |