Wichita eagle., 1889-09-06

Guthrie's Indebtedness is over 81, 600.

Guthrie's Indebtedness is over 81 900.
The buncos are being banished from Ok
lahoma.
Forged checks are in circulation at
Guthrie.
Prof Halleck has been elected superin-
tendent of the public schools at Guthrie.
The law for Furnishing those who disturb
public worship is being enforced at Ard
more.
A new bank to be known as the Bank of
Edmund has been corporated at Edmund
and will open its doors for business about
Thursday morning.
When Guthrie was ten days old it had
forty-two lumber yards. and they did Wei
while the building boom lasted. Now
there are twenty-five.
A new jail building which will accomo-
date thirty prisoners is now well under
way at AIuskogee and will be ready TO re-
eeive the cary court grist.
The Pottawatomie Indians will each be
paid S115 this week. This is an item OF
interests to the merchants as the greater
part of it viii be spent here, says the
Oklahoma City Journal:
The forfeit of $1,000 deposited with
Guthrie's treasurer by the Hamilton
Street Railway company legltimateiy be-
longs TO the city, and i5 proposes to place
it in the general treasury and disburse IL
in payment OF the city's debts.
According to Mr. Ruskin's recent crit
ieiSm. there is no genius about the English
language He defines the Welsh language
as the language OF music. the Scotch OF
poetry and the Irish of wit. but he dldn
say anything about OkEahoma's.
Alfred has population of about 500 peo-
al it,o eir
thoroughly organized city government
working tremendously with the people IN
most satisfau tory manner The city gov
eminent has never imposed dollar OF
taxes on the occupants, save 50 filing fee
On the lots, since the opening.
A young man by the name of Will Ran
kin died on the 18th of August, at Ken
neiy's camp, Buffalo Springs, l. /. lie
did not tell where his relatives lived, and
as it is thought that they reside IN some OF
tina counties near here it is requested that
the neighborlDg papers copy the notice OF
his death and make mention OF 1t.
First Boomer--I prevented terrible
tragedy today.
Second Boomer-How was that?
First Boomer-A Texas man came along
and threatened TO put bullet through
me if didn't get off MS claim.
Second Boomer-Well, what about the
terrible tragedy-how did you avert that9
First Boomer-Why, got off his claim
Judge.
Persimmons and black hawthorns reach
as far west rs Oklahoma City, burr oak
gees ten miles further with an occasional
struggle along the western border OF
Oklahoma, the red elm, mulberry and
dewberry all reach the western border but
fail to get beyond. An occasional white
* u there a.
west as Cantonment. Post oak goes no
further but is much more plentiful. The
black lacks extend On west into Pan
handle of Texas but degenerate into shin
neries there.
Hickory does not quite reach Us, the
extreme western limit being about ten
miles east of this place, while pecan is
found eight miles further down the river.
2lackberries keep pace with the hickory.
The gum reaches this point but goes no
farther north or west. The hazel IS
unknown in Oklahoma. and so far
only one alder thcket. Walnut reaches
into the Panhandle in rare instances
but the tree and nut are both
dwarfed in that region. W bite elm
passes beyond the Indian territory ana
half way across the Panhandle 1t Is the
only tree that increases in size and beauty
as it moves westward across the great
plains. lt is the banyan tree OF the Pan
handle, its long leafy branches often
reaching out fifty feet from the trunk.
The blackberry and cottonwood are the
hardy pioneers, reaching the mountain
evergreens on the foothills. Persimmons
are plentiful, ''black haws' are scarce,
dewberries are plentiful in some neighbour
hoods. walnut trees are numerous but are
giving only moderate yield this year.
Wild grapes are scarce and OF an inferior
quality, wild plums are better and much
more plentiful than grapes, The Chicka-
saw plum is native of this country.
Both the hickory and pecan trees are pro-
ducing well this season. but they are lit
tie too far away to benefit the small boys
of Oklahoma City.