Western Kansas world., 1894-01-06
News from OK. a q !. Tss.
Citizens of Alva are organizing q
building and loan association.

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At Manchester, O., T., the merchants
advertise their locations as SO many
blocks from the wind mill. At North
Enid SO many blocks from the rec
water tank.
fin a difficulty in East Ardmore, L. l.
John Crawford stabbed Willie Fields
our times with long dirk knife and,
made his escape. Officers are IN pur-
suit of Crawford.
THE claims in the Cherokee strip
which DR.. Bailey, E. Fl. Littlefeld
and other Topeka men got by run
ming into the strip on a track trl-
cycle, are being contested.
While Miss Daisy was absent from
her home in West Guthrie, and paying
visit to her claim in the Strip, thieves
entered her house and carried away goods
and valuables to the amount of $500.
The Guthrie Leader says that the
trains over the Choctaw now run sc
that the people of Oklahoma City and
vicinity can go to Ell Reno and do their
shopping, returning in the evening OF
the same day.
Enid Enterprise: Enid has six news
papers, Chandler News. Mistake. Do
you think Enid is only village? She
has nine-six weeklies and three dailies.
The long felt want was for while un-
filed, but now it is at point of over
flowing.
A train on the Kansas and Arkansas
Valley railroad was held up at Seminole,
"a side track with that name which is
nine miles from Cofeyville, Kan. The
robbers took one hour and twenty min
utes to rob everybody including train
crew, passengers, express and mail.
Enid Daily Enterprise: The rumor
that Fort Reno is to be abandoned, as
a military post by the government on
account of insufficient water supply, is
entirely without foundation. The water
supply at the Fort is inexhaustable and
there is no better water in the territory.
Unknown assassins attempted to muir
der Hon. Israel McLish, prominent
Choctaw, near Savannah, I. T. McLish
received bad wound from pistol and
will probably die. The team getting
scared and running frustrated the assas-
sins design and saved McLish from be-
ing killed outright.
Perry Bros, of Colgate, have brought
suit in the United States at South Nc
Alester against the Southwestern Coal
and Improvement Company, of Colgate,
I. T., for $4,000, alleging forfeiture of
store privileges and contract to sell
miners in the employ.of said company
their supplies.
G. w. Bugbee, prosecuting attorney
of Beaver county, emphatically denies
that Beaver county desires to secede
from Oklahoma. He SAYS that there
was no statehood meeting held in that
county and that any resolutions printed
purporting to have been adopted by the
members of any such meeting are bogus.
Charges have been filed before the
Oklahoma Methodist conference against
half dozen ministers. One we'll known
minister is charged with working con-
fidence game on benevolent ladies of the
church, by sending a pathetic appeal
for help to the Ladies' Home Missionary
societies all over the country and re-
ceiving wagon loads of clothing, pro-
visions, etc, and numerous gifts of
money.
Alva Pioneer: W. R Hawkins, who set
tied about IS miles southeast of Alva, ar
rived in the city and had no money with
which to file on his land. He tried to sell
or mortgage his horse, but failed, and as
he looked and in every way appeared to be
an honest, deserving man, Attorney Jesse
J. Dunn started 25 cent subscription
fund and the people of Alva responded
promptly and gave Mr.. Hawkins the
necessary $14.0O, and he filed and re-
turned home happy
The Alva townsite board assessed all
lots, for the fee to get deeds, at 4 per
cent. of their valuation. The valuation
of business lots on the square has been
placed at $3.50 for inside lots and 5000
for corner lots. Dwelling lots and busi-
ness lots off the square are valued at
from $100 to $3.50. The amount there
fore necessary to secure deed will be
$22 to $24 for business lots on the
square, and 81 to $14 for all other lots,
according to location The money paid
for filing will be deducted from the
above amount.