The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-03
Minor OkIahnma Neu.

Tie Oklahoma editors WGn spend three
d'.ys az Galveston.
II clyde 8iaitox h. 10 escape II n about
time Grover Cleveland said 20.
when completed the Choctaw railroad
viii be II miles IN length.
Schools In ninety districts IN Canadian
county will open next Monday.
Mss Stella Thompson Of Edmond leaves
this geek a. missionary to Japan.
A s~aloon-keeper at Fl Reno advertiser
sixteen ounces OF beer for 9 cents"
A Guthrie poet writes about Cups DER
fun Of rudy wine" CouDt US In.
The Oklahoma Live Stock aasoc,a;lon
meets In Woodward again on October Is.
Tbe Oklahoma City Carriage company
has retired into the hands Of a receiver.
The grand jury varied things a Halle in
Logan county BY commenting tho county
officers.
The neg vertical pcnmanshlp insanity
Is now raging IN the public schools OF
Guthrie.
IT'S said that Ardmore pays the highest
price for cotton Of any market in the
territory.
A prairie FIRE eight miles wide swept
across the country twenty miles west Of
Enid last week.
The jail at Muskogee is said to be nIthier
than the Black Hole OF Calcutta. a hog
would run from II.
job Gaskeil. living near Wagner. blew
his head on last week because OF a cancer
which was incErabls.
The Rock island Is said to be In a deal
with the Chectsw TO extend that road
west from FL Reno.
= negro named Nichols. while fishing In
the Washita last Sunday, with dynamite
had his arm blown on.
The Guthrie school has decided TO adopt
Barnes Geography. az he proved a pretty
good man In the legislature.
\ hickman a. Perry attached a drum
mcr's trunk for an unpaid cab bill 1t
cost the drummer s5 to get his Luggage
again.
In some Oklahoma towns sunfowers
grow TO such strength that they can pick
up the average sidewalk and shake the
nails out OF Il.
II Is said the farmers In Beaver county
are short OF help. People who want "a
job should reflect that Il is d long way
10 Beaver county.
A man In southern Oklahoma left the
other day for California because Okla
homa didn't have no earthquakes or any
excitement at ALL"
Miss Nettie Walker Is In charge of the
historical collection while VIII Little is
stroilinng over the nation preparatory 10
making a bid for H..
All the Oklahoma papers are making the
strong declaration at present that
asthma cannon be cured" And they are
subsidized TO do Il too
In several towns In the territory, the
man who always comes out al this time
Of the year with a fall apple blossom
makes himself numerous.
In some respects the bank failure at
Perry was unique. No one came out Of
the bank and assured the depositors that
they would be pad In full.
billy The Kid" a woman whose real
name Is Ruth Phelps. and whose residence
n the Indian Territory. has beea taken to
the Paris jail charged with horse theft.
In behalf Of the editors In Oklahoma.
Frank Greer notihes Lilly Lsngtry hat
" she VIII come to Oklahoma for her III
yorce the newspapers there Will take her
part.
Ten wagon loads OF lumber left FL
Reno the other day for Indians at seger.
The Indians are really building houses.
They will come around TO civilization II
you give them a chance.
The hreguard campaign II now on IN
the oklahoma papers. oklahoma has
been stagllarly fortunate In regard to
fires. and it has been on account OF the
persistency OF the newspapers IN adyis-
ing 'nreguards.'
Judge BuTfo-d has decided against the
Keiihs. who have farms near Frisco,
holding them on the ground that they
were Indians. They were members OF an
Indian tribe. but not Indians, and the
Judge ruled against them.
Guthrie Leader: Attorneys ave filed
a petition IN the district court. entitled
'Batt'ste Bayhylle vs.. o, n. Lancaster.
county treasurer OF Pawnee county" ask
ins that assessments be made against
improvements on Indian allotments and
oS personal property issued BY the gov
m 10 the Indiana TO be set aside and
declared void, This IL a test case brought
By the representatives OF the Pawnee In
dams TO determine the question as 10
how FAR Pswnee Indians are liable for
taxes. Application was made for q tenn
porsry Injunction to restrain the county
treasurer from attempting TO enforce the
collection OF the taxes against plaintiff.
who is a Pswnee Indian. This case is q
very Important one TO most OF the coun-
ties OF Oklahoma. involving the question
as TO whether Indians on allotments can
be compelled 10 pay any taxes TO run
the counties, keep up the roads and
schools where the enjoy equal privileges