The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-10-07
LOCAL NOTES.

Claude Blanchard il IT home Tor a fcs
days ffgz ThintoT's ranch.
The county commissioner mr., Mon
day. With 81 th. mc'zbers present
Arthur Quirn returned Tuesday from
Pratt coruiy. Kansss. where be has been
al work all sgrmer
j. r. Shore Of the Pslodnro was In
Beaver Tuesday. and made Us a short
but pleasant Welt.
Parties wasting fruit uees for plant
ing out this fall pIehss call nj this Office.
Trees will DO delivered IN November.
Judge BueDee. Of Beaver. .. r. who
commenced a dwelling oyer at lie Nora
some time aga. is moving The building
10 ThlOga-TAloRa Advocate.
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Miss Clsrs Rhodes is the nrst teacher
In the county to send in her monthly
school report. We hope other teachers
will be equally prompt
The Logas school commenced Msn-
day, with Miss ClcObeI Luikart 40
teacher. We congratulate Logan on
securing one Of The best instructors IN
the county 10 conduct their school.
I'd Woolery started with o. =. NASH
outfit for New Mexico last week 10 buy
sheep. They will bring back about 4, 900
head. which will be fed 10 Sedgwick
county. Khusaf
Mir. and Mrs. Hiram Pcckhon and Mr.
and Mrs T. l. Floyd aud little Harvey
.tafted this morning for Enid for an ex,
tended visit with relatives and friends.
They will also take in the fair OF
Guthrie.
rucks aud cranes are becoming plen
tiful along the river. The quail and
prairie chicken crop will be very short.
but there are plenty Of antelope and Jack
rabbits on the flats.
The Benton school. with Miss Grace
Muoscll Ms teacher, commenced Monday
Of this week. Also the Coin school with
vii. Quinn as teacher; the Cottonwood
school. Miss Ada Weir; and the Beaver
school, Dyke Ballinger.
G.. Il. Doyle. the E~nglcwood merchant,
has things fixed now SO you seedn'l send
to Kansas City or Chicago Tor oyercoats
or clothing, II YOU will go see his goods
and get bis prices you will be SO well
satisfied with both that you will not want
10 risk n mail order to large cities.
We have received No. | OF volume |
Of the Lincoln County Telegram, pub
lisled at Chandler, by VIM. Allison, II
Is n very creditable sheet, aud we gladly
exchange. Mr.. Allison Is n son>in,l law
of I, L.. Braldwood Of this place.
The United States mint Ia Philadel-
phia made The u eatest coinage output In
September ever mace IN any one month
In lis history. The counter statement
for September is ns follows: Gold,
80 1902, 37j, sil> or. SSi6, 092, 80; o cents.
1880; 10 cents, A7.4i2,
Tom Murdock brought in some corn
the other dry which puts him up head
In the CON raising line, lie also brought
In nad presented US one. Hill of sweet pos
tatoes weighing sixteen pounds. Tom
says he has never failed To raise n fair
crop of corn siscc he las been in this
country. except last year. when he was
sick and did not get his oorn planted
until away along In June.
Jake Thomas came up from Woods
ward Sunday aud remained hll Tuesday.
looking after his business interests here
and visiting among his many friends.
His horses go, away the first night out,
and he was compelled TO borrow a team
of j. I. Stanley with which to finish his
journey. Jake looks hale and hearty,
and no one Is better welcomed in Beaver.
An extensive IRE ragged on the plains
south of Clear Lake last week. 1t came
from the south, and burned for several
days. Realizing the danger from the
approaching flames TO their pasturage.
the Clear Lake people took the precaus
ton To burn treguards six or seven miles
In length aud of suticieat width to inter.
ccpt the fire, thus a,ertiug much damage
which otherwise would have been
wrought, The grass on the plains for
miles to the south Of the %tireguard was
almost completely destroyed
School report for Distinct No. AZ for
month ending Oct, I, 1897
No. enrolled Males 7, females 10.
Total nvmb0r, 20.
Those neither absen, nor tardy were
Maud Foy and Oisic Dauks.
Those having 100 in department were
Hattie Free. Hattie Rhodes. Mary Spur
geon, Maud and Foy banks.
CLARA RuopRs, Teacher.
The coyotes have been making big
inroads on Capt. Motifs chicken crop of
late, aud the captain is figuring on gct-
ting revenge aad saving the rest of his
chickens, lie has purchased two fox
hounds aud a grey hound. and says that
hereafter when a coyote has The gall 10