The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-03-13
OVER THE TERRITORY.


Perry has gone Wild over "Hindoo
Head Hunters
Kay Center is half mile east OF
Blackwell, and Is = bitter rival.
A tribe OF Red Men will be insti-
tuted at Hukon the hrst Of next week
Prot A c Scott has been asked to
deliver the commencement address at
the high school at lola Kan.
Prof f e. Clark, OF the agricul
tural aud mechanical college, has
been elected cashier OF the Payne
county blnk at saltwater.
The judgment Indebtedness OF Gar
Geld county is being liquidated The
6rst payments amounting TO one
eighth Of the Indebtedness, were made
this week
FL Reno Globe. Since his election
Callahan has received the almost un-
divided support OF the Democ, attic
press OF the territory. IL has defended
him against every charge by the lying
Repu blican correspondents and the
Misrepresentation OF an unscrupulous
Republican press.
a maidstone has been getting in it's
r.. ork again in Kay county, according
10 the Nilott News Mr. + . Parker
OF Tohkawa, was up to try the effects
Of the maidstone at that place yester-
day. His two little boys weIe bitten
by = mad skunk last Monday night.
The stone stuck TO one OF the boys
more than two hours.
Po,l. Courier: The o'd system OF
pro rating the Rnnuities OF the Usage
Indians has at last been abolished.
For many years il has bsen the Gus
tom OF traders to locate in little
in little house on wheels Just in
front Of the agents Office at Pawhuska
and as the indians were gwen their
checks they we're taken possession OF
and run before the traders, where
their checks we're taken ana they
were given few dollars aud turned
loose Now the traders watch the
Indians but they have 10 catch them
on the streets The old pro rating
system has been abolished The pay
ment now about completed is the first
one where the traders have not had
everything their own way.
Saltwater State: The only Bill
Knipe, Perkins financial king. live
stock dealer, agriculturist, merchant,
etc was in Saltwater yesterday for a
few hours, and was jubilant over the
railroad prospects 1r this section He
had just returned from a trip over the
proposed Muscogee coal road and says
that the party he accompanied has de-
| termi1ed TO - to work at once on it's
construction. I'VE vi have two
roads soon" says Mr.. Knipe. "a
party is Ti3ing over the route from
Shlwneetown to Ponca, aud this line
VIII strike both Perkins and Still
water. tits branch from the Choc-
taw and VII be built this summer "
This will make connection with the
| Hutchison & Southern, as that road is
already contracted from Blackwell to
poncs Now If the Missouri Pacific
will only run their Ccffeyville line
down we will have railroads to sell.
The attorney general, at the request
Of the territorial treasurer, has made
an important ruling relative TO the law
passed by the last territorial legisla-
ture, defining tho fiscal year The
! opinion holds that the territory does
not come within the restrictions OF the
law. The text of the opinion is as fol-
lows: "Reterring TO your inquiry as
to whether or not article OF chapter
81, which requires the application OF
taxes collected for the current year 10
be applied to the current expenses OF
the year, applies TO and controls the
disbursement Of territorial taxes, OF
whether section o, requiring the pay.
ment OF warrants on the treasury IN
the order OF registration, shall con
! troll, VCu are advised that inasmuch rs
no provision was made by the legisla.
ture for the payment Of outstanding g
indebtedness, or for a deficit which
must necessarily arise between the ap-
! propriations and the current tax levies,
that the legislature could not have in.
tended to apply the fiscal year statute
above cited to the territory OF Okla
homs, as this would mean q repudia.
tion Of the territorial indebtedness
which would not be met by the curren,
levies. hold, therefore, that the
statute does not apply to the business
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