The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-06-09
OVER THE TERRITORY.

- ANhNIMNnE 10 NLAnk tANAAtA AotffN'h
Mangum and Quanah in Greer county.
1t is estim sted that 90, 600 bushels OF
wheat will be marketed at Tulsa this
year.
Beaver county, Oklahoma, has pop
ulation OF asa according to a recent
census.
The Times Journal says that an cpl
demic OF thieving prevails in Okla
homa Town.
That cork that Lieut., Hobson drop
ped in the mouth OF the harbor OF San
uago seems to stick.
The ugly appearance OF the clouds
last evening caused several hundred
people TO scatter for 'fraid holes.
The people OF WaynokA are 10 have
a weeks discussion on whether music
should be used in conjunction with re-
ligious services.
Blackwell Record, Kay county has
changed in five short years from
large cattle pasture TO the best wheat
growing county in the world.
There is a movement on among the
cattlemen To place brands on the neck
OF cattle, and not on the butts or sides
where a brand hurts the value of the
hide.
In a Memorial day address at Ponca
City. DR.. w. Schenck said Our very
civilization is a tree nourished, not by
rain or snow, but by the blood Of pat
riots.
The more one figures on the Guthrie
printers strike, the more one won
ders what it is all about. 1t is as hard
TO comprehend as the work Of the
naval strategy board.-0klahoman.
Frank Boiling, Of Norman, has been
arrested for writing a dentist Of that
town, the following note on postal
card: when are you going TO pay me
that 81 .5O?"
The habit OF naming a town after
yourself led TO this personal in an Ok
lahoma paper the other day Mr..
Box, of Box, was in the city yes
terday buying boxes for his cotton gin
at Box"
Some Enid merchants made an agree
ment to close their stores at s o'clock,
but it didn't work as one Of the mer-
chants turned his clock back and kept
open half an hour longer. Now they
all keep open as before.
Miss Angeline Tomlinlsins, OF Wat
tlesville, authorizes the announce
ment that her engagement TO Will
Bolton, Of Woodward, is Cancelled,
Mr.. Bolton having failed to volunteer
for the war with Spain.
'Tis easy enough TO be pleasant
When life flows by like n song,
But the man worth the while
Is the man with q smile
When everything goes DEAD WRONG,
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Oklahoma Oklahoman The Chicago
News says; when q girl pins a
flower on a mans coat she always Tits
her chin up and looks at 1t sideways -
and then the man who doesn't take a
tumble is too slow TO lead a funeral
procession. Well there are no such
men in oklahoma
Teddy Roosevelt in his address to
the Rough Riders at Tampa said: "In
peace there's nothing SO becomes n
man as modesty, stiffness and humil-
ity, but when the blast OF war blows
in your ear then initiate the action Of
the tiger, Stiffen up the sinews, sum
mon up the bio d, disguise fair nature
with hard favored rage" No doubt
the Oklahoma and Indian Territory
scouts appreciated Teddys classical
language.
Ponca City Democrat: A sad story
was told the reporter today. Mr.. Eel
ton, who lives north Of town, received
word few days ago from his mother
in Kansas, saying that his father was
dying. He left Immediately for home
and shortly after his arrival his moth
er died. Yesterday Mrs. FELTON, re.
ceived a telegram saying that her
husband was dangerously III and Ia
come at once At the depot she re-
ceived another message that her hus.
band was dead and his father lying
very low.
Sergeant Leonard, of the Goth infan.
try aud VIM. Forrest, of troup B. 9th
cavalry, went through last night go
ing TO Ft. Leavenworth. They had
with them John Turner, the deserter
J who they went TO Oklahoma City for
He served only two weeks and decided
he didn't like it, so he left. They went
after him, and now he will have about
year TO serve in military prison. aud
then will TO have to serve his full time
five years. After all this he will not
be able, at the end Of his time, TO get
an honorable discharge.
oklahoma City Champion: "Quite q
ripple of excitement was occasioned
last Friday afternoon by a crowd OF
indignant citizens appearing at the
doors OF j. NJ. Traub's tailoring estab-
lishment on Grand avenue, and de-
manding that he display the American
flag. Mr.. t. aub, it was claimed, was
Spanish sympathizer, and had torn
down a picture Of Admiral Dewey, the
hero Of Manila, whom he characterized
as murderer or butcher. Mr.. Traut
quickly complied with the demands OF
the crowd, and after il had made q
similar demand upon few other al
legged Spanish sympathiEers Of SINH
lar nature, IL dispersed as quietly as II
had collected. Mr.. Traub is a nRtura
lized American citizen, and claims that
his sympathy is entirely with the gov
ernment in this war, He is at a loss
10 understand how the crowd gained
the impression ii had, unless from the
frequent expression Of his opinion
against all wars, which are very dis.
tasteful to him. The incident caused
one Of the local dailies TO lose a mum