The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-07-07
Minor Territorial News.


The Edmond normal school will IN
crease its facilities.
Ardmore soldiers are recruiting at
Gainesville, Texas.
The Santa Fe will erect new and
large depot at Guthrie.
John Watson of Perry says he can't
help IL, he must steal horses.
The hot weather OF the past few
days has been fatal to many oklahoma
babies.
Alton, q small town In the territory,
charges sl0o q year license for ale and
tonic stands.
Fourteen thousand dollars have been
raised to fix the roads in the Chicka-
saw Nation.
Miss Della Watson tried to commit
suicide at Lexington because her lover
"shook" her.
Mrs. A. Il. Woodson, who was so Sc
verely burned recently, at Darlington,
will recover.
Fred Beale who was wounded NJ
Santiago, enlisted q. Kingflsher. He is
10 years Of age.
Postmaster Larwel of Guthrie has
$1,000 worth Of applications for the
new bonds filed with him.
Captain Capron who led the fight at
Santiago and was killed, recruited the
Rough Riders in Oklahoma.
The private wounded at Santiago
and reported as Fishelr. is probably
Eishlcr who enlisted at Enid.
Alfalfa Is being extensively grown
by many Oklahoma farmers. It is
worth not less than si5 an acre.
Lieutenant Cavenaugh, reported
among the wounded at Santiago, was
stationed In Guthrie for nearly year.
II. Frazier, southeast Of Blackwell,
shipped the first load OF wheat OF
this season, from Blackwell, 70 Kansas
City.
Governor Barnes has granted pnr-
don to Charles ]. Hoffman of Perry
serving term in the penitentiary for
burglary.
A number of Indian Territory depu-
ty United States marshals were recent
ly removed on the grounds Of incom-
potency.
Indian Territory convlcts who are
minors will hereafter be confined In
the Missouri state reformatory al
bonneville.
g. Il, Morrow of the saltwater .agri
cultural college, says that the best
thing for Oklahoma soil 10 sub-soiling
in the late fall.
Governor Barnes has granted a re-
quisition on the governor of Oregon for
Fred Bowman, wanted in Greer county
for cattle stealing.
Governor Barnes has acce pied the
resignation of c. N. Points of Shawnee
as Omaha exposition commissioner for
Potta awatomie county.
his expedition to the Wichita noun
tains after gold has necessarily been
postponed indefinitely.
1t seems TO be getting the fashion
for negro to board train at Okla
homa City, fall near Edmond and get
hurt. That has happened as many
times In three months.
The Lawrence Kansas papers speak
favorably of the Indian Territory In
dians who were In attendance at Has
kell this year. The World says:
"The Indians are fast taking their
place in the world Of affairs. 1t is
hard TO convince some people who haye
seen how stubborn those redskins have
resisted civilization that they should
fall before the onslaughts OF the
school teacher, but such Is the case"
Bion 8 Hutchins, who. IL holding
down civil service job under the gov
ernmeut in the Indian school at Fort
Shaw, Montana, but who still claims
his Oklahoma residence, has been APP
pointed delegate to the international
mining convention which meets in
Salt Lake City, in July. Oklahoma is
entitled to 30 delegates in the conven-
tion and any person desiring 10 attend
will be appointed by applying to the
governor.
Private E. ID. Norris. writes from
Port Tampa, to his father of Guthrie
and asks him to dissusde all of his
friends from joining the army.
Governor Barnes has revoked the
appointment g. John Burton, as the
Omaha exposition commissioner for
Oklahoma county. Burton was APP
pointed by Acting Governor Jenlsins.
The Medford Patriot protests that
there is So much cursing on the streets
that the women cannot walk along
the sidewalks without being offended.
The above is true of good many
towns.
The estimated acreage aud yield of
small grain in the Indian Territory is
as follows: Wheat. acreage IL. 900,
yield, 2,55s 900 bushels; oats, acreage
IS 900; yield 2,53C,o 900 tnshels. The
Chickasaw Nation leads both in acre
age and yield with the following
splendid showing: Wheat, acreage
200. yield 965,oOo; oats. acreage
25. 900; yield 100000.
Governor Barnes telegraphed to the
war department requesting the honor
able discharge of DIR. Luther on ac-
count of disability received In the
service. DIR. Luther enlisted in the
Rough Riders from Pawnee and re-
ceived his disability in an accident
when his troops were embarking at
Tampa for Cuba.
A. L. Stewart. reported among the
wounded in the Indian Territory