The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-12-20
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TERRITORIAL sKErCuEs.
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The shawnee Quill sayti Quite q
numbfr tf X ckapoo indiana have
gone 20 Mcxico 20 spend the holidays
and take hunt 1nis has b come a
fixed thing with this .ribo. md each
season finds them taking q long
journey Agent bentley was kept
busy looking after his wasds aud get
ting their transportation.
There Is Vi it.nr ia Lincoln county
which very nearly touches the semi
mole Indian nation. Mr. B Frietch, ~
Lebanon. kas lie is visiting be son
inIaw. Frank Wheeler Mr. Frlctch
Is 0s years ~ age and was a soldier In
the Seminole Indian wars in floriaa
ilc will probably Welt the tribe which
he fought against 30 many years ego,
and OF the war against which be b.
probably now the sole survivor either
among the whites or the red men.
Youth has hard battle, but IL
usually wins. Here is note la the
Bailey correspondence 90 the MARROW
Review; o. In announcing the arrival
Of our minister at the parsonage two
weeks ago we were a little too plain la
referring 10 the tmoothness of bis
face anc youthful appearance Of our
beloved brother. but at that time we
had not heard the eloQuence and sin
cere words OF the pastor. he hns an
old head on young shoulders, aud the
good be is sure 90 do will be- apprc-
ciatcd."
10 having been currently reported
that blackwell was injected with
smallpox, the following physicians Of
that city have made a statement; Al
len Lowery, Charles T.. ikcrd. j. Nc
Lean. J Blood and J ~ Evcrsole
The stat, ment is; This is 90 certify
that there Is positively no smallpox in
or near Blackwell, 10 the best Of our
hnow Wedge
Walter Hodges, a young man under
arrest charged with tampering with
the United states mails aud released
on $500 bond, has been surrendered 60
the authorities by bis bcndsmen. One
OF his bondsmen was Rev. Lovett. who
also furnished him employment
Hodges, 10 Is said, tampered also with
Lovett's mail and Lovett surrendered
him. he has been taken 20 Guthrie. -
oklAhoman.
II isa misfortune that the official
records OF the oklahoma school land
department are no more safely kept
sa a n territorial official owing 20
the absence OF Gre proof vault large
enough 10 contain al the records,
great piles OF them are 10 danger of
being burned aud destroyed The APP
plications for leases and all duplicate
leases from the beginning of the office
are stored ia paste board boxes Ia an
open room, while the looks are put
each night iuto two ordinary safes
which may or may not prove 10 be IRE
proof. should these records be des.
troyed the school land office would be
wrecked, as IL would be necessary to
start again as n the Office had never
existed" Whatever records there are
OF value In the governors Office are
Ia the same danger. The territorial
treasurer Is compelled at the close OF
each days business 90 carry his books
% the auditors office where they are
stored Ina a safe that mig ht not protec,
them Ia case OF FIRE, Auditor Hop
kins needs better accommodations for
his own resords. as he rents space ia a
safety deposit vault in bank in which
90 keep his ore valuable documents
am la favor Of protecting the records
before they are destroyed. Their loss
would be serious matter 10 the terri
tory.