The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-10-16
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The Royal hotel yesterday com
menced on new register.
IT, A. McCandless, Of Perry, has
been commissioned notary public.
George Green is assisting in the
Capitol National Bank until the return
of Cashier Billingsley.
Deputy Marshal Williugham came
up from Norman Saturday evening
with Bill Miller in custody. Miller is
charged with horse stealing.
Ramsay's special sale for next Thurs
day and Friday, the 10th and goth, Is
on fur collarettes, etc, at oDe-third on
the regular retail price.
The case Of the Foster Lumber Co.
VS. Aaron Robinson was filed today in
the supreme court. 1t comes from
Kay county on petition in error.
Just twenty-five days ago today
Frank Olmith put on sale 5000 Gath
cigars and today he has just l 900 left.
Gath seems to oe good cigar
Ramsays go one-thlrd off on a sample
line of fine fur collarettes at their
special sale next Thursday and Friday.
the lbth anu SOtn.
The graders on the Oklahoma and
| Eastern are near Perkins. They have
passed Horse Thief Guleh, skeleton
Plains. Bloody knife Greek and are
now filling Hangman's canon.
Hear Palricola ana his gifted assis-
tants Thursday night, October 10.
Remember this will be the first num-
ber of the High School lecture course.
| All net proceeds will be used to pur-
chase books for the high school IL
| brary. Your children will read them.
The committee appoin ted by the last
| lex islature for monument to Roy
Casdion, the first Oklahoma soldier to
lose his life in battle. will soon begin
its work. The citizens of Hennessey
and Kinghsher county have raised
about S40O for the monument.
Special sale at Ramsays means spe-
eial prices for that sale. Next Thurs
day and Friday one-third off the regu-
lar retail price on fur collarettes,
scarfs, etc.
OF course we have karnival on
hands, and we will help to make 1t a
success. We want everybody to help
make the high school lecture course
success. Tickets will be hold for the
season for So. Everybody try.
The immigration into Oklahoma,
which has continued throughout the
summer, has increased with the coming
OF autumn Western Oklahoma, in
particular. is filling up with new set
tiers Within the last 80 days there
have been 40 filings at the Woodward
land office.
The death of James Whitewater, an
Otoe Indian, which occurred last week,
removes one OF the best known Otoes.
He was over 20 years old, had served
ia the army and received pension
| After the war he shot two men and
was sentenced to the penitentiery for
eighteen years. He was psrdoned by
President Harrison.
Sample line OF fine eollarettes on
special sale for two days only, next
Thursday and Friday, at one-third on
the regular price, at Ramsays.
Last night at Overholser's opera
house an Interesting pngilistic battle
was pulled off between two black ex-
ponents of the manly art. Sam Settles
and John Wilkins fought for the anna
teur championship Of Oklahoma City.
II was to be a 20 round go, but was
awarded TO the doughty Sam In the
18th round wilkins second throwing
up the sponge. .-oklahoman,
The Oklahoma Pressed and Paving
Brick Company has been organized by
business men at Oklahoma City. 1t
proposes TO employ twenty-five men
at making brick the coming winter,
using red shale which has been found
in large deposits northwest OF the city
and Ii is believed that the deposits
will prove TO be Of considerable vaiue
In many portions OF Oklahoma the
farmers are holding their cotton, or
portion OF II. They are able TO do so,
and a wide belief prevails that the
staple will increase In price. This Is
also true Of some portions OF the In
dian nations. In the Ficinity OF Dun
can, Chickasaw natioA this Is true.
Duncan has ginned 800 bales of cot
ton this year The price here 10 from
S6.40 to s6.7a per hundred.
The Oklahoma watermelon crop for
the present season was the biggest and
most profitable to the growers la the
history of the territory. A Guthrie
commission firm shipped zoo carloads
from Its Htations a. Guthrie, Lawrie
and Seward, and II Is estimated that
so carloads were shipped by other
trims This means that about sls, 500
melons were sent out Of the territory
4 The home consumption also WAS very
large, 20 carloads having been mar
keted in Guthrie alone. The average
price brought was from s25 10 $50 per
car, The production Of cantaloupSs
was about double that OF last year.
About go carloads of the yellow melons
were shipped out of the territory. The
quality of the fruit was excellent, and
Ok.ahoma is rivaling Rocky Ford In
| the production Of the fruit.