The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-02
TALES OF THE TERRsToRy.


whisky dealer dig in the RIBS as
follows. To the United States mar
shals of the Indian Territory. it's up
to you now-are, you TO let sucn low
1ived thieves and cut throats and
whisky sellers as this gourd headed
ram who runs this Joint on the cor
ner proceed TO ruin and degrade
every young man of the town. Can
you not stop it?
Pauls Valley merchants are doing
more business right along than they
have for years. Industry, enterprise
and advertising are as much respon
sible for TINS state of affairs as good
crops and good prices. News.
The Cherokee national council
passed few bills granting fran
echises to build telephone lines in the
Cherokee nation-one from Owasso
to Oauey, Kan; one line from Still
well. 1. T.. by Tahlequah to Wag-
oner, and a line from Vinita along
the st Louis & San Francisco rail-
road to Red Fork.-Wagoner Say
5ngs.
The M, K & I. railroad tax case
that was to have been heard here to-
day has terminated for the present
at least. The Curtis law provides
that towns must make the annual
levy by ordinance, which seems to
have been overlooked by the city
council. The attorney for the city,
w. Ill. Kornegay, stated today that
an ordinance would be passed pro-
viding for the levy and the company
woald be sued for back taxes
Vinita Ohleftain.
The Katy railroad has two engines
in the switching yards at Muskogee
now and the railroad boys say it is
still hustle to keep the work up to
date. The railroad people do not be-
lIeVe in furnishing moro laborers
than can be used economically and
1t may be accepted without question
that the two engines are needed or
they would not be there. The growth
of the railroad's business in Mus
4 kogee in the past three years is
rsometa aiag marvellous and is but an
index of the growth of business in
general in the country and particu-
larry ia this stown-Phoenix.
"a country looking fellow whose
rough exterior and awkward man
ners did not betoken the smooth
confidence man that he was, walked
into Brady's store Saturday and an
nounced that he wanted to make
some purchases. He was waited on
@by Bert Lewis. The stranger select
ed coat and vest, hat and pair
of ahoes and putsthem on. He also
selected some other articles and
while the clerk was wrapping them
up the customer went to another
part of the store, ostensibly to get 6
drink of water, but failed to return
land also forgot to pay for the goods
which be carried with him. 1t is
supposed that he had horse hitch
ed at convenient place and rode
away on him while the uneuspecting
clerk was getting the balance of the
goods ready for delivery Tulsa Re-
publican.
W e, Lokey and a man named
Moore had a set-to Monday. Mr..
Lokey says that Moore owed him an
account and came into his store with
"a handful of money and shaking it
told Lekey to collect it if he could,
hi
Lokey could not make him. Blows
followed words and Mr.. Moore's
: phYsiognomy underwent extensive
alterations, while Lokey broke three
bones in his right hand and is now
carrying that useful part of his anat-
omy in sling. Moore lives near
Oaddo-Chickasaw Enterprise.
The townsite surveyors have come
and gone. While here they surveyed
and plated what they deemed suf-
ficient quantity of land for our town
site. They took a slice off each side
of the the incorporated townsIte, re-
rducing it to 400 acres, out of which
comes 40 acres for the claim of the
raiiroad company and 10 acres for
the park, leaving pitlful patch of
$50 acres for residences, business
houses. streets and alleys. To say
that the citizens of Caddo are disap-
pointed with the survey is putting it
mildly and they do not propose to
submit TO it if they can help them
selves. They will appeal to the Sec
-etary of the interior. The towD is
rapidly increasing in population and
within less than three years will
probably have more than 5000 inhab-
ftants-Oaddo Herald.