The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-19
TALES OF THE TERRITORY.

The 0kmuigee OenoCio' o
having printer who neither smokes,
.nsvvs tobacco, drinks whisky, ,swears
does ANYTHING of the kind, and
roas to "roost with the chickens"
Te,s an angel, and too good to be in
/. territory printing office.
Tho McGee Leader will move this
ueek to Francis, the first station
no,th of Ada. Francis is intended
,or division point and will proha-
bly make good town.
The Tonkawa Herald says: "When
man loves sin he goes down, when
he loves his wife he goes home, when
he loves another mans wife he goes
10 the graveyard, when he loves a
pirl they both go crazy"
Hornbeck of the Minco Minstrel
nuts it this way: ''The way that
Oklshoma and the Indian Territory
are getting together on the state
hood question reminds US of the way
two hogs approach for battle; COM
ing up frothing. sidewise and wrong
end to-
DR.. D. M. Pate, who was put out
of the territory Tuesday by Capt.
Jack Ellis, chief of the lIndian po-
lice, for refusing to pay his tax, re-
turned on the morning train and is
again practicing his profession
In his usual proficient manner. The
doctor says he enjoyed his trip huge
" and that the Indian tax on nom
citizens is all {. big fraud and the
$1,000 fine a bluff.-Checotah En-
quirer.
Now let Oklahoma keep her hands
on the Indian Territory until the
time arrives when the people may
decide what they desire in the way
Of statehood. Stand by the Indians
till they get individual titles to their
lands, and have something with
which to enter statehood. The peo-
pie of the Indian Territory are fully
competent to decide for themselves
aud in their own good time will de.
eide as to Observation-Disclosures.
Last Tuesday the notices of the
appraisement were served on the
owners of the improved town Lots
in the town of Calvin. There are
about $50 lots in the townsite, but
only so improved lots, or one-seventt
OF the lots appraised. These i'm
provements are 80 scattered thai
T. the area to include such lots made
$50 lots in all. The appraisement'
range from $40 to 500, but the gener
al average was from $40 to s25. L
the vacant lots bring something neal
the appraisement on the improved
lots, the nation will receive six OF
seven thousand dollars for this towr
slte.-Atoka Citizen.
A petition was circ ulated this weeE
asking the city council to enact ,
Jaw stopping the games which ART
running on the streets. The petition
received the signature of most every
eitizen Of the town. These gambling
devices have gotten to be a perfec
nuisance. In passing up Mail
street you can see one between ever,
d1ore for block, and the citizen
are determined to put a stop to it
mere is no good to be derived from
nem, are they are an injury to 1
@wn.-Spiro Gazette.
one of the amusing incidents o
'ne court room happened in the tria
oi Kid Williams. One of the wit
nesses for the prosecution was be
ing cross'examined by Attorne,
1arr. Mr.. Carr was very precise il
MS language and the witness Otter
snowed signs of distress. FINAL,
mr.. Carr said: Twas there anythin,
IN the attitude of either party at thi
=, .,ne tnat you would call beligerent?'
ane witness eyed the attorney il
neipiess perplexity for a moment an,
'nen said: mister. you will have t,
cut that up" A laugh in which tn
lauge Joined heartily followed
onlckasaw Enterprise.