The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-03

John Anderson has bought hall
interest in the Coming Events.
Blackwell will open its new opera
house with a home talent minstrel In
the near future.
Wagner, l. r., has just emerged
serenely from a trying ordeal-home
talent minstrel show.
An innovation in Custer county: The
Clarion is publishing columns of edi>
torial for the Bees benefit that are
stingers.
The Custer County Clarion had
supplement this week, entirely de-
voted TO cutting down Mr.. Wood, Why
didn't they chop him down?
The German newspaper, the Beo-
bacter, has been purchased by j. NJ.
Knipp and Gerhard Jehn. It is now
conducted by Mr.. Jehn
The Ponca City Courier has discov-
cred that the aurora boreahs is only
the reflection of light from prairie
fires on the heavy atmosphere.
Superintendent B. +. Evans has
started work on the new system of
waterworks at Ponca City. The first
work Is putting in ten points on the
Cunningham farm, from which will be
drawn the supply of water for the
system.-R. N. Journal.
Jake Poindexter, the negro who
took such prominent part in
the famous cakewalk riot last summer
was arrested in Kentucky and brought
home by Sheriff Porter. He is now ia
the county jail. Eagle.
The Republican News Journal says:
Henry Asp has purchased I6O acres
of land for the Santa Fe at Guthrie.
eleven acres of which will be used for
the roundhouses. The new road from
Guthrie 10 Kingisher is now building
Look out for Guthrie boom.
Both Judge Scott, OF the land office,
and I ick Morgan, the Perry lawyer.
on separate occasions have absent
mindedly hoped off the train at Kill
dare thinking they had reached New
kirk Ia coming mp from Perry, neces-
stating their taking the electric cars
at that point.--R. n. Journal.
Newkirk news item.-Hon. George
II. Brett, of Ponca City has returned
home from Washington, George says
opposition to the free homes bill is
fast disappearing, aud he believes the
bill will be passed without dissent
ing vote.
The Consultation weeps over the iact
that Delegate Flynn has not found
time TO have some of the 5000 Okla
homa colored voters appointed to Office.
II says: "Not a single negro out of the
5000 negro voters got q single job.
Will patience ever cease to be vir-
tue?" 5. aa
DR.. Lewis gave the freshmen of the
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechan-
ical college valentine in the shape Of
q written recitation, which was pro-
nounced the hardest they ever had,
and the whole class voted secretly that
they were glad st. Valentines day
didn't come oftener than once every
year.
Mr. Robinson. of Winfield, Kansas,
e. l.. Peckham and Mr.. Chambers, of
Blackwell, representing the construe
tion company of tue Frisco road, have
been In town this week interviewing
our citizens on the question of an ex-
tension of the Frisco from Blackwell
60 Enid. They also passed over the
route for the purpose of forming an
opinion as to the practical bility of the
route and the resources Of the coun-
try Sun Eagle.
There are number OF young boys
in this city who are being daily edu-
Gated for a criminal life, and their
parents are alone TO blame. Boys from
l2 to II years of age should be in
school every day instead of loafng
around the streets smoking cigarettes
and consorting with older criminals,
II parents cannot control children of
this age the law should step In and
take charge of both parents and chill
dren. Idieness breeds mischief with
children rs we'll as grown people, and
when you combine Ignorance with II
crime Is the ultimate result. Perry
has a number of young fellows who
are rapidly travelling the gait that has
but one alternative, the penitent'Rry.
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