The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-04-02
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EFehlueEb dOWhns OF the CnOctaW ,h1lo
that the Choctaw extension to Anna
rillo, Texas, would be begun at once
and rushed to completion rapidly.
In Pawnee township. Lincoln coun-
ty, last Wednesday evening, \. p. Cor
nell and his soD-in-law, a man named
Lynch, ,quarreled and Cornell was shot
Last reports say he is alive.
A hRhtis being made on Percy Glaze,
chairman of the Democratic central
committee of Garfield county, who is
seeking TO be Democratic national
committeeman from Oklahoma. The
charge Is made that Mr.. Glaze, when
asked to sign a free homes petition,
declined, declaring that hoinesteaders
had agreed 10 pay for the land and
they ought TO do so.
The Pond Creek vidette says the l9-
Year-cld son OF J. g. Hurbert, living
about six miles southeast of that town,
met with q terrible accident last week
which will cause the loss of one o. his
eyes. He and enc of his playmates
manufactured a gun out Of a piece of
gas pipe and loaded IL with iron. II
exploded, tearing his left hand in a
Aorri ole manner and filling his face
full of powder.
Blackwell Sun: The Santa Fe rail.
road company has secured settlement
through the law frm OF Tetrick g.
Rose, of right of way of the Hutchin-
son and Southern on three farms south
east of town. Mr.. Turvey was allow
ed 500. Foudray $3.50 and the William
Kort estate S525. These settlements
are much higher than was allowed by
the condemning board,
q few days ago a teacher in the Alva
normal school told his class that he
would try to detect the difference in
the acuteness of the smelling sense in
his pupils. He opened bottle which
he said had a small part of ammonia in
IL and passed IL around. asking each
pupil IL he could smell the ammonia
Every mothers son Of them could do
IL. The professor then delivered a lee
ture on the imagination and explained
that there was no ammonia in the
bottle at all it was distilled water.
CARRIER Sentinel: A party of PoncA
Indians camped in front OF the resi-
dence of James Beets one day last
week. They appeared to be quite re-
spectacle and fne appearing art y
of that tribe. Although our readers
in the states may wonder at the state
ment, Indisns are quite 3 curiosity to
very paany living in this neigh borhood.
The squAws erected the regulation
tepee and did nearly all the work,
while their masters rested from the
fatigue occasioned by the days jour
ney.
NormaD Transcript.-A. B. Cart
wright, of near Lexington, met with
an accident on Saturday which might
have been serious. He was sgoiLg 60
Lexington driving a span of mules
In crossing n bridge over Choteau
creek the mules slipped on the wet
flooring and in q moment the whole
outfit went over the edge into the ra-
vine, q distance Of about twelve or fif.
teen feet. Mr.. Cartwright jumped as
the wagon went over, and succeeded
in striking the bank, receiving no in
juries except q severe shaking up, and
thst was enough. The mules and wa
gon were recovered uninjured.
Vinita Leader: Letters received from
Col. l.. b. Bell and other Cherokee del
egates in Washington indicate that a
treaty will be made. II has been found
impossible to secure the passage of the
Cherokee treaty made last year In any
form, and the treaty now TO be made
will follow somewhat the Creek treaty
only recently made. Eighty acre Allot-
ments will probably be made and the
surplus left after the roll is purged
" II be divided per capita TO equalize
allotments. The average allotment
will approximate S52G. Tue town lot
question Is vexatious, but in fair way
OF adjustment.
The department has made far.
reaching ruling with reference to the
sale of town lots, instructinR the
townsite commissions TO include in
their advertisements of sale of town
lots the stipulation that 10 per cent OF
the purchase price on all town lots
must be paid TO the United States In
dian agent At the time OF sale. This
deposit Is to be made with the under
standing that IL forfeits 20 the Chicka-
Saw and Choetaw nations In case the
purchaser fails TO make payment OF
the balance Of the first installment
which is one-fourth of the purchase
price, within the ten days prescribed
by law. To carry out this ruling the
townsite commissions are required tc
advise the Indian agent Of the date OF
sale Of town lots In ample time foi
him or his deputy 10 be present at the
sale TO receive and receipt for al
money so deposited by purchasers.