Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-10

Nowata is to have two new elevators
to replace the mill that was burned.
The Bartlesville branch of the Santa
Fe will begin carrying mail May IL.
The rise in the Canadian river threat
ened heavy damage to railroad pro-
perty.
The Santa Fe will commence carry
ing mail from Caney to Owasso, l. Tt
May 10.
Governor Barnes, of Oklahoma at
tended territorial convention at Pur
cell, 1. T.
Chief Burlington has appointed the
regular examiners of the auditors Office
in Tahlequah.
Bud Nolen received life sentence al
Ardmore for shooting John Edwards
last December.
There were thirty houses built in the
first week of the existence of the new
town of Glencoe.
A national Indian convention names
candidates for governor and attorney
general on May 9.
A commercial club, starting with 10(
members and $4,000 stock, has beer
organized in Pawnee.
A $4,000 pressed brick plant, with
capacity of 1000 an hour, is to be ess
tablished at Saltwater.
There are several gas wells near Bar
tlesville and now one has been struck
IN the heart of the town.
il Crome, a farmer of Okarche,
has started for tour of Europe and is.
attend the Paris exposition.
Miss Hattie Graham, of Atchisor
county, Kansas, is organizing auxiliary
lodges of the Woodmen in Oklahoma.
Riley Fl. Henry writes home from
the Philippines that he was with
squad that captured 100000 pounds
of sugar.
AT trial in Ardmore a man was de-
clared disqualified to act as juror
because he had once plead guilty to q
charge of larceny.
The sale of town lots along the line
of the Choctaw road has opened lively
this spring; so says the manager of the
Choctaw townsite company.
tThe Brotherhood of Locomotive En-,
gineers complain that the Choctaw
road does dot pay a uniform scale O,
wages with competing lines.
Jesse Tomlinson, train dispatcher in
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fee Off
ces at Chicago, was married last week
to Miss Beatrice, daughter of Charles
Edgerton at Ardmore.
c. B. Ladd, of Ardmore, attempted
to ford Hickory Creek with n buggy.
The horse had to swim and could not
take the buggy and its load, so he cut
the horse loose. The buggy has not
yet been found.
General Manager Nudge and other
Santa Fe officials visited Ripley recent
ly. The Eastern Oklahoma railroad is
to be extended to Pawnee, and will, on
completion give Oklahoma a shorter
line to Kansas City.
A bill is before congress providing
for the appointment of one cadet tc
West Point military aca DENY for each
judicial district of Indian Territory;
and another bill for appointments to
the AnnapoliS naya, school
Eufala has had fire which DESTROYED
a general merchandise store and q
photograph gallery. The family of the
photographer was rescued nearly suf-
located. The losses are estimated al
81, 100, with 81 900 of insurance.
The Sundry Civil appropriation bill
just reported to congress carries sos, 900
for salaries and expenses of commits.
sioners and constables and expenses OF
judges in the Indian Territory, and 4
deputy clerks at Muskogee, South Nc:
Alester and Ardmore.
The death of John Earhart at Bar.
| tlesville recalls the fact that a few years
ago, and when at the age of 7s, he
walked all the way from Kansas tc
Oregon and back again. The distance
was 1000 miles, but the old man made
it in one season without riding a mile
Judge Clayton will not permit any
further interruption of the terms of his
court on the grounds of smallpox ex.
posture.
The Frisco line is locating towns
| along the line of its eastern extension
from Sapulpa to Denison. Ada is to
be moved mile and half, parties
who move buildings to be given lots in
the new location.
| Near Alton, T. B. Hitchcock found
whole lot of arrow heads with bones
of some large animals in spring which
he was cleaning out.
A special car left Muscogee for Leav.
enworth, the other day, with thirty!
six federal prisoners, having been con.
victed of large variety of crimes.
The organization of a medical asso.
citation is projected to cover the entire
field Of the Chickasaw nation. The
first meeting is to be held in Davis
May Is.
Hamlin Garland and Mrs. Garland
| are SDendinp some time at Dar1iprtor,