The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-22


inst. II will be for court and jury
to decide how far Turner was justified
in his act, Gee vas an old settler, and
had sons and daughters married and
settled around him. lie was a good
man and q good citizen, and the whole
community joins IN sympathy over {. g
sad occurrence.
Mrs Richardson was elected upon n
Judgment iD ejectment rendered
against her husband. 10 now trans
pires that she is on the old rolls and
that Kate Downing drew the old set
tier money due Mrs. Richardson and
the members Of her family, amounting
TO nearly 81, 600. The pretext was
that the heirs we're dead. M. M. Ed
miston has the matter before the de-
partment and an investigation is be-
ing made. Kate Downing made affi-
davit that she did as she was told TO
do. Several prominent officers are i'm
plicated in the matter Welch Enter
prise,
oklahoma City Oklahoman: A doub-
lie header freight train which had evi>
IDENTIFY been "hoodooed" went through
on the Santa Fe yesterday, going
north The train picked up car Of
cotton seen hulls at this station.
When the train reached Deep Fork q
drawhead pulled out, caught on the
bridga and dumped the car of hulls
into the creek. No other car WAS de-
rallied and the front section backed up
hitched on and resumed its journey.
At Mulhall the train jumped the track
and fifteen cars went into the ditch.
The track was not injured and travel
was not obstructed.
Parties have bought mp nearly all
the lots no the south side OF Lincoln
avenue from Fourth street TO the right
of way, and also TO the center OF the
block between Grant and Lincoln av-
enues from Fifth street east IL is
understood that the purchases are for
tho railroad when the Rock Island ex-
tension from KinRfisher TO Guthrie is
completed and Guthrie is made the
division Of the Santa Fe Property
owners ought not to put fictitious pri-
ces on their property with the idea
that they can compel the railroad to
pay them and thus force condemna-
tory proceedings, for in that case the
courts will be required TO settle the
question. and usually the result is not
to the advantage OF the property own
er.
Blackwell Spoon: There were stir
ring times down the Chikaskia valley
yesterday morning when l. NJ. Endi-
colt, Charley Kyger, Jesse Fields,
Frazer Smith and three other young
fellows shouldered their axes and re-
paired 10 the root of five'foot cotton
wood tree which grew in Mr.. Endi-
colts cattle lot. The two hundred
and eight steers which Mr.. Kyger Is
feeding in the enclosure stood on the
bank and bawled their approval while
for three hours the ak bit the wood
WheH at last the big tree feIl the hol~
low top split open and six big cSons
hoped cut and raised the excitement
TO the South Africa pitch Immediately.
The seven men and three dogs had a
little bit more than they could get
through with during the next fifteen
minutes, foe the coons took to the
brush and the river and In the midst
OF II all Mr. Kyger's mules ran away.
However, after tripping and founder
ing over the limbs and logs and racing
through the cold water for while
longer the party succeeded in killing
Eve OF the six coons. The mules were
overtaken before doing any damage.
The force spent the rest of the fore-
noon In skininR their prey, and Mr..
Endicott extends general invitation
to all his BLACKWELL friends who like
the dish Ia come down and fiji up on
coon.