The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-25
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tory in the tx suit against Robert
Caffrey, clerk o. Ok an, ma county,
which is being carried through the
United states supreme court.
The Mangum rail -osd committee is
iu receipt Of letter from Rock Is.
land officials announcing that the sur
vev Of their line II MluEum had been
ordered and asking for an extension
OF the time al owed TO The company t.
accept Mangum's proposition Man
gum Sun
Edward McKenn a, of Poteau, | T I
lys. 81 have taken the acreage OF
cotton from fifty farmers taken at ran
dom as they GENE to our store, and |
find that in 1898 they planted 81
acres; in 1929, I'll acres, and in 1900,
$40 acres, showing that in 1899 they
planted ls 5 per cent less than in 1898;
in 1900 they planted 14.5 per cent more
than in 1899 and 3.5 per cent less than
in 1898.
For the first time since ranchmen
occupied the country no roundup was
held this spring on the Aqua Chiquito
in Beaver county. That range was
formerly occupied by Col. Jack Har-
desty. be was succeeded by John
O'Loughli1, of Lakin, Kansas. Mr.
O'Lsughlin moved his herds away sew
eral months ago and the range is now
occupied by small ranch mep.
Okarche Times: Count Toistoy, the
eccentric Russian prince now touring
America in cognito, was in Okarche
Wednesday morning. The count was
in the role of a poor old man travelling
across the country on foot for lack of
means. He would not give his name,
but that he was no ordinary hobo wos
plainly shown by his manners and cou-
versation, and he was easily identified
by the portrait of Count Tolstoy which
appeared in the Cosmopolitan Magazine
This assuming of the role OF a poor
man is quite in line with the counts
eccentricities, and he is probably COLI
lectiug mater al for another story. He
gave his age as 90 years. He was walk
ing from Missouri to New Mexico, and
@as strong and vigorous, and a great
story teller.
1t is sincerely hoped that the Osla-
homa geological surveyors and botan-
ical curiosity hunters, who are at pres
ent travelling in a covered wagon
through some parts of this territory
for the purpose of finding mineral and
vegetable rarities, will not fail to visit
the Sac and Fox country, near the
Creek line, between the Cimarron and
Deep Fork. Perhaps these learned
gentlemen could tell us, after due con-
sideration, if there is lead in this region
if we have not great abundance of
fire-clay, and what caused those many
mysterious holes as big as pork barrels
in the huge rochs op the lower Cimar-
ron river.-Stroud Messenger.
Charles Barger, alias Barefoot Char
ley, is the greatest human curiosity
and for emost fisherman on romantic
Tiger creek. He has walked barefoot
all as long life for the sole reason
that he never could bear 10 have his
feet enclosed with any thing heavier
than light socks. He served barefooted d
during the whole war of the rebellion
and in two Indian wars. Charley is
probably the ouly white gentleman
who ever entered the white house bare
footed and saluted the president He
prefers walking barefooted in snow or
cold water than on dry sand. Charley
always washes his feet before going to
church and dresses very stylishiy. He
from the looks OF the water, but Tiger
Creeke say he can smell the fish -
Stroud Messenger.
Oklahomsn: The entries for the cow
boy tournament have closed, and all
the arrangements for this feature OF
the entertainment of the thousands
who will visit this city during the
4 Rough Riders reunion have been set
tied, and the work of getting the
grounds in condition will commence al
once. The railways have assisted the
committee having this matt-r in
charge materially, and Manager Dow
! den wishes to express his appreciation
| of their assistance. The program will
| cover one Of the principal days. One
of the features of the exhibition will
be the roping and riding of steer by
! Miss Lucille Mnlhall. She is not onl y
the champion lady manipulaUor of the
cow pony, but she is a beautiful and
! talented young lady as we'll. She is
the daughter of Zack Mulhall, the live
stock agent of the Frisco Another
notable who will attend and partici-
pate in the contests is j. M. Hensley.
| of Quanah, Texas, who for a mum beI
of years has been the acknowledged
champion.
| Following is the list of entries IN
the rope.thro wing contest to take
place at Oklahoma City during the re
union: r Cochran. leonard Trainer
of Cheless, / T.; E. V Schrimer, Steve
Mcclellan, Ben Heiney, BILLY and
Dock Good, Of Rogers; G. S. Williams
Robert Williams, of Minco, 1. T.; Clint
Lipe, Richard Parker, Ike Trent, OF
Oolagah, l. T.; Dave McClung, Okla
homa City; Bud Daggett, Fort Worth
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