Free press., 1901-12-07
OKLAHOMA AND INDIAN TERRITORY


has heen sold for 81, 900.
Guymon has opened another fight for
the county seat of Beaver county.
Governor Seay recently sold land just
south of Kingfisher for $40 an acre.
Calvin Hill, an ex-rough rider, is
candidate for the Pawnee postoffice.
The law prohibiting the trade in
cigarettes in Oklahoma is said to be
dead letter.
Luther E. Potter, of Rose, Kansas,
has been appointed as farmer at the
Ponca Indian school.
There were 976 tracts of agricultural
college lands leased to $50 bidders.
The leases net S91 900.
1.-THE voters of a number of Oklahoma
counties have turned down propositions
for county high schools.
The Choctaw railroad is preparing to-
run four passenger trains daily between
Oklahoma City and FL Reno.
Mr.. Kincaid, of Guthrie, has on ex-
hibition some nice Strawberries picked
on the first day OF December.
A Rock Island corps of surveyors are
running a line parallel to the c. o. &
Gulf, from FL Reno to Oklahoma City.
The towns of Hobart and Lawton
have an enterprising line of merchants
as shown by the columns of the papers
published there.
Since farmers in other states have
their fall work done, the rush of home
seekers, by the train load, is pouring
into Oklahoma over all lines.
Frank Sueneram, whose farm is south
Of Wauzomis, realized from his potato
crop at the rate of $1O5 an acre, and his
sweet potatoes brought rate of S87. so
an acre.
Governor Ferguson was, in his youth,
a Methodist preacher, but left that
work to attend the Kansas state nor
NAL from which he engaged in school
teaching.
The Oklahoma delegates to the ma
tional live stock association at Chicago,
are w. E. Campbell, Apache; A A
Tandy, Woodward, and Ellison Carrell;
Mangum.
There is, in Roger Mills county, an
almost united plan to change the chief
industry from cattle to hog raising.
Large areas will be planted to alfalfa
in the spring.
William II. Luckey, the man at Keil
who is said to have shot his wife, but
who says his wife shot him, is said to
no of
jefferson Davis.
The~1 is speculation as to what Gov
ernor Ferguson will do in the matter OF
the Southwestern normal, but as the
ease is in the courts it is thought prob
able that he will not interfere.
-Ia is believed the grand jury in Judg.
Burford's court will take action upo1
the judges charge to them in that mat
ter, and indict the express companies
men for receiving quails for shipment
The meeting of the Oklahoma stock
men at Wichita will be marked by some
unusual features. In addition to the
regular business of the association
there will be special sales of live stock
riding and roping contests, and visit:
to the packing houses during the after
moons.
Parties representing German colony
have secured options on from 40, 600 tC
$4,000 acres in Greer county. The pla1
of the colony is to locate 1000 farmer!
on 40 acres each. There are those that
believe that the colony is a myth anG
that the options are being secured by {
syndicate.
The sheriff chained train to the
track at Parkersburg, o. T., until &
judgment of S76 60 was satisfied. The
treasurer of the road was on the train
An Usage Indian living at the mouth
of Salt Creek, 313 miles north of Raj
ston, while digging a well struck two
foot vein of coal at the depth of about
so feet
Governor Ferguson was appointed be
fore call was sent him to go to Wash
ington. 1t was the presidents choict
without solicitation or backing dele
cations.
Enid made extensive preparations tt
entertain the Oklahoma Swine Breed
ers' association on December II and IL
Brinton township, Pottawatomit
county, tried to get the county to fl
its sand roads and failed. The town
ship and volunteer work of the peopl,
has put the sand under. The roads ar,
graded into good shape so that they
will shed water and then a thick sur
face of clay is added. There has beer
several bad rains, it is stated, and We
these roads remain like asphalt pave
ments in the rough.
Cleveland, Pawnee county, a nine
year-old town, is about to build its frs
church.
1t is said that all the territoria
judges, with one exception will be re
appointed.
There are now going up % large busi
ness blocks in Oklahoma City, with
total frontage of 2,525 feet; equal to 10
buildings of p feet frontage.
Examinations of applicants for ap
pointment as conductors and instruct
sorS in the normal institutes will he bel,