Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-01-10
NEWS Of THE TERRITORIES.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM the
FUTURE STATES.
OKLAHOMA AID INDIAN rnRnIronx

Witnesses before grand juries in Ok
lahoma receive no fees.
Drifting sand filled cut on the
Orient grade near Cleo.
The bank of Okarche has in individ-
ual deposits s75, $4,000.
Pawhuska had quiet holiday week
on account of smallpox.
A Chandler merchant rings bell
cvery time he makes a sale.
The Oklahoma bar association will
ask congress for three more judges.
Fred Trunks, of Cleo, has husked
1000 bushels of the last crop of corn.
Oklahoma has skating and it is
claimed that it is the first in tea
years.
A thieving family of gypsies were
driven out of Stroud, to fish in other
waters.
Bradstreets report shows 4,s44 firms
and individuals engaged in business in
oklahoma.
The Grant county court docket for
the term contains 132 cases, 10 of them
divorce cases.
When an Oklahoma man is not quite
right in his head they say he has bats
in his belfry."
The Kingfsher waterworks bonds
for $40, 600 have been sold at par, ard
work will begin soon.
Mrs. Gage, a widow of Tecumseh,
lost her house by fire and the citizens
contributed enough to build her a new
one.
A rock weighing $4,000 pounds has
been placed on a concrete base for the
laying of the Santa Fee turntable at
Guthrie.
f. H. Longman, of Medford, is i'm
porting Poll Durham cattle from Ohio
His stock ranges in cost from 500 to
$500 head.
Oklahomans smile at the efforts of
Iowa and Nebraska newspapers who
are laboring to prevent emigration to
the territory.
Miss Margaret Mckinley owns a val
liable farm in Grant county, O. T. She
is now visiting her uncle, President
Mckinley, in Washington.
Harry Winsor, superintendent of the
Ponca City schools, has been removed
for an attempt to override an order of
ho h. o.
mas vacation to January 3, by direct
ing the schools not to assemble until
January Z.
The Guthrie Capital publishes an APP
peal for assistance for an unfortunate
family. The letter is written by H. c.
Diehl, at Cheyenne. He writes: 1
wish to attract the attention of your
readers to little dugout in Roger
Mills county. Upon the the two home
made bedsteads in the room lie the
wife, two daughters and a son of God
| lip Stacker, late of Saltwater, o. T.,
| who were almost burned to death on
the night of December %, on their
claim about one mile west of here.
In Lincoln county and probably in
some otner counties, there are school
districts almost wholly deprived of
schools from the fact that they are
composed almost entirely of indemnity
school land, which are non-taxable.
Personal property, to make the matter
worse, is, naturally, less in evidence
on school lands than on lands owned.
Some form of relief will be asked for,
one plan suggested being to provide
for general tax levy to create spe-
cial fund for this purpose.
Until after Christmas, Oklahoma had
shirt sleeve and barefoot weather, but
on New Years day stockings and shoes
were hunted up.
Five coopers work at an Enid -four
ing mill, making barrels for -four
shipped to Europe. Two carloads
were started on that long journey last
week.
Thos Kerwood is feeding near
Okeene two carloads of steers and 200
hogs, on Is cent corn which he bought
a year ago; which with his big wheat
pastures, is making him some wealth.
During the last four months there
have been built in Mangum 21s resi-
dences and stores.
Frank Light, who lives near Button,
purchased So, 900 money order, which
breaks the record for amount in Okla
homa postoffices. Mr.. Light said that
he was preparing for an extended trip,
and knowing that the orders are good
anywhere in the United States and
easily duplicated if lost, said that he
had decided this to be very safe and
convenient manner Of transporting his
cash from one point to another.
1t is estimated that at least 800, 900
has been invested in substantial bust
ness and dwelling houses, in Enid
within 90 days.
An infectious disease carried off most
of Ben Cameron's cattle, in Greer coun-
ty. He is now in the insane asy-
lum.
1t is said that Judge Wells, of the re-
Gently expired court of appeals of Kan
sas, and his son will open law Office
in Oklahoma City soon. Other officers
of the same court are looking for To-
cation to plant bank.
Fire destroyed nine stores and res
licences in Dover on December 81; loss,
SEQ, 900; insurance, about IS, 900.
Mr.. Walls, of Norman, is making
good thing out out of horses and mules
which he is buying to sell in turn to
agents of the British government for