The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-10-09
THINGS TERRITORIAL.

ity of Westvllle from what is thought
to be spanish fever
Jim Henderson. who lives near
Westville has dried 5000 pounds Of
frul raised in his orchard this year
The Indian agents at Pawhuska and
Red Rock have issued orders forbid
ding fires to be set out on the reser-
vations.
William Brown, a prominent citi-
zen Of Chelsea, !. r., committed sui
eide Saturday night.
President Seaman OF the Ozark &
Cherokee railroad is in Muskogee
conferring with the people with ref.
erence to rightof.way Tor his line
The Red River Telephone company
has completed its line TO Lebanon and
Marietta making connection with
Ran. Holder and Lebanon last Tues
day.
Col John Cody has established
headquarters in South McAlester and
has commenced the survey of a route
between South McAlester and Clarks-
vile. Texas, for a line of railway to
be known as the Clarksville & North
ern. The line will run through Car
bon. Hartshorne and Goodland, /. r.,
an' WI be extended n from
Clarksville to the Beaumont 1il fields
The hog market has been very brisk
in Marietta this week. A number of car
loads were brought here and sold
while a number more were hauled
here in wagons and shipped to Kansas
City and the Texas markets.
A man was arrested at Wilburton
this week on the charge of assault to
kill He was taken TO South McAles-
ter for trial before the United States
commissioner It developed that a fight
had grown out of crap game. There
were eight witnesses and each one
testified on the stand that he had
been engaged in a game of craps with
others AS each man gave this testi-
mony In reply TO the question of the
prosecuting attorney the commission
er's smile broadened. At the conclu-
sion of the testimony the commission.
er announced that he would discharge
the defendant The eight witnesses,
however were held on the charge OF
gambling and each was obliged to
put up S10.95 to satisfy the peace and
dignity OF Uncle Sam whose laws had
been violated.
The farmer boy who left his home
in this country a year ago 70 go to
the Klondike is looking backward re
gretfully now and thinking of the
golden nuggets in the shape Of pota
toes he might be digging on daddy's
farm.
We have in this Office, left by Sam
Connor, an apple tree twig a foot
long, upon which are hanging nine
good sized smooth winesap apples
It is from a tree on Jim Connor's
place, four miles south of town, neal
the old Cherokee crossing Mr.. Connol
last week harvested a bushels OF
these apples from this one tree, which
is 10 years old He has a fine orchard
the trees are thrifty and bearing, and
the fruit is excellent. 1t is useless tc
say that good fruit cannot be raised
in this country y.-Cherokee Enterprise
Twenty odd teams of mules will
scrapers, teams and hands, are busily
grading and levling the ground al
Tishomingo for the depot, switches
and yards of the Choctaw railway II
is promised that trains will be run
ming into the Chickasaw capital al
least by Christmas.
The mines at Coalgate and Lehigl
are aking out more coal now than
they ever have taken out in their his
tory. There is a great deal of coal bus
mess on the railroads out of these
points. as well as out OF McAlestei
| ana hreDS.
At Bartlesville, a restaurant keep
er named Powell shot at a chicken but
missed his aim and struck Bud Pugh
in the forehead innicting a flesh
wound. Pugh was disgusted at Pow
! ellis craftsmanship.
About coo Sac and Fox and Shaw
nee Indians are indulging in an affec-
tionate pony smoke" with the Eu-
ches on Sand creek, about thirteen
miles southeast of Stroud. this week
The Euches are expected and are
willing to give give away most of their
livestock to their guests, who will do
the same next year when they will
be the special guests of these In
dians they smoke ponies" with.
They simply swap things to show their
love and friendship for their specially
invited guests. The pony smoke"
| ceremonies are of semi-religiOus ma.