The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-05


Horse thieves still keep up their ac-
tivities in Oklahoma, notwithstand.
ing the efforts of the anti-horse thief
association, and the scarcity of feed.
Usage Journal; We are told that
certain young lady of the Usage res
ervation is wearing a crutcb as re-
suit Of her goo goo" having accident
ally jabbed her with his spurs while
doing the jaybird GIN Moral:
Don't wear your spurs when you
Waltz.
Oklahoma City is trying to convict
doctor of bigamy, and all because
the NJ d. has two women who claim
to be his lawful wife. Oklahoma
City is always springing innovations
on an unsuspecting public
The census enumerators are busy in
Anadarko. They will finish their
work soon. 1t is estimated that there
will be between $500 and 1000 peo-
pie. The town will be incorporated
as soon as the work finished
Shawnee chirstened her base ball
team the Blues, but after the aggre-
cation had walloped the stufsing out
of all the other ball tossers in the
territory, Shawnee wanted another
christening for her pride and delight;
she now calls them the '1nvincibles."
Shawnee Democrat: The cotton
market opened up today with quite
number of bales and several loads OF
seed cotton. The bidding was brisk
and the offerings were taken at 50 80
for the product in the seed and at
about $3.50 for the staple that had
been ginned.
A Pawhuska woman. who is said
never to have been sick in her Gfe,
rad her picture printed in an alman-
ac advertising patent medicines.
The Noble Dramatic company open
ed the season at Coyle in Reuben
Glue" by special request. It was so
good that saltwater took night of
it.
Frank McGlinchy, OF Oklahoma
City now fishing of the coast ofMaine
caught Goldfish sixty-two inches long.
1t weighed forty-four pounds when
dressed.
Edgar A. Allen, superintendent of
the Quapaw Indian school, has been
appointed superintendent of the Car
Isle Indian school at a salary of ST.
700 per year.
4 hush Syringe girl sent half dol
lar to a Chicago firm who promised
for that sum to send her a receipt how
to get fat. A few days afterward she
received a postal card on which was
written: Buy it of a butcher"
Ex-Governor w. c. Renfro OF Okla
noma is in Kansas City, guest Of NJ.
f. Brown. The governor is heavily
Interested n California oil properties
and is there on business concerning
them.
An Indian wedding at Pawhuska was
broken off because the relatives of
the bride insisted upon the groom pre-
senting to them a horse named Chick
en-, reputed to be the fastest race
horse in the Usage country
Purcell Register: At the CONNER
cial club meeting on Tuesday eve
ming a vote was taken on the question
of uniting this territory with Oklaho-
ma, and every man present arose to
his feet in favor Of the proposition
Quite a colIectio nof fools, accord
ing to the Muskoaee Times definition.
Ardmoreite: Secretary Alesworth,
OF the Dawes commission. seems to
think his job is a perpetual one. or
nearly so, bur he may get fooled In
that matter Here Is what he says
The work OF the Dawes commission
is nothing more or less than the set
tling up Of vast estate. There are
ABOUT 10000 bona ade citizens Of the
FIVE tribes and each is an heir 10 a
share Of the estate. / may be pessl-
misfic hut hasina nv nnlninn On nv