The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-21

church at Chickasha, has joined the
Baptist church.
The locating crew Of the Oklahoma
and Southwestern railroad is al work
near Chickasha.
The Courier says that sheriff Joe
Ward, Of Atolxa county, is about 70
move - Coalgate.
The commercial club Of Purcell seems
to be a unit on the proposition TO unite
the two territories.
A postofice has been established at
Banty, Choctaw nation, with John A.
Stacy as postmaster.
Governor Dukes has nominated E. z.
Mitchell. of Red Oak, school supervisor
for the Choctaw nation.
Fasteners are talking TO the people
of Davis Chickasaw nation, aboutpiant-
ing a cotton mill there.
Work is progressing on the Greek
treaty and it win be closed up when
Chairman Rixby returns.
s. NJ. Rrsen. Of MeAlester, was killed
by a fan from a window Of a hotel in
Kansas City. II was accidental
Ellen postoiice in choctaw nation
has had its name changed to Milburn,
with " II. Nichols as postmaster.
A farmer near Eufaula complains thai
tortoise eat his melons lie captured
two while a herd Of them were at it.
A child threw coal OH can into
well at Perry and the father went wild
over the discovery Of oil in his we'll
A young woman at Ardmore shot at
a negro who was on the gallery near
her window. She did not wait 70 give
an alarm.
The officials Of the Bes line have an
nounced that their line would be ex-
tended from Okeene, its present ter
minus, by way Of Watonga, to Geary.
Col. Frank NJ. Thompson, the re-
tiring territorial treasurer. is spreparing
to live on his claim which he says is a
splendid one. He drew it at El Reno.
The first city bonds TO be issued in
Indian Territory have been voted in
Wagner by big majority. The bonds
are 500, 900 for waterworlSs and SIS 900
for schools.
Thousands Of letters come to the
school land Office and applications for
leasing are piled up by the hundreds.
The lands win al be taken very soon
and much more could be leased.
The supreme court decides in favor
Of the farmers and against the cattle
men where the free grass and herd law
are in force. Cattlemen must keep
their stock off the farmers crops.
The Choctaw Northern, which is now
at Ingersoll, ten miles north Of Augusta.
in Woods county, it has been an
nounced win be extended north reach
ing Alva by September l5, and An
thony, Kansas, by October 10.
A Guthrie dispatch relates thatwheat
is coming into the town Of Lahoma at
the rate Of 5000 bushels day, and
and that about 10000 bushels is piled
on the ground because there is no ele-
vator room or cars TO put It into.
An English cotton buyer who has
been prospecting the crop in this coun-
try says that the outlook in Texas was
never worse, but Northern Oklahoma
will have an increase Of 30 per cent and
the southern part Of the territory an
increase Of 10 or II per cent
A convention viii meet at MuslSogee
on October IS to take action to secure
some form Of government for Indian
Territory. There are s50,O00 white
people in the territory who pay taxes
without representation. While the
United States has provided well for
schools for Indian children theIe is no
provision for white children.
Several wagon loads Of movers have
come from Texas together to lands
they had previously leased in the choc-
taw nation.
The work Of appraising and selling
the townsite property at Muslogee ans
Wagner, Creek nation, Indian Terri
tory, having been completed the secrs-
tary Of the interior has abolished two
townsite boards.
Governor Dukes has nominated Ellis
Thompson, Of Tishomingo 10 be mem
Der Of the townsite commission, 20 rep
resent the Choctaw nation.
The Arapahoe Bee says that the
Choctaw towns have combined to get
in control Of the constitutional conven-
ton when Oklahoma prepares for state
hood, and change the county lines in
Western Oklahoma 50 that all the Choc.
taw towns can be county seats
The following townsite board has
been appointed by the interior depart
ment for appraisement Of townsitol
property in the Creek nation: Dwight
W. Tuttle, Connecticut. chairman: NJ
C. Linn, Kansas, and G. A. .Rutlidge,