Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-01
ELDoN MAN is LUCKY.

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ELDoN MAN is LUCKY.
Draws Number Two for Lawton Dis
trict Claim.
From Tuesdays Daily.l
An Eldon man is one of the lucky
ones, who drew a fortune in the great
lottery at Ell Reno yesterday. Mel
comb Woodshouse of that city drew
number two for a claim in the Lawton
district, and today he is comparatively
a rich man. 1t is understood that
numbers one and two in the FL Reno
district We're offered $4,000 for their
claims, and it is the general unde"-
standing that claims in the Lawton
district are as valuable as those in Ell
Reno.
Two other Iowa men We're fortunate
in the drawing for the Lawton district.
being able to draw lucky numbers IN
! the first twenty-five drawn. Waiter
E. Otis of Perry was number
Is and Eenry w. Peters of Eldora was
number "a. So far as known none of
1.-THE Ottumwa contingent have as yet
drawn a lucky number, although the
| drawing is yet young, and it is probable
that some of them will gain a home
and fortune before the numbers are
all pulled out.
At FL Reno.
| The first twenty-five winners at Ell
Reno are as follows:
Leonard Lamb, Augusta, Woods
county, Ok. 7.
Frank Rounds, Ponca City, Ok T.
Calvine Churchill, Chickasaw, IndT
Charles T. Williams, Norman, Ok.T.
Ollie M. Rogers, Cordell, Ok. T.
| Edward G. Prince, Watongo, Ok. T..
Andrew j. Philsowef, Sheldon, Mo.
John l.. Brown, Caldwell, Kan.
John Schiller. Weatherford, Ok. T.
Isaac Hill, Richmond, Mo.
Stephen Jackson, Byron, Ok. 7.
Herbert H. Richardson, South Hav-
en-, Kan. !
Fred Baxter, Eagle, Kan.
Orrin Threlkeld, Golconda, Ill.
John w. Gregory, Fort Sill, Ok. T.
| Jesse B. Bowler, Thurston, Ok. T.
Minerva j. McClinty Miss McClinty
was the first woman winner, and great
cheering greeted the announcement OF
her name.)
Miss Blanche Jones, Nashville, 0k.T
A. G. Hancock, Jasper, Kan.
John Holder, Norwich, Kan.
Roy P. Cloud, Chickasaw.
4 W. ID. McClintock, Jefferson, Ok. T.
William ]. Clydesdall, Selling, Ok.T.
i In the lawton District.
The first twenty-five for the Lawton
district are as follows:
Winfield Laws, Langston, Ok. T.
Marion Hawl.ins Waulan6 Toy
William G. Laird, Fort Worth, Tex.
Harry B. Harrison, Omaha, Neb.
Lee A. Stubblefield, Dunbar, Ok. I.
B. A Hyatt, Henrietta, Tex.
i Charles c. Doss, Hartsell. Ala.
i A. Roquemoore, Yelldell, Ok. T.
i A. ]. Kinder. Cheney, Kan.
i C. S. Tyler. Ponce City, Ok. 7.
j Charles !. Wilson, Navajoe, Ok. 7.
1 A. G. Sharp, Gleneig, Md.
i Robert D. McDuffy, Ennis, Tex
John M. Russell, Cook county, Tex
i Joseph Jorden, Norman, Ok. T,
Il James A. Harvey, Alvord, Texas.
i John F. aLntznester. Shawnee, Ok.T
\ William Kahl5> Sellersburg, Ind.
S. F. Miller, Mescalon, N. M.
Harriet Ayers, Denison, Tex.
Prizes for Iowans.
The following Iowans have drawn
claims in the drawing:
}, Walter E. Otis, Perry. No. II, Law
J ton district. He will get claim worth
$4,000.
: Reuben E. Rodgers, East Perp, No
%, FL Reno district; will get a claim
worth from $4,000 to $4,000.
l.. j. Pennington, Quimby, No. 271
FL Reno district.
J, Virgil Bard, Tama City, No. 271
Ell Reno district.
Martina Laird, Bedford, No. $50
Ell Reno district.
Joseph W. Curl. Bloomfield, No. LAG
Ell Reno district. &aI5
Nolcomb Woodhouse, Eldon; No. 4
Lawton district; will get claim worth
$4,000.
! Jacob E. Mayer, Audubon, No 100
Ell Reno district.
], Wilton Rhodes Mt. Pleasant, No
pol, Lawton district.
!, P. ], Rowen, Marshalltown, No. $40
Lawton district.
! Henry w. Peters. Eldora, la.