The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-10-23

display and cotton carnival on October
1913
The Cherokees are ardently desiring
early statehood even If linked with Ok
lahoma
Guthrie will ask Congress for the
right 70 issue bonds for school house
erection.
The public schools Of Ardmore opened
with an enrolment Of ~; &C Of them
colored
The Sisters Of Charity have opened
a parochial school for Catholic children
at Chiclasha.
Passenger trains were delayed nine
hours at ChiclSasha by a collision Of a
train and COW.
The gins at salislaw have ginned
/ 1.600 bales Of the early cotton; the late
cotton win come in later.
The record shows that $1,000 Of the
l6, 600 Creek Indians entitled to allot-
ments have taken their lands.
The Mercantile Insurance comp
of Chicago is under a ban, pronounced
by Attorney General strang-
c. R. Miller, Of Fl Reno, is marshal
Of the general grand chapter of this
Eastern Star for the United States.
The Oleene Eagle reports the work
Of small green worm which eats
wheat sprouts as fast as they appear.
The Chiclsasaw Legislature has appro-
priated $1,000 to pay Senator Burton,
Of Kansas, for legal services rendered
last winter.
The banks Of Purcell alone handled
SAL 900 which was paid ont for live
quail shipped out Of the territory in
the last year
Six arrests have been made Of parties
implicated in whipping a negro near
Lebanon, l. II. Sam Penny was the
last one arrested.
Willie Heron, Of Rolf, l. r., was in
a wagon with Winchester, which fell
through a hole in the wagon box and
discharged His death was instanta-
neous.
+. NJ Clough, of Woodward has suc-
eeeded J. d. Hldebrand as general
foreman Of the bridge and building de-
partment Of the Panhandle division Of
the Santa Fe with headquarters at
Wellington
The contractor for laying the tracks
on the Choctaw O. g. w. from Hart
shorne to Ardmore, is paying sl75 a
day and board for laborers. and 81 a
day for men and teams He has use
for i50 more men.
Three ladies Of ChiclSasha went Crap
ing and were carrying heavy baskets
Of grapes when young man came
along in a buggy and offered TO take
the baskets TO their homes He took
them and that was the last seen Of him
The Purcell Register asks the editors
Of Indian Territory TO meet at Purcell
some date in this month; not as meet
ing Of the press association, but for the
purpose Of massing the press Of the ter
ritory to secure legislation which is de-
sired and needed
Two cases are being tried before
Judge Hook, az Leavenworth which
involve the legality Of the Imprisonment
10 the federal prison at Fort Leaven-
worth. Of two men sentenced by Judge
Thomas at Ardmore. The prisoners
are T. II. schrivener and Frank Hunt
Andrew Carnegie wants to know il
the city Of Guthrie would cooperate
with him in establishing a library
there.
A four days cotton carnival going on
at Coyte is big event Preparations
were made to take care Of thousands Of
visitors
The alleged slavers Of Deputy Mar
shal Poe, B. W. and Ben Taylor. Geo
Z. Runner. and an Indian named Var
Doc, were given an examining trial and
were released, there being no evidence
against them.
It looks Ike George Findlay win be
win be given the contract for feeding
federal prisoners I'm the Muszogee peni-
tentiary. lie IS a Kansas man.
Col John Cody has established head
quarters 10 South MeAlesier and has
commenced the survey Of a route be-
tween south McAiester and Clarxsvillc.
Texas line Of railway 70 be known as
the Clarksrilic and Northern The
line IS proposed 70 run through Carbon.
Harishornc and Goodiand. J. T.. and
% be extended south from Clarksviile
70 the Beaumont oii 6eids
The Western Union Telegraph Co.. IS
stringing another wire along the Frisco
from nenison 60 saruira.
The Oizmnirce commercial club has
orderod a carioad oI seed wheat to en-
courage farmers - plant more wheat