Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-11
OKLAHOMA \ INDIAN rrnHrroRy
Y. SHAW.

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Payne county Is establishing the irat
poor farm in Oklahoma.
Tao hxtures Of the p~ootonicc at ivoca
have been removed to Asher.
Five prisoners in the Jail at Watongu
bound the gunrd and escaped.
There were Az entries at the IL
Reno land office during December.
The Oklahoma & Eastern passenger
traing are all Of the time crowded.
cTi.cmas Kelly, Of ncar Norman, was
killed in a runaway. lis nccl; vas
broken.
Cordcll seems 20 have secured 20 "A
certainty the blackwell. Enid & South.
western railroad.
During the year 1901. dhe probate
Judge OF Canadian county, issued 100
marriage licences.
CA procession Of Il teams hauled 81, O0o
pounds of mc'chandisc from Purcell to
Asher for one firm.
Major Ross Gunin. OF Kansas City
has been appointed a. agent for the
sac and Fox Indians.
Mr.. Hcnscll. of Blackwell, proposes
To establish an automobile line between
that town and Ncwkirk.
st. Louis parties have coal lease,
near Jones city where n fine vein OF
coal has been discovered.
The Peoples bank at Enid has been
robbed Of about $1,000. The loss is
covered by burglar insurance.
During the railroad ic'liAcation at
Cordell, John and win Randel broke
out Of Jail and made n get away
The Rock Island is going to intcrscct
the Fort Worth q Denver road at
Quanah, Texas, in the near future.
The Goth battery.of field artillery has
arrived at Fort Sill from Cuba. twill
recruit there before being stationed
elsewhere.
The FL Reno land Office is rushed
with business and has fixed dates for
hearings of final proofs ~cXtcndinga
good bit into the future.
The influx TO the new counties is
nearly MS great ms ever. The stories
sent out that people are suffering dc
not stop the people who really want
homes.
Forged checks have been passed at
butcher ships in Guthrie and in Perry.
The checks were all for Ss.a5 and u
quarter dollars worth of meat was
ordered and IS received in change.
An agreement has been made and
contracts signed for the Il. Il. $. trains
To commence running into Hobart by
July |, e The railroad people say
their trains will bc there by June 10.
The committee of the board of ,,luca-
ton to investigate nc Alva norma!
find no cause for removal of any one
of the faculty and SC reported arprc-
priations foI repairing and other hills.
The commissioners of Comanche
county, have estimated the population
of the county to be $4,000. Upon this
basis it is believed that II conservative
guess for the three new counties would
give a total population of $4,000.
The entire business portion of Arapa
hoe, county seat of Custer county. has
been wiped out by fire. The town was.
at the time, very happy oyer the near
prospect of welcoming the entry Of tn,
blackwell, Enid u southeastern rail.
road.
Enid l,ls0 white families and 4
colorcd families, having It total popula,
ton of G,l55.
Taloga and Woodward are cxpectina
to get the Choctaw by the way Of
Wcathcrford.
The one fare rate made by all rail
roads for the round trip to Wichita,
Kansas, and return ON the dates of tn,
sth Annual Convention of the Oklnho.
ma Live Stock Association. February
II, ~ audl3, nest, is effective on lotl
and nth going limited TO rpturn ON
the 18TH.
II, N. Bear, foreman of the Rocl
Island bridge building gang, was killed
in a wreck az Obscene, r. Colby, o.,
Galva, Kansas, was also killcd and sev.
eral others were injured. Mr.. Bear e.
q e.tizen and nronerAv holdcr of Mich.