Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-11-01
NEWS of ~ X
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RUSH FOR LEAsEs.-The recent de-
cision Of the interior department that
provides for the making of five year
leases on Seminole Indian allotments
is attracting a sudden and wide spread
| interest to that portion of Indian Ter
! ritory. The immigration is something
| wonderful and the rush for lands
equals that at many of the public land
openings in Oklahoma and other por-
tions of the west. Wewoka. the Sem
mole capital, is filed with land seekers.
TROLLEY CARS BETWEEN CITIES
| The Guthrie commercial club has closed
a contract with John Shartel and
others now building an electric rail-
way system in Oklahoma City to extend
the line to Guthrie, distance of thirty
miles, and to give Guthrie street rail
way system also. For this line Guth-
RE giTes the use of her streets to the
company and donates the right of way
for eleven miles south of Guthrie.
DEPARTMENT WILL SETTLE IT.-A
message from Atol.a says that the in
| terror department will settle the Choc-
taw governorship. Two political fac
lions are claiming the election of their
man as governor of the tribe. Both
Hunter and McCurtain have been in
augurated chief of their dual gov
ernments. Everything is quiet at Tus-
kahoma, the capital.
KEroowAH SocIETY.-Tbe Cherokee
nation has more full bloods than any
of the five civilized tribes. The Kee-
| toowah society embraces them all
This society, which may be called the
aristocratic organization OF the Chero-
KEGS. held powwow at Bug fuckers
springs. There are 1,7OO men, heads
of families, who belong to the society
A CHILD BURNED.-Th one-year-old
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Snow, who were
living in a tent in the Blair railroad
camp, two miles west of Meridian, was
| burned to death. During the absence
of Mrs. Snow red hot stove pipe fell
across the cradle in which her baby
was sleeping and when she returned
| its body was burned to a crisp
ELEVEN CHILDREN AT FoRTY.-Tom
Doud, aged 40 years, living about nine
miles southeast of Cherokee, tried to
commit suicide by shooting himself in
the head. The bullet passed clear
through his head, making serious
and probably fatal wound. 1t is not
likely thatshe viii recover He has a
wife and eleven children.
DIED INsTANTLY.-Near Shawnee
Marion Gilmer, while attempting to
kill chicken for his mothers dinner,
accidentally shot himself with a Win
chester rife and died instantly. He
stumbled on an unseen log in the grass
and fell headlong, the bullet piercing
his brain. His mother saw the tragedy
from her window.
SET TRAMPs AT DIGGNG.-Drunl1s
and tramps are put to good use in
Blackwell. The city is extending it's
system of waterworl1s and when the
police judge gets hack at an offender
of the city ordinances he tucl1s on a
heavy fine and, in default of cash, the
culprit is made to work the fine out in
| the trenches
JUDGE JERRY STRANG SICk.-Judge
Jerry C. Strang is laid up at his home
in Guthrie on the sick list as a result
of a fall when enroute to his home
from his Office. He has been having a
hard time of it in bed, but expects to
be out again in the near future
i HORSE AND HARNESS THIEVES
Horse and harness thieves are making
life burden to Guthrie citizens Sew
eral fine rigs have been driven off in
broad daylight and breaking into barns
and stealing harness is almost a night
ly occurrence.
GILLETTE's SoN CHARLEY Charley
Gillette, son of Judge Gillette, has been
appointed deputy clerk at Hobart vice
Fred B. Hoyt, resigned. Fred is depu-
ty treasurer and United States deputy
commissioner and will have his hands
full.
DAWES COMMISSION WoRK.-The work
of the Dawes commission at Chickasha
continues, and large numbers of Choc-
taw and Chicl1asaw citizens are being
examined daily and added to the rolls
| which will soon be closed for allotment
of lands to these two tribes. The COM
mission goes from Chickasha to Pauls
Valley.
ARDMoRE BONDS SoLD.-Bonds to the
amount of s175, 900, issued by Ardmore
for waterworks and school purposes
have been sold to the Western Nation
al bank of Oklahoma City.
Nor ON TAX RoLLs.-The commits
sioners in Roger Mills have refused to
call a county seat eleetion because the
petition asking it did not contain a
sufficient number of names. On the
petition are scores of people who have
not been on the tax rolls.
ANOTHER RAILRoAD.-The United
States Construction company has been
chartered for the purpose of building
the Oklahoma Central & St Louis
railroad, previously chartered, to ex-
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