Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-08
TERRITORIAL NOTES.

The Rock Island intends building n
depot at lei Reno.
Over 200 delegates attended the grand
lodge of Masons held at Guthrie
The waterworks proposition, at Tou-
kawa, carried by vote Of IA to 8
against
The Euchee Indians contemplate the
establishment of an industrial school at
Bristow.
II. G.. Dunn g. Co, mercantile agents
have established branch office at Ok
lahoma City.
II is reported that the Oklahoma City
& Western railroad has been purchased
by the Frisco.
Ardmore's new ice plant will be com
pleted in sixty days aud will have II
capacity of 80 tons per day.
The Alton Dawson Mercantile comp
any Of Oklahoma City have increased
their capital stock to $200,000
Oklahoma now has 256 prisoners In
the Kansas penitentiary which cost the
territory for keep SO, 1926 30 a quarter
T. c. BriclSel, of Chandler, has pur-
chased 800 head of Angora goats and
will start goat ranch in Lincoln county.
The Lehman Higgins Grocery com
pany, of Wichita, will establish a
branch at Enid carrying a 100000
stock
Commissioner Wright of Muskogee
has been named as commissioner of In
dian affairs, the best paying position in
the field.
Phillips Gerst, former city treasurer
of Buffalo, N Y, has been arrested on
charge of misappropriating $s7 900 of
the city's funds.
Sheriff Thompson, of Caddo county,
has landed two alleged horse thieves in
the El Reno Jail for safe keeping. They
were captured by Marshal Flowers, oi
Araphoe.
Owing to n defect in publishing the
porate the town of Asher, Pottawato-
mie county, the vote will have to be
taken again.
Gov Ferguson has appointed DIR. u.
Il. Beemblossom, of Oklahoma City,
secretary of the live stock sanitary
board, in place of o. G. French, of
Alva, resigned
City Attorney Howe of Hobart has
been permanently suspended from Office
by the city council. There was dissat-
isfacton over the collection of fines
from gambling houses.
At an enthusiastic railroad meeting
held at Chandler for the purpose of rails
ing the S25, ,000 bonus for the Choctaw
road, good start was made by sub
scriptions amounting to 1000,
A proclamation has been made by the
governor of Oklahoma proclaiming the
town of Norman city of the first class.
The petition shows the town 10 have n
population of 3,3l3, and the election of
city officers is set for the lst day of April.
The condemning board appointed by
Gov Ferguson to appraise the school
land south of Guthrie for terminals for
the Choctaw and Katy railroads have
returned a report placing the value of
the land at about half their value and
his excellency will take an appeal to the
supreme court.
Brings Action for $4,000.
OKLAHOMA CITY: John Moore who n
few weeks ago was struck i'll the head
by beer glass thrown by Joseph Post,
booze clerk in Harry Hickey's saloon,
has brought suit against Post and Hickey
for damages amounting in all to 81, 500.
Gets II Life Sentence.
GUTHRIE; John Cox has been sen.
fenced 10 life imprisonment for the
murder of five men near Wear, |. T.
He narrowly escaped lynching when
his partner, johnson Miller, was hanged
by mob at the time the pair were cap
tured He is not yet % years old.
p. w Tyler, of Watonga, has been
appointed member of the board of re-
gents of the Langston university, vice
J. w. Taylor, of Guthrie.