Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-03

Woods county has a school population
of o.975.
Tucumcari is new town in Beaver
county.
Geary asks to be malc a city Of the
first class.
Woo lwarl county's population is es-
timatcd at 37,21O.
Tho two banks at Arapahoe carry
$3.50 600 in deposits.
Many Kay county farmers have tcle-
phones in their homes.
Chandler raised the necessary bonus
to secure the Choctaw road,
Woodward county's new $50 900 court
house is finished and accepted.
Lot jumping, With contests in sight,
aillict the new town of RoclSisland.
Kansas wants TO be rid Of Oklahoma
convicts, especially the four that are
insane.
II is only an average day when there
arc over 100 teams on the streets of
Lamont
c. T. Prouty. territorial grain in-
spcctor, predicts another splendid
wheat crop.
The shipments Of cotton from Chan
dlcr in 1901 were over 100 bales greater
than in 1900.
A Lawton laundry firm proposes to
go down 800 feet if necessary to secure
good supply of water.
The street railway company of OKLA
homa city has ordered material for
construction of their line.
The county treasurer's Office at King
fisher was robbed in the dinner hour
Of s23j in So and $40 bills.
The Choctaw road is to build a steel
viaduct over its tracks east of the
freight depot in Oklahoma City,
1ne auditors records show that over
5000 claims were proved up from
March 1, 1900, to September 1, 10OL
The altitude of Newl,irll above the
sea level is /, lao feet, Of Oklahoma City
1,2Oo, of Perry Sil, and of Guthrie o3e
The Guymon Herald cl1ims that
Beaver county has several ladies who
can beat Miss Mulhall at roping cattle.
Death of horses in the three new
counties continues. The fatality is
among horses brought from the north.
Frank G.. Prouty editor of the Stcr.
ling Journal, has been appointed clerk
of Brown township, Comanche county.
The schools of Dewey county are to
have declamatory contest and each
school has a contest to choose its repre-
sentative.
Judge Burford fined Guthrie juror
and sent him to jail for asking the at
torney for n defendant if he should
hang the jury.
The receipts of the iircman's ball in
rAlva were more than 500. The hook
and ladder and fireman's suits will be
purchased with the money.
Delegate Dennis Flynn writes that
the prospects of his bill allowing home
steaders in Beaver county to homestead
$40 acres of land in that county are
very bright
The Christian church building at Ok
lahoma City has been purchased by the
German Lutheran congregation for
81, 900. The Christian church is build
ing new ediice.
The per cent of land among the Chey-
ennes and Arapahoes belonging to dead
Indians is 90 per cent. There could be
no law passed that would be of more
benefit to Blaine county than one turn
ing this land over TO cultivation
Eyed l.. Wenner went to Kansas
City hospital to have AN operation per-
formed. His condition was considered
very serious.
Enid lost II whole block of business
houses 10y fire on February 20, situated
one block south of the square. The
tire started from the filling of lamp
in barn.
The commissioners of Payne county
have contracted with a Wichita firm
for sixteen steel bridges at an average
cost OF $3.50. The aneragc span of the
bridges is 36 feet.