Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-11-18
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Anadarko. Oklahoma
TIT TWO TLRRIIUklES IN BRIEF
The Salvation Army has evacuated
Chickasha.
Several travelling men make their
home in Chandler.
Basket ball is becoming fad among
the ladies of Oklahoma.
The Rock Island is surveying line
from Waurika 10 Arlmore.
Chicknsha wants more sidewalks and
Oklahoma City badly needs more.
A negro from Texas is TO build
thirty-room hotel for negroes at Chick
asha
1t is said that Tishomingo has ON
ployod nm expert to 60 ever the city
books.
There are 425 criminal cases on the
docket for the next term of federal court
al Ardmore.
A farmer near Alva estimates that
his thousand pear trees will yield 1000
bushels of fruit.
The Leger Times says that some Of
the citizens of that place have acquired
the petition habit"
The city council Of Wcleetka has been
working overtime preparing and pass
ing ordinances the past two weeks.
Great interest is taken in the twenty
million dollar coal syndicate that pro-
poses to buy the Indian territory coal
lands
The wrangle over the postofilce Mt
Carmen has been settled by the ap-
pointment of l.. Il. Salter to be post
master.
Oklahoma officers have another job
awaiting them-the IN val of Col
onol "Ben" Cravens from his field Of
activity.
The American Book company Of Chi.
cago are ont with a denial that they
furnished any campaign funds in Okla.
homa.
The school bonds of Lehigh, amount.
ing to $40 900, have cen sold to @. II.
Coffin & Co, of Chicago, at Il premium
of sSl.
A frost would be of great benefit to
cotton growers, MS it would cause the
stalk to stop growing and in oonse-
quence the bolls would open more
readily.
In guessing the number of seeds oon.
tained in n pumpkin at Hobart, the
gnesses ranged from l3 to 10000. The
prize winner guessed 673 and was given
an eight day clock. The exact number
was 667.
Billy Dorigan, hermit of the Eagle
township woods, says the saltwater
Advance, had only % cents in coin and
grubbing hoe when he took his claim,
and now thinks of starting the first
National Bank in Yale.
The Lawton Republican tells of
certain young man Of that city walking
around with 'limp in his back" which
is the result of loving girl when heI
dad did't want her to.
The Stroud Star thinks that towr
could furnish plenty of dogs for good
sized dog dance and powwo and still
have enough left for all practical pur.
poses.
The New Era says that the Chioka,
saw Bank now building at Tishomingo,
will be the finest building in the Indian
Territory.
Durant is to have municipal election
20 decide whether or not bonds shall be
issued for building waterworks sys
tenn in that town.
Many thousand people visited the
Lion Store at Oklahoma City on the
night of November 9th, when the Chi.
cago capitalists were there. Eight ladies
were carried out unconscious, the jam
being so great.
Quanah Parker was disqualified from
serving on the jury in the Moran mur,
der case at Lawton ON account Of hiI
imperfect knowledge of English. The
ATTORNEYS for tho defense sailed right
into Quanah right and left saying that
he was polygamist and not an Amsri
can citizen.
The Indian Territory will soon be well
underway to close mp oil matters per.
tanning 90 her lands Land offices will
he opened in all the nations which have
not been settled or are now being set
tied, on January l. That means thai
the work will soon be dono.
The Wewoka National Bank has been
organized at Wewoka and will be opened
for business November 90. T. A. Gut
ting Of Tecumseh, Okla, is the presi.
dent.
J. T. Davis, an enterprising farmer
near Shawnee, is perhaps the most suo.
cessful potato raiser in the territory,
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