Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-02
OKLAHOMA AND INDIAN TERRITORY

allotted and the surplus sold.
The Rock Island passenger trains
now run regularly into Lawton.
The people Of Anadarko are Dragging
about having the finest Of soft water
The Farmers National bank of Ponca
City starts off with $780, 900 of capital.
The old soldiers of Anadarko call
their post the William Mckinley post.
Peaches in Woods county are so
plentiful that there is no market for
them.
4 meeting of the Anti-Saloon League
is called 10 meet in Guthrie ON Octo-
ber ..
The United States army is recruiting
heavily from oklahoma and the Indian
Territory.
A hail storm stripped tons Of grapes
from the vines in vineyards north of
Guthrie.
The money order department of the
Guthrie postohicc handled 500, ,s55 in
one week
The Grant county annual fair Will be
held at Pond Creek during the week
following October 10.
! 4 fve-foot vein of coal is reported To
have been discovered near Kremlin, on
the farm of Jason Smith.
Choctaw trains are running into Alva;
at least the officials of that line expected
to have them doing SO by this time.
Among the lately established new
banks are the Bank of Ingersoll and
'hc Beaver county bank at Guymon.
The mining companies organized to
operate in the Wichita mountains are
selling stock to raise money to operate
with.
Judge A. Overstreet, of Norman,
makes denial of the charge against him
of making remarks derogatory to Prcsi-
dent Mckinley.
The court house at Woodward is under
contract for completion by March J.,
1902. Its cost is Sal 900, to be paid for
in ten annual installments.
II is now up to Weatherford to con-
test for the location of the Southwest
rrn Normal, and it looks as though
such action would be taken.
Enid is now feeling sure of becoming
headquarters for the CARRIER and Ana
darko branches of the Rock Island.
An abundant supply of water has been
found which was the turning point in
the establishing of n division at Enid
In spite of the accumulated filth at II
Reno, add in spite of the prophesying
of plague to follow the registration
there is no unusual sickness there. Th,
same may be said of Lawton where
thousands were exposed without shel
ter.
II. ID. Goree, who was shot and sup
posed TO be killed at Mcknight by Col
H. Il. Howell. came to life while a For
Worth undertaken was preparing t'
embalm his corpse. When the under
taller came Goree was sitting mp in bee
smoking a cigar.
During the funeral parade at Okla
homa City h. NJ. Bradshaw narrowly
escaped lyuching, He declared tina
he was AN anarchist and would neithc
respect Mckinley or the flag. lie wa
dragged through the mud to the hea
of the procession and was forced t
cheer for his country and to kiss tn
flag. \ real estate man named Dorse
had to he locked up in Jail to save hir
from violence lie had taken BraC
shaw's part.
Governor Jenkins will issue the pro,
lamations calling elections in Lawtor
Anadarko and Hobart, upon petition
ofcitizens; their population being; Law
ton. 400, Auadarllo 1900, llobar
3.lO0.
The annual convocation of the Epi
copal clergy of the two territories IN,
in Guthrie on the 18th, with Bishop
X Brooke presiding.
The largest class in the history OF III
territory will take the thirty-third d.
gree of Masonry at the Masonic gait
cring at Guthrie ON October $40.
There had been doubts whether Il
new town of Hitchcock in Woods cou
ty. could secure supply of good wat
but the doubt came TO an end when
dug well was put down which provid
good quality of the protoXide Of Ia
drogen.
The commission appointed by Go
eruor Jenkins decided upon the selC
tion Of Granite for the location of I
Southwestern Normal school The d
cision turned for Granite over Mangu
on Fhe fact of the supply of buildil
stone at Granite.
The postofiice authorities belle