The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-18
OKLAHOMA AND INDIAN rrnnIronr
IND. TER.

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the county seat Of Beaver county.
Governor seay recently sold land j.st
south Of Kingfisher for $50 an acre.
Calvin Hill, an ex-rough rider, is
candidate for the Pawnee postoffice.
The law prohibiting the trade in
cigarettes in Oklahoma is said to be a
dead letter
Luther +. Potter, Of Rose, Kansas,
has been appointed - farmer at the
Ponca Indian school
There were o7o tracts OF agricultural
college lands leased to $50 bidders
The leases net SOL 900.
THE voters of a number of Oklahoma
counties have turned down propositions
for county high schools
The Choctaw railroad is preparing to
run four passenger trains daily between
Oklahoma City and FL Reno.
Mr.. Kincaid, Of Guthrie, has on ex-
hibition some nice strawberries picked
on the first day Of December.
A Rock Island corps Of surveyors are
running line parallel 10 the C. 0. &
Gulf, from FL Reno to Oklahoma City.
The towns Of Hobart and Lawton
have an enterprising line Of merchants
as shown by the columns Of the papers
published there.
Since farmers in other states have
their fall work done, the rush Of home
seekers, by the train load, is pouring
into oklahoma over all lines.
Frank sueneram, whose farm is south
OF waukomis, realized from his potato
crop at the rate Of slo5 an acre, and his
sweet potatoes brought a rate Of $3.50
an acre.
Governor Ferguson was, in his youth,
Methodist preacher, but left that
work 70 attend the Kansas state nor
nal from which he engaged in school
teaching
The Oklahoma delegates TO the na-
iional live stock association at Chicago,
arc W. r. Campbell, Apache A. A.
randy, Woodward, and Ellison Carroll;
Mangum.
Thyre is, in Roger Mills county, an
almost united plan 10 change the chief
industry from cattle 70 hog raising.
Large areas win be planted to alfalfa
Ia the spring.
William II. Luclxey, the man at Keil
who "a said TO have shot his wife, but
vho says his wife shot him, is said 70
be one Of the men who helped capture
jefferson Davis
The-s is speculation as 10 what Gov
rrnor Ferguson will do IN the matter Of
The Southwestern normal. but as the
tase Is in the courts Il is thought prob
able that he win not Interfere
II IS believed the grand jury In Judge
Burford's court viii take action upon
the judges charge 10 them in that mat
tex, and indict the express companies
men for receiving quaiis for shipment
The meeting Of the Oklahoma stock
men ut Wichita will be marked by sorue
unusual features In addition to the
regular business Of the association,
there win be special sales Of live stock,
riding and roping contests, and visits
70 the packing houses during the after
moons
Parties representing German colony
have secured options on from 10000 T.
10000 acres in Greer county. The plan
Of the colony Is to locese 1000 farmers
on 40 acres each. There are those that
believe that the colony is a myth and
that the options are heing secured by a
syndicate.
The sheriff chained train TO the
track at Parlsersburg, O. T., until a
judgment Of 5000 was satisfied. The
treasurer Of the road was on the train
An Usage Indian living at the mouth
Of salt Creek. 81 miles north Of Raj
ston, while digging wen struck two
foot vein Of coal at the depth Of about
so feet
Governor Ferguson was appointed be
fore call was sent him 70 go to Wash
inrton. Il was the presidents choice
without solicitation or backing dele
cations.
Enid made extensive preparations g
entertain the Oklahoma Swine Breed
ers' association on December II and ~
Brinton township, Pottawatomi'
county, tried to get the county to fia
its sand roads and failed The town
ship and volunteer work Of the people
has put the sand under The roadsa ART
GRADED int, a rood shane 20 that they
will shed water and then thick sur
face Of clay is added There has beer
several bad rains, Il is stated, and yei
these roads remain like asphalt pave
ments in the rough,
Cleveland, Pawnee county, nine
year-old town, is about to build its hrs'
church.
IL is said thas all the territoria
t.,a.-.e AL, On. e-ss.tt,fior will be re,