The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-12
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Local Happenings Of City and Terri
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a mission church ia Perry
William o. Rogers. Of Medford, is
field secretary Of the Oklahoma Sun
day School association.
At Snyder the Wagner Gin company
is putting up a plant to be in shape
for handling this years crop
It is reported that only about one
half the dead Indian lands Of the sacs
and Foxes has been advertised and
sold.
Walters new cotton gin has the
belts on and everything in readiness
to steam up as soon as the cotton is
brought in
}. H. Smith, of webb City, Mo, has
been awarded the contract for moving
the buildings at Mountain Park over
to Snyder.
Postmaster Pickett, Of Cushing,
has been informed that two rural
routes will be in operation out OF that
place beginning October l.
Moses p. Lett. a soldier Of the Civil
war and one of those who came to
Grant county at the opening Of the
strip, died recently at wakita.
Since the consolidation between
Mountain Park and Snyder has been
on the banks of the two towns have
been merged into the Bank of Snyder
Greer county cotton promises, ac-
cording to the stories from that
Kingdom" to rank away up toward
the top Of the list among all the
counties.
That Touring mill upon which Garb-
er has been figuring so strongly for a
long time has at last commenced op-
erations. The machinery was delayed
for long time owing to the floods Of
last May and June.
Reuben st. Clair. the young man
wb okilled his brother-in-law, S. b.
Busch, of Lawton, few weeks ago,
has been bound over to the grand jury
without bail
Near Campbell the other day an
eighty acre field of corn sold for ST.
200 in cash. There is somebody ve
identity who believes Oklahoma will
have corn this year.
Soft and hard wheat will both be
sown extensively for the next years
crop. The soft will be put in mostly
on the bottom lands. while the hard
goes ON the uplands.
In Grant county it is said that there
is great deal Of laryngitis among
the horses. A little ascafoetidae on
the bride bits is said to be a prevent
i've against it,
In Grant county peach growers are
saying that much of their crop is go
ing to waste In some orchards as
high as 200 bushels will be unused.
No cause is assigned.
II is believed the number of Okla
homa farmers who are taking up the
growing of swine is increasing. Here
tofore the territory has not produced
any great quantity Of pork
r. E. Miller. of Walter, returned
last week from Indiana, where he
went in the interest of Oklahoma dirt.
He brought back with him several
carloads of prospective residents of
this territory.
Prague draws from a fine farming
area of twenty-four miles in almost
every direction. 1t is expected this
fall and winter to develop into an ex-
celent market for agricultural and
live stock products.
CSrdelPs reunion was one of the
most successful events of that class
ever held in Washita county, judging
from the reports sent out The work
OF preparing for it was done in the
brief space of ten days
That story which gained some cred
ence around Ponca City that there
was a watermelon famine has been
pronounced a canard A local paper
says the town is filed with melons as
big as mail kegs"
Professor Eli Horn, who lost both
hands and sustained other serious IN.
juries a few weeks ago while hand
ling some dynamite, is able to travel
about He expects 10 return to his
home in Alabama before long.
Beavers Commercial club has ap-
pointed committee to buy seed
wheat Cor the farmers who SOW the
cereal in that locality The same body
also has notion of fixing up the
yoads in the vicinity of that town.
Day county officers have abandoned