The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-01-15

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In1lon Toes1tosx WilI - thsowA a,r1n
foe seltIonsat within (WO ysan
ne rArnsrs' co-opssstivc unlcn 81
u America ~ booa lneornoeetei Nm
| . capital of o1O0. 900 and vlth ho1d-
quarters 1t Warika. Il u On antl- trust
concern for the purpose Of buylne and
handling farm products
Two trains Of nine cars each left OK.
Iah0ma City for the town Of Snyder,
southwest Of Lawton. which Il omen 10
settlement. Hundreds Of homeseekers
from Kansas. Missouri. Town. Illinois
ana Indiana were on board
A strong Cow Of gas has been struck
et depth OF eighty-seven feet on the
fsrm OF Edward Wilson, six miles
northeast OF braman. A company IL
already organized In Braman to devei-
ope the nnd.
The appointment Of Wilson G. John.
son to be postmaster Of Granite o. r.,
mas been announced. Johnson IL com.
monty known among the cowmen oi
the West as Il Bar" Johnson. He for.
merly lived at Medicine Lodge. Kas.
ana always has been close friend OF
delegate Flynn.
Ira NJ Ferriil. serving term IN the
Kansas penitentiary for killing w. r.
Embry. has filed an original habeas
corpus suit In the United States SUI
preme court on the ground that the
supreme court Of Kansas Is to slow in
nandins rown . decision in the case.
Attorney General Roberts has ben no.
tined Of the filing Of the case.
The Santa Fe Railroad company hos
leased eighty acres of land on the farm
Oh John A. Clark. near Tecumseh. for
the purpose Of developing voluable de-
posits OF mineral paint ore discovered
by Santa Fe surveying party. The
deposite has q surface exposure of 100
by 600 feet. The fact that the Santa
re company found the deposite Of s,if-
ncient volue to lease IL taken as evil
dence that the ore Ii In paying guam
titles.
N n announced that J. w. McNeol
who organized the first bank In Ok
lahoma on April II, 1889, and who Alec
organized the first national bank in
the territory. the Guthrie National, will
retire from the presidency of that In.
stitution on January IL, next. He will
be succeeded by ex-Chief Justice Frank
Dale. ]. w. Perry and A. N. Edwords
officers OF the Unian Trust company
II st. Louis. have bought large block
II the bank stock and will Increase III
:aL. al stock to 100000.
, BishavA Yared, Ia Syrian street frui,
vender was arrested In Oklahoma Cit
for threatening to blind the 13-year- ,lt
son OF w. w. Jennings. Guthrie bar
. ber. unless the latter sent $50 to the ar.
dress Of w. b. Jones. The boy callet
: at the postofYice for q letter written b,
Jennings to Jones and the latter wal
!, found to be Yared. Jared was arrest
cd By federal officers. The boy raj
away from his home in Guthrie abor
two weeks ago and has since bean liv
ing with Yared.
The annual examination of appli
cants for certificates a. Instructors an,
instructors In normal institutes vii
be held In the Oklahoma City Hig!
: school building December %, at 10 o
|, clock. This will be followed by an an
nual session of the Territorial Teach
ers' association, December %. % an,
"a. Governor Ferguson will speak DE
cember 23 and the Oklahoma City Com
I D1ercial club will give the teachers
2 5000 teachers In Oklahoma, Of whor
: one-half probably will attend.
Enid IL the only city Of It's size In tn
q United States that has no cemeter,
The town Is eiRhtyears old and has
|, population of nearly 5000. but ha
! neevr had burying ground Of any d.
, scription. There II an undertaking es
!. tablishment in connection with a fai
niture stare. but there has not been
/. natural death In several months. MOI
!. of the Inhabitants are persons VIII
moved from other states and when. al
: ter some Misunderstanding one .
!. them is killed. It Is the custiEi OF u,
: relatives to send the body to the sam
= state for burial. Enid has gained
4 reputation for its freedom from nal
/ ural deaths.
: Further developments have come :
: light In the promise Of an Oklahom
prisoner to tell the facts regarding th
: express robbery at Lincoln, Neb.. tw
: months ago. II pardoned for his Okla
J. homa ofRense. He is incarcerated a
Oklahoma City. but his name Is sti
i withheld. II is reported that he ha
e implicated Ed Filson. one of the me
!. shot during . recent prize night .
q Oklahoma City. and that the shootin
o was the result Of q quarrel over th
e Lincoln robbery From the fact tina
8 Ben Cravens. the noted Oklahoma Out
: law. attended the prize hght. II Is bs
lieved that he may know s0methiu
: about the robbery.