The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-15

LEADERETTEs.
Local Happenings Of city and Terri
tory Briefly Told.
Woodward Is to have a new bot
Ting plant.
J. v. Admire has been chosen per-
manent president Of the iknghsher
Chautauqua Association.
Thursday evening. September IL. Is
the date for a new Knights OF Pythias
lodge at Knighsher
Eight new brick buildings win soon
be going up in the burned district at
Anadarko.
Indiana pS~ple are looking Enid
over as the possible seat Of a big iron
pump and pipe factory.
Attendance at the Edmond Normal
has opened auspiciously. The middle
Of the week 400 had enrolled.
Oklahoma's university now has a
seal Old graduates, upon request.
may have It affixed to their diplomas.
Dewey county commissioners have
made a yhree-mii levy for the purpose
of bridging the North Canadian.
Surveyors have been working be-
tween Pawhuska and Alva. II is be-
lieved they are working for the Katy
system.
A. ]. Seay, former governor Of the
territory, has returned from Califor-
MIA where he has been for a number
OF weeks.
George S. Bailey, who has been in
dlcted for killing S. P. Brown, at
Mountain Park some weeks ago, has
been released on $4,000 bond.
F. NJ. Glidewell died in az Ell Reno
hospital few days ago as result OF
injuries which he received in a storm
a few weeks ago at Hydro.
Woodwerd's land Office always is a
busy place but last week broke the
record. In one day there were ninety
two filings and five contests. Most of
the entries we're for Beaver county
land.
At Anadarko a local ice and cold
storage company has made the town an
offer to furnish water and pump it if
the town would lay mains and place
the standpipe The offer will prob
ably be considered.
In Caddo county w. e. Hafer has
threshed $4,000 bushels of wheat in the
last twenty-six days. Earlier in the
season he threshed 10000 bushels. He
says the quality and yield are hard
20 beat in any country.
If that Mexican variety of corn
which is claimed to make a good yield
any rain is a success it will
be a boon for the Oklahoma agricul-
turists. II viii furnish a resting crop
for the great expanse Of wheat lands.
j. E. Galloway has been elected may
or of Okemah
Okeene is fixing up a colt show
Competitors are allowed to come from
anywhere within a radius of fifteen
miles The day is to be arranged by
agreement of exhibitors.
Local papers are wisely enjoining
people to be careful with campfires,
as well as in all other ways, respect
ing that destructive element. Per-
sons who let prairie fires, it will be
recalled, are liable TO criminal pros
ecution.
Tonkawas Driving Park Association
lately organized, has been differed as
follows: President, Frank Crawford;
f. e. Cragin; treasurer, w.
A. Brooks Fifteen acres OF ground in
the north part OF the town have been
leased, and a race course will be built
That old saying: Whatsoever
a man soweth, etc" seems to have
been disproyen on the Kentucky flats
in Northwestern Oklahoma. There a
farmer sowed oats on a piece of ground
on which wheat had been raised. He
harvested ten bushels Of wheat to the
acre from the volunteer crop.
Carrying out request of the people
of the Third ward, Rev. Thomas Har-
per asked the support Of the Oklahoma
City council against the granting Of
a saloon license for a saloon near
where hundreds of school children
pass daily. The request was imme-
diately granted by tks board.
II Is said that the way those Wich-
tia mountain miners came from behind
rocks, trees and whatever available
objects there were when the Indian po-
lice went out TO destroy mining prop
erty was a reminder of the days of