The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-01-08

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= harshal Montfort q Yuhen !. .v.s|
ehot In the stodnaeh ~ nehi MN
four robbefr who Sea tAe oetoSjes
1ssfe ahd escaped with sAsis booty.
The vacant government land aRrre-
gates 3.771,ss3 acres, Of which over
100000 are located In Beaver coun.
W. which is largely used for grasins
purposes. ~" fF
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Two million and thirty.6vs than.
sand acres Of land. set aside BY Con-
gress for territorial Purposes. are
now under lease Tho net proceeds
from land leases during the year were
Si35,9i5.S5.
= Two plumed quaiis. doubtless the
only ones Of that kind In Lincoln
county. were recently killed In Pouca
township. The beautiful piumed
quails are seldom found this side OF
New Mexico. ~ =
One day last week hunter wen.
down into tho southern part Of Potta.
watomie county and bagged nfty-six
quail. four ducks. seven plover, thirty.
hve Squirrels, fourteen wild turkeys
and one mountain sheep.
Three million. sixty eight thousand.
Eve hundred and two acres OF Okla.
homa land were filed upon during the
year. Of which COG. .109.63 acres were
homestead entries made by 4.007 dif
ferent persons.
Three big Eastern brewing com.
panies have begun the construction of
a brewing plant In Oklahoma City to
cost 100000 and 10 have capacity
of 100000 barrels per annum. Tho
plant will be completed and In opera.
lion In one year.
The Kansas City. Mexico q Orient
railroad has Just let q contract for
nfty.six miles OF grade work In Okla.
homa. This closes the gap In Okla.
homa and will by the time this Is I'm.
lshed give a grade from Wichita,
Kas.. to San Angelo. Texas.
The railway mileage Of Oklahoma,
as returned for taxation In March.
show I.4i323 miles Of main track and
1855 miles Of side track. Fully 500
miles OF railway have been built In
the territory during the past year and
much Is under construction.
Doctor Wyman. government physi.
ID. ~ O.. r. -. a.
IN Oklahoma. announces that q largo
majority Of the tribe are afflicted with
tuberculosis. scrofula and other In.
durable diseases and adds that tho
tribe will be practically annihilated
within few years. The latest report
says there are but 479 members of
this once powerful tribe left.
Oklahoma has twenty-five nrst.
class cities. fIve Of them having been
Incorporated during the past year.
Assessed value OF town property IL
ti1.629.lS9 During the past year
there have been erected In the cities
and towns 73i business buildings. and
l.4l7 are now In course OF construc.
ton: 3.S62 residences have been
erected. ard 9o2 arc In course Of con.
structlon.
George Barclay and James Brum.
met. convicted OF the murder Of Cap
tain j. l. Poole. were sentenced to be
hanged ut Pawnce. February IL. 1908.
The Oklahoma supreme court affirm.
cd the sentence OF the lower court,
which was originally passed on May
,. 1901. and only the intervention Of
President Roosevelt can prevent this
double execution. The murder OF
Poole was committed July Z, 1900.
near Hominy Post. In the Usage res.
crvation. Poole. with a posse Of OIL.
GERS. attempted to arrest BruInmet
and Barclay for horsestealing. when .
n ght ensued In which Poole was kill.