The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-04-19
NEW STATE eRevITlEs.

Bennington, l. Excitement runs
high IN Bennington over the discoy
cry OF a flow Of natural gas in a well
on Jas Ables place. one and a half
miles north of town The well is only
thirty feet deep and the sound Of
escaping gas can be heard for quite
d distance Several citizens visited
the well today and all are Of the opin.
ion that gas in paying quantities ex-
lists on Mr Ables place.
Lawton. Okla-Mark W Tobin.
sergeant in the Lawtou engineer
corps Of the oklahoma National
Guard. has been notified TO appear
before the examination beard 10 stand
the examination for promotion 10
second Lieutenant on the unassigned
list
Reed ORA lumber and coal com.
pany was organized at Reed ,ast week.
Capital stock $1,000 p J Perrin.
president; ?. NJ. Smith. secretary; J.
vs. Solomon. treasurer
Tlisa--Tulsa Is 90 have another no.
tcl 20 cost from $4,000 to 100000. W.
~ Niceley who recently purchased
valuable piece o fground at 'he cor.
uoF Of Second street and Boston av.
onuc. Is the builder.
Guthrie. Ok.-Key Tuck. the Oldest
sac and Fox Indian, is dead az the
agency in Lincoln county. He came
with Chief Keokuk to Oklahoma from
Iowa many years ago and was a war.
rior under Blackhawk during ;Ea
Blaokhawk war.
Guthrie, Ok--Edgar q Marchau.
announces his retirement as owner
and editor Of the Aline Chronoscp2e
Dayls-lt Is estimated ,a1' u least
100 families are now hHrs 20 .cu:s
In and around the city. owing 20 the
lack Of houses 20 accomL1ll;e The
great influx Of strange c'u.ralts
have been let for twenty .,sllenc,s
and fourteen others are con 10 Le
built by local parties
shawnee. Ok.-A psc,H,ts-y will
oprcsentatlyes from nearly .soTy
church in Oklahoma wee. ~ :hc San.
"a Fe railroad began - r.slt az Te.
cumseh to hea. rcpo % md 'aasac;
routine business
Shawnee. Ok-Thc odd Fellow
Temple association, recently incorpo.
rated, has adopted plans for a four.
story temple to be erected on Ninth
and Broadway. a recently acquired
valuable Site. Tnc building will be
for bana Office and lodge purposes
Pawhuska. Ok.-Thc u-ai has been
closed whereby The Pawhuska telo.
phone exchange has been sold 10
the Pioneer Telephone company
which now has the controlling inter
est In all lines throughout the two
territories.
Oklahoma City. Uk.-It Is announc.
Cd by c. G. Jones. chairman Of the
single statehood executive commit.
tee. that another delegation will
start for Washington soon TO make
4 final report for passage Of the
statehood bill.
Shawnee. Ok.-Four hundred mem.
bers OF the Indlahoma Farmers Co
operative and Educational union from
both territories are attending a Sc.
crct convention here today. The feel.
ing because congress failed TO re.
move the restrictions from Indian
Territory lands is 50 great that a
special sossio= OF members from In.
dian Territory was called to meet at
South McAlester May lG.
Guthrie, Ok.-D VI. Beavers, a
cowboy, was fined 81 and costs today
at Waurika by Justice Irayer for rid
ing his horse In 70 tAe Monte Carlo
saloon there over year ago. Beavers
escaped ut that dme and has since
been az large in the Chickasaw Ma
lion. He was finally arrested last
Saturday.
Guthrie. Ok.-Charles Riley. utility
man at the Hunter flour mil In Hen
nessey stopping near the shafting to-
day 20 sharpen his penknife HIS
clothing was caught in swiftly
revolving pulley aid whlrled 10 death
He was alone In the basement and
no one knew OF the accident untn
his llfeless body was found later.
A., Lawton. Ok-War department rep.
resentatiyes were at Fort sill militia
~ reservation making an inspection
looking 10 tho enlargement OF the res.
oryatlon from $4,000 acres 10 $4,000
acres in order that the post may oe
made headquarters for the maneuvers
Of six brlgades Of the United states