The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-09
LEADERETTES

'fhe rulsa Evening Woild annouaccs
ediipri,hly that beginning Nay IS II viii
beeome-a morning paper
Frank Rockefeller OF Cleveland Ohio.
brother Of John y. Rockefeller. Is said
10 be taking oil leases In the indian Ter
ritory held near Romona.
william Blackwell OF Fort Gibson.
found a FIVE dollar gold piece. dated 1886
near Bayou Manard. ana hter sold Il for
50 The coin was larger than the present
fiye dollar gold piece.
Since tfe divorce decision IN the
United states court. judge GIN Of the
Northern district IN lpdian TeTitory Is
granting no divorces unless the litigants
iiyo in Indian TERRITORY
2S-nch vein OF coal has been strucl;
at Council Hill by well drillcrs who were
putting down a well IN the southeastern
part Of the townsite. The people are
iubilant over the strike Council tiiil
is new town and is surrounded hs 4
fine farming country
The second gun tournament of the
rialsa Gun club will be held May ana
o az the Tulsa country club. Most OF tho
expert shooters OF the country viii att
tend and give exhibitions while anna
teurs from All over the Southwest viii
attend There VIII be twenty-four trap
events. with $500 added money by the
gun club
W. H. Bungarner. WHO lives on the
washita near AnpdailSo, last week ran
across an old stump IN a pile Of drift
wood with the Inscription on one side
Custer L. s. A.. 1871" The inscrip-
tlon is supposed to have been carved by
the great indian fighter during one OF
his Ck,e soma campaigns. about the time
Of the famous battle OF Washita.
Mrs. Jane jacobs living near sfawnee
celebrated her 96th birthday last week
sho Is stin Vigorous and active an; i
quite conddeat OF passing the century
mark She lived 10 western Texas when
the Indians had possession Of that
country. and has a very distiact reeol-
lection OF the events or the Mexican war.
as wen as tho two which have followed
IT,
work en- a sixteen foot concrete dam
across Honey Crcex about a half mile
below Turner Falls. was commenced
Wedp slay. and wiz be completed within
thDfy days This win impound water
fpi nshag and boating and win be use
by members Of the Fin ana Feather club
"A social organization composed Of Kansas
city. oklahoma city and Indian Terri
tory sportsnien The grounds ana club
house win cost when completed about
10000
An exchange tells the folloving A
poor man applied for membership ie q
very exclusive church. They hardly
liked 10 turn him down. SO requested him
70 take the matter 20 tae Lord IN prayer
and come again IN about two months
he showed 10. They questioned as 10
\ khat reply. II any De had received and
av said: .'rhe Lord told me not 20 get
discouraged tie said that he had been
trying 20 set into that church for seven
years: but had mol succeeded
SCOTT cunmins. the poet of whfches-
ter. Wolds couaty was . COW puncher
IA the Northwest many years ago. Ills
ontnt came 70 snaae river ono day with
1000 cattle cunmins. With poets
liccnre. relates what happened. The ry-
e. was too dangerous for swimming. hni
after following the bank for a short dis
sance the foreman found a giant red
wood tree that had fallen across the
I river Fortunately the tree was hollow.