Cleveland County Leader. (Lexington, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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LEXINGTON. OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, FRIDAY, Ji'LY26, 1901.
No. 43.
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OFFICERS FOR NEW COUNTIES D -r.vin
Yes, and I Find that the stock of
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and prices on same at
Can't be duplicated in Cleveland County.
Say, that Premium Letldinghaus Wagon is a peach,
and the boy that gefs that stylish floon Runabout is
fixed for life. Yours for tra ! • an 1 t...
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Commissi on3Ps aro
Appointed.
Governor Jenkins Makes An- ,. , T. ,, T , „„ r,
\\ ashmgton, T\ < . J'i;\ S-c
ncuneemcnt or An- ,
. . . 'ivt. i'v ill! :*:icocii la^' iii*ri11 iinnonnc-
pointmento. ... , . ,
t el. the personnel 01 tlm commission
Gov. Wm. M. Jenkins Saturday
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night officially announced the fol-
lowing appointments of county
officials for the new counties of
Comanche, Caddo and Kiowa:
County Attorney—Comanche
county, Walter C. Stevens ot Hen-
nessey, King-fisher county; Kiowa
county, L. M. Keyes of Oklaho-
ma City, Oklahoma county; Cad-
do county, H. D. Crosby of Ana-
darko, Caddo county.
Sheriff—Comanche county, W.
W. Painter of Guthrie, Logan
county; Caddo county, Frank E.
Smith of Norman, Cleveland coun-
ty; Kiowa county, B. J. Hobbs of
Woodard, Woodard county.
I List is to supervise the drawing fur
the hinds in tho Kiowa and C >min-
elie country. 1 he three members
are ex Governor Richards of Wvoni
Tho HomesaekerTtas o:-i!y a'; out
1 Chanco out of 12 to
Get a Hcrno.
Tho total registration in the new
country is conservatively estimat-
ed at 100,000 which makes
only onechauea out of l! for a heme
I in tho uew country. which is very
11 discouraging to people who have
... , . - I,! been camping around tho borders
lug, who lor several weeks his had «
charge of matters directly pertaiuiog
to the land opening; Colonel I). 1'
Dyer of St. Louis, who prosecuted j
the whisky ring during G:ant's ad-
ministration, and. who is a personal
friend of Secretary Hitchcock, and
Hon. Frank Dale, of Guthrie, who
sat on the supremo bench of Oklaho-
ma for live years as chief justice.
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MATTING, WALL PA' ?.
always on hank anil a full line nf
Farm Implements, Wind -
agent for Degring Harvestingtnachijiery
|0ri will sell a limited amount of f i; il'u • or :.;r. ti
farm implement line on fall tin: •• i.'ail an i m' 1 hi .
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Memcriam.
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j After a long illness, during which
, _ ! the sufferer bore" his pain patiently,
Register of Deeds—Comanche |, , • . , *
„ _ _ .. . . ; that reaper whose name is Death re-
moved in the prime of life one of the
best known men around here, U. G.
ener, of Purcell. 31r. Keener had
been ill for some time and in hopes
of benefiting him he was taken to the
Oklahoma City hospital last Wed-
nesday. but he grew gradually worse
j and was then brought back home
| Sunday morning to enc( his suffering.
: His death came about 2 o'clock Mou-
I day morniug. The services were
., _ held in South Methodist church by
tv; t addo county. DykeBalliuger i< .hi. , .,
- ° i lvev. Ueltlo\ and the remains were
of Beaver county.
County Commissioners Coman-
che county, Samuel Arauss, ox
county, II. E. Julien of Lawton, !
Comanche county; Caddo county
W. I. Lacey of Anadarko, Caddo j
county; Kiowa county, Otto El-
liott of Kay county.
County Treasurer—Comanche
county, James K. Fchois, of
Woods county; Caddo county, W.
II. Campbell, of Orlando, Logan
county.
County Clerk—Comanche coun-
ty, W. A. Gorman of Woods coun-
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| laid to rest by loving friends in the
Lexington cemetery. The deceased
was a member of the I. O. O. F.,
M'.'dern Tonti -s and the A. O. U. W.
lie leaves a wife and fo:ir small child-
ren who have the sympathy of all in
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i'ort Sill, Comanche county; Co-
manche county, G. W. Crosby of
Noble county; Caddo county, C.
'A. Cleveland of Anadarko Caddo !tbeir saJ afi;iction.
county.
'x Probate Judge— Caddo couni.y, j A German colonist of German
v has. L. Crum cf El Reno, Cana-! West Africa has the distinction
diati county; Kiowa county, liar-! "f having killed the largest go-
ri. 1 iuley of Hennessey, Kin; -, ril'a cvtr .-cen. The brute is on
Sundries, P. i .its,
3iio end v' a niii-c
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The Owl lie
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exhibition in the Museum in Ilam-
l."jrg and oliers of ®5,0U0 have al
ready le.:n made for him. lie is
f> Sect ant' 7 inches high. His
arm:; when nut stretched are') ft.
and 1 inch long and his hands are
1<J;. inchcs long. The brute had
'w for a year or more been the terror
of that country and his death is
quite a relief to the natives who
uror and board of comiiii - ''VC(' •'*' deadly fear of him.
rs remain to be appointed
lisher county.
William F. Lacey is the nephew
Congressman Lacey of Iu*,va,
\. ii.) has been such a friend to
; '"-lahoma at all times. The con-
ina:i requested personally
this appointment be made.
E. Juhe'i is a brothe
n 1/ to Flynn, and was a for-
.n t resident of Kiowa, Kansas.
A clerk, orobate Jud^'e and
! for a year or two with the e., jn- -ta-
tion of procuring a home. Of cnurse
I there w ill be (jniie a nuinhcr of L'H-d
towns located in the country which
will he a great relief to nia.iv < the
home seekers.
One of the best places v, knew
of to secure town lots cheap is at the
town of McKnight, 20 miles south
of Lawton on big Cache creek. It
is in a lino country where ti. i
but few allotments and is miles
from any other town on a ditoi ' iii.i
of the Hock Island rail:'' ' f m
Lawton to Wichita /'alls T. • \ . .ml
on ;i direct line of the Ch > aw run-
ning from 1 lartshorr.e, I. T. via Ard-
more and Comanche to Ma: in
for further information with tri
m
ence to the new town of Mclvi; /ht
call at the Leader otlice.
The Immigration tc ti.e U. Z.
Immigration continue very hea-
vy, and for the past liseal veal"
will prove to have been larger
than for any previous year since.
!S'j2. For the 11 months ending
with May the arrivals number
435,319, and the June figures yet
to be published will a ; "edlv
raise the year's total consid " ibly
above 500,000. Tlu immigration
of the liscal year 1' 0, numbered
448,575; in 1S')9, 311,71e, ami in
1898, 229, 22." the low t * int
touched since 1879. Of the arri-
vals for the 11 months of the'past
liscal year 101,51/) ca'.nc from Aus-
tria-IIstngary and 11'. - fror
Italy—these two countrie:
contributing oyer one hall
of the whole i:u r. Ki'.ssia
comes next with a > -nlr .ut • -no:
75,527 and Ireland next \ iti. 27.-
713.
A nice crowd oi ti
drove out to the e >unt r;
and Mrs, F. P. C •
night and enj )yed c :.<■
parties of the si-asou.
folk
; Mr.
-day
aceet
;'or Kiowa county Also two ce.m-
m s- loners for Caddo and one com-
jstoocrfor comanche county.
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WINES, AND CIGARS.
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raatly Hogistcrec! Last
Wednesday Night.
El I? mo, Okla., July 21.--
*:■ and ti;' il number of bona -
registered is 1 t,.),'.)2o. At
today there were register*
at Fort, Sill, 1,312; lol:-l
12),0537; total at Fort Sill
C.eneral Passenger A ,
l i : the Rock I si u ud h
that the nap en :er trains
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We se
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rs. We
■ ask of
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board v/'ui
Guthrie ti
sessmer.t o
per cent.
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1 i 1 in." !,-i
Real Estato
The Leader o'li
«_>,<> if \ou wish ti
list your farm for
a small commis: ion
estlv v;ith our cusp
here to stay and all
is to impure of re, ;
as to our "rep" for 1
If you want a loan on your farm
, ' , , „f ;.iipri>Ht nd train of 23.' cents over last rear
and want a low iate oi mien si ,.uu r- . -
want to know just what your inter-
est will be tigured at, and every
■articg
•! ti at
l'thcas-
unty 14
will maketne to-
tal valuation of Cleveland county
> 2,117,522. The territorial levy
this year isr 7mills or 72 cents
pact
d Tex
Reports fr m TopekaarolL
ta I'm trains for Oklahoma are
ed. The Missouri, Kansas tin
as also is hauling si veral trains of
home et kers, who will lie transferred
to the Choctaw road ut South McAl-
ester. Tho Ch claw, which picks up
Santa Fe pa-s. ngers at Oklahoma
peeial
M at Our 5c and 10c CouDter;:.
on the hundred dollar, which is a City, is arranging to run ten
trains ou Thursday.
l'lie total assessment for the
1(„ Territory is $60,000,000.
tail explained to you, come to 'hi lawton men have ehtabli: lied a repu-
Li:ai Kit otliee and see I tatiou for gallantry by permitting the
(iia>. 1). L'tuam. ' women to register first at that place.
Ex Governor Barnes was among
those who registered today. Hestocd
in line an hour holding an umbrella
and fanning himself with a palm
leaf.
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Latham, George D. & Coombs, Charles W. Cleveland County Leader. (Lexington, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1901, newspaper, July 26, 1901; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc109045/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.