Volume 9 , Issue 44

October, 1907 News

Other items that Oklahoma and Indian Territory were experiencing a few weeks before statehood were found in the October 31, 1907, Thursday edition, of The Daily Oklahoman.

• Cheyenne was getting a lot of cotton in the Fall of 1907.
• The North Canadian river, which had been rising steadily for a week, was in such a swollen condition that it was liable to overflow if an El Reno woman weeps into it.
• Ponca City had been converted into a sea of mud, but the courier advises the citizens to take what the Lord sends and pretends to like it -- seeing' as how it cannot be changed.
• G. B. Armstrong, the Tangier doctor, postmaster and editor bought a load of corn for the purpose of getting the job of unloading it as his other occupations does not give him enough exercise.
• There were thousands of tons of hay stored away in barns ready for shipment to the eastern markets, but the shippers were unable to secure cars for transportation, according to the Vinita Chieftain.
• The Ponca City courier advises its subscribers to "keep your shirt on" during the local money muddle. They will probably have to, not being able to get their others from the laundry, if they are in our fix.
• The sky on the evening of October 30, 1907, had no appearance of rain -- the next morning the town was flooded. The way the people will vote isn't the only thing that cannot be predicted in Oklahoma, says the Chickasha Journal.
• The deputies had a man named Hopper, who had been bringing booze by the wagon load to Bartlesville, where he had no trouble in disposing of his loads, in consequence of which many worthy citizens were frequently seen loaded.
• Hobart had raised the ante for the Baptist State University to $117,500 and the necessary land over Lawton's $95,000 and 15 acres and Chickasha's $116,000 and 20 acres. It confidently expects to pot from the meeting at Ardmore today.
• Leslie G. Niblack, the handsome immune bachelor editor of the Guthrie Daily Leader will be the notary who will administer the oath of office to Governor Charles N. Haskell.
• Cotton market was ruled by bulls. Stocks Buoyant; and closing was strong.

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