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The Indian Advocate. 144 - Scholastic Population of Oklahoma. :: - J.....,..:?..........,...,..,,.., ,i The new school enumeration of the Territory, lately com pleted, shows the number of school children in Oklahoma to be 146,049, a gain of 18,128 for the year. The receipts from rental of Territorial school land for the last six months were $135,825, which will be divided among the various school districts, and which will amount to 93 cents per capita of 'school population. The population of each county and the share of school money is as follows: County. Scholnrs. Amount. Beaver 1,047 $ 973-71 Blaine .'. . 3,455 3.2I3.I5 Canadian 5.578 5,18754 Cleveland 6,722 6,251.46 Custer 3.059 3,681.87 Day 1,138 1,058.34 Dewey 3,570 3,320.10 Garfield 7.418 6,898.74 Grant 5.912 5,498.16 Greer 9,295 8,644.35 Kay 6,753 6,289.29 Kingfisher.... 6,970 6,482.10 Lincoln 9,676 8,997.68 County. Logan Noble Oklahoma. . . . Pawnee , Payne Pottawatomie. Roger Mills. . , Washita Woods Woodward . . . Scholar. 8,605 3.828 9,600 5.5e2 8,125 11,252 3.304 6,969 12,963 4,611 Amount. $8,002.65 3,560.04 8,928.00 5,172.66 7.565.55 16,464.38 3,072.72 6,227.28 12,055.59 4,288.25 Totals 146,049 $135,825.57 The three new counties of Caddo, Kiowa and Comanche are not as yet legally organized in order to receive a portion of the fund. AAAAAAAAAAVWWS An exchange says that "e" is the most unfortunate letter in the alphabet, because it is never in cash, always in debt and never out of danger. Still, it is never in war, but always in peace. It is in the beginning of existence and also of ease, and the end of trouble. Without it there would be no meat, no bread, no gospel and no heaven.