Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-23
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.
Oklahoma City is baited for those har
vest excursions

Oklahoma City is baited for those har-
vest excursions
Guthrie has had its first musicale. What
has Oklahoma City to say to this.
| A gang of counterfeiters were arrested
| yesterday at Alfred, underwarrant issued
| by Commissioner Allison, of Guthrie.
IhlS gang have been showing the queer
all over the Indian Territory, and the ar
rest is an important one.
The Capital says of Guthrie: The city
is cursed with few dead beat gamblers
who are playing cut-throat game. and
are ready at any time 20 cut mans throat
beats should be driven out Of the city and
not allowed TO return.
| Tenderfeet and aged innocents should
be warned against the scheme of claim
gamblers who are working a racket upon
new corners. They will get hold of ten
derfoot and offer claim near the city for
! so, worth $500 to $500, make affidavit of
REIMBURSEMENT and apparently have the
papers all right. When the man goes 10
tile they divide the swag.-Herald.
| A mad dog created quite an excitement
yesterday morning 10y making his appear
ance in Guthrie, across the Cottonwood
| Several little children were bitten, one
| being the little 4-year-old daughter
Marian of Mr.. H. C. Schilland. on North
Fourth street. The bite is thought not TO
be serious, but may probably prove So
The dog was killed by a policeman.
Reno City Eagle: The Cheyenne Indians
returned to their reservation Tuesday
from the southern country, where they bad
been for couple Of weeks assisting the
Caddoes and kiowas in making medi-
cine" and having good time generally
Ihey brought home eighty-nine horses
cd RI "
southern friends as an evidence of their ap-
probation OF the visit The only cloud on
the Cheyenne horizon at present is caused
by the reflection that when the Kiowas and
Caddoes return the visit, next year, they
will expect the Cheyennes 10 give them
twice as many ponies as they received
The pale-faces have already learned that
only 'well-heeled'' man can afford to ac-
cept present from an Indian.
Guthrie Capital: We must rise to the
great importance of schools for the Guth-
ries Seven hundred children of school
age and no school to send them to. Do
you realize what no schools this winter
means? 1t means that the best families
of Guthrie will either have to remove
to where schooling can be had or send
their children away to school. The kind
OF men and women who people Guthrie
are not the sort who will allow their chill
dren to 90 even one winter without school.
This matter of schools is one of self
preservation. 1t only needs concentrated
action. The latent interest is here
that il aroused would soon consum-
mate some plan whereby the intel
lectual record of Guthrie and the en-
terprise OF our citizens will be redeemed.
East Guthrie should not hesitate 1t has
plain path before it. The city hall is not
used In the daytime. Let the council
overcome this school enigma by convert
ing 1t into a school room. Then let the
council assess special tax against every
lot in eastGuthrie sufficient to conduct
the school for at least one term of six
months. Is there lot owner in east
Guthrie who would refuse 10 pay an
equitable lot tax for the maintenance of a
public school? II so, spot him as an ig
noramous, devoid of spark of public en-
terprise-a man no good to any town. Is
it possible that Guthrie people lack the
enterprise to raise the Sl.cD
necessary to fill the deficit between
the 80 per cent, offered for the $l0,0 $50
OF the school bonds and the 100 per cent.
the charter declares they must be sold for?
1t has 5000 inhabitants. This would in
dictate LOCO men at a very low calculation.
Say one-half Of these are able to con-
tribute, if they would. Is there a man IN
Guthrie, owning property and having solid
interests in the town, who would refuse to
contribute from 81 to $25 toward this
81 900? If SO. spot him as a miser and a
dotard, no good to any town. West
Guthrie, unless it has squandered part OF
the sum for other purposes, as charged,
has over 81, 900 to build school building
a small special lot tax will support this
school and could, no doubt. be readily
raised by proper effort. Capital Hill is
now working on school plan promising
certain and satisfactory results.