Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-16
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

| Reno City wants fifty cottages, all Of
which could find tenants.
| The telephone line from Kingfisher to
| Reno will be in operation in few days.
| The Territorial Advocate, publish at
! Beaver City, Ne trail Strip, is thinking of
changi its location to Alfred, Oklahoma.
Three men arrived in Kingfsher last
| Thursday who had come from Richland
| county, Wiscosin. They made the "trip in
| thirty days.
An immigration of 10000 negroes into
Oklahoma will take place from the Caro-
| liuas as soon as there crops can be gath
| cred in there.
Oklahoma has been warned of prairie
| fires aud well she deeds be. The fire in
the Neutral Strip last week, at least,
should caution them.
Two car loads of apples were received in
Guthrie Saturday. The people are tie
termined TO have little cider, down
there if they do have to make-it them
selves.
No one will now argue that the opening
of the Oklahoma country does not ciyilize
the Indians big buck Indian was seen
on the streets of Guthrie, recently, carry
ing a papoose in his arms.
kingfsher News: The board OF trade
holds special meeting tonight to arrange
a program for the coming OF the great
Rock Island route. Their intention IS 70
have "A good program. such as music. horse
racing foot racing, etc. The also intend
to make arrangements for big excursions
to this place in the near future.
A member of the Guthrie News staff
put on his Sunday ciot hes, tied his canes
and umbrellas together IL bunch. put on
Il cape overcoi-t and a tourist cap aud paid
initiated him into Indian hospitality by
arresting him, making him walk zen miles
at two minute gait. rearTested him. then
told him to 90 about his business. And
he went.
There IS no doubt about Oklahoma be-
ing a cotton producing country. IL has
the exact soil and atmospheric conditions
to make the cultivation OF this plant one
of the most profitable. Il Is Possessed OF
another advantage that no other cotton
producing country outside OF Texas has
that il the production Of al the cereals
and cultivated grasses, common 70 the
more northern portions Of the I niou.
These conpitIoDs are all that IL needed 10
give the Oklahoma farmers great advau-
tage oyer has northern or southern CON-
petlfors. sun
From the Territorial Advocate: The
prairie fires mentioned last week continued
in various sections until the latter part Of
the week. doing great damage Added 70
the harmed district IN the neighboghood Ok
Rothwell, Boyd aud Fulton. large tracts
have been burned over 10 the Clear creek,
six Nile and Cottonwood country, and
also on Dugout and Willow creeks. Con-
siderable range or Home creek was de-
st-oved. and we are informed that Cyrus
Allen on six Mile lost about twenty tons
Of fine sorghum and corn. Extensive fires
have also been burning On the northwest
flats, between this city aud Liberal. kgn-,
and also 20 the southeast Of Us IN Benton
county, bat VIA. the damage has hsen we
naye not heard How these fires original
ed IS seldom positively known, but = hau-
dred different acts Of eAreiessoess usaF be
the cause be ane, light buffalo grass
is now thoroughly cQre. and burns ike =
fash, a single spark. beng sui
CT =uL 70 start a blaze tas. sn.aT 6estruT
niles o. valuable winter rage. ProsaD.F
the Nos; common cause 81 these fires j.
tie sgaoalde-ing camp FIRE CT tsse trsyeleT.
from which eEDDers sre carried % the sf.r
rounding grass by Is sudden guss q winG.-
bat a match ca-ssessly dropped alter The
pipe IS lighted. the barniog paper VS..
from Misunderstanding gua, or dozen
other common practices. might DC iA-