Wichita eagle., 1889-10-09

Oklahoma City Will have a new hotel
shortly.
Level-headed people are planting fruit
| trees all over the beautiful land
Saltwater has lost no time talking about
it, but has a good school already in full
blast.
The people who came into Oklahoma
sooner than noon Oh the 22d are going out
as ''sooners."
a man was arrested near Saltwater
on the charge of cutting and selling gov
ernmeut timber.
| People will have to import meat for the
| mince pies in Oklahoma this year, but it
/ shall not be SO III 1890.
! Edmond is the center of a very productive
section and it will probably make the
| grain center OF Oklahoma.
/ Lexington opened her schools last Mon
/ day. Lexington Is another town Ia Okla
homa that don't forget the children.
The saw Mi Is at Saltwater are behind,
| on account Of the log men not beiuS able
to keep up sufficient supply OF timber.
The city council has given lot TO Lucy,
the infant daughter Of John MyeT and
wife-it being the first child born IN Still
water.-Stiliwater Standard.
Saltwater will have over two hundred
buildings before winter. II may not be
generally known, but Saltwater has al
eye on the capitol.
Edmond Sun: We are not standiug in
with the painters, but we would he 10
see every building in Edmond painted IL
ADDS 50 much II tAe attractlveness OF the
town % say nothing Of the value in pre-
serving tie buildings.
Lexington Transcript: Over three hun
dred thousand dollars viii soon b. distrib-
r+..I - fr.~r-
greater portion of this none ywill be spent
either here or AZ purcell. Our merchants
should be prepsred to secure their fun
share Of this trade.
Oklahoma is daily becoming kansas
lied" They now have Professor Drake.
a weather prophet HIS name would i'm
ply that he IS duck" too.-Wichita
EAGLE.
Shoot hint Let the drake become
dead duck. No room for a weather prophet
IN Oklahoma peach prophet might be
tolerated.-Edmond Sun.
There is mutual jumping Of lots at
Saltwater; but it is done with all possible
good will and congeniality. An ode leads
to that conclusion:
con, had good lot in Saltwater.
IL vas worth one hundred or more.
But some sou-of-a-gun has jumped II.
And now m looking for gore
A Herald man jCurneyed 10 Saltwater
the other day and on our meauderIngs
across the Saltwater valley we were shown
the historical spot known As boomer fort
located on the north bank Of the STU water
This place u full OK interest and CURIOSITY
The log huts used rs forts for the yrotec-
t3ou OF the occupants are still standing.
covered with dense mass Of vines and IN
erorush--HerAld.
Edmond sun: The bronzei beauties Of
autumn VIII now appear. Golden October. /
the bright particular month Of the golden 1
rod, a jane % of the rose. has come with I
It's wealth OF rich. a1tgmnai beauty. and /
what grand vista wall be spread b~fore ]
the enraptured gaze of the admirers % the /
beautiful Oklahoma, the beautiful. xiii I
shine with & borrowed luster when she the 4
land Ok the fair god, puts 90 her splendid
equipsgs and her varied landscape j. 4
cos he'd with the emerald giorles OF the i
brilliant October Sun
The men who are taking clafms In the +
oak timber w.u fad that they viii nave
mast enough on their places 70 KEEP good
sized btlucses Of hogs mere were several \
hog ranches along ths CimArron oef0re tEss
stock men were ordered out. and who kett
the hogs entirely on the mast On April
- acorns were Still covering the ground ia
the oak groves. and they were a. bright
and sound as they were on tie day tnsy
fell from tbs treez-OkIaAouA Clty
Journal
Il has been asserted by some critic. TIA.
the population ot Oklahoma VIA mainly !
Impec1niOus, adventurous and lswiszs II
5 not tr1e- L glance az the prosperous
towns, and another glance a: their thrifty /
citizens win force tie jast conclusion
that the great ma oTitY Of our population
are upright, law-eosdiog. jasEsce-loving
men and women. bent on securing homes !
for themselves and their children aGd lay
ing eeceatly and IN order tie foundation
u great state with nee
houses. los. o. wood and tro- /
paced circulating library. Saltwater viii
make very comfortable winter % Is,
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