The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-04
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The Seminoles elected their chief yes
| terday.
| Who is the man who wants to go to con
| gress from Oklahoma?
| Frisco is to have a cotton gin and mill
| for extracting oil from cotton seed.
The editor of the Norman Transcript IS
another man who likes Governor Steele.
| The military supplies for Fort Sill are
now freighted by wagon to the post from
Purcell.
| There are lots of fellows in Oklahoma
| trying to be politicians, who were never in
politics before.
1t must worry some people dreadfully
because they can't call the new territorial
officers 'sooners."
Payne wants to be the county seat of its
county and thereby hangs the chances Of
a county seat war.
The Democrats Of the county organized
at Frisco, last Saturday. The Democrats
have plenty of time TO do that.
Threats have been made 10 destroy the
records of south OklahOmaand the records
have been placed in charge of an officer.
The report that Walter Ellis, of the
Kingfsher World, is working for some
thing is probably correct just so long as IL
doesn't exclude bread.
There is no doubt Of it now-Norman's
cotton gin is almost completed. In this it
looks like Norman is going 70 scoop the
other Oklahoma towns.
The new pontoon bridge across the river
south Of Frisco is about completed and
will be of great benefit TO the town as we'll
as a great convenience 10 the vicinity on
the south.
The Creeks are having difficulty in col
he lease
Phoenix says that nation viii lose $4,000
taxes due on cattle, unless their officials
collect at once.
The terminus Of the Rock Island road IS
at point on Buggy creek, in the extreme
northwest corner OF the Chlckasaw nation.
Stock yards win be put u there, and the
place is to be named MingO-
Oklahoma City and county have organ
lied The Oklahoma Agricultural Fair
joint stock company OF Il with capital Of
8. 000-5O0 shares at SO each.
The Arkansas statutes makes swearing
an ofTense, and this law now applies 20 the
Indian country, 80 when a Purcell man
wants 10 swear now he goes out into the
back yard and sticks his head IN the els
tern
One citizen of Oklahoma City advises
another through q newspaper 20 keep his
shirt on There is probably 10 other town
in the territory where the right ri point
ing out errors in etiquette ia a fellow citi-
zen Is exercised as much as n oklahoma
City
It Is secretly whispered that the Louis
lana State Lottery company Is secretly
planning 70 purchase a charter from the
coming legislature OF Oklahoma, but IL
that is 50, the state Lottery might as well
know it now a. ever that they can not
purchase a charter from Oklahoma
The Noble Democrat man took 2 ride
into the country last week and SAYS that
the crops are looking remarkably well
Corn aud cotton IS being worked cut and
the stand is generally good We saw one
field of cotton that had from thr-e 70 four
leaves 20 the stalk, but has never bssa
worked, yet II j. growing nicely Oats are
heading out and viii soon Be ready foz the
harvester. Nearly every farmer has a.
orchard planted 0ut N different varlet5es
Of fruits and the trees are all looking
healthy, and should nothing befaII the1
fruit VIII Dc plentiful II Little River
county two years hence. The country
east OF Noble Is certainly beautiful and
from the appearance Of the growing crops