The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-02
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

| Frisco mas joined the antl-SJeele crowd.
The Guthrie News is fighting the banks.
Oklahoma, it seems, is Ben Harrison's
pet.
''Waleedi," Indian poker, has struck
| Chicago.
! Norman is also hot on the track of the
| Choctaw.
! The Oklahoma papers are unanimous on
| statehood.
| Yesterday was an epoch in the history of
| the cowboy.
There is no Indian so good as the Indian
| territory Indian.
The Kingisher Capital seems to have an
attack of statu quo.
One of the parties among the Indians is
named '-Pull-backs."
! 10 Post is having new $500 residence
erected in kingfsher
"Our Brother in Red is d very queer
name for newspaper.
The prairie VOLTS are getting nearer to
Hennessey, every month.
There are not more than twenty-five lots
under contest in Saltwater.
East Guthrie had Jail delivery Satur-
day night. Four men escaped.
Guthrie had Chimes of Normally by
/ home talent compay last night
The Payne Hawk wants to know who is
the youngest editor in Oklahoma.
Nobody has ever figured out how much
that $40, 600 is worth t. Oklahoma.
They are still making ice-cream in the
sounthernmost regions of Oklahoma.
The Norman church row is anything but
creditable to the factors engaged in it.
Bishop Perkins: 'Open the strip TO set
tiers and negotiate for it afterwards"
Chief Mayes issued Thanksgivingproc
lamation, but nobody knows what for.
A real fresh interview with some public
man, on Oklahoma, would be refreshing
The townsite commissioners issued
deeds to the Saltwater people, Thanksgiv-
ing day.
The Edmond Sun didn't have one rooster |
in this week-not even sick Ventura
variety.
Minco is a bone-center None but the |
Indians are permitted to gather bones in |
the nation.
The very first thing Judge Harvey did /
after arriving in Washington was to write /
an interview.
The Messiah fakir and general CORES !
pendent has taken up temporary resi- |
dence in Guthrie.
The Guthrie Capital discovers that /
among its territorial exchanges Of the 4
week were thirty-seven editorials on state /
hood.
Is it lawful 10 send game out of the i
Indian territorys An Edmond man sent /
his father-who lives in Illinois, fine
young buck last week.
1t is said a movement is on foot among
several territorial tribes To journey to
a ba rcd Messiah he ]
visits them pretty quick
4 Kingfsher youth in the geography
class came near answering with mis- life
last week, by telling the school marin that
Guthrie was the capital Of Oklahoma.
The Payne Hawk gained forty new sub
scribers the last week This. however,
should not be taken as an invi alton for
any more papers to settle down in Still
water.
Somebody has discovered a mares nest
in Oklahoma He claims that the gov !
ernor and majority OF the members OF
the legislature have purchased a fine sec
ton of land centrally located in the terri
tory and viii put be capital there
In speaking of Oklahoma contests. Sec
rotary Noble in his annual report SAYS.
The work has not Yet been completed
and there have been no recent complaints
There are some town sites that may not be
able 10 bear the attendant expense. and
there may he need Of further legislation
for their relief"
Secretary Noble. in his annual report is-
sued this morning. says OF the Cherokee
strip; 1t will be in vain 20 attempt 70
open the vast regions Of the Indian reseT-
vations at any reasonable compensation 20
the Indians II they are allowed TO let them
To white men for grazing cattle. Al
though the money received Is small coIz-
pared 10 that the United states would pay
annually as interest for the trust fund de
rived from the lands the Indian will pre-
fer the cash which can be lost CT spent il
lew days each year without the careful
the government would give. The
results are complete bars TO advance
and the Indian policy Is defeated
IN many instances there l. good reason
70 believe that the money realized j. sp-
propriated by few among the more de-
signing Of the Indians and does not reach
the majority Of the tribe 81 ali OF n bot
small sums. Moreover these cattle that
are pastured are not themselves taxed
and come into the market IN competition
with the beeves OF farmers who pay taxes !
both on their lands and cattle. Their /
number an1 their churches are the results ?
II an Illegal traffic, and their cSners 4
should u allowed 10 SUCH unjust aava1-
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