Wichita eagle., 1890-01-08
fear from devastating hands as the Okla

fear from devastating hands as the Okla
hema game.
Texas can do one thing that Oklahoma
will probably not adopt-speak OF her
| coast lines.
| The metropoli of Oklahoma should COM
promise-one take governor and TIE other
the capital.
Contests are still beinL filed at the Gnth-
RE land Office, upwards OF l,5JJ being re
corded there now.
A G. A r. Post has been organized at
Norman, named the Albert Carter, and
has a mem bership Of fifty.
The contract has been let for the erec-
tion Of depot at Ell Reno. and wrok will
be commenced about January ID.
Those in Oklahoma architecturallY in
clined pass the winter evenings mostly IN
making front elevations of tue capitol.
Oklahoma was eight months old the
end OF December Most OF the Oklahoma
papers overlooked this item at the time.
II is not yet written in the stars" that
Oklahoma will be state, but when she
does come in, she may have an extra stri ye,
too.
The Indian at the head OF the editorial
page Of the Oklahoma Chief is said TO
favor Waiter Ellis OF the kingfsher New
World.
The gentlemen who get a mention but
not the governorship may console them
selves with the disputed fact that they
belong 10 the arIstocracy OF Oklahoma
Leavenworth sun: Four thousand ne
groes have already settled in Oklahoma
aud the chances are a colonization will be
formed. This accounts for the great loss
of population in Topeka.
conventions. \ few weeks ago townsite
convention met at this place, yesterday the
mayors convention, on the 18th viii be the
Republican convention, and the Z}d is set
for the Indian territory conference OF tho
". +. church.
Oklahoma City Journal. The Wichita
Eagles suggestion that we drown the two
factions in the biz ditch when the water
Is turned in. is a good one and viii be car
ried out, too. When dozen biz factories
get TO work. employing a Thousand men,
the factions Will be most efectually
drowned.
Nit Reynolds Is getting II all around
from confusion Of names in which he -
reported 70 have written "A book. One pa
per says: The Kansas City News j. aa-
thority for the statement that Nit Rsy-
nolds is the author Of book 70 be known
The Twin Helis-' Kansas aud Oxlabo-
ma are the places which reminded him %
the name II is thought the Ills % prohi-
bition will be len gthiiy dgei, upon.
The mayors Of Oklahoma are 4. J.
BeaIe. Oklahoma City, J. ID. Miles. Lis
bon: Frank Rector, Downs; K Hampton,
Lincoln. : y. Cornell, Noble. A bert Rem
ME. Noble; ". Il Wilson, KinGhsher: =.
X. smith. L4ington. u. ". Msrqaart.
Norman; J. r. Go-ifreY. Frisco. John Nc
Saish. Little River Fa}ls, Mayor Doaly.
Guthrie. Mayor StockslsZsr. Capitol Hin. (
Mayor Cannon. West GutET.e, Mayor
Canon, North GGtbTie.
Oklahoma Chief. There are bar three
streets IN Oklahoma City christeast with
I-dian names, and THESE are IN South I
Oklahoma - Choctaw Cnickaszv and |
Pottawstouie. IL SEEMS to ne tAAt this
ls q gross error Of taste ana proVrisry. The
language os the red unEr - rsDlet1 with /
soft. beautiful words which breathe u tie |
wild poetry and music of people fas. |
passing away. The Todisns srs soft
toDgued race Their lAug0sgs ss = poem
be towns q Oklahoma s@ould have pre-
served many beautiful words o. this Ian
guage IN the u&mes % the streets aud |
parks. What sense - there in numsr.czl !
rotation for street names "a Oklahoma
Tie men WHO named i F.-st. --csad, Third
etc, ulus. have bs1z zadly destitute ss
ideas S.aoish Bafnss iks ksao. Frisco.
Santa Fe and California are ur<ttF. blst
names like Main and Grand smack stroar-
ly of The favor os cbsstaut Then We
havs kobinsen. HsrTsy and Hudson A.
Esil name E0gr streets -rlith Brown or |
Jones. Suca uan8ss viii soreiy u,uxzIs = |
iae antiquarian of fke fuiure ~E~n hs
ce!Tss iato tbs Fuusty. cobgzstby p4ss !n /
qasss Q! tie biographies. os!gla q iEs !
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