The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-17

: crop prospects has convinced the farmers
that this Is an excellent cotton country.
: ana next year thousands of acres OF Cana
dian county land Will be devoted to cotton
culture.
An idea Of the class of people who in
/. haoit Oklahoma may be drawn from the
TACT that at "a recent enumeration in one
district Of this county. out of "A population
OF l,oUO, only three over the age Of ten
years were found who could not read and
write. says the f. Reno Eagle This. too.
IN township the population Of which was
hlaue 40 from nearly a dozen states in
Guiding several in which illiteracv Is sun
posed 70 have a firm foothold. lt simply
indicates that only the more enlightened
people OF the various states came To Okla
homa 10 live.
Oklahoma City Journal: News from
!NcoSee i TO the effect that quite num-
Of Indians were naturaiized lately.
| .'e 1nerokees and Greeks We're represent
"a IbeY are only small number OF
what Is TO follow. This il the second lick
| OF the wedge that Will split the b l. T. all
| up. Opening of Oklahoma was the wadCa
/ ana the election. just past, the first lick
! on the wedge The taking of lands in sew
| crafty by the Indians viii nevsr cease I'M
| III all are made citizens OF the United
/ states IL l. inevitable and will settle
! ,hls great Indian question that has been a
| bother TO the United States since the dis
| coverY OF America by Christopher Colum-
ous. Speed the day for il Is best for all
concerned.
Guthrie Capital: :. f. Iuem. G.. G.
W mans and G. H. Bennett were up from
Edmund this week The Sup founded
ana so ably run by the late Aiilt Reynolds.
came out only IN small supplement form
TINS week Next week il will 20 into new
hands. Today Mr.. Bennett will qualify IA
administrator of the Reynolds estate Mr..
Ninans Is "A nephew OF Mrs. Reynolds He
WAS at one time a member Of the State
Herald company here. lie came out from
hamburg, Mich, To where he will return
thls week, accompanied by Mrs. Reynolds
and her daughters, who will be absent
some months.
Purcell Register: The story has been
revived and the news is again being circu-
lated OF vast gold discoveries in the Chey-
enne reservation north of the Red River OF
leNaS. 10 has been known for many years
thaJ mineral did exist in paying quauiitio,
IN The Wichita mountains and that A. soon
as the country was thrown open to settle
ment startling disclosures will be made.
A gentleman has Just shown Us a specimen
rlch with gold that he brought from that
country only week or So AGO some
parties from Texas a few wears ago went
hunting into these mountains and To make
the Cheyennes think they were hunting
game only, they carried their women along
with them. The redskins kept such a clos,
watch upon the party that they had but
httie chance 10 prospect Some splendid
specimens were discovered and brought
back- 1t Is an open secret that several
parties have been known 20 40 10 those
mountains and that be the last ever heard
Of them. We saw a partial remains Of
q man, taken from the creek that flows
from those hills aud could never learn any
hing about him. The sheriff of CLAW
county had the remains placed in "a newly
made grave and no doubt strange stories
'ould be told by this man had he lived All
be people along the bOrderarp certain that
zoid ia large quantities will be found IN
ms country when the time comes a large
Iarty has been enlisted and IL backed by
uch men as senator IngHls aud Plumb. 10
'lslt the reputed gold fields and see what can
,e found. All this Is 10 take place this fall
We predict an enormous rush aS soon "a
ne president shall declare TIN. country
pen for settlement By his proclamation.
ne pest part or the gold country is about
wo hundred miles southwest OF tai.
Ountry.