The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-10
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

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| Oklahoma.
| Beaver has no jeweler. Most people out
| there go by the sun.
| They have bird out in Beaver county
called the heel fly"
The Hardesty Herald is a blooming
sheet at that little town.
The affairs of the Cherokee nation are
said to DE on the verge of crisis.
The Choctaw road will do much to right
the mail difficulties in Oklahoma.
Hop tea" can be sold in the Choctov
nation In accordance with the law.
Now that all chance for war is over we
will probably hear from Bill Hackney.
You never hear of the man in Oklahona
who advertises, complain Of hard times.
A Kingfsher man has been worked BY a
Guthrie bunco steerer. This may lead to
war.
The attempts of the prisoners in the
Oklahoma City jail were frustrated by the
officers.
Beaver about half expects to get a spur
of the Rock Island railroad down from
Meade.
The Oklahoma City canal is brimful of
water and is the JOY of the Oklahoma City
mans heart
Every farmer who comes into Edmond.
Is said to take wagon load of fruit trees
home with him.
1t is said that there will be five times as
much cotton raised in Oklahoma this year
as there was last.
Beaver has it's face in the direction of
cheese factor. The plan seems plausible
and ought to succeed.
If the present crop outlook holds out,
there will be no aid appropriations or
solicitations, next fall
You can smell beer gooG deal palmer
In Guthrie now than you could a week
ago The election opened up spring.
The last aid was dealed out in Oklahoma
last week. The applicants for the last two
or three issues have dwindied to few.
There are men in Oklahoma who conf
IDENTIFY believe that there will be a snow
storm this mona. All odds are against
them.
Guthrie claimed to have candidate in
the recent campaign who was not pledged
This Is asking the public to believe good
deal.
The Mendelssohn quartette is doing"
Oklahoma. Ii they will entitle piece of
music Gun Play" they may succeed
fairly.
The T. O. o. F. lodge at Norman Is talk
Ing OF giving grand ball on the aight OF
April o. to celebrate Oklahoma's second
anniversary.
Judge Green of the Guthrie district Is
900 cases behind on his docket aud Judge
Clarke OF the Oklahoma district is 600
cases behind on the calendar for trial
The Terriils are trying to get released on
bail. Their case was argued before Judge
Green at Guthrie on Saturday, and then
taken under advisemenG by that gentle
man.
Oklahoma dosen't want to be too sweet
on Kansas City's commercial congress. 1t
is scheme to beat Galveston's deep water,
ton are identical.
Paul Boynton, the Indian printer, re-
Gently received large silver medal from
President Harrison, as the token Of the
esteem in which he is held by the govern
ment, as an interpreter.
Oklahoma City is talking of the o. K.
c. and G. R. r. 80" does not stand for
Oklahoma, but Omaha; * c." does not
stand for Kansas City, but Kansas Gen.
trail; the sc" for Galveston.
Indian Helper: Miss Clark is ordered
to the Indian territory to allot lands to
the Poncas and Pawnees. She left for
Washington yesterday morning for spe
ciai instructions from the secretary of the
interior. Miss Clark has made many
friends at our school Carlisle, Pa.,) dur
has endeared herself to the hearts of her
pupils. The work to which she is assigned
is arduous and important, but she will do
1t as we'll as any man could.
The Knights and Ladies of Honor have
purchased two lots in Oklahoma City and
will erect building to cost $40, 600 for the
benefit of the new grand jurisdiction and
IN honor of the late deceased Supreme
Protector John L. Milburn, of Kentucky.
The block will be called 'Milburn Block"
The corner stone will be laid by Milburn
Lodge on May Goth, T. and c. +. Waldron,
Past Protector, officiating, assisted by the
Supreme Degree Staff. II will be a three
story building, stores, offices and lodge
rooms.
The subject of the opening OF the Wich- |
ia reservation is the topic of discussion in |
The southwestern part of the Indian terri |
,ory and the border of Texas. 1t is urged |
hat in the treaty with the Cheyennes the |
commission did not get possession Of the |
Wichita and Caddo country at all. The |
Cheyennes claim that it still belongs to |
The Wichita's and Caddos, and that an |
agreement with them must be reached |
md ratified before the country can be |
opened 1t is believed, however, that |
t is the intention to ignore all claims of |
he Wichitas and Caddos, as no treaty or |
agreement with them was ever ratified by /
congress At present it appears that at |
he best these Indians can only hope for |
he privilege of taking allotments on their |
present domain. Their reservation is said |!
o be a fine body of land, well watered and |
Tery fertile.
A dispatch from the Sac and Fox agency |
lated the 9Th says that allotting agents, |
emery. Payne and Walker, have got fairly |
o work. and that some Fox ailotments |
lave already been made. Popo Stanley, |
IN industrious and well educated Sac |
indian, was the first to have his land |
marked out and assigned to him. He is
,uying agricultural implements and seed,
md Will cultivate large portion Of his
and this season. AS many OF the old cor
Ter stones have been defaced or destroyed
nd as the angle has varied considerably
ince the survey of the country made some
eventeen years ago. il will be necessary to
esurvey the entire reservation, establish
orners and make field notes for the same
hree months. Two surveying expe-
itions have already QUILTED and
eft the agency this week, One
lnder Alloting a gent Payne. went north
o begin operations in the vicinity of the
Id Turkey creek ranch headquarters. aud
he other under c. p. Walker went south
o begin work at the northeast corner Of
he nation. In the meantime. while the
urvey Is in progress, the alotn1ents will
but the boundaries cannot be |
determined until the new sur
ey IS completed.