The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-28
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

| Seward has new addition that is bigger
than the town.
! On June 9th Perkins will vote on the
agricultural college bonds.
| The Indians market wild strawberries
| in large quantities at Norman.
| Oklahoma City Gazette: The great In
| dian governor, Byrd, seems to be Jay.
| Bee Guthrey is opposed TO the grand
| jury system and writes column editorial
to prove it.
The editor of the Oklahoma City Gazette
used to be an editorial writer on the Chi
cago Tribune.
Everybody is agreed in Oklahoma on
this item in regard to the new lands.
Don't be sooner"
Marshal Grimes rode hundred miles
on horseback on his way from Beaver
county to Kingisher
Guthrie News: There are a good many
different views of the Itata, but the
Charleston has not yet had one.
Unfortunately for the reputation of the
territorial police, that story about the
capture of the Dalton boys is pronounced
fake,
The saloon men of Hennessy have re-
fused to pay their license until a state
ment of the city expenditures is published
as required by law.
August has been decided upon by a
great many as the date when the Sac and
Fox country will be thrown open. This is
only sixty days off.
Rye in Oklahoma has suffered some
from bugs at the roots. The fact that
Oklahoma is very near prohibition state,
is something quite apparent
Last Sunday Hamlin Sawyer's printers
at Oklahoma City got too familiar with
the flowing bowl and he had to fire them.
But he got out paper all the same.
Oklahoma farmers say that wheat from
seed which was raised in Oklahoma stands
from six inches to a foot higher than
from seed brought in from the states.
The base ball game between Guthrie
and Saltwater was draw. AS there was
supposed to be $500 up on side and the
crowd wanted to see the money turned
over publicly, this was the only way left
to fix it up.
There is a boomer at Arkansas City
who wants to settle on the Nez Perces
right away and see if the administration
thinks more of honest settlers than Texas
long horns. But be had better wait till
he hears from the president.
Oklahoma City Journal: Col. Croker
says that the hail destroyed about 1900
pounds Of onion seed for him. He had
three acres of seed onions which stood so
thick over the ground that the heads al
most touched. But of course no such
crop could stand hail storm.
The Beaver City Tribune does not be-
lieve its country was intended for farm
ing. 1t says: After five years experience
had by the farmers in this and southwest
Kansas in trying to raise grain, 1t would
be about as sane and sensible a proceeding
to take pail and get out on one of our
sand hills and sit down and wait for cow
to back up TO be MIXED
The following extracts from q letter
written by Commissioner Stone to the
register and receiver of the Oklahoma City
land Office in the Ell Reno case will be of
interest rs bearing upon one phase Of the
From the admissions of Mr.. Foreman
on three different occasions between the
4th and Goth of April, 1889, he travelled !
over the military road between Fort Sill
and Caldwell, Kan, which passes through
the northwest corner of the territory open !
ed TO settlement by the presidents procla- /
nation of March %, 1889, but the nearest |
the land in controversy is seventeen or
eighteen miles distant. His entrance /
within the border of said territory on those |
occasions was for the purpose of cOnsum- I
mating certain matters OF business, and /
not for the purpose of making a selection 1
Of land or gaining an undue advantage /
over any one on the approaching date OF .
he opening of said territory to settlement. /
Therefore he alleges that he did not enter .
said territory until Immediately after !
aeon of April % 1889, when be entered /
with the crowd and made the selection of |
A homestead, and subsequently filed and /
entered the tract in controversy, as above
stated.
As TO his qualifications as homesteader
10 doubt can be entertained. Beyond
question he entered Oklahoma in cOmpli-
lnce with the presidents proclamation.