The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-06

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| than three minutes sleep day over that
| Democratic investigation.
The Oklahoma Times-J Journal does not
think that there should be any reserva-
! tons in the state of Oklahoma.
The oyster season opens September the
| first and il looks like the Sac aud Fox
country would open Bbout the same time.
| There is no necessity for the Oklahoma
| man to turn over a new leaf, but he might
try his hand at turning over some new
sod.
1t is generally thought that George w.
Steele governs Oklahoma, but II viii be
| noticed that the courts do most OF the
ruling.
Governor Steele says that he can see no
reason why the reservations east cannot be
| opened by August 20. Now, that sounds
| something like.
According to the latest report the best
| farm III Oklahoma" is situated IN Logan,
| Oklahoma, Payne, Kingdsher, Cleveland
| and Canadian counties
The Democratic convention at FL Reno
| forgot to endorse a candidate for the pres
| idedtial nomination. What was the mat
| ter with that convention anyway
Col Crocker, of Oklahoma City, has
discovered an agate fountain on his place
with natural design on it. He wants It
TO be made the great seal of Oklahoma,
The military at last Seem 10 be taking
| the Cherokee strip dilema by the right
horn. They ought to be able TO get Il
pretty good hold on the Texas steers
horn too.
The first thing Governor Steele did when
he got TO Guthrie was 10 telegraph TO the
secretary of the interior that there were
10000 cattle on the strip and should be
driven off.
The habit of promiscuous shooting in
Oklahoma is dying out, for which IL Is
meet TO be thankful In another year the
only thing in that line will be when the
corn shoots right up through the ground.
Some of the Pottawatomie Indians are
kicking on the alloting agents. One,
John Clinton, has taken legal counsel
with view to auuuling or changing the
work done by the alloting agent IN his
|. case.
Thompson of the Guthrie News is a
bachelor, but he loves little children. In
late issue he says it is time for the little
boy TO sit on the curbstoue with big
watermelon in his lap, wiping his nose
with one hand and shooing flies with the
other
William Perry, of south Oklahoma, was
bitten Sunday by a centipede. He was
out on farm looking for his mules, and
in walking through the field he reached
down TO the ground and picked up fat
stone. The ceutipede was clinging to the
under side of tue stone and bit Perry
through the finger. He took shoe strin Z
and wrapped it tightly above and then
sucked the blood from the waUnd. 1t WAS
very painful but did not swell much. He
had doctor lance the wound after he got
to town and Is now getting along nicely.
Governor Steele: ''Before I left said
the governor, "at the request of Secretary
Noble, drafted a map showing my idea as
to where the new county boundaries and
county seat ought to be located. The sec
rotary observed these except as to Payne
aud Cleveland counties, which he made
much larger. | gave all counties go
square miles except Payne and Cleveland.
1t seemed impossible to give them this
area without great injustice to the est6b-
lished county seats and throwing these
counties into interminable county seat
wars; but the secretary seems to construe
the law to mean that all counties must
have 700 square miles.
lam studying the manner in which these
new lands should open and Will IN = few
days send on the recommendation already
asked for. 1t would seem that the more out
siders get the land the better 1t ought
to 90 to actual settlers. | want every old
soldier protected who wants home, but
do not want to see soldiers used by dis
honest agents" for purposes of fraud.
The secretary of the interior has said lie
would the land offices 10 accept as evidence
of fraud, and at once arrest, all parties
who presented for filing an unreasonable
number of soldiers declaratory statements.
| think iii order 10 give every one fair
show the proclamation should give ten
days notice of the opening of the lands
and that the interior department should
would give soldiers and all chance TO
select their land and prevent numerous
frauds and hundreds of contests. There
is no reason why the interior department
cannot made such a ruling. l think l
shall urge it,