The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-11
OKLAHOMA IN BRIEF.

Guthrie is talking cotton-gin, but is no
splitting cotton on the question.
Thirty-nIne certificates have so far beer
issued by Superintendent Cough, Il
teachers in Cleveland county.
District court commenced at Norman
Monday. The Transcript says the pros
poets are good for an extended session.
A number of the younger Cheyenne and
Arapahoe Indians are members of the
Young Mems Christian association at the
Darlington agency.
The negroes are coming to Oklahoma a:
/ reported. A delegation of forty-eight ar
rived IN Guthrie Thursday from Arakan
sas, and 700 more are at Little Rock on
their way
Rev. Henry C. Fleenor arrived in Null
hall Tuesday, having been transferred
from the Puget Sound conference and con
signed to the PASTORAL work OF the NJ Z
church at that place.
South Oklahoma is enjoying boom in
the building of new residences. The
| Times says they are going up on all sides
IN manner astonishing even to an old
resident. The Ell Reno Eagle makes The
statement In regard to that city.
The Baptist church at Oklahoma City
seems to be just flying. Friday night the
trustees of tue church met and by unanl-
nous consent asked Rev. w. II. Nichols
/ TO remain as their pastor another year
and as an inducement increased his salary
$50 making 1t now 81, 100 per annum.
| Yukon is the latest addition to Okla
| hOma's cities, and one which Is attracting
considerable attention. 1t is located in
the Canadian valley, on the line of the
/ Choctaw railway, about midway between
FL Keno and Oklahoma City, and is the
only station on the line of that road be-
tween the points mentioned.
Norman Tran script: There is evidently
something rotten about Oklahoma's mail
service. Frequently mail matter coming
from u distance of a few miles is long
enough on the way to make trip to Chi
cago. A long suffering public would ap-
preclate change in either the methods or
men on some of the mail routes.
The proposition to hold the mass con-
vention of the Chickasaw citizens favoring
allotment and statehood at Ardmore, dur
ing the March session of the federal court,
meets with general favor. The leaven is
working. More than five papers in the
Indian territory are now advocates OF
allotment and statehood, though the five
stood alone for some time. Only two
openly preach against it.
If the capital city don't look leedle oud
she is liable to let some of her irons burn.
Here is partial list of those she has in
the fire: A new hotel, cotton gin,
system, free mail delivery, bridge across
the Cimarron, county buildings including
jail. and big boom advertising scheme.
There Is nothing like having something to
do
FL Reno Eagle: The Guthrie land Office
makes a splendid showing for the fisca
year ending June 80, 1880. The following
statistics are taken from the government
reports:
Total entries for the year. ........ 1853
Acreage covered. ..........-.. 623,s II
Total receipts. ....................S5 1 ,9S3. 30
Incidental expenses. 3,O(o.3O
Kingfsher's showing is as follows:
Total entries. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3,42l
Acreage covered NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 4fo, 40
Total receiptS..... ...............S 42 S:I3. 90
incidental expenses. .........-... 4,3US.40
This showing reflects very favorabiy
upon the officers ofthe Guthrie land Office,
Messrs. c. NJ Barnes and John L. Ollie.
Decisions are rendered at the rate of three
per day and the docket will be cleared by
June 80, 1891.
The old officers of Logan county have
entered formal protest against the canvass
ing Of the votes polled February a. the
special election for county and township
officers, and the issuing of certificates of
election to anyone by the commissioners,
upon the ground that said election was IL
legal and therefore void The point
raised is that the act of the territorial leg
islature, under which the election was
held, and which difines who are qualified
electors certified to vote does not 20 into
effect until March J. next, consequently no
one is "A qualified voter until the date
named. The situation is the same in all
the counties, and if the protest of the
Logan county officers is sustained the
election thr ughOut the territory will be
void and the old appointive officers will
continue to serve until the next regular
election. unless the governor shall order
another special election after March /. The
case will DE decided without delay.
The Territorial Board of Education in
the selection of text books has done alto
gether the best thing for the people OF the
territory. They found, after thorough in
vestigation, that it WAS impossible TO COM
ply with the law in regard TO the purchase
of books, and they then proceeded to the
adoption of books with reference to both
their quality and the cost to the people.
They selected for the most part books
which already predominant in the schools
of the territory. which are among the best
that are made, and secured them on terms
which make them practically free TO the
pupils. The board has struck splenold
bargain, and the people fully appreciate It
The Board of Educa ion adopted the fol-
lowing list of textbooks for use III the
public schools Of the territory:
McGuffey's Revised Speller.
McGuffey's Readers->iX books.
Wayside and Seaside series of supple
mentary readers-Three books.
Rays Arithmetics-Pri int -rmedi-
ate. practical and higher.
Thompson's Intellectual Arithmetic.
Barnes primary and complete geogra-
phi 5.
Electric Physical Geography.
Barnes L. 5. Histories.
Townsend's Civil Government
Pathfinder series OF physiol-ies (SteePs).
Steele's Natural Philosophy.
WentwOrth's School Algebra.
Thompson's System OF Free Hand Draw
ing.
Electric System of Penmanship.