The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-16
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The Indian question: Ugh How
muchl"
Governor Steele goes to Indiana today or
tomorrow.
1t is never out of season TO talk Of Okla
homa's superiority,
With the Cheyenne country opened,
Oklahoma with have fifteen counties.
Governor Steele when it comes TO facts
and figures, Is something OF a boomer
himself
Terrill. the man who is charged with
murder has written patriotic acrOstic on
George Washington
Tecumseh Herald: Watermelons were
traded Tor corner lots at Chandler. Costly
watermelOns or cheap lots.
Blakeuey's contest on the TOWNSHIP OF
Norman has been squelched by Secretary
Noble, in q final decision on the appeal
It is said that the majority of the people
in Oklahoma are in favor Of giving more
than thirty days notice before an opening.
Some men in Oklahoma have a. high as
three homes: One in Kansas, one In Okla
homa aud one in the new country 10 the
east.
Canadian county, enlarged. has a big lot
OF Indians as citizens The Indians will
have lots Of money, but they don't pay
taxes
One man who had selected the top Of =
cliff about thirty feet high at Chandler,
said: Now, / liked TO see the man who
can jump this"
When a man first meets Frank Greer. be
usually takes his name TO be Greon, but be
does not have 20 talk 90 Frank iOng 10 hnc
that he Is not green.
Shrewd observers say that the Texas
in ga mi herr a. NlANaHUmA
are being bought Out gradually and are
returning 20 their native state.
Chandler News: The Sac and Fox In
dams will receive $40 payment In
few days. and the merchants % Chandler
will get It ali. The pay station Is twelve
miles east.
A man will have four chances % get
claims before Oklahoma Is settled MP II
he didn't get one M first. he had the
eastern country TO 10y on, II be dido't get
one then. the Cheyenne country - lcif,
and then II he fails he can make a ran ln
the Chero see strip Aud II he dozen get
one ia any of these races be isn't much Of
a man.
With the recent appointments made By
Governor Steele the officers Of county b
are as follows Sheriff, Jesss j. Grahamf
probate ia ge. William X. Asher; county
attorney, J. II Woods; county clerk. o.
car G. Lee; treasurer. John McCartneyi
county superintendent. W. w. Asher
commissioners. Samuel Clay, Harvey q.
Beard aud Albert NJ. CisrdY; justices Of
the peace. John C. King sBd I. X Cook.
County surveyor and register Of deeds
will not be appointed for some time
Any Sac and Fox or Iowa Indian can be
come a citizen by taking tbs oath 81 AZ
I-siauce. aud after doing 50 be loses none
Of bis rights as an Indian. Tbs United
o.. -. - -
for selling whisky 70 an Indian. The local
law makes IL obligatory on a saloon keeper
to sell citizen anything be calls Tor II
citizen Indian calls for liquor, under the
Isc4l law be bas grounds for an action y
he is re- used. and IL the dealer sells it "a
him the said dealer Is liable under The
United States statutes for having sold
liquor 20 an Indian.
A correspondent of the Guthrie Capital
says. "Wnile walking down the street Of
A dmore the other dAy, / happened -
notice a small company u Isdlans gath
cred on the corner engaged ia Lively con
versaii0n which was occasionally br0kan
By loud outbursts o. Laughter. Curious 70
know the canss q - much msrrimeDt
among them tas they are usually qaistl
stepped up 70 the crowd - ones saW
that "A old woman foF squasJ Hss tbs
csuter Of attraction. she vas talking ~
lively rafe and VERY much excited, Wills
the Indlaus around Der we're shaking her
hand tn a ffissdly manpsr Do qnsstion-
M ooe u the indians about The Old
woman I uss informed that she Wa
Csiekzsaw and lived about thirty miles
from Ardmors ssd that sbs b ths oisisss
81 the tribe now liTing She - 100 ysars Il
age and eaa est a. hearty a. ever, yak
around a. much a. most women talk ~
readily a. ever aud can rsfnsDb~F every
lhing q iEnp0TtaDos that has occurred
synonz ths tribs for signty-dTs ysAra
Her eyes!ght j. also good NJ IL
IorrnsDt also STATED that ths Cd LADY
very seldcu came 20 town o. lstt Der
home a. al. hence her presrncs - Ca
sccasfoned the ex63tSnspt arzooa tee Ia
fans who met Der. When ste Haa -
reArs Of age abs weighed 10 shs poH
ssizhs eizhty-niss and ssr BAR q - Hsiss
- s80w."