The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-15
ALL OVER THE TERRITORY.

: The Journal SAYS it will cost the people
of Kingfisher. all told, about sl9.OJO u
) prove up the town and receive deeds.
: Canadian county will hold a special cleo
ton Tuesday. February Il, 10 determine
; the permanent location OF the county sc
The last mum Der of the Cherokee Advo
= cate contains the obituary notice OF NlCh
olas Six Killer, OF the Going Snake dis
trict.
The only Republican elected IN King
. fisher county was W. H. henson, VINO va va
elected Justice of the peace In AlhSHsAei
township.
In Kingfsher county the commissioners
made no record of the vote for superintend-
ent and register of deeds, those ofnces ho'
being provided for in the TERRITORIAL Jaws
The Edmond sun says a farmer OF that
neigh borhood last season raised 100 oIsh-
els of sweet potatoes on one-thlrd or a.
acre of ground, and ], go peas from sin
gle pea.
Fl. W. Sawyer, editor of the Oklahoma
City Times. has gone 10 Washington, ID
c., to endeavOr to secure an Appropriation
for furnishing seed to Oklahoma farmers
in the spring.
Final proof of the Mulhall tOwnsitA was
made ut the United States land office nj
all get deeds TO their property, consequent
ly all are happy.
Commander Wade at Fort FL Reno says
he has investigated the reported Invasion
of the strip and finds that there are no
! boomers in the strip, and IL IS not neces-
sary TO 20 there with troops.
The townsite commissioners at King
fisher have been enjoiued by Mr.. Wood
through his attorney, +. f. Gillett, against
further proceedings on the north bali OK
the town The case has gone to the su
preme court.
The report that Bass Reeves had been
| killed by Ned Christie in Flint district,
Cherokee nation lat week, was without
| foundation. Reeves was 80 miles away
from he reported place at the time OF the
alleged killing.
Steve PensOnan a KickapOo Indian. ser
geant of the Indian police of the hicka-
| poo. PottawarOmie, Iowa and Sac and Fox
| nations, was snot from his horse a little
after dark Sunday night and Instantly
/ killed, near ShawneetOwn.
The mystery which seemed to surround
/ the irbin affair, some days since, has been
/ cleared away Saturday the little 4 ca '-
/ old child, which had wandered away, was
/ found about mile and half from its
/ home, where il had frozen to death.
| The Sun SAYS the best and most Travelled
road that leads to the Iowa and klckapOO
country is from Edmond. IL Is the old
government post road aud runs in direct
line from Edmond east TO the Sac and Fox
country and is twenty miles nearer than
from any other point.
Judge Clark, at Norman. Thursday,
ordered the commissioners, through
maudamus procedure, 10 canvass the vote
and issue certificates Of election. The
Capital says this i no test whatever OF the
legality of the vote and the Judge In no
way alluded to this point 1t will probaD-
ly 20 into The courts.
Some of the base ball boys Of Oklah oma
City are talking up base ball league for
the territory II l. the purpose to join
Oklahoma City, Guthrie. kiugfsher. FL
Reno Norman and Purcell in a territorial
league The Journal says if the orgaui
cation is perfected the boys will secure
ground near that city and have IL enclosed
and fixed up.
The Kingffsher Journal says: Many
people are coming in every day and wait
ing for the Cheyenne and ArapahOe coun
try, which Is soon TO open up to settlement.
\ preJtler country was never seen, with
its numerous streams OF pure water, its
vast and extended prairies and its beauti-
ful forests This country will furnish
homes for Il, 900 homesteaders.
county has become a triangular one.
Canadian City, a new town on the Chloe
taw has stepped into the arena. and pro-
poses 10 fight for the prize. This CGmpii-
Gates the fight and makes 1t uncertain.
The fight was supposed TO lie between RI
Reno and Frisco, but Canadian City IS
now in the fight aud is doing lot Of active
hard work.
Oklahoma City is all arog over double
-. -. ..
hood of that place a day or two ago The
names Of the parties, as given by the Ga
zette. are Jack Rucker Abe Hathaway.
Birdie Fuller and Alma Linconfelter The
Gaz-tte says the incident has set the
tongues Of the gossips awaggiug. S'DOse
they can wag on, as FAR A. tDe quartette
named care.
Governor Steele. feeling that he could
not return 20 Washington soon, wrote an
extensive letter 70 President Harrison
touching essential matters. He earnestly
asked that some seed be furnished the de5-
titute farmers 81 the territory AZ once
with which 20 plant their spring crops.
Ia the letter u Was shown The few neigh
bors with plenty lived next door 20 borrow
from and that immediate action with re-
gard % the supply Of seed was necessary.
Guthrie Capital
The reports given out that the civilized
IN Bes IN the territory favor the proposition
FOR them TO take aliotmeuts o. land pre-
paratory 20 statehood for that part q the
Indian Territory. seems 70 have ben pre-
mature and without foundation The
Purcell Topics Fish creek correspondent
says: "Ninety-uiue out % every hundred
citizens are opposed 70 f. Not only /
among the ChoCtaws and ChickasaVTs - y
the case, but il is the expressed viii q the
Eve civilized tribes that thls country
should remain a. Il = q, present
The Guthrie Capital explains the action I
q the Unlted states senate j. passing the
measure extending the Nebraska laws
over Oklahoma until July J. Along
about the middle q Deceuber las and !
while our territorial legislature vas IN
session, Eiany p-oTls feared that that
bodv harsng wasted if- tine 90 capital I
bills. would sdj1uru without providing the (
necessary legislation and the territory {
would Be left without laTs. Governor I
steele teIegrapbed President Harrison the Z
danger be appre Blended anu urged min % 4
Az the matter before couZress and ak I
that me laws Of Nebraska y again put ga I
operation IN this terrItory. The rres5deut 4
promptly compiled with the governor f
request Meanwhile howevsr. the
legislature bT ezrra eEsrtions |
rs.ssd god code q law
arrived Bu. the president's recommend. F.
and lzy u the desk q tie senate clerk ~ 4
matters wzs taken up sld passsG The 4
venting me gassAEs % tALs bsll b. the .
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