The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-11
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.


OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.
The Guthrie News hoists the straight
ial page.
The cotton gin at Purcell burned to the
ground Thursday evening, entailing a loss
Of Sc 600.
The Times-Journal says the proceeds of
the fair will pay all expenses and leave
handsome balance in the hands Of the
treasurer.
c. NJ. Scott of Arkansas City, says he is
sure that gangs Of thieves occupy a por
ton of the Indian territory south OF his
ranch, and that there are not enough men
in Cowley county TO uuearch and capture
them.
The Jury in the Puthuf case, on trial at
Norman, at 9:30 O'Clock on Friday morn
ing reported a verdict Of manslaugh ter.
The case has been long and costly one to
Cleveland county. The jury went out on
the case at II clock Tuesday.
The Norman cotton gin started up
Wednesday on the first run of the season,
and is ginning steadily day and night.
Cotton is coming in at a rapid rate and
the crop viii be much heavier in this yic!n-
ity than it was expected TO be.
The Edmond News says: If the farmers
in building wire fences would run a wire
connected to each strand on the fence into
the ground couple of feet, it would pre-
vent lightning killing stock laying or
standing near the fence. This should be
repeated every two or three rods.
The commission offers 100000 to the
Kiowas and Comanches for the surplus
lands of their reservation. and the Indians
ask 81, 500 COO The Minstrel says this
means trade at the figure of the commits
sion, but to accept it promptly would not
be in keeping with the character Of the
Conanches or the Kiowas either.
In regard TO the desire of the Comanches
to go into New Mexico the Minstrel has
had a talk with man well acquainted
with the whole subject and fresh from the
agency He denies the truth OF such re-
port entirely, but confirms the statement
given elsewhere in this paper about the
readiness Of the Indians to treat with the
commission.
Michael Strader, a bridge builder from
Guthrie, was very badly injured at Kill
dare yesterday He was at work at the new
depot and fell from the scaffold to the
floor. A physician was called and found
his right arm broken, skull fractured and
left shoulder dislocated. He was sent to
his home at Guthrie.
1t is very pleasing to the average Okla
homan to so through the agricultural hall
at the Oklahoma fair with strangers from
Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska aud other brag
agricultural states, and see them open their
epes at the display of products. The guam
tity is not so surprising but in quality, in
size and in yield, it makes them open their
eyes. The stories taken back to the states
from the territorial fair will be of vast
benefit to Oklahoma.
The commission at Fort Sill consider the
Wichita range of mountains entirely
worthless, and inform the Indians that
they (the commission) prefer not TO pur-
chase the range at all, If the Indians wish
to reserve it for themselves. This range
begins at Fort Sill and extends nearly
westward for about thirty miles. A rough
estimate is made that they include 100000
acres. AS agricultural lands they are not
worth much, it is true, but the mountains
are valuable in other ways. Stone, cedar
amp other timber, water and per haps vaiu-
able mineral deposits are all known to ex-
ist in the Wichita mountains.
The school board of Tecumseh has de-
cided on a very wise and judicous plan to
raise funds to build school house. They
will issue scrip to the amount necessary
and endeavor to float it at par. This is a
feasible PLAN The buyer does not give his
money. but simply invests it where it will
return him per cent The plan is meet
ing with favor and success among the
business men of the city, and it is thought
the whole amount (about 81 500 will be
readily disposed Of Every citizen should
encourage the movement A good. sub
stantial brick school building would be
great boon to Tecumseh.
State Capital: Wednesday night lot
of colored men, recently come here, waited
on the line of the Bockfinger claim for the
hour when it should be lawful TO enter it.
They declared that a gun fire would be
given rs signal at 12 O'Clock at night, to
make rush for lots. George Russ and !
other colored men tried to explain the !
matter to them but they wouldn't have it |
that way, but thought an attempt was |
made to cheat them. No signal was fired |
and after waiting long time they went
home thinking there was something |
wrong.
Mr. Jean H. Everest threshed his crop of |
wheat raised on his fine farm three miles |
north of Yukon, last week. and succeeded |
in breaking the record for Canadian coun- |
IT, Of of two and four-fifths acres by /
actual measurement, he threshed 'out IA /
and half bushels of fine Mediterranean /
yield of about sixty-two bushels |
to the acre. Mr.. Everest will verify this /
statement, by not only himself, but. by 1
several other reliable gentlemen who wit
messed the measurement of the land, and
the wheat This shows what can be done
by good farming, also the great productive
ness of our soil. 1t has no equal.
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