The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-15
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Duncan shipped its first carload Of cot
ton Thursday.
Duncan claims to be the gateway to the
! Comanche country.
Crescent City will have thirty barrel
| fluring mill in operation by Dec. 1.
John Williams, the Republican candi-
date for register of deeds in county G, is
an Arapahoe Indian.
Judge Shackelford is hard on cases
/ brought before him charged with carrying
weapons. He invariably fines every one
of them so.
The Watonga Republican is the latest
addition to the newspaper fraternity OF Z
county. As the name implies, 1t is Re
publican in politics, and starts out with
fair advertising patronage.
A young lady, living not thousand
miles from Oklahoma City, has fine
head of hair which is natural weather
barometer. The Gazette says that twen-
ty-four hours, or such a matter, preceding
storm, the hair on this young lady's
head begins to get damp, and just before
the storm occurs sometimes gets wiring
ing wet. This phenomena occurred before
the storm of yesterday, and occurs before
every rain storm with never falling GER
tainty. The effect of electrical conditions
upon the hair is we'll known. but this is
something out of the usual line OF scien-
tific phenomena.
The Muldrow Register says that Will 7.
Camp, in writing up the old historic Fort
Gibson, west of Muldrow, makes a mis-
take in saying that Jeff Davis found his
wife there-daughter of General Taylor,
commandant at Fort Gibson. He stole
his wife from the old stone, UNCOVERED
building at Fort Smith, which stands OPP
posite the Union Pacific railroad building,
took her down the river in boat to Van
Buren, and was there married by Il justice
of The peace, who died not many years
since 1t was after this that the since
famous president of the Southern Confed-
eracy moved 20 Fort Gibson and lived
there some time with his wife, the house
in which they lived being still standing,
from which We have several relics.
OKLAHOMA LUMBERMEN.
The following report of the meeting of
the members of the Retail Lumber Dealers
Association of Oklahoma at Oklahoma
City, Is published BY request:
''Early in September President w. L.
Bort issued q call for "A meeting of the
members of the Retail Lumber Dealers
Association of Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory TO be held at Oklahoma City, y. T.,
Oct Z, 1892. Pursuant to the call, at ,
o'clock p. m. the meeting was held in the
Commercial Club rooms of this city, and
called 20 order with W. f. Bort. president,
in the chair and X. b. Ragon, secretary.
After the transaction OF the Regular
business OF the association, on motion or
j. p Mckinnis. of the Reno Lumber com
pany, the meeting adjourned TO meet at
the same place at 10 o'clock a.. M, Oct. s,
so as to give the members an opportunity
to attend she mammoth fair then Ia
full blast, and TO prepare to attend
the elegantly prepared ball and banquet
to be given by the retail rumber de irrs of
Oklahoma City, at the Grand Avenue
hotel in honor OF the visitors lunl-
bermen and their ladies'. At O'clock p.
m. the lumhermen and their trIends
gathered ut The Grand opera house aud
engaged in the many fantastic steps with
their wives or some one OF tile many
beautiful of the fair sex OF the city until
II O'Clock, when 1t was announced That
the hour had arrived TO retire from the
opera mouse TO the Grand Ayenue hotel 10
attend the banquet ana partake OF the
elegant supper, where they found that
there was nothing left out tnat would LIE
enjoyed by che visiting lumbermen, their
wives and friends.
':Supler over, flow and tossts without
end were responded to- Judge Turner on /!
the 'Lumbermen OF the North and the I
South Captain I ". Richardson to the 4
ladies God Bless i hem, We Love Them I
J. \. Van D-nberg, Sash aud Doors Il. /
w Darling of the Louisiana Cypress /
Lumber and Shingie, limited, Manu- /
faci ure AL Clears, 40 Common or 1
Culls:' T. Y L4mport, brief history OF the /!
OF tue lumbermen associa- (
tiou, and the benefits arising through con /
certed action BIZ tie manufactured ana tue 1
re TAIL dealers, whereby Lhe cltiZsas OF Oh- (
lahona territory had bought lumber Tor 4
from 50 10 - per thousand less than any 4
other uew country Lad ever bought
''On retiring from the banquet 10 the I
opera house, /. Y. Lamport representing .
L. /. Roberts & Co, Cnicago, Ill, and +
J. \. Wan Duuberg OF the United Sash /
& Door Co. distributed Cigars The pro-
cessiun Was headed by the honorable pres
deai, his wife and daughter, who Los be
ing dancers, We're spectators, aud seemed
TO enjoy themselves a. we'll as those trlpp- /
luz the fantastic toe. Inc hahsef IN At
re uGiance WAS about one aunaseo couple
The alted States Fifth cavalry o@ld dis
coursed music for the occasion IN tAeIr 7
Us Iai elaborate style.
II ..e iumberman of Oklahoma City can
ga feiy DC counted as clearly successful a.
Ell ter tainess aud W f. Bort. president OF +
the ASSOCIATION, being c-i.ied uif
on Tor tozst, responded IL
behalf of the lGmbermsns associa-
ton, thanking the umbermen OF Okla +
homa City for TIE magnificent banquet :.
aud entertainment EXTENDED 20 the IuHi-
lersren and friends Oh the Oklahoma and /
Indian Territories associ'sileil, a.i.a We
hope il may ae our good fortEaa - meet !
with them again soon and often
DOT. 5. pursuant 10 adlournmeat. the Z
lnenbe convened at fae Commercial cub 4
rooms AND at ~ a clock - M, TIE meeting +
was called TO order by the president After i
the transact iosi OF the regular business the I
meeting adjourned 20 he Call OF The pres
i=ns Tie next meeting viii likely oc 4
held at Guthrie sometime Ia January
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