The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-29

Thirty-six houses are under process Of
I construction at Okarchc.
/ 1t is said that Indian triplets were born
on the day of the opening.
Governor Seay, it is said is seriously
contemplating matrimony.
| The post office at Jonesborough, Cana
/ dian county, has been discontinued
| The time to hoe the weeds from the
garden has already come in Oklahoma
The Cherokee strip is described as an
open plain" The trouble is, it isn't
| open.
Judge Rock Of the Oklahoma Press had
his finger badly crushed in press the
other evening.
1t is believed that the supreme court
will soon decide that Greer county belongs
to Oklahoma
Are there any men who will desert their
claims in the new country or is that only
newspaper talk?
1t is almost two weeks since the open
ings and the lines before the land offices
are as big as ever.
Governor Seay says he has no pc rsonal
preferences for the candidates for con-
gressioual delegates.
Hamlin w. Sawyer has returned from
the west and secured good claim besides
some good town lots i'll the town of Arapa-
hoe.
Richard Harding Davis complains that
the people of Oklahoma eat their dinner
at noon The trouble with the smart
young men of he east is that they don't
know when to hold their tongues when
they come west,
FL Reno Eagle: Okarche observed the
anniversary of the birth of Oklahoma last
night by religious services. Seldom does
an infant OF three days celebrate its
mothers birth; but rarely does one meet
IAN Oklahoma"
1t is to be hoped that the Wichita coun-
try, County |, will be opened soon. That
country would furnish homes to thousands
who failed TO catch on in the {. and \.
lands, and there is no good reason why 1t
should not be declared open at once.
Oklahoma Times Journal: IL IS anus
Ing 10 read the complaint OF Richard
Harding Davis in Harper's Weekly, that
the people of Oklahoma City eat their din
ncr in the middle of the day. Had Mr..
have found many Of the best citizens
emitting that important meal altogether
The Republicans Of the Chickasaw a
ton held a convention At Ardmore MOnda
and elected twenty delegates aud TWEEN ~
alternates to a convention TO be held Mt
South McAlister on May % which con
ventiou will nominate delegates 20 the
Republican convention at Minneapolis.
Resolutions were adopted indoreing Presi-
dent Harrison and the national platforms
also inviting the Indians 20 Join the party
and urging the keeping inViolato Of ali
treaties with them.
Ia giving credence TO the reports from (
the Cheyenne and Arapahoe lands some I
allowance must be made Tor the humor OF 4
the returning boomers. They were caught .
in a cold rain without shelter, aud were 4
far from being in an amisbie mood when 4
they quilted the country 10 return home. !
The scarcity Of water complained Of will .
doubtless be overcome just as soon as the /
settlers have had time TO sink wells We
remember very distinctly that IN the set
Element Of Southern Kansas large areas
Of what now constitutes the richest and
most valuable portions OF COwley and
sumner CDuDtAe- NNtC EAAb-sTN " N'f~
first settlers because Of the scarcity d
water. The second influx OF settlers to"k
up this land and discovered abundance Of
water AZ a depth varying from ten 20 hiiy
feet. some Of tbs newly opened lands are
too rocgh 70 be ever utilized Tor farming
purposes. but these rough lands are admir-
ably adapted 10 grazing. as 80 DO not con
stitute desert wastes By any means.