The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-01
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.
w. G. Stanley has been appointed regis
ter of the Beaver land Office.
The Chilocco Indian IT lining school
just south Of Arkansas City now contains
2OS pupils.
The Guthrie townsite board has decided
that minor can hold town property. The
decision is far reaching and if sustained
will be a most important one.
w. E. Drew of Ell Reno has been COM
missioned by Governor Ssay as commits
sioner to represent Oklahoma in the Mic
araguan canal congress which meets in
New Orleans next month.
Congressman Harvey will make stren-
uous efforts to bring the strip in this ses-
sion; and he has keen eye cut for single
statehood-an enabling act to be tackled
on to the Arizona and New Mexico bills,
embracing tue entire old Indian Territory
Some of the negroes in Ardmore were
greatly excited about the comet hitting
the earth. They held reviyals, yelled and
shouted themselves hoarse and awakened
from their frances in the early morn sur
prised to see themselves in the land of the
living.
Governor Jerome says that the commits
sion does not now expect any trouble from
the small tribes in the strip. In short
there is no trouble expected from the
Osages. This will clean up the reserva-
tion within the original bounds of the ter
ritory.
The early extension of the Missouri Kan
sas and Texas railway from Coffeyville,
Kan, to Vernon, Tex, is talked of and
there is possibility that the road will
soon be put through. Norman is on an
air line between the two points and if
the road is built through it will stand a
good show to get it.
Zinc, iron and coal are known to exist in
paying quantities in the Chickasaw coun-
| try south of FL Reno. A car load of zinc
ore ran 43 per cent pure ziuc. A 12foot
vein of hematite in the same neghbor-
| hood yields 81 per cent pure iron. The
| Eagle says there is an abundance of coal
near the town.
The Indian school teachers of Oklahoma
and Indian territories and surrounding
states will meet in Oklahoma City during
the holidays. There will be from $50 to
| 200 of them and preparations are being
made to have all the teachers throughout
the territory meet with them. 1t will be
an interesting meeting.
| The commissions of j. c. Roberts and J.
| Y. Admire as register and receiver of the
kingfisher land office will expire about
| April l. That of c. NJ. Barnes receiver of
the Guthrie land Office expires about the
! same time. The commission of Major
! Leach, register of the Oklahoma City land
Office will not expire for three years and
that of Captain Delaney has about twenty
! months to run.
1t is the general impression in Greer
county that the supreme court will de-
eide their case in favor of Oklahoma. The
squatters are anx iously awaiting the de-
cision. The disputed territory is now un-
der the jurisdictonio OF the Texas courts,
but the settlers refuse to perfect title to
| their lands under the state law. preferrng
to await the action of the courts. II it is
given TO Texas the settlers will be permit
ted to take $40 acres each, but will be
compelled to pay 50 and So an acre for it.
Ii the case is decided in favor of Okla
homa they will be limited to 100 acres. but
they will get it for nothing.
The leasing of the Lehigh Valley road to
the Reading leaves E. p Wilbur, presi-
dent of the Lehigh, practically out OF a job
with $40, 900 under his control. The
combination may have been for the ex-
press purpose of permitting Wilbur TO
take personal charge of the development
of the Choctaw system. The Reading and
the Lehigh Valley people seem TO be taking
hold Of the property jointly, and evidently
with view of expanding the present prop
erty into an important system. Il is quite
certain from what has already been said
by them that Oklahoma, Indian Territory
and Arkansas are to be penetrated with
Choctaw feeders.
The Advocate says that when the Chero-
kee senate passed resolution TO receive
no more applications for admission to
Cherokee citizenship, ''you ought 20 have
| seen the descendants of Pocahontas aud
Montezuma climb the fences and get into
their ox-carts and bolt back for 'Possum
Hollow, Arkansaw. One old fellow, who
claimed to be some akin to JEFF Watts,
with long yellow hair, in the plaits Of
which he wore an eagle feather, tore one
of his leggins and lost his G string in
climbing the fence of the public square.
Nobody sy mpathizes with these poor In
jins' on account of bsing lost"