The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-02
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Okla ONA OUTLINES.
Tie Santa Fe will build new depot at

Tie Santa Fe will build a new depot at
Guthrie.
The government officials are making
| careful inquiries As 10 the needed removal
OF the local land Office here to d point fur
| ther west.
The Indian Helper" says that it is sci
| dom that man goes wrong when he is
/ busy at work, be the work ever so humble.
! The lazy man aims at nothing and gener-
ally accomplishes it.
Colonel Patrick says that about the time
of the Red Rock train robbery he received
! two Indian payments, both over the Santa
! Fe. The robbers must have been advised
OF the shipments of the Indian money.
| The Pottawatomie Indians are uneasy
in their present reservation, and are anx-
ious to arrange with the government such
treaty as will dispose of their lands here
and allow them to remove to Old Mexico.
Times-Journal: Judge Amos Ewing of
Watonga was in the city yesterday. He
says the reported trouble in county c WAS
the worst kind Of a fake. No trouble
| whatever has existed between the officials
and the people.
The Oklahoma City land district still
contains one million three hundred thou
sand acres OF unentered land. Most of the
vacant land is in the western part OF the
Cheyenne country. There is no unoccu-
pied lands in the original districts and
but few tracts remain unentered in the
Pottawatomie and Sac and Fox reserva-
tions.
The board OF regents of the Oklahoma
agricultural college met in Guthrie yester-
day. The board is composed of Messrs. r.
j. Barker of Logan, J. P. Lane OF Cleve-
land, John Nimberly OF kingfisher, T.
Little of "A" and Amos Ewing of &c"
The session today is to complete all neces-
sary work for the fiscal year. The board
Will be there several days.
Mineo Minstrel: Equitable division of
the Chickasaw domain is the only logical
course and must be followed sooner or
later. The advocates of that proposition
are securely fortified from all desultory
assaults. Nothing can prevent Its COM
ing, and those favoring it are gradually
learning their power and becoming aware
of the strength of their numbers among
their own Indian people.
Oklahoma City Gazette: John Osman,
a farmer living five and half miles west
of the city, is distinguished as having
brought to Oklahoma City the first load
Of timothy hay raised in Oklahoma. 1t
was bought by Roller aud Blake who paid
him S12 Tor the ton. Mr.. Osman has
about fifty acres in hay which will aver
age a ton and half to the acre.
Guthrie Democrat: The townsite board
received instructions from Washington
yesterday to the effect that all superduous
lots in all the Guthries, Saltwater and
Perkins were TO be sold at once and the
money turned into the treasury. This is
in reference to such lots AS have never yet
been proved upon or a deed given to-
After this is done the board will go to
Ciarkson.
At the Sac and Fox agency are several
fine bearing orchards, which were planted
years ago by the Indians and by govern
ment employees. These orchards since lie
ginning to bear have never missed crop.
This year the trees are loaded with apples,
the peach trees are just full enough 10
produce good fruit, while the pears fall
considerably short of last year, and give
promise OF fine quality of fruit. The
blight has never touched them yet, and
but little.