The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-03
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

DR.. Gaylen of Chandler has what he says
| is the jawbone of Black Hawk, the famous
warrior He viii exhibit the relic at the
worlds fair.
John Wantland, a farmer resident oil
! Norman, has been appointed postmaster at
! Ninuekah. Puns of the name and circum-
stances are barred.
The Republican territorial committee
! has established headquarters at Guthrie
| and will make an aggressive fight through
out the entire territory.
! Thirteen horses were stolen last week
from q ranch on Morrison creek, five OF
which were captured at Minco, but the
! thieves escaped with the remainder.
The Chandler post, G. A r., are making
! oil soldiers, to be held in the public square
on Thursday aud Friday, Sept. p and %.
Mr.. Renshaw. living ten miles west of
Hennessey, has sold two tons of grapes
this year. The Clipper says hethinks that
/ country will equal California for grapes
and small fruits.
Though but little wheat has been
threshed so far in the vicinity of Chandler,
! the News says the yield has bten greater
/ than was expected, some making as high
as forty bushels per acre. Cotton is also
making a fair crop.
/ The entire Chickasaw nation cast All
votes at their late election for chief. This
nation has 8, 454 Indians and 5000 whites
/ and an area of 7,297 square miles. From
| the figures it seems that the Indian takes
a very small interest in voting and cares
/ nothing for Office.
! The largest yield of oats yet reported in
! Oklahoma Is that of Hiram Downing,
! five miles southwest of Norman. He
/ threShed five acres that made yield of l25
! bushels to the acre OF weighed oats Sey-
eral responsible men who assisted in
/ cutting, stacking and threshing will make
affidavit to thu above statement.
! Agriculture is being rapidly brought up
/ to the standard of perfection in the terri
! tory. The Oklahoma Times-Journal says
| that tramp over farm in any of Okla
homa's fine valleys will reveal to any
| stranger a sight he will never forget, such
a rank growth as he never saw before IN
his life, and never will as long as he lives
in any other country.
The Messiah dance. going on for several
| days on the Black Bear, in the Chsrokee
strip, has ceased. This was the report o!
! the Iowa tribe of Indians who were il
Guthrie on their way home Wednesday.
1 They state thaJ the Osages, Pawnees and
all other tribes have returned 10 their
homes, The Iowss are today going back
to their reservation.
Amount paid into territorial treasury
/ from the leasing of these lands for the
fiscal year. 81, $40 Lease notes viii ma
JUre yearly in amounts rs follows: $50
- So; 1895. IS. 059; 1894. SI5.I93 The
lands in the Cheyenne aud Agapaaoe were
not opened TO lease until the 1st OF August,
but since then. the Guthrie News says, the
demand has been good for lands IN thai
part Of the territory.
II i said that Dennis Flynn IS studying
the Cheyenne aud Arapahoe language.
Well, We viii bet q nickel that he viii
know more OF their language before the
Ssh of November ihsn auy other canGl-
date in the field. He VIII alo be able 10
read and write IN Potawattomse IL re eau
not already; 70 speak with fueHcy in sac
and Fox 10 sing psalms in Iowa; to
preach in Chickasaw, aad 70 eat ia tbe
original ChoctAw without tnise CT FORK.
-tgee Press