The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-18
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.
Payne county has organized fair asso-
| citation.
Chelsea is building fir5tclass roller
-four mill.
Hoke Smith says be will be ready to
open the strip by July l.
The Pickens County Editorial associa-
tion will be held at NARROW on May 80
The college students of the a gricutural
college at Saltwater are reading proof GU
the papers published in that city.
Guthrie came near having another seri-
Gus conhagratiou the other evening, the
cause OF which was the criminal ueeli-
gence or carelessness Of the cigar stub
fiend.
Express: Abilene Medrano, a Comanche
citizen, living eighteen miles south Of
Anadarko, was in Chickasha Thursday
evening buying lumber 10 build Il new
dwelling. He said that quite number OF
Comanches were taking their altotments
and putting up good dwellings.
Edmond Sun: Assessor Lundy's book
shows that the total valuation of Edm ond
is as follows: Personal property, $50 ,614
real estate, s91, 740 railroad IS, COS Town
ship-Personal property, s47. 40; real es-
tate, s3S,374; railroad S40,7l6 The town
ship has 625 horses, 70 mules, 55S cattle and
7S2 hogs.
Leader: The agricultural editor is in
debted to Farmer Coombs for a bunch of
wheat and oats brought in from his place
Inc cfu
feet high and is nicely headed out
Brother Coombs thinks his wheat will
yield forty bushels or more per acre. All
there, Charles.
Phoenix: Fifteen hundred ladies repre-
senting every state and territory in the
Union will take part in the great bicycle
contest at the worlds fair, July 4th. One
hundred magnificent golden souvenir
medals will be given to the first hundred
successful contestants. Muskogee will
have representative from the Greek
nation.
Frank Page, trustee of Deer Creek town
ship, was i'll Edmond Tuesday en- his way
to Oklahoma City to turn over his books.
He informs us that the assessed value Of
personal property in his township was
100000 and over $4,000 of real estate.
There are 1000 acres of growing wheat,
most of which is looking fine.
Any One who doubts that Oklahoma is a
blue grass country, says the Leader, Can
have all doubts dispelled by taking look
at Colonel Howe's place on South Division
street beyond the city limits. The blue
grass stands knee high and AS thick as can
be all over the bottom. Many yards and
lawns In the city also bear witness to the
success of the territory in this regard.
Probably one of the most miracul Gus
escapes from death by cyclone was that
of Mr.. Granthem of Deer Creek township
in Oklahoma county. The reporter for
the Edmond Sun says: j. w. Granthem's
wife and son as the storm approached
went Into the cave, but the old gentleman
refused to go-he went to bed. When the
house was struck, portions OF the main
part were carried away, but strange to say
he was not mo.ested, but was left right
side up n his bed. He then got up and
went to the cave. No sooner had he got
there than the house together with the
bed was picked up and dashed TO pieces.
Evidence i'll an interesting ana impor-
taut case, in which the title to Greer
county, Texas, is involved, has been taken
in the | nited States court at St Louis.
Suit was brought by the United States to
determine the boundary between the In-
dian territory and Texas. The western
boundary is fixed at the Tooth meridian,
and Red river constitutes the southern
boundary line The question at issue IS
whether the north or south fork Of Red
river is to be regarded as the main stream
Texas always claimed the north fork as
the true river, but the United States
combatted this claim. Greer county,
the district in dispute, has been
organized by Texas. Attorney Gen
eral c. A Culberson %
Texas, came to st. Louis for the purpose
of examining Professor H. l.. Pritchett, OF
Washington university, who made an ex
animation OF the country last summer.
Professor Pritchett gave some evidence
as important as unexpected lie has
taken observations at "A point where the
pillars that mark the western boundary
are located. aud discovered they are abou
"A quarter OF mile west Of the true merid
ian. He was cross-e1a,nined BY District
4 ttorney George u. Reynolds, specially
assigned TO the case by the government,
but remained firm that the boundary pill
lars were on Texas ground. Should this
be established it means the transfer Of
strip quarter of "A mile wide and nearly
20 miles long from the indian Territory
to Texas. The point has never been raised
before