The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-28

OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The next session of the Territorial
City.
The School Herald wants Arbor Day
made legal holiday by legislative enact
ment
Professor Halleck told the teachers that
about June 10 would be the best time to
start to the worlds fair
The Teachers association recommended
that school boards be allowed to issue
bonds for the building Of school houtes.
An effort will be made to pass bill by
the present legislature making an appro-
priation for worlds fair exhibit for Ok
lahoma.
Secretary Noble says that it is expedient
that the Cherokee commission be kept at
work until all the Indian lands are open to
settlement
The school boards of the territory should
levy enobgh tax to maintain at least four
months of school in each district, says the
School Herald.
School Herald: Oklahoma City has en-
ployed a specialist to teach penmanship
in the schools. There are 6ow twenty
three teachers employed and the work of
the schools is going vigorously forward
Governor Seay Withdrew page 12 of his
message. relating to the fees of the secre-
tary's Office, as he had discovered a later
law upon the subject, of which he was not
cognizaut at the time of preparing the
message.
Principal Dent, of the schools at Hennes-
sey, reports five departments already in
operation in their schools. He intends to
grade the schools at once and to put into
operation a regular course of study. They
have no school buildings as vet. but ara
occupying all the churches and some rent
ed rooms
Senator O'Bryan's concurrent resolution
in the Kansas senate TO petition the United
States senate To amend the Cherokee strip
bill so as to allow all persons who have
held government lands and who have lost
them by mortgage foreclosure, drought or
voluntary REIMBURSEMENT to participate in
the opening of the strip, passed that body
by a vote OF % to Is
1t would seem that the Poor Lo' rack.
ct or the sentiment in favor of the poor
red man regarding the opening of the strip
is at very low ehb with the present
congress. Senator platt in speech II
the senate the other day told the Cherokee
representatives that their days were nearly
ended. He told them plainly that they
stood in their own light if they did not
accept the terms that congress might die
tate 70 them. That shortly after congress
adjourned not less than 500, 90 settlers
would be Immediately upon the strip aud
that they would not De removed by the
government
y fine quality of lu5ricsting oil has
been found at depth of nineteen feet near
Chelsea, / T. DR.. kossuth Morguer. who
has been on the ground experimenting the
work, has gone east 70 make the necessary
arrangements and secure the material 10
prepare the oil for the market Other
parties have been operating Tor two years
in a small way and found ready market
for their oil in its crude state. but have
never found anything like that obtained
a. Chelsea. Il Is Jet black lubricatiug
oil, and by an analysis made 10 ~ Louis
aud New York grades second highest in
the world. Engineers, machiuists aud
implement men who tested it sav il Is OF
high grade. In the same well large flow
of natural gas has been found.
\ dispatch from Washington says: The
New Mexico statehood bil! has been passed /
by the house. and the Utah DILL bas teen
reported favorably. The Oklahoma bill |
has been held back for certain reasons bet
ter known 10 ColoRel Mansar than te
anyone eSe- BIZ Way Of parenta aesis, be Is +
i candidate for governor OF that territory,
and it IS lniimated that this las had some
thing to DO with bis posit on on statehood I
FOR Oklahoma so it may be stated tina;
some of the other candidates for the ap-
pointmeut OF governor OF that teTFiteFy
have been secretly Throwing cold water on .
ali efforts to boom O&lAhomA statehood .
Selfish interests are said TO govern lobby
SIS as well as some members OF the house. (