The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-09-20
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

OKLAHOMA OUTLINES
The Baptists contemplate building a
] church in Chickasha in the near future.
| The 6. A. r. reunion announced for
Beaver on Sept. 25 has been postponed to
Oct. Is.
Every killing that has occurred in the
territory may be laid at the door OF Hickey
Pokey Smith.
| Prairie chickens are getting ripe in the
Beaver country and the Advocate says
the sports are in the height of their glory.
| The population Of the Chickasaw nation,
according to the last census reports Is:
Indians, 3,474, whites. 49.444, negroes.
1000.
! Buck & Harter have issued a. prospectus
of the Democrat which they say will begin
| its existence at the county seat or n
county in the new lands today.
| Sam Love, a noted Chickasaw Indian;
| d:ed at his home few miles north of
Denison, Texas, in the Chickasaw nation,
last Sunday at the age of 20 years.
The grain buyers are shipping as much
| as train load of wheat daily: The Times
says by next year Okarche will be the
largest grain market along the Rock
Island
"Damu the booths" That has been the
cry of everybody from Texas to California,
And damn Hoke Smith has been the
| shout of men and women who have suf-
fered in the lines.
An adequate water supply is the para
mount question in the new lands,
especially at the townsites. It behooves
the people at every point to make thorough
investigation on that point before auy-
thing is done in the way of improvements.
Without an ample supply of wholesome
water no community can exist very long.
The Guthrie News pays this compliment
to the courageous contingent that went to
the strip on Saturday: A large portion
of the people who went away yesterday to
Orlando had no earthly reason for going
other than TO escape from the bandits that
they thought were coming that didn't
come. There were over 4S2 sacred ones in
the crowd that went away yesterday, and
they give away who they were. for the
most of them will be in town tomorrow"
The Kingfsher Free Press declares that
Judge Burford has not vacated the bench
but will still continue to act as associate
justice of the territorial court. The Free
Press says:
When the first news of the appointment
OF II. w. Scott TO be associate justice of
the supreme court was received by private
dispatch, it was understood that he was
to take Judge Burford's place. This is
mistake. According to the report in the
Congressional Record of the Dad, (Which
is Officially, Mr. Scott was appointed vice
Frank Dale, appointed chief justice vice
Edmond B. Green, removed If this is to
be taken as an iDsinuatlOn that Judge
Burford is not to be removed 1T is good
news. 1t would be only fair to leave one
Republican on the supreme bench. Judge
BurfOrd is entirely satisfactory to every
body except the candidates for his place.
A story of woman's guile comes from
the run that was made from the corner of
the Chilocco reservation. In the crowd
was good looking young woman, who
has lived in guthrie ever since Oklahoma
was opened. She was then a married
woman Of a couple years standing, but,
just before the opening, she became
divorced from her husband and made the
run, securing claim near enough to
Guthrie to be valuable Before filing she
sold her claim for round sum and then
remarked her husband. A month or so
ago she again secured divorce from her
husband. and on Saturday made the run
from the Chilocco reservation. Whether
she secured another claim has not trans
pired, but it is likely that she will not
long remain q grass widow.
1t is announced that an anti-sooner as
sociation has been organized to ferret out
and bounce every person that entered the
strip lands before the day and hour
named in the opening proclamation. The
undertaking is praiseworthy in object,
but it will be found difficult thing to do.
The so oner was cute enough to procure
registration certificate before entering,
which is prima facie evidence that he COM
piled with the regulations, and it will de-
volve upon the investigators to prove that
the sooner actually entered the lands
ahead of time. This will be hard to do n
most cases. Instead OF n hindrance to
soonerism the border booth and registra-
ton scheme has worked into the sooner's
hand.
Oklahoma Territory AS at present COM
prised is made up Of the subjoined sub
divisions with areas in square miles rs
given: