The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-09
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Governor Swineford and wife are a,
Guthrie and will remain there unit
after the opening.
Oklahoma, you damned fool" was th,
inscription on the wagon of one boomer
going south. who didn't know that he wa.
going to the Cherokee strip instead Of Il
| Oklahoma.
| Edgar Jones has been rendered the
clerkship oe the supreme court of Okla.
homa by Chief Justice Dale and associ
ate justices. Mr.. Jones is a Virginia by
| nativity, but was brought up ia Arkan-
sas.
! The Chickasaw legislature convened al
Tishomingo Tuesday. Il promises to be
one OF the stcrmiest sessions In the history
of the nation. An attempt will be made
| to remove the capital of the nation from
Tishomingo to Davis, a town on the Santa
Fe railroad
The free-lance Press-Gazette pertinently
asks; After the strip Is opened and all
the Offices filled with Democrats. what
vii. the editors in Oklahoma have to write
| about ?" They can follow the lead of the
PIG and rip up the Democratic admins
.rations national and territorial, on their
arbitrary anti home-rule practices.
Five new lodges of the Ancient Orden OF
United Workmen were organized In Okla
homa during the month of August. The
order Is growing at the uniform rate OF 100
month in that new jurisdiction. Inc
Oklahoma Workmen, the official organ.
with Grand Master Tingle rs its editor,
will greatly facilitate the advancement of
the order.
Watonga has been definitely decided
upon as the location of the Baptist col
eye for the territory and although the
matter has been delayed on account of
the financial condition of the country,
there is no doubt but what the money
will be secured. The maximum cost OF
tie buildings is to be $i00oO-minimum
s25 900.
The Press Gazette makes this shoulder
hit: There are a number OF good Demo-
Gratis in Oklahoma who would rather have
this territory taken in es Republican
state than to have it admitted for years to
come, and the Press-Gaxette does not blame
them. Four years of territorial govern
ment is enough fer any man. If he is
satisfied with it after that. he is either a
fool or an office holder"
The opening of the strip is the most i'm
porSant event to Oklahoma that has &C.
Cured since its organization rs territory.
But Notwithstanding this the governor
follows the example set by the great
fisherman of Buzzard's Bay and HES him
off on pleasure jaunt. Aud Territorial
Attorney General Galbraith does likewise.
and with his wife pulls out for Chicago to
do the worlds fair.
The Guthrie Leader denies that Governor
Renfrow has appointed or commissioned
any county officer in the strip. The Leader
says he has only examined some of the
papers on file, and written to some of the
applicants making inquiries concerning
some of the places. Upon his return.
which will be about the 10th, he will no
doubt decide fully upon his appointments
of sheriff, probate judge and county attor-
ney, since he finds that at least this many
and perhaps an entire set OF county officers
will be required to preserve order and
transact the necessary business on the
opening.
just how congress can afford to pass a
bill granting additional allotments to In
lians in the strip. in view of the swindles
that have been perpetrated upon the gov
by the seventy allotments already
made in the strip, Is something the Guthrie
Leader declares its mind cannot compre-
bend. 1t is notorious that but few OF these
seventy allOtments were taken upon the
made by the claimants, as
plated in the agreement or by the
act Of the 3rd of March. 1898, and it is
equally notorious that nearly all of the
claimants have sold their clf inns to a com
bine OF which the man Owens is the head
The farmer of Oklahoma is affected less
by the hard times than any person we
know of, says the Oklahoma City Press
Gazette. As long as be has his bins full
If wheat and oats, his cribs full of corn, Il
few pigs and a COW or two, and no in
,erest 10 pay, he certainly ought to feel
even if wheat is only 30 cents
1 bushel.
Watonga is strictly in it, as for the pos
session of the good things that go to rem
Ter life comfortable. Here is the situa-
Ion in that vicinity as detailed by a resi-
lent; Sod corn is generally good, many
" heat is not threshed yet, but the quality
S good; all kinds of vegetables one could
mention; melons without number, water
melons weighing as high rs 40 pounds: |
musk meIons that we measured being 30 By
IS inches; both Irish and sweet potatoes
not only fine in size but good in quality.
Cane is doing fine; there are several mo-
asses mills. Many times do we
hear our neighbor say: "Hurrah
Tor ginger bread and buttermiik this
winter. The crop of acorns is
not as large as last year. but there seems
10 he enough to keep the quail and young |
turkey fat. Game in general seems to be |
plenty, with the exception Of deer. which |
nave been scared away by trail hounds. |
The weather is pleasant, with an sbund- |
,uce Of rain. Market rather dull; so many |
ire saving every dime preparatory to en- /
ering the strp-some for pleasure, some /
or speculation, and some who failed in |
getting land here and honestly intend |
seeking home there"
EXCHANGE HPITOMES.