The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.


4 at Norman yesterday, Sept. IS
The work OF surveying the new towns N
the strip Is going on with a rush.
The Jones Milling company at Oklahoma
/. City shipped thirteen cars OF -four last
| week. On Wednesday more wheat was
bought from wagons at the mill elevator
than was ever before purchased during a
single day. The III mes-J ournal says the
mill elevator now contains $1,000 bushels
Of wheat, and the mill is also full.
| Examinations Of candidates for terri
torial certificates and diplomas will be
held by the territorial board of education
at Oklahoma City and Kingfsher en-
| August %. %, 80 and 81, aud at Guthrie
! Septem l. 1899 These certificates and
diplomas supersede the necessity of any
and All other examinations of the person
holding them by county, city or local
boards of examiners, and are valid in any
county. city, town or school district in the
| territory for the term Of years therein set
forth.
I. N. Richardson, D. c. Richardson
| and L. NJ. Richardson. Jr., of Oklahoma
| City, are making arrangements TO start a
bank 1T Perry, within two days after the
opening of the strip. The firm name of
tue new bank will be T. N. Richardson g.
Sons. They will put in "a first class bank
ing outfit as the new bank will be made
permanent feature. The Press Gazette
says the name of Richardson is over of
strength and will at once attract large
business.
Speaking of the statehood sentiment in
the Indian territory Mr.. McAdams of the
Ardmore Chieftaln declares that the ambi-
tlous politicians, especially on the east
side, along the NJ. h. & T., were practically
A unit for statehood, but were averse to
include Oklahoma in the same state with
the Indian territory AS they fear it would
deprive them Of some Of the offices. Every
newspaper in the five civilized tribes, he
said, is chcmploning single statehood,
but among the masses of the people senti-
ment has not crystaliZed sufficiently from
which to form an opinion as to the desires
OF the people, irrespective of the well
known wishes of the politicians.
The Minco Minstrel gives the following
brief historical data as to the ''leased dis
trict" about which there is so much talk
at present: sit is all that country west of
the 9Sth meridian TO the Panhandle of
Texas and south of the Canadian river to
Red river. 1t was coded to the United
States government in 1866 by the Choctaws
and Chickasaws, the only Indians who ever
held a patent to the land. Afterwards it
was divided into different reservations for
different wild tribes of Indians, under
treaty rights. agreements and executive
orders. The payment now going on Is the
first money ever paid the Choctaws and
Chickasaws for any part of that cession,
and they hold an uuadjasted claim to the
rest of the land The Wichita reservation
is portion of that leased district, with all
Indian title eXtinguished, save that the
government has not yet settled the original
Indebtedness with the Choctaws and
ChickasaWs."
Gov. Swineford has let the contract for
sinking eight wells in the Cherokee strip
towns, the work to be completed by Sep
TENDER II, two days before the opening.
These wells will be located AS followt At
the land Office town on the Santa Fe, one
in the court house block and one on the
government acre; at the other county seat
on that road, one on the court house block
and one on the school grounds. A. Enid,
one on the government acre aud one on
tie court house block; at Pond Greek,
one on the school ground and one on the
court hsuse block. This matter orig.
mated entirely with Governor Swineford,
who realized the amount of suffering that
would ensue unless a sudply of good
wholesome water was procured at those
towns, and it is to him the people will owe
this great convenience. Each OF the wells
will be supplied with pump and water
will be as free AS town lots.