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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16
CHlCKkSHA CHAT.

CHICKAsHA, l. r., Feb Is Especial
Yesterday was s.. Valentines day, and
the spiteful picture, with comic face and
attire. was in free circulation. 1t makes
trouble for one half and fnn for the other
half, aud, after all. the l4th of February
is an- average institution Tor half the
people.
A good business building viii be started
on East Main street as soon as the
weather clears up. The lot was purchased
last week. 1t Will be owned and occupied
by Mr.. Gauey of Davenport, Iowa.
The Oklahoma and Indian Territory
presbytery has been in session here this
week, with good Attendance from all
parts of both territories. It presents as
fine body of educated workers as ihat old
church can boast in the Union. The
object of the meeting WAS to organize a
new presbytery Rev,. Hamilton OF
Chickashn, Miller OF FL RENO. Fisher OF
| Purcell, Fai5 OF Anadarko, Bagsley of
Beaver county, Shanhan of Ardmore and
/ Vincent OF Watonga, and their churcnes
went into the organization. Revs, h. +.
wilson of Kansas and ". A. MacMinn of
Iowa also united. aud will take charge OF
the churches OF Enid and Wynnewood re-
spectively. Rev. Mr.. Albertson. Sunday
school missionary; Rev. Ezra Noss of Mis-
souri,. and Rev. DIR. King of Muscogee
were present. The organization starts on,
with good prospects.
The late snow storm was not so severe
as the previous one, but is staying with US
better. It i clear and warm today All
piowed land Is IN fine shape, and wheat Is
simply immense.
1t has been rumOred here this week that
the ailotting agent for the ComaucAes and
kiowas was III town day or Two and WI.
soon commence his work anoug those
tribes. Year CORES pondent could not raa
the runlor down, ho~ever, aud oaly gires
the rurnor for what il is wor:b- Bat we
feel sure o. Que fact amidst our bind
cropping for light, and ;has IS that Texas
has at last taken a hand with Us IN the
opening OF this territory, and we feel en-
couraged TO say that we viii say VITA the
ship till il either sinks or rides into port
with Us aud throws out the gang plank
sonew here in the n=ighborhoo'i OF tie Old
Spanish nioe' Ia the wichita noun
sains.
II Is believed here tha. statehood IS I'M
possible at this session OF congress, a.
least, the thought OF The ave ;Fio-s coulDS
In Is abandoned. Oar psople should s.Te
up the statehood project aud puI IN az
their efforts FOR 4 toyiislSe lax Tor ssse ave
terri orieS. Iaey might secure tels a. q
compromise measure, whereas 3 f1sat ioS
the "wao,e hog o. none might lGss tSr
whole hog 4 somp,st- victory wo2si o.
tsntzmouut ~ inleiinIte delay, whsrsas :
compromis- would leave nesfnef parry IA
possession OF the led aud would serve a.
an incentive 10 future eaasaYoE:-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16
TRANSPLANTIN0 LARGE TREES.
New Possibilities OF Future Adorn meut of
Parks and Estates.

New Possibilities OF Future Adornmeut of
Parks and Estates.
The notion of transplanting large
trees has often been tried but gener-
ally with only Indifferent success
Trees are SO dependent upon large
masses of feeding roots that when
these are mangled or lost in the opera
ton the result is disaster. In large
specimens when the roo; systems are
very extended the difficulties are much
greater than in small trees. Removals
are sometimes made in winter when
the frozen condition of the earth is an
assis tance but the operation is very
iaborious and seldom practicable
The world moves, however, and why
should we not look for improved facili.
ties in surrounding our homes with
trees as well as better methods Of
lighting and heating them? In fact.
the removal Of trees from six to twenty
inches in diameter of trunk is now un.
dertaken at almost any season of the
year and success guaranteed. By i'm
proved machinery very large trees are
lifted. together with from one To four
tons of soil, securing a sufficient body
of the fibrous roots to insure, with
proper care, their safety when reset in
their new positions.
So confident are the contractors OF
success that trees are moved without
even diminishing their tops and large
forest tree may be planted in full leaf
before your door with almost entire
certainty that il will live and thrive
there. In the west, where the new
method has been longest in use. the
contractors show the longest list of
references, but considerable undertake
ings are lately reported as carried out
successfully in New England.
This opens long vista of new possi-
biiities, not only for the immediate
dignifying of private estates but in
the planting of parks and other public
grounds. Is is sign of the times
Boston Transcript.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16

signal man was besieged during the
greater part of the day by anxious iu.
Quirers, who desired to know what It all
meant. Nearly every one was the author
OF some theory upon which TO account for
the flag. One thought it was the forecast
of a bull fight: another thought it meant
an cart thQuake; another tbonght it meant
the end of the world; another thought It
meant war; and another Hawaiian aunexa-
ton. Many thought 1t meant smallpox;
many thought it WAS because 1t was St.
Valentines day. and others thought that
Cleveland had been shot; the schoolmarm
thought it meant al eclipse of the moon;
the professors thought it meant rise in
the thermometer, and the small boy
thought it meant anarchy. As each
anxious inquirer after another WAS put
right upon the momentous question, he
took half hitch in his suspender, fetched
vibrating sigh. aud took up the burden
of life again.
Verify this is the day Of the small boy.
With the beautiful, piled in piles, and
drifted in drifts, and spread abroad upon
the earth's surface, has tcome the SIN all
boy aud his sled. His mouth Is spread
from ear to ear and extends from the front
piece OF his cap TO his waistband. He has
on his Fed mittens: he has wet feet and
torn trousers. He has mad no dinner; be has
run away from school, aud he is afraid to
go home. He has been 'c'itching" on
sleighs on wag ,ns, on trucks, on pedes-
trians-On everything, in fact. TO whic h
his sled cord could be aCGached-and he 1,
seated upon his sled. could glide through
the beautiful rs only boys eau glide. lie
comes IN twos aud 'Lhrees. in crowds and
in single individuals; lie is on the street
corner, he is along the sidewalk, he is III
the highway-he is everywhere. He Is the
terror of the pedestrian, the pity OF the
p;ous lady, the pet of the sport. the envy
of the girls-the rising yoang America
All the world WIS made for him today,
and no matter whether school keeps or
not, he is out for pleasure. In the Ian
guage of the vernacular which comes reel
ing down tue highway of popular knowl-
edge, he is, like James Corbett, who SO
shoes he sometimes hopes to be worthy 10
unloose. strictly in it..' Tue small boy
il the Gaming man
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16

where all good ''soonersn 90. to Oblivion
and forge,fulness. The landscape OF TO.
day is the landscape of n well settled farm
ing community. Farms are fenced. habi-
iations are builded. orchards are planted.
crops are growing, herds are grazing and
the occupation OF hu>bandry Is pushed
with energy and determination. Through
the adjacent territory, highways are built
and improved and streams are bridged
There Is no longer legitimate doubt That
The Cherokee Strip is destined TO be one of
the richest and most profitable fields for
farming in the New Southwest. II is
rGuaily true that Perry, the Magic Civ of
the century, Is TO be its populace and pro.
gressiye center.
Perry today, like the calavaras frog, is
"larging bigger" at an enormous rate
One lies down at night 10 sweet siumber.
and awakens with the golden kiss of sun
light upon his cheek, to look about him
upon a landscape farther advanced iu
municipal growth than he had seen here
before. Buildings shoot upwards in "A
single day, streets are extended and new
enterprises launched with the raniGiIy OF
lightning.
HOW THE TOWN GROWS.
One needs TO stand upon the street
corner III this city. and with tablet In
his hand keep check upon the thousand
onward tendencies, each budding aud
hlassoning - single hour. that he msy
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16

PERRY, o. T., Feb. 15.-"1t is a mat
ter of profound satisfaction in these
degenerate Democratic days to strike
an oasis in the broad desert of finan-
cial disaster, human suffering and paraly-
sis of trade 1t is peace to rest oneself,
where the din of the melancholy march of
the unemployed is heard not, and where
threats of violence and the taking of hu-
man life is not known in the every day
race for bread While throughout the
north and east the innumerable caravan
that moves increasingly to the molten
whence is more often and more conspic
uously mentioned in the police Pick
ings" of the great daily journals. than in
the column devoted to new enterprises.
and while the country everywhere fur
nishes stories of the wreck OF corporations,
and the crash of banks, here, on the un !u-
lating plain of Oklahoma, in natures
most favored cline, in Perry, the Princess
of the New Southwest, there is naugbt to
suggest idleness want Or famine"
These sentiments were the utterance of
well known traveller, while recently
here upon a brief sojourn in the Magic
city. Many times he, in common with the
readers of the daily journals throughout
the country, had seen the name of Perry
In type, aud badi learned of its prodigious
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16
pOlNTEPs FROM Percy.

PEgEy, O. T, Fec. i5>-ISpccisl The
council o. this city. at It's regular n,eeting
on Tuesday evening, psssed an ordinance
extending the area u the ;o~ns!te 50 AZ 10
include North Perry. This acriou Is the
elimination O; a Iong-coatinued nsgot1a-
tons between tie parent city aud ;hs
daughter o0 the north. The area em
oraced n the annex 3 the same as IN the
original plat. t~o quarter sections Tie
population taus added 90 The original ,osu
by the annexation Is aoou. $50
The signal service man c.s spiAved large
ret; e az a. the top Ct tbs weather fogecas:
mast ysste.siav - notice that there
wouid DC meeting os sse board of trade
Yesterday evening Ibs purpose, Aowevsr,
u fse display was not as1sfstoef by shr
people, snd IL becasns At oace sotjs jsc. o.
speculation and a2xtrty T1s ciEcs 0. tie
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16

growth. But he, in common with all
strangers to the locus quo, had but a dim
and irdistinct idea of the true greatness
of the town. A cry or frand had gone up
from our midst, and had al &c led its
odious stigma to government otho oials, and
the public ear, always quick to listen to
the tongue of scandal had given credence
to the voice. The unprecedented rush
into the strip had been a subject for the
writer's pen, and the great journals and
magazines with illustrated articles had
portrayed the tragic scenes of the eventful
10th of Septem ber last with force and
truth. The suffering in ''uhe line" the
patient waiting of the anxious hordes
along the border, the peaceable and law
abiding spirit that pervaded the vast
numbers in their headlong flight
for homes, and in their subsequent
conduct. are matters now known to every
well-read man. All this the stranger
knew. but he baG not been here, and no
tongue however flippant and no pen how
ever gifted, conld convey to the outside
world the true status OF Perry rs it is.
HAS METROPOLITAN LIFE.
The city of Perry today is four months
old. 1t has innumerable banks. whole
sale and retail establishments, schools
and churches. 1t has graded streets a
uniform system of sidewalks, telegraph
and telephone connection, Il city lighting
system well under way, II city water
system project, and city electric line
well advanced. All accessories of modern
living, all aspirations and inclinations of
metropolital life find vigorous expression
here, and everywhere enterprises and skill
ed hand OF mechanism are transforming
the erstwhile plain into a city of the first
class, social a9d commercial center.
which is alike a credit TO the west and
monument to modern genius. No longer
the copper-skinned marauder of the night
and his band roams on this nnduating
plain to prey upon the isolated
traveller and pioneer: no longer the coyote
steals through underbrush TO feed upon
his prey, no longer the prairie wolf makes
night hideous by his howl. The prairie
dog has given up MS residence aud his
townsite, and has hied himself to the land
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16

truly say in the language of the west that
that he is really sin it," With this nlar-
velous understanding of local energy, this
creation of projected schemes, this evi-
dence to the world that Perry is the
synonym OF progress, is forming day By
day series of concentric circles in
finance, each growing closer and closer.
and becoming more intimately identified
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16

husbandry has been fully titled and ma
tured i'll this Climate. Grapes grow to
that wonderful perfection Of color aud
flavor, known only elsewhere 10 the sunny
hillsideS of California Wheat such as
the DakotaS might envy grows upon every
hand, while tobacco aud cotton, unkuowa
10 the restricted region OF the north. are
both profitable and au easy crop to
grow upon this genial soil Oklahoma
combines ,he advantages enjoyed By the
farmer of the north aud the planter of the
south. To such she extends welcome
and 10 each promise of increased wealth,
longevity OF life, and obesity Of bank ac-
count. Ia this connection it should be
borne in mind that Perry is natural
commercial center OF an area extended
in all directions for radius OF not less
than 81 miles. Within all that vast terri
tory. embracing nearly 100 600
acres, OF land she has no competing
towns. Like the ImpeFia! city. all roads
lead 10 Perry. Sue Is the natural point ot
supply for tie entire dis;ric.. the place 20
which all products tend for ntsrke; Al
ready she has mills and ii i-va3oIs pro-
j-cted and vast store houses u inIDae.
mentS.
MANUFACTURING ADVANTAGES
The field which Perry offers to prospect
i've manufacturers is one fatterlus in
promise beyond that OF any other po. u;
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16
The Unerp@et~d.

He-Whv Miss Elder. this IL q sur.
prisel I thought you were abroad this
winter.
Shc-Oh, no. Yon haven't heard,
then? am TO be married next month.
He-Well. well. this Is startling
news; but then the unexpected always
hspp1-y,< --Iud~r
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16

May-Is it true that they are madly
In love with each other?
Carrie-Madly? yes indeed, they are
always quarrcling. Truth
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16

state of Oklahoma in the forefront OF
western commonwealths.
THE PERRY OF TODAY.
Perry has 10000 souls She has nine
public schools a good and creditable high
school building, six churches. three daily
newsps pers, three banks, four weekly
newspapers, six Ggst-class hotels, twenty
seven restaurants, fifteen hardware deal
ers, three brick yar,ls, five stone quarries,
twelve livery stables, thrty-four saloons.
tTbis is as many as we We're able tt count
on our roundsl, seven tirst-Class bakeries
thirteen drug stores, eight baot and shoe
stores, five iaundries, eleven blacksmith
shops SIX furniture stores seventeen dry
goods stores, fifteen coal dealers, thirteen
lumber yards, ten butcher shops, fourteen
Stage and mail routes, thirty
seven grocery stores, one physician.
seven Implement dealers. Il building and
loan association, and the largest and most
progressive board of trade in OSlahoma.
She IS the seat of the United States land
office for the Perry land district she has
we'll advanced an electric light system. a
waJer system, an electric street car svs-
tenn, system of street ard sidewalk
grades, drainage and sewerage, and each
aud every accessory OF metropolitan
town. She has an ambition that is as un-
limited as the uufathomed spaces between
tie celestial orhes. She i young she is
beautiful. she Is healthful, she is confident
No stretches of notwithstanding marshes
burden her pure air with Infectious odors.
No decaying otfal such rs j. known to Old
and long settled communities is here to
make weary the pocketbook, OK TO give
employment to the undertaken.
The Perry of today is Il TRANSPORTATION
sucu as no dreamer ever dreamed could be
wrought, even by Aladdin's lamp. Il is a
81 bStantlal well lullC city with ;unumar-
able business blocks of no mean architec.
tural proportions, regularly laid out
streets, broad residence avenues. hand
some homes and picturesque parks Many
OF the business blocks OF this city repre-
sent very considerable Investments of
money, while many OF the residences
would be credit TO long settled com
munlty. Everywhere generous spirit is
eyinced looking toward the Improvement
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16

OF the natural Landscape, ana to the adorn
ment OF residence property and public re-
serves, by the planting OF trees.
The municipal affairs OF the town are in
the watchful hands of a careful ana con-
ssrvative city goyerniheaa Thus far ouly
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16

The greatest wall In the world is
the Chinese wall; 1880 miles long. q
feet thick at the base. and 20 feet high.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16
ADVISED TO ALL0T
ADDRESS TO THE FIVE TRIHES BY
THE DAWES COMMISSION.

abandonment of the Tribal Relation
and the Organization of Terri.
torial Government Suggested.
Perry ana kingfisher Par
ties Booming Two More
New Towns iu the
Strip ChickaSha
Chat - Minor
Mention.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16
is ONLY ONE PERRY
BORN IN A DAY, 1T Is EVER F0RG-
ING ON TO GREATNESS,

Made Up Of Men Who Will. With Fn-
thusiastic Confidence, Unhagging
Energy, CeaseleSs Faith in Re-
suits, Build Up Great
City and Found Com
merciai Center-Life
IS It is Lived in
the City Of
the Strip.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16

eandas
o. b.
win the
yoth
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16

ment follow of inexhaustible mineral re-
sources. which will place the soon to- be
state of Oklahoma in the forefront OF
western commouwealths.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-16

The field which Perry offers 10 prospect
i've manufacturers IS one fatterlus in
promise beyond that Of any other DO. u,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-29

A DECIDED SAVING.

a most interesting point In the re-
cent debate ON the Nicaragua canal
bill IL the senate was brought out by
6cnater Morgan. During the past year
nix nf our warships sailed from Allan
dc ports--tIlree for san Francisco. two
for Yokohama and one for Honolulu.
Four of those vessels sailed around
Cape Horn. and two went through the
snez canal. A table carefully COM
rlled from the logs of these ships shows
that IL they had gone through the Nc
aragua canal. instead of through the
nuez or rounding the Horn. the saving
OF time would have aggregated 227 days.
a about thirty eight days to each ship.
This Is an Instructive fact, made all
The more interesting by the figures
given by the navy department as to the
cost of coal The saving 10 the govern
n1ent in coal alone in those six yoy-
ages, TO say nothing of wages or other
expenses. would have been $4,000 In
case the Nicaragua route had been
open On these six voyages the gov
eminent had 10 pay prices for coal
ranging from 81 IS per ton at New York
10 <i213 at Montevideo, sic at Callao.
and $2I.50 at Acapulco.
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ana sesufasfan to ssspa-iizc their
lives. II should rdx bs permitted. stu
less oagl1t they 10 be allowed 10 ship
crews, for to the men who are thus
sent 10 sfaipwrsck ard destruction. The
actual condition OF the ship Is not. nor
can be. fuiiy known.
This bark. which actually fell in
pieces IN mid ocean. two years ago
was carrying heavy loads OF coal from
Puge; sound 10 san Francisco. Her
condition then mist have been nearly
as bad as now. Yet with cargo by
far more dangerous than Timber. a
dead weight load. she was permitted TO
make trip after trip. But fo the for
tune that no such storm as that which
finally shock her in pieces was en-
cosinsered ifs, her trips coal laden. long
ago both bark and crew would have
been reported. like many another hulk.
missing" IL there be no law TO pre-
vent this tempting OF fate, this send
ing men TO almost certain death, one
should be enacted. IL there be regssla-
Ai91&S vi laws ~ pAGsEH% tAiS sui Va
slaughter they ought to be enforced.
Disasters at sea are inevitable. So
also are accidents on shore. The laws
require land transportation companies
TO use exceeding precautions to guard
against accidents. These apply not
merely 70 passengers. but are extended
for protection To employees Not only
may owners and officers be criminaIly
prosecuted for negligence or the use
of dangerous mans of franspo~ta ton.
but recourse mdy also be had to civil
remedies. II ough, to be 50 with water
transportation. An owner has no more
right 10 send a crew 10 sea In rotten
ship than 10 dispatch freight train
with defective brakes or none at all.
or drawn by a locomotive with worn
out. rotten boiler. II ia somebody's
business to prevent decayed old hulks
from being sent to sea, and public opin-
ion ought to force these floating sepul-
chers into the boneyard.
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usswawomrnr VESSELS

The condition of the bark Southern
Chief. recently abandoned at sea and
sffserwarsi towed into the harbor NJ
sssss Townsend. ought te excite general
indignation and efYestuai res,onstrsnsse
Rasen from stem 90 stern. patched Up.
rassied and painted. this ancient rei,c
wss loaded AMI aisna:eheS. on voyage
81 a,eto males In uafawinser. and with
the hss cf Fac more seawoTthy crafts
set freshly told True. she was lunl.
hsr laden. efse Of the fifteen lives
aboard. not one would today be living
e. tell Ire tale IF disaster.
il Il not time 8hat more stringent
Measures be taken 10 prevent this
wfcssd risk az nfss So far as loss %
ships ard Sargoes ara concerned, Il
owners and Insurance companies are
esntent To take tsse risk OF dlSFateaiug
heavily .sskaea. rotten old halks usaan
an ocean voyage. rotsesy else need
care. But as 10 the officers and men. II
II q far different asaeseF. Even though
uasss.sf!oas captains. fully realizing The
risks Involved. are willing fer aaaaey
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There was quite little gathering Of
state senator's and representatives at
Tacoma on Thursday night They got
uation SO far as needed legislation Is
concerned. There was little. II anything.
said regarding the senatorship. The
Ledger reporter. however. thought to
make bis account of the proceedings as
entertaining as possible. and according
~ he wandered of again into the fields
OF romance.
This Is what he said: Representative
Goddard. OF the Forty-third district. is
going to run pretty hard race for the
junior position in the house. lie Is very
yaung. but has a solid, intellectual face
and magnificent physique. lie has
convictions Of his own. too. and does
not hesitate 10 express them. He dis
Played this on the seaaaorship. To q
Isessgey reporter he said.
There has been al efFor; 10 saldlfy
the King county delegation on the
senatorahsp fer Levi Ankeny. Bu:
II can not and viii not succeed. The
psopie ef King county ard OF the state
10 not want Anksny. His only support
ess are faesi who are under financial,
obligations - him. He will probably
receive eight votes out of the sixteen
from King. but no more. As fos myself.
] VIII not vote for him. am gning 10
vote for John L. Wilson. ana I think
four or FIVE others from King county
viii, DO the same thing. John Il. Alien
has many friends there who are urg-
sag his cause. | should like very much
10 see Mr.. Allen elected senator bat IL
Is impossible this year.
This Is all very hiee. e. course. from
Wilson standpoint. bat unfortunately
i; is untrue. AIR Goddard did aot say
that he was g,dag To vote for john L.
Wilson. nor did he saw many ~ the
ether things attributed 20 him Ills de-
nal Is published IN another eelunIh.
Mr.. Goddard donhtless has cenvsefiys,1s
os mis- own and Ia due time will disclose
slsess. 1t was uakina ifs the Ledger.
however. and iast a tribe inha<ptishie.
q, attempt 70 fonee ITS own convictions
upon Mr.. Goddard withou. his consent.