The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-16
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

| A funeral procession in Oklahoma some
| times goes ten miles to cemetery.
| Joe Porter Of Alva claims that an ar.
tesian well in that town is practical.
The most successful cotton raisers
| leave the stalks from eighteen TO twenty
| four inches apart.
George Tomson of Woods county says
the farmers Of that county are getting
ready to go in hard on cotton.
In the Ft sill country 1t is said the
rocks are piled together in heaps and viii
make little trouble with farming.
One popularity of the North Canadian
river IT, Oklahoma is that it runs on land
higher than the country surrounding 1t.
The government should put the Texas,
land office. The Oklahoma marine laws
would be of some use, them.
The Homeseeker'e Guide has been
established at Commanche. 1. T., and
win hover around until the Wichita res
ervatiop and the Kiowa country are
opened
Oklahoma ought TO come to be known
as the Mistletoe state. The territory is
one of the few places in the west where a
girl can be kissed under the mistietoe
just as il grows.
An Oklahoma editor says that "hope"
will cause a man TO bear his bosom and
| rush into the fiercest gehenna of the con-
test" He ought TO get rid OF 1t if It
treats him like that.
There is only one river In the world
which has less water in II than the Ar
kansas river. This is the South Canadian.
The sand in the Arkansas is damp. It
is powder dry In the Canadian.
An Enid girl lost a black feather boa
on country road and advertised for il.
She won't get II. Ii is probably chasing
some poor fellow who got too much Enid
whisky in him and started to ride home.
The Alva Republican doesn't object 10
the Woodward papers running advertis-
ing cuts for portraits OF people who visiS
the town but IL does think they would
stop palming of that fellow with the
kidney complaint
Mr.. Red Horse Of Canadian county
stole white horse. Judge Tarsney call
ed the case the other day. Mr. Simpson
said Red Horse and the white horse had
disappeared. which was a horse on the
court II Tarsney had fined him that
would have been a horse % another color.
Oklahoma City Times-Journal: An e.
fort will be made by those interested IN
secure the legisla ton necessary 10 put in
operation the county ana city high
school idea. which has been several times
mentioned in the Times-Jcurnsl The
plan suggested is that wherever high
school OF fixed character, or grade. IL
in operation. the territorial superintend-
ent after a thorough examination shall
certify to the conu;y commissioners that
such il the case. and thereafter The cour-
~ commissioners shall pay fixed tut
ton 20 such school district for al pupils
admitted WHO reside outside o. such Dis
trict and within the county The plan
c8ntsmplStes at least annual vista atoms
frc.n the territorial superintendent. Or
territorial board and . report after each
visitation. 20 the county commissioners
The purpose is 10 put high school tacfls-
ties within the reach Of country boys
and girls Kansas undertook % make
such provision By establishing county
high schools. but only three counties have
as Yet established the schools. owing 20
the expense OF erecting buildings and
maintaining a corps Of teachers for .
limited runber Of students Okizanrnz
City has now eighty students IN the h,sa
s-hsol suopose fifty would attend from