The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-27
Outlines of Oklahoma

1t Is said the population OF Medforo mas
doubled in the past year.
About $4,000 has been paid to the farm
ers Of Grant county for hay this sea-
son
Norman wiped out the nice. curly buf-
calo grass with Oklahoma City's football
team.
Homer Adkins. the Cleveland county
man who has discovered perpetual motion.
has probably infringed on tie Dawes COM
mission.
The plan Of making the statehood inter-
partisan is cute. But, then, why not make
II inter-senate?
Guthrie has gone down n oblivion like il
was qu:ck-sand.
Fifty bales of cotton came into Perry
il one lot the other day. 1t was from
ingalls,. Payne county.
FL Reno is enjoying steady growth and
the people are now sleeping three IN a
bed. What would z boom be?
Call;han is in for statehood red hot. Prob
ably Callahan has been over 20 the senate
taking look at II and likes II.
In an Oklahoma town a fellow named
Bill who always assents 10 everything is
known as William the Concurrer.
Even Dan widner must confess that
Judge MuseEer would look uncommonly
well as register OF the Perry land office.
Information from Oklahoma is 10 the
effect that BIZ Walker has actually got
the pole IN the race for the Usage agency.
1t is an actual fact that the streets IN
Oklahoma towns on Sunday this year look
buster than they did on Saturdays last
year.
Norman is strictly in II whether 1t is
necessary to play football or the Sonata
in d, demonstrate Euclid or prove the
specific gravity of Uranus.
The caH for the statehood convention viii
be issued from Oklahoma City, December
ls 1t will be well for the statesmen to
begin TO prepare speeches at once.
The Rock Island railroad has at last de-
ciied to call South Enid, Enid, thus re-
storing diplomatic and Pass relations be-
tween itself and the honorable Mr.. Isen-
berg.
Whether II is in pulling wires or in lead
ing a grand march at a swell ball. Gov
ernor Barnes enjoys mis- position about as
we'll as any man who ever occupied the
place.
his success at Hennessey that he has in
vented a brand new set of gestures and
he is now hunting a speech which VIII
fit 'em.
Nose Wein5erger of Guthrie has graph
ophone in his place at Guthrie, and the
boys are going to persuade him 10 get
wax roll. giving Frank Greer's famous Ell
Reno appeal for peace.
sThe Tecumseh Republican in speaking
of the arrest of Mr.. Lee of Lees Hotel
of that city. very generously says; MT.
Lee came TO this city at the opening OF the
country in 1891, and established his present
business He has been one OF our best
ard foremos. citizens, and a more quiet.
sober and popular man is not to be found
in Tecumseh. Some of our citizens have
been acquainted with him twelve or four
teen years and knew him when he lived
in Kansas, and they have nothing but
words OF praise to offer for the sober and
upright way in which he has conducted
himself He is married and has wife
and two children-a grown daughter and
a son ten or twelve years of age-who are
also highly esteemed and very popular IN
the city circles. The charge against MT.
Lee is a grave one, II true. but 1t seems
impossible for our people to believe the
identification to be true, knowing the char
acter and reputation he has established
and built UP among the business and social
careers of our beautiful city. The RepubA
lican joins his family and friends in wish
ing him speedy vindication Of the charge
now pending.