The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-22
Outlines of Oklahoma.

An Oklahoma City dealer Is selling cotton
seed to farmers at twenty cents q bushel.
Sidney Clarke has been employed to rep
resent the Chickasaw non-citizen interest
in Washington.
Under the Choctaw treaty no lands viii
be taxable for six years II VIII be SIX
years OF inaction-
Johnston of Perry always gives the pres
ident of the council military salute when
he arises 10 speak
No one has yet heard that Flynn would
take the sovernorship. That ought to be
settled pretty soon
A horseless carriage is travelling over
Oklahoma advertising the wares of Chi
cago establishment
The Oklahoma legislature appears TO be
inclined to do the decent thing today and
re grets it tomorrow.
Major Baldwin, the Indian agent. has
filed a protest in Washington against the
opening of the Wichita country.
Juse rs a advertisement the Perry En-
terpise ought to come out and tell us the
truth about the gold mines in that coun-
ty.
The ElReno Star accuses Major Baldwin
with being the agent of the cattle barons,
The Chickasha Express says this is no;
true
Governor Seay ard Cassius Barnes have
held a conference. but Mr.. Jenkins of New
kirk has received no notice that they de-
cided upon him
The reason the Free Homes bill had &c
go to the CALENDAR is because its sena Il
amendments call for new appropriations
out of the treasury.
The non-citizens of the territory are kick.
ing on the Dawes commissions agreement
to the Choctaw treaty. They are entirely
left out in the cold.
1t is about time for Oklahoma TO begir
that spring boom by holding town meet
ings and uniting in order TO get immi
grants from the east.
1t would be interesting to know what
became of that eastern syndicate which
was going to establish a chain OF Repubi
can papers in Oklahoma.
The men who were recently arrested IF
the Wichita mountains and brought u
Anadarko assert that they have found
ore which runs $500 to the ton.
If the original Flynn bill was back ir
the house from the senate it would have
| no trouble in passing. II is the increas
ed draft on the treasury that is Sausire
the trouble.
The Oklahoman thinks that the people
VIII be satisfied if the present Legislature
will pass only an excellent usury law. Blu
the Oklahoman didn't talk that way before
the election.
Powell Clayton will be one of the frs
men to get an appointment and IL will bt
outside the country. The Oklahoma Clay
ton fellows are going to be left behinC
| feeling pretty lonely.
Temple Houston has not been in Guthrie
lately. He is watching the legislature from
afar and if he likes ii he will go dowr
and steal it for an ornament for his Wood
| ward county ranch.
This queer notice appears in the Okla
homa City Oklahoman: ''Jemina Abel
Come into court! Your pension has beer
allowed and unless you appear in propris
persona, L shall be minus my fee and 9th
er perquisites. (Signed) ID. f. MacMar
tin
Here is recommendation from the Per
~ Democrat: Bill Crane has moved hi.
family to Oklahoma City. He was known
here as a square man at his game and wei
liked IN sporting circles. Bill had charge
of the crap" table at the Hoffman bar
before Billie Bowels was ushered into the
office of county attorney.
Shawnee Capital: A gambler named
Maxey from Oklahoma City. and a confed-
crate whose name We did not learn, bilked
the bank at the Shawnee Liquor Co.
club room yesterday out OF neat little
pot and then departed for the wicked me-
tropolis on the west of US. This is how
il was: The confederate got into the conf
dence and employ of the house few days
ago and then Maxey happened along anG
went up against the game. His partner
rung in a cold deck and in a little bit the
proprietor ordered the box turned over and
his bank roll mad disappeared. The mex
ringer Chat comes here from Oklahoma
City will have to pass civil service exam
| ination before he can get a job in thai
house.