The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-27

Outlines of Oklahoma

Outlines of Oklahoma
The Dawes commission IS ssin doing ev-
erything to keep its job alive and draw
salaries.
Mort Bixler's removal to Port Arthur
mak,s fusion IN Oklahoma more possible
than Ever.
fact: Mckinley has told Jenkins per-
sonaIy that jenkins VIII be secretary OF
the territory
Bill Grimes was in Ohio the other day
getting Ohio Endorsements OF himself for
the marshalship.
ward who IS gaining renown by hypnotic
ing horses and cows
An Oklahoma man has seen two air-ships
swimming right along together. This set
ties it. 1t is liquor.
Mckinley will do a dangerous thing If
he appoints a marshal for the territory
outside of King1isher.
10 Post and Lawyer Cunningham had
a science CO. at Kingfisher the other day.
No bones were broken.
Everybody in Oklahoma is rustling. Last
year was Leap Year in Oklahoma. This
Is going 10 be Hump Year.
There are now to be a cotton weigher in
every county in Oklahoma He was ere
ated by the last legislature
Robbie Ashby, son of John Ashby OF
Oklahoma City, was run over by a dray
while stealing a ride the other day and
killed.
Frank Greer thinks that Secretary Of
the Territory Lowe is too kind-hearred a
man to be entrusted with the pardoning
power.
THE black clouds drove many people TO
the cellar" says the editor of the Earl
boro News, land ye editor was In the
bunch
Cook. of the Cloud Chief Sentinel. is q
real newspaper man. He gives three-col-
umn write-up of the shooting at that
place recently.
A contractor at Saltwater recently by
mistake let his men off an hour too soon
IL the evening. and the Saltwater Sentinel
actually commiserates him for the act
In the Chickasaw and Choctaw town.
sites people owning improved property on
town-sites are going to be permitted TO
buy them at two-thirds their actual
value.
BIZ Ewing of Kinghsher was sent down
from Kingfisher to- get Jake Admire made
secretary Of territory. Ewing saw that
Jake had no show and is working hard
to be made marshall himself.
Walter Younger, the Woodward man who
is in Cuba, is a cousin Of the Youngers
who were outlaws. But Walter is q
church member and one of the finest fell
lows who ever walked on dirt.
Justices of the peace will not have any
jurisdiction in cases brought against Usage
now amended goes through. For months
Flynn kept killing this clause, but when
he left, it's friends found Callahan asleep
one day and got It on and through.
Enid Wave: Master William Albert
woods the satan of the Hennessey Demo-
crat, dropped in on the Wave force this
morning He shuffied in just like an old
time tramp printer, took in the force at
a glance. placed his hand on the big job
press, and exclaimed:
Say. Is this a Mccormick binder press
or just plain Plano header?'
What you a-talkin' about, kidlet?" yell
ed Jim. the Wave satan. That's an Old
style Gordon"
Huh, We've got a new style Gordon
in our Office.
"Who cares? faint as good as ourn-"
"'Taint, hey? Ours feeds itself and folds
the paper"
"Oh. yes-around the ink rollers.
s'pose.'
At this juncture the eye of the amateur
Hennessey printer struck the big cylinder
press and he started on a tour OF inspec-
ton, circling around and around. fondling
the big wheels and rollers, seemingly
studying the machine to see where 1t could
be improved. Finally he yelled out:
How'd you feed it?'
with my fingers" answered Jim.
"Ooo-hoo-Oh. Lawd." calculated young
Woods, at the same time making gentle
shutting racket.
On investigation 1t was discovered that
he had climbed upon the ink keg 10 look
down through the hatch-way in the hurri-
cane deck 10 examine the state room be-
low, when the Id gave way, letting his
eft leg skin through a depth of about
Twelve inches of pure summer ink, worth
Is cents a pound. His leg is soaking in
the slack tub as We write. We don't care
for the leg, but desire 10 save the ink;
can't afford to lose 1t, as times are mighty
hard and the wheat crop is not safe yet