The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-24
Outlines of Oklahoma


There are three more cotton gins in Gus
ter county this year than there were last
year.
". II. Nighswonger Of Woodward county
has two fields OF corn which will go 50 bush
els TO the acre.
The Woodward Bulletin knows Of an Ok
lahoma farmer who had to rent ground TO
stack his wheat on.
The story that the people Of the town
of Flynn. in Lincoln county. viii change It's
name 10 Barnes is a mistake.
Chandler is now making a hard pull for
the new railroad The town will get il.
The bog:e-man stories should be disregard
ed.
The Ponca City Courier IS out in big
boom edition Every Ponca City man should
send at least twenty TO his friends IN the
east.
AT free silver conference in Chandler
recently the free silver fellows agreed that
il was a good time TO keep quiet on free
silver.
There is land lying idle in western Okla
homa this year which would have yielded
thousands OF dollars had it been in cult
walton.
Near Chandler, according TO the News,
one field OF cotton VII run two-and-a-haif
bales to the acre. Well. hardly. A bale
to the acre will DO.
Every man and woman in Oklahoma
should be sending marked copies OF OK
lahoma papers east. That is the way Kan
sas started her BOOM.
There Is not a vacant house in Ponca
City. One real estate dealer has worn out
a pair of shoes hunting for house for
young married couple.
The cotton yield OF washita county is put
down at 5000 bales this year. This is IN
county where the fellows starred OUT 10
raise cows exclusively.
The joke is on Blakeney OF the Okla
homan. He kicked on talking about Ok
lahoma's big wheat crop for fear II would
hear the price of wheat.
Every line in Oklahoma papers ought to
be BOOM 1t is impossible TO exaggerate
about Oklahoma this year and this Is the
year 10 do the big talking.
sc transit gloria mundia"-or words 70
that effect-wiu never be forgotten In Ok
lahoma. 1t was unfortunate that Governor
Barnes should have used them
Dennis Flynn is in Washington, while
Governor Barnes Is in Colorado. Three
thousand miles of good solid ground IS be-
tween them and the public may rest IN
peace.
The Arapahoe Bee this week publishes a
list of the names of those delinquent In
their taxes and in conformity to IAN i'm
practical and outrageous law OF the last
legislature"
The Injunction has been taken off the
Ell Reno compress at Bowie, Texas. and the
compress Will be moved to FL Reno at
once. The ground there has been cleared
for its reception.
This week the Woodward Bulletin prints
boom issue for the town. So does the
Enid Eagle. Ten thousand copies Of each
paper should be sent 10 friends in the cas-,
by the people of the towns.
An Oklahoma editors idea of sarcasm Is
10 make note of the fact that farmer
brought in a large watermelon for "inspec-
ton" A farmer who viii ask an editor
merely to inspect a watermelon with MS
ewes ought TO be run out Of the country.
In all the Oklahoma papers there is but
one advertisement OF an Oklahoma farm
for sale-that is in the Chandler News.
Oklahoma City Globe: 'It is very easy
to find fault and declare that you would
do so and so If you were in the position
of President Mckinley or Governor Barnes.
but the fact is you don't know what you
would do In making appointments es-
pec:ally is this true. So many diverging
interests have TO be considered, the ability.
honesty and fitness of so many applicants
questioned and the effect this or that ap-
po!ntment will have upon the party and give
the best service to the public, that the
position of governor is by no means
sinecure OF course we. in our little, mar
row environments would know exactly
what to do, but the fellow over in FL Reno,
Kingfsher or Enid. in his own little, mar
row sphere, views the matter entirely dlt-
ferent and thinks it should be so and So.
Governor Barnes must take these diverse
opinions and clashing interests, weigh them
carefully and then decide for himself. He
is surely in a position 10 judge more fairy
than one who has heard only one side
of the case. The Globe knows Governor
Barnes is sconscientiously endeavoring 70
do his whole duty and that time will dem
onstrate the wisdom of MS policy"