The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-30
Outlines of Oklahoma

-Four lumber yards have recently located
| in Blackwell.
With statehood Oklahoma would have
two congressional districts.
Jake Admire demands to know OF Cover
| nor Barnes why he Is opposed 10 state
hood.
| $50 in Fort Worth, Texas. with his horse.
Babe Fields.
II is whispered about in Kingfsher that
Dennis Flynn is for statehood without sub
terfuge or delay
All the candidates for the agency OF the
Osages have Billy Walkers kind permits
sion to disappear.
The Populsts of Custer county will get
together December 4. 10 discuss the general
welfare OF their party.
Judge McAtee at Kingisher last week
especially instructed the grand jury TO
clean out the gamblers.
The Chandler News sees the capital ques-
ton in the statehood agitation and blames
Kingfisher and FL Reno.
The Chandler News expects work to be-
gin on the Sapulpa extension to that point
within two or three weeks.
President Robinson told the people OF
Chandler that they could go to 81. Louis
on a railroad by the Fourth Of mex:
July.
Not a newspaper in Oklahoma at the
present time Is openly antagonistic to
statehood. That means a wonderful una
nimity.
The Oklahoma City Globe charges that
Governor Barnes doesn't want Statehood
until the Arkansaw pull on Oklahoma 10
naturarzed.
Jake Admirers head lie level when he says
that capital is distrustful of territory.
Statehood really means a wonderful era of
eastern investment.
All diplomatic relations between Chandler
and Guthrie are severed. The Chandler
News has attacked Guthrie in poetry-and
pretty good poetry, too.
Matt Ryan has turned up at Oklahoma
City and challenges every blacksmith in
the territory to a match in turning 100
horse shoes-single punch.
II. Golden of Guthrie was a candidate
for the Usage agency. lie spent a large
amount of money trying TO get il and fail
ed. He has now disappeared.
1t will surprise his many friends to hear
that on next Thursday evening. Bill Boz
ton of Woodward will be married TO Miss
Cecil Gocdover. OF Bl.rchsrd, Kansas.
D. H. Upchurch Of Arapahoe has not
had everything his own way. No sooner
was he appointed postmaster than prairie
fire came along and burned down all his
barns.
NJ. c. Beard. aged forty-five, with grown
children, drove up to the school house in
Altus, Greer county, the other DAY and
took Augusta Simpson. aged II, to YER
non, Texas, where he married her.
Blackwell Record: Eighty car loads of
lumber are now On their way 10 Blackwell.
They nave been ordered by the different
lumber yards of this city and viii keep
quite a number of farmers in this vicinity
busy hauling 1t from Kildare. to which
place most of it will be shipped.
Kildare Journal: What dazzles us most
about Oklahoma are the educational and
public building funds. They surpass any
thing of the kind on earth. In the north
ern portion OF the territory, in each town
ship of six miles square one-ninth of the
fertile soil is owned by the school uni
versity and public building funds. These
lands are in demand. A party recently
paid over 5000 just to get the privilege OF
paying the rent on a school quarter.
Alva Republican,: Every day brings
string of white canvass covered wagons
into this county loaded down with pros
pective claim holders, additional popua-
ton and living paraphernalia They have
come to stay and are industriously looking
this county over from center to either Dor
der trying TO get located and east their
lot with US. Let them come; Woods county
needs more people within her borders who
are not staying for mere speculation and
only waiting simply for chance to sell
out. Improvements and pros perity go
hand In hand and We want to see every
claim fitted up for a home and not as a
source OF speculation.