The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-11
Outlines Of Oklahoma

| A car OF wheat at Oklahoma City Satur-
| day sold for % cents bushel
| Ernest Blake, an FL Reno lawyer. recent
| ~ took a trip to the City Of Mexico for
| Clients.
Judge Burford and John Ollie are IN the
Wichita mountains picking up gold nuggets
and living on canned goods
The Medicine Lodge treaty expires on oc-
tober y, and there may be an invasion OF
| tie Kiowa and Commanche lands.
| David Grouse of Illinois. connected with
| a threshing outfit in the Strip. last week
met his death by being dragged TO death by
| horse.
There is still time TO patch up ali troubles
by making al Grimes marshal OF the ter
rltory. The whole nog or none policy is
always cyclonish.
The German American League. one OF
the strongest organizations in the terri
tory, in Its resolutions recently adopted at
Fl Reno spoke highly OF Dennis Flynn
In some respects Hannessey is the most
enterpr:s:ng town in the territory. The
time VIII come when all Oklahoma towns
Will be following Hennessey's lead OF build
ing country roads.
Captain Gamer of FL Reno has friends
who say that he wanted nothing but the
postoffice, and Governor Barnes couldn't
have come any equally as good game on
rim. He is still glad he published htose
letters.
The Hennessey Clipper says that Abe
Wribhtenour, near Columbia, from his cy-
clone thresher ran into wagons in eleven
consecutive days 1900 bushels of wheat
Think of it II grew on SIX adjoining
farms.
Recently Hennessey built out one road
leading into town nine miles. placing three
hundred wagon loads of grass and straw
thereon. With one exception not a man
living on the road furnished bit OF the
material.
About half the editors in Oklahoma own
carriage. and on Sunday afternoons they
go out and visit farmers. The editors who
do this thing are the editors who make a
success. The same thing was true OF AKIN
sas in early newspaper days
The Hennessey Clipper is a valuable pa
per to its town. II always gives proni-
hence 10 new industries locating there and
therein IS a paper valuable. Its latest an
rouncement is a new elevator with a ca
racity of 10000 bushels. which w. j. Ste
yenS will erect.
Out near Woodward (by the way this Is
one of Bill Bolton's Ees). IL had not rained
for weeks until recently. The ground was
red hot. Every drop that fell sizzled and
spluttered. A man named Bell had built
his house IN a gully The water ran down
into the house, steam was generated and
an explosion took place. killing Mr.. Bell.
his wife and three children and a dog.
The way the newspaper situation stands
now is as follows: The Kildare Journal,
Fl Reno Republican, Pawnee Tines ara
Oklahoma City Tines-JourEal don't like
Barnes, and say SO: hte Oklahoma City
Globe. the Meiford Patriot, the Kin gfisher
Free Press and the Tecumseh Republican
do like Barnes. and say SO. All the othe-
Republican newspapers in the territory
Ike both Flynn and Barnes and are say
ing nothing. Which is the best course?
Part OF the town of Okarche is in Cana
dian county and part IN Kingfsher coun-
". Mr.. Schwartz wanted TO establish
saloon in the town. He tried IL by trying
to secure thirty names OF taxpayers 10 his
petition. The law says he shall have thirty.
The people of one county cannot sign their
names to petition in another county. In
that part of Okarche N Canadian county
there are only twenty-eignt taxpayers.
These Mr.. Schwartz got, but the county
commissioners at FL Reno say he cannot
open his saloon.
The following was the program Of the
three days reunion of cowboys at Sey-
mour, Texas, last week:
First day "wednesday, August f-Meet-
ing of association at club house at $50 a.
m; cowboys parade. 1890 a m; adjourn
ment for dinner. y m; Indian parade and
march 10 grove, 80 p. m; speaking. 10
6 p. m.
Second day-Bronco busting. 8 a. m. TO
Il m; afternoon, horse racing, mule race
and novelty races, ending with a big In
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