The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-20
Outlines of Oklahoma

Good for Governor Barnes. He is BOOM
| ing Oklahoma.
The purest copper ore in the world. It
mountains.
II is said that the richest claims in the
Wichita mountains are already taken for
government purposes.
There is a car shortage at Enid and sew
eral farmers hive been compelled 10 haul
their wheat back home
Jake Admire, who has four or FIVE
farms, says that wheat viii be worth more
next fall than it is now
No man who has ever been in the wich-
ita mountains and has gone out again
declares that there is no gold there.
There is gold in the Wichita mountains,
but it is rich mems gold. 1t is going 10
take capital 10 get II gu; OF the rock.
II is the opinion OF the Norman Trans
cript that when the yellow fever quaran-
tines are Withdrawn cotton will revive.
There is no objection from any quarter
10 the speech made by Frank McMaster
at Kingfisher. The boys seemed to like
Il.
Bill Grimes is putting big stock OF fur
n:ture into his store az Kinghsher and
doesn't care whether politics exists or
not.
There is gas and oil in the Wichita
mountains and adjacent thereto. FL Reno
when II gets rich, should put down a
hole.
Jake Admire wants the Oklahoma Judi
c;ary cleaned out II President Mckinley
has TO go into the states 10 get new ma
ter;al.
At the Norman fair the ladies had a
nail driving contest. Mrs. Ed Ringo
drove her nail the quickest and got a
diamond ring.
There is a leak in the Kingfsher tele-
graph office. the Kingfisher Free Press in
Inmates. and the young man might better
look little out.
Some one at Guthrie yelled at ingalls,:
How do you account for the low price OF
cotton?' Il will get TO that presently"
.eplied ingalls,. But he didn't get to IT,
The Ponca City Daily Courier has be-
come a permanent thing The people
should stand by it until the hot place
freezes over and then stand by IL on the
ice.
An old soldier at Kingfisher says It
makes him -ireC for the boys TO get up
at reunions u, ell how they stole chick
ems during the war. He says their chill
dren will think I'VE did nothing else
1t is a story told among the people near
the Wichita mountains that Phil. Sheri-
dan once put a shaft down in a ledge CT
mineral, but the government made him
quit. The abandoned shaft Is still shown.
The death of Clarence Myers at Black
burn was the most horrible thing thai ever
happened in the territory He was hurled
about a tumbling rod 200 times In few
seconds. His body presented a revolving
sight.
Oklahoma City Times-Journal: The car
Of Oklahoma's natural products will be
when completed, most creditable dis
play. A better display could have been
made had there been money available 10
pay for gathering up the materials The
products secured are the volustary dona-
tons. and do not represent the best In
every line of production. The car left for
Guthrie this afternoon. where products of
four counties will be added.
Perry Enterprise-Times: Among the I'M
expected and funny incidents OF today was
the scrap between City Attorney John A
Oliphsnt and Win T. Little 1t grew out
of a dispute over the amount of money
sent TO the territory by the Republican
managers during the last campaign. They
bjoth passed the lie and then came togeth-
er, but were separated by Officer Penn
without any more serious injuries than a
few scratches. Tom Doyle says he will
concede the belt 10 either OF the gentle
men. although it is somewhat disigured.