The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-18
Outlines of Oklahoma

A man in Canadian. Texas. advertise.
Oklahoma watermelons as the best.
The kick comes from Grant county that
there are not enough husks to cover the
ccrn.
Five hundred wagons and other vehicles
rave been sold in e Reno in the last three
months.
A deputy marshal recently lost his
shackies in the Usage country and is ad-
yertis!ng for them.
A counterfeiters' den between Arapahoe
and FL Reno. on Deer creek. IS supposed
10 be in operation
Charles E. Noyes VIII have a cotton gin
OF thirty bales day capacity in operation
n Arapahoe September 10.
The Missouri and Kansas Telephone COM
pany will put in system at E. Reno and
connect j, with other towns.
DR.. J. A. McGinnis OF Taloga is candi-
cate FOR pension examiner for that portion
of Oklahoma, and should have &.
The wise cotton raiser is already con-
tracing for pickers. He should put them
under contract or some one VIII oser-b;i
him.
The old soldiers reunion at Jefferson
last week was a marked success. much Of
which was due TO Edgar Brain, the JeTer-
son rustler.
". L. Lo5ack Of Custer county ran into
bundles nest the other day and the
Arapahoe Bee says he is considerably
bunged up
In Oklahoma cotton pickers will receive
81 hundred pounds if cotton Is ten cents
a pound. and seveniy-five cents II Il Is eight
cents a pound
An Oklahoma City man named Ford has
sued his wife for divorce on the grounds
that she drinks buttermilk ard then eats
onions on the top OF that.
A feature of last weeks reunion al JEFF
ferson was a rooster fight or the streets
The ROSTERS fought an hour and a half
and the referee decided il a draw.
New style birth notice in the Ponca City
Courier: st Peter left the gates ajar and
by his carelessness Mr.. and Mrs. John
Crawford are the parents of dear little
girl baby"
Arapahoe. the liveliest town off rail-
road in western Oklahoma. viii have
big G. A. r. reunion next month. Some
day Arapaaoe VIII be a city. 1t is bull;
on that plan.
A Kansas City paper publishes a por-
trait OF Mrs. Steen of Enid which IS RI
diculous. Mrs. Steen is very handsome
woman and the portrait robs her OF every
attractive feature.
Nearly every man who went TO Oklahoma
has had a hard time of IL. The new-com-
ers were all strangers and il was every
man for himself. Many felt helpless from
ha+D alo ~. l.,
everybody was sorry for him, because ne
realized that he might also be in trouble
soon. Oklahoma has never released this
sympathy for fellow-citizens 1t was re-
markedly shown in the welcome Carver
received upon mis- return from the pen.ten-
tiary the other day.
Oklahoma City Globe: The DeFord fam
lily is one of the F. Fs OF Maryland, noted
for their wealth and culture and lineage
reaching back before the revolution. They
are married and intermarried with the lead
ing families OF Maryland and WELD strong
Influence. One of Captain DeFord's cous-
ms died near Baltimore recently. leaving
an estate valued at over s1.200,0oo Post
master General Gary is a warm friend of
Mr.. DeFord's ch.efest supporters in his
fight for the marshalship.
FL Reno Star: County Superintendent
II. II. Kellogg recently appointed a county
board OF insurance appraisers composed of
V. ID. DuVan. L. Modlin and T. II. Ken
neaster, whose duty consists OF appraising
all school buildings in the county at their
actual value, for the purpose OF insurIng
the buildings in the Territory Mutual
against loss to the districts by fire. The
premium charged is per cent OF the ap-
pra!sement. This IS a territorial insurance
affair. as the name would imply, and Is op-
Grated without extra Pay by the terrific
rial and county superintendent in COM
pi!ance with an act OF the last legislative
assembly. The premium is extortionately
high, but II was made so for the purpose
OF creating a sinking fund from which 10
pay losses. The appraisers receive g FOR
each appraisement-$ each. They have fin
isked appraising the southwest portion OF
the county and began anew under Super
intendent kellogg's instructions a few
miles southeast of the city Thursday.