The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-21
Outlines of Oklahoma.

Sam Peach of Ell Reno. according to the
Enid Wave. sells peaches
II would be just Oklahoma's luck now
&c have cotton begin long climb.
The next appointment Governor Barnes
will make viii be from Oklahoma City.
Dick Piunkett is over in Pawhuska and
has come out for chief OF police at that
place
The Kingfsher Reformer is crying for
fruit canning establishment for King
fisher.
There has never been day since the
first opening that Oklahoma has not
grown.
JY. Callahan and wife arrived in Colo
RADIO on the same day that Governor
Barnes did.
No new country IN all the history OF the
world has ever duplicated what Oklaho-
ma has done.
At Enid the farmers are bringing in so
rrany watermelons that il Is impossible 10
give them away.
There never was better time for the
boards of trade in Oklahoma 10 begin a
campaign in the east
Not a paper in Oklahoma this week had
a word about free homes. Stin that slo'-
10000 should not be lost sight OF.
II the times keep on improving all the
large towns in Oklahoma will double in
population in the next three years.
Mr.. Keutz in Grant county. has stalks
in his cotton field that have as high as one
hundred and forty balls 10 the stalk
A recent novel published in the east has
tc do with a small station Just south OF
Guthrie, on the Rock Island Route"
s1.-. -,
the chorus advising the farmers 10 improve
their farms and let personal comforts go
for a while.
The Grant County Nidette says that
some picn:ckers brought back with them
many pleasant memories OF the occasion
and 100000 chiggerS.
There were many hungry days IN 1889
and 1890 20 balance the joys Of the present
wheat prices in Oklahoma, but the pio-
neers have forgotten the past
The Oklahoma editor who hasn't time 10
write political editorials because he is so
busy booming the country IS the editor who
is getting subscribers right now.
The matter of holding wheat is one Of
individual judgment with the Oklahoma
farmer. But if he can hold il ne might
better do it. 1t is not so easy 10 spend
wheat as money.
II would be impossible for either Texas
or Kansas to have boom without Oklaho-
ma feeling it. But as matter or fact
good times are being felt i'll Oklahoma
more distinctly than in either Kansas or
Texas.
Another indication of flush times in Ok
lahoma is the way Oklahoma people are
visiting in the east. The papers are cram
med with items about Mrs. So-and-so and
children leaving for Indiana, Ohio. Illinois.
Kansas and Pennsylvania on visits.
Guthrie Leader: Sheriff Barrows and
posse returned to Oklahoma yesterday
from their hunt for the bandits that held up
the Santa Fe passenger. They followed
the trail from the scene of the hold-up to
the Kickapoo line, but al that point all
trace of the robbers was lost. No clue TO
their identity was obtained.
Enid Wave: Indications point 10 the fact
that spurious silver coin is being c.rculat-
ed in Enid. Today Frank Hodgden was
offered a counterfeit half dollar. and on
investigation he found bad silver dollar
in his drawer. The officers think others
have received some of the stuff and they
are close onto the culprits. Examine your
change before receiving IL.