The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-13
Outlines Of Oklahoma

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| Nearly every Oklahoma paper you can
| pick up has reference to new g-n.
The Ell Reno Star says that the finest
| peaches that comes to that town are Okla
homa grown.
| Judge Bierer's idea OF summer vacation
| is not to go TO the mountains but TO Gar
! Gen City. Kansas.
| Qanah Parker is not dead. but they are
keeping the obituaries written about him
| from MS sight for fear he will be.
Indians like bakers bread best and one
| Ell Reno firm has lately been selling them
so leaves day. during payment.
Pat Nagle has secret befef that the
president is merely playing with the Re
| pubI;cans and wants 10 retain him.
George Orput dropped into FL Reno the
other day and shook hands all around and
| said he thought he would get the marshal
ship in time.
Those who have seen Jim Robb recently
report that ne has entirely recovered from
that interview on Governor Barnes. which
he didn't give.
A bright new daily is edited by Edgar
Brain at jefferson. II is called the Daily
Rustler and will be published during the
reunion there.
DeFord should be sustained and soothed
by the thought that at every stage OF the
game Colonel Bradley OF Kingfsher 10
loudly applauding.
The Perry Enterprise advises an old COL
ored man who Is preaching on the streets
of that town to go out into the cotton fields
and be OF some use.
The Perry Democrat says that q great
many of the cotton fields in Noble county
VIII yield bale TO the acre. II declares
this Is no exaggeration.
1t will be noticed that during all this
storm, John Ollie has had his senatorial
c:nch wrapped in tin-foil and covered with
three th.cknesses of ol-cloth.
The appointment of lookout. a full-blood
ed Indian. as a station agent by the Santa
Fe. is said 10 be the only case of It's kind
in the history OF the country.
Every time an Oklahoma can calls on
the president, Mckinley asks How is my
friend Amos Ewing?" They usually reply
that Amos is smooth and coal oily.
The factional adherents in Oklahoma who
are 30 certain that they have got Flynn
in the baggage coach ahead. should not
be too sure. Corpses have been known 70
creep over the tender and grab the throt-
tie.
When the facts come out IL Will be found
that DeFord himself requested Flynn 10 go
to the attorney general and make COM
plant. The idea that Flynn went 10 Nc
Kenna without telling DeFord anything
about it is balderdash.
Enid Wave: W. r Swartout, who has
just resigned his Office as postmaster az
North Enid, probably held more appointive
places under the late territorial adm.nistra-
ton than any other man in Oklahoma. In
the fall of 1893, shortly after the opening,
the county commissioners appointed him
trustee of North Enid township which
place he resigned a few weeks afterward
to accept from Governor Renfrow the APP
pointment as county superintendent Of pub
lie instruction for this county. After that
that governor successfully appointed him
TO q place on the territorial board OF edu-
cation, commissioner TO the Mexican eX-
position. and still later a regent of the ter
ritorial university, and he is still a member
of the university board During all this
time Mr.. Swartour was postmaster at North
Enid, and the office was raised 10 the pres.-
dental grade in 1895 and fell down TO the
fourth grade again a year later, so that
by the changes of grade he was four dif-
ferent times commissioned postmaster OF
that office. In fact he appears 10 have q |
sufficient number of official commissions TO |
paper the walls os small-sized room. Blu; A.!
while there has been some criticism that |
one man should enjoy so many favors al |
the hands of both the federal and terr.tori- |
a, administrations, 10 the exclusion OF |
others, il must be admitted that Mr.. Swart- |
out in his official acts has been a credit to |
the party. His official record in every |
position he has held has been clean and |
without a hint OF scandal or |
He has handled thousands |
of dollars of public money and without the |
shortage OF a penny.