The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04
Outlines of Oklahoma

At the time Of the opening Governor Tan
ner OF Illinois was a resident Of Oklahoma
City.
II is reported that McKenna has said out
ard out that Hainer viii not be appointed
| judge.
Some Of the fellows are saying that l. the
| fight keeps UP Barnes and Flynn VIII both
be shelved.
Miss Wild Rose and Miss Na-heItare o.
Ealston had a finger-nail fight over bean
at RGlston recently.
If the quarrel keeps up President McKin-
ley will simply take a sponge and wipe
Oklahoma on the map.
One way out OF the difficulty is for every
body to some of the prech and let BIZ
Grimes have the marshalship.
DeFord has filed a written charge against
Governor Barnes. accusing him OF bar
gaining TO take part OF his salary.
One man says he did not know how no;
Governor Barnes was until the governor
spoke OF Dennis Flynn as Mr.. Flynn
One peculiar thing about the whole mys-
ter IS that Governor Barnes should come
home and leave Dennis Flynn down east.
In the Wichita mountains every peak has
about a dozen names. Every fellow who
comes along names the peak over again.
At the beginning OF his administration,
Renfrow had a hard time, but il isn't
marker TO what Governor Barnes IS going
through.
MIR. Nishokratnn, an Indian rear Gushing.
has three wives, bu. when he gets sick he
goes of TO the woods and stays there un;I
ne is well
All wild hogs in the Sac and Fox terri
tory are common property and a man who
kills one IS punished with thirty lashes or
h.s bare back.
There will never be another Ouanah Par
ker. The day of captive white wives for
Indian chiefs has gone by and out OF the
world forever.
valuable man in Oklahoma, will probably
be called in as a peacemaker between Gov
ernor Barnes and Flynn.
Some duck over near Cushing is selling
a preparation TO the Indians for 3 cents.
claiming 10 them that they can make a
tub full of whisky from it.
Some Of the boys think that in as much
as he is deliberate in thought and buarded
n his statements Secretary Jenkins is the
best politician in Oklahoma.
1t Judge Keaton joins McAtee and B.erer
IN an opinion against the territorial board
Of equalization the holders OF illegal war
rants will simply have 20 go on sweating.
And it appears that Keaton will DO Il.
Governor Barnes still has four hundred
and ninety-ffve horse pofer fight left in
him and Il anybody things ne is thk.ng OF
getting out OF the battle he is mistaken.
Frank McMaster says that the Wichita
mountains will some day be the center of
population in Oklahoma. He IS right about
that Those mountains are full OF gold.
Perry Enterprise: Mrs. Stephens, the
lady who, amidst all the excitement was
cool enough 10 bind up the wounds of the
men who were shot at the park on Friday.
deserves much credit for her presence Of
mind and kindly action. Being nurse
gives her superior fitness in emergencies
like this.
Mr.. Cyrus Leland, who was recently ap-
pointed pension agent at Topeka, Kansas.
denies emphatically the post traders story
published in the western papers recently
that he and Clayton have entered into a
conspiracy TO sontrol the post leadership
n Oklahoma and Indian territory. He de-
clares that ne has never at any time asked
for the control of these places and that he
does not desire to be bothered with the pat
ronage.
Perry Enterprise: Young VanEst, who |
tended Mrs. Ashtons farm on Rock creek !
this year. has done some wonderful farm !
ing. Mrs. Aashton is widow and en-
ployed young VanEst to take care of her |
farm. Aided during the season by her 10 |
year-old son. he has harvested 100 bushels |
of wheat cultivated 80 acres of corn. 30
acres of broom corn and 30 acres Of cotton. |
Part of this was grown on rented land ad |
joining the claim. Tn management and !
the bulk of the work was done by VanEst. |
He was up every morning at o'clock and |
worked until o'clock al night. This is /
great farming and Mr.. VanEst deserves /
much credit for his success