The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-01
Outlines Of Oklahoma

Oklahoma should drop on her knees and
praise God for thar wheat crop.
There is going to be lots Of hot time At
the League meeting in Ell Reno.
Abraham Lincoln. colored gentleman liv-
ing near Hennessey. has been granted
pension
The Oklahoma newspapers are intoxica:-
cd with wheat talk. The crop has SET
them wild.
Reverend A. Lawrence has been engaged
as pastor of the Enid Baptist church for
another year.
Thirty wagon loads Of wheat all moving
along the street were counted at one time
in Enid Monday.
The Hodssens on Turkey creek in Gar
field county win have 1900 bushels OF wheat
10 market this year.
The threshing machine engine Is snort.ng
through Oklahoma leaving It's diagonal foot
prints on hill and dale.
At Lahorna the preacher failed 20 show
up last Sunday night. He shocked wheat
all day and was too tired
By an absolutely accurate measurement:
CT an Oklahoma county field. the wheat
yielded 36is bushels 10 the acre.
There are no for sale advertisements OF
claims in Oklahoma papers cow. You
have to beg before you can buy.
Travellers say that FL Reno is booming
and looks very much as Wichita did IN tho
days Of its great wheat market
The average Oklahoma farmer in cutting
his wheat rubs his eyes full six times day
to persuade himself he is not dreaming.
The follow who didn't like the looks Of
Oklahoma's soil, and moved away is trying
to borrow money TO get back to the terri
tory
While Auditor Nichols was out driving
Sunday his team ran away wrecking the
surrey. throwing him out and bru.sing him
| badly.
Every Oklahoman should take q look 1T
that wheat crop. II Ii the greatest any
country every produced. Every one agrees
on that.
Many farmers are returning TO Enid their
! surplus binding Irvine. On account OF wheat
| being down in the fields they have had TO
use cradles.
| The editor of the Times-Journal at Okla
homa City just stands II the front door OF
| the Office and takes in the bunshes of SAM
| pie wheat ell day.
Mr.. Rogers of Oklahoma county sowed
|
| ing him ~ bushels TO the acre and the cows
| don't get a bite OF that.
The boys tried to make it appear the
other day that Jake Roberts was elected a
| Reed delegate. Jake was for Mckinley
! as far back as Jenkins.
The land Office at Mangum. Greer county.
has been notified that the time limits within
which preference rights must be filed has
| been extended 10 January l. 1895.
| The Kildare Journal says In Blackwell
1 the citizens are so excited about wheat all
| they can say TO each other is loot, toot.-
| each person imaging he is a traction en-
! g.ne thresh:ng millions of bushels.
| Captain Shockey of Perry accused Col
| onel Hassler of Enid of bad faith In the
| fight for department commander Of the G.
A. r. in Oklahoma. A committee has just
reported, saying that Shockey's charge was
| false. They investigated.
| Thomas Ka-Hah-Seah has sued his wife
Matte Ka-Hah-Saeh. for divorce at Perry
Thomas swears in his petition that he mar
ried Matte Plummer, alias West. in Still
water in July, 1884, and that she has beer
| cruel wife, in that she has used matches
| on him, and that she was guilty Of adul
| tery.