The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-16
Outlines of Oklahoma

Hard work is being put on the FL Reno
Star and it is making 1t bright newss
paper.
While he was over at Ft SIN the other
day E. F. Mitchell picked up large piece
Of fine asphaltum.
Wheat is selling in Enid 1T ~ cents hard.
and 81 cents soft Little Is brought in by
the farmers as yet
The grain buyers at Enid are nghtine
the county scales and buying wheat weigh
ed on their private scales only.
Marsh Lambert is fitting out the Sewkirk
postoffice with screen doors There Is tc
be no flies on his administration.
The way in which Colonel Freeman Of
the Osages is keeping low and letting every
body forget him is something wonderful TO
behold.
Bill Walker is still nosing around for ths
Usage agency. He will never get IN shout
ing distance of it. The Maryland people
have it cornered.
If this thing keeps on the Indians VIII
simply buy Harper Cunningham and keep
him around the camp to make speeches to
them and spell-b;nd 'em.
Dennis Flynn is back IN Guthrie from
Washington. He is quiet and non-com-
miinicative. AZ always, Flynn u the most
popular man in Oklahoma.
NJ L. Harter, formerly Of Newk,rk. is now
at Akron, Ohio, running Democratic
paper, the property Of his brother. The
Harters are big Democrats in Ohio.
A special meeting of the city council OF
FL Reno will be called for the purpose OF
considering a proposed long distance tele-
phone between Oklahoma City and e
Reno.
Michael Eichoff has been elected treas
urer of the FL Reno Compress and Storage
company, the place being separated from
| that of treasurer. Otto Shuttee 10 secre-
| tary.
1t is not clear how Harper Cunningham
! fixed up those Indians. Are the old fel-
| lows going to be allowed to keep their sur
| plus wives and the young crowd shut out
or how?
| There is one thing certain. The strong
anti Republicans in Oklahoma are the Dem
ocrats and Democrat will be the fusior
candidate for delegate next time or Their,
will be no fusion.
|. There is only one thing to be said Il
Frank McMaster, and that ought TO b>
said hard. He ought to get his magazin,
cut regularly on certain day every month
and keep it going for year at least.
The ministers in Oklahoma are settin,
| on top slowly and particularly in the Popu
list party. They have Callahan and 4
now turns out that Laverty. the new Popu
list chairman, is a better preacher thar
Callahan.
The Grant County Milling company o
Jefferson have issued a circular proclaiminl
| that their 10O-barrel mill will open Angus
/; an exchange mill exclusively; farmer
| depositing their wheat and taking thei
flour at will.
The reunion Of the Northeastern Okla
homa Veterans association will be held a
Old Pond Creek. August II, II. Is, IA ans
10. The speakers advertised are Cover
nor Barnes. Harper Cunningham. Bernar,
Kelly. Tom Anderson. Levi Ferguson, A. c
Scott, A. j. Seay, J. S. s. Hassler. Franl
Greer and Tom Seward.
DeFord, the other day, when asked abou
the charges against him, said to the Wash
ington correspondent Of the Guthrie Capi
| tai: They are a lot of malicious les an.
| there is not the slightest foundation 70
them and the people in the Territory know
| that. Frank Cochran and Frank Gaul
know very well that there IS not a sc.ntills
of truth IN any Of the charges they hav'
made and as far as Miller is concerned
why his evidence don't amount to tina
much" indicating the amount with a snal
of The finger. Some doubt has been ex
| pressed as TO whether could be confirmed
| If nominated. Well I'll show the people
who have been discussing such question
| how long it will take the United States
senate TO confirm my nomination. 1t WI
be confirmed in twenty-four hours after /
reaches the senate. whether it goes to i
now or in December. a recess appointment