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

/ A mine known as the May Bell in tn
Cripple Creek district is panning out Dig
Il Is owned by Guthrie men,
The VIII Grimes boom for marshal ii
| popularity is keeping pretty close after tn
Flynn boom for governor.
The Wichita country lies between wv
| valleys-The Washita and the South Cana
| diam The land is good. but nothing extra
The Guthrie Leader says that at an,
rate Flynn is keeping Oklahoma in bak
| ing powder position so far as advertiser:
is concerned.
| Judge s. F. Stahl Of BentonviIle. Ark.
| will probably succeed George Crump a:
| United States marshal for the western dis
| trict of Arkansas.
| Judge McAtee recently leciured in Kan
sas City on the american Conflict" undel
/ the auspices of the ex-Confederate asso
| citation OF Missouri
| The last government cotton report give:
| Oklahoma 1900 bales The Chandler News
I! laughs at this, saying that Lincoln county
| alone produced 10,0co bales.
Some one ought to run down 10 New
York City and see if Judge Scotts adver-
tisement IN the New York Herald has re-
suited in rushing business.
One man is getting a monopoly on the
Guthrie hotels. II he crowds down on the
legislature too hard, there will be wild
break for tie boarding houses.
Mr.. Scott of Oklahoma City is apparently
for Flynn for governor. although ii was
understood he would be a candidate HIM
self. He may go on the supreme bench.
1t is said that Anderson of Enid. Dilley Of
Oklahoma City and Spillman OF Kingfsher
will be allowed 10 serve out their terms as
registers Of their respective land Offices.
Nit.
Senator-elect Randolph of Okeene. Blaine
county, has already arrived at Guthrie to
attend the legislature. AS he is only y
years old, his haste can be excused by his
youth.
More mail comes into Oklahoma than
goes out. For that reason mail-sacks ac-
cumulate in great numbers in the Terri
tory. The surplus is sent at intervals 10
S, Louis.
The Muskogee grand jury recently re-
quested that two companies OF soldiers be
stationed regularly to guard the Muskogee
Jail 10 prevent a rescue and liberation Of
the inmates.
There IL joke in Oklahoma which only
the men understand. The laugh comes IN
when the report comes out in the paper
that some ran has been to Kansas City
ION business
Senator Vest is opposing the Free Homes
bill If formerly of Missiouris" in Okla
homa do not write him the next week begg-
ing him TO keep his hands Off they are max
ing big mistake.
"a
Chandler merchant, Christmas dressed her
baby for the tree at the church; told her
good bye and then took poison: then she
told her husband what she had done. Three
or four doctors came in and worked hard.
She begged piteously for them to save her
life But they could not. Dependency
was the cause.
Miss Lena Wool OF Mulhall won the con-
test of the Oklahoma High schools in de-
ciamatioE. The decision OF the judges
Hon. ]. II. Parker of Kingfisher, Professor
Freeman L. Miller of the A. NJ. E. college
ard Principal C. E. Daily of the Edmond
school, awarded the first prize, handsome
gold medal, to Miss Lena Wood of Mulhall;
the second prize. Webster's dictionary, to
Miss Theresa Miller Of Hennessey; the third
prize to Miss Bessie Ollie Of FL Reno, and
TO Master Ralph FELTON, of Ponca City, the
fourth prize. The judges highly compi-
mented all the contestants. and the efforts
OF the contestants were undoubtedly worthy
Of the most high praise.
The Enid Wave knows Captain William
Whitworth the Alva man who Is out after
the chief clerkship of the House with a
broad-ax. The Wave says: Captain Whit
worth was the secretary Of the short grass
government of Jonesville. 1t will be re-
membered that he sat In little store box
office on Second street and kept clean
cut record of the lot swapping business.
Every time the boys made lot trade the
captain charged fees TO keep the record
clear. He used a Kansas City notary pub
lie seal TO mark the deeds he gave so that
they could not be counterfeited. Whit
worth is i printer. but has always been
hunting another job. however. he is not a |
bad sort OF citizen"