The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-13
Outlines of Oklahoma.

with three candidates IN the field, -
says the Saltwater Gazette, 'Keaton
| won't stand a ghost Of a show.'
The Guthrie Monitor says Frank Greer
writes the editorials for the Mid-road
Register. II is difficult to tell whether
| this is SANDER on Greer or the Reg
lister.
The following Oklahoma romance Is ia
ken from the Blackwell Sun. a paper
noted for Its veracity and piety: ',On
September 2, Robert Cheyne secured s. IL
cense TO wed Catherine Cheyne. Back
! Of this prosaic and very common pro-
ceeding is a very pretty little romance
| Robert Cheyne is now 81 years OF age.
and when he was about q years old he
won and wed the lady who IS soon 10
/ become his bride, This was back in New
| York, and after living together several
years. petty differences arose, the couple
/ separated, were divorced and Cheyne
| drifted west and married again. His sec
| ond wife died some years ago. and with
/ in the last year Cheyne met The wife OF
! his youth by accident in Ponca City.
! Though separated for over twenty years.
the dull Goals of love long smothered by
/ the burden Of years burst anew into a
| fame, and the happy couple concluded TO
once more renew their vows which were
/ so rudely broken long ago and spend their
| declining years in happy oompanionship.
| May their brightest dreams be realized"
The report of Governor Barnes of Ok
! lahoma, for the fiscal year ending June
30. Is a most gratifying statement. II
shows remarkable progress In the devel-
| opment OF this resourcetul territory.
which, but few years ago, was thrown
| open TO the people of the United States
! for cI1ltfUarin The has in
creased l3 per cent in the past two years,
which have been remarkable Throughout
| the country for stationary population, ex-
cept in the newest and most enterpris-
ing centers. The aggregate wealth of the
territory is surprisingly large. consider
ing the brief period that has been re-
CURED to accumulate il. The rate of tax
alton is very low. Business interests OF
various kinds make good showing and
| the educational facilities already employ
ed and those provided for in the liberal
school fund system indicate that the ter
ritory Is destined to take high rank edu-
cationally. In 1897 Oklahoma raised IS
000 900 bushels OF wheat, 10000 bales of
cotton and an enormous crop OF corn.
the last named product not being estimat-
ed for the reason that so large a portion
of it was fed TO cattle and hogs and not
marketed in the usual way. There are in
the territory at present 2o3. 904 horses. S.
s37 mules. rs, 900 cattle. 25S.O00 hogs and
5000 sheep. It viii be seen. therefore
that the soil resources. which are among
the richest in the world, have been rap
idly cultivated and that Oklahoma terri
tory is already a great. wealthy. orderly
and settled community. Most of the peo-
pie Of this new territory are native born
Americans. They are thrifty and enter
prising. They are alive TO the advant-
ages of soil and geographical location.
They are figuring largely in the max
ing of the Greater West. an empire that
will reach its fotune with the opening
and shipment of gulf ports for the receipt
and shipment of the agricultural products
of the plains. There's nothing the mat
ter with Oklahoma