The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-15


that journal the news as it was CLEANED
by me during my perigrinations about the
county, with the best cream separator on
the face of Gods green earth. Every
farmer should have one, and I am going
to visit every county in the territory, and
as it is my own individual invention, I
expect to get rid of a great many sepa-
rators during cold weather. I viii call
on the politicians first and if they dom I
buy 1 will give them a little free adver-
Using. I know 'em all and know their
Shortcomings also. and will take great
delight in having them appear in the cold
est kind of type
1 was down to Canadian county last
week and stopped off at Ell Reno. got
there the morning the Eagle came with
the joyful news that Mr. Eastman of
Emporia, Kansas (sold lots of separators
there), had been appointed receiver of the
land Office at Enid. vice Captain Hassler
deceased It was a sight to see the boys.
now pleased they were when the news
reached them c. o. Blake, the man who
was never known to laugh, and who is
! also the heartless attorney for the Rock
Island, fairly dubbed over with glee He
remarked to the separator man that il
served the people of Oklahoma right. es-
pecially the Republicans they had not
sense enough to stick together and PresI-
dent Mckinley was heart sick and tired
OF the whole outfit c. o. is of the opin-
lon and his opinions are as a general
thing right, that Kansas and Iowa will
come in for all the vacant offices here
after. Arkansaw, Missouri Ohio and
Illinois have had their share and it would
not surprise him in the least if John
Davis of Wichita, would be the next gov
ernor, providing Governor Barnes takes a
notion he doesn't want the job any
longer.
Senator Frank z. Gillett, the man who
stated before an audience of 700 people IN
the opera house at Ell Reno that if
Dennis Flynn could not get us free homes
he could at least get the time for prov
ing up extended at least ten years, was
more than pleased that Mr.. Eastman was
appointed to fill Captain Hassler's vacant
chair. Frank also remarked that If har-
mony existed among the Republicans OF
Oklahoma such things would not occur.
He also stated that the only cure for the
evils now epidemic in Oklahoma was
statehood; the people could then say at
the polls who should be their senators,
congressman and governor, and they
could also have say as to who should
occupy the big chair in Washington.
There is considerable of a squabble
also between Dan Perry, of the Globe
who is also police judge Of Ell Reno. and
Travis Ferdinand Hensley, of the Demo-
crat who is also mayor Of FL Reno
Hensley says Daniel is conspiring with
Sid Clarke of Oklahoma City, to down
him for delegate to congress. Dan says
it is not so; that Hensley has not the
ghost of show for the nomination, and
1t is a well known fact that he could not
be nominated again for the office of dog
pelter. let alone delegate to congress.
While at FL Reno 1 learned that the
people of that town are going to hold a
city and county election, on November
Z. for the purpose of voting bonds for the
construction OF, a sewerage system in the
city, and for the erection of a county
court house There was fellow there
a week ago Sunday who agrees to put in
a sewerage system for $1,000. From what
can learn it can't be done. There is
not a man in the council who is a sani-
tary engineer, and there is not one who
has ever laid an inch of sewer pipe in his
life. FL Reno is built on a hill, and If
properly graded sewerage would not be
needed except for the benefit of the hotels
and business houses on Bickford and
Rock Island avenues. To have a COM
plete sewerage system for Ell Reno it
would take at least twenty-five miles of
pipe, and that would cost great deal
more than $1,000 The neighbors all say
that FL Reno will not vote for the bonds
The county commissioners of Canadian
county were in session last week and
spent nearly two days trying to figure out
the names of over 800 taxpayers who
want $4,000 court house. Every town
ship and precinct in the county was rep
resented by from ten to a hundred names,
and, the honorable board being willing,
there will be an election held for Tues
day, November I, for the purpose Of vot-
ing bonds. A court house is needed very
badly in Canadian county, and from what
I can learn the people will have one that
will be a credit to the territory.
This has been a prosperous year for the
people of Canadian county, if the new
residences now in course OF construction
is any sort of criterion to so by. When
I went through the town year ago
with my peerless separator I noticed a
number of vacant lots overgrown with
weeds. Now I notice the aforesaid lots
are being filled with handsome dwellings
costing from s7O0 to $1,000. The school
houses are filed with happy, well-fed and
well-dressed children. The churches yes
terday were filed to overlooking with
elegantly dressed people.
DEACON SLOCUM.