The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-15
Outlines of Oklahoma.

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The sheriff of Grant county has closed
two gambling houses at Pond Greek.
/ G. c. Fountain recently shot large
deer nine miles southwest OF Purcell.
A large grain elevator is being con-
structed at Pond Creek by Orthwine &
Son.
1t is said that the Rock Island win
have a new time card for Oklahoma No
vember 20.
| The Okarche Times announces that San
ia Claus will reach thai city this year
in an automobile
The farmers near Valley Center, in
Grant county. have formed a Game Pro-
| tective association.
| The Usage council is now in session.
| The full bloods are in control, having nine
OF the fifteen members.
| cases of open door,, The calaboose at
Purcell had one the other might.
I Ed Shaw and a companion drove from
Des Moines, Iowa. to MuIhall. Oklaho-
ma, recently, in twenty-four days.
Tom Ferguson is also of the opinion
with Senator Ravens. that single state
hood for Oklahoma means no statehood
at all
Dun I1ulcDiHS, IOTmeEty Oh HODCd lily,
was married 10 Miss Gibbs, a teacher
in the Indian schools at Fort Snow. Mon
tana. recently.
Twenty-Five prisoners lined up before
Judge Hainer at Pawree last week and
the Times-Democrat says they were a
sorry looking lot.
There is some rough country in the In
dian territory William Carmen was re-
bx-o FOL
precipice near Tyler.
Every body in Oklahoma is .rubber-neck-
ing these nights. There is as much sky
to the square foot in Oklahoma as IN
any place in the world.
One Of the classes in the Okarche
schools will give an entertainment next
Friday made up wholly of selections from
the writings of James Whitcomb Riley.
Andrew c. Oson, at Pawnee the other
day, dumped Denmark out Of the back
yard and took up with the United States
Judge Hainer granting him his naturalI-
cation papers.
A traveller at Pond Creek used the long
distance telephone and refused TO whack
up the fee. The telephone company at
tached his trunk and it cost the traveller
81 before he got it.
Shawnee Quill starts an article off this
way: Shawnee. the future capital OF
the single Etatehood." And the Hennes-
sey Kicker rejoins: 'Bahr
1t is said that all the postmasters IN
the United States will be compelled short
" to wear a uniform Of blue trousers
white coat and a skull cap with silver
star in front. Sam Murphy of Okla
mona City is preparing to resign.
Several Of the older towns in Oklahoma
are doing on less saloons than formerly.
Some of the old resorts have pulled out
and located in the new railroad towns
An anti-saloon league was organized at
Sennessey last night. They are getting
thick In Oklahoma.
Mulhall Enterprise: A farmer wandered
into the Carey Lombard hardware store
the other day and after making some
purchases was asked by Manager Hart
zell: Don't you want to buy a bicycle
to ride around your farm on? They're
cheap now. Can give a first-class one
for $50. I'D sooner put SIS into a cow
said the farmer. But think" said John,
how foolish you would look riding around
town on a cow" ooh, I don't know"
said the farmer. mo more foolish, per-
haps, than I would milking a bicycle"
The Taloga Advocate last week pub
lished The cut of a rooster and printed
hereunder this: THE election is over
and I feel like growing, even though I
live in a rural district and the returns
have not yet reached my ear. I am a
corn consumer, and cheap corn is what
want. l call the farmers out OF bed
and govern the length of their days
work. I also take a hand in the nations
politics. like Hanna and he has agreed
to help me get tariff on eggs so we
ran protect our home manufacturers. I
am your Uncle SamuePs rooster"