The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-13
outIines Of okIahoma

OuthHeS OF JSlanou4
A Guthrie arm has ollsred . dol1sE =
foot FAR ne talfsss corn STAN n oAla-
hozna-
Il = believed By many that TIE osaga
country win turn cut - Be ne great Oh
section of the nation.
There y an awful tansfs Of politics ca
down IN Enid but no ana on the outside e
able 20 understand II
The big bridge across ahe ArkazsAs
east Of Newklrk l. half completed. a
VIII Be finished September /
The Deming Tnvesfment company o.
Oklahoma Is offering s for the tales
corn stalk raised In Okiahoma eounty.
The ouapAw Indians want to joia Okla
homa Socner or later all the midas
Territory nations win cling 20 Oklahoma
The santa Fe road between oklahoma
City and Guthrie Is being straishtensd
out. II h said Il win be made an air
lans.
1t Is said that Secretary Jenkins made
| q resolve . few months ago that he would
never support man for ofsice who drank
| TO excess.
Nearly al the newspapers IN Oklahoma
are making = systematic and persistent
| fight against the use Of foul language ln
public places.
Guthrie Is enJoyfng q buildinx boom.
Excavations are being made for The new
opera house. the Masonic temple and the
Mckay block
Next Wednesday e the day sIlvers Dax.
on's great -four train begins its jour
ney with its cargo OF establishment anA
paralysis FOR the fasteners.
Medford and Pond Creek are still fight
Ing 1t Is charged at Medford thar the
Pond Creek young men chew tobacco
while making love In a hammock.
They are having great time about tx
pert Accountant Pattereon's report at
Enid. There Is more mystery about what
IL really contains than there Is about
Dreyfus' secret dossien
The late planted and poorly tended corn
IN portions OF the strip has been put to
sleep by the hot weather. Tue rest Is
all right The late corn has suffered 90
much, according to the MedfOrd Patriot.
the sale OF lumber has fallen on.
T. ]. Palmer believes that Mckinley
will be reelected president ana that Cow
ernor Barnes viii be re-appolnted for four
years But an attempt 20 rs-appolnt
Barnes will bring q hghs and Il viii come
from the Jenkins amalgamation.
Reflection by Jerre Johnson OF the New
kirk r. n. J.: There are lots % ola
frauds In Oklahoma politics who need
exposing. They hold on TO the public teat
like vampires" But can Jerre Johnson
prove that the vanpire suckles It, young.
Professor Stevens AZ the Guthrie Nor
mai institute displayed q maidstone II
was a wad OF matted hair around which
limestone had accumulated. The hair
- fr,-, -. -. "a
animal. IL was found among The bonss
of a buffalo on the plains in Mexico.
It II said that the minister who visited
farm houses. and was followed by a young
couple wanting to De married, while the
farmer and his wife signed their names
az witnesses 70 the marriage and later
found their names on promissory notes.
has been caught ~ Perry and that his
name Is Hook.
A ndedford bachelor made q purchase Of
two shirts and three collars. Later he
called at the store for his bundle and zoe
the wrong one. On his way home he
called on two young women. They insist
ed on seeing his purchase. and when he
opened the bundle he revealed q triple
woven wire hustle. two long striped stock
irgs. a corset cover and q small looking
glass.
Norman Transcript: Another move Is
being made 10 erect a nonumant to 9. ~
Barr. "Beefsteak Barr" as he was famii-
iarly known among the travelling men.
afr. Barr. Il viii be remembered. was land
lord OF Hotel Victoria when he died. and
his body was taken TO Humboldt. Kansas.
the burial being under the auspices et the
Masons. It Is proposed 20 raise the money
for the monument among thu travelling
men.
blackwell Record: One Of Kay county's
progressive farmers. who lives near
Blackwell. reports an average Yield %
over % bushels OF wheat to the acre this
year, OF a little more than 10 acreA Ths
average was maintained after including
Is acres Of hard wheat that was not a.
good as the soft wheat. and Il f. proba-
bly, safe to put the soft wheat ~ - TO
~ bushels to the acre. There r. not q
on earth that can show better
results than Kay county.