The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-18
Outlines Of oklahoma


The next thing in order viii Be = waid
woefuI howl for more threshing hana-
A los OF the farrers n Oklahoma are
looking % see wheat dollar ousns1
again before the summer Is over.
A man in the strip. south Of Arkansas
City. caught 2.eeo feet Of drift lumoer -
the Arkansas during the recent nood-
The peace conference 40 The Hague
has probably got the Flynn and Barnes
matter down on the program fer the iast
day.
Wide tires are being used some IN Bea-
yer county for freightfng. and are sad
70 be az Improvement over the narrow
kind.
Many OF the farmers IN Kay county vii
prove up on their claims Immediately at
ter harvest. And they win have the
money TO do a.
Editor LAwton Of the ArapahOe Bee Is
The only editor in the territory who took
sides in his paper on the prt7e-nSnt. ne
was for Jeffries.
William p Haley Of Beaver county b
- years old During the civil war Re
vas a scout and the Confederate states
offered $500 for his capture.
Oklahoma has never had q strike which
was mOmentOus enough TO hurt business.
All of Colorado and part OF Kansas are
Two Shawnee editors met face 20 face
the other day. One felt for bis gun. the
other for his heart. and both discovering
that they had iefe them az home. pass
ed by.
Fl Reno was one Of the towns which
came in on the list OF postodices whose
receipts increased the postmaster's sal-
airy. e. Reno comes In on hn the good
| things.
Miss Mamie Howe married Mr.. Waldo
/ Rich at Guthrie the other day and the
papers headed the notice 'Iowe-Rich."
That Is question often asked at .
marriage.
: Robert l. Owens. OF the Dazes commits
4 sion, says that most OF the Indians GIL
| transform their allOtments into cash az
soon as they can. And the white man
will get the cash.
Dennis Flynn should slide down 70
/ Washington and roar for one Og those
| captured Spanish cannon. Every state
Is To get two and the territories seem 10
have been forgotten.
| An Oklahoma paper kicks because II a
/ girl has red hair 10 Is auburn" II a
boy has II Il is "Red-Headed Bill" II
the girl has a four-dollar place IN a
store Il is a position; II Bill has a place
IL Is only Job"
| The other day Frank Menten and some
| companions were swimming near Oklaho-
| ma City. Frank got caught under a log
| Thinking he was drowned. his compan-
ions became frightened and fed. Frank
i worked himself out from under the Jog,
swan ashore. put on his clothes and cana
/ home disgusted.
The handlest man with a spade, IN an
the world. lives near Okeene In Blaine
county. He has one spade which he loves.
| having owned 10 for years. and Il l. worn
! down TO a stump. The other day one ~
| his horses fell into we'll Neighbors
saw the predicament and ran for tackle
/ To hoist him OUT When they returned
/ they found that the man with the spade
| had dug an inclined chute down 10 the
| bottom OF the well and had led the steed
/ out
A Minco poetess has written a piece
she calls "WhirlwindS Lament" The
| first stanza Is as follows:
| oh. the days Of anxious waiting,
Slowly dying. one by one;
| Crushed and humbled by the white man.
Ere our glory had begun"
| Hardesty Herald: a party OF movers
| from the Indian Territory and Arkansas
| camped In town Saturday night ard rev.
| eral nd1isrs 4 the ou:iit visited the Iiet-
| aid office in the evening aEd rendered
| Leather Brooches" "Old Dan Tucker
| Arkansas Traveller" Comm Through
| fhe Rye" and several other ancient and
| time-wora tunes. but SIN g0o1 when well
rendered. which. however. was not Ire
case In the above instance, as our visitors
| played IN rssping discotd.