The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-12
outlines Of Oklahoma

Tasrs are q gcod many sales o. claims
throughout the Strip. They afe Al bring-
/ ing good figures.
Clyde Mattox is at last back in the
| territory. And he came meekly. without
being handcu1ed. 5,
Professor James d Ament Of the North
western Normal school has appointed Mss
FIossie Hullet bis private secretary.
| It was significant that President Nc
Kinley insisted on Barnes and Flynn con-
ferring with Jenkins In the nrst place
The New York papers are PUBLISHING
| two-column wrfte-ups OF the round lap
cotton bale. They are paid heavily for 1t.
It is believed that when the officers
overtake the guilty parties in the HIN
robbery near Poncs City there viii be .
sensation.
The Oklahoma City cotton compress
company has received i've carloads Of
| lumber with which to extend their cotton
platforms.
In the Byron school district Of Woods
county the other day school bonds were
defeated. This Is the nrst case probably in
Oklahoma.
| The Alva fair viii have the Indian
dances again this year. For exhibition
purposes, Oklahoma does not utilize the
Indian half enough.
What was the trouble between The
Hutchinson Southern and Ponca C1ty7
There seems to be q good deal Of thick
silence on this point.
Professor Ellsworth Long, . Deaf mute,
has opened up at Byron. Woods county. a
school for deaf mutes. It is said there
are about 100 deaf mutes in Oklahoma
A man in Illinois writes to Oklahoma
City that he will soon come to that place
and invest $4,000. The real estate men
are not able to sleep on account Of Il.
1t Is said about Texas farmer that
ne would rather ride into town astride
q SIS bale Of cotton than to be on top
Of a wagon containing $40 worth Of chick
ems. That's habit.
A music, teacher from Boston has ar
rived at Oklahoma City. Her name Is
Miss Caro- Toon. The local reporters are
having a hard time to keep the printers
from getting It Tune
The folks at the home Of J. ". Ezell
in Woods county, have put up 10 gallons
of plum butter, u gallons OF plum jelly
and 20 gallons Of canned plums all from
plums of their own raising.
As a proof that newspapers are not
subsidized, there is offered In evidence
that all the newspapers in the territory
roast trusts and all advertise the axle
grease made by the Standard OIL CON-
pany.
The railroad men talk a good deal about
tapping a country and the different
towns stand around longingly hoping to
be tapped. There Is more mystery about
railroad building than there Is about i'm
mortality.
A hard fight will be made for Clyde
Mattox's liberty, but he will have a
harder time getting It this time than he
has ever had. The people do not know
what assurance. they have II they liberate
him that he will not shoot again.
w. J. Sullivan Of Ponca City threw his
pants across q chair near q window and
went to bed. The next morning his pants
were missing. During these hot nights
when windows are open, the only safe
way is to lift up one corner of the kitchen
range and put your pants under the stove
leg.
Tecumseh Republican: Ex-Commis-
sioner j. u Hoover and County Assessor
Crissman have been calling each other
liars, perjurers and other pet name:
through the papers long enough, and now
they have agreed to meet at the cour;
house in this city Saturday evening. Aug
ust 18th, where a war of words will be
waged to a finish. Both being good DEM
ocrats and one an office-holder and the
other an ex-official. the argument prom
ises to be highly entertaining and will
no doubt be interesting and enlightening
to the tax payers OF the county. While
there Is no doubt that Mr.. Hoover will
have the best OF the argument, we fai
to see where any such wordy warfare viii
materially benefit the tax payer at this
stage Of the game. or In any way re-
lieve them Of the burdens imposed By
Assessor Crissman. II Crissman is guilty
OF violating his oath OF office he should
be prosecuted and removed from the Of
flee. Simply maligning him does not hell
the tax payers or those oppressed by him