The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-02
Outlines Of Oklahoma

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some sidewaaka At Okiahouaa City are
being put down in Indian territory as
phalt.
The On Reno News thinks that Canadian
county is going to raise the taliest corn
stalk
In the first game Of Gall between them.
the FL Reno CLUB beat the Oklahoma
City club to Z.
Oklahoma City intim4fes that Kingnsner
| Is against the Denver. Oklahoma and
South Africa railroad.
Beaver county had two big rains last
week and the Hardesty Herald says:
Cattle win get big fat this year.
In the early days there were cattlemen
| In the west who contended that COWS
could not be taught to drink out OF
| trough.
None of the wheat in Garfield county
threshed out less than ten bushels TO the
acre and the bulk OF II ran % to 50 bush
| els to the acre
Mayor Hensaey Of "a Reno. welcomed
the undertakes there with a speech the
other day. He was glad 10 see them. IN
his ofsciaI capacity as mayor.
The Frisco has now arrived at Black
well and the town has three railroads
BY crowding 1t can get few more into
| the city, and intends to do It
1t Is said that 1t is proposed to send
no ONCE holders as delegates to the ma
tional convention next year. This, OF
course, is another rSbbing story.
It II said that the oroncho will take
after the disposition Of his master, thar
| they are naturally not vicious. and when
one is. the devil Is in the rider, not the
horse.
The farmers Of Oklahoma, II they had
met in convention with power to direct
when the rain should fall. could not have
done a better JOB than wtlifui old Pgovi-
dence has done herself this year.
Charles Hunter and family OF Enid,
| have finally pulled out for New York. II
| Charley should get next to Roosevelt ne
will stay; otherwise he win be back In
| Oklahoma before a year has passed.
The other day some men broke into the
government liquor warehouse at Union
| CITY and took drink. They are now In
taI. The treat was on the government
hut the government doesn't see It that
| way.
People at saltwater are talking OF get
ting up a fund Of $4,000 and presenting
| Il to the first railroad which Is completed
to the town. The promoters OF the raH-
read would accept IL and they prooaoiy
need II.
High water in Beaver county last week
made a great many cattle suner from
thirst. This paradoxical situation was
because the Beaver was so high and SWIFT
and the water so muddy that many or
the cattle would not drink 1t.
Herb Patterson Is still plunging around
| through the county records at Enid. He
has already consumed ten lead pencils
and a barrel of ink and they have 10
throw a life line to him every night and
null him out Of the sea OF ngures.
Hardesty Herald: A girl baby was born
| to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Caple, Of Caple,
last Saturday night. When Informed OF
| the event, Charley rolled a cigarette ana
waited several moments before informing
the doctor that he had wanted boy.
The other day Major woodson stationed
an Indian named 'Punpkin-vine-on-th
Pumphandle" at the end OF the Darling
ton bridge with instructions to make
everybody cross II In q walk. The Indian
Misunderstood instructions and Wouldn I
let anybody Cross the bridge at all.
Nsxton (Ksnsas) KansanG Beginning
with last night, through passengers on
the Oklahoma division will not have TO
change cars at Newton. A chair car Is
out on No. at Kansas city which goes
through to Galveston. Returning the car
IS taken of of No. 40s and added to NO.
SIS equipment.
The farmers OF Lincoln county have
taken the initiative in the movement Tor
good roads and have adopted a set OF
rules and agreed upon an apportionment
OF a good road fund throushout the
county. The sum Of $500 Is TO be used as
a basis for the fund and will be distrib-
uted In various sections for improvement
of all the county roads.