The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-27
Outlines of Oklahoma.

The postoffice al weathe,to ID becomes
presidential April L
Pawnee, through It's city council. is
substituting oak for stone street czoss-
in-s.
To man up a tree those Usage In
dams seem to do a whole lot OF orna-
mental kicking.
Bill Morris of Hennessey has lost his
fine sorrel colt by death. The colt was
sired by Joe H
Peach trees are in bloom at Augusta,
Woods county. and the squirrels ears
are on the apple trees.
Farmers in Oklahoma are now empty
ing their cribs of old wheat and get
ting ready for the new.
Dick Morgan says that he is a candi-
date whether Flynn is or not or whether
free homes passes or not.
James Orr died at Jennings, last week,
aged 50. He was born in Ireland and
had lived in Pennsylvania and Iowa.
1t is claimed that the flour made from
wheat raised in Payne county requires
different yeast from that ordinarily
used.
The railroad has got near enough to
Pawnee for the Times-Demoerat 10 print
in capital letters: LOOK OUT FOR
THE CARST
At a party in a rural neighborhood in
Kingfisher county recently the refresh
ments were made up by each girl bring
ing pie and each boy a pound of candy.
You hear less and less talk about
statehood in Oklahoma every day. The
sentiment, however, viii rise again with
the onions, radishes, peas and other good
/ things.
over in the east part of Oklahoma,
mean trick he has a warrant issued
against the man for selling whisky 10
Indians.
Miss Pearl Clinton of Weatherford was
out riding with young man. The horses
ran away and she was thrown 10 the
ground. She has been unconscious ever
since, and may die.
The politicians say that the real reason
Judge McAtee was re-appOinted is be-
cause he has friend in Maryland who,
being in a position to demand many
things, has asked but one thing Of Pres
ident McKinley-the retention of his cd
schoolmate, McAtee.
The politicians in the territory do not
know what to make of the undeniable
fact that the Populist newspapers are
disappearing and the Democratic news
papers increasing in numbers. The Re
publicans think it means that the Popu-
list party is dying out, but they nave
thought that a good many times before,
and it will pay to wait this time.
This is the season of high water. The
Cleveland Triangle says: Last Sunday
! Misses Myrtle and Georgia Wynn and
Emanuel Wynn were returning from
Blackburn and came by way of the
Usage country. When crossing Black
Dog ford they sat on top Of the buggy
seat, but as the water ran over the top
of the seat it didn't do much good"
Hennessey Clipper: County Clerk
Burnes has determined that Hennessey
real estate shall be listed right this
year. He has prepared book for the
county assessor, with each lot number
ed separately in the block where it be-
longs Oftimes heretofore there were
four lots or even a half block which
would be assessed in a bunch to the
owner and If he sold any lot during
the year the purchaser could not pay
the tax on the lot he purchased without
paying all the tax on the whole number
of lots. The law does not require the
clerk to do this work, but Mr.. Burnes
is very systematic and wants to see the
work started right this year.
Almost all the Oklahoma farmers will
in the next two years build new homes
They ought to take their first home in
Oklahoma, the shack or the log cabin,
and move it back in among a clumD Of
trees and use it for a granary or ma
chine shop or something. They onught
not to destroy ii. In years to come when
ever they or any member of the family
gets blue, he or she can go out to the
clump of trees and see how good God
has been to them. And If in the course
of years the daughter of the house gets
aristocratic and thinks that she is too
good to associate with the neighbors, the
old man can take her by the hand and
lead her out to the old clap-board home
| and show her her birthplace.