The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-16
Outlines of Oklahoma.

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The railroad graders on the oklah oma
and Eastern are now working in Pawnee
county.
Now Perry is after another railroad.
They come high, but everybody must
have one.
The surveyors are still working on the
proposed line between Kingffsher and
Watonga-
Guthrie has already subscribed s1l.1e5
for the construction OF the Rock Island
Santa Fe from Kingfsher.
kilograms from all over the territory
were sent TO Washington last week ask
ing the retention Of Governor Earnes.
BY order OF Secretary Jenkins all the
territorial offices were closed Saturday.
out of respect to the late Colonel Stone.
Minco has several cases of the small
pox the disease having been brought In
from the railroad camp near Anadarko
Acting Governor Jenkins has offered
reward of $500 for the arrest ana son-
viction Of the man who killed Coione.
Stone.
1t is reported from Washington that
Mark Hanna refused 10 help Governor
Barnes. pleading that ne didn't have the
time.
Custer county has organized fair asso-
ciaticn, with the following officers: PEST
dent, Eli Roman; secretary, w. h
Hughes; treasurer, Charles E. Moves.
Pat Mcnamara, at ArapahOe, sued jim
Williamson for so. The jury awarded
Pat l cent; which was luck fo~ him, saw
ing him the payment of the costs in the
case.
The Times journal thinks that the Ok
Nd OL-aona rail-
road is liable to meet the Titus road
about half way between Oklahoma City
and Kiowa-
The Oklahoma City triumvirate who
went down TO Washington to remove
Cox ernor Barnes scalp have started for
home 1t is thought that the matter Will
be settled for good and all this week.
The colored politicians of Guthrie deny
that they are going to fight all German
American candidates for office, as re-
pJl ted. But they seem TO have 1t IN for
one candidate who happens to have a
German name.
Originally Barnes filed answer to the
charges against him. Now he has been
given opportunity to file a supplementary
answer. His chances for remaining in
his office are regarded as much better
this week than last.
The Oklahoma City Times-Journal IS
still after that same young man. saying:
"A certain Oklahoma City young man IS
paying entirely too much attention to a
married woman If they don't lock out,
chubby" will take a tumble and We will
have 4 sensation
Some boys at Ponca City are expert
menting with a parachute. As soon as
it opens and works they will try cat
on it from the top Of high barn. The
other day they tried brick, but the
parachute didn't open and the brick was
broken, in full view of all the cats in
town who don't suspect.
FREQ BonfiIs, the editor of the Den
yer Post. who was shot last Saturday,
was formerly of Guthrie. He built tho
second block in Guthrie. Afterward lie
moved to Kansas City and started j lot
tory becoming rich. Later he bought
the Denver Post and was hiring N'gE-
priced -iters right and left and MAX
ing the Post one of the great newspa-
pers of the country.
Medford Star: A fellow who had lost
a ten-dollar bet on his proposition that
the century ended January l, last, came
to the Star office last week for an opin-
ion. Of course. like all editors, we know
everything and are glad 10 enlighten the
unfortunate and ignorant. When told
that the 18th century ended at midnight
December 81 next. he remarked: That's
the wav those other id idiots decided. "
In every community there is a cowardly
man who seeks to iniure other people s
business by the circulation of lies. 1t is
evidently that kind of a man that pho-
tographer at Ponca City is after in the
following card, headed: Look Here!
The people that circulated the report
to keep people away from my photograph
gallery, that we had smallpox, has bet
ter beware. We are onto your infamous
lie To the people we will say we have
not had smallpox, not even having been
exposed" As soon as smallpox breaks
out in any town some man takes dew
ilish delight in starting the report that
certain business houses, which he doesn't
like. have smallpox, in or near the estab-
lishment.
Pawnee Times Democrat: Pawnee coun-
" is underlaid with both coal and gas.
Both have been found but so far not in
paying quantities. The reason for this,
however. is the fact that there has here
tofore been no market and therefore no
incentive to prospect. With the railroad
here, a ready market for coal is at hand.
1t will then be to Pawnee's interest to
go to work in earnest to discover what
is bentath With cheap fuel, II will be
easy to induce manufacturing industries
10 locate here. This matter has been
discussed in the past, and from the en-
coura cement given, il seems that very
little difficulty would be experienced in
organizing 40 stock company 10 bore a
deep we'll II successful, oil mills. cot
ton mills packing houses and other in
dustries would be anxious to locate in
Pawnee What do you think about It?