The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-20
Outlines Of Oklahoma.

| The vinita Chieftain says that relig-
ion in that town is raging about ike
| smallpox-in very mild FORM
Fourteen stray horses that had been
| taken up under the Usage laws were sold
last Saturday at auction, AZ Pawhusks.
| The highest price paid was eight doll
| lars.
a man aver at Checotah says there is
an unnecessary fuss being made about
/ the NoWata man who is reported 20 have
| lived for some time with portion OF his
brains out. as several men have lived
many years at Cheeotah without any
| brains.
Thursday Of this week IS franchise day
and a legal holiday in the Indian scae@ls
/ Of the United States. says the Pawhuska
Journal 1t is the anniversary of the
! passage Of the Dawes law and is SO called
| because the law permitted an Indian 10
become a citizen Of the United States and
vote under certain conditions. The schools
| here commemorate the day with some eX-
! ereises by the literary society in the ev-
ening.
Purcell Register: Not what we want,
\ but what we can get. should be the shie-
boleth of the territorial convention. As is
so forcefuily expressed in the call, local
ambitions and aspirations should be laid
q
such things as we are able TO agree upon.
It is no use TO go before congress asking
for what we know cannot be obtained.
Let the people from all parts OF the ter
ritory meet at South McAlester on Feb
ruary y, determined that the convention
then to be held shall result in beneficial
legislation for the territory, and resolved
to accept in a spirit of compromise sug-
gestions which may not be altogether TO
their likinS.
1t has been the custom in the probate
court TO issue marriage licenses 10 par
ties living in any county to be used in
the territory, says the Oklahoma City
Times-Journal The first probate judge
of this county did so and each succeed
ing judge did the same. Yesterday the
clerk issued a license to be used in Can
adam county The county attorney hap
pened to be present and remarked that IN
his opinion the license was invalid for
use for any other county than the one in
which it was issued. II the county at
torney's opinion is good, then there are
many marriage licenses that have been
invalidated and the marriages that have
been performed by their authority are
invalid.
Alva Courier: The little boys of Alva.
have a habit of playing show for about
a month dlI6T every SltOW leaves tOW4A,
just as they all tried to dress like In
dams for a few weeks after the Chey-
ennes were here with their costumes and
dances. Lately there has been a pro-
tracted meeting In Alva and one day this
week we found a number Of the young
ideas of America assembled in a secluded
spot and going through all the forms and
practices incident TO revival. One little
duffer had a block Of wood for a Bible
and was standing on a board preaching
Jesus in dead earnest. Others were lgiv-
ing vent to appropriate amens They took
a turn about at preaching and amening
and didn't omit passing the hat. 1t was
both serious and comical, and we retired
wondering if grown people really knew
any more than little children.
Righteous Kick from the Watonga Re-
publican: A few weeks ago 4 wholesale
grocery house in Omaha sent representa-
tives to this part of Oklahoma 10 solicit
orders for groceries, not to those dealing
In groceries, but direct to the consumer.
They secured a number Of orders in var
ious parts of this county, and on last
Tuesday delivered the goods at Watonga.
Now this is not the proper thing TO do
at all in our opinion. If you have money
to spend patrOuiZe your own merchants,
from whom you can get your groceries
just as cheap, and who are reliable, and
you can depend upon what they tell you
concerning their goods. How would II
look for our merchants to send to some
other state for their butter and eggs? Or
hire some one from another town to do
their freighting for them? 1t is not right
10 ask your own merchants to sell to you
on credit, while you cash to goes to some
other state to help build up some other
town instead of our own