The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-22
Outlines of Oklahoma.

Perkins business men have organized
a building and loan association.
Oklahoma City viii now chew the rag
over municipal ownership for q year or
two
Henry Dunbar. who killed Fuller. the
itinerant gambler, at FL Reno recently,
has been released
Ell Reno fips up all agog over an at
tempt TO move the postoffice from Rock
Island avenue to Bickford avenue.
Ne.kirk has taken up the proposition
to organize commercial club TO be fash
toned after Oklahoma City's railroad get
tiers.
Oklahoma City expects 5000 visitors
at the Rough Riders reunion. and has al
ready commenced TO pile up material for
hot time.
Harry Thompson's boom for delegate 10
the Republican national convention which
was Matched at Ell Reno. has shown up
at Newkirk.
1t is estimated that 1900 people attended
the Ell Reno cattlemen's convention. II
Billy Bolton was properly enumerated the
number should be 1870
Newkirk Democrat: City politics are
a dangerous commodity in a little town
and the man who can monkey with 1t
and keep his friends is g. bird.
Guthrie Capital: Carnegie and Frick
the foolish to quarrel over the paltry sum
of $21,000,o0o. Why don't they come 10
Oklahoma and go to raising wheat?
Governor Barnes viii not attend the
meeting of governors in Washington on
account Of the absence of Secretary Jen-
kins, who was called away by the death
of relative.
Work on the Rock Island extension from
rhria 70 ~ Id
and both these towns are throwing their
hats in the direction advised by the
motto Of Kansas.
It is safe to assume that Judge McAtee
has not gone to Washington to continue
himself in office Whether President Nc
Kinley has decided to remove the judge
or allow him TO hold on, he would hardly
change his mind by request of McAtee.
And Judge McAtee knows this.
1t is told of a young man at King
fisher that in company with young lady
friend he went skating. The ice being
thin in one or two places, they both fell
in. The water was seven feet deep and
the young man had presence of mind
enough to hold his breath, walk on the
bottom and push the young lady to where
she could Chamber out or the solid ice,
and then pull himself out after her
Oklahoma City Times-J Journal: ]. c.
CantrelI Of Bristow, I. T., IS forming a
regiment of Rough Riders to take part
in the South African war on the B0er
side Mr. Cantren is reported TO have
received from the Transvaal republic S.
900 to be used in paying the expenses Of
the organization and transportation of
the troops to the Boer army, and he has
agents in different portions Of the Indian
territory, Oklahoma and Montana who
n in hn
vice. Yesterday Mr.. Cantrell went to st.
Louis TO consult with an agent OF Presi-
dent Kruger in that city. In the terms
of enlistment free transportation is pro-
vided for each enlisted man and for the
commissioned officers transportation for
their families is also provided and assur-
ance of permanent employment is given
to all after the war is over. The plan
adopted by Mr.. Cantren IS to recruit IN
companies of fifty men each, who viii Sc
lect their own officers
Future generations in Oklahoma will
certainly rise up and bless the pioneer
newspaper boys. They have already earn
ed the honor. Besides holding up Okla
homas wealth of advantages beauty of
climate, its lavish reward of labor to the
inspection of the entire country, they
are pounding away manfully for free
homes, helping to push improvements
each in his own town and in the terri
tory generally and dropping in with earn
est persistency a reminder now and then
that the adornments which shall add 10
the enjoyment of acquired competency
after awhile must 7 Jt be forgotten. In
all the papers down among the records
Of brick blocks begun, Of railroads com
ing and business enterprises organized
the plea is always found: PLANT trees,
plant them early and plentifully; dig a
pond and put fish in it; beauufy the
town" For whatever Oklahoma attains
it will always be largely Indebted to the
Woodworking, public-spirited newspaper
boys of these very days.