The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-20
Outlines of Oklahoma

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Mr.. Noah Dawes has been appointed
treasurer Of Beaver county.
Walter B. Martin has been appointed
deputy game warden al Ponca City.
There is talk at Oklahoma City Of put
ting Judge Keaton in the congressional
race again.
The most persistent advertisers in Ok
| lahoma, the whole territory considered,
are the mt-+iners-
The Newkirk Democrat points out that
on April 10 and II of last year. as this
year, there were frosts.
II is to be hoped that the senate is as
much for free homes as IL is reported 70
be. The house seems all right
Callahan expects TO take hand in con-
gressional politics this year. He wants 4
Populist nominated for congress
On May free homes will take a big
step towards the White House. There IS
little doubt that It viii pass the house.
The city council at Ponca City has dais-
ed the saloon license 10 $500, 10 be paid
in advance. This Is the limit OF the law.
Sam 10, a Chinese laundryman at
Stroud, says he has Travelled $50 miles
along the top of the great Chiense wall
President Mckinley. from all reports.
has never been interviewed as to his
views on free homes. The bill viii soon
be I'D 10 him.
The people down in Woods county who
are interested deny that Mr.. Stillweli
of Kansas City has gained control OF the
Augusta grade.
| The leaders Of the fusion forces in
Oklahoma would like TO get substitute
for the fusion party name of Free Sill
ver," but they can't find it.
Fred Kennard is dead at the insane
asylum al Norman. Kennard is the old
man who tried 70 commit suicide In
bath at Perry by cutting his wrists with
a pocket knife.
]. L. Lathrop Of Keith, Oklahoma, has
| If Bryan should be elected a lot of old
! friends of Bryan, now not counted upon,
would spring up in Oklahoma and select
plums.
Ponca City's council has fixed water
rates as follows: Stores, S. a year. first
faucet. g for each additional faucet; resi-
dences, s. a year for fire rooms or less,
! 81 for each additional room; laws. % cents
a year for each front foot.
A man out in Beaver county has set
aside regular day in each year 10 pay
mis- subscription TO his paper, the Har-
desty Herald. On that day he walks into
the editor and planks down the money.
He has never failed in nine years.
Recently a Wellington man enticed a
young girl from home and took her TO
Tonkawa. Afterward they walked back
to Wellington and when they reached
there were arrested. The people OF the
town Clipped in, paid for the license and
they were married.
Perry Enterprise: One of our mer-
chants sold a spool Of thread recently
and the customer requested that the same
be delivered. The merchant wrapped the
spool in paper, placed IL in box, placed
this box in a larger one, continuing TO
place the box in larger ones until it was
finally delivered in a large sixed dry
goods box Now the questions IS. who
was the joke on? The merchant had d
whole lot of fun and hard work, but the
customer has a good supply of kindlins
wood ahead.
Hardesty Herald: From all reports the
Cimarron during the last ten days was
higher than it has been for number of
years and washed out a section OF the
Rock Island track near Arkalon, Kan
sas, and damaged ranches all along the
valley 10 an unusual extent. Up to date
we have heard of no Rock Island trains
getting into Liberal during the past week,
consequently no eastern mail has been re-
ceived for several days. Taking into con-
sideration the storms. bad roads and poor
mail service, only the very piOus have re
Trained frou sing cuss words during the
past week. Owing TO the non arrival Of
mail and express this issue of the great
moral and religious weekly appears on
old patents" that we happened to have
on hands. Maybe affairs will straighten
after awhile and one hundred years from
now we won't know anything about our
present troubles.