The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-06
Outlines OF Oklahoma

The Enterprise is the name OF new
Pop paper issued last week al Ava
]. Hunter williams OF the Glencoe Mir
ror knows how 10 make good paper
and push the town.
Three thousand people attended the free
homes celebration held last Monday and
Monday night at Augusta
The business Of the santa Fe has in
creased 50 rapidly at Glencoe that the
DEPOT force has been doubled
Tom Ferguson is taking week OF
now TO rub It in on the fellows who
knocked on Flynn and free homes
It is expected that trains VIII be run
ming on The Oklahoma and Western
between Guthrie and Kingfsher by June
u
Deputy United States Marshal Eos
sett has arrived in Kingfshsr from
Mexico with Watcher. the murderer of
Colonel John Stone.
In addressing Senator Flynn as s-ena-
tor, President Mckinley was only giving
the people of Oklahoma Zip as TO the
proper course to pursue.
At only two places in the entire terri
tory did the people take time from the
free homes celebration TO watch the
eclipse of The sun Monday. the 18th.
D. F. Smith. who was sergeant at
arms Of the last Oklahoma legislature,
is to be postmaster at CashIon. the new
town on the Oklahoma and Eastern
Farmers near Billings are advertising
for 800 harvest hands The next thing
Oklahoma will want viii be territory TO
pile up the wheat after It is thrashed.
A representative Of the Bradstreet
Commercial agency was in Augusta last
week and told the News that the Still
well road would be butt. and that it
would go through Woods county.
Sam Big Snake. a Ponca Indian, is get
ting UP a big dance for some visiting
Indians who are coming down from
Niobrara, Nebraska, next week. The
dance is TO be held on the Arkansas
river, near Ponca City.
Prosperity is taking oklahoma such a
whirl that she is gasping for breath. Big
wheat crop, free homes and now the
opening of two million acres in the
Kiowa and Comanche country to grow
wealth tributary.
The usual scramble for the place OF
delegate TO the national convention at
Kansas City is explained By the fact that
the passage of the free homes bill by
Dennis Flynn leaves the delegate honor
about the only thing within the reach
of the Oklahoma Democrats this year.
Enid Wave: A small boy entered The
WatrOus-Harley drug store this morning.
He purchased ten cents worth of face
powder for his ma 10 feed the chickens.
He kept knocking his chin on the show
case; suddenly ne fell over on the floor
coughing violently. What's the mat
ter?" inquired DR.. WatrOus. I've swa,-
lowed the dime, boo! hoo! hoo.' bawled
the boy. Watrous tapped the boy on the
back several times. but the dime mad
gone the way Of all beef-steak. beyond
redemption. DR.. Watrous' soul boiled
with sympathy for the poor unfortunate
boy. who would probably get a whipping
or a good roasting at home, handed him
the face powder, saying: You don't
seem TO be able to cough up, so you
are q dime in and l am a dime out
When you find the dime, come in and
pay up" The kid dried his tears and
hurried around the corner, saying to
Aimself: That guy was dead easy"
Stopping at Besgroye's stand he ordered
milk-shake and package Of popcorn,
then he actually proceeded TO swallow
ten cents (worth).