The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-27
Outlines, OF Oklahoma

The commencement Of the University
at Norman begins next Thursday.
District court at Pond Greek this week
was held IN the High school building.
Most OF the settlers are making up
their minds 20 make final proof AZ once.
I'D 10 date Callahan has not been ~
vited 20 address any OF the numerous
free homes rallies.
II Is said that the effect OF free
homes is already apparent IN the retail
business IN the strip.
II Il thought that the territorial tax
by the passage Of free homes vii be
reduced fully - per cent
There Is an old scotchman over IN
Manchester who writes poem about
Dennis Flynn and calls him "laddie-
Some enc has suggested the danger II
the mex, congress repeating tAe Tree
homes bill There Is no danger OF mat
Everett J. Fen;on. progressive young
business man OF Kildare. and MISS Mar
g0erite Reward OF PawhuSks We're mar
ried last week.
Mrs. Make Burwell. aged s.. the moth
er OF Judge Burwell et Oklahoma. dies
at her home IN Washington, Pennsyt
vanis, last Saturday.
Everybody in Oklahoma thinks thai
immediate statehood Is dead sure Sut
down in Washington there Is said to be
considerable doubt about a.
Il is funny how names are repeated ali
over the country. 4 J. Y. Callahan Is
q big railroad man in Chicago. There IS
c. VI. Barnes in the ChickaSaw ma
ton.
Secretary Hitchcock helped nightly IN
free homes ey making q favorable re-
port on II. Dennis Flynn believes that
free homes was beaten the nrst time by
Hoke Smiths unfavOra5le department re
port.
A man at Chopper. Garfield county.
says that the wheat has been attacked
By an insect about the size OF cab
( bage louise. with six feet. feeler and
/ a bill. They work on the head OF the
wheat
Editor simmons Of Manchester has a
claim lie Is afraid Flynn Will get too
much credit for free homes. and thar
makes Palmer Of Medford 50 hot that
he wants simmons 10 be compelled by
I special enactment 20 pay for hts claim
7 There IS one more Indication ths' the
young poetess Professor Scott discover j
/ is ! genius. The publication and praise
! OF aer first effort didn't win an tmms IL
/ ate second from her. She has offered no
poetry for publication since the pubiloa-
/ tion OF the first poem.
/ There IS one thing Oklahoma as ter
/ ritory and as a state should watch Ike
a lighthouse watches thn sea high
taxes. There IS 20 necessity for them
/ in Oklahoma. and they should De
| scotched every time they appear The
/ men who viii not practice thrift in pub
lie office should be put on, and kept
/ out
/ one oklahoma paper has been abus ng
/ Flynn since the passage OF free hons s.
! II kept II up for a week furi0ely ana
/ then suddenly stopped. What happened
was that the business men Of the city.
/ believing that the towns trade with the
/ free homes settlers would be hurt. went
/ to the editor and asked aim 10 cool OF
! a little.
/ Senator Ravens explains why the reso-
I luton indorsing the enactments Of the
! last legislature was beaten az the Enid
/ convention. lie says that u Is unusual
/ 10 indorse the actions OF a Legislature.
! and as Governor Barnes vetoed most
OF the bills passed BY that Legislature.
the resolution. II Il had gone through.
would have looked Ike an intentional
slap al Governor Barnes"