The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-17
Outlines Of Oklahoma.


The Iowa Indians who have been down
to Washington report Mckinley as a
good fellow"
The Enid Wave thinks that Ben Har-
rison as the Democratic candidate for
president could be elected.
Billy CoyIe of Enid lost fine calf
the other morning by the calf choking
to death on corn-ceb.
Sly OberIander is credited with dyeing
his moustache in order TO come out as
a straight Democrat in disguise next
fall,
From all appearances this is going to
be one of those years when the limbs Of
the peach trees viii have to De propped
Up.
In line with a protest against paving
BY lot owners the city council OF Black
well has decided not 10 pave the streets,
but merely curb and gutter them.
At Blackwell the Higgins elevator is
being moved by a traction engine from a
place on the Hutchinson and Southern
branch to a location on the Frisco road
There will be day when it will be
definitely settled that there is or is not
gold in the Wichita mountains. And
Dennis Flynn is doing his best TO hurry
the day along.
Isaac Pension, on the Democratic tick
ct at Shawnee, has Withdrawn. saying
that as he has been supporting the ma
tional Republican ticket he doesn't think
it right for him to run as Democrat.
In some Oklahoma towns where quar-
antine closed the churches people who
never attend church suddenly became
eager to go and roared because they
could not. In one town when the quar-
antine was raised the first Sunday the
churches were damned with people.
Tecumseh Republican,: Judge w. r.
Asher returned Wednesday evening from
Kansas City. where he has been for sew
eraI months receiving medical treatment.
The judges many friends viii be pleas
ed to learn that he Is greatly improved
in health and is on the road TO recovery
from his long and severe affiiction.
Last week the Woodward Dispatch is
sued its first number. 1t declared that
politically it would be Independent as a
hog on ice. In its second Issue II an
nounces that it will henceforth be Demo-
cratic. Frank Smith, one Of the editors,
issues this card: After reading an arti-
Gle which appears elsewhere in this issue
of the Dispatch, declaring the politics OF
the paer to be Democratic, some may
criticize the action and claim the ed
nation Of these people I avow that
am no longer a Republican, and that |
will herd with the Democrats from now
on
Curtis correspondence in the Woodward
Dispatch: when it comes to foot
racer, Curtis has a record-breaker, and
will back him against all corners. Last
Sunday, just to show a little of his
sprinting, J. c. frost, the racer, started
a iack-rabbt across the prairie and
chased after it without a stick or gun.
In few minutes rabbit and man disap-
peared over a distant sandhill and the
anxious watchers retired to the fire, bet
ting on the outcome Of the race. In
less than half an hour frost came In as
fresh as a new blown rose, and had the
ears and left hind foot of Mr.. Jack
dangling to mis- belt.
Oklahoma City Times-JournaI: The
government OF the Indian Territory from
Washington is not a complete success.
A few weeks ago the secretary of the
interior was appealed to to forbid the
cutting and sale of timber in the Indian
country 1t was argued that unless such
an order was made the country might
be denuded of all it's good timber, thus
depreciating the value of the lands The
order was issued as prayed for, and it
was supposed that the government had
performed a wise act, but now those In
dams who have taken all prairie allot-
ments are asking how they are 10 secure
posts for fencing their farms. They say
that post timber in abundance usually
exists within three or four miles of their
farms, but the order Of the secretary for
bids the owners selling it. This was a
contingency that officials at Washington
could not foresee.