The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-12
Outlines of Oklahoma.


| The Tonkawa Indians have released
their lands at one dollar per acre. The
/ Indians are land lords.
1t is understood that the Catholics
have selected a site at PoHca City and
Will erect a convent there.
If Governor Barnes has TO put in that
| resignation, he will submit TO an inter
view that will be a cracker-jack.
o. A Mitscher is said TO be certain
of the appointment IS agent of the
| Osages ia case Pollock is removed
Next Monday in Oklahoma is the last
day of grace for the payment of the
first half of the taxes
The county commissioners of Kay coun-
ty have checked up the books Of the
county treasurer and found them al
right.
one case of smallpox in community
can create more lies TO the square inch
than a prolific old mother microbe can
little microbelettes.
DR.. ]. D. Poindexter, recently returned
from the Philippines. is now permanently
stationed at Fort Reno. He is United
States army surgeon.
A dancing club organized at Pond Creek
has adopted as its motto: Dance all
the time if you can. If you can't, dance
as near all the time as you can
Senator Allison of Michigan writes to
Mr.. Metcalf of Oklahoma city that he
will favor statehood for Oklahoma Win
such portions Of the Indian territory as
are ready, added.
Judge Burford says that he is not be-
hind the fight on the gamblers at Guthrie
but that he is glad County Attorney Jones
has taken a stand, ana VIII PACK MIN III
behalf of law and order.
Some one has started the story that
Pollock of the Usage Indian agency, is
sure 10 go now But the people who
have been reading rumors for years have
all moved to Missouri and want TO be
shown.
The newspaper boys down in Washing
ton have taken out the Jenkins boom for
governor again. At. Guthrie it is said
in the inside circles that Jenkins has
given up hope of being governor of OK
lahoma.
Short days bring some inconvenience
in Oklahoma. Says the Cleveland Til
angle: There is a cry for more light.
The person or persons who have the
school lamps win please TO return them
to the school house"
The Guthrie Leader has secured from
a clairvoyant the fact that the delegation
10 the Republican national convention
will consist of Bill Grimes, Seymour
Price. Frank Greer, Tom Ferguson. I. G..
Conkling and Senator Havens.
The Medford Patriot wants ]. P. Rem
shaw TO resign as Republican commit
teeman from Grant county because he
is clerk of the court in Garfield county.
The Pond Creek Vidette says that Mr..
RenshaWI still retains his property inter
Ed Love, alias Ed Woody, was arrest
ed at Oklahoma City and considerable
jewelry was found on him. 1t turned out
that ne had robbed jewelry store at
Dougherty. The authorities from that
town went to Oklahoma City, paid a re-
ward of S25 and took Woody home with
them.
The probate judge at Pond Creek, on
December q, married young couple and
babe them god-speed. Twenty days after
a man arrived on the scene and declared
that the couple had run away from Pea
body Kansas, and that the girl was only
fifteen years old. The pursuer seems TO
be a trifle slow.
In all the large cities there is at least
one case Of smallpox at all times. But
it is never mentioned and people care
nothing about it, Oklahoma people fire.
quently go to southern ports, where
smallpox frequently is when it is no.
where else, and think nothing about il.
But tell them that smallpox is in their
town and they want to run.
Hugh Donnan writes the following COM
munication 10 the POnca City Courier:
There is a family in this town that
has the smallpox. 1t seems that the
officials of the city were unable to secure
anyone that was willing to stay with
and nurse said family. So, they called
on Edith Donnan and told her that this
family was very sick but did not in
form her that they had smallpox.
sympathy, she gave her consent
to go and stay one night with this fam
lily. She did go and was the next morn
ing Guaranteed by the board of health,
and is being held and is compelled to
stay with said smallpox family. l feel
very indignant over this matter"