The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-10
Outlines of Oklahoma.

Ex-Governor Steele has been renomi-
| mated FOR congress in Indiana.
Frank Woods has been nominated for
| mayor by the fusionists of Newki-k
Frank Prouty has started new paper
at Guthrie. He has named it the
Southwest World
The Populists OF Kay county accuse the
Republicans Of being 1.-The party OF gold.
greed and glu.tony.''
The whole territory wishes Oklahoma
City success in securing the next session
of the Mississippi congress.
Frank Lorry Of Kay county can trace
lineage back to q gardener who was in
the employ OF the King of France.
The Socialists viii have a meeting at
Newkirk today, and all Socialists and
their neighbors are invited 10 attend.
The merchants of Newkirk are talking
of forming stock company 10 erect,
equip and run 75-barrel Touring mill.
The astronomers claim that at $50 Sun
day evening next a comet will be visible
in the north. But 1t may turn out like
the Leonids
The Newkirk Herald says: Kay
county has three cities of the hrst-class
a showing that no other county in Okla
homa can make
ton in Kay county and somebody may
drop something on it almost any day and
cause an explosion.
The saloon men of the territory held
their territorial meeting at Guthrie be-
hind closed doors Which was hard on
the newspaper men.
Frank McMaster believes that 1.-The one
man who invented shoe blacking gave
civilization a greater lift that ten thou
sand men who built colleges"
The political situation in MedfoTd
sometimes warns up Editor Palmer
confesses that he can find no words in
the English language which meet his re-
quirement in describing some of his OPP
ponents.
People in Oklahoma who insist that po-
tatoes should not be planted later than
St Patrick's day, March II, are In q
pickle. The ground is very wet. so wet
that if they live up to the superstition
they will have TO build RATS.
One correspondent in Oklahoma has
hopes that the charfvari custom will die
out, foolish man. He says: 1.-The chart
vari of Albert Bachman last FRIDAY night
carried our minds back at least forty
years to an old custom Il is hoped will
eventually become obsolete as civilization
advances"
j. A. Atkins, living near Medford. has
dug his farm fun of holes hunting for
water He struck gypsum, aIkaH, salt
and everything else, save pure water.
Finally he decided to try water witch
to locate place for him. Right in the
midst of the other holes the water
witch" directed that he put down a hole
He did and found pure water. The Med
ford Patriot says it adds $500 TO the value
of his farm.
The Indian has always been cautious
barterer. When Washington Irving was
in Oklahoma an Indian brought in a two
year-old wild colt which he had just cap
tured. Many in the party of white men
wanted to buy 1t, but the Indian said:
''You give great price now; tomorrow you
be sorry, and take back, and say id
Indian This was in 1892 which also
shows the antiquity of id" as a from
ties word used in describing the noble red
man.
The Newkirk Herald says; It is assert
ed that two years ago the chairmen of
the Democratic and Populist parties en-
tered into written agreements that this
year the division OF offices made two
years ago were to be reversed. This de-
claration was made at the Democratic
county central committee meeting in
Ponca City, but has been strenuously de-
MED by many OF those in a position to
know If such an agreement was entered
into The burden of proof is on the party
alleging the agreement. Let them pro-
duce the written agreement, otherwise
people will be compelled to believe that
the story of such deal is but pipe
dream.
Medford Patriot: A noticeable feature
as one drives about the country is the
numerous young groves springing into
existence along the creeks. These trees
are mostly shoots from old stumps, the
tops Of which were either burned off
by prairie fires or cut down before the
Strip opened. Now that they are Sc
curing protection, a rapid growth Is pos
sible, so that where our early settlers
saw no sign of trees. there are now nU-
merous cottonwoods and elms that have
reached the height of from Is TO 30 feet.
OF course, many farmers took advantage
Of small draws and other favorable To-
cations and set out slips hte first year
Of their residence and these also are now
handsome trees.