The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-21
Outlines of Oklahoma.

Telephone connection between wakita
and Medford will be made early next
week.
Il. c. Chapman of the okeene Eagle
has been appointed United States COM
missioner.
GaIbraith. the Oklahoma man who has
been given judgeship in Hawaii, Is now
a Republican.
The fusion farces in Oklahoma VIII run
this year again under the party name
of Free Silver.
sipes carried every ward in the pri-
magies at Oklahoma City. and claims
the country townships
The Newkirk Herald thinks that Bob
Nef viii have no trouble in getting the
Kay county delegation.
Some OF the enumerato-s in Oklahoma
are still calling on people they missed
10 hand in their names.
The assessors returns show thar Grant
county has increased 4,599 in population
since the last enumeration
In some debates over the bond cleo
ton Issue at Oklahoma City citizens
have almost come 10 blows.
Al one time during the last week the
smoke Of ten threshing machine engines
could be seen from Medford.
For week now both Sipes and ia
cobs will be claiming the victory. Il is
going TO be a strenuous old scrap.
Mrs. Dr.. Ing.is Of Emporia, who was at
Pekin a few weeks ago, and is supposed
10 have been killed, is known at Guth-
RE.
Congressman Curtis Of Kansas favors
some new plan for opening up the kiowa
country. It is harder TO suggest d plan
than 10 favor a change.
on July 4, at Henrietta, the new
Creek town, Jake Ayers in a fight cut
Hugh Henry, son of the founder of the
town. Henry has since died
Some of the Kiowa Indians 90 not ike
the allotment plan, and are talking Of
making trouble Some soldiers Will be
sent down to hold them level.
It Is to be hoped that the Oklahoma
National Guard will get to go 10 China.
The Rough Riders made a great record.
and the National Guard can duplicate it
If given the chance
It is now said that Secretary Hitch
cock recently declared that If the soon
ers didn't clear out OF the Kiowa coun-
try he would ask that the act opening
the country be repealed.
The editor OF the Medford Patriot ask
ed the local millers to send him some
screenings from wheat for chicken feel.
They answered him: There are no
screenings this year; it is all good
D. c. Lewis of Oklahoma City says he
is in favor of granting a street railway
franchise to run for thousand years
if that is necessary 10 get the street car
line Lewis is a double expansion
boomer.
A Democratic paper In the territory
made the charge the other day that Den
mis- Flynn never voted for the free homes
bill. Dennis Flynn since he has been in
congress has never voted for a thing.
This is the horrible truth. 1t can not be
longer concealed.
Taylor, who will have the Logan coun-
ty delegation at Oklahoma City July
Guthrie is against Oklahoma City natu-
rally, and complains that Oklahoma
county has had the national committee
man for eight years.
Medford Patriot: A good joke is being
told on Enumerator Curtis, which oc-
Cured during his rounds in this town
ship. He arrived at farm owned by
a German, and found no one but the lady
at home. While she could understand
English very well, she was not so pro-
hcient in speaking it, and many Of the
questions were answered by look and
see." OF course, this answered all right
as to number OF children, horses, cattle,
etc, but one can imagine his consterna-
ton when asked toe question male or
and was answered by ths usual
term Of Took and see" 1t Is said that
Their after Mr.. Curtis took for granted
that the visible garb OF the person ques-
toned indicated her sex.