The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-03
Outlines Of Oklahoma.

| Evidence OF harmony IN Oklahoma poll
tics has been found in paying quantities
| Lincoln county has a scarcity OF school
| teachers. They have quit and gone into
| business.
The building for Tonkawa's Touring mil
| is up and the machinery viii be placed
in good time for the next years crop.
At Oklahoma City the opinion prevails
that work win begin on the Frisco ex-
| tension TO Acme, Texas, within sixty
DAYS.
Guthrie pulled of an, old-fashioned.
| homes grown reception for Governor
Barnes on mis- arrival from Washington,
Thursday.
The Frisco is throwing strikes right
along. now, in hot succession. Work
on the lire from Sapulpa TO Dennison be-
gan yesterday.
Tonkawa people do not think the Frisco
people win 60 to Perry. T. p. Fry says
the road is headed for Enid. Tom Doyle
answer is awaited
Burglars scent prosperity with the &C
curacy that a rat finds a fat cheese.
Burglars are busy in Oklahoma and
southern Kansas just now
Chickasha is looking for business. The
commercial men held a meeting the other
day 10 devise means TO hurry up the
opening of the Comanche country.
As a compliment til the piety Of Okla
mona City people, it might be remarked
that robbers attempt their hold-ups from
the shadow of the church buildings.
Tom Queenan, who shot and killed his
wife the other day at Oklahoma City,
and wrote a note explaining his action.
now says he doesn't know why he did
it. Queenan is probably insane.
The Oklahoma City Commercial club
in pushing the interests Of the town, has
wrought enthusiasm to such a pitch that
Sam Jones has been engaged to lecture
on the subject, ''Get There and Stay
There"
The grounding got an all-day BIRDS
eye view of his shadow IN Oklahoma yes
terday. This IS one year when the
grounding tradition will be smothered
to death in the big wheat fields inside the
next thirty days.
FL Reno is getting up lots of steam for
the cattlemen's convention to be held
there February 13 and IA. The meeting
win close with grand ball at which
Billy Bolton will do the latest fancy
curves Of the light trip. He viii not re-
duce any, either.
VIM. Cooley. the miner who is pushing
a project to open the Kiowa and Com
anche country so that people can get at
the Wichita mountain country. says that
these reservations are part of a tract
of country purchased by the United
States government in 1866, and are now
subject to entry for settlement.
FL Reno Democrat; The territorial
school board has made the apportionment
of the school lease money resulting from
the rental of sections IS and Sc. for the
six months preceding January l, 1900. The
amount figured up makes just one dollar
for each person of school age. In other
words, each county is entitled TO as ma
ny dollars as it has school population.
The apportiOnment gives Canadian county
A742; Pottawatonie county receives the
largest amount ana Woods county the
next. Pottawatomie has 15,152 children
of school age, and Woods 9,s45.
Oklahoma City Times-Journal: Work
is now in progress on 655 feet of brick
Frontage IN this city. OF this 40 feet
will be six stories, 90 feet three stories.
and the balance will be two stories in
heighfh. Those who are now building are
Oscar @. Lee FrizzeHj Wedemeyer &
Ezzell, J, J. Wetzel, Fred Reed. MendlIk,
Roden, Graham, the brick mill and He'd
ing. The tenants are moving out OF the
Reding property today and the work of
tearing. away the old buildings has De
gun. IN addition to the above $1,000
worth OF buildings have been arranged
for and VIII be commenced this month.