The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-05
Outlines OF Oklahoma

Oklahoma City and Guthrie are again
scrapping over those census figures
The present legislature IS getting the
reputation Of being eminenty sensible.
The City club. at Oklahoma City, VII
take an excursion over the Choctaw
road
The Oklahoma city baseball team Is
to call itself the Oklahoma State
hoods"
Indian territory than anywhere else on
earth
The lowest temperature II last jan
uary IN Oklahoma was nine degrees
above zero.
Twenty-Five negroes live in one house
near Ardmore, and twelve OF these have
the smallpox.
A n. Spencer ssho died in Kansas
City last month"; was the founder Of
the town OF Yukon
The people who thought that the
Kiowa country would be opened IN Au-
gust have begun to weaken.
Spring isn't here, but something near
enough like it is. to warrant the soda
water fountains 70 open up.
P H. Fitzgerald, who formed the CO.
operative colony IN Georgia, is in Okla
homa City looking over the ground.
Guthrie is mad because Merriam did
not add to Guthrie's census igGras a
number equalling that Of the anidayits
sent in
c. F. Zimmerman has a hen at Ok
lahoma City which has broken all rec
ords. Matching her first brood on Feb
ruary L
It IS thought that congress will listen
to the appeal OF the Fort sill Apaches
and send them their relatives who now
live in Arizona
Sam Murphy announces that hereafter
stamps IN the Oklahoma City postonice,
as criminals in New York, viii be cas-
celled by electricity.
Advertisement in the Weatherford
Chronicle: when in need Of a coffin,
call UP phone q. and Penn win send you
anything you want"
Six cities are after the location Of the
Sacred Heart abbey. Action in regard
TO tie matter has not been taken yet
BY the church authorities.
1t is a safe prediction now that Ok
lahoma's wheat crop this year Will be so
great that all other records viii have
TO use a telescope to see l.
o. n. Rats, of Oklahoma county, re-
ceived SO too much In making change
when he paid his taxes, and when ne
discovered It after returning home ne
went back and gave it to the treasurer,
who is doing as well as could be ex-
pected.
1t is now thought that the last time
Crazy Snake was in Washington some
practical joker told him that he repre-
scented the Great Father and ordered
him TO 90 back to the Creek nation and
clean out the whites AT all events, there
is an inside history to the Creek trou-
BILE
Out at Arapahoe a taxpayer insisted
that he had paid his taxes; that he had
taken out money order at Weatherford
and sent it to the treasurer: the treas
urer declared he had never received It,
and asked the taxpayer to make q
search Of his pockets. He did 50, and
found the money order therein He had
forgotten to send it.
Pawnee Democrat: An enthusiastic
meeting of the citizens was held al the
city hall last Monday evening TO decide
what to do with reference to putting
down a test well to determine once and
for all what IS Underneath Pawnee and
vicinity. The meeting was called to or
der by s. 3. Berry, who was elected
chairman. and ". s. Tucker was chosen
secretary. Mr.. ]. F. Eyler, Of Ralston.
was present and addressed the audience
and was followed by a number Of Paw
nee's best business men. It was the
unanimous belief that such well would
result in striking gas and possibly OIL
and the following gentlemen were ap-
pointed as a committee to solicit sub
scriptions to the stock Of a company
which will be organized as soon as the
preliminary details are arranged: W E.
Gorton, Robert Chasteen J. z. Eyler,
H. c. Hanna and c. 3. Baird.