The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-08
Outlines OF Oklahoma

The first snow OF the winter n Okla
bona did not come until February 6.
The santa Fe carried 600 Illinois people
into Oklahoma on one train this week.
A man at Enid has offered s. reward
for $50 IN bills which ne lost on the
street.
There was great rejoicing at Ponca
City when Brodbau won out IN the leg
islative contest
In some parts Of the strip the oats
ground is already plowed UP and in
shape for sowing.
The Strip has fine blanket Of snow.
The ground was not frozen and the mos
ture 5 seeDinE IN.
The Rock Island viii put fifty men TO
work on the re-survey OF some parts OF
the Kiowa country.
The West Side Is quite wei taken care
Of in that location bill. The West Side
always was smooth.
There are TWO posts Of C. A. r at
Ponca City. one the Fairchild, post an
other the r. 3. Hays post
There is certainly sufficient demand to
warrant the secretar Of the interior In
changing The plan Of openings.
Lee Nichols. Of Trenton. Missouri, has
been imported to become the city editor
of the oklahoma City Oklahoman.
Sacred Hearts. new location may be at
Wagner, Indian Territory. Oklahoma
should keep the institution If possible.
The officers are preparing for the COM
ing session Of court There are
eighteen prisoners in jail awaiting trial
Some of the councillors, II IS said. are
getting Jealous of the prominence en-
joyed by Sid Clarke. and are knocking
on him.
No one Up to date IN Oklahoma has
attempted an inumation Of Mrs Nation
ut it has struck Arkansas and may be
travelling in a circle.
By the time the snow-storm reached
Oklahoma City it dropped only couple
OF inches Of the beautiful AT Newkirk
nearly five inches fell
The Enid Wave openly charges a hotel
clerk at Oklahoma City with smoking
twenty-five cent cigars and swallowing
the nicotine so as not TO lose any Of the
value.
The Democrats Of Oklahoma City viii
hold their primaries for the selection of
a convention 10 name a city ticket on
March .. The city election takes place
il April.
1t is against the law for man in
selling d cigar to hand the cigar out
chaser take the cigar. The Guthrie
Leader is calling down the Guthrie bar
tenders for putting out a single cigar.
A man WAS fined at Oklahoma City
the other day 8 for allowing his team
to stand hitched in an alley-way two
days without food or water. Think OF
it, only s.. The team should have been
conhscated and given to a humane citi-
zen.
Ponca City Courier: The school board
is now in deep trouble over whether to
order the schools closed or not. 1t is
now possible that the term may be
closed at the end Of almost any week
The county officials declare they never
received any report from the former
clerk Of the Ponca City school board
and that without IT none of the school
fund can be apportioned or paid to this
district. There appears to be no record
here or at the county seat that such
report was ever made, or what it could
have been made from, and without this
800 CT $500 the board Is confronted by
q deplorable condition. 1t is hoped some
way may yet be discovered which Will
avoid closing the schools. There has
been too much Generalization and trou-
Bile there already.