The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-07
Outlines OF Oklahoma

After the public building bill IS passed
the supreme court gets whack al IL.
The Shawnee Quill amends the Sunday
baseball prohibition BIZ 20 include poker
All sorts of vari gated fun VIII follow
on the heels OF the every thing-Iocated
bill.
stephen Heal. Of Potta watonie county.
VIII put in 10 acres Of potatoes this
year.
A H Geissler. Of Timberlake. aenis
that ne is after a place IN the Ava lana
office.
Oklahoma is becoming old enough to
have court suits b. heirs for division
OF prop rites.
The deputy .marshals seem TO have be
come Jealous again in arresting timber
cutters. Why?
Amos Ewing says he win be apposntei
receiver o. tie hiowa ComancLe lana
office when II Is created
The Agricultural College AT Saltwater
wants a new barn. Il ought 10 have Il
while public institutions are being 10
Gated
Miss Nellie johnson. Of the faculty OF
the Edmond Normal, delivered q lecture
on Queen Victoria to the students tae
other day.
The Choctaw recently received five new
locomotives. They arrived at Shawnee
stripped or knocked down" and were
put ID IN that city.
In the Greek country two deputies
caught two Indians lacking I'D inoen-
diary notices. They made the Indians
take them down and eat en-
Some Of the Oklahoma farmers are
going into broom-corn this year. II IS
reported that they viii be able 10 get
their broom-corn seed at cost.
In Pottawatomie county the other day.
a farmer saved his haystacks from an
approaching prairie fire b. rustling our
and burning a circle around the stacks
in jlffy.
The detection of the counterfeiters at
Saltwater, recently, was accomplished D,
a bartender. who tried q twenty fi e
cent piece and discovered that Il didn't
give out the proper ring
The Oklahoma city Oklahoman SAYS
there IS a conspiracy TO gobble up ali
the lots at the auction Ia the new county
seats. There is call for names from
the Oklahoman. 1t should put out its
names. What does it know?
It is claimed that a claim-hoIder named
Brown, on the Arkansas river IN Kay
county, found an old wshrdletaninmthso
county, found an oil we'll on his farm
three years ago, but as ne feared that
the presence of oil might interfere with
his proving up. he plugged il. Now he
wants it developed.
The Purcell Register says. ''Dr. Colby
reports q rather curious circumstance.
At the home Of Paul Barnet. on the Glib
hons farm, northwest of town on Thurs
day night a healthy boy baby was born
to Mrs. Barrel. When born the child
had a well developed case Of smallpox.
being broken out al over. The mother
had been vacciaated few days ago and
had a good vaccine sore on her arm.
but no signs of smallpox. only one small
sore on the face. thought TO be from
the vaccination
Oklahoma City Tines-Journal: The
Wichita Ez,gle has become panicky over
the open winter. There IS no occasion
for alarm in Oklahoma, II our past expe-
rience is of any value. The winter or
'S0-s1 WIS Just such s. winter as this, the
coolest weather being above zero. The
winter OF 'S8-8 was an extremely cold
one. the coolest weather being II de-
grees below zero. That year Oklahoma
experienced her only failure in wheat
The winter of 1856 was q mild one. he
lowest the thermometer registered being
Il above zero. The following summer was
seasonable for all crops. The winter of
'98-97 was also mild one, the minimum
temperature having been six degree
above zero. The following season gave
US a record-breaEing wheat crop. The
winter Of $500 was another mild one,
by bountful crops Of every
character The minimum temperature
was FIVE degrees above zero. The low-
est temperature this winter was nine
degrees above zero. We hop the Eagle
will get comfort from these figures