The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-31
Outlines OF Oklahoma


Congressman Stephens friends did not
rush to his rescue very eagerly.
Governor Barnes and the present lsgis-
Iature seem 10 be working under pro-
/ tocol.
II is said that ninety-flve per cent Of
the population Of Oklahoma IS American
born.
| II seems that stephens CT Texas was
simply giving his friends a little inside
/ advantages.
There is nothing like a troop OF United
States cavalry 10 discover authentic news
of an Indian uprising.
Dennis Flynn is going to see that
I the Kiowa country IS opened fairly with
an equal show for an
William H Hornaday is now editing
the Ponca. City Courier. paper which IS
always spicy and newsy
/ Congressman Stephens by this time
must realize that he does not CIT so very
much ice in oklahoma affairs.
/ There was nothing in the story that
/ Bill Grimes was in Washington 10 work
against FL Reno's land Office.
H P. Grow OF Custer county. a mem
Der Of McKinley's company IN The civil
war. Will attend the inauguration.
The local banks at Arapahoe the other
morning showed Up with $7s.e20 deposits.
Arapahoe IS a cracking good town
A man named JACK Clark Of Roger
Mills who has all his life strenously cp-
posed vaccination. died Of small Dox last
week.
It is now known how that clause per-
hitting fling on mineral claims at once
/ in the KiOWa country crept IN stephens
slipped 1t in.
Burt Hardenbrook in Cuba has sent his
mother IN Arapahoe seeds from the
< creeping vines which grow on Cubanas
fortress. Havana.
/ Garfield county can always Be depended
upon to turn out its fun quota Of dele
gates That kind of county always has
a big voice IN affairs
The Arapahos Bee makes the predic-
ton that the next election IN Oklahoma
will be for the selection of delegates 10
a constitutional convention.
Yaw Alexander who was burned al
Leavenworth. once lived in Payne coun-
~, it is said. and gave the anti-horse
thief association much trouble.
Mighty little IS heard of late OF the
proposed prohibition measures IN Okla
homa The antics Of Kansas in that
line seem to have diverted the territory.
Oklahoma and Texas viii nave 10
shake hands and quiet down. With all
the members OF inc LeAaS CcleGdLlOu eA-
cept Stephens, Flynn is on excenen.
terms.
The Orient survey near Arapahoe is
finished; the chemist has examined the
water and found it satisfactory and the
chances are that Arapahoe Will aeon
have locomotive smoke In its eyes.
The demand for q change in the mat
ter of opening the Kiowa country is gen
eral and the secretary of the interior
should do something. II the land is
opened in the old way the loss OF Slife
Will be appalling.
Ripley News: Trees add much to the
comfort and beauty Of the home. wheth-
er it be located in the city or In the
country. Trees, If cultivated, grow rap
idly in Oklahoma. They should be set
out In large holes that have been filed
in to the proper depth with good, rich
soil. Elm, soft maple, black locust, ca
talpa, box elder, ash. mulberry, IN the
order named, are desirable trees. Every
planting should include some elms he
cause they are long-lived and more per
manent than the others mentioned Con-
tinuous. shS low cultivation is necessary
for success, and If this is neglected. fail
ure is almost certain.