The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-22
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The Quiu at Shawnee is now getting
out a very neat daily paper.
Amarillo. Texas, has put up its bonus
for the extension OF the Choctaw
The Rock Island towns are talking Of
organizing a fight on Oklahoma City.
Many believe that the night for COVER
nor 5 between Joe McNeal and Jen-
kins.
There is a great city campaign on in
Fl Reno. Already sic voters have reg
istered.
It is wonderful how many chance PEG
pie there are IN the world who viii harbor
outlaws.
The next campaign in Oklahoma will
be made in part on the location Of public
buildings.
The chances are that Enid. Kinghsher
and FL Reno VIII form Community Of
interest"
The Democrats of the city Of FL Reno
have declared in favor Of municipal
ownership.
The people at Shawnee are up against
a city election and plan OF the machine
TO gobble everything.
The Democratic city convention at Fl
Reno returned thanks to Dennis Flynn
for securing FL Reno a land Office.
The jury before which Cravens appears
days Of ouLlawry in Oklahoma are gone
A Weatherford advertiser insists that
Happiness doesn't consist in getting
what you want, but in the ability 10
get more"
A gentleman named Martin, represent
ing st. Louis exporters, is IN Enid looking
the ground over with the idea Of putting
in a million bushel elevator.
The Order OF Bunaloes in Oklahoma
are talking of selecting Leslie Niblack
High and Serene Master of the Left
hand at the next grand lodge meeting.
The Enid Wave makes this significant
statement: This public building fight
has made the central and western por-
tons of the territory in favor Of state
hood for Oklahoma alone, almost TO
man"
The Canadian Valley Gun club of Fl
Reno has been orga nized with W. s. Sher-
man for president; Z. c. Young, vice.
president; Tom Abbott. secretary; a. 3.
Flickinger, assistant secretary; J. II.
ROhrer, treasurer. ". II. Riley and J. H.
Rohrer are field captains.
Speaking of the wind last night, khe
four-year-old son of Wilbur Noble. living
near Independence, picked UP the tongue
Of a farm wagon which was at the top
of ashill. The wind blew the wagon along.
over the boy and clear to the bottom of
the HILL The boy was hurt, but not seri-
Ousyl.
The circuitous course of the law as APP
piled to the cUrry-comb is shown in this
item in the Independence Courier: Lee
Leedy was arrest last Friday. on the
charge of stealing a horse brush from
owen CampbeiIs livery stable He was
aTraigned before Squire Chalfant, with Z.
". Coleman acting as attorney for the
defendant, and Asa Harris attorney for
the territory. Several witnesses were ex-
amined, but nothing but clrcumstantial
evidence was brought forth However the
jury found him guilty and Justice Chal-
FAINT fined him $40 and costs. But a new
hearing was asked for and granted, and
the trial set for today. At today's trial
Prosecuting Attorney Wilcox ordered the
case thrown out of court, on the grounds
that there was no evidence for prOsecu-
ton, and ordered also that the costs be
charged up to the prosecuting witness"
The Enid Wave issues this edict: Eel
low citizens OF Garfield, Kingfisher and
Canadian counties: The rejoicing of the
East side people on the vetoing of the
public buildings bill is a pointer. II
means that said people VIII never VII
fully consent to the locating Of any pub
lie buildings in our section. We must
stay with the fight, the lines have been
drawn and a fight commenced that win
last for years. However, CARRIED county
needs no public building bill TO brace her
up If this writer owned the strip OF
land twelve miles wide and twenty miles
long Of which Enid is just a little west
Of the center, we would not trade II for
the east half Of Oklahoma county. the
whole Of Lincoln county and about one
third of Pottawatomie county, a country
covered by black-jacks, worthless rocky
lodges, shallow soil and negro shanties
and corn patches Enid don't need any Of
the friendship of her enemies"