The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-16
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

Those hTl-sidcs in the Kiowa land VIII
be great grape-groving farms.
The envelopes VIII be drawn from some
sort Of a wheel which win be manu1ac-
/ tured.
In several Oklahoma towns people are
having their a6idavits made out before
| they start Tor FL Reno.
over eco bushels OF wheat was de-
stroyed by fire on Bin Haggert's farm.
IN Woods county, Friday
The Manchester Journal chronicles that
! two young deer were caught il a wheat
field near by the other day
Nearly ali the old wells in Oklahoma
are being put down deeper and thousands
Of new ones are being digged.
The fellows who were sure that the new
plan would be a fat failure are stin
waiting for something to jump on.
Just at this season of the year it VIII
pay the average man 20 get UP n the
middle Of the night to look for fires.
The horse-trading business isn't what It
was formerly before openings. BDt the
market win be lively after the drawing.
Bill Cross. Of Oklahoma City, having
! registered. the Enid Wave can not see
why the drawing can not proceed at once
The Medford Mail says that II would
be hard 10 find q man who has registered
chance.
IF we can't get i good rain, don't send
any" prayed the Oklahoma man. I'VE
don't want a sprinkle We want q gully
washer.
The way FL Reno people viii come out
winners in that drawing viii be a eau
ton. Everybody qualified IN El Reno
has registered.
The man who is number one thousand
win not consider himself particularly
lucky until he thinks about the man who
is number 1900.
Mike Herman, an old settler or Grant
county, was caught between the sepa-
rator and engine while making a coupling
and seriously crushed
The men who draw claims viii not
want farms half as much as they thought
they did, and il will be the reverse with
the fellows who do not draw.
The politicians who are worrying be-
cause there will be more Texans than
OklahOmans in the new country are talk
ing through their sombreros.
The Pond Creek Vidette says that the
men from that town who have been TO
Ell Reno registered 50 easily that they can
hardly believe themselves entitled to
farms.
Lew Hornbeck last week saw a house
mounted on Wu66ls. me man VINO -
driving Il has registered. II he is drawn
he viii drive his house to his farm and
unload II.
Saturday, at Enid. according TO the
always imaginative Wave. the heat was
so great that the water in q melon turned
TO steam and exploded. killing mule and
a tom-cat.
II. c. Gilwreath, OF the Indian terri
tory, was shot and killed by his sou-in-
law, last week The old man was not
Immediately killed. and when shot. cried
out, as he struggled to his feet: You've
hit me. you --, but stand UP and
have IT out"
El Reno Democrat: Complaints are fire.
quently made that some Of the restaurant
and boarding house keepers are taking
advantage of the great rush in FL Reno
to charge visitors and even some OF their
regular boarders exorbitant prices. This
is all wrong. aud should be stopped at
once. But We are glad to say that the
great majority OF these business places
are not playing such pranks. To adver-
tise meals for = cents and then charge q
man 10 cents extra for tea or coffee. Is
not Just the thing to do II one expects
to remain in business IN Fl Reno. These
prices above regular rates VIII have
telling effect on your business in few
days. One man stated that he got dinner
at a 25-cent place, az advertised, and
when he gave the clerk s., s. cents was
retained by the clerk. II this IS true, Il
is exorbitant, and should be stopped.