The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-10
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

II VIII not be very long until Kinghsher
VIII bring cut q bright new capital am
biuon.
one prominent paper in Oklahoma has
never had a line about the governorship
situation
| Il IS Chief Justice Burford's place that
Judge }. J. Merriek is seeking down in
Washington
Captain Franz. Of Enid. has no idea
the amount OF excitement he is causing
in Oklahoma politically.
The Democratic papers are having a
hard time in the present racket 10 find
some place TO abuse Flynn
The Anti-Saioon League is cutting al
kinds OF capers because il believes the
new governor is a ProhibitionLst
\ good deal OF the talk about the
wholesale removal Of officials in Okla
homa is air cut out OF the middle OF
July.
Slowly the Indian territory papers are
getting on TO the fact that abusing Ok
j Iahoma IS a poor way 70 help the Indian
I territory.
Jerre johnson. OF Newkirk. is hunting
through the Decline and Fail Of the
Roman Empire 10 see If Cincinnatus
didn't have led hair.
The man who caused the removal OF
! Governor Jenkins. who is not an officer
and IS not known in the case, is being
alluded at good deal.
Efforts have been made to get Roosc-
welt to express himself on the statehood
question. But he viii not. He made no
reference TO it in his message.
"Roossvelt's paralyzIng me-" says an
/ Oklahoma Populist. WHY, he's stirring
things up just the way I wanted Bryan
TO do when ne got 10 be president"
The knockers have their hammers out
against Judge Burford. and before they
/ have pounded away al him long they
viii md they have stirred up q cy-
clone.
Pretty strong language in the Mulhall
Enterprise: 'Mulhan merchants. that is.
some of them. complain OF dun trade.
God knows it is not due TO excessive adj
vertising."
There is a disposition in the territory.
as evidenced by editorial utterances. 10
cut loose and rip things up the back.
Public officials for season should walk
powerful soft-like.
Your Uncle Jake Admire has written
some mighty fine articles. but he sur
passed himself last week when he took
up the jenkins case and also directed a
few remarks in the direction OF the new
governor.
Tom Ferguson now says that whole
lot OF those carly experiences the boys
are printing about him never happened.
Probably ne viii deny building that Well
which was so crooked Il came out on an
adjoining hillside.
Walt Matthews. living near Mulhsn.
reports a monster panther in his neigh
borhood. His shepherd dog tackled the
| beast after it had stolen a hog. and the
dog was literally torn 10 pieces. Then
two OF his bulldogs took a hand and
were defeated.
Tom Ferguson was twice appointed
governor OF Oklahoma. When he got
down 10 Washington he found that he
had been commissioned as Tom Fergu-
Thompson Ferguson. de didn't want him
self thrown out on technicahty.
FL Reno American: El Reno and the
county contiguous was visited at an early
hour Sunday morning by the first snow
storm OF the season. The morning OF
Saturday opened with threatening clouds,
but the weather was warm and did not
forebOde what was to follow later IN the
day. The wind changed during the after
noon TO the north and the atmosphere
became much colder, continuing so until
in the fore part of the night, when It be-
gan 10 rain. sleet and freeze. Slight
spurts OF snow FELL bat not until the
after part of the night did the snow
come I'm any large quantity. Yesterday
morning the ground was covered to the
depth Of several inches. However. it
did not remain long, and by evening
there was scarcely any 20 be seen.