The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-01
Outlines OF Oklahoma

The Usage Indian nation viii be part
Of the state OF Oklahoma.
Il is said that B. S Barnes Is to Be
the new postmaster at Ponca City.
The demand for statehood in Oklahoma
is for statehood and statehood quick.
! According 10 the census, CklahoIna city
now has 81 more people than Guthrie
! The statehood convention left II to con
/ gress. That was the sensible thing TO
do.
It looks very much as though Okla
! horna would pull TWO more judges CUT
/ OF Uncle sans pocket.
/ Oklahoma has about concluded TO let
/ the Indian territory take care Of itself
so far as statehood Is concerned.
Logan county has no coroner Or. 0.
T. Barker. the Republican candidate. was
duly elected but he refused to qualify.
/ The demand for statehood from Okla
homa, as il was made. win prove e6ec-
1 tive. The demand doesn't seek to die
/ tate terms.
The fellows who have been drifting
down 10 washington Of ate think III {
( Joe McNeal has the inside track in he
race for governor
The Catholic priests of the terri orv
are meeting at Shawnee 10 decide q here
Sacred Heart abbey shall be rebuilt
Shawnee is a candidate.
The Creeks who we're 10 set Up that
separate government on February T. viii
find that the United States troops viii
put in majority report
The Oklahoma farmer IS now deeply
considering whether ne shall by plowng
early give an invitation 20 the weeds 10
run him a race later On.
The wheat in the Strip reported to be
absolutely perfect. There has been
enough moisture. and it appears that an
other record is to be made.
It is claimed that 4 washita county
minister was recently fired from his
church for declaring that the cutting OF
government timber was plain stealing.
Thieves entered the Masonic Han at
Cloud Chief and deliberately stole. with
malice prepense, a carpet, taking it from
the floor and not leaving so snuch as a
tack.
At the next session Of congress Okla
bona win come in as a state but the
chances are that another statehood con-
vention viii have to be held lust TO let
congress know that oklahoma IS stin
wishing.
The story Of the Rock Islands and the
Santa Fe's friendship reached Wall
street the other day and led 10 4 rumor
that the two systems were to be com
bined The Santa Fe and the Rock IS
land have a truce only in Oklahoma.
The Dawes commission Is being guyed
a good deal down in washington because
it has failed to provide for roads IN the
Indian nations. If the present situation
holds. a man travelling through the coun-
try Ia a wagon viii have to stop every
half mile and get some Indians permits
sion to proceed.
FL Reno News: The town IS fun OF
strangers. They come from all over the
northern states, but at This time particu-
larry from Iowa They come I'm car load
lots ana consist Of men who are pre-
pared to buy II they find what they
want. One, as stated elsewhere in the
News, found what he wanted in Dr.
owens section, and plauked down ST.
coo for It Dozens of farms are changing
hands every week. It is remarkable and
another remarkable feature is that many
Of those who sell do so because they can
get a good price, not because they want
70 Quit the country, and they evidence
this by going a little further out and
buying another farm for less money
There is more life and business in ok
lahoma than in any other rural locality
Of its size in the world.