The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-05-31
OUTLINES oE OKLAHOMA.

Under the law an alien VIII not be per-
mitted to take part in the Kiowa land
drawing.
Dennis Flynn and his family are now
in san Francisco on their way home 10
Oklahoma.
There are six million dollars in indi-
viduai depositsein the national banks OF
Oklahoma.
Z. a. Burbank. the artist. is at present
painting Chief Wolf Robes portrait CT
| Darlington.
A large crowd Of Aissourians are wait
ing TO hear a second report about that
Woodward gusher.
Blackwell isn't saying much about that
coal find TIN it determines for certain.
Which is the best way.
II the boys insist on it. Amos Ewing
will give out another interview this week
just 10 keep things lively.
II is thought in Washington that some
funny work has been done in the locating
Of the pastures in Kiowa land
Another Oklahoma man has invented
a cotton-picldng machine. His name Is
Ross. and he lives in Shawnee
Not until that supreme court decision
did Oklahoma realize what a grand. good
thing IL is 10 get an organic act
The department OF the interior receives
many letters from Scotland, Ireland and
4 Wales inouiring about the Kiowa coun-
try.
M Thomas Ryan, OF the department
Of the interior, says he has no fears OF
the courts issuing an injunction against
the Kiowa opening.
Chief Justice Burford has q mighty
winning knack Of saying what he thinks
when he talks. Rurford is 3 big man,
one of the biggest in the West.
IF that town in Woodward county has
discovered oil, Il can borrow soap from
Woodward to wash up, il II gets all
greasy, for Woodward has the soap mine.
In charging a grand jury in the Indian
territory. the other day, Judge Thomas
said: You can make up your mind
that If man goes around with a cannot
hitched to him, that that fellow is either
a coward OF a criminal"
Oklahoma might better be awfUily good.
If congress says so, under that decision,
Oklahoma must pay tariff on anything
she ships up TO this part OF the country,
and Dennis Flynn viii not be permitted
to travel 10 Washington without pass
ports.
G. A. Hawkins. Of Shawnee. a general
merchant, has had a run Of luck that
has been paralyzing. A bank had a
mortgage on his stock, and when he was
trying to get out from under this,
quarantine was placed on his building.
While he was studying a way out, thieves
came along and stole $500 worth of goods.
Hawkins is broke and another man is in
charge OF his store.
The other night at Enid a farmer got
full and drove his team up and down,
around about and criss-cross through the
alleys ofrthe city. This was so unusual
that the police force became agitated and
gave chase to him on the suspicion that
he was a Russian spy representing the
Russian stockholders in the 3. =. & s.
railroad. Finally the farmer grew tired
of being bounded, took a couple Of shots
at a policeman with his Winchester, and
went home mad.
Chief Justice Burford was at Mangum
the night the members of the Dallas
Commercial club were there, and was
asked to say a few words 20 them. And
Burford, among other things. handed the
Texans this TO think about: when the
to get other lands opened to settlement.
the commercial houses of St. Louis, kan
Sas City. st, Joseph and Wichita flooded
their representatives in congress with re-
quests that they vote for the measure.
They did that 20 make trade friends, and
unquestionably il promoted friendship.
Texas did something in that line, but
not 10 the extent Of the others. About
a. year ago, when more territory was
wanted. the people of Oklahoma wrote
letters TO the people in their native states
asking their help. One congressman
voted against the measure from first to
last. He was from Texas"