The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-18
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

The watermelon crop out near Ava IS
gasping fer more juice.
Lots OF Kansas politicians are headed
for the Kiowa and Comanche country.
The Ava Pioneer points out that the
l<iOwa opening viii soon be closed in
cident.
The next time Oklahoma wants any
thing managed, il viii send for Governor
Richards.
And stin the query goes up: What
about ACCOMPLISHMENTS" Somebody should
answer that
A good many OF the people who reg
/ lister are aiming at No. Of the Lawton
district, and nothing else.
There are stil many people who insist
that after we have drawn. then We
make the run. don't we?'
The Perry Republican u1urnurs that
there is no fraud in the registration OF
the thermometer these days.
Eleven tombstones for the graves OF
old soldiers were received al Stroud the
other day, from the government
Ex-Indian Agent Sharpe. who was
convicted on two counts and exonerated
on two others at Perry. is out on bail.
The Pawnee Quill gives out the en-
couraglng news that II does not con
slider Pottawatonie county irredeemably
Democratic
The whole transaction at Fl Reno Is SIS
smooth as butter. Governor Richards
should keep UP the good lick by adding
another booth or two.
1T hasn't rained this summer" said a
disguised man at Ava the other day.
and 1 want 70 say right now that It
won't rain next summer"
The Ponca city Courier points out that
when a general rain comes. thousands of
who VIII otherwise take the train.
The man who registers at several
booths, under several names. stands q
better show Of fling on a cell IN fed
eral prison than on a kiowa claim.
Mrs. Killoren, living on a farm in Gar
field county, left a bottle OF carbolic acid
on the dresser. A baby found it and
swallowed some Of it, killing the child.
Indian names for localities pass quick
~. Less and less each year is the Chero-
kee Strip mentioned. They Cheyenne and
Arapahoe country is no longer so known.
Maybe the government viii be sorry
that it provided that q man cannot pur-
chase more than one business and one
residence lot IN those county seat towns
There may be a paucity OF buyers.
Ponca City Ind big rain the other day
and the Courier rejoioee that the ground
drank it up so rapidly that the selfish old
river and creeks didn't get any except
what they caught from straight above.
A Mr.. Loomis. a cripple living i've
miles from Jet, IN Woods county, is IN
hard lack. He made his living by manu-
featuring brooms. The other day, while
he was away from home. his house all
his stock Of brooms snd his machinery
burned.
At Navajoe, the presidents proclama-
al In ha I'd ola
An attorney took the first copy. got on
the hotel balcony and read the proclama-
ton aloud. Then the fellows who wanted
70 go hitched up and piled out for the
Sill land office.
1t is said that the government Is put
ting out secret service men to watch the
work Of men at 81 Reno who are en-
tering the drawing when they have ST.
ready exhausted their right to home
stead. II is said that some men who
have no right to register under the
heavens have done so brazenly. They
are liable TO find themselves up against il.
Ponca City Courier: Leon Bears and
Flora Buffalo, both OF Whiteagle, Ponca
reservation, We're granted a marriage IL
cense on Friday, and were married on
Sunday, by Rev. Arthur J. Sims. This is
the second marriage license issued in this
where both parties were In
dams But the members of the various
tribes are rapidly learning that they must
adopt the ways and methods of the white
men, if they are soon to become full
fedged American citizens, and one OF the !
things they are especially anxious about |
is that they shall be properly and legally !
married. They are finding out some OF |
them TO their sorrow, that if they are TO /
secure legal allotments for their children /
and a proper division OF tribal funds. |
they must be legally married according /
to white mems laws.