The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-09
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

Wen. Ell Reno is strictly It.
The fellows on the neutral strip seem 70
De IN it, too.
How the restaurant business az e Reno
viii boom now.
The old soldiers have the advantage and
viii make a big showing.
There are q good many savings and
excepungs" n that proclamation.
II won't take some men more than four
hours 20 settle on what farm they want.
And the great Rock Island route VIII
carry a few people In the next few days.
IF any Indian has gold mine on his
allotment. the white man can jump for Il.
The Texans who want 70 get IN OF the
drawing VIII have TO travel q good ways
FL Reno certainly comes very near be-
ing the whole show in this drawing mat
ter.
There are about I2.5ao farms 10 be given
out. according 10 advices from Washing
ton.
N the nature or things there VIII be
a heap Of Communication fourteen months
hence
Unless he is an ex-soldier. a man, to
apply for certificates. must be on the
ground
Judge Springer Is going to make Lone
VOLTS suit die hard II viii not cut any
ice now.
a year ago. almost. the Eagle said that
the reservation would positively open
August S.
Tomorrow the registration begins at
e Reno and at Lawton- No time Is be
ing wasted.
If a man wants to form little town
site all by his lonesome. he win have 10
get in early.
4 man who draws a winning number
certainly has time enough to pick his
land. lie doesn't need over week
There won't be any idle moments for
those two land offices. It viii keep them
going day and night.
The reservation win open at a m.
on August s. Old high noon and the
pistol shot has been discarded forever.
The settlers with the lucky numbers
VIII not consume that sixty days the gov
ernment has so kindly extended.
Those Indian fences are taken care Of
in good shape, any way. The Indians
should coil up their fences and put EN- In
the barn.
And won't there be some hot old dis
putes when two lucky ones meet out In
the country and take a fancy to the
same claim.
Now, who viii be those three dlstin-
guished gentlemen who viii superintend
the drawingf They Will probably come
from eastern states.
BY overheating the Imagination slightly
some one might be able to imagine an
Oklahoma court setting aside a presi-
dental proclamation.
The presidents proclamation to pros
pective settlers Will stand four or five
readings. 1t Is carefully prepared, and
means every word Il SAYS
Well, it isn't much OF a lottery, after
all. The man who plays II doesn't pay
anything and IL costs him nothing but
railroad fare II he doesn't win.
And some fellows win be unfortunate
enough to lose their certificates Of regis
traton after they have been lucky
enough to draw the chance for a selec-
ton.
Enid Wavei Some love-siek couples.
who ought 10 be married, thought Enid s
Fourth Of July celebration would be too
noisy for their dreamy souls. 50 they
bundled themselves into buggies and sped
away to a shady grove. where they could
smell the corn-6eld breezes. hear the
songs Of meadow larks. roll IN the dust
blown grass and pretend TO be intoxicated
with nature as they held each other
feet and watched the buZzard soar q cir
Gle. finally anghting on the odorifcrous
remains Of a juicy skunk. A great many
people-yOung and Old-have brains bat
their conceit and narrow views OF life
would give a dog a rafting good belly
ache"