The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-26
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

There has been no case Of smallpox in
| Oklahoma City since September
The Okeene Eagle, which is growing
| with its section, is getting better every
| week.
Over near Stroud a dance Is still called
q hoe-down. good, old-fashioned hoe
down"
Blackwell is determined 10 see whether
there was more than a cupfull Of gas IN
derneath.
The number Of accidental shootings on
hunting expeditions in Oklahoma for the
last month is appalling
II is said that there are only forty-three
farmers in Grant county who are not able
to make a bsnkable note
There is going 10 be considerable OF a
ghost dance when the consolidation Of
land Offices actually comes
Kirby Pearson, OF Perry, three years
old. fell into we'll in which there was
ten feet of water. He was rescued.
Some one makes the argument that
single statehood is mandatory because
Oklahoma needs Indian territory's coal.
II Secretary Hitchcock retires Okla
homa has two or three men she could
suggest to succeed him, and all from
Oklahoma.
The county clerk at Anadarko drew
on the county treasury for only $50 the
first three months. His office is nearly
self-supporting.
There is a row at Anadarko because one
OF the streets is named Kansas. The
Kansans should organize and see that
the name is retained.
The Casbion Advance believes that wire
less telegraphy will break up the lynch
ing custom. You see, it viii do away
with telegraph poles
The Democratic editors of the terri
tory will meet in Oklahoma City in De-
cember and try 10 invent some real new
mean phrase about Dennis Flynn. All
the old ones are worn out.
Miss Virgie Hess. OF Manchester. was
standing near a stove the other day when
package OF gun-powder fell on the
stove and exploded. Miss Hess was badly
burned. and for a time it was feared she
would lose her eyes.
There are a whole lot Of people in Ok
lahoma who, if they were in Governor
Jenkins place. would not resign. They
Jenkins has done nothing out of the way
and that he can not afford 10 resign.
The public has forgotten it, but the
court should not, that a lot of young
men in Pottawatomie county two weeks
ago got drunk and shot into crowded
school house. Those men should be made
to sweat, and sweat blood.
An interview from an Oklahoman, not
named, is out showing that Governor
Jenkins was the selection at the time
of President Mckinley and Secretary
Hitchcock. There is no question about
the selection OF Governor Jenkins. Pres
ident Mckinley selected him.
Usage Eclipse: While out near the
limits of Pawhuska, Wednesday, I. c.
Roberts found a little runaway Indian
boy from TIE school on the hill. The
little fellow was crying as il his heart
would break for his mamma. Mr. Rob-
erts undertook the task OF carrying him
back to school and found it a hard one,
the little fellow using all his power and
skill in Directing. Finally Agent Mits-
cher came along IN his buggy and took
the runaway back and turned him over
TO the teacher.
Usage Journal; The number Of Usage
Indians who have been drunk on the
streets of Pawnee this week indicates
that there has been some one here who
has made business of selling whisky
TO the young Osages. 1t is sometimes a
difficult matter to convict a whisky seller
as the Indians suffer from extremely bad
memories when put on the stand at such
times. Most OF them are like the Indian
who. when put on the witness stand and
asked if a white man gave him the
whisky, replied. "Mebbe so, white man:
mebbe SO, Indian; mebbe so, don't
know" Indians seem 10 be able TO get
liquor to drink and the practice Of hav-
ing weakened Indians parading the
streets can only be stopped by suppress
ing the whisky traffic