The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-24
ouTLlnEs OF oklAHoMA.

The rain at Woodward Is Godsend
TO the cattlemen out there.
FL Reno doesn't need any United states
troops. This is not a military afsir.
Everything will be overdore at Iawton
not only the professions. but mercantile
lines.
That boasted quarter section near Law
ton viii be worth nearer ss.o00 than
| $4,000.
women who have registered appear 10 be
old maids.
It would be fitting conclusion to the
whole plan II No. l should be drawn
| by minister.
Kansas stands first in the number OF
/ people registered. Oklahoma Is stiu the
child OF Oklahoma.
FL Reno doesn't expect that anybody
viii be stranded there But shere win
be, Just the same.
As token OF esteem, after This thing
! IS over, FL Reno should send bouquet
TO the government
Oklahoma City Went into the paving
business head first, and is now backing
out for fresh start
About steen thousand people all thought
the same thOught-that there would be
plenty OF time at the wind-up.
And before Governor Richards knows
it he viii have TO guess again. The
registration win so above 150.00e.
FL Reno certainly ought TO have enough
revenue after this IS over 10 suspend mu-
nicipal taxation for 4 year or two.
One reason there haven't been more
pickpockets at FL Reno is that the coun-
trys supply is at the Buffalo exposi-
ton.
The man who runs his hand down into
the wheel and fetehes forth the first en-
velope must have his sleeve rolled up
high.
AS a matter OF fact, and the newspaper
reports TO the contrary, the eastern states
states have furnished but a very few
registerers.
About half the southern Kansas hotels
are advertising for cooks and dish
washers. The old ones have pulled out
for FL Reno.
The railroad people said that the rush
would be over this week. It wasn't. In
most Kansas communities people are just
getting ready.
The presumption that no great crowd
will watch the drawing is a mistake. The
gang viii stay. expecting that their
names rae just about TO pop out.
Governor Richards knows not what he
does when he proposes to draw the
total number OF envelopes in order TO
prove to everybody that his was there.
That town of Hobart is liable to sur
prise somebody. There is going to be
considerable competition at Lawton. per-
haps too much for the good OF the
boomer.
Just as an evidence of good will to-
wards humanity. the ChOctaw road
should supply tin cups and ice water in
it's cars this week. II wouldn't cost so
very much.
The Wellington Mail relates another El
Reno incident: Friday evening, on the
Rock Island train bound for FL Reno, a
drunken man raised q disturbance and
used vile language in the presence Of
Miss Minnie Pace and other ladies on the
train. Col. J. II. Wills. the Hunneweli
cattleman, called the fellow down and
shook his fist under his nose The fel-
low was cooled off temporarily and Col.
Wills went back and sat down. Then
the fellow whipped out a revolver and
fired, the shot passing through the car
seat from behind and going through the
coat OF gentleman who was sitting In
the same seat with Mr.. Wills. The re-
suit was a surprise TO everybody in the
car. wills simply got up and grabbed
the fellow by the scruR OF the neck and
the seat OF the pants, took him 70 the
platform and pitched him OF the train.
The shooting occurred near Kremlin.
When the fellow fired ard Wills started
after him, he threw his revolver out OF
the window.