The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-08

OF the population Of okiahonla -As'''~
are male and 1882 female.
4 firm at Aiva is paying fifty cents
busheI for clean peach pits
The rain 81 Guthrie last Thursday vas
the best that locality has had since cary
last spring
Ingersou. the new town on the Choc-
tav. sixteen miles east OF Ava. was IA
auguTated last week
Governor Jenkins VIII travel around
among the new towns IN Kiowa land ard
see how they are SETTING along-
FL Reno has also come % the point.
where it believes that it would be a Sccd
thing 70 hit the slot machines lick
II the shortage in rainfall is 20 be made
Up this year. Christmas VIII be a time
for sleighs and sleds.
In a marriage notice an Oklahorns pa
per compliments the groom on the fact
that his nuptials kept him out Of the
corn field only one day.
Next Monday at Oklahoma CITY sena-
tor Burton OF Kansas and Governor John
son OF the Chickasaws viii have a con-
ference on tribal affairs.
Oklahoma win find place for al her
wheat The demand for II from Texas
| for seed VIII probably grow 10 be biz.
Trainioads have been sent down already
The Gushing Herald complains that
enough energy has been expended on
striking machine In front % a saloon IN
| that town 70 run the Herald for two
months
At Guymon IN Beaver county last Tues
| day the people witnessed for the Grst tlrsa
n Ions while perfectly calm day.
/ There wasn't enough wind 70 crvak the
1 windmill
/ one Of the pathetic sights OF the hlvh
prairies OF western Oklahoma IS the ems
sumptive who Is travelling overland xlta
/ the hope OF a return TO health throusn
/ the outdoor life.
The principal case in court n Beaver
/ county this week VIII De that against joe
l Hodge, charged with enhezElement ot
| county funds. Hodges says that the
money is missing but thinks thar he was
| robbed.
Jose Gutierrez OF Chico. New Mexico
recently passed through Beaver county
/ on a gallop- lie was after horse thieves
and he had followed them when he re-
ported last two hundred miles Re mast
hae been awfully mad
According 70 the Vidette. a Sond Creek
younster asked his father what was the
! difference between Christisn Science snd
a thin girl Ike his sister May and when
the old man gave IL up answered. zone
Il Is marvellous how simple minded
/ some people believe tho government.
/ When people registered they made Out
/ Identification slips containing their names
| birthplace. age and residence Vow n
/ happened that many people az identical
names registered and q has happened
also frequently that the wrong raa has
/ applied 20 file with the idea that tho gov
eminent wouldn't be able 70 ten that he
/ was the wrong man even II he did have
I the right name
Enid Eagle: The probate court was
occupied Saturday with the case az Tcrs
/ ritory W. r. II. White. charged with
| The complaining witness was AZ Praitt.
general agent for the ottawa Star Nur-
series. The alleged ofense was commit
ted last spring. and White had drawn
the per cent, u per cent commission
guaranteed hy the compsny. During fha
| progress Of the trial AIrs. White filed an
action against her husband alleging that
he was insane. u appears White was
the victim OF an accident many years
ago and now has q large indcnflon In
the TOP OF his head At times he ia
mentally iDcompetcnt. white was ex-
amined BY Or Champion. who save hla
evidence IN open court A physician who
had attended white IN Missouri was also
present and testified as % hts mental ccu-
dition. At the conclusion OF the expert
testimony Deputy County Attorney West
filed motion 10 dismiss the case. Mr..
White owns property IN Woatheriy. and
was for many years travelling suics-
man. The physicians recommended that
he be taken To his former horne IN Mis-
souri,