The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-24
OUTLINES OF okLAlioMA.

Lenora is making faces at Tsloga. ont
in Dewey county, and a county seat fight
VIII follow.
The cry council az Blackwell IS again
figuring on sinking another vel. You
cant discourage Blackwell
Next Tuesday the Populist politicians
OF the territory viii meet at Cashion 10
find out the direction Of their DRIFT.
All inmates OF the Ssnitariun at Nor
man who are merely paUpers and properly
county charges. are 10 be discharged.
Il is noted by several Of the papers that
on and after February I next. no quail j.
Oklahoma can legally ole with violence
A Guthrie dispatch says that a post
Office inspector IS in Guthrie investigating
Harry Gilstrap's record as reading cler1-
The Enid Study club recently had a day
devoted TO statesmen Papers ou John
J. ingalls,. Horace Greeley and David Ein
were read.
Governor Ferguson is quoted as saying
that the charges made by Keeper Keith
against the Norman Sanltarium had been
productive Of good
II would be interesting 70 know what
became OF the first white child born in
oklahoma after the opening in iSS9. Does
anybody remember his name. and know
where he is now?
Il is said that Clark Hudson viii re-
turn 70 Oklahoma City and take charge
of the Ollah0man. He will never get out
half as good paper as Stafford, the
present editor. does
A country correspondent in the Alva
Pioneer says: 1T Is well 70 remember.
boys, that if a lady does refuse you as n
partner, il is not becoming for you 20
break up u dance, and you may make
many enemies by doing so.
Guthrie, Il Reno and Kingfsher and
Oklahoma City men are figuring on build
ing an interurban lire. The men inter
ested are d. c. Horn, a II. Ciassen, Joe
McNeaI, Charles Engle. Frank Gillette,
George ". Willis and Jacob Admire.
The government didn't know anything
when It located the city ef LAYTON The
question of q water supply is up now,
and il is q big problem. If the city IS 10
get its water from the mountains, which
seems the feasible plan, il is going 10 cost
like fury. 4 waterworks contractor has
made his estimate for a system, and his
figures reach the sum CT SIS, al.
LAYTON Democrat: An amusing incident
occurred when the council considered the
claim of s. L. Lebrecht & Co for s.. -
for a pair Of shoes. Upon inquiry il was
stated that the shoes had been bought
for a negro prisoner who worked a hum
! dred days on the streets. Mr.. Cotney
was against spending that amount on a
''nigger.
A country correspondent in the Alva
| Pioneer must be troubled sorely IN soul.
He asks this question: when something
takes place at d meeting OF which a
Christian is a member. OF which that
Christian does not approve, should he
withdraw and allow the other element
to predominant, or should he try harder
than ever TO help keep the good side at
the top2"
Az Enid firm had been missing bits
of change from the till and finally set a
trap for the supposed thief Holes were
bored in q back door, behind which were
stationed a detective. Everybody bat the
suspected employe left the establishment.
He went to the till and helped himself 10
81 Then the detective grabbed him. His
father paid all the money he had taken
back.
The latest natural gas story is told by
the Ripley Times: Henry Mansfield. hy-
ing one mile west of Ripley. was IN town
Tuesday and said that he had made a
very important discovery on his farm.
which will make this section famous IN q
very shot time. In cutting down some
oak trees he noticed q kissing sound rs
the center of the tree was reached, and
that an odor as Of gas filled tho air. Up-
on lighting a match and holding u over
the tree stump IL ignited and flames shot
out, and II continued 10 burn until eXtin-
guished by throwing dirt into the hole