The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-23
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA
There are $50 territorial banks in Okla
hcma- They have s617.1 SIS in deposits
The Eighth United States cavalry has
reached Enid, and is in camp for few
days.
At South McAlester only seventy votes
out of 610 were cast against issuing
waterworks bonds.
They worked the old. old snipe-hunt on
newcomer in a southern Oklahoma
! town the other night.
At Anadarko a merchant has offered
the ladies' band 8 70 give their first con-
cert in front of his store.
In one small Chickasaw town last Sat
urday fourteen more loads OF cotton came
in than could be ginned that day.
The Indians have entirely quit that talk
about moving TO Mexico. Indian lands
have become too valuable 10 desert
While Oklahomans cannot vote for
Roosevelt this year, they can in 1894 II
they viii this year vote for MCGUIRE
At Chickasha. the other day. a man
who dunned another for payment or
debt was knocked down for his pains
The Oklahoma veterans in the big pa
rade n Washington last week. carried
banner reading: we Want Statehood
- new Town IN the creek NDUulIL has
been named Roughandready- The post
office department won't do a thing to that
name.
Free homes was once postponed by the
election Of Callahan by Oklahoma. State
hood can be postponed by the election Of
ELL Cross.
Tishomingo is so sure OF getting land
office that sl0, 900 has been subscribed to-
wards building a hotel to accommodate
visitors to the town.
Charles Scott, OF Kansas, told the Ok
lohomans at Guthrie that Dennis Flynn
vas the best representative any territory
ever had in congress.
Some Of the travelling men in Oklahoma
are resenting the claim that Bill Cross has
the solid support OF the commercial trav-
elers, and are coming out in interviews
denying it. The commercial travellers are
in a position TO recognize at once the
benefits that would come to their terri
tory through statehood.
The Wichita Indians are a progressive
lot. They are the only prairie Indians
who ever built houses. Just now they
are giving a harvest home picnic five
miles north of Anadar<o. Many white
people went out last Sunday and Chief
Tonkawa Jim. through an interpreter
made a speech to them The Indians
have on exhibition pumpkins, watermel-
ons, squashes. sweet potatoes and corn.
which they have raised. war dance
was given Sunday for the white visitors
and two squaws also gave an interesting
demonstration OF the former Indian way
of grinding corn.
Stroud Messenger: The report was
spread over town all day Wednesday that
Carrie Nation would take time TO run UP
70 Stroud from Oklahoma City Wednes-
day night. Many did not believe the re-
pert, but a whole lot did, and went 10
the depot to meet the train, through Gu
riosity Sure enough. when the train
pulled in, Carrie equipped with q big
hatchet and all her old-time individu-
atty. jumped of and began hunting sa-
looms. Some of the fellows who had often
made brags what icy would do II they
should come IN contact with the rsfOrmer
didn't do a thing but dodge when she
swung her Ratchet. The saloon men had
decided 10 not let her enter their places
Of business. but the swing she got on her
weapon hastily cleared the way. The eX-
element was intense. Women on the
streets shouted couragement to Carrie
a. she went from one saloon 10 the other.
one Of our best and most earnest anti
saloon mothers grabbed a club and fol-
lowed her in the saloon to help her. and
bursted the first box she came 10, but
vas stopped by some or the men Alter
the excitement had lasted about half an
hou r il was discovered that the make
believe smasher was our own Otto Sim
mons a scrawny home kid VINO had bor-
rowed a Mother Hubbard. a pillow or
two. and Ratchet for his makeup. just /
for little fun Instead Of coming in on I
the evening train he hid behind the beer /.
house until the passenger pulled in, then /
crawled on from the other side A great !
many Of our fellows are glad they are !
still alive.