The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-06
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

The grading on the D E C. is con
7leted half way between Marshall an.
Enid
c. R. Massey. of Mountain View. has
collection Of Indian relics which he val
acs AT $4,000.
There has been a stampede Of marryin
IN Oklahoma during the last few days
be marriage craze in Oklahoma goes Il
waves
Tomorrow the Republican county con
vention in Blaine county is held. and
Republican convention at Watonga is Al
ways a lively affair.
Last Saturday az Alva the thermometer
reached 1o4 IN the shade and people who
were foolish enough 70 look at the ner-
cUry suffered considerably.
George Miller. Of the 10I ranch. says that
the report that an attempt would B.
made by the men Of the ranch TO nberats
COnelt from Jail is a deliberate lie.
a minister writes a letter 10 the Geary
Bulletin advocating that the rights OF In
dian children born since allotment be re
sarded IN the sale of the lands OF dead
Indians.
Matt Brown. who causes considerable
excitement politically in Alva, on occa-
stons. has gone TO Colorado for his
health Some say that he will remain
there permanently.
Dennis Flynn viii find a great change
when he returns 10 the territory. Not 4
Democratic paper IN the territory is at
present abusing him. This is the first time
this has happened in eight years.
BY the time the re-districting commits
sion has finished II viii discover that =
little thing like making new tariff down
IN Washington IS child's play compares
TO changing district lines in Oklahoma.
Captain j. II Boughman. Of AIva. has
locust tree which about month ago
shed its leaves and appeared TO die. Re
Gently II put out leaves again and is now
fiourishing. Apparently it just wanted
rest.
Lots Of people claim that no one ever
saw a dead mule. Last Sunday a boy
named Peetis. of Watonga. was riding
a mule home from baptizing The
mule fell and broke his own neck. and the
boys collar bone.
The first baby horn on the townsite OF
Kaw City was TO Mr.. and Mrs. Rire-
hart. IL was proposed that the baby be
given a corner lot, and Ex-Governor Jen-
kins was asked to name the child. Jen
lins announced that the name should be
William Mckinley Rinshart.
\ new tone in Oklahoma is called Kaw
City. There are a good many corn
helds in the vicinity and as they are
fourishing the Kaw City Star says:
Born and borne on the tidal wave Of
such a commercial overflow. Kaw City
cannot fail 10 wax nightly toward metro
politsn proportions and importance"
Marshall Tribune: Probably one OF the
oldest persons in the west is Mrs. Sarah
Rhodes who lives with her son on his
farm near Marshall one hundred and
two years have passed over her head. and
while she has the appearance of a very
old woman. and is unable TO walk without
clutches, she enjoys good health and ap-
parently win live several years yet. ~
her anniversary Friday she was able 70
converse with the scores who came TO
celebrate her birthday. and talked OF
many occurrences OF her youth which
have been history for more than an av-
erage lifetime. She has lived through
the most eventful period Of the worlds
history having been born in Ohio in
800. when that great state was a wild and
sparsCly settled territory and before the
FIRST railroad was built. She has witness
ed the advent of biography telephones
and the wonders of electricity and watch
ed this government rise from its infancy
TO one of the greatest republics In the
world. She has lived a long life and now
as she giances back over the journey she
has made she certainly must be awed
at the wonderful transformation OF the
world.