The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-23
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

/ For thirteenth year Oklahoma IS not
finding II particularly unlueky so far
/ The Saes and Foxes VIII not kiH wolves.
! They believe them 70 be the dogs OF the
( Great Spirit
It IS said that Judge Merrioz was be-
+ hind the recent charges fled against Gov
ernor Ferguson.
The statehood advocates are not ex-
pecting anything from Speaker Hender-
son. He Is against them
\ big crowd OF people from the Indian
Territory is attending the confederate re-
union al Dallas this week
Reverend 8iichoI Of Warren Pennsyva-
Ma, has taken the pastorate Of the Meth
odist church at Blackwell.
There are a few Democrats in Oldaho-
ma who do rot have congressional as
p-rations just at this time.
At Lawton the other Gay man took his
wife across his knee and spanked her
His neighboTs had him arrested.
The Democratic newspaper men Of Co
nsanche county were purposely IefI of
tie delegation sent 20 Enid by the Demo
cratic leaders.
The aspirants who didn't win at Enid
WILL the day after election, be able 70
point out mistakes which were made
righr at the start.
The delegates from the new country TO
the Enid convention were Uninstructed
and should have no trouble IN helping
make the band wagon.
One Oklahoma farmer had recently
completed. with great work and pains. 4
fish pond The next day q railroad grad
Cd through the middle OF IT,
Item in the Medford Mail: "Orwin
Nelson and MS cousin Monroe bought
some wild horses at the sale Saturday
and were trying to move them home to-
day
Originally the location fight OF the
Southwestern normal was one between
the Rock Island and the Choctaw 1t is
al the Rock Island now. and the tight
VIII end.
The biz which provides for two new
judges in Oklahoma also provides thar
aDpointees to be eligible must have an es-
taphshed residence In the territory of at
least one year.
In debate in Ava the contention was
that silence is golden. one girI on the
negative side carried the house by re-
marking that silence IS injurious q the
brain; % per cent OF the silent people Of
the United States being dead"
This item is floating around over the
territory. The city council OF I'll Reno
tried To have an executive session the
other evening, but the chief of police
would not leave the council room, and the
council was not big enough 10 put him
out"
Sixteen miles east of Nladm. O. T.. on
the Atlantic x Choctaw railroad. now
building. is the site Of old Fort Washita.
established more than fifty years ago.
L was the first white trading post IN
the Chickasaw nation and was occupied
Kentucky kept the suffers store, and
A ID. Chase of Ardmore was his clerk.
in 1883 The fort was burned by Chero-
lfee Indians near the close OF the war
They removed the cannons from the fort
dismOunted them and used the wheels on
their wagons
Oklahoma editors have always publish
Ell final proof notices for 81. 1t is said
the notices really measured $3.50 Speak
ing OF this. Jacob Admire says: Just
rcw it happened IN the first place that the /
printers charge for final proof notices
was fixed at $500 by the newspapers en- I
this land district. and. Indeed, ~ all of
, klahoma as originally opened to set
Element, we do not know II could not [
have been based on the Kansas statutes
Tor the legal rate of printing IN that /
state is greater than il is ia Oklahoma
According 10 our statute the publication
lee on ordinary final proof notices wiz
AMOUNT 70 $50. The settlers have sfmp-
y got the benefit of this difference OF (
20 and the printers have lost Il.