The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-10
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

Jerry Simpson is down in New Mexico
firing in petitions 70 Washington asking
for statehood.
The theater-goers in Oklahoma must be
getting trife tired Of shows where the
hero is a tramp.
The statehood bin comes up today in the
senate. Beverage Is 70 make his speech
for the substitute bin
The council Of Shawnee has decided to
call an election Tor bonds Tor city hall.
a Jail and water-works.
Oklahoma IS ROW up. face 10 face. 20 a
date she has waited Tor d long time May
her usual luck attend her.
The Oklahoma City Trust and Banking
company bought ne 100000 bonds issued
BY that city's school board.
The greatest thing in the west is Okla
bona luck Il ought 10 be in good work
ing order this week in Washington
The regents viii put in q course Of do
nestle economy in The Saltwater college.
running from January 10 February >.
Only one county in Oklahoma now has
no railroad. What change from the old
days, and the not very old days. either
The bankers Of Oklahoma have got to-
gether S4oJ.oe5 capital stock 10 develop
the asphalt beds in southwestern Okla
homs.
BY grace Of the city council the street
commissioner of Shawnee IS also now
sidewalk Inspector and VIII draw 50 more
on his salary.
It Is a rose-ccIored rumor that Tams
Bixby of the Dawes commission. VIII es-
tablish a Republican daily newspaper AT
Oklahoma city.
Sometimes it appears that Oklahoma IN
being loaded up with the Indian territory.
Arizona and New Mexico has burden
that is hardly fair.
Most memories are mighty poor. Half
the claim-hoiders in the new part of Ok
lshoma have to think twice 20 recall the
number they drew Fl Reno.
1t is not thought that Roosevelt would
veto the omnibus statehood bill IL il
should pass. lie would be subjected TO
tremendous pressure to Kill IL. That Is
sure.
Colonel Blackwel's railroad which he IS
to build himself on his own land. and
without bonds, stocks or Wan street OBJ
legations viii be worth having a pass
over.
New Mexico is really more stirred M
over statehood than Oklahoma. Mass
meetings are being Leld in that territory
and the business men are sending = dele
cation To Washington 10 lobby
Constable Jim Martin. of Shawnee. Sat
urday conGscated three slot machines the
other day and examined their ins.des He
found that they had been plugged. They
were legally destroyed.
Bonheur Brothers circus has finally
reached its winter quarters in Woods
county. 1t had To make It's way home
through a terrific storm period ara the
canvasmen like Caesar. had on several
occasions so build their own bridges.
II would seem that in an Oklahoma
length and breadth there would be enough
room to turn around in. but it seems.
from the following item from the Fair
view Republican. that there isn't: 20. G.
Gertz was moving his threshiug outfit
home Tuesday from his last SOB OF thresh-
ing, and as the lttle hin south of town
was rather rough and difficult 20 pull up.
he run the outfit around In front of the
engine room of the nall and passed so
close to the guy wires Of the smoke
stack that the separator caught and pull
ed it down. The mill engineer. James
winston had his engine steamed mp 70
the popping of point. and he had lively
time TO get his fire ont and steam down.
The accident is rather a serious damage
TO the MIL. as they had been shut down
for a week just a while before 10 put
new fiues in. and only had a small supply
OF flour on hand. It will take a couple
o. DAYS to straighten out the stack and
get il back ia position. when the smoke
stack fell it fen across the team Of John
Ratzlaf. and had it been two feet nearer
IL would have killed the FIRST horse struck
As IL was 1t broke the names of tn
harness and knocked the horse down.
causing it TO bleed at the nose. but the
horse seems TO be doing ell right now.