The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-09
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The boomers out II Roger Mills county
are working up a county seat contest
Sidney Clarke is the only man left who
insists on calling lie territory Okla
homa-
Bucksszin BIZ is now in Oklahoma with
his show and introducing folks 10 the
grsa; cushion scheme
IN oklahoma il is lawful TO shoot prai-
RE chickens after September !. IL the prai-
RE chickens win let you
The editor of the Kremlin Times, in or
der 10 defy the beef trust. has bought =
steer and win raise him
susie Carson. q graduate of saltwater
College, is a candidate for county superin-
1eudent in Payne county
The Aedingt0n Herald has a correspond
ent from the neighbcrhood OF Widea~ake
who signs himself -Sleopyhead-
There IS a little boy in Oklahoma City
whose name is Paul Revere. and he prob
ably has great desire for pony
+ The baseball situation al Shawnee,
which has been heavy on baseball. Is
acute There is a suit for the possession
OF the suits.
J. s. Potter. who has located IN Canada.
writes back 10 the Perkins Journal that
laws are enforced up there with ven
AZ Kremlin an ice cream manufacturer
says his cream will work Ike a miracle
in your breast. This shows what
failure TO study physiology does for I
man.
The stroud Messenger in figuring out
the etiquette Of bill collecting. says: The
merchant did not get mad when he was
asked for credit. nor should the creditor
get mad when asked 10 pay"
The first bales Of cotton are coming in
down in Greer county and the early birds
are getting the premiums the merchants
offer.
The boH-worIi is friskins about among
the cotton plants. The boll-worm never
fails 10 arrive. He is not an estiInable
insect. Any bug that can get along on a
diet Of raw cotton is mighty weak intel
lectuaHy.
Occasionally a man leaves the terri
tory with 4 band OF Indians TO exhibit
them. There seems 10 be a tradition that
there is money IN this sort Of enterprise.
but nobody ever proved that there was
money in IL.
George Eleriek. bank president Of Ok
lahoma, while visiting his son out in the
country one day last week. was attacked
by pet deer, but managed TO defend him
self against the animal. a pet deer is
whole lot fresher Tan wild one.
Statement by the editor of the Day
County Progress: We are too busy with
the campaign and county business 10 de-
vote much time to local news these days
after the court is over and the smoke and
din of the campaign battle is over. We will
give you a better paper, If we have to sell
out to do So
Joe Chambers. of ingalls,, cannot be
cIassed with those who are born great.
or with those who acquire greatness. nor
yet with those who have greatness thrust
Upon them. He belongs 10 a tribe OF
great men unclassed-he has invented an
evaporator that driss 200 bushels of fruit
Ter day, and got Z notice of only sixteen
words about Il.
Shawnee Quill: camel which has
been kept at the fair grounds for several
weeks past, escaped from the enclosure
last night. and carry this morning while
crossing Main street it caused Z team be-
longing 10 a fruit peddler. which was
standing in front OF Chaplines grocery
store, 10 run away They ran east for
about a block without doing any damage.
but when coming in front of Reeble's
grocery store they collided with a milk
wagon belonging 10 W. II. Yakish, turn
ing 1t over and badly wrecking it. Short
x after the accident s--e owner Of the
camel arrived on the scene and returned
il 10 the fair grounds, where he says il
viii be more carefully looked after in the
future.