The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-17
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.


The sooner the managers Of the state
mood fight can get vote in the senate.
the better.
one Of the big elements Of strength for
statehood are those planks in the ma
t:Cnal platforms.
An Oklahoma paper recites the case OF
beg who was bitten by "A hydrophobia
poie-eat skunk"
It viii be a cold day when New Mexico
ever meets a senatorial subcommittee
with brass band again.
Near Coyie. recently. a little child died
from eating tablets which the doctor had
left for the childs mother
II statehood should come to the three
/ territories, Quay would have six weste rn
senator's who would prove mighty good
friends to him.
It is said that Senator Nelson. who is
prominent in statehood matters. is IN IA
vor OF oklahoma City as the capital o.
Oklahoma state.
It is pretty hard for senator from
a little two-by-four state Ike Vermont.
10 arise in congress and criticise Ok
lahoma's condition.
The omnibus statehood bin has a com
Portable majority in the senate. The
( arti-statehood element has not yet sue
Ntturu III weakening I.
Those senators who spoke about the
'riff-raf IL the territory Of New Mexico
may. some Of them. live 70 regret The
oay they used the word
How would this do for q compromise
Admit TWO states. one Oklahoma. The
other the state Of Jefferson. made UP Of
Arizona ana New Mexico
Back of all this statehood fight in the
rrn he errr-f -fzfrr
were not some rivalry between Matt
Quay and Hark Hanna as senate leaders
There is no show for single statehood
down in Washington. The Nelson substi-
tute which. as quay says. was So tu-
multuously Withdrawn, doesn't mean any
thing.
Well. q Republican statehood conven-
ton just at this time. would undoubtedly
result in several instances Of delegates
arising .on a question of personal urlvi-
lege."
An item by "One Who Was Not
There" in an Oklahoma paper: A select
parry Of young people met az the resi-
dence Of John Jones on Monday evening.
The Smith orchestra furnished the music
and the neishbors say they danced.
The papers all over the territory have
entered into a scheme TO libel Payne
obt4tAtE sAt44 cAN EAiAN44lE tAtN -tiittfft ttt--
item TO that end: A giTI from PAYNE
county played pOstonice at a party the
other night and yelled and shrleked and
howled and ran behind the door and
scratched the young mans face in seven
places, upset the lamp, kicked over the
piano STOOL and when he finally kissed
kissed her on the tip of the ear she faint
81 dead away and said she could never
lock anybody i'm the face again. They Ted
no & o. erai Is fefr ' e-
ture home, and the next day she ran away
with married lightning-rod peddler, who
had a hair-lip and ten children.
1t is pretty hard TO set up a new kind
o. birth notice. but writer in the Rof
paper which is published in the Chicka-
saw nation, seems to have done Il. The
writer tells how q little angel In heaven
wanted TO come to earth and ST Peter
let the angel out and il few Go the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Allen. in Ro6 Having
placed the angel in the home. the writer
continues Just then good. old. Kind
lady happened to pass the house and
heard sweet music. which She knew could
only come from heaven. So this kind
Old lady went in and saw the little Cherub
or the couch. With her gentle hands
she clipped of the doWny white wings
and they few back 90 heaven alone. 90
await their owners return.
Blackwell News: The gas well has
reached depth OF about rs feet Pro-
gTess IS seemingly slow, but TIE company
has succeeded in ccsing il down % thar
depth with 1l5s casing which is size
larger than was used hy the driiiers who
put down the wells last winter and thus
guarantees the ability of the driAers ~
the present well 20 go at least 40 feet
deeuer than the former drillers were ahle
to 90. The driliers. however aye meeting
with obstacles in the way Of c4te-ins.
as they are now passing through a strata
OF some kind OF formation that is cone
tnually caving. This Of course, is below
the present casing and can he obrlated
by casing but the object is 60 get down as
faT as possible without casing. as the neyr
casing VIII be size smaller.