The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-12
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

The Frisco surveyors reached Guthrie
the first Of the week. from wellston-
The Pond Creek vidette shows lean
ings toward Joe AIcSeai for congress
sionaI candidate.
There was fairly good and much appre-
ciated snow IN Oklahoma Sunday as far
down as Red Rock
There is all kinds OF war in the CITY
council AZ Hobart. due 70 the suspension
Of TWO police officers
one physician at Enid oficiated al
birth every day last week. He IS now
down with nervous prOstrattoa-
Society in The new country has already
organized 10 the stage where the brides
wear Lousine silk. trimmed with Ouch
esse lace.
Note in the stroud Messenger. "shsird
Fishburn pushed his subscription ahead
another year with load CT wood, last
Thursday
It is said that p. Scott. OF Perry.
is trying TO secure the NewlSirk Repub-
lican News Journal 10 turn it into an
anti-Fiynn organ.
1t begins &c lock as II the Oklahoma
Populist who wants 10 kick on being
swallowed VIII have 10 move up 10 Kan
sas for the season
J. H Moore. an old Colorado miner.
has r claim near Hobart, and the other
day he had some OF his ore assayed. II
ran SIS 20 gold to the ton.
More than at any previous tine the new
country is now scene Of activity. The
settlers are pouring in 10 claim their
own. and own their claims
Report says that DR.. c. G. Elliott viii
turn down the secretaryship of the Sani-
tarium commission If he has 10 maintain
IN, q l. asR haf
provision is manda tory.
Waukomis Hornet: The population OF
Oklahoma IS near the $4,000 mark, or over
four times that CT any state at the time
OF admission into the union. and ten times
larger than the average.
II man VIII take q foot rule and go TO
work on map OF Oklahoma, he viii soon
see that the political center OF Oklahoma
1uctuates somewhere near the line be-
tween Kingiisher and Blaine counties.
The editor of the Stroud Messenger
owns 4 est that has already died three
times. The last time the neighbOrs buried
il. but it dug out ana came back home
with its xix remaining vitalities in good
working order.
Some one is touring the territory with
Rip Van Wrinkle" IN oklahoma, where
changes have really taken place in ten
years. great surprise in the audience is
manifest that Rip. after twenty years,
found things so familiar.
The Methodists can stand a good many
hardships. but they are not equal to
everything. Here is an item from the Ho
Tart Republican. THE dedication of the
new NJ. z. church was postponed on ac-
count Of bad weather. and also the fact
that windows and chairs failed 10 ar
rive"
Wsukomis Hornet: When the Hornet
mentioned the nipping Of Dallas Roach s
finger It said it was done by a road
scraper, while he was on the street
force" This was a rank lie. and called
for all kinds of explanations from Dall.
Those who didn't know he wouldn't do
such a thing. didn't know how he came
to be on the street gang. He wasn't.
His finger got nipped by a road scrapeT.
but it was rural district road scraper,
not employed by the street force, nor
any ways near it
Oklahoma City Times Journal: A rep
resentatve Of this paper was informed
Saturday evening that the Chicago. Rock
Island and Pacific was preparing 10
make a survey from Kingfisher 10 this
city, and that a line would be construct
ed from that point in the near future.
There has been no authentic report to this
effect. but it is presumed some definite
news viii be received in a few days. This
road has already made enc survey from
route from Kingdsher would touch an
entirely new field