The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-06
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

The dog-estchers Of the territory are
Tow making their last eail for revenue.
Ben Little AK and Stella Bear were
married in Pottawatomfe county recently.
1t is unanimous In Oklahoma that
bridges should be OF steel and perched
high.
Up TO the present time no lecture from
Bill Cross is announced on the subject
Of free text books.
The newly elected chief OF the SEMI
roles is Halsutta Niece. and not McCo. as
one paper print IT.
Attorney General GaIbrasth. OF Homo
| lulu. formerly OF Oklahoma, is talked OF
for governor OF Hawaii
A volcano in New Mexico has broken
out, and Oklahoma may have TO reel Up
Beaver county TO save it.
In southern Logan county some OF the
ecrn-helds visited by a hail-storIn look
like mass meeting of fishing poles
Captain Hegler, who has been reelected
, clerk OF the supreme court, has been
Clerk of a court In Oklahoma since 1892.
The Cross managers are going TO be
great chalmers. They are now claiming
Pottawatonie county by 1850 majority.
4 young man in a butcher shop at
Shawnee. the other evening. had his
fir gers taken OF in sausage grinder, as
clean as whistle
The Popuiists and Democrats OF Woods
county are divided on the question OF a
primary or delegate convention nomina-
don of q county ticket.
When statehood is consummateG for
the Indian territory, the legislature viii
have a time reforming some Of the
names The Creek nation has a town
called Mekusukey.
When an Oklahoma man calls meet
ing and has TO postpone 1t about half
dozen times because of rain, he finally
Issues a call which says that it will be
held. rain or shine"
The other day a man handed condue-
tor Wilcox. of the Santa Fe. one-doilar
bill which had been raised TO ten. VIII
cox grabbed the man and handed him
over TO the police at Guthrie
The other day in one OF the Indian na-
lions a young deputy United States mar
shal arrested six desperate men by point
inE an empty revolver at them He had
been shooting al a target when they ap-
peared.
w. G. West is entertaining at Blackwell
his brother. J. T. West. They are twins
and after an absence of some time from
each other they discovered that they
get weighed. They both weighed exactly
the same.
Chikaskia Express: w. F. Deitrick
came overland from AnadarSo yester-
day. He reports that the roads are fairly
good. but the main road cannot be fol-
lowed. He said that considerable damage
had been done to the cotton and corn
crops along the low lands. Mr.. DIETRICH
has been In this part of the southwest
since 1878. and he states that the Washita
was at least four feet higher during this
rise than he had ever seen it.
Lawton Enterprise: The assessed valu-
alton of Comanche county for taxation
as returned by Assessor J. N. Dilts today
is 81. 65S. 3G1. 90. This does not mean that
this is ali Comanche county is worth.
because everything was figured on 4 basis
o. 40 per cent OF its actual value Even
according to these figures there is si,lf5,-
s52 worth of property in Comsnche coua-
". not including real estate. except In
the cities and towns. and making no al
lowance for the well known propensity
OF taxpayers to return just little as
possible for taxation. County Assessor
Dilts today turned over his books 10 the
county clerk and the board of county
commissioners. Probate Judge Brown ard
the assessor reviewed them Commis~
s;Oner McMaster was absent. The first
assessment of Comanche county does not
show up as well as was expected, but
MIR. Dilts says It is a very fair one