The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-01
OUTLINES c. OKLAHOMA.

The Ottawa Indians want 10 sell thei.
surplus lands 10 the white people.
The Kaw Indians last Monday raked
OF $50 each from the kind. old govern
ment.
The police and the deputy sherins Of
LAYTON seem 70 be il need Of modus
vivendi.
sim more banks are being started in
Oklahoma The banking business is being
overdone.
a coyote was sold al public auction in
Medford the other day and he brought
only = cents.
The First National Bank of Pawhuska.
over in the Usage nation. has Si3.5os in in
dividral deposits
Shawnee holds the prize as the town
where the most bystanders are hurt in
shooting scrapes.
Miss Lillian Queenan has been appoint
ed registers and receivers clerk in the
81 Reno land Office.
Oklahoma City has offered TO raise a
bonus 70 get branch OF the n, X. and
T. Guthrie is to get it also.
Alvin Elicit. the farmer near Wauko-
mis- who hanged himself with A halter
strap. had been sued for a divorce.
One of the things Governor Ferguson
y
the cutting down Of expenses all round.
One policeman at Oklahoma City could
not weather the holidays. and after hay
ing been brought TO the station in a
wheelbarrow, resigned.
The court which sits at Shawnee surely
should make an example OF some of the
men there who shoot whenever their
iivers are not working well.
The number OF accidental shootings IN
oklahoma during the past two weeks
has been APPALLING. II almost equals the
hunting accidents during the game sea
son in Maine.
A young blacksmith in Oklahoma re-
Gently forged a check. and the detectives
were not long in forging a chain OF evil
dence. So the law IN its mightiness
FORCES ahead.
II viii make no difference to Geronimo
whether he is a prisoner or a free man.
Probably he will not attract so much at
tention as a free and viii regret that
he is at liberty.
This is the season in Oklahoma when
the weather. having fooled everybody in
to the belief that spring has come,
throws in a blizzard suddenly that jams
the bottom out of the thermometer.
Here is d strange item in the Usage
hshed on an Indian reservation: Many
strangers in town this week. We believe
some Of them are looking for business
openings. There is no better opening than
here. The traders might not say so. but
IL is fact
The Pawhuska Journal thus tells about
the old style Indian agent and how he
happened 10 get the job: 1t is said when
the Indians long ago went on the war
path they made life rather uncertain for
Indian agents and other employees. Jobs
among the different tribes were not very
much sought after then. Today il is in
deed quite an honor 10 be agent and 70
be an empioye insures a good living
Years ago. when Washington was over
run with rundown politicians, the lead
ing men OF the day we're frequently en-
barrassed by the demands of 'oId-time''
friends for positions. II reached such a
point that something had to be done.
After a good deal OF brain work 1t was
finally resolved that they be appointed
Indian agent 10 some remote corner of
the earth, where Il would require six
months time TO reach the designation
and through most wonderful risks OF life
Sometimes it was hoped that the new
appointed agent would never reach his
designation. so that another might be
sent the same route. But now since the
Indians have been entirely subdued, such
places are being sought after by good and
reliable men and they are filling them
with a great deal OF satisfaction TO the
department and Indians