The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-05
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

Bill Cross this week is down in Greer
county and Comanche county trying TO
make votes.
Somehow or ether the woman sunrsgists
seem TO have quit short OF in their efforts
IN Oklahoma
Bird Mcclure is now n the country
where the candidate has several miles Of
travel between voters
The other day slr. and Mrs. F. c. Lang
ley. OF Ava. gave $40 books and maya
zines TO the inmates Of the county jail
\ correspondent in the Ava Courier
says he knows 3 rain crow that did q
powerful lot OF lying this sumner n his
neighborhood.
Hobart was RECALLED the other day by a
law suit over sS9 shotgun. The gun was
not loaded. b-L 10 the spectators il looked
like some Of the testimony was
1t is 10 be gis.ed that when Roosevelt
! called on Senator Dawes the other day he
limited 70 him that he would ike TO see his
old commission moved along little
faster.
Bird MCGUIRE gets back TO Grant county
or September :. Speaking = Manchester
that afternoon. at Wakita al night re
speaks at jefferson on September IS, In the
afternoon. and a, Lamont at night
Alva Courier: a local weather prophet
went cut the other day with 4 forked
peach limb and tested the air. I VIII bet
z quarter section Of jackrabbitS, said
he, that it rains inside Of twsntyfour
hours. And il d NoW. laugh AZ water
witches. will you?'
in an Oklahoma county recently an ex-
aiming boz ri discovered that a boy
brought before them charged with insan-
ity. was not insane. but had fits occasion
ally; the board also discovered that his
family wanted the county 10 care for him.
and the board promptly discharged the
Boy.
The Pond Greek vilette tells this story:
"A man who was subject to fits vas re-
Gently picked up on the street and taken
10 the emergency hospital. When placed
on the operating table. the surgeon found.
tsttooed on his breast. the line, Please
don't operate Tor appendicitis. I've had
my appendicitis removed thfee times.
People often wonder what would happen
if a runaway team escaped ali collisions
anu was allowed 10 run il out This hap
pened the other day in Oklahoma. A
farmers team ran away over the prairie.
There wasn't anything 10 bump into. ana
after firing themselves out The horses
stopped. and when the hired man went
after them the team was SO fatieued that
the near horse wanted 70 lean up against
him all the way nome.
One of the newest things in water sup
plies will be fouHa on 80 Santa FeS new
branch that is now being built from New
kirk To the southeast. II is an artificial
lake and when completed and covered
With water will occupy no less than sixty
acres. AS is well known, the only good
supply of water fit for use OF locomotives
aud general railroad uses south OF Arkan-
sas City is away down in Oklahoma
When the new road was contemplated,
the question of 4 water supply was
vast one, and one that demanded atteR-
ton. One of the company's engineers
was equal to the occasion. and suggested
a lake. The water TO an this lake would
have 10 be rain water, and it will take
some time to iiil -..e lake. now under
course of construction. The place was
examined and found TO be good. farm
two miles southeast Of the town of New
kirk was purchased. Ii is naturally
adapted for this use. and very little work
is necessary 10 prepare 1t for use There
are about / acres of land in the farm,
but only about o acres will be used. The
steam si1ovels now at work on the grade
the lake, and il IS quite a sight 10 see
them working. The lake, when full, will
be nearly fifteen feet deep in its deepest
part II is planned 10 pipe the water
from the lake 10 the town Of Newkirk.
Precautions against an overflow have
been taken. and it is so arranged that the
surplus water will be turned into Wolf
creek, n short distance east OF the lake.