The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-29
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

W LINES Ut ONLftE. OGa-.
syl Dixon has tired Of public life at
Lawton and has resigned his place IS
councilman.
AS between the aphis and "raia on the
bloom. the Oklahoma wheat raisers VIII
take the aphis every time
Near Seger last week a threshing ma
chine boiler blew Up and William Holt
was so badly scalded he may die.
The Enid Eagle is proving itself an ex-
pert as railroad boomer II makes the
fur fly when It takes hold OF a PROPOSE
ton.
The people Of the Chickasaw nation are
forbearing- IN the campaign down there
some OF the candidates write four-coiumn
open letters.
The Kansas farmers now claim that Ok
lahoma has Judged several inches over 70
Kansas. This is curious when Kansas
was there hrst.
Il Is said that some OF the saloons at
Lawton are liable 10 get into serious trou-
bic through maintaining agents who
sell whisky 10 Indians.
The most eloquent parts of the speeches
made during the Confederate reunion ST
ArdmOre last week were those containing
tributes 70 the nobility OF the southern
women.
DIT. Whitacre OF Persimmon has secured
the skull ana skeleton found IN a ravins
in that part of the country. But the
bones are disintegrating and as an exhibit
viii soon be gone.
The Enid Wave notes with satisfaction
that this year when there is a thunder
storm il is out in the country where u
Is needed. and no. in town. where the
street sprinkler can do the work
Children are barred from many OF the
fats in cities. but II has come 10 pretty
pass when they are ruled OF farms. y
man in the WeatherfOrd Chronicle is adj
vertising for a married couple without
children 10 take charge OF his farm
The Persimmon Enterprise tells Of
young man who tok his girl TO the top OF
a wheat stack and showed her the Coun-
try and said: An these things will
give thee If thou wilt be mine She said
yes. and they slid down the stack in the
direction Of the preachers home.
e. Reno Bell: To ask a voter to cast his
ballot for YOU is almost the climax of al
surdity. Very few men like TO say No.
and pleasant 'Youu find me al right
is a loophole OF escape. but really counts
very little. Voters viii select men they
think will best iii the offices TO which
they aspire.
Here Is an interesting item from the
Byron Republican. 1t was decided q
the annual meeting to use cedar posts rs
foundation for the school house and 10
haul hard soil and spread il around the
building TO a thickness OF six inches and
70 d distance of six fee each way This
is a wise provision. as the building IS
located on sandy land and the wind IS
constantly blowing the sand away, thus
undermining the foundation.
A correspondent writes this TO the Chey-
enne Sunbeam: I attended justice court
yesterday and heard the evidence in the
case Of Uncle Sam versus Parson Leady.
II seemed as il Uncle Sam was twisting
Leady's tail without just cause. still. we
may be mistaken. We noticed while there
swarms OF horse flies about the court
house, and we would suggest 20 the boys
in the recorders office that they throw
their watermelon rinds clear away from
the court house. thereby warding OF pest
Hence. and also setting a good examNle
TO others. Cleanliness is next 10 Godii-
ness.
Purcell Register: AS we are down here
IN the territory. where politics don't 80.
we can afford TO do a little off-hand
guessing at the way things Democratic
viii 90 in 1904. Just now. with Bryan and
Cleveland each a political back number
Guessing each other at every opportunity.
ike two children making faces at each
other over disputed toy. which Is really
not the personal property OF either one Of
them. the man who is just plain. every
day Democrat. hardly knows where he
is at When he hears one set of mouth
ers denouncing Cleveland as a Republican
and another equally loud IN asserting that
Bryan never was anything other than
Populist. he sometimes mildly wonders
why the Democrats don't say. with Mer-
QUITO. a plague on both your houses,
and decide TO run their own business in
their own way FOR n brief season