The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-02
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.


BY spring the cherokee citizens win be
fling their allotnents 81 the Vinita land
oTiee-
tuesday night Dennis Flyan held bis
meeting in Pawnee. He talked state
hood.
Did the Historical society ever set hold
o. those wheels used at the Il Reno
drawing?
The same roar was raised that Kezton
would be elected that is now being used
for Bill Cross.
Dennis Flynn says that Bird MCGUIRE
majority is growing daily. and he pre-
diets big victory
Missouri has plenty of congressman IS
i. s; Oklahoma should send an Oklahoma
nan 10 represent her.
Edward Hidden and 4. y. Edwards. Of
St Louis, have become stockholders in
the Guthrie National bank
y u. Classen. receiver OF the land Office
ct Oklahoma City. has resigned. HIS pri-
vsts business demands al his attention
II would be interesting 70 know what
Bill Cross says to the occasional man who
cCnfesses that he doesns want statehood
g. all.
The men who say that the Indian ter
r;icry viii prove greatest in its frUit-pro-
cuction know what trey are talking
about.
The anu-saloon league people are fgur-
ing on getting 1.0oo woes II the territory
for their candidate for congress. Mr.. Van
Cleave.
1t is up TO BIZ Cross. Is he a citizen
Of Oklahoma or not2 And Il ne IS. what
is his name doing in that Kansas City
directory?
The fire at Apache is a reminder of the
fortunate circumstance that the new
&C untry has practically escaped serious
eonfagratiors up 10 date.
The Vinita Chieftain alleges that the
grading Of the Cherokee lands was poorly
done. II was n prodigious task and il IS
little wonder that mistakes were made
It is about time, before the Geld weather
Cts in. for those miners down in the
Washington mountains 70 show NJ a lit
tie proof that there is geld in the mount
ans.
Dennis Flynn had bigger audiences this
year than ever. The people in the past
didn't turn out 70 hear Dennis because
H. was n candidate. To an audience
Dennis IS as good as a letter from home
Blackwell News: The Waui1omis Hor-
ret sees in the trusts a solution of the
church question. and advocates 4 uni'o
OF all churches into one. Wei. the Hor-
net man is not alone in his idea. Every
church in the world has advocated the
same thing, but the trouble is that every
church wants to be the one 10 absorb all
the other churches And thus il viii be
as ions as churches exist We feel conf
dent that the Hcrnet man has struck q
cold trail
\ dispatch from Dcnison. TIE. says:
Senator J. w Bailey. OF GAINESVILLE. spent
the night here, leaving late this afternoon
FOL home lie gave his opinion on Indian
territory legislation as follows: i favor
the earliest possible action on The Indian
territory. There is the richest country
] know Of IN the United States. Il is not
Unusual especially IN Texas, 70 see very
rich soil, but the Indian territory is bet
ter than any other ! know OF. IL that
tho soil is very rich and productive on its
surface and underneath = are some of
the richest coal, asphalt and oil deposits
in America. Ii is a very wonderful c0Gn-
Try, and should have a territorial form OF
government as soon as possible. Bat IL
VIII be TWO years before that form 81
government can De applied AZ best. Tho
government has TO go through the work
90 segregating and ailotting the lands Of
the Indians and winding up tribal affairs
To get the Indian people ready for citi-
zcashiD. The country viii soon bs ready
for statehood. as IL has the population
and wealth now to entitIe Il 10 member
ship in the sisterhood CT states, and with
he ratification of the supplementary
treaty, the lands may soon Ice segre-
gated and affairs wound up preparatory 10
statehood. and the Indian territory VIII be
che OF the best states in the Union