The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-14
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

In Oklahoma, the charter OF the II X
T. road IS under the name OF the II X O.
John Dillon is to have the naming OF his
owR deputies. And that Is the proper
thing.
Guthrie. which is stirring big boom up
in the caEldron. val sive $1,000 bonus IN
ali 10 new railroads.
John Stink. and Usage Indian. bears the
distinction OF being able 10 eat a peck
OF apples at one sitting
Il seems to be unanimous that the in
sane ASYLUM and the penitentiary are TO
be located il the Strip.
Fort Reno, it Is evidently intended BY
the national board. viii be one Of the
permanent forts of the country
As soon as the campaign gets good and
started in Oklahoma the harmony ex-
perts viii have a thing or two 20 say.
Some Of the Democrats down in Potta-
watomie county are demanding the pri-
mary election on congressional delegate.
The y. /. T. ranch Of Texas. IS said to
be the biggest II the world, about twenty
five miles wide and two hundred miles
long.
The Ponca City Courier noting that
yacht was given the bride At the Hay
Whitney wedding. notes that the Okla
homa bride is usually given a smack.
At Pawtusza, Sunday night, a man
held up two Indian women with a club
and robbed them of Sc ia cash. II was
the first appearance of the footpad in
PawhUska.
Mysterious country correspondence in
the Alva. Pioneer: The holiness brethren
are holding series of meetings. and by
the actions Of some OF the old gossins Of
the neigh5orhood we are reminded Of The
text. And Satan came also.
The Shawnee Commercial club has
adopted a memorial 10 congress for single
statehood, in which "demagogl,e' and
Denunciatory resolutions find a mighty
easy Soboggan into senatorial and repre-
sentative massachusetts.
The Enid Eagle points out that the
following appointments have gone 70
Kingdsher county: Secretary of the ter
ritOry; assistant secretary; superintend-
ent OF the insane asylum: grain iuspec-
tor; treasurer of the board OF health:
probate judge of Kiowa county: attorney
Of Comanche county; member Of board Of
dental examiners; two school land ap-
praisers; assistant coal oil Inspector. and
attorney general.
Fl Reno Bell: Theren he very little
trouble or expense in securing right of
way from the Logan county line 70 FL
Reno Tor the Katy line. A visitor at the
office today from Racine said that he
would gladly give right Of way through
his place. and also contribute 500 in cash
TO have the road run in his neighbor-
hood. He says his neighbors feel the
same way.
Shawnee Quill: T. c. Brickel, who lives
near McLoud, has flock OF nearly 800
Angora goats which he says are the real
thing as exterminatOrs of rag-weed and
brush. 1t may be added that the Angora
goat has none Of that offensive oder
characteristic of the common Billy.
Bob Nef, on a custom of the noble
red man and the hectic flush on his high
cheek: a writer in the New York sun
to explain why the Indians
paint their faces. and bases it upon a
very pretty romance. With all due re-
spcct TO the author OF the article ia the
New York sun, we are forced TO take
issue with him. There are a great many
traditions among the Indians we are
free 10 confess. and having spent our
early boyhood days among them. and
being Of Indian extraction, we are IA
miliar with a great many of their tradi-
tions. The uncivilized Indian never wears
q hat and by the way. you never saw "a
bald-headed blanket Indian. The original
object in painting his face was to pro-
tect him from the suns rays, and his
vanity lead him into selecting saudy COLI
Ors and unique designs, and the young
dude warrior that could devise the most
colors and gaudiest designs, was ihe
masher Of the tribe. Thus face-painhng
among the Indians originated through
necessity, but at the present time is sim
ply a matter of custom.